Weight Loss Posts
Shattering the Myth of Fasting for Women: A Review of Female-Specific Responses to Fasting in the Literature
One of the more esoteric but much beloved tools in the paleo dieter's tool-kit is intermittent fasting. What is intermittent fasting? I.F. is the practice of maintaining overall caloric intake while consuming those calories in fewer meals or in reduced time...
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Fasting can have vast effects on women's health. If you are unfamiliar with this effects and the stress it can put on your body, check out this post here to get you started. It is clear that fasting is huge in the health and wellness industry right now. Fasting has...
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7 Tips For the Most Sustainable Weight Loss Plan Ever
Now that is mid January, the New Years Resolution hype is starting to lose momentum. If you took some of my advice to heart, then maybe you scooted through Resolution season without seeing anyone's posts about succumbing to the pressure to lose weight or keep...
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Why Keto May Not Be For You
Here we are, with another popular diet generating a huge amount of buzz, promising things like sustained weight loss, increased energy, decreased inflammation, and more. When a fad diet surfaces I always err on the side of caution, especially when it seems like a...
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Reasons Why You Aren’t Losing Weight
So I believe there are two generally allocated camps of people out there. Those that want to lose weight because they believe they should weigh and look a certain way, and those that need to lose weight for health related reasons. The first camp is often fueled by...
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Top 6 Reasons to Wear a Bikini
For those that are going working through restrictive eating patterns or negative body image, this post may be triggering. Okay, so: I have definitely put off wearing a bikini, or a bathing suit for that matter, for YEARS, like probably half my life easily. Regardless...
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8 Ways to Celebrate your Body This Summer
Summer can bring up a lot of negative feelings towards our bodies. This is the prime time to be targeted by ad campaigns that shame us into feeling like we need a certain body type to wear certain summer clothes. Which we know is bulls^&*. In light of this, I want...
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How to Use Summer to Achieve Your Weight Loss Goals
Usually, when we think of weight loss, we think of work. We picture dumbbells, ellipticals, squat racks. But - as most of our community knows - I am my most happiest when I am not slaving away at the gym everyday. It isn’t fun and it feels like work. To top it off, it...
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Everything You Wanted to Know About MCT Oil
MCT oil has been a big deal in the paleosphere since bulletproof coffee surfaced as the new wellness trend. While I’m not a huge fan of dosing myself with caffeine and fat while fasting (in fact, I never do it), I do really believe that MCT oil can have some great...
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Weight Loss Myths and Scams
*Rant warning* I feel like I've been bombarded lately with questions about fad diets. They've always been around, but they just don't seem to go away. It just seems shiny and new to try a "new" diet instead of sticking to the fundamental principles of a healthy one....
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