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Tom Venuto: Burn the Fat, Feed the MuscleDetailed info on healthy nutrition, goal-setting and motivation, the basics of weight-training, and cardio for fat loss. If you could have just one volume on getting lean, this is it.  Ian King, Lou Schuler: Men's Health The Book of Muscle Terrific guide to weight training for both sexes. High-quality photos, innovative exercises as well as standard fare, good background in laymen's language.  Lou Schuler: The New Rules of Lifting for Women: Lift Like a Man, Look Like a Goddess Tells women what they need to know about lifting weights: their workouts should be heavy and intense, just like a guy’s.  Barbara J. Rolls: The Volumetrics Weight-Control Plan : Feel Full on Fewer Calories The science of satiety. This book teaches real-world portion control and how to make healthful, filling choices.  |
People are so confused about how many calories to eat in a fat-loss program. I don't blame them. Ridiculously low intakes are promoted everywhere they look—magazines, the latest "diet" books, The Biggest Loser, you name it. I have an online friend who I just discovered has been consuming 800 to 900 calories a day for fat [...] I've begun a new nutrition protocol that I'm really excited about. As some of you know, I have gotten excellent results in the past with a zig-zag involving three days at a caloric deficit, followed by one day at maintenance level. The new protocol is a different kind of zig-zag, whose purpose is lean muscle gain [...] If you know me through this blog, on dailyburn.com, or in the flesh, you know I’m all about research. I can’t buy a new sunscreen without investigating whether its claims can be trusted (thanks, cosmeticscop.com!) or a washing machine without knowing what Consumer Reports says about its frequency-of-repair record. I take the same approach to nutrition, [...] We spent much of the day with good friends, Toni and Steve, and when we visit these good friends, there's always lots of fabulous food. Toni prepared a turkey, dressing, rolls, green-bean casserole, sweet potatoes, mashed potatoes, heavenly salad, roasted asparagus, bread pudding, and three pies: pumpkin, blueberry, and cherry. What a meal! I brought a loaf [...] Food for thought: How will you handle Thanksgiving day? Will you tell yourself, "It's Thanksgiving—nobody can expect me to watch what I eat!"? Or will you focus on the healthy stuff offered to you and enjoy the fattening stuff in moderation? The point I want to make is this: you have a choice. You're in control. You have free [...] Shortly before my mom died July 13, I had decided to undertake the "100 push-ups" challenge that I’ve been reading about on other blogs. Nothing is normal after a death, as you know. So although I made it to the gym a few times in the last two weeks, it was only a few times. [...] Don’t you love it when your views are vindicated by an objective third party? I’m feeling smugly content because sciencedaily.com (love that site–because I’m all about scientific verification) posted a report today confirming that people who keep track of their food intake lose twice as much "weight" than those who don’t. (By "weight," I’m presuming the [...] Here’s the second installment of my list of quick and nutritious foods for those in a hurry. 6. Baked potatoes. Does this surprise you? If you have a bag of potatoes and a microwave handy. the lowly potato definitely becomes a convenience food. Grab the food scrubber and give the potato a going-over under running water. [...] Some of you are highly evolved persons who cook every day, carefully plan your five to six small daily meals, and pack the lot into a cooler before you leave the house in the morning. All I can say is, I admire you. Someday I may get that organized. Or maybe not. I don’t cook [...] I’m trying to remember when fat-free cheese was introduced. Surely it was during the fat-phobic 1980s. It was horrible stuff. A few weeks ago while grocery shopping, I saw Kraft shredded fat-free cheddar cheese. I thought I’d give it a try as a way to add a little protein and not many calories to my typical [...] |
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