Always Eat After 7PM: My Journey Continues

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I have completed a month of The Always Eat After 7 PM plan. The three phases consist 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.

This program has debunked popular diet myths for me, offers me an easy-to-follow diet that accelerates fat-burning and has allowed me to indulge in favorite food cravings.

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. 

A passage from the book that has profoundly impacted me is in regard to learning which fat-burning food combinations fuel metabolism while you sleep: 

“Specific higher-carbohydrate foods (including berries and cherries) support your fat-burning metabolism while you sleep, providing your body with a steady stream of fuel throughout the night. The trick is knowing how to combine them with other evening and pre-bedtime fat-burning foods to fuel your metabolism as you sleep.”

I have lost 12.4 pounds so far, have more stamina during my day-to-day activities and have incorporated more fitness into my daily routine. I am looking forward to embarking on the third phase, the Lifestyle Phase, to learn how to continue this momentum.

You can read about the beginning of my journey here. I share my reasons for choosing this plan here and share a progress update here.

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 my sponsor Always Eat After 7PM, All opinions expressed are my own.

My Progress Update on the "Always Eat After 7PM" Plan

This post is brought to you by my sponsor Always Eat After 7PM, All opinions expressed are my own.

I am checking in with you on my progress with following the 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 diet. 

My goals have been to lose some weight and have a more healthier lifestyle. Since I began the plan, I am currently down 6 lbs. I have incorporated more fitness activities into my daytime and I feel more energy to do my daily tasks. 

Some of the aspects I am enjoying about the book include food lists I have found to be very time-saving and meal planning that is very easy to follow.     

This passage from the book has had a profound effect on my healthy eating philosophy because it debunks so much of how I approached previous "daytime" eating plans, not thinking about the aspect of the body's overnight effect:

“Research shows that the average person’s metabolic rate is no different during sleep than during the day. In short, your metabolism doesn’t slow down at night. Nor does your body store fat at the end of the day. Whether it’s 8 am or 8 pm, you use food for energy the same way.”

I love the recipes and my favorite is this amazing "Cheesy Ground Beef Skillet". This recipe has been a game-changer in this household and is a weekly favorite.

This is one of our favorite recipes for dessert: these "Fruit Tarts" are seriously good and they are so lovely and dainty.

  
You can read about me beginning this journey here  and why I chose this particular plan here.

 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 my sponsor Always Eat After 7PM. All opinions expressed are my own.

Why I chose the "Always Eat After 7 PM" plan and author interview with Joel Marion

This post is brought to you by my sponsor, “Always Eat After 7 PM”. The opinions expressed

below are my own.

I am checking in with you on my progress with following the 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 diet. 

I had been told many diet myths through the years, including "don't eat at night" and “don't skip breakfast”. By following the Always Eat After 7PM program, you are eating during the hours when you are most hungry and it gives you willpower to continue the diet. This also puts you into intermittent fasting that increases your metabolism while putting you into ketosis.

Question: What was your most surprising discovery when you were researching scientific data for the diet?

Joel: “That almost everything my college education and certifications taught me was NOT grounded in published scientific research.”

Question: Is the Always Eat After 7 PM plan a difficult plan to follow?

Joel: "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 7 PM works because it caters to our bodies natural instincts." 

This passage from the book has been especially impactful with me: 

  “Always Eat After 7 pm is a three-phase program that teaches you how to lose big by strategically eating big when you are naturally hungriest—in the evening. This may sound too good to be true, but let me assure you it is no gimmick. It’s all about making strategic and smart food swaps, and you can still eat your favorite foods.”

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. 

To learn about some of the reasons of why I decided to give “Always Eat After 7 PM” a try, you can read my first post here.  

This post is brought to you by my sponsor, “Always Eat After 7 PM”. The opinions expressed

below are my own.

Always Eat After 7 PM

This post is brought to you by my sponsor, “Always Eat After 7 PM”. The opinions expressed

below are my own.

For many, the new year brings the resolution to lose some weight and have a healthier lifestyle.
I am among that number. Statistics show that most people give up on their resolutions by
February. This year, I have been especially mindful to not give up on ways to stay on course.

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 already feels like a game changer for my health outlook.

I was drawn to this book because of Joel's experience as a certified sports nutritionist and trainer for 15 years and his record as a best-selling author. I was thrilled to be given the opportunity to receive an advance copy of this new book.
Joel introduces himself and shares an overview of his book in this video clip:

I will be sharing my experiences with you here of reading the book and beginning the diet.

• 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. 
• We’ve been traditionally taught to avoid carbs, have an early dinner, and never eat before bed. But the fact is, the latest scientific research shows us this earlier model is not the most ideal.

With his background in sports nutrition, Joel developed a theory and after doing the research, Joel decided to put his theory to the test. His results were losing 12 lbs the first 2 weeks and 46 lbs lost after 16 weeks. He enjoyed having more energy and flatter abs.

Joel's Always Eat After 7 PM plan consists of three phases:

The 14-day Acceleration Phase to kick-start the program and see rapid results,

The Main Phase teaches you which foods to eat and when to eat them to help you achieve your weight-loss goals.

The Lifestyle Phase teaches you ways keep the weight off for good.

This quote by Joel in the book especially resonated with me: “At my next medical checkup, my doctor was shocked at how good my blood work had gotten, so quickly. And let’s not forget the most important part: for the first time in months, I had the energy to keep up with my little girls.”

Having more energy is at the top of my list of health goals. I’m excited to begin this program
and I’ll post 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.

This post is brought to you by my sponsor, “Always Eat After 7 PM”. The opinions
expressed above are my own.

Holiday Traditions: Pumpkin Paradise Layered Dessert

This is my favorite time of year for making pumpkin treats for family and friends. I created this recipe for a fun alternative to traditional pumpkin pie on the holiday dinner table. This time of year, Jell-O comes out with a seasonal pumpkin spice pudding flavor and I have found it delightful to use in dessert recipes. If you cannot find it at the grocery store, you can use instant vanilla pudding and add 2 teaspoons of pumpkin pie spice for each 4-serving package. I love the texture the gingersnap crust creates and Promise butter spread is a great healthy alternative to the standard stick butter used so often in baking. The regular versions of the ingredients will work well, but I used the lighter choice ingredients in the recipe below for a light and fluffy pumpkin treat. 
   

"Pumpkin Paradise Layered Dessert" 

1 (14 oz.) package gingersnap cookies

1 stick butter, softened

1 (8 oz.) package light cream cheese, softened

1 8 oz. container Cool-Whip whipped topping, thawed

3/4 cup confectioners' sugar

3 cups milk

2 ( 4 -serving size) packages Jello-O instant pumpkin pudding 

* If you cannot find the pumpkin flavor, use vanilla instant pudding and add 2 teaspoons pumpkin pie spice

Spray 13 x 9 baking pan with cooking spray. Place cookies in sandwich bag and use rolling pin to crush the cookies Combine together until moistened and press into bottom of pan. Bake at 350 degrees for 15-20 minutes. Allow crust to cool. In large bowl, blend cream cheese and confectioner's sugar with mixer for one minute. Fold in 1 cup of Cool-Whip and mix until well-blended. Reserve remaining Cool-Whip for top layer. Pour cream cheese mixture over cooled crust until mixture covers crust entirely. In separate mixing bowl, add pudding mix and milk. Stir or mix with hand mixer until thickened. Pour over cream cheese layer, covering cream cheese layer completely. Top with remaining Cool Whip in container. Refrigerate at least one hour before serving. Cut into squares to serve. Enjoy!

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Book Review and Giveaway: "When We Last Spoke" by Marci Henna

I enjoyed the opportunity to review the book "When We Last Spoke" by Marci Henna, a part of Marci's Fireside, Texas book series. This 232-page softcover book takes the reader on a heartfelt memory journey spanning decades in the lives of two sisters, orphaned when their father was killed in the Vietnam War. I laughed and cried at different times throughout this book, and to me that is a sign of a story being the perfect mix of life itself, both times of happiness and sadness.  

Humor, heartbreak, and triumph are served with whipped cream and lots of local nuts in this heartwarming tale of family, friendship, and forgiveness in Fireside, Texas.

Meet Juliet Cranbourne, local radio personality and owner of a whimsical kitchen gadget store, and her sister Evangeline, a fruit tree geneticist who works for Oregon State University. When a rift due to their orphaned past affects their sisterhood, Juliet convinces Evangeline to come home for Christmas and choose headstones to honor grandparents Walt

(a tenderhearted, good looking rancher) and Ruby (a blue-ribbon fiddler, fabulous cook, and expert in the art of making family feel loved).  As they cruise through Fireside in Ruby's Thunderbird, Juliet hopes that healing memories will somehow smooth rough roads ahead. Does the tremendous love that marked Walt and Ruby's lives still have the power to renew their sisterhood and help them find their place in the world?"

Here is a beautiful preview trailer about this book:

As a longtime Oklahoma girl, the Texas connection in this story appealed to me from page 1. The author paints through her words a vivid picture of the joys and difficulties faced by this family not only during one stage of their lives, but through several periods in their lives. Juliet and Ruby are colorful characters I immensely enjoyed and they reminded me of several special women throughout my life. It was a beautiful read as a family memory journey and it comes with my highest recommendation. I now look forward to reading the other books in this Fireside, Texas series. 

About the author:

Marci Henna was born in Austin, Texas and lived as a child in Kenya, East Africa with the Wakamba tribe where her parents managed a medical research station. She later moved to the Hill Country ranch which has been in the family since the 1800's and currently lives in Austin.

Marci will be giving away a free Kindle version of this book from Feb. 20-24 on Amazon. 

You can find out more information on purchasing a softcover copy of the book here and information on purchasing a copy of the book for Kindle here.

Giveaway:

One of you will win a copy of "When We Last Spoke" (ARV $11.38) with an introduction DVD for the film based upon this book that is now in development.


To enter, please leave a comment below to let me know you would like to win. Giveaway closes Sunday,  February 19 at 5:00 pm EST. Open to US and Canada residents only. 

If you are not able to leave a comment on this blog post, please e-mail me at angelaskitchen@rocketmail.com with "Giveaway Entry" in the subject line and that will count as your entry.

Disclosure (in accordance with the FTC’s 16 CFR, Part 255:  “Guides Concerning the Use of Endorsements and Testimonials in Advertising”):  Many thanks to Propeller Consulting, LLC for providing this prize for the giveaway.  Choice of winners and opinions are 100% my own and NOT influenced by monetary compensation.  I did receive a sample of the product in exchange for this review and post. Only one entrant per mailing address, per giveaway.  If you have won a prize from our sponsor Propeller /FlyBy Promotions in the last 30 days on the same blog, you are not eligible to win.  Or if you have won the same prize on another blog, you are not eligible to win it again.  Winner is subject to eligibility verification.