On Hypocrisy and Blogging

The one thing that has been hardest for me about starting this site is coming to the crushing realization that I am a hypocrite. In health and fitness blogging there is a compulsion that many of us fall to. We feel the need to try to project ourselves as living the most perfect healthful life. … Continue reading On Hypocrisy and Blogging →

Video Review of Withings Go

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Withings Go Review: An Activity Tracker for Everyone

The Withings Go is a new fitness tracker from the company that entered the activity tracker space initially with the gorgeous, but expensive Activite. This is also the same company that really made the wireless scale into a hugely popular category in the fitness tracking space. Read on to find out if this inexpensive tracker is truly useful. … Continue reading Withings Go Review: An Activity Tracker for Everyone →

Busting the Myth of Muscular Metabolism

I personally have always found difficulty in working up the motivation to consistently do any kind of cardiovascular exercise, and always found it much easier to work in the weight room. For much of my life I was under the impression that in order to lose any significant amount of weight cardiovascular exercise was what … Continue reading Busting the Myth of Muscular Metabolism →

90 Seconds of Cardio for Weight Loss

Now stay with me. I know many of you read that title and immediately felt your legs start to cramp. As always here we are looking for the greatest results we can get with the smallest amount of work. What I'm going to show you here is a way to get huge benefits from exercise … Continue reading 90 Seconds of Cardio for Weight Loss →

Self Control and The Marshmallow Test

I was reading an interesting book recently called The Marshmallow Test by Walter Mischel. In this book he discusses the famous marshmallow test that was performed on preschoolers. The preschoolers could either accept a single treat like a marshmallow or wait and get two treats. Whether or not they waited correlated with their future life success, … Continue reading Self Control and The Marshmallow Test →

The Easy Alternative To Calorie Counting

Calorie counting for some people conjures up the image of slavish devotion to a diet. It evokes image of time consuming effort in order to track your every bite of food. This form of behavior change has been proven to be effective, however, because of its difficulty many people quit before they lose the weight … Continue reading The Easy Alternative To Calorie Counting →

Wheat Belly Review

Wheat Belly by William Davis MD is a popular diet book in which he advocates for a diet free of wheat and some similar grains. Dr. William Davis MD is a preventive cardiologist who over many years of his work and his own experience often found an improvement in his own and patient's health with the … Continue reading Wheat Belly Review →

Ultimate Guide to Fats

Introduction To Dietary Fats Read this for a quick introduction to dietary fats. Saturated Fats Are Saturated fats as dangerous as commonly thought? Can they be included comfortably in a diet? Unsaturated Fats Are unsaturated fats the guilt free fat? Are they the secret to longevity? Omega 3's Are the fishy fats the savior we … Continue reading Ultimate Guide to Fats →

Trans Fats and Low Fat Diets

Trans Fats are a form of unsaturated fat, but because of their different molecular arrangement they have a very different biological effect. There is no evidence of trans fats contributing to positive health and have been linked to several negative health effects. These effects include diabetes and heart disease, and they can occur with a … Continue reading Trans Fats and Low Fat Diets →