Category: Nutrition


  • Noonan’s ’17 “Kick Start your New Year” Menu

    As her father says, the Ina Garten of B-More. One of the biggest benefits of being married to an opera-singing-Irish-wordsmith is her prowess in the kitchen. Her mother, who is closest thing to Martha Stewart without actually being her, is one of the best cooks this side of kingdom come; Noonan (my wife) soaked up…

  • The Best Exercise and Diet Routines for 2017

    As the New Year approaches, in the first few months, we will once again obsess over working out and eating right. The problem is that by Febuary,/March most of us will have foregone our health/fitness resolutions. The secret to achieving any goal can be summed up in one word: consistency. Goals are achieved when we…

  • What is intermittent fasting?

    Intermittent Fasting  (IF) is an elegant way to mimic the Keto Diet each day. Instead of eliminating carbs entirely for 5 days and carb-loading for two days, the purpose is to get the benefit of lipolysis by fasting for at least 12 hours and the anabolic effect of a carb-up after your workout session every…

  • After you’ve had your first child, your vanity to keep a lean physique—particularly your motivation to keep a six pack—starts to wane due to lack of sleep, your infant slobbering on you, and the huge life change that comes with being a new parent overall. These days, often the most exciting time for us as…

  • Often times when it comes to working out, we talk about the importance of nutrition. I think when it comes to having a six-pack 80% of it is eating and the remaining 20% is working out. The food discussion comes down to three things: What to eat? How much or how little? How many times?…

  • Its been a year and half since Mr. Man appeared out of nowhere in our life. If anybody told me 5 years ago, I would be married, have a toddler, and would be shopping for a house, I would have said, “NO WAY JOSE!” What is truly unbelievable is that now he is linking words…

  • It’s been few days after my I went from eating three meals to two meals a day. Here are pictures of what Kate made me for din din this past week. With this latest change, I have to admit I was hungry as hell starting at 4 pm; I was so hungry it felt like…

  • Ever since I made the change to one “clean” meal and a nightly carb-up, I’ve been falling asleep after my evening meal like Goldilocks. My redheaded intern has been suffering from the same food coma (some call it a “carb coma”) phenomenon himself. I knew part of the reason we’ve been going into a comatose…

  • They say that it takes a decade to master a topic and another 5 years after that to make it your own. Although I feel like I have a good sense of competency, I am far from mastering all that is out there in the training universe. Socrates once said, “the more you learn, the…

  • After watching one of our favorite reality shows, the Bachelor, I usually tune into watch the rest of The Biggest Loser (TBL). With an average of 7 million viewers weekly and over $100 million in annual revenue, it is one of the most popular reality TV shows of all time. I think, though inspirational in…