Required Reading Archive

Some diets will let you subtract fiber from the total amount of carbs you consume each day (effectively letting you eat more carbs, because, as the diets say, “carbs from fiber don’t count”). Other diets say “no way” to this practice. So which one ...Read More

I love my cheat meals. I’m a big believer in the idea that if you do the right thing 95% of the time, you can get away with doing the wrong thing 5% of the time.  There are 21 meals in a week, so ...Read More

Here’s why the approach I take to weight loss, fitness, health, and strength is different from literally every other “diet” on the planet. And, furthermore, why the same approach will work for you. 1) It’s not about losing weight. It’s about losing FAT. This ...Read More

Today I’m tackling three questions I find myself answering a lot… “Why do I need protein?”,”How much protein do I need?”, and “How can I physically get this much protein into my diet, without eating too many calories?” Let’s start with the first one… Why ...Read More

It seems like every fad diet in the world tries to convince us that calories don’t matter. They point to successes of their dieters as proof and ignore the overwhelming evidence presented by doctors, scientists, nutritionists, and trainers who prove (beyond all shadow of ...Read More

This should give you some great ideas and tips on how to actually plan meals for a full day with the app, MyFitnessPal. This is the hardest part for people who are new, so I hope it helps. Note that if you haven’t already ...Read More

I love eating at restaurants. (It’s a huge part of what got me into my fat-obese-mess that I was in). Being 100 lbs lighter doesn’t make me love eating out any less, though. It just means I have a system for when I eat ...Read More