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The Metabolic Zone

Brace yourselves for the coinage of a cheap and somewhat sleazy-sounding new health and fitness-related term: The Metabolic Zone. What is this coveted Metabolic Zone you ask? It’s an elusive state of being where someone can eat well beyond the normal BMR calculations for their height and weight, exercise rather minimally, sporadically, and infrequently, and effortlessly and spontaneously...

Lose Weight Without Dieting

I’m quite pleased that my friend DaNelle Wolford, my guest on the most recent episode of the 180DegreeHealth podcast,?is on the cover of this month’s issue of Woman’s World, one of the most prominently-displayed magazines in the entire country. On the cover it says “Cheat your way slim and fit into a size 6! DaNelle lost 35 lbs eating fat-melting cake, brownies, potatoes,...

Sex, Lawns and Body Image.

By Julia Gumm Coming to terms with human nature in the 21st century is no straightforward task. We are equipped with the most primitive of biologies, a physiology that compels us to do two things: Survive and spread our genes. But teetering o?er top that eatin?, sleepin? and er, copulatin? machine, there balances an extremely sophisticated control center. It’s complex enough to get us...

Stress and Metabolism Webinar

By Matt Stone Lianda Ludwig – some of you who participate on the 180D facebook page might recognize her name, has stuck with some of the basic principles of this site for quite a while. It was tough going at first. It’s hard to eat enough food to raise your metabolism and function well when it just sits there like a friggin’ rock. But eventually her metabolism rose, her health...

Happiness and Weight Loss

By Julia Gumm I was in a wedding once. The bride was a pushy sort, not exactly a ?bridezilla?, but she wanted all the details of her special day to be in order as soon as possible. Among other things, that meant that I had to be fitted for my bridesmaid’s dress about a year before the ceremony. Now, I’m not one of those people who walks the earth taking up the same precise amount of...