When I started blogging about six months ago, I started getting followers on WordPress, many of whom appear to be earnest, decent, lovely people who are also blogging about their interests. The WordPress community offers many interesting perspectives on a variety of topics, some of which might not even be available in traditional media. IContinue reading “Despite What Some of the Diet Bros on the Internet May Tell You, Counting Calories Actually Works”
Category Archives: Diet
Americans Don’t Suck Nearly As Badly As The Health And Fitness World Would Have Us Believe
I hear a lot about how Americans are crazy overweight. And we are. About a third of us are overweight and another third of us are obese. But there are certain parts of the media and certain denizens of the Twitterverse (especially those that spend a lot of time covering health and nutrition) that seemContinue reading “Americans Don’t Suck Nearly As Badly As The Health And Fitness World Would Have Us Believe”
Uncle Sam Wants You To Avoid Shady Quacks And Scammers
So one thing I’ve struggled with observing the diet and nutrition and fitness community on the Internet is trying to separate the wheat from the chaff. And by that I meant the…bovine fecal matter from the non-bovine fecal matter. I see dozens of people pimping supplements or little “medical” devices. I see hundreds more swearingContinue reading “Uncle Sam Wants You To Avoid Shady Quacks And Scammers”
In An Act Of Extreme Self-Sacrifice, I’m Engaged In Some Unhealthy Eating During Coronavirus For The Public Good
Being stuck in the house is an excellent way to ruin a diet and get fat. Or for me, get fat again. There is a risk that I could gain back the fifty pounds I’ve lost over the past eleven months. Anyone else in quarantine is facing this same risk. This is why I’ve alreadyContinue reading “In An Act Of Extreme Self-Sacrifice, I’m Engaged In Some Unhealthy Eating During Coronavirus For The Public Good”
Things To Eat And Drink When You Have the Coronavirus. Or Any Other Virus.
One thing that I’ve found infuriating about the coronavirus is the sheer number of shady characters trying to defraud the victims. Some sleazebags are trying to claim they have a vaccine. This is crap. Nobody does. Some reprobates are trying to hawk fake tests. There’s an easy way to avoid these two things, though. IfContinue reading “Things To Eat And Drink When You Have the Coronavirus. Or Any Other Virus.”
Staying Healthy During The #Coronavirus Quarantine
I’m staying home and self quarantining, like many Americans, and over a billion people around the world. Frankly, I’m surprised it’s not more than that. I mean, maybe you don’t need to quarantine if you live in some remote part of Mongolia or Greenland or Svalbard or Antarctica. But the rest of us should, ifContinue reading “Staying Healthy During The #Coronavirus Quarantine”
Bad Habits #3 – Desserts: Sugar and Spice and…Everything That Causes Obesity and Diabetes
A couple of years ago my wife and I got to witness one of my best friends from college become an American citizen. We’d been pals since grad school, and finally, after nearly a decade living, going to school, and then working in the United States, she took the oath of citizenship. To celebrate, weContinue reading “Bad Habits #3 – Desserts: Sugar and Spice and…Everything That Causes Obesity and Diabetes”
Good Habits #3 – Just Get Nuts With The Diet
As of this writing, I’ve lost 40 pounds. Using the Cronometer app to count calories is working. The most satisfying part of my last doctor’s appointment was watching the nurse slowly nudge the weight on the scale from my weight at the previous appointment to my current weight. As well as relishing the look ofContinue reading “Good Habits #3 – Just Get Nuts With The Diet”
Bad Habits #2 – Libations: Why Your College Years Are The Worst Years of Your Life.
As I mentioned in my last piece, I, like many people, gained about fifteen pounds in my first year of college. This was mostly imbibed in liquid barley/hops form. Now that I’ve started watching what I eat and tracking the calories in Cronometer, I’m stunned at just how many calories one night of college carousingContinue reading “Bad Habits #2 – Libations: Why Your College Years Are The Worst Years of Your Life.”
Good Habits #1 – How To Eat Hamburgers Without Dying Young
Like any red-blooded American, I like hamburgers. I really like them. A lot. Of course, it’s not the healthiest thing you can eat. I’ve seen butchers cutting steaks, and I’ve seen the fatty scraps of meat that they cut off and push to the side. This is the stuff that goes into the grinder. SoContinue reading “Good Habits #1 – How To Eat Hamburgers Without Dying Young”
The Drill Down Diet 