Week Two: Why I Chose this Book/Diet and Author Interview
Two weeks ago, in my last post (no sponsored posts last week due to it being #BlackoutTuesday) I promised to keep everyone updated on my progress and benefits of my first week in the Acceleration Phase of my diet. Without further ado, here is my personal experience after my first week and a brief interview of the Always Eat After 7PM author, Joel Marion.
The benefits of being in the first phase are more energy and rapid results. In this phase, I’m skipping breakfast aside from the 3-minute fat-burning drinks. I’m also following the intermittent fasting schedule (ex. last meal at 8PM means first meal of the next day at noon). I started committing to get at least 8 hours of sleep and waking up 30 minutes earlier than usual to start my day productively (morning skincare, making the bed, etc…). Additionally, I have been drinking way more water. No alcohol in this phase so aside from lemon water I’ve been drinking tea and “mock-qito’s” aka lime and mint minus the vodka.
The benefits helping me reach my personal goals are my increased energy and I’m losing around a pound a day. At first, I anticipated being hungry and was afraid of temptation during social situations. In reality, I am fully satisfied with my meals and my friends are supportive of my diet. Because I communicated ahead of time and I bring my own food to events; I don’t feel pressured to overeat or quit.
Based on surprising science, Always Eat After 7 PM debunks popular diet myths and offers an easy-to-follow diet that accelerates fat-burning and allows you to indulge in your most intense food cravings: Eating the majority of your calories at night. My favorite part of the Acceleration Phase is the pre-bedtime snack.
Top 12 pre-bedtime fat burning foods (p.45-51):
- one and two: Greek yogurt and cottage cheese
- three: eggs
- four: lean animal proteins
- five: coniferous vegetables
- six: dark leafy greens
- seven: blueberries and other berries
- eight: cherries
- nine: kiwi fruit
- 10: grapefruit
- 11: avocados
- 12: mixed nuts
“Late-night eating also curbs calorie intake the next day. In a four-week study, dieters added a snack to their daily regimen 90 minutes after dinner every night, and check this out: late-night eaters ate an average of 397 fewer calories per day.”
Author Interview
Bestselling author, Joel Marion, is a fitness expert and nutritionist debunking the myths underlying traditional dieting and offers a simple, highly effective weight loss program. Joel Marion was kind enough to answer some questions about Always Eat After 7PM.
What inspired you to write the book?
After authoring 6 best selling books it was glaringly obvious there were 2 huge misconceptions about dieting that needed to be exposed. The first is that you can’t eat late at night or before bed, which science now shows is NOT true. And second, you can’t eat large portions that satisfy your natural instinct. This book solves both these problems by providing an evidence-based, enjoyable approach to dieting that can be used by any person to quickly achieve their weight loss goals.
You’re a six-time best selling author, what is different about this book compared to your others?
Although many of the concepts are similar, the biggest difference is that you don’t have to deprive yourself of your favorite foods. You don’t have to deal with the burden of eating every few hours. And you don’t have to skip the carbs at dinnertime or avoid eating before bed.
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.
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.
***This post is brought to you by our sponsor, “Always Eat After 7 PM”. The opinions expressed above are my own.***
This diet is just so revolutionary compared to any other I have seen on the market. I need to get this book and read through it in detail to understand it more. It is obviously working for you and many others – a pound a day weight loss is pretty darn good!
Well this diet certainly goes against everything we’ve ever been taught about dieting. Eating after 7 was always a no no and you were told you woudl certainly gain weight as your body doesn’t have time to burn off the calories you’ve eaten but apparently that is no longer the case. Congrats on the diet working for you. I’d be interested to try this but I also try to intermittent fast and I’m not sure how that would work with eating so late.
Planning ahead is essential when you’re invited to events. I always make sure to bring something I can eat (I’ve avoiding gluten) or eat before I go so that I’m not hungry. I’ve heard so much about intermittent fasting that I’m thinking of actually trying it.
looks very interesting! Even today I have seen two reviews of this diet and each is positive about changes. I am so happy for you!
Freaking amazing diet and I am so glad I saw this one now. I habe been eatting very healthey for the last few weeks.
I have never heard about this diet and will look into it a lot more but you definitely give a good write up on it and i love your photographs and great pics thanks and keep up the great work
I love this concept! This diet stands out amongst the rest. I love that it favors healthy foods over ‘health foods’. For example, he says Kiwi for food not Kiwi-flavored nutrient bar. I’m really diggin this diet!
I am always skeptical of new diets and the new science that comes up to support those, ‘coz there are so manyyy of those that it becomes hard to figure out which one to believe! I’m so glad this one is working out for you. I’ll definitely check it out too, sounds interesting!
Wow I have heard so much about this diet, I really need to check this out asap and maybe even give this a go xx
It sounds so weird to be eating later at night, doesn’t it? We’ve always been told that was a big fat no no! But I love how many of the things we have spent years hearing are being challenged and are working. Can’t wait to hear more about your progress!
The book definitely sounds awesome and it’s interesting that you’re skipping breakfast at the moment. I definitely need to drink more though, which it sounds like you’re doing. Love the pictures of your healthy food choices, and hopefully you will continue to progress rapidly with this method.
I am so happy you find a positive result! And the recipes seam pretty nice, definitely no dieting vibe. It’s great you bring your own food and enjoy it. I hope you’ll get the best result.
I need to get my dieting going anymore seriously. I’ll be checking this book out. My partner had been warning me about eating late at night is not helping.