Posts Tagged weight loss
Willpower and Desire as They Relate to Fitness
Numerous times recently both on Fitocracy and in questions from readers of the blog, I have gotten questions on dieting. This is not a huge deal, and while I think it has been covered more thoroughly by more learned folk than I (see Lyle’s site, Alan Aragon’s site, and Martin’s site), I will likely end […]
What an Intermittent Fasting Diet Looks Like: A Visual Guide
Many times on Fitocracy I see threads where people are discussing dieting, and one of the common themes I see is incredulity that it’s hard to eat enough food while ‘cutting’ (dieting to lose fat). Other times, I see people talking about how they can’t grow or calling themselves hard gainers because they can’t seem […]
General Summary of Changes to Diet, Exercise, and Supplement Intake
NOTE: As an addendum to my progress post, I am still keeping a running tally of changes I make to my training, diet, and supplementation in order to trace back the effects further down the road. This post will be updated periodically to reflect that. Exercise Beginning: 5×5 From Bodybuilding.com 6/1/10: Added recumbent biking, ~40 […]
Fitocracy–A Candid Review
I’ve been using Fitocracy for several months now, and I felt it was finally time to post up a review, along with some suggestions. While I’m not sure Dick and Co. will be particularly interested in what I have to say, I still feel it needs to be said regardless. An overview of Fitocracy First […]
ChAoS & PAIN: Go Fucking Feral #2- A Shutthefuckup Salad With A Side of Extra Rants
A little more militant and crass than I would have put it, but pretty much dead on I think: ChAoS & PAIN: Go Feral Pt. 2 Be warned, this site is NSFW!
Why Calories Matter
In a previous post, I talked about my own tests with ketogenic diets, along with my use of borderline OCD food and exercise tracking combined with a BodyMedia FIT to test the theory that calories matter. In short, the answer is yes, which is obvious if you really think about it, and even more obvious […]
The Truth Behind 5 Food Myths by Alan Aragon | The Spartan Warrior
Posted by in Nutrition on March 2, 2012
Good reading to help steer you past the ‘bro-science’: The Truth Behind 5 Food Myths by Alan Aragon | The Spartan Warrior
The Result of a Failed Bulk
Well, the results of my month-long bulk in Pensacola are in, and they are not pretty. However, if you’ve been following along, you know that things didn’t exactly go as planned. First and foremost, the day I flew into Pensacola, I tore my left trapezius muscle carrying my laptop gear through the abomination of an […]
The Story of How I Came to the Conclusion that Calories Matter
Posted by in Nutrition on February 24, 2012
Since it seems I’m on a kick to tackle all possible controversial topics, let’s discuss one of the most controversial ones in fitness: calories. In a number of discussions over the last year, I have had to fight this battle over and over. It seems there are a very large number of people under the […]
How to Test the ‘Metabolic Advantage’ of Fad Diets Using SCIENCE™
A lot of people read various fad diet books and are drawn in by them. There is no shame in this; The line they usually sell is very tempting. ‘Lose weight without dieting’ or ‘Lose weight without counting calories…Eat as MUCH AS YOU WANT!’ is a really hard thing to resist when trying to lose […]
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