Before tracking apps. Before TikTok. Even before Facebook, I started my fat loss journey in the wild west of the internet—where advice was conflicting, and myths ran rampant. One of the biggest? “Eat too little and you’ll stop losing fat.” Closely followed by: “Eat more, and the scale will drop.” I heard it, I believed […]
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Apr
Apr
Losing weight does not have to be complicated. It is easy to get overwhelmed with all the conflicting advice out there, but at the end of the day, the best approach is the one that fits into your life and is sustainable long-term. To truly optimize your weight loss, focusing on a few key strategies […]
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Mar
Mar
With the advent of the internet, there has been a large uptick in weight loss programs available. We now have access to meal plans, structured programs, and even food delivery. Convenience has never been higher. So, this begs the question: Which program is the best one? Well, as with anything else fitness related, there is […]
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Mar
Mar
Food noise has become a hot topic in recent discussions about weight management and dieting. I covered this in my podcast, but I wanted to provide a summary here to help clarify what it is and how it can be managed. Understanding Food Noise: What It Is and How to Manage It What Is Food […]
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Feb
Feb
Ah yes, eating out. Whether it’s grabbing a burger on the go, ordering some pizza for the family, or taking a date out to a nice restaurant, dining away from home is a significant part of most people’s lives. With all the different cultural dishes and varieties, restaurants provide experiences that we can’t get easily […]
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Feb
Feb
The internet has brought a host of different easily accessible services to us. Whether it’s entertainment, communication, shopping, or simple browsing, virtually everything is available to us at home. This became even more apparent during the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic. The realm of fitness and nutrition is no stranger to modernization either, with many services now […]
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Feb
Feb
One of the most common rules of thumb in the weight loss industry is that people should try to get ~10,000 steps per day. In fact, many commercial fitness trackers and step counters set 10,000 steps a day as the default target when you first put them on. But why is this 10,000 number so […]
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Jan
Jan
We’ve pretty much seen it all. Any scenario you can imagine related to diets and weight loss we have encountered. And one of the most frequent errors we see people make (and most common questions we get) is related to people eating back their exercise calories. Now this error is so common because of how […]
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Jan
Jan
What is Lumen? It’s a device you breathe into that tells you whether your body is burning more carbohydrates or fats, and in theory tells you the exact percentage of carbohydrates or fat your body is burning. The concept behind this device is that if you measure what your body is burning you can optimize […]
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Jan
Jan
One universal thing holds very true for dieting – there is no one right approach. Over time, there have been countless different diets proposed for health and weight loss benefits. Some of the practices touted today are surprisingly old. For example, the ketogenic diet originated in the 1920s, while intermittent fasting first began to be […]