This post is brought to you by our sponsor, “Always Eat After 7 PM”. The opinions expressed below are my own.
I had an eye opening experience at my most recent physical. It had been awhile since I had blood work done so my doctor ordered the typical tests. My cholesterol came back on the high side of “normal”. My doctor called me with the results and suggested that I look towards exercise, a high fiber diet, and weight loss to help lower my cholesterol.
Wait, I thought high cholesterol only applied to elderly men. Aren’t those who the commercials are marketed towards? Ignorance at it’s finest. To make matters worse this was also the first time that a doctor suggested that I lose weight. Up until the age of 30 I couldn’t gain weight if I wanted to. Even after having babies I would bounce right back without even trying. 30 changed everything. It was the year I had my 4th baby and the weight didn’t magically fall off. Then I had my 5th baby at 35. I found myself more tired (understandably so with 5 kids), and just didn’t have the energy that I had before. That was one of the reasons that I made an appointment to see my doctor.
Exercise is one of the best ways to boost energy. Doesn’t make sense, but I know it to be true because I started regularly working out on our treadmill this year and—I don’t hate it! I feel better on the days that I work out. Since diet and exercise play hand in hand with boosting health I picked up a 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”
I’ve only recently started the book, but am excited about the idea behind it. I’ve always been under the impression that eating in the evening was bad for my metabolism, but I’m always hungry at night! Joel says, “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.”
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. This doesn’t mean that I can eat however I want all day and all night, but shifts my focus on eating the majority of my food in the evenings.
Intriguing right? I’ll keep you guys updated on how it is working for me!
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 below are my own.
Welcome! I'm Brandy, mother to 5 darling kiddos and a cute black lab named Toby. My husband is in the Coast Guard so we've lived all over the place, turning each house into a home. I love baking, sewing, making cute things with my kids, and sharing what I've learned with all of you!
I haven’t heard of this book & I think maybe it would be helpful to save foods for when our will power is weakest in the evenings. But my husband has juvenile diabetes & he would never be able to do this. Eating late in the evening then going to sleep causes his glucose levels to rise higher overnight. Then he wakes with a too high glucose level.
If he eats a low carb meals early in the evening between 5 & 6PM, then a very light snack light plain Greek yogurt at bedtime, he can keep his levels steady through the night.
This is just one person of course & I might be interested in trying this method for myself because I am always hungry at bedtime. (Because I eat early with my husband!)
Jenny, same! I’m always hungry in the evenings! We eat dinner at 5:00 and I go to bed around 11-midnight so I think going to bed earlier would help me not be hungry for snacks, but I enjoy my quiet time when the kids are in bed, ha!