Dieting vs. Dieting + Exercise (and the importance of Activity)

I received an email yesterday titled “A Contradiction?”

Curious, I opened it, worried that I had somehow contradicted myself in a recent email or a blog post.

Luckily, it wasn’t me, but rather a fitness celebrity who had written a

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How to Eat and Why Eat

After finally finishing Michale Pollen’s latest book “In defense of food” and reading a fantastic article by Trisha Gura in this months Scientific American Mind, I think it is time to revisit my one golden rule of eating.

“Eat less

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Summer Time Coffee

It’s funny how during the summer, coffee becomes dessert.

The minute the hot weather hits, coffee gets iced, blended, mixed, topped and garnished. It ends up being a Frankenstein liquefied version of a coffee cake.

Now, here is how I … Read More

The Fourth Macronutrient

It’s Wednesday and I’m already looking forward to the weekend.

I have spent almost all of my morning answering e-mail questions that did nothing but reaffirm my belief that obsessive compulsive eating is continuing to dig its claws into the … Read More

Sticking to my diet while travelling

Looking back at last week I can definetley tell you that I got what I deserved.

Instead of taking my own advice, I rationalized my way into doing something very, very foolish.

I spent this week traveling. Not normal ‘business-style’ … Read More

How to keep arm size while dieting

I received a great question over the weekend about dieting and losing muscle.

To paraphrase the question, it was quite simply, “If I am not losing muscle mass while I am dieting, then how come my upper arm has lost … Read More

Snacking, Obesity, and Making Healthy Food Choices

Today I was in a mood for some snacks. So when I finally made it home and saw that my wife had bought my favorite breakfast cereal I knew it just had to be.

After I finished pouring myself a … Read More

Nutritional Boobytraps

I’m putting the finishing touches on my book so I am going to be slim on the posts this week.

A couple quick points:

Don’t fall for the 100 Calorie snack craze. The goal is still to get you to … Read More

Why Starbucks is Like Godzilla

On Monday I had a chance to catch up with one of my good friends who has spent the last five years living in Japan. He was back in Canada for a wedding, and since I haven’t seen him in … Read More

Is There a Conspiracy to Make Us Fat?

Thanks to some very frustrating airport delays yesterday, I managed to finish off “Mindless Eating” by Brian Wansink.

This book did not disappoint me. Almost every page had great facts about the way food is marketed and the factors that … Read More