This May Help You?

Geof and Todd talk about how snacks can and can't impact your weight loss . Turns out just changing the name snack to something else helps!

This is one of the most asked questions by many people when they start working out. Geof and Todd take on this question and discuss why this is really a very difficult question to answer with any accuracy and why it might not matter to your ultimate goals.

Intuitively diet quality must be important for weight loss.....but is it? In this episode we discuss the importance of diet quality in the context of weight loss and why we believe (and the data say) that maybe diet quality is better suited to helping you improve your health AFTER losing weight, and not during your actual weight loss.

In Episode 13: Is Weight Loss an All or Nothing Pursuit, Geof and Todd discuss whether they believe that weight loss can be achieved by incorporating small changes into your life over time or whether drastic changes are necessary to lose weight and keep it off.

In Episode 12: Why You Can’t Lose Weight with (Just) Exercise, Geof and Todd discuss how exercise, in and of itself, is ineffective for losing weight. The reason being is that it is far too easy to consume calories and very, very difficult to burn them. Despite this calories in/calories out relationship, the fitness industry is all too eager to sell weight loss solutions even though weight loss is one of the things the fitness industry is the worst at doing. So why does the ...

In Episode 11: Bodies Come in All Shapes and Sizes, Geof and Todd discuss how humans come in all shapes and sizes, how everyone responds so differently to the same exact diet and exercise routine, why it is so important to find exercises you like and foods you enjoy, that your diet and exercise preferences match your goals, and why you should only compare yourself to yourself.

In Episode 10: Trying to Get Something for Nothing, Geof and Todd discuss how the health & wellness industry is all too eager to sell you tips, tricks, and hacks to not only help you maximize the health of your diet and your workout efficiency but to get more than you proverbially paid for (put in the work for) by “tricking” your physiology. More often than not these hacks do not work and if they do work in the short term tend to have very little translational benefit in long-term h...

In Episode 09: Expecting Too Much Too Soon, Geof and Todd discuss how changing your body, whether that means losing weight, building muscle or eating healthier takes a long time and more effort than you probably expect it to take. Marketers will sell you solutions that claim to get you to where you want to go within a matter of days and weeks when in reality it is more than likely going to take you months and years to reach your ultimate destination. On the way to achieving your B...

In Episode 08: Your Body Type Helps You Find Your Activity, Geof and Todd discuss how peoples' bodies come in all shapes and sizes, shapes and sizes that make certain sports and activities more conducive to one body type or another.Some people aren't built for running while others probably won't be very good at powerlifting. We suggest finding something you like (even if you aren't built for it) but at the same time taking into consideration the strengths and weaknesses of your particul...

In Episode 07: Food Guilt, Geof and Todd discuss what food guilt means to them, when they experience it, and how they and others have found that meal planning, accountability, identifying the difference between a snack and an indulgence, and pre-determining their weekly indulgences has helped them to avoid food guilt and allow them to enjoy foods that would otherwise make some people experience food guilt.For a link to our full post on our website, please click here.