Cam Comparison to others is the thief of joy. Comparison to your past self however, is the single best way to measure progress. As long as you’re focused on being better today than you were yesterday, last week, and last month, you’ll be on track to improve and get better. Not better than some random person … Read more
There’s a hormone called ghrelin that increases your appetite when your body is needing (it feels like it needs) food. It makes you feel hungry when your body says you need to eat again. However, your body has evolved to want to store calories for hard times and prefers to never use the stored energy … Read more
Every 3 months I take some time to zoom out and check-in with myself. This helps me make adjustments to the things I’m focusing on to make sure I’m on track with where I want to be. Hopefully, you find some of these useful in staying on track with your goals and keeping what’s most … Read more
A trend that is very troubling and all too prevalent is that exercise should be punishment. Punishment for overindulging the day before doesn’t make you feel good about yourself or encourage healthy relationships with food or exercise. “Destroying” your legs/arms/etc. doesn’t show yourself any self love and doesn’t help you feel good about your body. … Read more
Short answer: no. Intermittent fasting can be an effective strategy for reducing the amount of calories you eat each day which will lead to weight loss but, it usually brings with it some nasty side effects. The worst and most common side effect of intermittent fasting that I’ve seen is the poor relationship to food … Read more
What got you here won’t get you there. This applies to every single person interested in building muscle and strength. While newbies will see the largest gains, even advanced trainees can use this to continually have gains. The concept is called progressive overload. It is simply that you need to increase how much you do … Read more
Cooking is one of those things that you need to do every day no matter what. Why not make it enjoyable? If you learn to enjoy cooking, you’ll cook more. if you cook more, you’ll generally eat more nutritious food while spending less money eating out. This habit alone can make you healthier and wealthier. … Read more
The idea of earning your food from an intense workout or run needs to die. Yes there’s a connection but it’s a weak one. What you “burn” in an intense workout or long run can be completely erased with a bite of avocado, peanut butter, or a reward of a Reece’s cup. Relying on your … Read more
Taking action has to be one of the best and fastest ways to reveal answers. As you take action you receive feedback. Feedback from your body, your family, your friends, etc. Provided the results are not permanent you should take action toward a result and adjust as you go. The place that this idea breaks … Read more
Keep the scale the same. Yep, that’s right, don’t lose any weight. Sounds crazy but it works. If your goal is fat loss, you want to replace fat with lean body mass in the form of muscle. If your goal is only weight loss simply cutting off your arm will do the trick. There are … Read more