Cute on a squirrel. Much less cute on a human. We notice it in photographs. We notice it when we unexpectedly see our reflections as we walk past shop windows. “The hunch.” Our head is forward, our shoulders are forward. Our gut droops out and over. Feeling disgusted, we immediately straighten up, determined never again […]
“A Calorie Is a Calorie” (& other myths, debunked)
A calorie is NOT a calorie. Likewise, a carb is NOT a carb. As I type this, I think I can already hear the haters hating. Where my IIFYM peeps at? I’ll get to you in a minute. Okay, so NOT all calories are created equal. I can’t believe I just opened this bag. […]
My Number 1 Hack for Fat Loss
Pat is out of town this week. Obviously, we are chatting on Facebook about how terrible it is here without him. I have assured him that everyone at The Buttery is concerned about his well-being. As you might expect, I’ve been charged with initiating gossip amongst the regulars here to see what people actually think […]
So why am I still not losing weight? Part 2!
Last week, I gently suggested that, perhaps, if your intention is to lose weight but you have yet to reach that goal, it’s possible that you didn’t have a plan. If you read the post and felt huffy about it, I will gently suggest that you ask yourself why. [Of course, it might have been […]
So why am I still not losing weight?
We’ve all been there. We take aggressive action toward a goal, thinking we’ve got it in the bag this time, only to end up shy of the accomplishment. We certainly made progress. We just couldn’t cinch the deal. And so it is with weight loss. We drop a few pounds, we see some new muscles […]