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.
As you continue to diet in your pursuit of fat loss, as body fat falls, etc., you are going to experience hunger. This is biologically normal. Leptin, a chief regulatory hormone tends to fall with dieting and falling body fat levels. Related to this, lower leptin levels impair the functioning of CCK (Cholecystokinin). The relevance.. Read more →
Eating something out of social pressure to conform is generally not a good idea. It sets the precedent (to you and those around you) for any such occasion in the future.
Many people, when excus … er, I mean ‘explaining’ cheating on a plan fall back to using stress as their reason. I guess that begs the question, when does it end? Stress in its various shapes and forms is a life constant; it’s not going to ever go away. We all have to deal with.. Read more →
Many people, when excus … er, I mean ‘explaining’ cheating on a diet fall back to using stress as their reason. I guess that begs the question, when does it end? Stress in its various shapes and forms is a life constant; it’s not going to ever go away. We all have to deal with.. Read more →