Change Your Routine for Success on Your Fat Loss Diet

Let me tell you about my friend Omar.  Omar owns the breakfast cart down the street from my office.  He’s a very friendly guy, always greets me with a smile and knows my order – ham and eggs on a whole wheat bagel.  Street food carts are part of the culture here in NY – even more than Austin, TX – and you can frequently get good, fresh food for better prices than you would... [Read more]

Tex Mex Mini Meat Loaves for Your Fat Loss Diet

It doesn’t get much shorter or sweeter than this! Here’s an awesome recipe from my partners at Prograde Nutrition. Tex Mex Mini Meat Loaves Just looking at the picture of the finished recipe is making my mouth water. - Enjoy! PS – If you enjoy that recipe, well, they’ve got 196 more of them here Share and Enjoy:  Read More →

Don’t Overthink Your Fat Loss Diet

In case you don’t follow baseball, Alex Rodriguez of the Yankees recently hit the 600th home run of his career which is a major milestone for him personally as well as historically – only six other players have reached that milestone in their careers.  But, it took A-Rod (as he’s known in the sports world) 46 at bats to go from home run number 599 to home run number 600, almost 2... [Read more]

There is Never a Good Time to Start Your Fat Loss Diet

I was riding home on the train today when I heard a woman in the seat in front of me utter the fateful words…”Oh well, diet day is Monday.”  It instantly took me back to my childhood when my grandmother would always utter that phrase after a particularly large family meal.  It took me until I was in my early 30s to realize how horribly wrong my grandmother really was. Let’s... [Read more]

How to Eat Less But Still Feel Full on Your Fat Loss Diet

by Michael Roussell A major issue with dieting is dealing with feeling hungry. Losing weight has a large mental component to it and dealing with hunger is a major road block for many people. The inability to deal with hunger while dieting can be one of the biggest reasons why many people fail on their diets. They can’t deal with the hunger and thus end up snacking and eating foods not on their... [Read more]

Don’t Choke (on) Your Chicken on Your Fat Loss Diet

It took me a long time to learn to love chicken. I would always gag whenever I ate grilled chicken breast – it always was so dry to me. You should never truly dread a meal, and I was getting to that point with chicken. Then one day my wife made a chicken breast for me that did not suck! As I peppered her with questions about how she did, she just had this sly smile. Turns out she had read that if... [Read more]

7 “Good” Fat Tips for Your Fat Loss Diet

Daily Press, Newport News, Va. Dieters often fear fat, but it actually is crucial to good health. The trick is to eat foods with the right kinds of fat and avoid the others. Some tips from nutritionists: Understand what “good” fats do. The body uses these substances for many functions, including creating energy, maintaining cells, transporting vitamins and creating hormone-like compounds... [Read more]

Getting High Will Help Your Fat Loss Diet

Deutsche Presse-Agentur (dpa) 02-22-10 Munich (dpa) – Obese people lose weight at high altitudes and keep it off for at least four weeks, according to a team of German scientists. Independent of any other change in lifestyle, high altitudes appear to increase metabolism, decrease appetite and lower diastolic blood pressure, the researchers report in the journal Obesity. Understanding the mechanisms... [Read more]

Add Tea to Your Fat Loss Diet

An article in the journal Obesity reported the findings of Chinese scientists who noticed improvements in weight and body composition in men and women who consumed green tea that contained high amounts of catechins. Researchers at Fudan University divided 182 moderately overweight Chinese men and women to receive beverages containing varying amounts of catechins for 90 days.  By the end of the study,... [Read more]

Get Paid to Go on a Fat Loss Diet

So on my commute to my real job I see a billboard for AmeriHealth insurance that says “Lose Weight, Get Paid $200!”  Since there are several studies about incenting people to lose weight through a reward system, I did a little digging to find out exactly to what they were referring. As part of AmeriHealth’s Healthy Lifestyles program, they will reimburse up to $150 of your fitness... [Read more]

Use This Weird Belly Flab Buster on Your Fat Loss Diet

Ok, I don’t mean to get too scientific, but this is super important. You see, while busting the belly flab does take effort, it’s not nearly as hard as people make it out to be. Seriously, the most important part of the process is arming yourself with the CORRECT knowledge. If you know how your body works…why it stores belly flab…what actually causes it to burn off…you’re... [Read more]

Get a Bigger Brain from Your Fat Loss Diet

A new study published in Human Brain Mapping reports that elderly individuals who were obese or overweight had significantly less brain tissue than individuals of normal weight. The study reviewed the brain images of 94 people in their 70s. They were followed for five years, and it was discovered that clinically obese people had 8% less brain tissue, while simply overweight people had 4% less brain... [Read more]

Two Little Known Fat Burning Facts

Carbs, carbs, carbs. That’s what everyone seems to want to talk about. How do I avoid carbs? Well, what you should be talking about instead is, “How do I get more lean Protein into my eating plan?” Now THAT is the right question. You see, Protein is where it’s at. Check out these two little known facts about protein: 1) Protein requires more calories to digest than carbs or... [Read more]

The Death of Intervals?

Today we have another guest blog post from well-known nutritionist Mike Roussell, where he interviews top trainer Alwyn Cosgrove about interval training and the effects on fat loss. ———————————————————————————- Mike: Thanks for taking the... [Read more]

Go Under the Needle to Help Your Fat Loss Diet

From Men’s Health: When Polish researchers examined acupuncture as a diet aid, they found that people who got needled lost 10 more pounds and ticked 2 additional points off their BMIs compared with those who merely cut calories. Marie Cargill, a licensed acupuncturist in the Boston area, explains that pressure points on the body—mostly on the ear—work as a switchboard to the brain, triggering... [Read more]

Don’t Drink Yourself Into a Fat Loss Diet

I was riding the NYC subway this morning when I saw this poster from the NYC Department of Health & Mental Hygiene. It serves as a fantastic reminder about the impact of sugary drinks on your body – I am a huge fan of “shock” advertising! The report has some great advice: Drink plenty of water Choose fat-free or 1% milk Switch from juice to whole fruit Skip sports drinks and... [Read more]

Should the Government Force You to Go on a Fat Loss Diet?

In case you didn’t see this in the New York Times recently, Japan has taken a very aggressive stance to ensure the health of its citizens.  Under a national law that came into effect two months ago, companies and local governments must now measure the waistlines of Japanese people between the ages of 40 and 74 as part of their annual checkup. Those exceeding government limits, which have been... [Read more]

Try This Belly-Busting Burrito on Your Fat Loss Diet

When I tell people that I lost 80 pounds in 8 months by eating burritos, they always assume I ate at Chipotle or Taco Bell a la “a Mexican Jared” (Jared is the guy who lost a ton of weight eating Subway sandwiches).  Nothing could be further from the truth! I created my own high-powered fat-burning burritos either at home, or on the road, wrapped them in foil and took them with me. Ok,... [Read more]