Is Junk Food as Addictive as Heroin?
The theory of food addiction is getting tons of press lately. It’s partly because of popular books like Fat, Sugar Salt, The End of Overeating, and a whole slew of earlier books about sugar addiction. [...]
Women of Iron: More Ageless Wonders
Would you like to have a body that looks at least 10 years younger, maybe even 15-20 years younger? Or if you’re currently a teen or twenty-something, would you like to keep your body looking [...]
74-Year Old Ageless Wonder Wins Bodybuilding Competition
After you check out this video of a 74-year old championship winning bodybuilder, I don’t EVER want to hear the excuse “I’m too old” ever again! […]
Biggest Loser Fail: Season 8 Contestant Hospitalized
People ask me about The Biggest Loser all the time, but I don’t watch very much TV. Last nite I watched the biggest loser TV show for the first time ever (also the last), just [...]
Bad Science and Bad Journalism: A Book Review And Commentary on Mass Media
Ever since I launched the Burn The Fat blog, I promised that I would write health, fitness and nutrition book reviews. That was three and a half years ago and I haven’t written any yet. [...]
Exercise Won’t Make You Thin? (Why Time Magazine Owes the Fitness Industry a Big Fat Apology)
Does exercise help weight loss? According to Time Magazine, the answer is no. That's why at first I was tempted to title this article, “why John Cloud and the editors of Time magazine are idiots.” But then I thought that might be a bit harsh and decided to simply call for an apology and a correction for all the errors they made in their recent article, "Why exercise won’t make you thin."
Motivation and Training Environment: Does Where You Work Out Matter?
Motivation week continues today at the Burn The Fat Blog with a great excerpt from an interview I recently did with Jim Katsoulis. Jim is a hypnotherapist, NLP practitioner and fitness coach who specializes in [...]
How to Stop Bingeing, Emotional Eating And Diet Relapse: What Research Says
Diet relapse happens the most to emotional eaters who lack skills to respond to and cope with stress and unexpected problems. While almost everyone has stress, there are major differences in the ways successful weight loss maintainers and relapsers coped with their problems.
Visualization: Mental Training Secret of Champion Athletes And Fitness Achievers
This week, I’m running a special series of blog posts about motivation and fitness psychology. No aspect of sports and fitness psychology has gained more attention in the athletic community than mental rehearsal, also known [...]
Burn The Fat Bloginar Starts Today: Operation Motivation!
If you’d like to discover how to get and stay motivated to consistently train like a champion at every workout, stick with your nutrition plan every day without teeth-grinding willpower and learn the real secrets [...]