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Losing weight/diet

Why is Santa Fat?

by Fred Hahn on December 20, 2011

This is something I’ve been pondering for a while.
You’d think Santa would be portrayed as thin and muscular since he has to run around on every roof top in the world, climb down and up millions of chimneys carrying heavy sacks of stuff, all accomplished in under 24 hours.
What Santa must achieve every [...]

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Eating Razor Blades

by Fred Hahn on December 9, 2011

Not a very good idea right? I agree. So then, why do so many people eat them?
Allow me to explain.
When I talk to clients about diet, without question fat loss is the most sought after goal. But that’s not my goal for them – not exactly. My primary goal for clients [...]

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The Power Plate – Old Nonsense Reborn

December 7, 2011

Back in the old days, a weight/cellulite removal device hit the market claiming to jiggle the fat right off of you.
Of course, it was just a load of marketing nonsense no different than so many other baloney devices that hit the infomercial sphere every day. If it were true, chewing gum would make your face [...]

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How Not to Lose Fat – Starvation

October 27, 2011

A recent New York Times article discussed the issue of weight loss and people’s inability to keep the weight they do lose, off.
They found that the hormones that regulate fat gain and fat loss did not revert back to normal after the study ended and thus, they got fat once again.
But in [...]

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Forks Over Knives

September 23, 2011

Here’s my blog for today – read Denise Minger’s critique of the movie Forks Over Knives.
I am in AWE of her brain.
‘Nuff said.

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Charts, Charts, Charts…

September 18, 2011

I was tooling around online and found something interesting.
Take a look at this chart:

As you can see, since the 1970’s, we’ve been chowing down more on carbs and less on fat. And the types of carbs we’ve been imbibing more of are not (and I think we all agree), more carrots and kale.
Take a look [...]

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Mark Sisson’s Exercise Errors

August 13, 2011

Mark Sisson has become a very popular paleo promoter and I like a lot of what he has to say. His book is pretty good and I hate him for all the hair he has on his head. I wish it were true that going paleo was good for hair re-growth but its not.
As [...]

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An Ongoing Success Story

August 10, 2011

I love getting these emails:
Hi Fred!
I am a 64-year-old post menopausal (obviously) obese woman who is on a mission. (I am also a mother, grandmother, artist and wife, among other things.)
Starting in January of this year, I belatedly started turning my life around. I FINALLY got the right information on diet and a good scare [...]

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A Note from Merry Olde England

August 8, 2011

Well it’s been a very nice vacation thus far and it’s sadly coming to a close. Yet, it feels like it’s time to get back to Serious Strength and continue helping people become the best they can be. As for me, I haven’t had a workout in 18 days and my body cries out for [...]

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Don’t sweat the scale

June 7, 2011

Last night before I went to bed, I took a tinkle, stripped down to my skivies, and weighed in at a trim 159 pounds.
The next morning I got up, took a tinkle and weighed myself again.
I was 153.5 pounds. Yes that’s right. I weighed 5.5 pounds less.
When I went to bed that [...]

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