Category: diet

  • Finding Your Bodyweight Sweet Spot & Dealing With Social Pressure to Overeat

    Finding Your Bodyweight Sweet Spot & Dealing With Social Pressure to Overeat

    I just returned from a road trip to Syracuse to see the Orange win their opening game of the college football season (yes college football is my vice, I just can’t get enough of it) The weekend included all of the usual stuff associated with a college football game including tailgating and consuming lots of…

  • Dieting: Where you are determines what you need to do

    Dieting: Where you are determines what you need to do

    I’ve been interviewing some fitness and figure competitors as well as some bodybuilders and people who coach these types of competitors for their shows. After speaking with many of these people I’ve started to realize that there is a fundamental disconnect between the idea of ‘fat loss’, ‘muscle building’, and obtaining a particular look. For…

  • Weight Loss…Every Little bit Counts

    Weight Loss…Every Little bit Counts

    I was looking at the calorie counts on a few baked goods at panera bread the other day while trying to decide on what to eat. Many of the items were within 50 calories of each other but there were some big calorie bombs in there that were 200-300 calories higher. A 200 or 300…

  • Fish Oils to the Rescue

    Fish Oils to the Rescue

    It’s been approximately 16 months since I last had my blood tested and I just got my test results back today. Everything checks out A-ok. Last time my HDL numbers were a little low, so I took a fish oil supplement which brought my HDL up nicely into a cardio protective range. If I didn’t…

  • Foods you are “Allowed” to Eat

    Foods you are “Allowed” to Eat

    I was recently browsing some diet/health headlines…in one of the opening blurbs to a post I read the following words “vegetables that are ALLOWED on this diet…” Allowed? When was the last time you were in a position to have an allowance? Maybe when you were 8 year old. The idea of having things that…