This is one of the most asked questions by many people when they start working out. Geof and Todd take on this question and discuss why this is really a very difficult question to answer with any accuracy and why it might not matter to your ul

Is Diet Quality Important for Weight Loss?

Jan 28th, 2023 30m 30s

Intuitively diet quality must be important for weight loss.....but is it? In this episode we discuss the importance of diet quality in the context of weight loss and why we believe (and the data say) that maybe diet quality is better suited to

Episode 13: Is Weight Loss an All or Nothing Pursuit?

Oct 30th, 2020 33m 48s

In Episode 13: Is Weight Loss an All or Nothing Pursuit, Geof and Todd discuss whether they believe that weight loss can be achieved by incorporating small changes into your life over time or whether drastic changes are necessary to lose weight

Episode 12: Why You Can't Lose Weight with (Just) Exercise

Oct 16th, 2020 33m 26s

In Episode 12: Why You Can’t Lose Weight with (Just) Exercise, Geof and Todd discuss how exercise, in and of itself, is ineffective for losing weight. The reason being is that it is far too easy to consume calories and very, very difficult to

Episode 11: Bodies Come in All Shapes and Sizes

Sep 30th, 2020 32m 34s

In Episode 11: Bodies Come in All Shapes and Sizes, Geof and Todd discuss how humans come in all shapes and sizes, how everyone responds so differently to the same exact diet and exercise routine, why it is so important to find exercises you li

Episode 10: Trying to Get Something for Nothing

Sep 10th, 2020 35m

In Episode 10: Trying to Get Something for Nothing, Geof and Todd discuss how the health & wellness industry is all too eager to sell you tips, tricks, and hacks to not only help you maximize the health of your diet and your workout efficiency

Episode 09: Expecting Too Much Too Soon

Aug 20th, 2020 36m 9s

In Episode 09: Expecting Too Much Too Soon, Geof and Todd discuss how changing your body, whether that means losing weight, building muscle or eating healthier takes a long time and more effort than you probably expect it to take. Marketers wi

Episode 08: Your Body Type Helps You Find Your Activity

Aug 5th, 2020 27m 45s

In Episode 08: Your Body Type Helps You Find Your Activity, Geof and Todd discuss how peoples' bodies come in all shapes and sizes, shapes and sizes that make certain sports and activities more conducive to one body type or another.Some people

Episode 07: Food Guilt

Jul 17th, 2020 46m 20s

In Episode 07: Food Guilt, Geof and Todd discuss what food guilt means to them, when they experience it, and how they and others have found that meal planning, accountability, identifying the difference between a snack and an indulgence, and pr

Episode 06: The Quantification Debacle

Jul 2nd, 2020 43m

In Episode 06: The Quantification Debacle, Geof and Todd discuss why they think that when it comes to your health & wellness (with the advent of technology) that we are stuck quantifying an endless number of metrics (i.e. steps, body fat percen

Episode 05: What the Hell is Toning Anyways?

Jun 18th, 2020 40m 54s

In Episode 05: What the Hell is Toning Anyways?, Geof and Todd discuss what they think “toning” is (other than marketing language), how it really doesn’t have a definition, is more of a journey than a destination, and if your goal is “to tone”

Episode 04: Nutrition Superstitions

Jun 4th, 2020 31m 18s

In Episode 04: Nutrition Superstitions Geof and Todd discuss how even the experts (Todd) make erroneous correlations between diet and health and suggest that you critically think about some of the nutrition superstitions that you may hold. If

Episode 03: What is Your Biggest Fitness Failure?

May 21st, 2020 45m

In Episode 03: What is Your Biggest Fitness Failure?, Todd and Geof talk about some of the biggest mistakes they’ve made in their own fitness journeys including some of the fads they’ve fallen for, how knowing what to do is different from actua

Episode 02: The Pornification of Fitness

May 8th, 2020 36m 20s

Shirtless men and spandex wearing women leaving very little to the imagination, this is "The Pornification of Fitness". Instagram models, YouTube videos, billboards, you can't escape these ads and what they imply, that you're not good enough a

Episode 01: Why We Started This Podcast

Apr 24th, 2020 15m 3s

Todd & Geof talk about why they started the podcast This May Help You? and what the pod is going to be about. For a link to our full post description please click here.

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