Is it possible to get lean arms while eating a bunch of bars all day? Yes.
Do I recommend it? Absolutely not.
Once upon a time, before I knew much about nutrition, I was on a steady diet of bars. Why? Because I was so active and had such a volatile schedule that I didn’t have time to prepare regular food.
So I simply went to Wal-Mart and stocked up on loads of “healthy” bars every week. My coworkers began calling me the bar woman…
Because of my ultra-active lifestyle, I was able to get in incredible shape while eating a ridiculous amount of bars. Luckily for me, I was burning so many calories per day that I was going to get sculpted arms no matter what I put into my body.
Now it’s impossible to plan and prepare every single meal with absolute certainty. There are going to be times when unexpected situations arise and you will NOT have access to healthy food.
Enter energy bars.
After all, having something go into your stomach is better than starving. Because starvation will not only kill your metabolism, but it will also mess up your insulin levels for hours on end.
So without further ado, here is how to manage your bar intake to get thin arms:
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Are you trying to reduce that flabby arm? Is that sweet tooth getting the best of you?
Well, many women fix this issue with low-calorie sweeteners. Unfortunately, they come with a health risk. And in this second part of this article series, I am going to shed light on some more sweeteners and provide some useful tips for sugar management.
Enjoy.
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In your quest to get rid of flabby upper arms, you may have noticed a sweet tooth issue. And maybe you decided to conquer the sweet tooth with low-calorie sweeteners. But there is a catch…
Low-calorie sweeteners can increase cancer risk by 30%.
The good news is that the cancer risk is associated with the highest levels of intake. Having said that, I know a lot of women who are really overdoing it with the sweeteners. Also bear in mind that a lot of the foods we eat already have sweeteners in them.
So you could be consuming a very large amount of synthetic sweeteners without even knowing it.
Now a huge part of successfully getting rid of flabby upper arms is minimizing sugar intake. And if you have a sugar addiction, this can be virtually impossible with self-discipline alone. Enter low-calorie sweeteners.
And although sweeteners will not set back your short-term flabby arms mission, you should still strive for long-term health during the process.
So here is a rundown of everything you should know about sweeteners:
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15. Assuming that being thin is the end all be all to health. It’s not just about the fat underneath your skin when trying to tone arms, it’s also about the fat in your arteries and organs. I’ve seen multiple case studies of ultra-thin women who have undergone quadruple bypass surgeries. Why? Because their saturated fat and processed carbohydrate intake was so high that their arteries became clogged with plaque. Atherosclerosis does not discriminate. Even if you are thin and want to tone arms, you still have to eat clean.
16. Assuming insulin resistance is only caused by high sugar/simple carbohydrate intakes. Although simple carbs have the biggest impact on insulin, a high protein intake (greater than 30% of total calories) and/or a high saturated fat intake (greater than 10% of total calories) can also cause insulin resistance. And insulin resistance is enemy number one when trying to tone arms because it shuffles calories towards jiggly arm fat.
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