Category: Weight Loss
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How Much Do You Weigh?
Actually I’m interested in knowing how stable or not stable your weight has been since you’ve been an adult, say starting at 20 years old. The reason I am asking is because of the concept of ‘set point theory’. This theory assumes that our adult bodyweight is genetically predetermined and that it’s ‘set’ at a…
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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…
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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…
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How Many Meals Do You Eat?
One of the popular diet and fitness myths is the concept of meal timing, specifically the idea that you should eat more frequently than the standard breakfast/lunch/dinner that north american society has become accustomed to. This is a concept borrowed from bodybuilders who followed a ‘bulk and cut’ cycle routine where they would eat massive…
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Flexibility is the key to Lasting Weight Loss
When you’re trying to lose weight you’ve got to eat less calories than you burn, that is the easy part, the hard part is deciding how and when you’ll eliminate some calories. In general the way you eat less calories is to either cut out some eating events, or to modify the amount of calories…