No, Celebrities Don’t Need to Eat 8,000 Calories to Get Swole
Image: The Wolverine/20th Century Hugh Jackman recently posted a photo of over 8,000 calories’ worth of boxed meals with the caption “Bulking. A day in the life.” Gossip headlines ran…
What I Learned From Tracking My Calorie Burn for a Year
Photo: Shootdiem (Getty Images) It has been over a year since I started using MacroFactor, an app that calculates my TDEE (total daily energy expenditure) in real time. It’s a…
The Best Paid Diet App (and the Best Free Alternatives)
Screenshot: Beth Skwarecki, MacroFactor MacroFactor is a weight-tracking and food-tracking app that does what I previously did with three different free apps. Don’t worry, I’ll tell you what those apps…
1,200 Calories a Day Is a Starvation Diet, Actually
These past few weeks, after many years, I started counting calories again, with the goal of making weight for an upcoming master’s boxing match. I don’t need to lose much,…
How to Lose Weight Without Buying Into Any More Diet Bullshit Than You Need To
We don’t talk a lot about weight loss here at Lifehacker, mostly because weight loss is a thing that our culture talks far too much about. Pay attention to it…
Your Smart Scale Probably Isn’t Accurate Enough to Be Useful
Photo: Koldunov Alexey (Shutterstock) Your weight on the scale changes for so many reasons. We can gain or lose muscle, and we can gain or lose fat. We can be…