I yelled out from the kitchen, "you ate ALL of this already?", to which he replied "ok, rice monster.".

Contrary to popular belief, cravings are not necessarily 100% an indicator of nutritional deficiency.

Liking to eat and gorging on food and alcohol until you are unhealthily overweight is not liking to eat - it's more than that.

Why not know - like know, know how it works instead of guessing?

There is no golden ticket.

The idea is to always go just beyond your comfort zone to produce steady growth.

A healthy body composition is constructed with 80% nutrition and 20% fitness.

Here's something else to consider - being someone that doesn't cook for themselves has a lot of the same hurdles as eating on the run does.

Am I talking about making a smoothie out of your hamburger verses just eating the hamburger?

Yes, rest and "take it easy" is always part of the post-op recommendation but what does that really include?