Category: Weight Loss

  • Weight Loss Feels Better Than Any Meal Tastes

    Weight Loss Feels Better Than Any Meal Tastes

    It’s a long weekend here in Canada and I’m on my way to a brunch buffet this morning. What a great way to kick off the week. If I could start every week with a brunch buffet I wouldn’t complain at all. I’ll probably eat most of my calories for today at the buffet, and…

  • Proof That Weight Loss is Just Calories In Vs Out

    Proof That Weight Loss is Just Calories In Vs Out

    Bariatric surgery is recommended by the National Institutes of Health for people with a BMI above 40. These types of procedures can include a laproscopic band that limits the amount of food that can enter the stomach or a removal of a portion of the stomach (bypass). In both cases the surgery will be effective…

  • Weight Loss Diet Contradictions

    Weight Loss Diet Contradictions

    We ended up with a pretty good list of weight loss diets yesterday, thanks for your contribution. So can all of the diets listed work? (of course as long as they get you to eat less calories than you burn). Are all of these complex strategies necessary?…of course not. But what about the specific mechanism…

  • Popular Weight Loss Diets

    Popular Weight Loss Diets

    In the last post we talked about the most extreme form of health promoting diet…breatharians. These are people who believe they can survive without eating at all. Of course this is not possible and these people are frauds (as any time they have been monitored closely they are caught getting food and drink). Nobody really…

  • Feast or Famine

    Feast or Famine

    When it comes to dieting I’ve noticed an odd trend with some people. It seems to be a mentality of feast or famine, let me explain. Do you or someone you know approach the day from the standpoint that if you’re going to eat ‘good’ or on your diet for the day then you can’t…