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This post is written by me and is brought to you by our sponsor, “Always Eat After 7 PM.” The opinions and text are all mine.

I can’t believe a month has flown by since I was introduced to 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. I’d like to share some of my final thoughts and results after four weeks of following the program. Even though I haven’t been absolutely perfect following the three phases, I’ve lost a total of 4 lbs and I feel amazing. I still need to work on my discipline but I am motivated and have a positive mindset about the process.

As a reminder, the Always Eat After 7 PM plan consists of: The 14-day Acceleration Phase to kick-start the program and see rapid results, The Main Phase where you’ll learn exactly which foods to eat when in order to achieve your weight-loss goals, The Lifestyle Phase to keep the weight off for good. I plan to redo the Acceleration Phase again, then stay in the Main Phase for a longer period of time to reach my ultimate goal of losing 20 lbs before heading to the Lifestyle Phase. I also plan to try all the recipes that were included in the book. There are over 70 fat-burning recipes for breakfast, lunches, dinners, desserts and more so I’ll have a variety of meals to choose from. I particularly love that the recipes have pictures of how it’s supposed to look.

One of the biggest changes I’ve made after reading Always Eat After 7PM was trying intermittent fasting for the first time and incorporating Joel’s 3-Minute Fat-Burning Morning Ritual instead of breakfast. Joel explains:

“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.”

I’ll admit I’m a couple hours shy of the 16 hours of fasting most days. My goal is to eat between 1 – 9 pm. But sometimes I’ll stretch my eating window from 12 – 10 pm depending on my schedule or if the 8-hour window just doesn’t work out for me that day. The most challenging times to curb hunger are just before bed and in the morning. By following the Always Eat After 7PM program, you have the most willpower to stay on the diet because you are eating during the hours when you are most hungry. This also puts you into both intermittent fasting increasing testosterone and your metabolism, while putting you into ketosis. Joel continues to say:

“Intermittent fasting really shines when it comes to improving the hormones that directly affect your hunger, blood sugar, and metabolism. One is insulin. IF combats insulin resistance, meaning that it helps your body use insulin more normally, thereby lowering your diabetes risk and boosting your metabolism.”

I highly recommend this book and I’m very happy to have been offered an advance copy 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 which is now available to purchase. It’s a program I feel that is easy to understand and follow as a lifestyle. I look forward to continuing it for the next few months and see even more results!

Watch below for a few more tips from Joel. Learn more about the book and how to purchase here if you’re interested in joining me and starting your own new lifestyle journey following this three phase program.

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Live EMpowered,
Marlene

This post is written by me and is brought to you by our sponsor, “Always Eat After 7 PM.” The opinions and text are all mine.