Nutrition

The fat on your lower belly, hips and thighs sticks around longer than visceral fat. This subcutaneous fat has fewer blood vessels and responds slower to those same fat burning hormones.

Your body burns calories just to stay alive. This includes breathing, pumping blood, and keeping your brain working.

Your daily protein target matters more than any single meal. Multiply your body weight in kilograms by 1.6 to 2.2 to find your daily gram target.

Ozempic contains semaglutide, a synthetic version of GLP-1 that lasts longer in your body. The drug keeps working for days instead of minutes like natural GLP-1.

Yes, the 3 bite rule can help you lose weight if you use it correctly. The rule works by cutting calories from high-calorie foods.

Protein bars top the list for convenience. Quest bars deliver 20-21g per bar, so eating 1.5 bars gets you to 30g. Two Pure Protein bars give you 32g total. Each bar costs $3-5 AUD depending on where you shop.

The magic happens because your muscles stay under tension for a long time (90 seconds is a lot), but you don’t rest long enough to fully recover.

Coke Zero can make you feel hungrier. The sweet taste tricks your brain into expecting calories, and when those calories don’t arrive, your hunger hormones increase.

Your stomach starts producing acid and digestive enzymes. Your pancreas prepares to release insulin. This is called the cephalic phase response, and it happens even when you don’t swallow anything.

These additions will break your fast because they contain calories or trigger insulin.

Studies prove that consuming 20 to 40 grams of protein after training boosts muscle protein synthesis. This fancy term just means your body starts building new muscle tissue. The effect lasts for 24 to 48 hours after your workout.

You need 0.8 grams of protein per kilogram of body weight. This is the minimum to stay healthy.