Here’s a little technique I use a couple of times a week when I’m really craving a big meal or I’m really feeling lazy and don’t want  to exercise for the day: I lie to myself. I do this in a couple of different ways: – If it’s six o’clock and I’m thinking I’d rather [...]

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Here’s a tip, and it’s probably the exact opposite of what you normally do if you’re like most people trying to lose weight: weigh yourself when you’re at your fattest. And by that I mean that if you normally weigh the most at night before bed, then weigh yourself then. Or if you weigh the [...]

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People, I’ve had enough of hearing this: It’s not a diet, it’s a lifestyle change. It’s not a diet, it’s a health plan. It’s not a diet, it’s a way of life. I don’t know how people can say things like this and other people just nod along and nobody ever raises their hand and says, [...]

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Fat Camp is where we sit on a log around a fire, roasting marshmallows (metaphorically speaking) and I talk about diet or weight-loss issues in general. Today I wanted to re-post something I wrote on a different site about starvation mode. Everybody is concerned about “starvation mode.” They tell you that you have to eat breakfast [...]

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Well, I’ve been doing the fad-diet-diet for just shy of two months and so far I have lost 20 pounds. But I’ve really only been on a fad-diet for about half of those days. The other days were spent recovering. For me the diet that has been the best combination of results and sustainability was [...]

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I’ve wanted to weigh 1000 pounds for a long time, at least since I was in the 5th grade. I’ve been fascinated by the idea of taking up significantly more space. I find something funny about the idea of my stomach bumping into something that is 3 feet away from my center of gravity, which [...]

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