YOU’RE NOT HYDRATING ENOUGH  Drinking water is key to maintaining fluid balance. During times of dehydration, our body adapts by releasing an antidiuretic hormone.   This makes your body intentionally retain whatever fluid you do have to maintain homeostasis or have a state of proper fluid balance. Water enters and leaves the body at a regular…

Feeling hungry can mean at least two different things. HOMEOSTATIC When you haven’t eaten in several hours, your stomach is starting to grumble, and you’re feeling those usual bodily sensations associated with hunger; it stems from your body’s need for calories. Homeostatic hunger is driven by a complex series of signals throughout the body and…

Here’s the repeated problem of trying to lose weight: 1. You wait to start on a Monday. 2. And when you do, you try and make a BIG lifestyle change. 3. You start a completely new diet, usually quite STRICT. 4. You start a workout plan and try and jump into 4-5 workouts per week.…

REASON NO. 1 – EVERYBODY EATS Everyone must eat as a matter of SURVIVAL People tend to believe they are “EXPERTS” in what is effective, especially if their eating habits have been successful. Many believe they have automatic authority or knowledge in this field. Hence the advice, proclamations, and claims made from there proceed. Many…

Stoicism is an ancient philosophical framework for living well. Its principal focus is to live virtuously, maximise happiness and reduce negative emotions. It teaches us how to deal with adversity, handle prosperity, and stay balanced through the inevitable ups and downs of everyday life. Stoicism is about understanding control. About knowing what we can control…

Lower Body Fat A 2009 study found that the average woman who strength-trains two to three times a week for two months will gain nearly 2 pounds of muscle and lose 3.5 pounds of fat.  Women typically don’t develop big muscles from strength training because, compared to men, women have significantly less testosterone that cause…

A 2021 study found that a diet with a combination of processed and unprocessed foods had more nutrients than a diet composed of only unprocessed foods with the same calories. The study also found that food patterns created using unprocessed foods were significantly more expensive than those created using foods in the ultra-processed category. PMID:…

Most studies that have shown the positive effects of caffeine supplementation on sports performance have been carried out on men. However, the differences between sexes are evident in terms of body size, body composition, and hormonal functioning, which might cause different outcomes on performance for the same dosage of caffeine intake in men vs women.…

I’ve spoken about stress before and how it impacts our weight loss journey and general health.  However, I want to talk more specifically about it so you can take away practical steps to help.  Stress + the menstrual cycle combined can cause all kinds of variations in weight and how the body reacts.  Men don’t…

A 2007-2010 study titled “Stress and Gender” involving thousands of participants by the American Psychological Association (APA) found that: Women are more likely than men (28% vs 20%) to report having a great deal of stress. Almost half of all women (49%) surveyed said their stress has increased over the past five years, compared to…