The Sleek Geek

When I began my earnest effort to lose weight, I clocked in at 245 lbs.  I began working with a friend as his personal guinea pig while he studied to become a certified trainer.  Under his guidance, which was mostly successful and accurate, I lost 20 lbs by minding my eating, lifting and some cardio. [...]

Every 6-12 months, I like to take 30 days and make some aggressive promises to myself.  I call it a “clean month” since I will be making sacrifices I don’t usually make.  Unless I am on a strict meal plan, like a ketogenic diet, I am fairly lax with how I eat.  ”Lax” for me [...]

Nutrition is such a big part of my method, but it’s also one of the most difficult parts to nail down.  There is so much misinformation, jargon, and ‘rules-lawyering’ that goes into the production of the nutrition information labels that it sometimes seems impossible to figure out what is actually entering your body.  Tyler and [...]

At The Sleek Geek, our approach to fitness is a bit different. We believe that weight loss should be painless, both physically and emotionally. Unfortunately many of us struggle with the emotional baggage that comes with being overweight, especially those who have been so all their lives. Since many of our contributors come from scientifically [...]

…or breathing…or kissing.  You sly dog.  But when you feel that desire to tell everyone about your awesome new diet and exercise plan, don’t.  No, I’m not trying to keep this a big secret.  Far from it.  In fact, we’d love if you’d refer all your friends – fat, fit or otherwise – to our [...]

Normally I like to slow-roll the maxim, since it’s the ‘moral’ at the end of the story.  Today I’m going to get right to it. Sleek Geek Maxim #3:  You’re the only person who can truly catch yourself in a lie.  You owe yourself better. Why do we lie to ourselves?  That seems crazy, doesn’t [...]

Motion, or in our case progress, can be measured on two axes; vector and velocity.  A vector is a direction.  Is your body fat percentage (BF%) going up or down?  A velocity is a rate of change along a given vector.  Is your BF% decreasing by an average of 1% every 14 days or is [...]

Expect to screw up.  Expect moments of weakness.  These things happen.  Just don’t let them knock you off course.  A day of binge-eating at the Ben and Jerry’s factory doesn’t give you carte blanche to do the same tomorrow.  If anything, it means you need to hit it harder, tighten up, and move forward.   Ask [...]

I have bad news for you.  It’s all in your head.  Maybe you carry most of your extra weight around your midsection, or maybe everything you eat goes right to your ass.  The truth is, you carry all your fat in the most vital organ in your body:  your brain. That’s right, you have a [...]