Category: Weight Loss
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Portion Sizes – Men and Women Are Not Created Equal
I went out for a steak dinner this weekend and like I normally do, I split an entree with my date. We ordered a 10 oz striploin steak with vegetables and a baked potato on the side and started with a soup and some of that awesome house bread that any good steak house always…
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Real Weight Loss Is Simple, Nutritionism Is Complicated.
Dieting for weight loss is the simplest thing you could ever do. Just eat less, however the fitness marketing world tries to complicate the issue. Consumers also appreciate complicated stories because it gives them an endless list of excuses to explain away their inability to lose weight. Some one made a comment the other day…
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Less Food Doesn’t Mean Not Enough Food
A friend of mine sent me a link to a picture of a t-shirt with the words ‘Eat Less’ on the shirt. This picture was posted on a popular news/blog website and the comments section had many people suggesting that they didn’t like the t-shirt because they felt it promoted eating disorders. This of course…
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How Many Calories Do You Burn In a Day?
After reading yesterdays comments I’m getting the impression that many people assume we can burn more calories in a day that we really do. For most of the population our BMR/RMR accounts for almost all of their calories burned in a given day. BMR (Basal Metabolic Rate; the amount of calories you burn lying down…
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Target Protein, Target Calories?
I’ve been getting a lot of questions about specific dietary protein content for muscle building as well as specific daily calories for weight loss. I usually answer with a general range of what is most likely going to be adequate. This however never seems to be a good enough answer. It seems that many people…