Helping clients lose weight with Eat Stop Eat

Here’s a great question that’s applicable to a lot of the personal trainers / diet coaches, (and oddly enough) naturopaths that I speak with…

Hi Brad,

I am a trainer and have for all my years endorsed the 5-6 meals

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A Special Reminder to ANYONE who is trying to lose weight

Here is a quick reminder for anyone who is trying to lose weight:

Consider the model on the cover of a fitness magazine.

First the model diets for months to prepare for the photoshoot.

After dieting, the model may even … Read More

A perfect example of nutrition confusion

I don’t think I have ever found more compelling evidence of the rampant nutrition confusion that the CNN website.

Specifically in an QnA in their Diet and Health section the following question was asked:

Is it true that when your

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The ethics of marketing an addiction

“Primum non nocere”

Roughly translated in means “Above all, do no harm”

This is the first rule of medicine.

The author was neither Hippocrates nor Galen (it’s probably older than either).

And despite it’s vagueness it remains a strong reminder … Read More

Protein, Carbs and Insulin

I always find it confusing when I read things like:

“Protein slows insulin levels, which you want to keep in balance to avoid weight gain.”

I find it confusing for two reasons.

1) I’m really not sure how you can … Read More

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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Coffee for weight loss?

I’ve been following my friend Adam Steer’s battle with coffee for a couple weeks now.

Adam is trying to “give up the juice” for two weeks, before starting back up with a respectable 1-2 cups per day (a far more … Read More

How Much Does Weight Loss Cost?

I took some time today to start getting caught up on work. After answering a bunch of emails, I start searching the ‘net for fat burners.

Yep, I was looking at weight loss supplements.

One of the things I like … Read More

Did you read that blog post on intermitent fasting?

Greetings from Orlando, Florida!

After having enough of shoveling snow, horrible winter driving, and being cold all the time, I’ve taken a week off to visit West Gate Vacation Villas in Orlando Florida.

Brier traveled awesome in the plane, and … Read More

Losing weight with Intermittent Fasting

For a great success story that has a cameo appearance by non-other than Eat Stop Eat, check out Richard Nikoley’s latest blog post here:

Success with Intermittent Fasting

I think Richard’s story fits perfectly with the Eat Stop Eat … Read More