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It’s NOT about Insulin!

Insulin levels do NOT directly affect the ability to lose fat in overweight, obese, unhealthy, or older humans. Insulin being THE hormone that determines what happens with weight is popular lately, due to the resurgence of the Keto diet. Is

Jeff Thiboutot M.Ed.,M.S., C.H.E.S., C.N. May 3, 2019May 10, 2019 diet, fat loss, nutrition, Other Musings Read more

Simplification: It's catching on!

If you read my recent post about un-complicating fitness, you weren’t alone. Apparently it has set the fitness blogging world on fire! Anthony Colpo must read DoingSPEED.com. Steve Kamb must read DoingSPEED.com. I’m just being silly, of course. I doubt

Matt Schoeneberger MS, CES May 3, 2012January 18, 2017 fat loss Read more

Why Make Fitness More Complicated?

Why make fitness more complicated? We’ve already established that weight loss is not all that simple, right? If you don’t agree, please chime in and tell us why. Not everyone is out to lose weight, so let me back up

Matt Schoeneberger MS, CES April 24, 2012January 18, 2017 fat loss Read more

Think Rationally – Lose More Weight

While watching a video of 1%er Peter Schiff at the Occupy Wall Street movement, I was reminded how few people seem to possess the skills necessary to have a calm, rational thought process about many topics. Politics is one of

Matt Schoeneberger MS, CES November 17, 2011January 18, 2017 fat loss, psychology, weight loss Read more

How Often Should I Check My Weight?

Checking your weight is one type of self-monitoring, which falls under the umbrella of Self-Regulation theory of behavior (Bandura). Other common self-monitoring variables include tracking daily calorie intake, activity levels, blood pressure, and sleep patterns. The question at hand is

Jeff Thiboutot M.Ed.,M.S., C.H.E.S., C.N. November 12, 2011January 18, 2017 fat loss, psychology Read more

Anthony Colpo on MAD and Fat Loss

Anthony Colpo writes some great, evidence-based articles on his blog. His most recent, as of today, is a relatively quick piece about the supposed metabolic advantage of low carb diets, the real benefit to low carb diets, and a quick

Matt Schoeneberger MS, CES November 6, 2011January 18, 2017 fat loss Read more

A Review of White Bean Extract for Weight Loss

These are the questions you should ask yourself when you want to know if a supplement is worth taking: Is it safe? Does it work? Do its effects justify its cost? (Modified for brevity from SPEED) I’ll first give you

Matt Schoeneberger MS, CES October 14, 2011January 18, 2017 product/book review Read more

Missing the Big Picture

People are overweight or obese and looking for help. If they weren’t, I’d still be teaching guitar lessons. We’ve got some brilliant minds in our industry discussing whether people should eat a low carb whole food diet or a high

Matt Schoeneberger MS, CES July 13, 2011January 18, 2017 fat loss Read more

Why Chad Waterbury is Wrong and I’m right (as always). – Part 2

In Part 1, I discussed a study that Chad Waterbury references on his Fat Loss Research page on his website, chadwaterbury.com. I’ll tackle one more of his references right now. Alcaraz PE, Sanchez-Lorente J, Blazevich AJ. Physical Performance and Cardiovascular

Matt Schoeneberger MS, CES October 6, 2010January 18, 2017 exercise Read more

Can I eat the KFC Double Down while I'm trying to lose weight?

I’ve seen commercials for the KFC Double Down sandwich and I’ve been meaning to try one. I’ve heard people exclaiming how terrible it must be for you…. “Oh, my! That’s just a heart attack waiting to happen…” as they suck

Matt Schoeneberger MS, CES October 4, 2010January 18, 2017 diet, nutrition Read more
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  • The Project
  • The Book
    • About the Authors
    • Acknowledgements
    • Table of Contents
    • Introduction – The Big Picture
    • Chapter 1 – The Most Important Thing
    • Chapter 2 – What is a Healthy Weight?
    • Chapter 3 – Weight Loss 101: Clarifying the Basics
    • Chapter 8 – Getting a Handle on Food Cravings
    • Chapter 10 – Get Some ZZZZZs
    • Chapter 16 – How Many Calories Do You Burn?
    • Appendix A – What is a Healthy Weight? – Chart
    • Calculators – BMI, BMR, etc
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