Abs are made in the kitchen
Jaelyn90
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3 week difference. Just a few small diet changes can really affect your body composition 
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Great work!0
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I liked it. How can you not like those results?0
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Hmm...I see a difference in postures, one extended, one compressed.16
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Well you also are unaware of what my diet was before, and my workouts. But switching my veggies and timing the salt with water consumption did assist.
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My diet in the first picture was extremely strict. I did not simply add salt to a meal like pizza or pasta, and bam, have abs. I was eating very clean, chicken, fish, greens, and rice. By switching out certain veg and reducing carbs, I was able to see these changes2
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My diet in the first picture was extremely strict. I did not simply add salt to a meal like pizza or pasta, and bam, have abs. I was eating very clean, chicken, fish, greens, and rice. By switching out certain veg and reducing carbs, I was able to see these changes
So reducing carbs2 -
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Wetcoaster wrote: »
I like the taste of it better, but that's about it.3 -
Call me crazy but you have rock hard abs in both pictures lmao...but awesome job!!3
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You already had abs in the first picture. The second picture you have better lighting and a fresh pump at the gym.
2.6 pounds is easily accounted for in water weight and/or gut contents.11 -
i was intrigued until i saw "how" it happend. I eat pink salt everyday. my abs dont look like that. I also eat zucchini and asparagus very often. The BS police took care of everything else for me tho lol!8
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It's unfortunate how narrow minded people can be. I'm a bikini competitor and I don't eat these things "occasionally." There was zero pump in the second picture. If anything I was flat and lacking water. Both were taken on an empty stomach. Little tweaks each week in my prep DO make a huge difference clearly because you can see it.8
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But thank you for belittling the hard work and strict dieting I've done for the past 5 months to get to where I am now.8
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Nice job.
I haven't seen my abs since I was 12, but I know they're in there somewhere hehe. Good luck in your future competitions! 3 -
It's unfortunate how narrow minded people can be. I'm a bikini competitor and I don't eat these things "occasionally." There was zero pump in the second picture. If anything I was flat and lacking water. Both were taken on an empty stomach. Little tweaks each week in my prep DO make a huge difference clearly because you can see it.
Yes, as most have noted.
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But thank you for belittling the hard work and strict dieting I've done for the past 5 months to get to where I am now.
Considering nobody has done that, in the slightest, I'm not sure what the issue is.
Absolutely you've worked hard. That much is obvious. You had three additional weeks of dieting and hard work. As such, a small difference shows, in addition to a different stance, which affects your look.7 -
::rolling eyes::
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But thank you for belittling the hard work and strict dieting I've done for the past 5 months to get to where I am now.
Considering nobody has done that, in the slightest, I'm not sure what the issue is.
Absolutely you've worked hard. That much is obvious. You had three additional weeks of dieting and hard work. As such, a small difference shows, in addition to a different stance, which affects your look.
All this. I will mention that change in posture, lighting, clothing, and one while working out can make you look quite different. I look about 10lbs heavier and more ripped at the end of a workout than before the workout, due to the pump. If you didn't have a pump on, it looks like you are flexing more than pic one.
that said, you look amazing in both pics... what it comes down to is that you cannot compare your change in that amount of time based on those two pics that were taken under very different circumstances, that is all people are saying. Keep up the hard work!6 -
But thank you for belittling the hard work and strict dieting I've done for the past 5 months to get to where I am now.
I think what people are saying is that by just adding Himalayan pink salt and zucchini and asparagus are not going to magically change your body.
What has changed your body is all the work you have put it (over the 5 months) and your continued strict diet. Losing 2.6 lbs will make anyone look slimmer. Congrats as I'm sure the last 3 weeks may have been a struggle, but you kept going and that is awesome
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My abs are made of cheese and wine.
Although, I do like asparagus and zucchini!
Seriously, though...great work! I wish I could commit to that kind of self-control and strict diet, but I do love my cheese and wine
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The phrase means that you get visible abs by losing fat, which you do by cutting calories... not that a magical combination of foods will give you abs. Lighting and posture also helps.5
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But thank you for belittling the hard work and strict dieting I've done for the past 5 months to get to where I am now.
Girl, you are in incredible shape. I mean incredible. No one here--and no one sane--would say that your body isn't the result of discipline and hard work. That's actually kind of the point. Credit where credit is due...that's all you. It isn't the kind of salt you use.9 -
It's unfortunate how narrow minded people can be. I'm a bikini competitor and I don't eat these things "occasionally." There was zero pump in the second picture. If anything I was flat and lacking water. Both were taken on an empty stomach. Little tweaks each week in my prep DO make a huge difference clearly because you can see it.
Like the fact that the lighting is entirely different...
Look good regardless.1 -
But thank you for belittling the hard work and strict dieting I've done for the past 5 months to get to where I am now.
Considering nobody has done that, in the slightest, I'm not sure what the issue is.
Absolutely you've worked hard. That much is obvious. You had three additional weeks of dieting and hard work. As such, a small difference shows, in addition to a different stance, which affects your look.
All this. I will mention that change in posture, lighting, clothing, and one while working out can make you look quite different. I look about 10lbs heavier and more ripped at the end of a workout than before the workout, due to the pump. If you didn't have a pump on, it looks like you are flexing more than pic one.
that said, you look amazing in both pics... what it comes down to is that you cannot compare your change in that amount of time based on those two pics that were taken under very different circumstances, that is all people are saying. Keep up the hard work!reachingforarainbow wrote: »But thank you for belittling the hard work and strict dieting I've done for the past 5 months to get to where I am now.
I think what people are saying is that by just adding Himalayan pink salt and zucchini and asparagus are not going to magically change your body.
What has changed your body is all the work you have put it (over the 5 months) and your continued strict diet. Losing 2.6 lbs will make anyone look slimmer. Congrats as I'm sure the last 3 weeks may have been a struggle, but you kept going and that is awesome
Exactly.
I wasn't belittling anything. It's clear even in you "before" picture that you've put a LOT of work into yourself.
Giving the credit to your hard work and determination rather than the salt and asparagus is hardly belittling. Neither is pointing out the simple fact that the first pic has worse lighting than the second, you appear to be holding less water in the second (which gives an appearance of being more ripped/pumped) and it looks like the second is post or intra-workout which lends to pumped up muscles and a leaner look (if you're not pumped, your flexing more because you're shoulders are popping big time compared to the first pic).
Again, none of that is belittling. Just saying that comparison between the two pictures doesn't really reflect reality given all the differences (especially the lighting and pose).
Great work. You're in excellent shape and you've earned it.2 -
Just to get the point across what people are talking when they're talking about the lighting being different.
I made those literally 10 seconds apart from each other.10 -
However you did it, good work, OP! Be proud of all that hard work! You look amazing!0
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So you took two pictures in a totally different lightning and posture. Congrats?1
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