The Biggest Weight Loss Myth Of All Time
The biggest myth about weight loss is that dieting is the best way to lose weight. By the time you finish reading this, I think you’ll agree with me: Dieting is the worst way to [...]
50 More Amazing Fat Loss And Fitness Tips From a Pro Trainer
Vancouver personal trainer Mike Howard is back with 50 more amazing fat loss and fitness tips. His first 50 tips were a sensation here on the Burn the Fat Blog and he may have outdone [...]
Saturated Fats:Villain, Hero, Or No Big Deal?
For anyone who hasn’t been keeping up with all the posts here at Burn the Fat Blog, the team at Examine.com wrote our “most liked’ post ever a few months [...]
Top 10 Ways For Regular People To Get Motivated
“How do I get more motivated?” Outside of “What should I eat?” that’s the number one question I’m asked about getting more results on a diet or exercise program. Almost everyone has up and down [...]
The Secret To Living To 120 With Strength And Health
The average lifespan in the U.S. is now up to 78.7 years (81.2 for women vs 76.2 for men) according to the latest data. We are already living longer, and [...]
The Shaming of Food
Are We Fighting The Wrong Battle? And are we losing in the war? It is a war. We face that war daily in our facebook feeds, during our talks with friends over coffee, and while [...]
Starve Mode By Leigh Peele Book Review
“Have I messed up my metabolism?” “Am I in starvation mode?” “I know I should eat more, but won’t I gain weight if I increase calories?” “How long does it take to restore a “damaged” [...]
How To Choose a Fat Loss Plan (And Free Yourself From Pills, Powders and Potions)
Most Burn the Fat blog readers have already come to the same conclusion: Tom Venuto's Burn the Fat program is a great fat loss plan! But imagine that you hadn't already found a good fat loss plan. How would you choose one. It's so confusing. There are thousands of them. Some work great, some work for awhile, some only seem to work, and some don't work at all. By asking just 3 simple questions, I think we can single out the good plans from the bad ones...
Ron and the Zen of Strength
Half a lifetime ago, Ron had raged against the iron with the sort of fury only a 20 year-old saturated in testosterone, on a quest for muscle, can know. Today, as Ron swung open the [...]
The How Many Calories Should I Eat Cheat Sheet
I realized a while back when I posted an article referring to your “optimal daily calorie intake” that I didn’t explain how to figure that number out. I got tons of email and comments from readers letting me know. I guess I thought it was common knowledge, but surprisingly, it seems most people don’t know how many calories to eat, and to make matters worse, they get conflicting advice about how much to eat. Well, I’m here today to fix my oversight and bring us back to nutrition 101: How many calories should you eat?