A little over 7 weeks has gone by since my dreadful DXA scan. If you remember, it was the scan that ended my brilliantly thought-out 7 week experiment of "what would happened if I stopped training and stopped fasting?". Nothing good happened in that experiment - I lost 7 pounds of muscle and gained 5 pounds of fat. But now, I'm back in form. And I'm going … [Read more...] about Gain Muscle, Lose Fat (just a guess)
Weight Loss
Because I deserve it
I want this car. I read about it. I stare at pictures of it late at night. Every aspect of it is perfect in my eyes, but the simple truth is, I cannot afford this car. That is the truth, and it is the only truth that matters. Sure, we can debate all the reasons why I can't afford this car - I don't make enough, or I'm bad with money. Maybe it' my … [Read more...] about Because I deserve it
Expanding Waist Lines
I'm not an expert on people, but I do believe in two fundamental truths: The prospect of wealth motivates deceit. and The natural state of a human is expansion. Now, the first truth we'll save for another blog post, as it is the second truth that I think relates best to what I want to talk about today. We expand. It's what we like to do. We like to take up more space. … [Read more...] about Expanding Waist Lines
Defining a Calorie Deficit
Semantics: The study or science of meaning in language, the study of the meaning of words. We argue A LOT about nutrition, metabolism, and weight loss. To be honest, often times I feel like this is pretty much all we do. On occasion these arguments are actually worthwhile debates that further our understanding of how the human body works. Unfortunately, MOST of … [Read more...] about Defining a Calorie Deficit
Body of Lies
Measuring your body weight sucks... It really, really does. It's a poor metric of what is going on inside your body, and use of it as a metric leads to many of our diet myths and fallacies. Have you ever heard people say that they massively increased their calories and their weight didn't budge? I did that. During my 7 weeks off from weight training, fasting and … [Read more...] about Body of Lies