Trail mix really isn’t a much better option than some of the junkier snack foods out there. If you’re sitting down and eating trail mix like it’s popcorn, it’s incredibly easy to eat 500 calories worth of trail mix in one sitting without realizing just how many calories you’ve eaten. Most trail mix is made up of some…

“What’s the point of having a 400-calorie salad for lunch if you’re just going to get hungry and grab a 300-calorie candy bar later? Do yourself a favor and just eat 700 calories of nutritious food in the first place.” OMG Somebody actually gets it. I am so tired of all the food police in my life making sarcastic…

One of the greatest things you can do for your dietary habits is to practice some form of mindful eating. And I don’t mean this in a crunchy-granola-hippie-zen kind of way like thinking about the pain and sacrifice the chicken made before you consume it.

If that's the case, why did I get the British version in Canada?

How so? I know people who have been in ketosis for more than a decade and they are extremely healthy. I do cyclical keto myself but the research studies suggest that there is no issue with long term keto. 

I didn’t say you start at 1200 calories but to act like it’s automatically a starvation diet because of the average TDEE is stupid because just the average is a dumb statistic to use in general. It looks like the standard deviation in that study is around 397 calories. Within two standard deviations is not considered…

The constrained energy model is incredibly misinterpreted by way too many people. On one of the studies Pontzer was on it showed something like on average, if you burn an extra 100 calories via exercise the actual increase in TDEE is around 72 calories. People are interpreting the constrained energy model as if you…

This “article” is bad, and you should feel bad. 

I just wish companies would make scoops that actually fit their serving size. I mostly use True Nutrition because they use stevia and splenda doesn’t agree with me but you need like 1.25 scoops to actually equal a serving.

Yeah when that guy filmed himself eating a calorie surplus, and then gained mass as a result, I was blown away completely.

In 2004, Morgan Spurlock captured the world’s attention by releasing a documentary about his quest to eat nothing but McDonald’s for a month.

depends on availability, food deserts are still an issue in the US. there’s also the value of time. 1 hour spent cooking and cleaning up = 1 hour less with your kids or working. when the average person in the US works 50-60 hours a week time is a hot commodity. not saying people should eat junk food all the time but…

Reverse nordics are great! Also a useful exercise if rehabbing a hip flexor. Barbell Medicine recommends them in their hip pain guide and prescribed them to me when I had a consult about hip pain.

I really can’t stand the massively excessive arches like what you see from people like the douche canoe Sean Noriega but it’s part of the sport so rock it if you got it until the rules change. I’d much rather watch a TD Smash or John Haack style bench but powerlifting isn’t a contest of what looks better.

There’s too much money in “this one simple trick” and fad diets

Calorie deficits are fine in theory and in real life because that’s how weight loss works. There are many ways to skin that cat but that’s what it comes down to at the end of the day. Yes, the overall situation is very complex and the message of “just eat less” doesn’t work. Not because being in a caloric deficit…

I tend to like the anti-diet people better, but that whole “97% of diets fail” statistic can’t be the whole story.

Somewhat, but that’s like saying economics being a complex topic means that cutting your spending to less than your income won’t add to your savings. There’s a lot going on and there are feedback loops, but they don’t really change the final logic, are much smaller than many pretend, and are usually used as an excuse…

I think this is one of those things that is specific to the person. I tried an Atkins diet, and I didn’t really lose weight; I just lost all my energy. I seem to be a hummingbird who needs her sugar.

I was rage skimming until I saw this section. This is so critically important. One of the things that I feel is lost is the ability to sustain your desired results. I know so many people who started good ole Atkins saying “I can never live my life without bread” and proceeded to crush the diet, losing all kinds of…