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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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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 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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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 Desire to get Healthy

July 26, 2009

The picture on the right is a unique one. It was made by combining several different pictures and then editing them in Photoshop. What I like the most about it is that it seems to convey the message of a ‘spark of creation’, made possible only from various sources of knowledge and inspiration. Why I [...]

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General Philosophies of the Pursuit of Health

July 15, 2009

I think it is necessary, that though we deal with a particular level of uncertainty in this area, that a logical approach to this endeavour should be established. I will attempt to give 3 main points to explain the statement. Naturally, they are bolded and should be the take home message for anyone reading this. [...]

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