The 5-Meal Per Day Myth and Your Belly Fat

Today’s video is going to shoot down one of the biggest loads of nonsense that the media and some experts have led you to believe …

That eating 5-6 meals per day is ESSENTIAL for keeping your metabolic rate high, while helping you lose weight.

I’m also going to show you one “controversial” diet strategy that will make your life a whole lot easier when it comes to improving your health and losing bell fat.

Oh, this stuff is so fun to pick apart!

Enjoy…

PS. Will you be joining us on our “500 man/woman mission”? Let me know below. (Details coming next week)

Hey, how’s it goin’? Yuri back with you. Hope you had a great weekend, and hope you’ve been enjoying the videos. Again, I’ve had a lot of fun putting these abs-specific videos together for you, celebrating the April of Abs, and the comments on the bog have been awesome.

I really appreciate all the feedback and all your questions and all the encouragement. It’s been great and it’s good to know that I’m giving you what you’re looking for. Hopefully as we go through the next week or so, I’m gonna give you some more great stuff.

Starting with today, we are going to look at a very commonly misunderstood area of fat loss. When I’m talking about fat loss, I’m referring to belly-fat loss as well, because it’s all the same, as we’ve mentioned. You have to lose overall fat before you can lose belly fat, as you now know.

Here’s the deal. You’re gonna see a couple graphs behind me on the board here. Don’t worry, I’m gonna explain them. Let me preface today’s video with, I wanna bust a common myth. You’ve probably heard this a thousand different times in a thousand different ways on media sources saying that in order to keep your metabolism elevated, you have to eat five to six meals a day. Therefore, the deduction, if we’re kinda going into logical reasoning for this, is that the more you eat, the higher your metabolism will be.

That’s kind of the reasoning with that kind of argument. It doesn’t make a lot of sense. I don’t know about you, but I personally do not eat five to six times a day. I don’t even know if I ever have in my whole life.

If that’s something you’ve struggled with, I want you to know that you don’t have to eat that way if you wanna stay lean, if you wanna burn belly fat, if you wanna just be healthy, because the other thing is, first of all, not only is it time-consuming to eat five to six meals a day, but it’s almost physically impossible for many of us, especially if we’re a lighter frame, to eat that amount of food.

Again, I’m an ectomorph. I have a slighter frame; I can’t eat that amount of food. I might have two to three meals a day. I have some friends who are much bigger, 200, 200-plus pounds. They need a lot more food throughout the day to fuel their body.

Again, does that mean that they have to be eating five or six times a day, or does it make a difference if they eat just two or three times a day? And what constitutes a meal? A lot of studies consider an apple a meal. If you have coffee and you add sugar or milk to your coffee, if you look at the calories in that coffee, that could be considered a meal. It’s very confusing and I want you to understand that you don’t have to believe all that nonsense because it’s not true.

I’m gonna show you the truth today about how your diet has very little impact on your metabolism. I mentioned this last week briefly in the FAQ video, where I mentioned that diet has very little impact on metabolism, and your metabolism is really what is most important if you want to burn calories, because your metabolism accounts for 70 percent; your resting metabolic rate accounts for 70 percent of the total calories you burn on a daily basis.

Ten percent is gonna come from the thermic effect of food, and bout 20 percent is gonna come from other things, like exercise and other activity and stuff like that. Food has a very small impact.
I wanna show you some of these graphs here. I looked at the research, and I’m obviously trying to make this as simple as possible for you to understand, so I’m not gonna quote specific studies here, but I’m gonna take the general themes from most of the research with respect to this.

The first one I wanna look at here and I want you to look at is this bottom graph. I’m gonna try to find my pen here. My good, ol’ markers, blue and red; hopefully you can see it okay.

This bottom graph, we’re just gonna focus here for a second. What we have here is, we have resting metabolic rate on the Y axis and lean mass, your lean body mass—this is your bone, muscle, everything other than fat—on the X axis. What this one study looked at was they looked at: Is there a different on resting metabolic rate if you’re on a low-calorie diet, diet and exercise, or if you’re on a high-calorie diet? I didn’t actually include that in there. There are three different groups: low-calorie, diet and exercise, or high-calorie.

What the research found was that there was absolutely no difference between the groups. The most statistically significant variable as to how high your metabolism—your resting metabolic rate—is your lean mass. It didn’t matter if you’re eating five hundred calories a day or five thousand or if you’re exercising while following a low-calorie diet. The only thing that would increase your resting metabolic rate is your lean mass, which means, in order to have a higher metabolic rate, which is essentially the number of calories your body burns at rest throughout the day, you need to have more muscle.

That’s why I keep telling you guys that strength training is so important and is the most important thing in the long-term for you to burn fat, because resting metabolic rate accounts for 70 percent of the calories you burn every single day.

You need to do things not by diet and all that ridiculous stuff, but through building lean mass, because we know that the more lean mass you have, the greater your metabolism. That’s simply because muscle is more metabolically active than fat. Makes sense.

That’s the first thing I hope that makes sense to you. The second thing I wanna bring up is the notion that if we do not eat enough food, if we, for instance, if we skip a meal or, God forbid, we might have to fast for a day, we’re gonna totally destroy our metabolism.

First of all, as I just showed you in this study, a very, very low-calorie diet has no impact on metabolic rate, and there’re a lot of other studies that show that if you fast—doing a fast, essentially just drinking water—for up to three days, up to 72 hours, has no impact on resting metabolic rate. I’m a huge believer and proponent and practitioner, if you wanna call it, of intermittent fasting.

Essentially what that is is throughout the week, you eat your typical meals, and then one day you decide, “Okay, you know what? Today I’m not gonna have any food.” Why that works so well is because—and we’ve been scared to believe that if we miss a meal or we miss a day of meals, we’re just gonna store fat and all hell’s gonna break loose; the world’s gonna come to an end, and we’re just gonna turn into these big, fat blobs.

We’ve been led to believe this because our ancestors were scavenging the wild and they’re hunting and gathering; sometimes they wouldn’t have any food. In those periods of starvation, the body would then obviously look to hold on to fat. That’s an argument that a lot of people use, and, obviously, there’s some degree of truth to that, especially with prolonged fasting. I’m talking about several weeks. But if we’re talking about fasting for a couple days at the most—you don’t have to fast for 72 hours; that’s a little bit too much I think.

If you took one day a week and said, “You know what? I’m not gonna have anything to eat for eighteen to twenty-four hours, and I’m just gonna drink water,” there’re a couple things that are gonna happen. I’m gonna talk about the physiological benefits in a second, but one of the most powerful things is that you’re gonna get a better association with food.

You’re gonna be able to disconnect from all this thinking about What am I gonna have for dinner? What am I gonna have for lunch? We’re always thinking about food. I mean, I do. Personally, I’m always thinking about when’s my next meal, how’s it gonna be, how am I gonna prepare it, time all this kind of stuff, and it’s really fatiguing and it tires your mind out.

When you’re able to do a fast for a day, it’s really liberating because you don’t have to think about that stuff ’cause you know you’re not gonna have anything to eat until whatever time you’ve decided. It’s very liberating but it’s also really cool because you can also tap into your body’s true need for food.

Are you really hungry or are you just conditioned to eat at specific times or during certain situations? From that perspective, from kind of a breaking-the-habit perspective and learning about yourself and your hunger patterns is very powerful.

So, with that said, let’s talk about fasting for a second. There’re two states in the body; there’s a fed state and a fasted stated. When you eat food you’re considered to be in the fed state for several hours, as your body is digesting the food. In the fasted state we have no food. The body is essentially just working on what it has, and it’s going through a bunch of processes.

There’s one study, this graph up here is kind of, I merged one study and a couple other important things into one. In this one study they looked at fasting for up to 36 hours. What they found here was that in the first 24 hours, there was a 70 percent decrease in blood insulin levels. That is amazingly powerful. I’m gonna tell you why in a second.

After the 24 hours, obviously, there was a diminish in returns, so the more you fast, the less there’s gonna be, less of a benefit for insulin, from that perspective, but in the first 24 hours, there’s a 70 percent decrease in insulin levels. Why is that important? As we looked at a couple videos ago, insulin is a storage hormone; it’s an anabolic hormone. It stores things and it stores sugar and fat cells; it stores fat and fat cells.

With fasting, if you can decrease insulin, which just happens to happen, then you have less things being stored as fat. Does that make sense? It’s very powerful and it’s one of the reasons why doing a short-term fast is very powerful for helping you burn fat, because you’re simply not storing stuff as fat anymore.
The other thing is, when we’re in a fasted state, our body is looking to move to a different fuel source, which is essentially using more fat as a fuel, as we talked about tin this kind of doing exercise before breakfast video that we looked at last week.

In this fasted state, your body is looking to conserve blood sugar, looking to conserve muscle glycogen, so it’s gonna turn to fat and break that down because there’s a lot of fat in the body and it’s kind of there as a reserve for fuel and the body’s gonna use that as its main fuel source during the fasted state. There’re a couple ways this happens. I’m gonna show you.

Here’s the thing. Independent of this study, what happens is, when insulin goes down, there’s another hormone that the pancreas produces and secretes called glucagon; you have heard of it, you may have not. What happens is, glucagon actually helps to maintain adequate blood sugar levels in the opposite fashion that insulin does. If insulin takes sugar out of the blood, glucagon will break down fat or blood sugar stores and increase sugar in the blood.

During a fasted state, when insulin levels are lower, which means that we’re not storing stuff anymore, glucagon is then increased because now the pancreas says, “Okay, you know what? We actually have to bring some sugar into the blood, so let’s secrete glucagon,” which will go to the fat cells, which will go to the muscle cells and say, “Hey, you know what? I need some sugar to come into the blood.”

In this state, in a fasted state, we have more glucagon, which is good because now we’re breaking down fat. Another thing that happens is the adrenal glands will kick out cortisol and epinephrine, and those two hormones will go to your fat cells, and they’ll activate hormone-sensitive lipase, which is a specific enzyme, in the fat cells to break down fat and to be metabolized for fuel.

You have a number of different breaking-down hormones, if you wanna call it, catabolic hormones, that are released during this state, and it’s all about regulating your body’s blood sugar level. Insulin is the main anabolic buildup hormone; it’s decreasing during a fasted state. The other hormones which break things down—epinephrine, cortisol, and glucagon—all increase to break down fat stores, break down to a lesser degree, carbohydrate stores to maintain blood sugar levels.

A really cool thing that happens—now, a lot of people have this concern, as well, that if they’re gonna be fasting, they’re gonna lose muscle mass because, “Oh my God, if I’m in a fasted state, my body’s gonna go into my protein stores and break down my muscle and use it as fuel,” and that will happen with extended periods of fasting.

We’re talking about several weeks where there’s severe deprivation of food and nutrients that will happen. In the short-term, we’re looking at, again, 18 to 24 hours, growth hormone actually increases, and this is really interesting because it’s the only anabolic hormone that increases during the fasted state. Insulin is also an anabolic hormone, which means that it stores stuff; it decreases, as we’ve seen here, in a fasted state. Growth hormone increases and the reason it increases is to preserve muscle. Isn’t that cool?

There was a study, I think it was done in mice, where they somehow just kind of got rid of growth hormones. They prevented it from being released, and what they found in that study was a 50 percent loss in muscle mass during, I think it was a 24- or 36-hour fast. That’s pretty significant, which tells us that growth hormone is secreted during a fasted state to help us maintain our lean muscle.

That’s very important because when it does that, we are able to maintain our lean muscle mass, and therefore we’re able to maintain our higher resting metabolic rate.

Even during the fasted state, we are not depressing our metabolic rate, we’re not storing fat; we’re essentially allowing our body to tap into more of the fat as a fuel source and save some more of our muscle glycogen.

If you think about all the religions in the world, all incorporate some degree of fasting in their practice. Aside from the fat-burning benefits, there’s a huge amount of health benefits. Insulin, we know that high insulin levels, over time, will lead to hyperinsulinemia, which leads to increased fat storage, which also increases the likelihood of developing insulin resistance, which is essentially type 2 diabetes, so we don’t want high levels of insulin.

By fasting for only 24 hours, now you’re dramatically reducing your insulin levels, which is a huge benefit. You’re also improving your growth-hormone levels, which is very important from a muscle-building standpoint.

Here’s what I want to kind of get across here: If you fast, if you don’t eat anything all day, you’ll be okay. That’s what I want you to understand. You will be fine. You will not break down muscle; you will not lose muscle. If anything, the only thing you’re gonna lose is a little bit of fat, because that fat will be broken down and used as a predominant fuel source during the fasted state.

How do you do this? What’s the best way to go about adding a fast into your week? This is something that I do without even really considering that I’m doing it a lot of times. It’s very natural too because some days—let’s say on the weekend, the tendency is that, just across, as human beings, as the social trend, is that Friday, Saturday, and sometimes Sunday, our food intake increases dramatically.

For whatever reason, we think of the weekend as just kind of letting go. I do this too, believe me. The weekends for me are a little bit not as healthy as they should be all the time. I’m not superhuman; I have my weaknesses, specifically crepes, chocolate crepes. We’ll keep that for another day, though.

So, during the weekend, we have this kind of increased fuel coming in from food, and then on Monday we’re all gung-ho, it’s a new week, a new beginning, and we’re gonna decrease our food intake. Sometimes, for me, after I’ve had a lot of food on the weekend, I actually don’t eat anything on Monday, until later in the day. Let’s say I have dinner at seven o’clock on a Sunday night, and I’m digesting until about nine, go to bed around nine-thirty, ten. Let’s say my fast will start at 10:00 p.m.

I wake up the next morning, doing my thing. By 10 a.m. I’m already at 12 hours. If I go to…I can’t even do my math here. Let’s say we just wanted to an 18-hour fast, which is really where the benefits start to kick in, at the 18-hour mark, 10 p.m. from the previous night all the way to, let’s say, 6 p.m. of Monday would be 20 hours if I’m not mistaken. I hope my math is right there; if it’s not, I apologize.

That’s a 20-hour fast and that’s a really simple way to do it because half of my fast has been taking place during my sleep, whereas if I woke up in the morning—as a different comparison, if I woke up in the morning and said, “At 7 a.m. I’m gonna start my fast,” now I have to go all the way through the day, which is the toughest part. I have to start my fast all the way through the day, get to the time where you just wanna eat and kinda kick back and you’re still fasting, and then the end of the fast would take place while you’re sleeping.

That’s a little bit trickier to do, so what I’d recommend is, have your meal at night—obviously, the earlier, the better; you don’t wanna go to bed on a full stomach—whatever time you finish digesting—and let’s just call it whatever time you go to bed—that would be the start of your fast, and then just add 18 to 24 hours after that time to break your fast the following day.

I guarantee this is something that will make a huge difference on so many levels of your health, your body’s ability to burn fat, and that psychological connection to food. It’s really, really cool not to have to think about food, understanding why you’re craving certain foods at certain times of the day. It’s a very, very powerful exercise to go through.

That’s what I’m gonna suggest for you today. Think about this. This is actually something that you can start doing, commit to doing it today, just as a test; see how it goes. You might go through a bit of a woozy period, a little bit of a headache, caffeine withdrawal maybe; it depends on your diet. I guarantee if this is something you can do on a weekly basis, it’ll make a huge difference in your body’s ability to burn fat and obviously see the definition that you wanna see with those nice, sexy abs and muscle tone and everything else, as well as tremendous health benefits.

So, I’m gonna give you some really, some more detailed information on this next week. I’m preparing a video right now that’s gonna talk specifically about a really cool protocol that I use and I’ve used in a couple of my programs that are very, very powerful and very simple to follow as well that I’ll share with you briefly next week, probably on Wednesday. Stay tuned for that. In the meantime, we’ve got a ton other videos coming for you.

Tomorrow I’m gonna be sending you a video on a four-exercise ab workout, which is really, really cool, very simple stuff. I’m shooting it from my basement, so it’s really to follow and it’s ten minutes. It’s awesome.

Until then, thanks for watching. Hopefully, this clears some stuff up for you. I look forward to seeing you in the next video.

One more thing that I need to mention is that I had an epiphany the other day, and I’ve committed to—and I posted this on Facebook the other day—I’ve committed to helping a minimum of five hundred people—hopefully that’s you included—transform their abs and body by July 1 of this year, 2012. I want you to be one of the five hundred people.

If you want in, just let me know in the blog section below. Just say: “Yes, count me in. I wanna transform my body by the summer.” I’ll tell you exactly what this entails as we get into over the next week or so. Again, I want you to know that this is part of the reason for the April of abs.

I’m committed to helping you achieve the body you want for summer and beyond. It’s not just bathing suit season and then let’s just go back to eating potato chips, right? It’s about lifelong change.

I woke up the other morning, and I said, “You know what? I’m gonna set a goal,” because sometimes there’s nothing more inspiring, more powerful than setting a really cool, ambitious goal and creating a movement, if you will. So, five hundred people. I want you to be one of them.

Let me know on the blog below if you’re in, and if you are, that’s great. I’ll keep you up to date as to what we’re doing and how it’s gonna all unfold.

Until then, watch for tomorrow’s video, and have a great day.




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About Yuri Elkaim

Yuri is a Registered Holistic Nutrition, fitness expert, and high performance health coach who is on a mission to help at least 10 million people to greater health and fitness by 2018. Join the movement and conversation today by sharing your questions or comments below...

354 Responses to “The 5-Meal Per Day Myth and Your Belly Fat”

  1. Monica Lundberg

    I am already om My way and am looking forward to what else you have to say, Yuri.
    Monica

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    • Sarah Boettcher

      I’m in for sure! Thank you for being so inspiring and informative :) Much appreciated! LET’S GET THOSE ABS OF STEEL!

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    • Cyril

      Hey Yuri, I’m totally in for the Mission. Count me in , Lets make the DIFFERENCE happen :-) )
      It all STARTS with CHANGE :-) ))

      Reply
  2. Nathan Shier

    Hey Yuri!

    I’m totally in for the 500 people mission! Just got back from a vacation and really want to get back into my routine and get some sweet defined abs!! As a side note I just wanted to let you know that your videos are great and your enthusiasm really helps to get me in the mood to get into better shape! Thanks!!

    Nathan

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  3. Michael Maxon

    I am not able to view the video on tyhe 5-6 meal deal. Unless I am missing something, there does not appear to be a link,

    Thanks and make it a great day,

    Michael

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  4. PhysicalMetamorph

    Best video ever!! I mean it.. really informative I think i’ll start introducing a day of fasting a week.

    Please count me in.

    Reply
  5. jcarlson

    could you shorten your videos? love the information, but don’t have the time to sit for 20 minutes and listen…..sorry

    Reply
  6. Margie Murray

    Count me in. I have a long way to go, but i am committed to doing this.

    Reply
  7. Janet Hendry

    YUP! I am very interested in this transformation challenge- count me in! I love your videos, I have dropped about 15 pounds in the last 6 weeks and am ready to tone it up and get ripped (well, as ripped as a 58 year old woman can get by July!)

    Reply
  8. Lee

    This just shattered my current diet plan. Being slightly hypoglycaemic though I try to not eat large meals at one time because my body ends up releasing too much insulin which tanks my blood sugar. But what you are saying is it would be beneficial for me to have “fasted fridays”? Should you always do it on the same day, is there any difference in when you do it?

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  9. Diana Bartlett

    I’m in, please. I’m your avid fan and follower! Your videos are really excellently presented, and easily understood. Very motivative too. Thanks a million!

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  10. charles

    Yes! Count me in as one of the 500. Yuri, I am 77 years old, and since last July I have lost 30 lbs. (I still have 10 lbs. to lose.) I set as my goal, to have a six pack by the end of 2012. I have gained good muscle mass since beginning, reversed my heart disease, bought my B.P. into healthy range, 115/75, all without meds. I am gathering material for a book documenting the process and my results. I believe that there are a lot of men, my age and older, who can benefit from my experience. Keep up the good work Yuri, Charles

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  11. Katherine

    Count me in!!
    Yuri, as someone who has struggled with diet for years, your videos and articles are really inspiring for me. Thanks for all your work!

    Reply
  12. Devavati

    Thanks Yuri … count me in …. love the training video’s and inspiration ~

    Reply
  13. Emily

    I think it’s funny that a lot of people say to eat five to six meals a day for weight loss while my brother’s used it to gain fifteen pounds for baseball (both he and I are also ectomorphs)

    Reply
  14. Kathy

    Hi Yuri

    Your videos are inspiring and fit in with my exercise advice from my sports physio.

    Count me in!!

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  15. Geoff

    Yurt.
    Count me inon you April mission. I have trained for years and been miss informed
    By the best. You seem to have great knowledge on the basics that REALY WORK.
    Keep it coming

    Cheere Moley

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  16. valerie krebs

    Truly appreciate your insight backed up with science ! I commit to being part of your mission- Thanks.

    Reply
  17. Wizz

    Just had laparoscopic epigstric hernia repair 4 weeks ago so not sure if your programme will be too much for me at this stage but I would still like to be included please.

    Thanks!
    Wizz

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  18. Kristina

    Love your videos!!! Intermittent fasting – it’s not easy but it’s definitely worth it! Coun’t me in for the challenge, Yuri! Regards from Portugal :) Kristina

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  19. Katura

    Hey Yuri!
    Please do count me in on your 500 people mission. This videos was quite informative and it is good to know I don’t need to eat 5 meals a day. I become quite frustrated with that method and just give up.
    Thanks again for the info.
    -Kat.

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  20. Darlene Kenworthy

    Count me in!! I actually just got back on the workout wagon today with Day 1 of Amazing Abs Solution and Day 1 of Fitter U Looking foward to what you have to throw at me!!!

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  21. Nikki

    count me in Yuri – I had already set myself a target of mid June to increase lean muscle and ditch some middle ages fat reserves ! I’m really enjoying your videos. I know a lot of this stuff already but being reminded so enthusiastically is giving me the inspiartion to get back on it! Thank you! Nikki x

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  22. Marie

    Hey Yuri, you didn’t talk about exercise while you’re fasting, along with the next day?? My thoughts are that an easier light workout would be ok during the day of, but to take the next day off as you won’t have the fuel…??? I’ve always heard that while fast you should be taking the time to ‘listen’ to your body and not push it as you regularly would, but if you’re doing this every week does that still apply??

    Thanks again Yuri!!

    PS: SO in for the 500 mission!!! :) ))

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  23. Leslie Riley

    Hey Yuri, I might be interested. I’ll be renewing Fitter U Fitness next month ($249), so I won’t be able to do both if it is expensive. Thanks!

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  24. Edita

    Thanks for great video!
    Will try to do some short fasting this week. Maybe will start simple..like from skipping dinner? As for the abs mission – I’m definitely up for the challenge!

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  25. Pamela

    Is it safe to do this fast if you have type 2 diabetes? I am 70 years old.

    Thank you.

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  26. Caroline

    Great video! I’m intrigued by the fasting benefits.
    Would it be ok to drink lemon-water throughout the day? Or should it be just pure water?
    Will there be an effect on blood-pressure (mine is really low)?
    Thanks and keep it up :)

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  27. Shilpa

    Hi Yuri, Really enjoy all your videos .. Awesome stuff .. Please count me in for this mission. I badly need it .. Thanks :)

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  28. Brandon Young

    Awesome lets do it!
    I have one question: My friday i consider my junk food day the one day i get to go out of routine and eat pizza and sweets or whatever, I was wondering if you think it would be alright to try the fast the day after my junk day??

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  29. Sue

    Include me in the mission! I’m just starting Phase 3 of Fitter U – and love it! Great video – I think this will help with my afternoon munching.

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  30. Mike

    Yuri, I’m in! I’ve been following you for some time now. I’ve dropped around 20 lbs with your tips on cardio, weight lifting, diet and fasting. I’m currently sitting on approx. 150-155 lbs @ 7% body fat. Unfortunately, I haven”t been doing your 2 suggested workouts (Core-1 & Core-2) yet. I’ve gotten pretty ripped (From a muscular standpoint), however, my abs are not there yet. I still have a very small pooch and handles that I can’t get rid of. I’d like to know how to tap into that and get rid of it once and for all. I’d also like to get my obliques going (can’t find a good routine). At 7% body fat, i should have some signs of abs…no? Haha! Look forward to your challenge.

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  31. Vera Halina

    Just became vegan in Nov 2011, pushing my workouts from 3days a week to 7days a week in the last 5 weeks, fasting 1 day a week, really need to find more tricks to get the fat off, 35 lbs to shed before I think I will see any real ab muscles….If you can help, I’m in!

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  32. Helen

    Hi Yuri,

    I’d love to join you. I have been doing FitterU and am on Phase 2 week 3

    Need to loose 3 stone

    Am 57 and determined nit to slow down as I get older

    Best wishes

    Helen

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  33. Nenzo Cruz

    Im SO IN!

    April of abs has been incredibly informative — this video specially set to rest a lot of questions I had re fat loss ! thanks again!

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  34. Julie G

    Thanks for the work you do. Are 63 yr old grannies welcome? If so, please count me in.

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  35. Cheryl

    Hi Yuri just let me say you just cleared up so many questions in that one video. I’ve been going to the gym 3 days a week sense October of 2011 after I found out I had high blood pressure and the doc wanted to put me on meds. I refused the meds and committed to getting healthier. Blood pressure is now normal and eating habits are slowing coming into line. I’ve lost 28 lbs so far and reduced my total body fat by 5%. I am totally in for the 500 as my belly is the biggest storage of fat on me. Mind you it has gotten smaller and I can now see my feet LOL. Can’t wait to try my fast!

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  36. Vikki Blair

    I am so in! I am also going to try fasting as of 7pm tonight! Excited to try this experiment in healthiness! :)

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  37. LINDA

    I would love to say “Count me in” however not gonna happen as i have just had surgery and my ability to do anything is going to be severely compromised…however that being said…all of you that can do this “have a great time… i will be rooting for ya”

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  38. lee

    Very informative. . Thanks . . I dont have a fat problem. . I just started working out about 8 months now. . . At first i was bulking and put on about 10 pounds which was great considering i only weighed 130 when i started. . . I didnt do sit ups and crunches only compound exercises and i am getting a six pack. Anyway i started getting love handles while bulking so i decided to start doing planks and stability exercises to get rid of love handles. . . My question is can i eat healthy and put on weight without body fat. . . During my bulking i was eating a lot ofeggs and drinking whole milk. . . This sent my cholestorol up. . . I now only eat egg whites and 2 or 1% milk and all healthy stuff. . . Only problem isi dont seem to be putting on weight. . . My goal is to get to about 160. . 170. . . I started skipplng breakfast about 2weeks ago and i got rid of my love handles. . . Now i need to put on some weight. . . I am very lean right now but im still too skiny. . . I dont want to put unhealthy fat on then have to take months to get rid of it. . . What i really want to know can you pack on muscle without packing on body fat. . . Thanks. . .

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  39. charles

    Hey Yuri, Charles here. One thing I have learned in my 77 years is that as important as excercise is, diet is more of an issue. I see those neanderthals at the gym who seem to only work out their arms and neglect everything else. They have six packs alright, some even have twelve packs to go along with the pizza they regularly put away. In order to gain that illusive six, or eight pack, diet is the most crucial element. I appreciate your approach, keep it coming, Charles

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  40. Jax

    You really make a difference, Yuri. Thank you. If the mission is free, count me in, thanks!

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  41. Eleanor

    Yes please Yuri, would love to be included in the 500,
    Love your energy, so inspirational.

    THANK YOU

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  42. Richard

    Count me in, I’m ready to see my six pack, It’s been a long time. Yuri, thanks for all the great videos.

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  43. Mike

    Thanks for the consistent help. You’re the only one I know who actually helps us on a daily basis with education and knowledge. Thanks for the workouts, the diets, the recipes and the information.

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  44. Cheryl

    Hi Yuri, Thank you so much for all your information and inspiration. Please count me in as part of your 500 people. I am so excited! Have a great evening!

    Cheryl

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  45. Tim Carman

    yes i’m in:) i want to transform my body by the summer!!! thanks Yuri for all your video’s, especially april abs!!

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  46. mustafa kamani

    hi, im 17 years old, i started last year 16th of january lost 1 and a half stone then gained weight in summer.now its time to change i wanna transform my body count me in and you are a real inspiration thanks you

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  47. Pat Carl

    Hi

    Yes I will be joining you. Very interesting today to listen to your opinion on fasting. It makes good sense.

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  48. cholyoake

    Count me in! Also wanting to know if you do morning workouts on the morning of your fast day? Thanks!

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  49. Bob

    Yuri

    Excellent explanation of intermittent fasting, thank you. I am pushing 66 years of age, I’ve been into intermittent fasting/interval cardio and weight training for about four months now and I am fairly pleased with the results ( I was 300 plus pounds when I started )

    I would like to join your project.

    Bob

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  50. IAN

    Excellent video, very informative, makes a lot of common sense.
    I would love to be included in this program, I had planned to get into shape for July so the timing is perfect, I made an attempt recently then started dancing with distraction.
    Reaching this goal as part of a team would be beneficial.
    Some really inspiring comments above.

    The information you provide in all it’s forms is staggering.

    THANK YOU

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  51. Isabelle

    I would love to be in! My body is great everywhere, but my problem area really is my abs! Ive been tuning in religiously to the april of abs so i really look forward to working with you : ) thanks so much for the info yuri

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  52. isabelle

    Hi Yuri, thankyou for all the information and I really want to be included in the 500 lucky people who get to work with you! : )

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  53. Marie

    Hi Yuri,
    Please count me in! I definetly want & need to transform my body with your help by July 1st!!!

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  54. Joe

    Well, I’m not seeing my abs with 5-6 meals a day and exercise…..I may as well try fasting and exercise. Count me in on this and we’ll see where this takes me.

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  55. Jean-Luc

    Thanks, Yuri! Your videos are so great, full of essential information. :)
    Count me in. :)

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  56. Kirsten Tucker

    Count me in Yuri!! I’m doing a low cal diet (ala home medifast) and will add in your fasting this coming weekend. I’m adding back in my kettlebell workout and would love to see what else you can bring to the table.

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  57. Betty

    There’s nothing I need and want more than a chance to have a healthier lifestyle, so count me in on this mission.

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  58. Yves

    I’m in!

    I have a family reunion that weekend in July so the timing is perfect.

    Thanks Yuri,
    Yves

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  59. Landrie Ethredge

    YES YES YES! I want in. Can i please be one of the 500! Great videos, thank you so much!

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  60. Cathy

    Hi Yuri,

    My husband and I look forward to learning more and getting fit and trim, for life.
    Count us in, and thank you for your generosity to help so many, without charging so much.

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  61. Angela Kilcrease

    Thanks for sharing info. Yuri,
    I am going to do 20 hr. fast after I eat on Mon, tonight and during day on Tues, since like most of us I have too much food on weekends,
    And I do want to be in on the 500 people for better abs by July.
    All your info has been sooo helpful : ) Angela

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  62. Mara

    Great video I’m gonna give it a shot! count me in, I want to transform my body by the summer!

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  63. Kerry

    I’m in :-) Wishing us both luck. Jan 5/09 I quit smoking and put on 23 lbs. Feb /09 I hit menopause which I think had something to do with having trouble getting rid of the 23 lbs. Then the big problem, Jan 15/10 I was in a car accident and not allowed to do much of anything until recently. I’m allowed to lift a total of 5 lbs LOL. At this rate it will take me until I’m 60 to get rid of this excess weight. Oh yeah…I am now 65 lbs over what I was when I quit smoking in 09.

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  64. Joyce Smith

    Hi Yuri,
    Love your videos – thanks for taking the time to post them.
    Count me in as one of the 500 – looking forward to hearing more about it – Thx!

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  65. Joyce Smith

    Hi Yuri,
    Thanks for all of the great video posts.
    Count me in as one of the 500 please!
    (Sorry if this goes through twice but it looked like the first one didn’t go through)

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  66. Gay

    Hi Yuri! Thank you for the opportunity. Please please count me in for the 500 people transforming thei abs!

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  67. Gay

    I’ve entered a wrong email address. Please count me in wih the 500 people in transforming abs. :) thanks Yuri!!!

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  68. sonia

    I’m a big fan and cant wait to start the journey and finally see muscle definition on my body…

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  69. RICHARD

    Hi Yuri,

    I would love your help to burn the last thin layer of lower belly fat.

    Cheers!!

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  70. Eden Tipene

    count me in i really want to have the wash board abs of steel this summer

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  71. Jamie

    Firstly thank you very much for your videos and tips, after fasting is there a stratagie to reintroduce food?

    Count me in on the better body for the summer.

    thanks
    Jamie

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  72. Angela Hammond

    Hi Yuri, I would like to be included with the 500 people for this mission. I am 43 yrs old, 5.4″ woman and weigh 176 pounds, but have been finding it difficult to lose 40lbs like forever! I love the idea of fasting for a day, so I will start that this week, but would love your help. BTW I love your videos, they are so informative. Thanks

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  73. Angela Hammond

    Hi Yuri,
    Please count me in for the 500 mission! I did leave a comment before, but I’m not sure if it went through…

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  74. Leigh

    Hi Yuri , love your videos. 51 prerimenopausal needing a kick up the tail in the motivation stakes . Count me in .. Thanks again.

    Leigh. Brisbane Aus

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  75. Michael

    I would love to join in, need a lot of help losing the years of accumulation around the middle….

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  76. George

    Hello Yuri to you and to beautiful Canada.
    First of all thank you for all the correct info you are giving us and your commitment.
    Also thanking you,because you are trying to do so, the right way, the long-term way,not the easy way.
    The way of understanding in depth and truthfulness what is going on with our bodies.
    The way of changing our lifestyle and habits, the way from “inside out”.
    All the best to you and your family….

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  77. Andy

    Count me in…..although presently working around an elbow injury that I hope won’t impact my participation.

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  78. angela

    Yes please count me in. My only concern is at my age of 51, my morning fasting blood sugar is borderline diabetic and I have been told that skipping breakfast is not good for me. Is that information correct or can I still do a 24hr fast once a week without any concern of increasing my future risk of developing diabetes?

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  79. Adam

    Count me in Yuri excellent video one of the clearest and most informative ones i have seen.

    Excellent Work

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  80. Edward G.

    Count me in as well Yuri, I want to tone up and lose that last 10% of body fat

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  81. Edward G.

    Count me in Yuri. I really want to lose those last 15 pounds of fat around my abdominal and pectoral region

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  82. Mira

    Hi Yuri:
    I would love to be in the 500 group. This Jul 6th, will be my 30th birthday and I am the heaviest I have ever been. I have been familiar with all the terms you are using but matters of the mind and stress overpowers the most reasonable logic in my life lately…if that makes any sense…
    Anyways, I need a push and your approach from the videos I have seen is right on.
    Thanks for sharing so much of your time and knowledge.
    ps: I have no idea how we are getting your emails but I am glad. Just know that there may be a lot more people watching, even if they are not interacting.

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  83. Tricia

    Love the videos! Count me in. At 73 years of age, I’m working hard at staying strong and healthy.

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  84. HoneyLil

    Count me in please!! I started watching your videos recently and getting the knowledge but I now need to stop watching and start working!! This is the right sort of kick start I need …

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  85. Patrick

    Yes, yes, yes, YES!!!!! I want in, let me in!!! Knock, knock YURI, I am at the door!!!
    I don’t care if I’m first or 500, let me in!!!
    - Patrick

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    • Alicja Kolt

      I would love to do it! Count me in.
      Thank you for sharing with us all the amazing information.

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  86. Liliya

    Hello Yuri! Great Video! Please count me in for the 500 people transforming their abs!

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  87. Delph

    The 5-6 meals a day never seemed right to me and now I’m glad you helped me understand why.
    Your videos are very inspiring! Great work!
    Count me in, please!

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  88. Emmie

    Hey Yuri, by fasting is it strictly just clean water all day long and nothing else? Does drinking tea, or fresh lemon juice in the water count? How about taking our daily supplements? Much thanks and Great post, count me in.

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  89. Rick

    Thanks for explaining fasting. Very informative. Glad to know I’m not losing muscle.

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  90. Rick King

    I’m looking forward to a new body with your direction, the 4 ab ball exercises look very do able. Thank you

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  91. Donna

    I’m in Yuri.please keep me posted on how to achieve fab abs by July 2012.
    (thanks)
    DJ

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  92. Korey McIver

    I would like to get good abs by summer. I have been doing really good all winter. Went from 310 lbs down to 230. now I am maintaining and trying to work on core and building mass. Maybe this will help!!

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  93. Donna

    Thanks, this was very informative and makes sense. I never feel like eating breakfast, but most of the time force myself as I feel I ‘have to’. However I know I get really woozy if I dont eat for an extended time, so would you reccomend exercising or not excercising in a fasted state?

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  94. Janka

    I would like to transform my body, so you can count me in (is there still a place for me? :-) )

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  95. Lori

    Love this stuff. Heard this from Brad P as well.
    I am in the challenge!

    Thanks Yuri

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  96. Jenny

    Hi Yuri, I enjoyed your video – great explanations. I would like to join your 500.

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  97. Iwona

    Hi Yuri, thank you for an invitation to a fabulous journey, full of loving health, fitness and piece of mind! I am grateful for the way you have been sharing with us about achieving and maintaining a great body – what a gift you have! many thanks and I look forward to the NewMe, MyTransformed truly. tw, Im going to commit to the 1 day a week detox – should be fun! seems easy and of lasting benefits but we shall c…best wishes, Iwona

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  98. Ali Anwar

    Hi Yuri,

    I have been watching you post for a while, and I use a lot in my struggle to get fit, I would like to enroll in the 500 people program.

    Fasting from Sun raise to Sun set is something I’m used to, since it’s part of my religious practice in Islam, and I do confirm that when done right in one month I lose a lot of fat.

    My problem is that in my job I’m sitting on a char for 8 hours a day, and I’m trying to lose these 10-15Kg, hopefully will do with your program.

    Thanks!

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  99. Sadok Ben-Khelifa

    Hi Yuri,

    I am so glad for these videos. They make so much sense and are huge eye openers. Everything you have said works perfectly. I have to admit that even I fell into the whole eating 6 to 8 times a day in the last few months and have been losing weight, however, I attribute it mostly to the type of high intensity workouts that I have been doing, not the amount I have been eating anymore. Even though I have reached a weight I am happy with, I still have belly fat. I have to admit my resistance/strength training hasn’t been the primary focus though. Looking forward to putting on some lean mass and see how my body reacts. I’m completely in for the 500 person mission. Whatever it takes man, I’m 100% committed.

    Best regards,
    Sadok

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  100. Mohammad

    Hi Yuri,

    Excellent video. I am sure it will help lots of people. Please count me in.

    Best Regards,

    Mohammad

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  101. Lori

    Hi Yuri,
    You can count me in. I’ve been watching your videos for about a week now. I’ve learned alot. I’ve have started interval training and core strenthening while cutting my calories. Now you have encouraged my to try fasting. You are a gift from God and I am praying for you.
    Lori

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  102. Marie

    I’m in!! I’ve been watching these video’s a little backwards, already started the ab workout yesterday. I don’t have a workout ball yet (my dog popped my other one) But I have been improvising with my rocking footstool. Not ideal, but works in a pinch. Thank you for all your shared knowledge.

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  103. Aimee Mae

    I want to do this. Count me in. Your information is amazing and makes me really believe i can change my body if i do things right. i want to be part of the 500.

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  104. Barbara

    Thanks for the info, it gives me confidence that I will achieve my goals without always thinking of food! Count me in for the challenge! Can’t wait to get started.

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  105. Michelle Forster

    Yes please. I love your videos, please don’t make them shorter they are perfect. I am normally bored but you make it fun to watch.
    I have a holiday on the 20th July and would love to lose 20lbs.

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  106. Adam

    Hi Yuri,
    I am thrilled at the opportunity to be part of 500 lucky individuals who will be assisted by you in the abs transformation. Please count me in.

    Whats the next step Yuri ?

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  107. Susan

    Hi Yuri, Nice talking to you last night! I’d love to be in the 500 people abs! I’m pretty much in shape but my belly continues to pop. Thanks a lot! Susan from NYC

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  108. Stacey-Ann

    Hey Yuri….Please count me in. I am all excited. Can’t wait to start!!!!

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  109. Linda E

    Your video explains why my fasting once a week in 2005 worked so well to help me lose weight and feel great. I gained weight in the years since. Now that you explained it, I’m all for being one of the 500! I’ve been doing HIIT since January this year but need something more to get rid of about 25 lbs or so. Looking forward to having some nice looking abs. Thanks for the videos and the help.

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  110. Shyamala

    I wanted to lose weight by september. july sounds great! Please count me in.

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  111. Daniel Rosales

    I want to be part of the 500..what do i need to do?? your ideas are amazing..i decided to follow you whole heartedly …it get confusing when you follow alot of people but i think you have the best overall ideas with diet and workouts..especiall abs

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  112. Emma Cunningham

    Count me in! I want to be one of your 500, I’ve been trying to lose weight by myself, but it would go a lot smoother if I had your help!

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  113. Jo

    Yuri in regards to fasting, what are your recommendations about exercising that morning, or even afternoon. If you were doing an 18 hr fast like you described in the video. And also what about blood sugar? I tend to get shaky, irritable, lose concentration and get faint if I don’t eat for long periods of time?

    Thanks

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  114. Charlie Bee

    My name is Charlie Bee I would like to take you up on the 500 abs by summertime challenge

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  115. Arti shantakumar

    Thank you thank you ! Pl count me in!

    A query please…What kind of food should one consume after a 20 hour fast ?

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  116. Mary VW

    YesYesYes – please count me in! I am looking forward to getting started with the rest of the group! Thanks :-)

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  117. Sofia

    I’m in!!! Count me. I’m an exchange student in the US from Italy, I gain 30 punds here i really wanna lose them before going back June 25th I hope you can count me in :)

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  118. Rachel Derkacs

    Count me in if it’s still possible!!! Currently at about 20% body fat and I have had a goal for almost 4 years now to get atleast a 4 pack showing! The last few pounds are the hardest.

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  119. D.A.D.

    Thanks for all the excellent advise .

    Count me in on your 500 mission

    Again thanks for helping and giving us the greatest gift “our health”

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  120. Kristen

    Hi Yuri!! Yes, please count me in! Thank you for everything. Sincerely, Kristen

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  121. James E

    Im in Yuri!! Loving your Super Nutrition Academy and picked up some good info in the april of abs

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  122. ivica

    Hi, Yuri
    My name is Ivica and I’m writing you from Serbia, Europa. How can I order your programs and how can I get it?
    I also have some questions about soccer, so tell me is it posible to talk to you about total development of young soccer players. I would really like you to answer me, I mean, help me.
    I got your posts every day, they are great, I learned a lot.
    Thanks, Yuri…

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  123. Brooke

    I am healing from a broken wrist and turning 62 in May. Super challenging. Count me in!

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  124. Jenny

    Hi there,
    If it’s not too late could you please count me in as this is a problem area I have always had,
    even at my fitter and healthier stages of my life.
    Jenny

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  125. Nicole

    Yuri, I know I’m totally late to the party, but is there still time for me to catch up to the pack?? If so, by all means PLEASE COUNT ME IN!!!?!?!

    Thanks for all the myth busting info!!!!
    Nicole

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  126. Doug Pemberton

    I really don’t like fasting but your video has given me a better insight as to why I should. Thanks

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  127. michael

    Hey Yuri I’m in.. could you touch on hydration and physical activity during a 24 hour fast

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  128. Teena

    Yuri, I’m in my 40′s something has to work! Competitive bodybuilder my entire teens and twenties. After kids, I’m a pile of belly fat! We’re did my abs go??? Willing mom of two! “I’M SO IN”!!!! thanks Yuri.

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  129. Carol

    Yes, count me in. I’ve been exercising hard and trying to eat right every day. My body is slow to respond.

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  130. Martin

    Hi there Yuri!

    Yes, for sure I would like to be IN as well!
    I am not sure, wether or not my skills in english will be good enough to follow along your advises, but I would do my very best!!!

    Thanks a lot for this great opportunity!

    Greetings and God bless from good old Germany,

    MARTIN

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  131. Martin

    Hi there Yuri!

    Thanks a lot for your Invitation, yes, please Count me IN too!
    I don´t know wether or not my skills in english will be good enough to follow you advises, but I will try my very best for sure!

    Once again, thanks for this opportunity!

    Greetings from good old Germany,
    God bless,

    MARTIN

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  132. Jaime

    Count me in! Your email came at a great time as I am currently on a 24 hour fast. Love your emails by the way. Lots of great info. Thanks!

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  133. Danielle Madden

    I WANT IN!

    It has been a goal of mine to have a six pack since middle school. I am 25 years old now and have still not reached that goal despite being an athlete my whole life and a vegan for the past 4 years (who follows a whole-food plant based vegan diet focusing on fruits, veggies and avoiding gluten, sugars and processed and soy products)… Clearly I am doing something wrong!

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