Lift Like a Girl: Be More, Not Less
The binge eating cycle and other disordered eating behaviors are brutal habits to break. I won't rehash my own experience in this article, but you can read about my personal battle with disordered eating habits here. It's my goal with this article to reveal some of the things I did that helped me break out of the binge eating cycle and ditch disordered eating habits. But before we go on, I must …
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Recently I posted an article asking the question Is There a Dark Side to Intermittent Fasting? In that article I covered why I initially used daily intermittent fasting, what I enjoyed about it, and then some of the not-so-wonderful things I discovered and why it no longer worked for me. My friend, Brad Pilon, made some terrific remarks about intermittent fasting being a form of stress, and I …
Disclaimer -- I know some people are getting on their huffy bikes ready to defend intermittent fasting (or IF as it's also known) to the death, so please keep this statement in mind. This article reveals my personal experience with daily intermittent fasting. I'm not going to quote or claim any science or research or anything like that. This article is written entirely from a personal experience …
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“If you want to lose body fat, you have to eat this way and you have to workout this way.” “If you want to build muscle, you have to eat this way and you have to train this way.” The fitness and nutrition world is an interesting place. The latest and greatest fad surfaces on a frequent basis with high promises of allowing you to “finally lose the weight”, or “build muscle”, or whatever desire …
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Today is a guest post from Brad Pilon, the author of Eat Stop Eat. I absolutely love his approach to nutrition, fat loss, and maintaining fat loss - it's simple, stress-free, and it works. He was kind enough to share with us what he considers to be a hidden benefit to intermittent fasting. Enjoy! Eat Stop Eat is mostly a reference manual on the benefits of Intermittent Fasting. It’s also a …
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You read about My Battle with Disordered Eating. If you haven’t yet, I recommend you do because it will provide insight into the following nutrition information. After that article you were presented with the Beautiful Badass Strength Training Principles. Yep. You should read that one, too. Many of my current nutrition principles developed in response to that experience, and primarily out of …
Intermittent fasting – it is definitely one of the fastest (no pun intended) growing nutrition topics right now. While it is something I am familiar with, I haven’t talked about it before, except in my interview with Brad Pilon which you can find here. I don’t think intermittent fasting is a quick-fix for all your diet woes, but I do think it’s a great method that can be sustained long term for …
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Fasting for weight loss is a controversial and debated topic. Some people swear by it as the simplest way to lose weight, and others think it’s foolish. Whatever you think you may know about fasting for weight loss, think again. I was able to interview the fasting expert—Brad Pilon—and ask him some important questions about his book and weight loss method. He truly revealed more helpful and …
