Author: johnbarban

  • Calories to Maintain Body Weight

    Calories to Maintain Body Weight

    In order to lose weight you will have to be in a caloric deficit, this shouldn’t be news to you. Once you’ve lost the weight you wanted, you can start eating at your daily caloric maintenance level. This is a big difference from going back to eating the way you used to eat that caused…

  • ‘Most’ People Don’t Get the Results They Want

    ‘Most’ People Don’t Get the Results They Want

    Doing what ‘most’ people do will only get you what ‘most’ people have. This is true for anything in your life. If you want to lose weight, you cannot use most people as a model to follow because most people aren’t losing weight. Same goes for financial success, satisfaction with your job or social life…

  • Who Controls Your Food Intake?

    Who Controls Your Food Intake?

    A weird thing keeps happening to me and my friend (who also happens to pay attention to calories in vs out) at some of the local coffee shops that we frequent. I routinely get served MORE food than I order. As many of you know my only rule for weight loss is calories in vs…

  • Eat Less Calories to Lose Weight

    The Claim: The only scientifically repeatable and proven way to lose body fat is to eat less calories than you burn Answer: FACT Eating less calories than you burn is the only proven way to lose bodyfat. It does not matter when you eat those calories, or what kind of calories they are, as long…

  • Calorie Burning Foods

    The Claim: Certain foods cause you to burn more calories digesting them than others Answer: FACT Protein actually has a slightly higher thermic effect than carbs or fat. In other words it takes a bit more energy to digest and metabolize protein. But this effect is minimal and will never help you actually lose body…