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Healthy Eating Journey: Long Lasting Healthy Habits

June 17, 2020 motherinthemountains Leave a Comment

This is my final update on Always Eat After 7 PM: The Revolutionary Rule-Breaking Diet That Lets You Enjoy Huge Dinners, Desserts, and Indulgent Snacks—While Burning Fat Overnight by Joel Marion. You can read my other posts here, here and here. This post is sponsored by Always Eat After 7 PM but as always, these opinions and thoughts are my own. Today I want to talk about how this plan can encourage you to make long lasting healthy habits.

After I had implemented some of the techniques and eating habits in my life my husband decided he wanted to join in. We started over together and in the first two weeks he lost ten pounds. When we went onto the maintenance phase I was surprised that it was actually easier than I expected to continue make healthy choices. I still eat processed and sugary things every so often, even not on our cheat day. I only do this because I’m confident that I won’t binge on unhealthy foods and I have good eating habits overall.

Long Lasting Healthy Habits

What I loved seeing, though, was my husband had no sugar for the first 14 days. Then, when we were able to start having cheat days I fully expected him to indulge along with me. He didn’t. In fact he has limited his sugar intake longer and better than I have. Personally, I enjoy all vegetables, salads, and just generally healthy foods – whereas he merely tolerates them. Yet, after eating this way for several weeks he actually enjoys the way we eat now.

I didn’t need to lose ten pounds but I still enjoyed following this plan. Even if you don’t have a huge weight loss goal this plan can guide you toward long lasting healthy habits. Joel wrote:

“Fact is, most diets are extremely narrow with regard to food choices and variety, and many even limit entire macronutrients altogether over the course of the entire program (think low-carb and low-fat diets). Three months with no carbs? No thanks. Such practices not only are entirely unnecessary, but make for a miserable, unsustainable experience.”

And he was entirely right. Most diets are difficult and not enjoyable so I hoped Joel was right that his program is different. It didn’t sound like any diets I’d heard of before. And it turns out it really wasn’t, it was surprisingly easy to follow and pretty enjoyable. Not only that it helped our whole family develop long lasting healthy habits. I’m excited to continue meal prepping and using the recipes so I can keep feeling this great.

Always Eat After 7 PM: The Revolutionary Rule-Breaking Diet That Lets You Enjoy Huge Dinners, Desserts, and Indulgent Snacks—While Burning Fat Overnight by Joel Marion is now available to purchase. Learn more about the book and how to purchase here.

Faith

Healthy Eating Journey: Healthy Eating Habits

June 12, 2020 motherinthemountains

I’ve been talking about Always Eat After 7 PM: The Revolutionary Rule-Breaking Diet That Lets You Enjoy Huge Dinners, Desserts, and Indulgent Snacks—While Burning Fat Overnight by Joel Marion the last few weeks and it’s time for an update! This post is sponsored by Always Eat After 7 PM but as always, these opinions and thoughts are my own. You can see my previous posts here and here. This week I’m going to about how my healthy eating habits has turned into healthy habits for the whole family.

Last week I talked about how it took a few days to get used to Intermittent Fasting but soon became a habit.

Joel writes:

“Going without breakfast is part of intermittent fasting (IF), also called time-restricted feeding (TRF). IF is a pattern of food consumption that cycles between fasting and eating in specific time periods. There are various ways to do it; one of the most common is the 16/8 protocol, which involves 16 hours of fasting—typically done overnight—with an 8-hour window in which to eat each day.”

What I like about skipping breakfast is that I feel alert and start my day out productive. I have more energy because I’m eating better so when I wake up I am ready to get my work out in. Eating late at night helps me sleep better as well. I feel awake and healthy instead of tired all the time.

Healthy Eating Habits Start Young

After my girls wake up I feed them breakfast and have my coffee or tea with collagen. Later in the day, I make lunch for myself and my girls. I find that because I’m eating better, so are they. I usually give them the same things I eat just in different proportions and sometimes with an added carb. They’re super great eaters and will usually eat whatever I make.

I also notice that as I’m following this diet it is essential that I make good meals for lunch and dinner. It makes such a big difference when you’re eating whole, real foods rather than processed and fast foods. I also notice that when my options are limited and my cupboards aren’t full of unhealthy foods that I typically make or reach for healthier snacks. Overall, we are all eating much healthier.

Always Eat After 7 PM: The Revolutionary Rule-Breaking Diet That Lets You Enjoy Huge Dinners, Desserts, and Indulgent Snacks—While Burning Fat Overnight by Joel Marion is now available to purchase.

Faith Owen

Healthy Eating Journey: Intermittent Fasting

June 4, 2020 motherinthemountains

Last week I talked about Always Eat After 7 PM: The Revolutionary Rule-Breaking Diet That Lets You Enjoy Huge Dinners, Desserts, and Indulgent Snacks—While Burning Fat Overnight by Joel Marion and how I was excited to use his plan to kick start my healthy eating journey. This post is sponsored by Always Eat After 7 PM but as always, these opinions and thoughts are my own. The first thing I noticed was how he was challenging old views of dieting. I am generally the oddball out in discussions about eating healthy since I don’t subscribe to outdated advice on nutrition. That’s why Always Eat After 7 PM was something that seemed attractive to me. I especially loved that Joel backs up his book with real research and science.

One of my favorite new ways to start my day is with a glass of lemon and water. Joel writes:

“One of the simplest 3-Minute Fat-Burning Morning Rituals, lemon water is a glass of water mixed with the juice of one half of a lemon. This drink provides all the benefits of regular drinking water, which supports weight loss, digestive health, physical performance, and cognitive function.”

It was actually a super easy change and now it is a habit to start my day with water. I notice I enjoy drinking lemon water and it encourages me to drink more water throughout the day. Even if you don’t have this book yet I recommend starting this habit.

Healthy Eating Update

At first it was difficult to get into the habit of skipping breakfast and eating primarily vegetables and protein for meals. It was a surprise that it quickly it became easier. I noticed just by paying attention to what I was eating then I was making better choices. I definitely felt better by week 2 of the first phase.

This week I wanted to share a few Q&A’s with the author that might convince you to get this book and try it out if you’re not convinced already:

Q1: How long did it take for you to develop the diet?
It actually took several years of researching for me to discover the real science of eating late night. After a few years of tweaking and refining, I finally came up with a rapid fat loss solution that overcomes all the pitfalls of traditional diets.
Q2: What was the most surprising discovery when you were researching scientific data for the diet?
That almost everything my college education and certifications taught me was NOT grounded in published scientific research.
Q3: How difficult is the Always Eat After 7 PM plan to follow?
It’s not. And that’s exactly why I wrote the book. While any diet is never truly easy, it can be more enjoyable and much easier to adhere to when you understand how Always Eat After 7pm works because it caters to our bodies natural instincts.

Stay tuned for an update next week!

Always Eat After 7 PM: The Revolutionary Rule-Breaking Diet That Lets You Enjoy Huge Dinners, Desserts, and Indulgent Snacks—While Burning Fat Overnight by Joel Marion is now available to purchase.

Faith Owen

Eating Healthy Journey: Introduction to Always Eat After 7 PM

May 28, 2020 motherinthemountains Leave a Comment

I just read the few chapters of Always Eat After 7 PM: The Revolutionary Rule-Breaking Diet That Lets You Enjoy Huge Dinners, Desserts, and Indulgent Snacks—While Burning Fat Overnight by Joel Marion (This post is sponsored by Always Eat After 7 PM but as always, these opinions and thoughts are my own) and I’m so excited to get started. I’ve been on an eating healthy journey for a while; trying to find a healthy way of eating that’s sustainable and healthy – I think I finally found it!

Overall Program

The plan includes instructions on how to kick-start the program and see rapid results by using the 14-day acceleration phase. Then the Main Phase, which is where you learn which foods to eat and when – to achieve weight-loss goals. Lastly the Lifestyle Phase is where you maintain healthy eating habits and stay healthy! It’s supposed to be completely sustainable and a way of eating you can actually enjoy doing long-term

The author explaining the science of the diet.

The reason I’m so excited about this program is because I actually have the opposite problem – I have a hard time eating enough. I find most diets unsustainable because I simply lack the energy to workout when I can’t eat enough. I love how Joel introduces his plan:

“… stop declaring the kitchen off-limits after 7 pm, and stop feeling guilty about sitting down to a sensible, huge dinner or stressing out if you don’t get around to it until 8 or 9 pm. In this program, I’m going to recommend the following: let’s break the rules about dieting and late-night eating and start transforming your body with new facts, new strategies, and new science.”

This “diet” (I use that loosely, as it really is more of a program) gives me the tools to eat enough of the right foods. And more importantly, at the right times so I won’t gain fat when trying to make muscle gains. Usually, when I’m trying to eat enough I reach for high calorie snacks that don’t have a lot of nutrients – like chips or candy. However, with this diet I’m confident I’ll be motivated to reach for the right high-calorie snacks (dark chocolate anyone?).

Personal Reasons

I’m really excited for some of the side-effects of eating healthy, such as better sleep and more energy. It’s hard working out when running after my kids takes everything out of me. Stay tuned for the next few weeks while! I’ll be maintaining my regular workout routine while following Joel’s program. I can’t wait to see my results.

Always Eat After 7 PM: The Revolutionary Rule-Breaking Diet That Lets You Enjoy Huge Dinners, Desserts, and Indulgent Snacks—While Burning Fat Overnight by Joel Marion is now available to purchase.

Let me know if you’ve heard of this diet and how it worked for you! If you haven’t, does it sound like something you could do?

Faith

Healthy Eating

Long Lasting Healthy Habits

Healthy Eating Habits Start Young

“One of the simplest 3-Minute Fat-Burning Morning Rituals, lemon water is a glass of water mixed with the juice of one half of a lemon. This drink provides all the benefits of regular drinking water, which supports weight loss, digestive health, physical performance, and cognitive function.”

Healthy Eating Update

Overall Program

Personal Reasons

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