I have often received emails, read posts online, etc., about people saying something like, “My diet was pretty extreme *insert description here* and I did a lot of cardio *or whatever*, but it worked awesome, and I looked great!” Here is my take on this … No, it did not work awesome. How do you.. Read more →
There’s nothing special about weekends. If you can eat correctly Monday to Friday, you can eat correctly Saturday and Sunday. There’s nothing inherent to weekends that mandates a complete lack of structure – particularly when a person is claiming they’re trying to achieve a specific goal.
The tighter your dietary boundaries are, the worse the binge will likely be once you cross them. What are dietary boundaries? The easiest way to understand them is to simply think of them as “good food vs bad food” thinking. Dietary boundaries are rooted in a way of thinking; a mindset. The larger your “bad.. Read more →
Trying to burn fat from a specific area of the body is like attempting to burn fuel exclusively from the upper left corner of your gas tank. *Hint – You can’t.* Focus on overall fat loss and the areas you’d most like to lose fat will eventually come around
The hormone grehlin rises in anticipation of meals, making us hungry, and then falls after we’ve eaten. However, grehlin actually gets entrained to your typical meal schedule and it will cause hunger in anticipation of a time when you would normally eat. If you’re used to eating more frequently than you currently do (or you’re.. Read more →
Holiday weekend reminder: Exercise should not be done as a punishment for what you have consumed. Doing extra cardio in an attempt to offset dietary deviation represents a dysfunctional relationship with food and exercise.