25 Insights and Revelations about Fasting, Foods, and Getting Results

I like to think that there is so much more to life...that worrying about eating all the time. Finding a simple and effective way to keep in shape year round is the most liberating experience there is! Here are 25 quick and to-the-point insights about... (read full article)

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Break Bad Eating Habits With Intermittent Fasting

Editor’s Note: This is a guest post by JC of JCD Fitness. When discussing eating habits, especially within the fitness population, the subject is often a very touchy one.  To many, eating is much more than some task we must perform in order to... (read full article)

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Day 10: The Benefits of Intermittent Fasting

Many in the mainstream hear the word “fast” and immediately think “starvation”. Heck, I used to think that way too until I started to dig deeper and understand more about how the body works (and was designed to survive all this... (read full article)

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Fitness Spotlight Best Quotes of 2009

As we wrap up another year, we figured that we would go back and pick out some of the best quotes from our past articles of 2009. So here they are (with the original articles linked as well) in no particular order for you to enjoy! Best Quotes/One liners... (read full article)

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Intermittent Fasting has a New Name….Intermittent Feeding

For a long time I’ve used the initials “IF” to stand for “Intermittent Fasting”, but from now on I’m also going a different route. “IF” will now also be known as “Intermittent Feeding”! From... (read full article)

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Break Free from Quick Weight Loss Diets and Yo-Yo Weight Struggles.

You are now entering a No-Diet Zone. Enjoy! “Diet” is a 4 letter word. I’ve always said that if it is something that I would not be able to do personally, then there is no way I could tell other people to do it. I’ve tried it all.... (read full article)

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The Best Of The IF Life and Modern Forager From 2008

The Best of IF Life and Modern Forager from 2008 As most of you know (or newer readers may not), Mike and I recently merged our blogs (namely the IF Life and Modern Forager) into the Fitness Spotlight in early 2009. Each of our personal sites had grown... (read full article)

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Eating More Meals Does NOT Speed Up Your Metabolism II

Do you really need to be eating all this prepacked stuff to lose weight? In Part I of learning about how eating more meals does not speed up your metabolism, we covered many research studies that showed there was no benefit for so called accelerated thermogenesis... (read full article)

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Eating More Meals Does NOT Speed Up Your Metabolism

Why are you really being told to eat all these prepacked meals? Could it be a marketing ploy? This is one of the biggest myths and misconceptions that I hear all the time in mainstream media and people trying to tell me how to eat healthy. Ask any trainer,... (read full article)

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Intermittent Fasting for Neurotic Athletes

Athletes are a persnickety, dogmatic bunch; we’re open to change in so long as it fits the narrowly constructed worldview that we perceive has brought us success. Be it training, diet, or mental preparation, we tend to bend ideas to fit into “our”... (read full article)

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