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Triggering the Same Appetite Suppressant as Ozempic

I’ll keep this post exceptionally brief: Ozempic (Semaglutide) is a weight-loss drug that is shown to be effective by reducing appetite. People’s perceived hunger levels are often not accurate indicators of how much energy their bodies truly need. If you have more body fat than you’d like, you’re probably not an exception to this rule. Americans often function perfectly well (and, indeed, enjoy…

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What Would Another Trump Term Look Like? And What's Project 2025?

Project 2025 is a 922-page, detailed, highly actionable plan meant as a blueprint for the next republican nominee – namely, Trump. I’m about to tell you what’s in it. But before I do, let me point out that this document is not a secret – you can download it here on Project 2025.org, to fact-check anything I say. In fact, I highly encourage that you do so. If you don’t have time to read the…

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Dopamine, Space to be Bored, and Social Media

How does spending a week in a cabin in the woods (without cell service) sound to you? Dreamily wonderful, or unbearably excruciating? I have an interesting relationship with boredom – I dislike feeling bored just as much as anyone, but I love the kind of circumstances that often cause people to be bored. I love long plane flights. I love being stuck in a hotel room without any TV. And it is my…

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How to Cheat at Weight Loss

Biohacking for Eating Less Recently my girlfriend accused me of “cheating” at weight loss, which of course I found exceptionally flattering. Here’s a post offered as a “cheat sheet” to help you do the same. We’ll start by concisely reviewing some important basic principles and tactics of losing weight, before moving into some trickier “biohacks” or “cheats.” (I’ll define a “biohack” or “cheat”…

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Belief: "I Have to Finish What's On My Plate"

Do you have the belief that you have to finish everything on your plate, when you eat? You’re not alone. This is arguably one of the most common beliefs that get in the way of fat loss. People hold on to this belief for many reasons. And ultimately, if that’s how you feel, it’s entirely up to you whether you want to continue to hold on to it or let it go. Letting it go will almost certainly…

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Alleviating Seasonal Affective Disorder

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Intention: Make Others Happy

Photo by Elina Fairytale on Pexels.com What I suggest today is that you prioritize the intention of doing what you can to brighten the mood of those around you – through treating people with kindness, love, making them laugh. Intend to make them happy. (Important caveat: while you can be a positive influence, you can never fully control how someone else feels. So don’t drive yourself crazy…

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Sustainable Fat Loss Part 3: Strategy and Tactics

Photo by Charlie Solorzano on Pexels.com Alright, here’s the challenge: create sustainable, effective, enjoyable fat loss for virtually any reader in no more than 3 articles. Contact me here with any complaints or questions. (Article 1 can be found here, and article 2 can be found here.) This is article 3 of 3. In post 1, we talked about the importance of taking care of your emotions on a…

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Sustainable Fat Loss Part 2: Six Principles for Lasting Fat Loss

Sometimes, all it takes is one light-bulb moment. Photo by Emmet on Pexels.com Alright, here’s the challenge: create sustainable, effective, enjoyable fat loss for virtually any reader in no more than 3 articles. Contact me here with any complaints or questions. (Article 1 can be found here.) This is article 2 of 3. Last post, we focused on the importance of neurotransmitters and mood support…

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Sustainable Fat Loss Part 1: Biohacking for Emotional Eating

It’s really all about the neurotransmitters. Alright, here’s the challenge: create sustainable, effective, enjoyable fat loss for virtually any reader in no more than 3 articles. Contact me here with any complaints or questions. This is article 1 of 3. The first thing we’re going to do is use powerful tools to quickly and effectively tackle emotional eating. “Emotional eating” occurs anytime…

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CAFFEINE: Underrated Uses & Risks

Caffeine is one hell of a drug. Caffeine is a stimulant, and one of the most widely used performance-enhancing compounds in the world. Unlike some supplements and compounds, caffeine is extremely well studied. Just so we’re on the same page, I’ll briefly give you a little background, and point out that various experiments suggest that caffeine: May have neuroprotective effects with regard to…

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Investing vs. Spending Your Resources

Screenshot of “Age of Empires 3,” a game where you have 3 types of resources (food, wood, gold) which you want to be continually investing. (Life gives us similar opportunities to invest our personal resources, but also tempts us with frivolous ways to spend them.) Concept of the day: you can either be spending or investing with regard to each resource you have, in every area of your…