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Adopting Healthy Habits

February 13, 2010
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Be it trying to lose some weight, sticking to an exercise regime, taking your vitamins, quitting smoking, or any other goal, if it is something that goes against your usual routine, adopting a new habit is going to be met with some resistance. You can reframe the problem (it’s about building NEW habits, not destroying [...]

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Have a Great 2010

December 29, 2009
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The year 2010 will be like a blank sheet of paper; free for us to draw and write on it to create a new story. However, that blank sheet will be a continuation of your book of life. It is contextual. It is specific. It is YOURS. If there’s one new year’s resolution which I [...]

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The Cost of a “Healthy” Diet

December 16, 2009
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One very pertinent issue that must cross people’s minds in the cost of the food that they eat. In my view, many people have the view that eating healthy (link to a post) is more expensive than eating normally (whatever that may mean). I’d have to say, this idea has some merit. However, the difference [...]

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Scientific Research: The compilers, commentors and the researchers

October 8, 2009
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In this article, I talk about the biases that can arise from so called scientific research. A disclaimer, this article stands at about 3700 words, and is by no means an easy read in terms of the concepts thrown out and the length itself. Needless to say, this is not for everyone. But if you’re [...]

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Men vs Women: How Different

September 27, 2009
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Clearly, anyone who thinks that a man and a woman are equal must be living on Mars. Sure, we have equal rights, blah blah, but when it comes to fitness training, nature designed the male and female body in pretty different ways. As you would guess, this has some implications on how a female should [...]

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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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How much are you eating?

August 25, 2009

This is part 3 of the “3 part calorie counting series“. With this final post, I’m going to address the final disconnect. This is the the simple fact that despite knowing how many calories one needs, people simply over-estimate the amount they eat. I’ve talked about how some people under-estimate their calories is the post [...]

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Why Genetics Matter – the case of Usain Bolt

August 18, 2009

Genetics Matter. Period. I’m not the only one to share this viewpoint as this article in the Brisbane Times, proposing that world class sprinters will continue to get taller and heavier. It talks about a few factors, ranging from leg length to muscle composition. I want to make the point that there is a lot [...]

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Freedom, Symbolism & what all this means to being healthy

August 7, 2009

In this post, I talk about what I define to be freedom in this case and to bridge the gap between knowing and doing by attaching your goals to a symbol. If you have a health related goal (or any goal for that matter) and want some ideas on how to achieve it, read on. [...]

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The Fundamental Conditions for any Fat Loss Diet Attempt

July 30, 2009
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Read these, print it out, stick it on your fridge to remind yourself about them everytime you try to reach for the cookies. I’ve heard this a lot. The person will rant on about needing to lose fat, saying its so difficult, talking about eating so little and not seeing it happen…..rant rant rant. However, [...]

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