You may have already read all the headlines this week. You have been warned. Your mortality is in danger. You need to be on the lookout…for Bacon.

Yes it’s true. Apparently Kevin Bacon is pissed and not going to take it anymore. Maybe it is all those degrees of separation people use that have finally made him snap.

Bacon has gone bad, like …


This is just a quick update for all those waiting on the 2 Meal Solution for Kindle. There will not be any blog posts this week as I’m putting all effort and energy into wrapping this up ASAP.

I can’t put a hard date on when it will be up on Amazon (as that tends to backfire with unforeseen technical issues when I do that), but let’s just say this week is all …


I just personally hit the big “4-0″ recently and wanted to take some time to look back and observe what I have learned along the way. It’s actually a dual celebration as the IF Life also just turned 4 too (my first official post here was 2/20/08). Here are my “40 lessons in 40 years” (in no particular order…just as they …


A while back I came up with a little slogan for the blog as “Eat, Play, Live”. My basic philosophy for nutrition, exercise and getting out to enjoy life. I’ve now come across a series of cool videos that are along the same lines of thinking.

Their message is “Eat, Move, Learn”, and here’s my little additional thoughts on them.

Eat less, enjoy more. Eat meals. Don’t snack. Eat good real foods and …


Long time ago I knew this competitive bodybuilder who also helped coach other bodybuilders with nutrition. One day I asked him “What’s your secret eating strategy?”.

With all my past reading of muscle magazines and other nutritional books, I figured some great complex answer that involved %s, macronutrient timing and various types of protein for slow to fast digestion depending on time …


While I use the term “2 Meals” around here for the most part, many people have asked me what about only “1 Meal” a day for weight loss?

This concept has been somewhat popular since the book Warrior Diet by Ori Hofmekler came out many years back. In it Ori talks about “under-eating” during the day and using the dinner hour as the “feast”:
Eat One Main Meal at Night:
There …


It always amazes me where simple motivation can come from. Today is a video of a 60 yr old “young” man who certainly is an inspiration in my eyes. A video that inspired me to write a whole article around him.

Before I get to the video, I first want to go back over a little bit of my own story.
My Own Worst Enemy
I grew up reading lots of exercise books …


This is just a quick announcement that for right now, I am letting people have my new simple BodyBurst workout book for FREE!

Oh there is a catch…isn’t there always? Don’t worry, it’s not that bad.

It’s only available on my new Facebook page here. That’s right, it’s my “bribe” to get people to “like” the new 2 Meal Mike Facebook page. See Update Below

I had another FB page, but …


While I’m still working on finishing up the 2 Meal Solution version for the Kindle, I realized that I never really defined the “2 Meal” philosophy or manifesto (way cooler word) here on the IF Life.

Even before starting this site way back in late 2007/early 2008, I’ve always liked talking about intermittent fasting (hence the whole “IF” Life name and all). …


I’m going to start a fun little Q&A series around here called “Dear Mike”, sort of like “Dear Abby” except all things IF/2 Meal related (sadly no relationship advice, as I may tell you to intermittent fast from your significant other…wait, that may be a best selling book idea!).

Today is a pretty common one. I get asked a lot (and see it discussed much on the internet) about:
 “What is OK …


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