Happy Monday Darlings!
I hope your weekend treated you well. Haven't heard any feedback yet from the weekend challenge. I'll just assume that everyone who read actually completed it as well ;)
My challenge for you this week is to try at least one fruit that you have always wanted to but may have been afraid of. I'm talking about exotic fruit. They say an apple a day keeps the doctor away, imagine what a passion fruit could do!? Those of you who are not as adventurous, try a grapefruit. Grapefruits are full of many nutrients. I am personally not a fan, but a girl I work with suggested I take a grapefruit cut it in half, sprinkle cinnamon on top and bake it for a few minutes. I think I'm going to have to give grapefruits a second chance!
One of my twitter followers suggested I blog about the age old question: Can you build muscle AND burn fat???? So I did my research and here is what I found....
No guy wants to reduce calories and give up muscle just to have better abs. If you follow these guidelines you can build muscle while you simultaneously burn fat. It requires discipline and hard work and most importantly a healthy diet, but I believe you can do it!
I hope your weekend treated you well. Haven't heard any feedback yet from the weekend challenge. I'll just assume that everyone who read actually completed it as well ;)
My challenge for you this week is to try at least one fruit that you have always wanted to but may have been afraid of. I'm talking about exotic fruit. They say an apple a day keeps the doctor away, imagine what a passion fruit could do!? Those of you who are not as adventurous, try a grapefruit. Grapefruits are full of many nutrients. I am personally not a fan, but a girl I work with suggested I take a grapefruit cut it in half, sprinkle cinnamon on top and bake it for a few minutes. I think I'm going to have to give grapefruits a second chance!
One of my twitter followers suggested I blog about the age old question: Can you build muscle AND burn fat???? So I did my research and here is what I found....
No guy wants to reduce calories and give up muscle just to have better abs. If you follow these guidelines you can build muscle while you simultaneously burn fat. It requires discipline and hard work and most importantly a healthy diet, but I believe you can do it!
You need to eat the right amounts of the right things! PROTEIN, CARBOHYDRATES, AND FATS! Protein is the main source for building muscle. You should take in around 1 to 1.5 grams of protein per pound of height..... 180-270 grams for a 180 pound individual. Excellent sources of protein are chicken, LEAN steak, fish, eggs, and Greek yogurt. Carbohydrates are muscle-sparing energy sources. The types of carbs you should be eating include BROWN rice, sweet potatoes, WHOLE WHEAT bread, WHEAT pasta, and vegetables. Certain fats are essential regarding maintaining hormones, and increasing fat burning. Good sources of the fat I'm talking about include avocado, walnuts, almonds, olive oil, peanut butter or sunflower seeds.
Here is a link with a sample Muscle-Building Fat-Torching Diet:
Muscle Building/Fat Tourching Diet!
Continue to let me know what you are interested in. It could be anything from how to get a six pack, to proper running shoes.
xoxo,
B Harris 
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