weight loss success

The Zen of Nutrition

August 14, 2009 By Brad Pilon

I've been reading the book "The Tao of Physics" by Fritjof Capra. I'm about halfway through and had planned on working my way through a big chunk the second half last night. But, right when I started reading I came across the following quote: “Before you study Zen, mountains are mountains and rivers are rivers; while you are studying zen, mountains are no longer … [Read more...] about The Zen of Nutrition

Is food just a fuel?

June 6, 2009 By Brad Pilon

Just a quick note today. Eat Stop Eat has appeared on the immensely popular blog "Zenhabits.net". In what I consider to be a very interesting read, Leo (the author of Zen Habits) boils down nutrition to a very interesting and controversial conclusion/question- "In the end, let's teach ourselves some simple things: food is just fuel. Most of us need to eat less. … [Read more...] about Is food just a fuel?

Summer weight loss Eat Stop Eat style

June 3, 2009 By Brad Pilon

Just a quick tip today for people trying to get lean for the summer using Eat Stop Eat. This tip assumes you are fasting twice per week, and it also assumes you have no interest in adopting and new Obsessive Compulsive Eating habits. So here's the tip - Try to do both your fasts during the work-week (Sunday night counts), then tackle the two toughest days of the week - … [Read more...] about Summer weight loss Eat Stop Eat style

weight loss success with exercise? (maybe not)

May 20, 2009 By Brad Pilon

It's been a whirlwind of activity in my life lately. (Brier meeting her little brother Ro Wilder Pilon)My wife delivered our second child (baby boy) on Saturday...so life has been busy (but busy is good). And this leads me to the point of this post. We're all busy, and when life gets busy, there is nothing worse than wasted time. And when it comes to weight loss success, … [Read more...] about weight loss success with exercise? (maybe not)

Why we hate the BMI

A new study adds to the growing evidence that an elevated BMI increases the risk of a heart attack in otherwise healthy people. In what has been called the largest study of its kind (data on over 500,000 people) researchers classified participants based on their body mass index (BMI), calculated as weight (kg) divided […]

How Many Calories can you Burn in a day?

Have you ever stopped to think that there might be an upper-limit to how many calories you can burn in a day? Basically a ‘ceiling rate’ at which we can burn through calories? Probably not, but don’t worry… I did for you! I’ve heard rumors of people eating well over 10,000 calories during a single […]

Reverse Taper Intermittent Fasting

The concept of the Reverse Taper Diet is still one of my favorite ideas. Without getting too technical, the concept is that you should be in your largest calorie deficit (eating the least amount of food) at the beginning of your diet, when you have the most fat to lose and thus the most fat […]

Fasting for Weight Loss – Setting the Record Straight

Paleo eating and vegan eating are the EXACT SAME THING. This is why any and all research on Paleo diets can be used for Vegan diets, and vice versa. It’s also why any personal experiences people have had with a Vegan diet can be directly applied to what you will probably experience with the Paleo […]

Anabolic Fasting – The Natural Evolution of Eat Stop Eat

Since 2007 Eat Stop Eat has always been a method of losing fat that involved one or two 24 hour fasts per week. For almost 2 decades now, Eat Stop Eat has stood the test of time as a highly effective style of eating that has been able to help so many people lose weight […]