Your Fitness Quest, Part 3: Unlearn What You Have Learned…About Diets

Master Yoda was right: before we can even start, you're going to have to unlearn what you have learned...about diets and dieting. Because if you plan on losing weight--and keeping that weight off--you need to understand something: diets are bad. Here at Geek Fitness,...

Happy Birthday! I’m Nerdy-Thirty!

Happy Birthday to me! I'm thirty! Or, as my wife has taken to saying, I'm Nerdy-Thirty. Honestly, I'm freaking out a little bit about hitting the 30-year milestone. Just a bit. And while I may be getting older, I have to keep telling myself that I'm in the best shape...

2 Quick and Easy Fitness Tips for MMO Raid Nights

MMO raiding is stressful. Sitting at a computer, staring at a screen, and wiping to Korfok the Unintelligible for 3-6 hours can be hell on your body. Add in your raid leader and guild officers critiquing your performance, and there goes your mind. Fortunately for you...

Second Breakfast? What About the First One?

You know how I know I'm not a Hobbit? I mean, I have the feet for it, but I have never really been hungry in the mornings. So I had no interest in eating breakfast--much less second breakfast. The way I saw it, if I wasn't hungry, I shouldn't eat. Why take in extra...

Pinterest, Tumblr and Sustainable Weight Loss. Oh my.

I don't quite get Tumblr or Pinterest. I understand Facebook. I get Twitter. But the nuances of Pinterest and Tumblr baffle me. But I'm trying. I set up an account at both sites and started blogging: http://geekfitnessnet.tumblr.com and...

Rob Lowe and Behold!

Everybody has that one character on TV they LITERALLY want to be. Mine is Chris Traeger (played by Rob Lowe) from Parks and Recreation. Outside of the debilitating loneliness and personality issues, Chris is the kind of guy I'd LITERALLY love to be: the world is a...

How Übergeek Syp Lost 40 Pounds in 2012

Justin Olivetti (many of you may know him as Syp) is a senior contributing editor at Massively and übergeek blogger at Bio Break. He also lost 40 pounds in 2012 by changing his lifestyle. I asked him to scribble a few words about what he did, and this is what I got....

Ugh. It’s 2013. Resolution Time?

First thing's first: New Year's Resolutions are stupid. We make them, don't keep them, and end up feeling bad about ourselves because we failed. It's a negative cycle that tends to stifle progress, rather than aid it. Either our goals are set too high: "I'm going to...

Your Fitness Quest, Part 2: Finding Your Motivation

Now that we've talked about the difference between Fitness and Weight Loss, you're ready to tackle the big issue: What motivates you? Why do you want to lose weight and get fit? For me, motivation was three-sided: I was fat my whole life, and honestly, I was tired of...

Big Boned? Condescending Wonka Doesn’t Agree.

Saying you're big boned or whatever is just--ahem--pure imagination. (Giggle.) I know it is because I used my own being big boned a lot to keep from making any lifestyle changes. As the new year rolls around, think about that. Not saying there aren't just large-framed...