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Why I don’t count calories, but you probably should.

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I don’t count calories anymore, but I used to. I consider calorie counting to be a type of mental food training – It’s a step in the process, but it’s definitely not the end goal. Calorie counting is how you gain control, but is not control in-and-of itself. Put another way, it's one of the biggest steps in gaining control of your eating, but it is not the final … [Read more...] about Why I don’t count calories, but you probably should.

My Philosophy of Fitness

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A missing aspect in most people's approach to health and fitness is the idea of a target, an end, or at least a goal that you could call completion. For many, the idea of 'completion' of their weight loss and muscle building goals is almost blasphemy.  Most people approach fitness under the concept of CONTINUALLY losing fat and gaining muscle, because they don't want to … [Read more...] about My Philosophy of Fitness

My Philosophy of Intermittent Fasting

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In a day an age where science is EVERYTHING, we sometimes forget that philosophy is the 'thinking of thinking' and needs to play an important role when we discuss how we should eat. After all, we shouldn't confuse data collection with wisdom. The more we simply absorb data without truly critically analyzing its meaning, the more we can potentially fall victim to many of the … [Read more...] about My Philosophy of Intermittent Fasting

Protein through the life cyle

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  I think I'm about to agitate both the high protein and low protein advocates, because the way I see it, they are both right. It seems reasonable to me that people should eat high protein while they are growing. There is an obvious advantage to a high protein diet during a period of muscle building. The only item left for debate is the definition of 'high protein' … [Read more...] about Protein through the life cyle