5 Easy Food Switches You Can Make To Save Calories
One of the topics I have written about heavily over the past couple of months has been creating a caloric deficit. I cannot stress enough how important this is for weight loss and fat loss. The two ways to create a caloric deficit are 1) eat less food or 2) exercise. In my experience, most people…
The One Thing You Can Do To Help You Reach Your Goals Faster
Think about the last time you had a project to do with a partner. It may have been at school, work, or even at home. For me, it was at home. My wife and I just finished making an outdoor table for our patio. What I want you to think back to was how much quicker…
Five Super Easy Steps For Real World Weight Loss
The weight loss industry as a whole can be shady. There are constantly new pills, procedures, and diets coming on the market to help you look better. But they come with a hefty price tag and usually don’t work. If they somehow do work, it usually isn’t sustainable long-term and you wind up right back…
Sugar Isn’t Responsible For Making You Fat
Sugar is bad for you, right? That seems to be all we’ve been hearing lately. It is responsible for America’s weight gain and rising obesity. But the question I want to propose is, is that the real reason why? I recently viewed the documentary Fed Up. If you don’t know anything about it, I’ll give you…
One Simple Nutrition Tip For Better Results
Nutrition is usually the limiting factor towards any fat loss goals. It can be easy to go to the gym, but where the wheels tend to fall off is around one’s personal eating habits. It can be hard to trade that piece of cake for an extra serving of vegetables, right? That’s why many people…
What Personal Training Is Really Like
With all the tv shows and movies out there today, personal training has gotten a bad rap. Think about it. In every movie that has a personal training character, they usually are some sort of drug dealer or creep looking to hustle people. And I know you have seen the tv shows like biggest loser.…
The Importance of Taking Action
It’s easy to become really comfortable in life. We get in a daily routine and it becomes hard to deviate from that. This can be problematic when we have a goal we’re trying to accomplish. A goal is something you want to achieve but haven’t yet. It requires work, patience, and sometimes sacrifice. It also…
The Benefits of Protein Powder
Supplements are often overrated. They are marketed in really shady ways, and sometimes provide you no additional benefit. And yet supplement sales hit $11.5 billion dollars in 2012. That’s pretty remarkable. But it begs the question, why do people pay for supplements? I believe there are two answers to this question. The first is that…
The Myth About Breakfast and Weight Gain
Breakfast has been widely touted as “the most important meal of the day”. We’ve all heard it. But the question remains, Is it true? One of the biggest components of this argument is that there have been studies showing a correlation between skipping breakfast and weight gain (1,2). Notice though, I said correlation not causation.…
7 Fitness and Nutrition Hacks For Faster Weight Loss
A hack is a strategy designed to make your life easier and more manageable. They are great time savers and will make you much more efficient. This means quicker results. Today, I want to present you with 7 fitness and nutrition hacks you can start using immediately. Enjoy! 1. Add protein powder to your morning oatmeal Protein…