Week 4 Update

It's funny how quickly one month can pass by. It really doesn't feel like it's been more than two weeks, but nonetheless here we are a month later.  I'm really happy with the progress I have made in a month.  I've lost 5lbs, and shed over an inch from my waist.  The thing that makes me happiest though, is that my energy levels are...

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Why Reading is Keeping You Fat

There is so much information on the web that it is really overwhelming. It's so easy to get caught up second guessing yourself and wondering if what you are doing is truly the best and most efficient way. Over the last three weeks I have been steadily losing weight, and still gaining strength. Everything is working perfectly, and I should be...

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Be a Fat Loss Scientist

If you want to make any serious changes to your body you need to approach it scientifically, because really that’s all it is.  If you eat more than you need you will gain weight. If you exercise intelligently this weight will be muscle, if not maybe it will be fat. If you eat less than you need, you will lose weight. You want to lose fat, not...

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Twelve Week Challenge Update

Week 3 of my 12 Week Challenge is coming to an end, and I am thrilled with the results so far.  This week I lost about 1kg, and managed to gain, or at least maintain strength on all four big lifts.  This means that I am not losing much, if any, muscle, which is the goal of this diet and exercise plan.  The diet has been super easy...

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My Current Workout Plan

So I thought I should write a quick summary of what my exercise plan looks like.  To be honest, it is an extremely simple program.  Because I am trying to lose fat, over the course of a week I am eating fewer calories than my body needs.  There are several days where I eat more calories than I need, as is the case with intermittent...

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Get Strong!

 My experience with weightlifting is probably fairly typical of a guy my age. I started working out in high school, and followed routines from Arnold's Encyclopedia of Bodybuilding. I did this for a couple years and made a bit of progress, but nothing special.  What I should have been doing was squats, deadlifts, bench presses,...

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Intermittent Fasting Basics

Intermittent fasting comes in many forms.  There is Brad Pilon’s  “Eat Stop Eat”, Ori Hofmekler’s “Warrior Diet”, Jason Ferruggia’s “Renegade Diet”, and the newest best-seller “The 8-hour Diet” written by David Zinczenko.  The IF protocol that I first came across is Martin Berkhan’s “Leangains”.  All of these diets have different...

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Welcome to Simply Fit Taiwan

I am using this blog to help spread knowledge about diet and exercise in Taiwan, my current home.  I have been here for almost three years, and have had some good health and fitness gains.  When I first arrived here, I was pretty out of shape, and got into the habit of eating some delicious but not so healthy food during my first year here....

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