Old, unhealthy habits[ref]Whatever habits you have that encourage your unhealthy dependencies. Not, like, the habit of always putting your underwear on with your eyes closed. Keep doing that.[/ref]- they die hard – but our odds of sticking to healthy new
Formerly obese personal trainer Kelly Coffey answers the question on everyone’s mind, “What is the BEST exercise for weight loss?” Q: “I’m overweight and I want to lose weight[ref]Read: “I want to drop excess, unnecessary, ultimately harmful fat,” thank you
I’d spent the previous three months rehabbing a sprained knee. I’m a personal trainer, and for those three months I went easy on it every session, every day. Then came that fateful Saturday morning when the knee was feeling good.
The best reason to exercise isn’t to lose weight or get strong – it’s to maintain sanity. Work. Money. Relationships. Kids. In-laws. Time. Betrayal. Warts. Inevitable death. You’re stressed. I can feel it from here. You should exercise more[ref]By “more” I
Meat: undeniably nutritious, encouragingly delicious, wildly varied. Meat. My success maintaining significant (150+ lbs) weight loss over a decade is due, in part, to my proclivity for meat. Since I’m healthy and thrilled with my body as-is, meat sometimes comprises a
Getting on the scale contributes to our inability to lose weight and keep it off. I’m eight, sitting on the floor of a hotel room in Orlando. I’m on vacation with my grandparents, and we’re watching the Miss America Pageant*. At
I’ve maintained significant fat loss for over 10 years (formerly a size 28, I’m now a comfortable size 6). I still identify as having addictive tendencies around food, and I’ve spent the last decade designing a lifestyle in light of
The modern nutritional conditions that are making us retain fat & how to get skinny by eating like it’s springtime on the Prairie. Our bodies evolved to thrive in perfect synchronicity with the planet. For most humans across most of history[ref]For
(and other actual food) You’re overweight to the point of discomfort and/or disease. So was I (over 300 pounds by age 23). You have dieted by limiting portions, counting calories, or both. So did I. When you finally gave into
