Category Archives: weight loss

To gain muscle faster you need Carbs

The easiest experiment you will ever do, assuming you can feel and see your abs a bit, is to do a good possibly highly intense workout routine and drink 50g of dextrose with some lemon and maybe a tiny bit … Continue reading

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You can not “diet down” to six pack abs

…..ignoring your muscle along the way, abs are muscles. If you look at any of “ab” ads you see in Google or Facebook people now definitely understand that diet is a major component, and it is.  The real question is … Continue reading

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Getting Lean and Staying Lean

One of the reasons why I love getting regular BodPods is that it gives me direct feedback on the various experiments I try.  I needed a 30 day Paleo Challenge like I needed a hole in my head but I … Continue reading

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Why Skinny people hold the answer to Obesity

In this documentary researchers take a small group of thin people and intentionally try to get them fat with some interesting conclusions.  It is both enlightening and baffling at times but the overall theme is incredibly relevant. #1   #2   … Continue reading

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What would I have done differently?

It has been close to a week since I started posting pictures of my one year journey that I called Fat to Fit.  In the last week I decided to lose the scale, eat until I was full and focus … Continue reading

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Nutrition On Ramp – The Lean You Challenge

At a lot of gyms there are programs called “On Ramp”, these programs gradually expose people just joining the gym to elements of their future training, that is what this nutrition program is meant to do.  So the basic idea … Continue reading

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Lean You Anti-Inflammatory Food List

I am going to start with meats and eggs because that is the easiest, I will be adding to this periodically so if you do not see something simply ask in the comments and I will either let you know … Continue reading

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From Fat to Fit in One year

When I was 30 (I am 43 now) My cholesterol was tested at 250, which is not out of control but not great, my Triglycerides were 205 though which meant that I was holding a lot of body fat, I … Continue reading

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Why a Ten day challenge is better than a Thirty day challenge

Let me first say that I hold nothing against the various Paleo/Primal sites and books that offer up a 30 day challenge approach to anti-inflammatory eating.  I think it’s great and the intent of their programs is to expose people … Continue reading

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Questions I get asked a lot

I have been getting a lot of questions lately so I figured I would address them in a blog rather than having the same 5 conversations over and over again. Do you still play poker? Not really, at least not … Continue reading

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