Now we here at Podfitness aren’t sure if this is a valid story or not, but reports coming from the New York Post are saying that Michael Phelps eats 4,000 calories each time he sits down for a meal and over 12,000 calories a day!
If this is true, he must be doing a lot of [...]

As you may have guessed by now, our purpose in creating this blog is to give you straight talk about not just Podfitness, but about succeeding in your weight loss and fitness plan.
A lot of people believe the diet industry is conspiring to keep us fat, so that we keep buying weight loss products. This [...]

Being the movie nerd that I am, I enjoy a nice buttery bag of popcorn when I’m seeing a flick. Seeing these numbers though really make me second guess my movie eating habits. All of these “snacks” serve up more calories than a large dinner! So save yourself some unnecessary calories and money, and just [...]

I don’t drink enough water and more than likely you don’t either. In fact, recent studies have shown that 75% of the American population is dehydrated.
Whenever I have been dieting in the past, water consumption has seemed to play a huge role in it’s success or failure. Rather than reach for a snack I would [...]

Cravings are a tricky thing. Psychologically, they seem like a “need”, but are actually a “want”, and it’s rarely in our best interests to give in to them.
OK, so they’re not all must-read. However, several of these tips are things you wouldn’t normally think of, though they make complete sense.
My favorite:
Distract yourself. If only ice [...]

According to author Michael Pollan, what you’re eating might not be food at all, but an “edible food-like substance”. In his new book, In Defense of Food, Pollan contends that as a society, our study of food as the sum of its nutrients is way off.
This is the second recent book we’ve seen that directly [...]