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July 24, 2026
Body Recomposition Calculator: Build Muscle And Lose Fat

How To Build Muscle And Lose Fat At The Same Time (Body Recomposition) Primary researcher for this article: Daniel Plotkin, PhD student Discover the exact number of calories you need to eat to successfully achieve a body recomposition:  Click the button below to figure out how many calories you need to eat for body recomposition […]

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July 21, 2026
How To Stop Overeating: What I Learned Swapping Diets With A Couple 3x My Size

How To Stop Overeating: TL;DR For 24 hours, I ate the exact diet that got a man to over 50% body fat while he and his wife ate the diet that keeps me at 10%. His day came to 8,312 calories; theirs came to 1,994. But the biggest differences weren’t on the plate — they […]

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May 10, 2026
What Every Body Type Actually Looks Like And How To Change It

Quick Answer What every body type actually looks like and how to change it comes down to four starting points: skinny, skinny fat, bulky, and high body fat. Each one has a different mix of muscle mass and body fat, and each one needs a different combination of training and nutrition to actually change. The […]

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February 16, 2026
TDEE vs BMR: What's the Difference (And Which One Actually Matters)?

If you've ever tried to figure out how many calories you should be eating, you've probably run into two terms that sound like they mean the same thing: TDEE and BMR. They get thrown around interchangeably in fitness circles, which is confusing because they're actually measuring two different things. Here's the short version: BMR is […]

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February 16, 2026
How to Calculate Your Calorie Deficit (And Actually Stick to It)

A calorie deficit is the only thing that makes fat loss happen. You can eat clean, cut carbs, do intermittent fasting, or follow whatever diet is trending this month, but if you're not in a deficit, you're not losing fat. That's not opinion. That's thermodynamics. The good news is that calculating your deficit isn't complicated. […]

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January 18, 2026
Best Diet to Lose Weight? The “Boring” Diet That Gets You Shredded (30‑Day Test)

The best diet to lose weight is the one that makes overeating hard and consistency automatic. So I built the simplest fat-loss diet possible — buffet-style meals, no calorie tracking, no strict portions — and tested it for 30 days (with DEXA scans) to see what happened to cravings, habits, and body fat. If you’ve […]

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October 18, 2025
How to Reduce Appetite: Rewire Your Hypothalamus Hunger Signals

Dieting isn’t a willpower problem. It’s a hypothalamus problem. Here’s how to reduce appetite by working with your brain’s hunger system, not against it. THIS is the size of the hypothalamus in your brain — the tiny control center that decides how hungry you feel, what you crave, and even how many calories you burn […]

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October 4, 2025
How Much Protein to Build Muscle? New Research Says Less Than You Think

How much protein to build muscle? See why pushing intake too high can backfire — and what to prioritize instead. Do you expect your muscles to grow bigger and bigger by shoveling “high protein” into your body? But what if eating more protein isn’t just unnecessary — but actually makes it harder to grow? Today, […]

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September 1, 2025
Body Recomposition Calculator V2: Build Muscle And Lose Fat

How To Build Muscle And Lose Fat At The Same Time (Body Recomposition) Primary researcher for this article: Daniel Plotkin, PhD student Discover the exact number of calories you need to eat to successfully achieve a body recomposition:  Click the button below to figure out how many calories you need to eat for body recomposition […]

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July 5, 2025
How To Destroy Visceral Fat In 30 Days

You can see your belly fat. You can grab it. But the most dangerous fat? You can’t see it at all. It’s called visceral fat, and here's how you can destroy it in 30 days. This is the belly fat no one wants, but most people have. It’s visible, and you can literally pinch it. […]

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