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I Am Overweight.
Just over a year ago I published my most shared blog post to date: I’m Calling for a New Paradigm. My experience during what I now refer to as my ‘Fitness Model Diet’ fundamentally changed my approach...
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Sparkly Deville in Her Own Words
A wonderful friend was lost in a tragic accident over the weekend. She was a well known Burlesque Dancer and journalist, but I knew a side of her that was less well known. I met her several years ago...
View ArticleTaming the Weight Room 2: The Equipment
This is the second in a series of blog posts, you can find the first here. Today I’m going to give you a ‘tour’ of a typical weight room, familiarize you with the equipment you will find there, and...
View ArticleThe Thing About Science
…is that two people can look at the same study and come to wildly different conclusions. For instance, I recently had a commenter on my facebook page link me to this study to support his contention...
View ArticleGuest Post: Sorry, but Science Says Running is Good for You, Not Bad
When my friend Sol from Examine.com told me that he and his colleague Skip were working on a post examining the science behind some of the anti-running claims making the rounds of the blogosphere...
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Restrictive Dieting and Menstrual Function: a Canary in the Mine?
In the 1920′s, researchers at the Mayo Clinic used a ketogenic diet to treat adults with ideopathic epilepsy. In 1930, Dr. Clifford Barborka published a paper detailing their findings with their first...
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Fad Diets: Normalizing Disordered Behavior
Popular fad diets are getting more and more extreme. It’s no mystery, the less extreme ones don’t work, so as people get disillusioned with each successive (and unsuccessful) diet, the diet marketers...
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How I Lost Weight
I’ve posted numerous times here on my blog about how I lost weight. Here and here, for instance. My stalkers STILL accuse me of lying. All. The. Time. I lost weight by eating fewer calories than I...
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Sugar Addiction
Do these symptoms describe you? -eating sugar to excess, even when already full -a feeling of loss of control over sugar intake, inability to stop eating -a sense of guilt and shame over your eating...
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Taming the Weight Room 3: The Exercises
This is the third in this series. Find the first here, and the second here. Now that we’re familiar with the basic weight lifting philosophies and the basic equipment, lets move on to the basic...
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Neck and Shoulder Pain, the Bane of the Computer Age
I’m putting on my Massage Therapist hat today and going a little off topic. I want to discuss a topic that affects almost everyone I know: neck and shoulder pain associated with habitual computer use....
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Weaving Health
I just got back from a week of camping. I did a whole lot of mostly nothing, which was awesome and just what I needed. I did get a few things done, I read a novel for pleasure (what??), I laid in the...
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What to Expect When You Stop Dieting Part 1: Who is This Post For?
You’ve been dieting since you were 12 years old. The thought of leaving it behind is terrifying. You don’t really know anything else, dieting has become your normal, it is just The Way Things Are....
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What to Expect When You Stop Dieting Part 2: How Do I Do This??
I really like Ellyn Satter‘s definition of ‘Normal Eating’: Normal eating is going to the table hungry and eating until you are satisfied. It is being able to choose food you like and eat it and...
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What to Expect when you Stop Dieting Part 3: What the Heck is Happening to Me?
We discussed identifying disordered eating in Part 1, and the path out of the maze in Part 2. Now we’re going to get into the nitty gritty of what happens to the body when it’s finally getting...
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My Appearance on Evil Sugar Radio
Check out my podcast interview with Antonio and Scott from Evil Sugar Radio! It’s free on iTunes.
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A Brief History of My Timeline Photos
I’ve heard some pretty juicy rumors about what I did to achieve my weightloss and physique, so I thought it would be fun to give you guys an accurate rundown as to what specifically I was doing at each...
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The Straw Man
What’s the most powerful tool you can arm yourself with as you try to find your way through the jungle of conflicting nutrition and fitness ‘information’ we are deluged with? Is it a record-breaking...
View ArticleGuest Post: What is a Personal Trainer Supposed to Look Like?
Today’s post is by my friend Bree, a personal trainer based in Sydney, Australia. You can find her on facebook, and she’s a fixture in the Eating the Food facebook group. Thanks for your wise words,...
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