Diet

Improve Your Fitness by Limiting Your Choices

August 26, 2011 By JC Deen 34 Comments

As I write this, I’m sitting in the living room of my friend’s home about 2 blocks from the famous Hollywood Boulevard. I’ve been here since the 9^th and won’t be home until the 30^th. The plan was to come here for 2 weeks and then return to the south, but I’ve been having too much fun, and actually swapped out my tickets for an even cheaper flight, so I figured I’d stay another week.

My birthday is August 4^th, but I always celebrate the entire month (in my house, we call it birthday month). It’s been the best birthday month yet and a great vacation gift to myself.

Being my first time in Los Angeles, I’m a bit overwhelmed as I’ve never been to such a big place in my life (other than flight layovers). I’ve had the chance to meet some interesting people, and experience a slightly different culture than the southern living I’m accustomed to.

Regardless of the differences, I’ve fallen in love with the place thus far. I’ve made some new friends, had some interesting experiences and conversations along the way.

In fact, this article is inspired from a conversation I’ve had most recently with a lady I met through my friend who’s hosting me. [Read more...]

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Clean Eating: Why I Still Call it a Scam

September 20, 2010 By JC Deen 93 Comments

Image Credit: Carolyn Coles

Upon diligent reflection of last week’s emotionally-charged article headline on the sultry subject of clean eating, I believe it’s only fair to expand a bit more on why I believe clean eating to be a faulty concept and nothing but a false belief limiting the minds of many.

The context of this belief and its impact on the individual can render positive or negative, but it all boils down to the individual and their underlying, deep-seated ideals buried in the depths of their consciousness.

First of all, almost immediately after I hit publish last Monday, I noticed some traffic from the bodybuilding.com forums and thought to myself, “Oh, cool, someone really enjoyed the article. I’m glad they decided to share it.”

I never expected I’d receive a lesson on people’s inability to comprehend what they read as well as how a headline with a few carefully-selected words could immediately send someone into a defensive fury. Thus, it’s obvious that a first impression, ie: me calling clean eating a scam, altered their ability to remain objective enough to read and analyze the information for themselves.

Call me a mind controller. [Read more...]

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Clean Eating is a Scam and Why You Should Abandon It

September 13, 2010 By JC Deen 138 Comments

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Clean eating – it’s a term we’ve all used and have surely heard a million times. We’ve stumbled upon it in the magazines, seen it in our favorite diet books and have probably even heard it on TV. Heck there’s even a magazine titled Clean Eating.

Now I have no problem with the magazine – the recipes are really good and the pictures are something I often lust after. I do, however, have a problem with the negative connotation it presents to the minds of many health and fitness enthusiasts and even some professionals unwilling to consider other ideas.

For many who adhere strictly to the clean-eating principles, it cripples our relationship with food and often affects our social lives. For some, it has much steeper consequences. An obsession with clean eating and meal timing can be the cause for dysfunctional eating down the road for a few. [Read more...]

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