Stress Eating (The Honest Look at What’s Actually Going On)
There was a stretch a few years ago when I was eating an entire bag of pretzels most weeknights at about 10pm and could…
Cardio for Fat Loss (What Actually Works, From Someone Who Used to Hate Cardio)
I avoided cardio for the first decade of my training. I told myself it was for people who didn’t know how to lift, that…
Why Weight Loss Plateaus Happen (And What the Boring Version of Breaking Them Looks Like)
Almost everyone who tries to lose a meaningful amount of weight hits a point where the scale stops moving, and almost everyone interprets that…
Eating Out When You’re Trying to Lose Weight (Without Being That Person)
If you’ve already tried the “just skip restaurants while I’m trying to lose weight” approach and watched yourself resent your own social life for…
Starting to Exercise After 40 (The Joint-Friendly, Ego-Friendly Version)
Almost every “starting to exercise” article online is written for a 22-year-old. You can tell because the program has six days in it, assumes…
Sleep and Weight Loss (Why Your Diet Isn’t Working, Even Though You’re Doing Everything Right)
I used to dismiss sleep advice as the thing people brought up when they didn’t have anything more useful to say. If someone couldn’t…
Protein for Weight Loss (How Much You Actually Need, and What’s Overkill)
I’m not going to tell you to hit one gram of protein per pound of bodyweight. I will tell you what the actual research…
Fitness Tips for the Whole Family (When You’re the Parent Trying to Lose Weight)
There’s a particular kind of fitness article aimed at parents that goes something like “be the example your kids deserve.” Every time I read…
Focus on Fitness, Not Fatness (The Argument That Held Up)
I’m not going to tell anyone the scale doesn’t matter. It matters to most people who land on a weight loss site, including the…
Healthy Weight Loss on a Vegan Diet (The Trap Nobody Warns You About)
Years ago I went plant-based for about eight months. Not out of ethical conviction, which is how most people approach it. Out of curiosity,…