As promised, I thought I’d share a few more dietary hacks that I’ve learned from both training myself and my clients. 1. Understand viscosity. If you’ve ever used a “cut” or “bulk” approach with your diet you’ll understand the relative problems with each. On occasion a diet can leave you hungry, scraping the last morsel of oatmeal ...
When I say dieting in the title, I mean extended periods of low calories – i.e. the typical 12-24 week diet, or even perma-diet for some. A hypocaloric state is catabolic, meaning tissues are broken down from both fat and muscle. This is not necessarily a bad thing. When you’re catabolic you break down both lipids ...
Introduction You may be familiar with Kiefer's The Carb Nite Solution: The Physicist's Guide to Power Dieting. If you're not, all you need to know is that it allows you to lose fat without counting calories. How is that possible? Why do low-carb diets work? And why does eating to satiety help, even when calories aren't explicitly ...
For those unfamiliar with the acronym, I.I.F.Y.M stands for “If it fits your macros”, a phrase coined to describe a particular attitude towards eating and nutrition. It's fairly simple, you establish macronutrient numbers that you want to consume in a given day or a given period then, subject to this constraint, you have free reign to ...
Introduction Have you ever read this quote? "Obsessed is a word the lazy use to describe the dedicated." What if you are actually obsessed? Would you be able to recognise that your behaviour is unhealthy? It's easy to justify obsessive ideas about food if you follow a strict diet. You might think that your refusal to ever eat ...
Our friend Anna has produced a cookbook containing some of her best recipes: healthy, packed with protein, and delicious!
