If You Love Eating But Want Abs, Do This For 30 Days

TRY 2 WEEKS FREE OF MY TRAINING AND NUTRITION APP HERE: https://bws.plus/23a DOWNLOAD THE FREE 30 DAY GUIDE HERE: http://builtwithscience.com/fillingdiet What if you could lose fat while eating huge meals, never counting calories, and rarely feeling hungry? To test that, I built the world's most filling diet: a volume eating plan that swaps calorie dense foods for high volume low calorie meals and low calorie foods big enough to keep you full in a calorie deficit. It's a meal plan to lose fat, full of fat loss meals that make fat loss easy. Two experienced lifters followed it for 30 days. Manson started at 24.7% body fat and Melody at 32.5%. They followed three rules: three meals a day from an oversized bowl; at least one lean protein, one high-volume food, and one measured serving of fat per meal, with no snacks; and fill the bowl to the top. Fats were capped because they are calorie dense foods that pack far more calories into less space. The foods were picked to give a lot of food for few calories. This is the logic behind volume eating: 200 calories of shrimp is far more food than 200 calories of steak, and low-calorie produce makes even bigger portions than trail mix, rice, or pasta. As the stomach fills, stretch receptors in its walls respond to the expansion and signal fullness. The same stretch principle drives gastric bypass surgery, which averages 12 to 18 pounds of fat loss in the first three months; my theory was that creating a similar fullness effect through food volume might produce a comparable rate of fat loss without surgery. The first week showed how differently they approached the same plan: Manson chased convenience, repeating strawberries, shrimp, and eggs while barely touching vegetables, whereas Melody kept experimenting with new meals. After one week both were down about three pounds - early proof the calorie deficit was working. To push fullness further, I added three more strategies. The first was carbonation: with every meal they drank a diet soda or other carbonated drink. Research comparing carbonated water with still water found carbonation produced a bigger rise in fullness that lasted almost an hour. Manson said it helped his cravings; Melody just found her meals harder to finish. By Day 15, Manson was down six pounds and Melody five. Manson worried the fast loss might cost him muscle. Every meal had lean protein and both kept training progressively; their strength was rising - encouraging, but only the final scans could confirm muscle was preserved. The second strategy was broth: one meal a day included roughly one to two cups, before the meal or as soup. In one study, people ate about 20% fewer calories when they started with a low-calorie soup. Combined with carbonation, these high volume low calorie meals stayed under roughly 500 calories. Then the scale stalled. With high-sodium broth daily, my theory was that temporary water retention was masking continued fat loss - and a week later the bump reversed. By around Day 20, a bigger issue emerged: fullness and enjoyment aren't the same. Manson was sick of the same foods and craving beef, rice, and fried chicken, while Melody's variety made the plan easier to tolerate, though cravings, family meals, and barbecues still tested her. The final strategy was eating more slowly with a tiny fork and spoon. More bites meant longer meals, the idea being that more time eating leaves you fuller and more satisfied. Both found it frustrating, but Manson ended up dropping from three meals to two because he couldn't finish all the food. By the end, Melody was rarely hungry and could see her upper abs, and Manson was seeing clear changes too. Both named shrimp a top food; Manson's top strategy was the small utensils, Melody's the carbonated drinks. The final DEXA scans told the story. Melody lost just over eight pounds, almost all fat, dropping from 32.5% to 29.7% body fat. Manson lost 10.4 pounds, 10.2 of it fat, dropping from 24.7% to 20.7%. Neither lost muscle. For these two, huge portions of low calorie foods produced substantial fat loss while making hunger almost irrelevant. But killing hunger didn't kill the other challenges of dieting: monotony, cravings, convenience, social situations, and food variety still mattered. 0:00 - 3:15 : The Diet Rules 3:16 - 6:08 - Week 1 & Recipes 6:09 - 10:28 - Week 2 10:29 - 14:30 - Week 3 14:31 - 17:20 - Week 4 17:21 : Final Results Click below to subscribe for more videos: https://www.youtube.com/jeremyethier/... Disclaimers: Jeremy Ethier is not a doctor, physical therapist, or a medical professional. Always consult a physician before starting any exercise program. Use of this information is strictly at your own risk. Jeremy Ethier will not assume any liability for direct or indirect losses or damages that may result from the use of information contained in this video including but not limited to economic loss, injury, illness or death.