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I've noticed that I look my best, not so much when my face is "chiseled", but when my facial muscles are full of glycogen.
Glycogen is the stored form of glucose (sugar). It is your body's main source of energy. It comes from carbohydrates in certain foods and fluids you consume. Glycogen gives your facial (and body) muscles their plump look, creating pleasant-looking, youthful contours on your face.
Whenever my facial muscles are low on glycogen, my face becomes drawn and haggard. It doesn't even matter if it's chiseled-- without sufficient stored glycogen, it just doesn't look that attractive.
Professional bodybuilders discovered this a long time ago.
A couple of hours before they go on stage, they typically "carb load" (consume a lot of carbs) in order to give their muscles a large, shapely and healthy appearance.
The thing is, sometimes carbs will do the exact opposite of what you want, and go to your fat stores, instead of your muscles, making you look fleshy and bloated. I haven't found a consistent way to control 'carb loading' (Maybe I should ask on the bodybuilding forum?). But, even if I did find a way to ensure that carbs go to my muscles instead of my fat, how do you keep your facial muscles consistently replete with glycogen? Do you have to eat every couple of hours? Seems impractical.
What usually happens is that my facial appearance 'cycles' throughout the day. Sometimes (when glycogen stores are high), it looks great, and foids everywhere are making eye contact with me and moving into my zone in order to initiate an interaction.
But sometimes (when glycogen stores are low), they'll either treat me as if I'm invisible, or they'll actively avoid me because they find me revolting to look at (when carbs get stored in my facial fat, instead of muscle).
Appreciate the input of anyone who knows more about this than I do.
Edit: This obviously doesn't apply if you're ugly (have bad bone structure).
Glycogen is the stored form of glucose (sugar). It is your body's main source of energy. It comes from carbohydrates in certain foods and fluids you consume. Glycogen gives your facial (and body) muscles their plump look, creating pleasant-looking, youthful contours on your face.
Whenever my facial muscles are low on glycogen, my face becomes drawn and haggard. It doesn't even matter if it's chiseled-- without sufficient stored glycogen, it just doesn't look that attractive.
Professional bodybuilders discovered this a long time ago.
A couple of hours before they go on stage, they typically "carb load" (consume a lot of carbs) in order to give their muscles a large, shapely and healthy appearance.
The thing is, sometimes carbs will do the exact opposite of what you want, and go to your fat stores, instead of your muscles, making you look fleshy and bloated. I haven't found a consistent way to control 'carb loading' (Maybe I should ask on the bodybuilding forum?). But, even if I did find a way to ensure that carbs go to my muscles instead of my fat, how do you keep your facial muscles consistently replete with glycogen? Do you have to eat every couple of hours? Seems impractical.
What usually happens is that my facial appearance 'cycles' throughout the day. Sometimes (when glycogen stores are high), it looks great, and foids everywhere are making eye contact with me and moving into my zone in order to initiate an interaction.
But sometimes (when glycogen stores are low), they'll either treat me as if I'm invisible, or they'll actively avoid me because they find me revolting to look at (when carbs get stored in my facial fat, instead of muscle).
Appreciate the input of anyone who knows more about this than I do.
Edit: This obviously doesn't apply if you're ugly (have bad bone structure).
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, I just only notice on keto my skin radiates like crazy and is super dewy
