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Day 4: Stagger Your Carbs

This is a simple trick that nutrition guru Chris Aceto shared with me during one of my audio interviews. By the way, you can get 2-4 free audios per week just by grabbing my book today, but this is a limited-time offer.

Chris uses this approach to get his athletes in top shape. However, I've found that I can use it year-round for greater fat loss, more energy, and less resistance to the hormone insulin. When carbs are consistently high, insulin can rise to dangerous levels in the body. Receptor sites begin to "ignore" insulin and become "insulin-resistant." Insulin resistance is a leading cause of both obesity and heart disease.

All that's required is to consume low carbs three days of the week, medium carbs for two days, and higher carbs for two days.

An example of what this might look like is for a 2,000 (averaged per week) calorie meal plan is...

Days 1-3: 200 grams of protein, 80 grams of fat, 60 grams of carbs
Days 4-5: 200 grams of protein, 80 grams of fat, 140 grams of carbs
Days 6-7: 200 grams of protein, 80 grams of fat, 200 grams of carbs

Notice that over seven days, your calories average out to about 2,000 per day. (This skips us ahead to Day 9, which is staggering calories, but I'll share several new tricks for this old method of rapid fat-burning.)

You can also try low, high, medium cycles. Just as long as you vary your intake over the week, and do so for at least two days at a shot, you'll get the job done. Also, I like to include a few "off meals" on my higher carb days. This is an ideal time to do that...but keep in mind that even "high" carb days should be limited to about 40% of your diet if you're wanting to burn a lot of body fat. If not, you can try as high as 50% (and higher if you're an endurance athlete.)

How I Personally Stagger My Carbs

This may come as a shock to some of you, but I actually enjoy my weekly burger and a dessert here and there. Well, that's not the shocking part. The shocking part is it actually helps me get leaner! I can stay in high single-digit bodyfat year-round eating in this fashion—staggering carbs and consuming “junk” carbs a few days a week to replenish my glycogen stores. Now, when I want to really get “ripped”, I'll cut these treats down to once every few weeks. But bear in mind that very few people need or even want to get to 5% bodyfat!

All I do is consume lower carbs 3-4 days in a row. For me, this is about 50 grams per day. Some days I consume less, others more. Then, on the fourth day, I'll eat something I enjoy. Perhaps a few slices of pizza or a burger and fries. I wake up the next morning leaner, so help me! The reason? I kick-start my metabolism with the calorie and carb “shock” and, after lower carbs for several days, a meal of higher carbs can force your body to excrete water. The net result is a tighter look.

If you get carried away and consume many junk meals in a row, you'll just get fat. So use this metabolic trick for what it's worth. Also, for health purposes, it is best to consume whole grain carbohydrates...but frankly, they're not as tasty. : )

Why This Works

Your body will become more sensitive to insulin. Insulin is a primary culprit in the storage of excess bodyfat. The more insulin-sensitive you become, the less bodyfat you will tend to store—even when consuming the same amount of calories. Remember: calories are important, but hormones are more important when it comes to lowering your bodyfat and acheiving greater health.

Tomorrow's Lesson:
** The Most Important Nutrient For Fat-Burning! **

“Find Out How I Also Cycled Carbs To Crank
My Fat-Burning Hormones Through The Roof!”

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Day 1: Macronutrients
Day 2: Fasting Cardio
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Day 4: Stagger Your Carbs

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