The 6-Pack Experiment Response Has Been Awesome
7 Apr
Wow…I started this six-pack experiment just to see if I could get ripped in a month…but it seems A LOT of interest has been generated amongst my personal circle of friends (and others).
Generally when I start an experiment (such as the homeless experiment) I get a lot of negative or so-so feedback…until after it’s done, then everyone says it was cool. Not for this.
Without trying to influence anyone to do this, I’ve already got a ton of people starting to eat differently……apparently losing weight and getting in shape is a common goal many people have…who woulda thunk it!
I have a feeling once people see the END RESULTS even more people will try.
So one of the things Adam (my awesome virtual personal trainer) told me was 3,500 calories = one pound of fat.
This means if I stay in a 500 calorie deficiency for a week, I lose one pound. At that rate I’d lose 4 pounds during this experiment. However I’ve gone beyond that…every day I’ve been in a 500 to 1,300 calorie deficiency…on average about -1,000 per day.
This means in one month I’ll lose approximately EIGHT pounds…which is a lot considering I’m not fat to begin with. And here’s the common question EVERYONE asks:
“But aren’t you hungry ALL THE TIME?!?”
The answer is NO! Not at all! …..but how?
It’s simple. I used to eat a bunch of junk that had lots of calories but super-low nutritional value. Now I eat roughly the same amount of stuff, but more stuff that has HIGH nutrition and super-low calories. This is why I’m eating mainly raw foods such as fruits/vegetables/nuts….because they’re all GOOD for you (those old cliches are often right) and have very few calories. This means I get full, with LESS calories.
Have I given up meat? NO!
Have I given up processed foods? NO!
Have I given up alcohol? NO!
However I’m eating A LOT less of anything with high calories….so naturally I’m eating WAAAY LESS of the above.
My roommate who joined me in this experiment (without me asking) told me one thing:
“One thing I’ve noticed is that every time you eat something, it LOOKS really good….and I think it’s because you have a cool plate.”
I realized a long time ago when I learned how to make really cool-looking alcoholic drinks that you FIRST eat with your eyes. I would make a normal drink (such as pineapple juice and vodka), but put it in a funky martini glass rimmed with sugar and garnished with a wedge of pineapple….then drop a cherry in the bottom for added effect and call it a “Cherry Love Bomber” or some stupid made-up name. NONE of those additions changed the taste of the drink, but I got a reputation for “knowing how to make REALLY GOOD drinks” because I simply dressed them up in nice clothes.
Same goes for food.
Below are similar things, but one’s dressed better than the other (and by dressed, I mean in a cooler looking plate):
Ehhh…looks like boring-ass healthy food:
Now THAT looks sexy and delicious!:
Damn, just looking at that makes me want a piece:
Now doesn’t that look more fun and appetizing!? It seems completely stupid since it doesn’t change the taste one iota….but tell that to all the people who drank one-too-many of my dressed-up-drinks “because they looked so good!”
Would you rather have this for lunch:
Or THIS slick meal for lunch (which has only 250 calories):
And even if you don’t have a slick plate like me (which I bought at a local Asian market for $10) you can always try to sex up a regular plate:
….although that’s much harder. Plus regular plates are TOO BIG. It makes you feel like you’re not eating anything and encourages you to slop more on there.
I also recently bought this small bamboo serving tray from Whole Foods….it’s a TINY tray that barely holds much, but holds enough for a small snack. Ever sit on the couch with an entire bag of Cheetos?? I used to….and I wish I used this plate instead:
I can hardly fit a small bag of carrots or 2 clementines on there….PERFECT FOR SNACKING! You literally can’t get much on there, plus it looks cool:
Buy a cool serving dish….you’ll love it.
It’s just a tiny and painless start to eating a little better.
This post made me hungry for fruit!
MAKING this post made me hungry for fruit!
I agree, Nev. Any good chef will know presentation is at least 1/3 the taste.
If you step inside a Whole Foods, they layout all the produce in a way that’s appealing to the eye….you can just TASTE it by looking at it.
Haha very true points..I have been eating a lot of fruit lately myself and am not nearly as hungry as I used to be. What is that wrap of yours? looks good.
Those are just salad wrapped in rice paper.
I’ll do a detailed post on how to make them…they’re GOOOOOOODDD
I bet you could achieve the result just from doing an hour or two of sit-ups for a month without even changing your diet.
Definitely disagree with you there John.
That would simply give you bigger abs….but you can’t see those bigger abs unless you LOSE FAT.
To lose fat you must be in a calorie deficiency for a considerable time. You can either:
1.) Eat the same but workout a lot more.
or
2.) Eat better and workout the same.
or
3.) Eat better AND workout more.
I’m doing the third option.
MAKING this post made me hungry for fruit!
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