Connections
Before I talk anymore about the calorie myth, I just want to take a brief second to talk about a recovery–and life tool–that has become really important in my life recently. In fact,… Read More
Monthly Archive: October, 2012
“But You Still Have To Go To The Gym”
This commercial makes me so angry–it embodies pretty much everything that’s wrong with the state of fitness and nutrition in our country today. There are so many things wrong with commercial that it’s… Read More
The Promised Land
So, it’s not really nutrition or fitness related, but I thought I’d share the news, since it’s definitely more than a tiny baby step: I’m going to Israel. Why? Well, here’s the… Read More
Forgetting Fitspiration
A quick thought before I go back into the science and history of the calories in/calories out myth: My physical therapist wants me to start going to the gym again. And I… Read More
The “C” Word
I have added a new “bad” word to my vocabulary. Forget the f-word, forget the four-letter c-word: this is a 7-letter c-word, and it’s the most heinous, stupid, useless wastes of breath I… Read More
A Tuesday Morning “Drinking Game”
While this is completely unrelated to nutrition and recovery, I wanted to share this with all of you.* As you all probably know by now, I don’t really drink. However, don’t let that… Read More
Dirty Secrets From Eating Clean: Food Addiction and the Leptin Connection
I wrote last time about how limiting calories can change the chemicals in your brain–how my dopamine highs from under-consuming calories and my endorphin highs from over-exercising had become inescapable addictions. But there… Read More
Health Update
Well friends, I’m not going to lie: I’m exhausted. For the first time in a long time, I have an excuse for being exhausted, and it’s a surprisingly good, fulfilling feeling. That said,… Read More
