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Diet Self-Sabotage 4: Preventing Self-Sabotage

September 19, 2009
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This is the last (and shortest) post in Self-Sabotage in Fat Loss Diets. It is mainly a summary, and ultimately, change will have to be initated by the subject himself/herself. In Diet Self-Sabotage 1: The Lack of Proper Expectations and the Proper Plan, I talked about how people set unrealistic and unspecific goals and expectations [...]

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Diet Self-Sabotage 3: The Lack of Flexibility

September 16, 2009

This is part 3 of the Self-Sabotage in Fat Loss Diets series. In Diet Self-Sabotage 1: The Lack of Proper Expectations and the Proper Plan, I talked about the need to set both realistic and specific goals and expectations. In Diet Self-Sabotage 2: Patience, Perception and Randomness is Dieting, I talked about how the body [...]

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Diet Self-Sabotage 2: Patience, Perception and Randomness is Dieting

September 12, 2009
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This is the second post in the series, “Self-Sabotage in Fat Loss Diets“. This is a long post. The words patience and randomness don’t go well together. In this post, I will tell you why most people fail in their dieting attempts, and why in my first post in this series, I said that women [...]

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Diet Self-Sabotage 1: The Lack of Proper Expectations and the Proper Plan

September 8, 2009
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This is the first post in the “Self Sabotage in Fat Loss Diets” series. In this post, I will talk about 4 things specifically: How people often set unrealistic or unspecific goals for themselves What some realistic, specific goals are, and some examples of unrealistic, fuzzy goals The result of a lack of a plan [...]

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Self-Sabotage in Fat Loss Diets

September 5, 2009
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This is another series of articles centered around a central theme. This time, I argue that just like in many other pursuits, one must sort out one’s personal nuances to experience success in dieting. Losing fat isn’t an opinion. Aside from a few special cases (see End Notes*), all we need to do is to [...]

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How to Count Calories

August 21, 2009
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This is part 2 of the “3 part calorie counting series“ Having covered why to count calories, the next logical step is how to count calories. Most people would shudder at the prospect of having to count every single calorie. However, as mentioned before, there are no true values that can be assigned the innate [...]

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Why Count Calories

August 17, 2009

This is part 1 of the “3 part calorie counting series“ One reason only: To Quantify Energy intake and expenditure To achieve one’s fitness goals, most of the time you need to manipulate energy balance. If you want to lose weight, then obviously you need to eat less than you expend, you can easily quantify [...]

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The 3 part Counting Calories Series

August 15, 2009

The aim of this series is to address possible questions about mastering the ability to count calories. In this 3 part series, I will address these 3 issues in 3 different posts: What is a calorie and Why Should We Count Calories How to count calories How much are you eating? A Short Primer Food [...]

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How many calories are you burning?

August 12, 2009

This gadget over on the right is the Gowear Fit. It is a device which actually monitors various parameters of the body (explained in the science section of the product website) and calculates the caloric expenditure of the given individual. When I first saw this product, I was wondering how accurate it was. Fortunately, the [...]

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