Setting the Stage: Creating the right hormonal envronment for weight loss

(Note to reader: I've started this blog post over at least 4 or 5 times.  Every time I write it, I end up deleting what I've just written because it becomes too technical -- aka "boring and confusing."  I'm trying to take a very complicated topic (one that makes grad students curl up in the fetal position) and break it down into some practical advice for you. So I decided to start with the practical tips and "sprinkle" the gobbledygook over the top of it.  Let's see how I did!)

Read The Evolution of Weight Loss Here

There are my top 9 tips for creating a fat-burning hormonal environment.  There is still much to learn about this topic.  You can research it further on your own, but this should be a good start.

Inefficiency of Cardio Conditioning

Here's a video that throws a monkey wrench into the mainstream thinking about fat loss and aerobic exercise. Officially, it's not the stance taken by Core Fitness Solution, but he sure makes a lot of sense. Tell us what you think in the comment section below.

I'll post more tomorrow about hormones and the effect exercise has on them.

Johns Hopkins Cures Cancer ... only a hoax!

Several campers recently sent me the same forwarded message about an apparent update from Johns Hopkins regarding cancer prevention.  I am not usually a skeptic, but something about this email seemed fishy...

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The Truth About Photo Shoots - Part III

Here's part three of the video series on photo shopping pictures. I hope you have found this as enlightening as I have. There is still hope for all the "normal" people out there!

The Truth About Photo Shoots - Part II

Here's part two of the video series on photo shopping pictures. Stay tuned for part three tomorrow.

The Truth About Photo Shoots - Part I

This is part one of a three-part series about the photo shopping done in magazines and how it affects the consumers in terms of self-worth and the like. I'll post part two tomorrow and part three on Friday.

A Punch in the Face

by Doug Betts

(Note to the reader: I’m going to go off on a pretty big tangent, but I will reveal my point about mid-way through this piece. Stay patient while I go on and on, there is a pretty big payoff at the end! Also, you should know that I don't advocate violence. I'm only using it here to demonstrate a point!)

Everybody gets mad sometimes. Every once in a while you get really, really angry. I’ve ticked off a few people in my day (sometimes by doing nothing more than being a morning person!).

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