nutrition

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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Losing Weight Without Counting Calories

August 5, 2009

Let’s face the facts, any diet must cause an energy imbalance for someone to be able to lose weight. In other words, there must be a caloric deficit present. Other conditions are detailed in the article “Fundamental Conditions for any Fat Loss Diet Attempt” In this post, I talk about creating a caloric deficit in [...]

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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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What the internet means for health (and almost everything in general) – the short version

July 21, 2009

A short post, and a quick summary. We obviously know that the internet has changed the way we work. There is too much choice, there is too little time. There is too much connectivity, there is too little credibility. So what does this mean for the general health of the population? I think there are [...]

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Basics of Nutrition – the very short version

July 17, 2009

Alright, this is going to be the crash course necessary for any further discussion in this topic. It is the bare minimum that one needs to know about nutrition. Though it is the very short version, it probably isn’t classified as a short blog post. If you want the long version, just pick up any [...]

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