This is the period 16 weeks before that big event in

your life or the date you have set for yourself. This is the final phase of the Abs on the Go diet and it is the time when you truly achieve the look you desire. In fact, within 6-8 weeks of the big day, you should have nearly attained the look you have been working toward. If you find that your level of body fat is still too high then, whatever you do, don’'t panic. Many people think that if they jump into a lot of aerobic exercise they will burn the last of the fat quickly, but this isn’'t the case. Aerobics for 30 minutes a day is good, but not 3-4 hours of it.

Another thing you don’'t want to do is start experimenting with new ideas, diets, things you haven’'t tried before, but are feeling desperate enough to try in order to get that extra boost. This will very likely backfire, leaving you in poor shape for the big day you have been looking forward to, and it will also shock your system.

If fluid retention is a problem, and everyone retains fluid to some degree, then switch to distilled water and restrict your sodium intake 24 hours before your special date. This will help you keep your definition by reducing the amount of extra-cellular water that resides under the surface of the skin. You can also increase your potassium and calcium intake. Potassium is great for muscle contractions and calcium helps avoid muscle cramping, this will help when you have intense workouts.

Fiber

There was a time when the powers that be decided that fiber was useless in our diet. After all, the body can’'t break it down and absorb it. It just goes right through. So, food producers began to remove the fiber from the food we eat.

This meant that we were drinking fruit juice instead of eating fruit and it was also the dawning of a major refining process creating white flours, white sugar, and pasta, to name but a few.

So what happened when we began to refine our food? Along came a myriad of health problems and digestive diseases that includes constipation, crones, irritable bowel syndrome, diverticulitis, and appendicitis.

• Cancer

• Gall bladder disease

• Diabetes

• Depression and psychological issues

• Many other diseases and health problems

How can this happen just because the colon has waste left in it? Remember, I said that the waste left in the colon rots. It literally begins to decay inside your body and this decaying waste produces toxins and gases that are transferred into the bloodstream. Once in the bloodstream, these toxins are carried throughout the body, polluting the entire system.

Once this happens, the bloodstream can no longer clean the body’'s cells of toxins and the liver becomes overtaxed. When the toxins are blocking the cells, they are not able to receive the nutrients they need from the bloodstream and they become deprived.

What kinds of toxins am I talking about here? These toxins include:

• Ammonia (liver toxin)

• Amines (liver toxin)

• Nitrosamines (carcinogen; we talked about these

  earlier)

• Phenols & cresols (cancer promoters)

• Indoles & skatoles (carcinogens)

• Estrogens (possible carcinogens and breast cancer

  promoters)

• Secondary bile acids (carcinogens/active colon

  cancer promoters)

• Aglycones (frequently mutagenic)

As you can see, fiber is an essential part of our diet and without it, we are in deep trouble. The lack of fiber goes hand-in-hand with a refined and processed food diet, so that is one of the many reasons to avoid eating those foods.

There are two types of fiber and they are both crucial. The first of these is insoluble fiber. This is the fiber that comes from the skins of fruit, such as apple and pear skins, and the skins of root vegetables. This type of fiber cleans the colon, reducing the chances of intestinal cancer, diverticulitis, and constipation. They also remove toxins from the system.

The other type of fiber is soluble fiber and this includes the fiber from flax meal, beans and legumes, the inner flesh of fruits and vegetables, and leafy greens. This type of fiber is necessary for lowering the level of triglycerides in the body and for stabilizing blood sugar and insulin levels.

Seeing as though it is the carbs that hold the fiber, being on a low carb diet will mean supplementing your fiber intake. As discussed above, raw psyllium seed husk is ideal for this. Women should aim for 25-30 grams of fiber per day and men should get 40-45 grams per day

Water

The importance of drinking enough water cannot be stressed enough. This actually goes along with fiber to help keep you body clean and functioning properly. We’'ve probably all heard the famous, “"our bodies are composed of 2/3 water so we need water to live.”" Well, it’'s true.

Humans have gone weeks without food, sometimes even months. However, just one day without water can cause problems. If you are in the average summer climate in North America, you would only be able to survive from 7-10 days without water and those would be difficult days.