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Results After 1 Month on Always Eat After 7 PM Diet Program

6/15/2020

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Disclaimer: This post is brought to you by our sponsor, “Always Eat After 7 PM”. The opinions expressed below are my own. This post also includes affiliate links - you don't pay more but we'll receive a small commission from purchases made after clicking.
If you're new here, you'll probably want to check out ​my 1st, 2nd, and 3rd blog posts 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. This post serves as an update on how it's been going since I've been reading the book and implementing the 3-phase diet plan!
My results after 1 month on
As anticipated, the skipping breakfast part was hardest for me, however it didn't take long before my body got the hang of it. Having a "huge" dinner and yummy protein-rich snack later in the evening seems to be doing the trick to tide me over through those 16-hours of fasting, during which I'm sleeping for most, so it's really not that bad. I actually skipped the after 7pm snack one night and noticed a BIG difference in my bedtime hunger, and even woke a few times in the night from hunger. So, that late night snack has really been doing wonders. I've pretty much been sticking to low fat cottage cheese with frozen blueberries - yum!! ​

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As Joel explains in the book, “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.” He also debunks the myth that late night eating just gets stored as fat, “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.” It's really cool to be on this new diet plan and despite late-night snacking, neigh, because of it, you still see the pounds coming off!

I wake up around 8am and start the day with one of the 3-minute fat-burning drinks recommended in the book. Super Greens (MetaboGreensTM) Drink (which was provided as part of this campaign) and black coffee were two recommendations in the book, but I ended kind of personalizing my morning routine. I blend together a scoop of MetaboGreens and a heaping tablespoon of instant coffee into 24 ounces of water and sip the whole morning til breaking the fast at lunch time. The first time I tried this concoction, I was less than impressed, but it really grew on me and now I love it! I actually just purchased another pack of MetaboGreens - I'm hooked!! 

Water is key, for anyone, whether on a diet or not. “Water helps digest your food, expel wastes, regulate your temperature, protect your tissues, cushion your joints, and protect your spinal column, among many other vital functions. It is through water that hormones flow to the proper organs, that nutrients reach all cells, and that toxins are diluted and removed from the body.” He recommends getting half your body weight (pounds) in water (ounces). So if you weigh 200 pounds you should be getting at least 100 ounces. I calculated I'm getting about 90 ounces of water throughout the day - in straight water as well as in my various blends with protein and metabogreens.

The "fast" continues until lunchtime at around 12. Then I usually have dinner around 5:30pm with my kids, and a snack after they go to bed at about 7:30pm.

I'm not going to lie, the 2-week acceleration phase is pretty brutal, not because I was starving the whole time but it was just a drastic change of eating habits and meal planning to wrap my head around, oh and alcohol is discouraged during this phase. But what is very encouraging is seeing the weight come off much quicker than with other diets I've done in the past! And, they give great sample meal plans and weekly schedules, it's really not a huge deal, and I could even use those meals for my whole family! They also have AMAZING delicious recipes in the back of the book, some are super low or no carb (for the acceleration phase), others utilize what they call "super carbs" like certain veggies and beans, and always lots of protein.

They give you the first week to gradually quit the breakfast ritual, though I decided to start skipping that first meal cold turkey from day one. In the book they mention you don't have to skip breakfast during this week or at any point in the program, though results will be slower. I ended up losing 4 pounds during the first phase, which was exciting, but was excited to transition to phase 2 which is a tad more lenient by bringing your calorie intake up a bit and even allowing a cheat meal or day after eating clean for 6 days. This actually is beneficial and they go into great detail about how this works hormonally in the book, "Leptin levels decrease by about 50 percent after only one week of dieting. Fat loss slows down, and you feel bad psychologically. But because the relationship is linear, the opposite is also true: an increase in calorie intake results in an increase in leptin levels. And fortunately, it doesn’t take nearly as long for leptin to bump back up with a substantial increase in caloric intake—only about 12 to 24 hours. That’s right. It takes only one day of overfeeding or “cheat-ing” to bring levels back up to baseline." Can I get a hallelujah!? They figured out how to break the dieting plateau! On my cheat days, I enjoyed pizza and sushi. It really helps get you through the week of "dieting" knowing you had a day coming up that you were not allowed to eat normal again but were required to! HA!

In the next 2 weeks of the main phase, I lost another 2 pounds, which is pretty normal for myself on a diet, to lose about 1 pound a week. So after a month on the plan, I'm down 6 pounds and feel fantastic!! My energy is better than ever - I don't know if it's the intermittent fasting or simply the types of food I'm eating that help regulate energy and mood better but it's pretty amazing!!! I'm planning to stay at this phase until I've lost a total of 10 pounds, so probably 1 more month. Then I'll move to the lifestyle phase, to maintain this energy and weight for the long haul!

I definitely feel more energy being on this diet, and I am a lot more knowledgeable about how various foods interact with our bodies and minds. This book goes into such detail comparing various types of proteins, fats, and carbohydrates - not all carbs are bad, did you know!? “So, despite all the bad press over the years, certain carbohydrates play an important role in balancing your hormones and regulating your metabolic rate, while avoiding the dreaded weight loss plateaus that accompany conventional mainstream diets. Furthermore, when you eat these carbohydrates, you’ll feel much better than you would if you were following a traditional diet.”

I hope you were able to learn something through my adventure here. If interested, you can learn more about the book and how to purchase 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.
Disclaimer: This post is brought to you by our sponsor, “Always Eat After 7 PM”. The opinions expressed above are my own.
24 Comments
Amber Myers
6/15/2020 01:15:30 pm

It looks like you are doing awesome. I am so glad you found something that works. I'm not sure if I could fast for long. If I don't eat when I feel hungry, I get hangry and am unpleasant to be around.

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Jessica Collazo link
6/15/2020 02:27:56 pm

It's amazing what a month can do in a person's body when you decide to make a great help choice I love intermittent fasting and I will love to read that book in order to know more about that type of intermittent fasting

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Tara Pittman link
6/15/2020 03:06:36 pm

I am amazed at your results. I need to check this book out.

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Adrienne link
6/15/2020 03:07:21 pm

It looks like you are having great results! I like that you are adjusting well and feeling great too.

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Mary link
6/15/2020 04:11:51 pm

Wow! You look great, it's a diet worth trying out.

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Natalie link
6/15/2020 07:49:31 pm

Not having breakfast I think would be hard for me too. I need that energy to start my day as I don't drink coffee!

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JD link
6/15/2020 08:20:06 pm

i don't know. in my honest opinion, i like you better on the left picture than on the right one. no offense, but you look like a cast away from the survivor series.

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Amy
6/16/2020 07:13:09 am

I'm reading a great reviews of this book since last few days. I so need to check it out. Thanks for sharing your honest review with us!

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Alvern link
6/16/2020 08:37:04 am

It's so good to hear that this program is working well for you. All the best in getting to 10 pounds of fat loss in the next 4 weeks.

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Lisa
6/16/2020 09:32:40 am

What fabulous results! I'm getting more and more intrigued to give this book a read. Keep up the hard work.

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Tonya link
6/16/2020 11:11:48 am

This sounds like an interesting weight loss book! May check it out! Wonder if it works for ppl with type 2 diabetes.

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Ana De- Jesus link
6/16/2020 12:01:34 pm

Wow you must have a lot of diligence and determination to stick to a diet like this but good on you for doing so. I hope that you continue to have a positive experience :)

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Lovely link
6/16/2020 01:01:34 pm

Wow, this is amazing! I would love to try it out

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WorldInEyes link
6/16/2020 02:11:23 pm

wow..the results are really shocking and this looks so stunning and awesome..Thanks for sharing this with us...

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Anuradha Srinath link
6/16/2020 03:00:10 pm

You look fantastic, and glad this is working for you. I am currently trying portion control and eating in small portions, but making sure eating healthily.

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6/16/2020 03:46:51 pm

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Roshunda link
6/16/2020 04:32:43 pm

I've been skipping breakfast too and the results have been amazing.

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latte lindsay link
6/16/2020 05:13:19 pm

Wow! Those are some amazing results! I might have to try this myself.

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Jessica Joachim link
6/16/2020 06:35:42 pm

Your results so far look great! No breakfast wouldn't bother me because I don't really eat in the morning anyways... I love coffee but cream and sugar are my weakness so I need to work on that!

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Agnes
6/17/2020 07:11:29 am

Wow, you look skinny! Are you going to stick with the diet?

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pooja link
6/17/2020 01:56:58 pm

Is your diet working? You look cute in the first while skinny in the other. Hard to pick one. I feel that it is difficult diet to follow

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Jen Walker
6/17/2020 02:12:52 pm

You can definitely see results after a month, and that's something I always have an issue with when it comes to changing my diet. I'm going to have to read up more about this diet!

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Enriqueta E Lemoine
6/17/2020 03:10:34 pm

I have never heard of this routine but it seems to work like a charm so it’s worth considering. Thanks for sharing!

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