Posts Tagged ‘fat loss’

This post about foods that make us fat, along with my previous post: Why Do We Get Fat, form a foundation for all future articles on exercise and fat loss. If you haven’t read that post, please do so now, as this article assumes you understand what an insulin spike is, and why you need…

If you haven’t already I strongly recommend you read my two previous posts before reading this one. Why Do We Get Fat, and Foods That Make Us Fat form a foundation for all future articles on exercise and weight loss. You Don’t Have to Exercise to Lose Weight… I tell people they don’t have to exercise to lose…

Searching for how to lose weight? First, you need to know that losing weight is bad. What!? Of course losing weight isn’t bad! It’s what the majority of us are struggling to do. Well, yes and no. What we’re really working towards is losing fat. Here’s why losing weight is bad, and it’s the reason…

According to Statistics Canada, in 2014 (the most recent year for which we have data), over 20% of Canadians were obese, while 40% of men and 27.5% of women were classified as overweight. More than ever, people are fighting a losing battle against fat. This is not only tough on their health but hard on…

We talk a lot about ‘losing weight’ but in fact losing weight is bad if a lot of what we’re losing is muscle mass. What we really want to do is lose fat and keep the muscle. But how much of our body is fat? We need to know our body fat percentage. Some gyms…

Men at any age, and women over 50, tend to carry their fat around their middle. While 30% body fat is unhealthy no matter where we’re carrying it, when it all settles around our middle it really sticks out like a sore thumb. It’s kind of like our belly fat has a personal grudge against…