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When Less is More

More, more, more... Consume, consume, consume. Be it in our garage, our homes, or our mouths. Consumers is the mantra that we've been conditioned by—the one we are in recovery from. But as we all know, recovery is a way of living not a destination. When more, more, more gets the best of us and we become just that, "more," as it more weight, more fat, more tired, more exhausted, more disgusted; we star ...

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Why Popular Diet Advice is So…

So... [caption id="attachment_830" align="alignright" width="213" caption="Get Crazy Skinny!!!"][/caption] I'm looking for the right word... Bad... pathetic... ordinary... out dated... prehistoric... archaic... first order... paleolithic... Wait! That last one seems to have become a diet, so it may not apply. But I'm sure you get my drift. What other colorful descriptions come to mind? Please share them... ...

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Oh, to be a boy… Again?

[caption id="attachment_776" align="alignright" width="280" caption="The Joy of Fishing with my little Brother"][/caption]I want to be a boy who gets to play and run and jump. I want to be a boy who has more joys than worries, more freedom than responsibility, more love and compassion than punishment and consequences. At times, we all have romantic fantasies about times in our lives we’d like to revisit†...

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Effort Magnified Can Burn

[caption id="attachment_751" align="alignright" width="240" caption="Magnifying Can Burn You"][/caption]"The tracking of calories—in and out—the measurement, the study, the profound effort he was putting in to coercing his body to comply with his goals is precisely what's blocking his progress." I know it sounds weird but there is such a thing as too much effort--or more accurately, too much foc ...

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Life Shattered Wide Open

It’s truly a remarkable moment of clarity to bare witness to on this day, at this place in my life. Like you, I’ve had my ups and my downs—some brilliant high points and some devastating lows—but that’s the nature of life, the texture, right? All in all, even as my eyes continue to open, it’s been a truly... ...

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To Supplement or Not to Supplement

"Question: I don't take supplements. I'm into just being real. Try to eat clean...Should I be using any supplements? And if so, why?" ~ Jason D. Answer: I salute your "just being real." But as for "should you take supplements?," that’s something that... ...

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In Search of Science at EAS

Pardon my temper if you will... [caption id="attachment_680" align="alignmiddle" width="458" caption="At EAS We Are 100% Committed to Latest Advances in Scientific Research!"][/caption] Be warned, I'm about to break a rule! More accurately a promise or commitment I'd made to myself—a commitment to a deaf ear and altogether look the other direction from EAS. I can only imagine how a parent might feel w ...

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Are You A Craftsman Or A Hack?

[caption id="attachment_662" align="alignright" width="313" caption="The Return of the Craftsman"][/caption]My friend Seth Godin posted a blog today on The New Craftsman. In it he speaks of the, a "craftsperson is someone who takes real care and produces work for the ages. Everyone else might be a hack, or a factory guy or a suit or a drone, but a craftsperson was someone we could respect." A craftsperson i ...

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3-D Fat-Loss: The Avatar of Fitness

How can the #1 most successful box office movie in history help you shed fat, get fit and live the life of your dreams? Valid question. Allow me to explain… In 1997 movie maker James Cameron made Titanic, the #1 grossing movie of all time. Then he went quiet—resting on his success—most assumed. ...

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