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whole wheat can be ground flour, it just needs to be unbleached and untreated. whole-grain contains whole grains along with whole wheat. whole grain isapparently better since you're getting the raw grains themselves that way. the BEST bread i've had though is authentic ciabatta, it's made withuntreated unbleached whole wheat flour, water, salt, yeast and malt; and it tastes amazing.
carbs are tricky, the best thing to do is learn about glycemic index and how it works. basically, good carbs are ones that don't boost your insulin levels.high insulin levels force your body into a fat storage and fat conversion mode, so all the high GI carbs just get converted into fat. carbs are crucial becausethey keep you feeling full, and the good ones (greens, beans,apples etc. just look it up) don't spike your insulin. they're basically the most usefulthing when it comes to cutting fat.
as for belly fat, i've just been relying on strength training to keep a really high metabolism and keep my body burning calories all throughout the day. irarely walk or run, because the larger red muscle you exercise doesn't end up burning as many calories as your strength muscles. it has been working verywell, and going much better than when i ran. i ran 5k a day for over a month and saw minimal results. the strength training seems to be the way to go.
i lost 80% of my belly fat doing pushups to get my metabolism going and my muscles burning calories.
wj4- great that you're still getting exercise in though, it's going to help out a lot. the body needs a metabolism spike once in a while anyway,don't want it getting too efficient. enjoy it.
carbs are tricky, the best thing to do is learn about glycemic index and how it works. basically, good carbs are ones that don't boost your insulin levels.high insulin levels force your body into a fat storage and fat conversion mode, so all the high GI carbs just get converted into fat. carbs are crucial becausethey keep you feeling full, and the good ones (greens, beans,apples etc. just look it up) don't spike your insulin. they're basically the most usefulthing when it comes to cutting fat.
as for belly fat, i've just been relying on strength training to keep a really high metabolism and keep my body burning calories all throughout the day. irarely walk or run, because the larger red muscle you exercise doesn't end up burning as many calories as your strength muscles. it has been working verywell, and going much better than when i ran. i ran 5k a day for over a month and saw minimal results. the strength training seems to be the way to go.
i lost 80% of my belly fat doing pushups to get my metabolism going and my muscles burning calories.
wj4- great that you're still getting exercise in though, it's going to help out a lot. the body needs a metabolism spike once in a while anyway,don't want it getting too efficient. enjoy it.