Category: Weight Loss

  • The Top 10 Nutrition Rules so far

    The Top 10 Nutrition Rules so far

    Thank you for your input yesterday, I think I’ve got a handle on the biggest nutrition ‘rules’ that need to be investigated in the new book. There was an obvious theme and here are the big ones that I will cover: 1. Eating Breakfast to ‘rev up’ metabolism 2. Eating frequently throughout the day to…

  • Top 10 Weight Loss Diet Rules

    Top 10 Weight Loss Diet Rules

    I’m in the middle of writing my new diet book and I need your help with one of the sections. I want to review the validity and research of the most common diet ‘rules’ that you hear about it in the popular diet and weight loss media including magazines, television and online. I’ve got a…

  • Weight Loss is Simple…but not Easy

    Weight Loss is Simple…but not Easy

    Weight loss is simple…but that doesn’t mean it’s easy. A caloric deficit (no matter how you arrive at it) is all you need to lose weight. Achieving a caloric deficit seems to be difficult for many people for a host of reasons including emotional control, social eating, the routine of eating at a specific time…

  • What If Food Didn’t Affect Weight or Health?

    What If Food Didn’t Affect Weight or Health?

    Simple mental exercise for you today. What would you eat if you knew the food choices you made wouldn’t adversely affect your weight or your health? I’ll start: I would eat just about everything I am currently eating. John

  • Bodyweight changes = body water changes

    Bodyweight changes = body water changes

    Weight loss and fat loss are almost always assumed to be the same thing. Bodybuilders assume muscle gaining will translate in to weight gaining. And we all assume that weight gain in general means fat gain. To be clear your body is mostly water (see picture above), and most of your day to day fluctuations…