Category: Fat Loss

  • 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…

  • We all Need Social Support to Get in Shape

    We all Need Social Support to Get in Shape

    When you’re facing the challenge of changing your body, developing muscle and losing bodyfat you have likely accepted the idea that you must exert your will over your body. For example you have to lift weights to force your muscles to grow, and you have to consciously lower the number of calories you are eating…

  • 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…

  • Waddle Waddle

    Waddle Waddle

    I just got back from Las Vegas and it never ceases to amaze me how large a human body can get until I walk past someone who appears to be well in excess of 300lbs. One of the things that starts to become apparent is that morbidly obese people don’t walk as much as they…

  • Can you lose weight the wrong way?

    Can you lose weight the wrong way?

    When someone sets out to lose weight they have a number of resources they can turn to for information. But most of these resources make a critical error that can stall your weight loss before it ever gets started. And that error is assuming there is a right and wrong way to lose weight. Eating…