According to a CDC National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, the number of obese adults has doubled in the past 30 years. It has gone from 15 percent in the late 1970s to an estimated 31 percent today. This is frightening.

Why is this so? Especially in light of all the new diets? Partly, it’s due to an increase in packaged food. But most of it is because the weight loss industry wants to keep you fat. After all, if you lose your body fat, they lose a customer. In short, they perpetuate a lot of myths about fat and weight loss.

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• Building Muscle While Losing Body Fat I got an email from a reader recently and wanted to share with you the general recommendations I have for simultaneously building muscle and losing body fat. Rules of thumb for gaining muscle and losing fat simultaneously are: High protein Low carb Moderate to high fat (kind of comes with......
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• Wii Fit: Healthy Weight Loss? Have you ever wondered if those video game exercise programs work? Can you achieve healthy weight loss playing a video game? The Wii Fit is the most popular of the weight loss programs that are on the market today. It has sold many thousands of units, but some wonder if......
• Supplementing with a Fat Burner I have decided to implement a small change. I started taking a fat burner supplement. It's supposed to be be an herbal formula that is designed for "optimal diet and energy." I'm going to be the judge of that. I have a few bottles of fat burners and metabolism boosters......
• Sad Day in the Fat Man House: Only 1.3 Lbs Lost Yes folks, I am extremely disappointed. Today is a sad day in the Fat Man Unleashed household. I am semi-depressed actually. I weighed-in today at 301 lbs... That's right. Only 301 lbs. That means I only lost 1.3 lbs. last week. While losing any amount is good, I was really......
• Tips for Parents with Overweight Children If you have a child that is dealing with weight issues and you find yourself nagging him or her to lose weight, then you may not realize that nagging is not the best way to help them lose weight. You can actually run the risk of straining your relationship with......