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Fad Diets, Fitness "Gurus", Health, Weight Loss and Something More

Post author:Ines Subashka
Post category:
- Nutrition
Post published:19 April, 2012
Reading time:4 mins read

Image source: http://dietitians-online.blogspot.com

Seems like the whole week will be dedicated to posts about nutrition, but right now this topic is close to my heart. Sometimes I get irritated by the misleading information about nutrition and weight loss that is being spread in our community.

It looks like nowadays everybody who can lose 30 pounds can write a book or create a fan page and teach people “how to eat healthy and work out properly”. As it is said there are people for everything, no matter how dumb the advises of some fitness “guru” are, he will always have followers.

An argument that people use to defend their diet is “it works”. Let me ask you, exactly how it works? How do you understand that this diet works? Just because you are losing weight? There are a bunch of diseases that are “accompanied” with weight loss. Does that (more…)

How Counting Calories Is Ruining Your Health and Your Diet?

Post author:Ines Subashka
Post category:
- Nutrition
Post published:18 April, 2012
Reading time:4 mins read

healthy vs junk — Image source: http://www.flickr.com/photos/augustaerin

Calories… I am not gonna lie to you, I have never thought about the calories in my food until 8^th grade. One of my best friends used to be a synchronized swimmer and she was always on a diet. She thought me how to read food labels and how to calculate calories. From then on I was obsessed with calorie counting. That was the first thing I read on the labels and the only thing I cared about. The less the calories the better and healthier I thought it was. Good Lord I am smarter than that now! If you are not familiar with my view on food and calories you better start with reading this article and then come back and finish this one!

If I had to describe my nutrition philosophy in one sentence it would be to eat as much natural, unprocessed food as possible by trying to make fats be at least 60% of your dietary intake!

That means, that not quantity or calorie value of food matters but QUALITY! But let’s see how counting calories can make you take some really bad and unhealthy food choices.

1) (more…)

How to Keep Eating Clean During the Weekend?

Post author:Ines Subashka
Post category:
- Nutrition
Post published:13 April, 2012
Reading time:6 mins read

великденски кокошки — Image source: chocolatecoveredkatie.com

You know that I am a bulgarian and I live in Bulgaria. We are christians so our Easter is this Sunday! That is why I am dedicating today’s post to everybod that is anticipating the holiday with the idea of eating as much as possible from all the treats that will be on the holiday table!

At this time of the year, most web sites race to suggest the best “strategy” to stay in shape during the holidays. You will read different things, from the absurd suggestions to starve and then stuff yourself, to carb rotations and so on. Unlike the others, I won’t suggest you complicated formulas you could follow until Easter and then eat everything, you see on the table!

What I am gonna do is (more…)

Is Red Meat Bad for Your Health? Researches, Experience and Logic…

Post author:Ines Subashka
Post category:
- Nutrition
Post published:10 April, 2012
Reading time:5 mins read

Since I started following a nutrition plan, there are always people who tell me that the food I eat is not healthy and how they read a research, which claims that this way of eating would negatively reflect on my health. Even if it sounds brutal, I never take these remarks seriously! More often than not, people who claim such things have absolutely no idea how human body functions! They blindly believe articles in magazines, newspapers or internet. But is it rational to believe that everything written is authentic? Every piece of information to be a fact? Keeping in mind how (more…)

When Healthy Eating Goes Wrong

Post author:Ines Subashka
Post category:
- Nutrition
Post published:4 April, 2012
Reading time:3 mins read

healthy-goes-wrong — Image source: http://www.healthfiend.com

Picture taken from: healthfiend.com

Too much of a good thing? Is that even possible? I remember when I was in high school I was really keen on philosophy. My mother had a degree in philosophy and we often talked about it. One day I had an assignment for school and she told me how choices are like a fan. One end of the fan is the worst choice and the other end is the best choice. If you tried to bring the fan together, both ends would touch. That means that extremes, no matter if they are with good or with bad intentions lead to the same place- self- destruction.

That is what happens if you are being way too healthy! There is nothing wrong with making smart choices when it comes up to the food you fuel your body with! But it is all about balance! It is an ongoing balancing act between pushing your limits for the right reasons versus the wrong reasons!

When you turn in an exercise and healthy eating fanatic, it all goes (more…)

8 Reasons Why You Are Not Losing Weight

Post author:Ines Subashka
Post category:
- Nutrition
Post published:3 April, 2012
Reading time:5 mins read

You’ve been trying to lose weight, but you never seem to reach your goals. Where do you go wrong? Are you cursed to be overweight or you are focusing on the details and overlooking the important, key points?

Below I will discuss 8 key reasons that might be the problem!

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How to Make the Difference Between Hunger and Cravings?

Post author:Ines Subashka
Post category:
- Nutrition
Post published:28 March, 2012
Reading time:3 mins read

emotional vs physical hunger — Image source: http://www.fatfreeandme.com

You’ve all experienced it. You just had a good meal, ate a steak and some veggies with a couple pieces of bacon. As you go back to sit on your computer, you feel the urge to eat something. How is that possible? You just ate! Is it possible that you could still be hungry?

Well, 99% of the time, the truth is that you are experiencing a craving!

But how could you make the difference? How do you know when (more…)

13 Ways to Make Your Child Eat Healthier

Post author:Ines Subashka
Post category:
- Nutrition
Post published:27 March, 2012
Reading time:2 mins read

Most parents complain that they can’t make their children eat healthy! They say that healthy food is boring! But is that true?

I think that you are the problem, not healthy food! If you give your child some fruits and vegetables and tell him that its healthy, well your kid won’t eat it for sure! Kids just don’t care if it is healthy or not!

But if you make an effort in the kitchen to make healthy food more appealing, I assure you that your kid will love healthy eating! Here are some suggestions from me: (more…)

From Fat to Fit: Based on a True Story

Post author:Ines Subashka
Post category:
- Motivation
- Nutrition
Post published:23 March, 2012
Reading time:7 mins read

Friday is a day for interviews on Inspired Fit Strong. This week I will offeryou to read a great piece, based on a true story. A friend of mine shared his story but he prefers to stay annonymous, so just read it and learn from his own experience!

The last 20 years, all you can hear is “You are overweight, you need to get fitter!” Well, I will tell you a story how to become 235 pounds, from 138 pounds in just 4 years!

Based on a true story! Yes, my own story and the story of my ex girlfriend.

New town. New job. A better company and better colleagues, bigger salary and a new girlfriend! Everything is new and flourishing, but the sad part is (more…)

Does Your Diet Fail on the Weekend? Check Out Why!

Post author:Ines Subashka
Post category:
- Nutrition
Post published:22 March, 2012
Reading time:4 mins read

It’s almost Friday and probably most of you are scared of this. Why? A lot of people manage to keep on track with their diet during the week, but when Saturday and Sunday come, they let themselves lose it and start eating everything in sight. Thus, the results achieved during the week go to waste!

You know what I am talking about, right? There is something about weekends that makes you lose it. It seems like when Saturday comes, your body gets impersonated by another person, who has absolutely no will to resist the food temptations!

Why is that? (more…)

Is Your Approach to Healthy Eating Right?

Post author:Ines Subashka
Post category:
- Nutrition
Post published:20 March, 2012
Reading time:3 mins read

Back in the days, information was a deficit and hard to reach. On the contrary today we are living in excess of information. Excess, because most of the information out there is completely useless, confusing and misleading. If we take a look at information concerning strength and nutrition, you will find a lot of theories that run counter to each other.

At times I think that the excess of contradictive information is the reason that most people stay in the same place and never bring changes in their life– just because they are so confused, they don’t know what is true and come to the conclusion that the efforts ain’t worth it!

A lot of people come to me, and some of them are so misled by the information they have about strength and nutrition. Questions like: (more…)

Artificial Sweeteners: The Taste That Is Killing You

Post author:Ines Subashka
Post category:
- Nutrition
Post published:14 March, 2012
Reading time:7 mins read

artificial-sweeteners-7 — Image source: http://www.doctormercola.com/

If you’ve ever been on a diet, chances are you have used artificial sweeteners. From diet soda, to all sugar free and low calorie desserts, almost every product has some kind of artificial sweetener. Most people think that low calorie is equal to healthy, but is it really like that?

Why are artificial sweeteners so popular and wide spread? (more…)

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