Eight Hour Diet... Week Something

Hello, everyone!

So, it has been over a month since I posted anything. I really, really apologize for this. I got really busy with my summer class, and then I had to move back to school which involved a road trip and lots of heavy lifting and setting up my apartment. But it's good to be back.

I am still on the Eight Hour Diet! I have not been losing weight as dramatically as I had been. That being said, I have lost about ten pounds since then. That's not bad... at all. I have also adjusted my weight loss goal by a lot - right now, I have twenty pounds to lose whereas I would have only had about nine to lose a few weeks ago.

Now that I am back at school, I've been able to exercise a lot more. For instance, I walk to school, and that takes at least twenty minutes each way. I also am taking a physical activity class - swimming, which is pretty intense! 900 meters in an hour is A LOT.

Because of this new exercise regimen, this is what I have found works the best for my Eight Hour Diet schedule:

Wake up, drink loads of water, walk to school
After swimming class, walk back up to the apartment and eat my major meal, starting the Eight Hour cycle
Walk back down to school, drink loads of water
Walk back about forty-five minutes before the Eight Hour cycle ends, eat a peach and a hard-boiled egg

That has been working quite well in terms of losing a fraction of a pound every day, which is a very healthy way to lose weight. I don't ever really feel hungry anymore, and I definitely don't feel as if I am deprived of nutrients.

I highly recommend this Eight Hour Diet. I was a huge skeptic at first, but I really, really like the concept, and I think that I will continue to eat like this for possibly the rest of my life - perhaps not as religiously once I reach my goal weight, but I definitely will do my best. That is because I have noticed so many side benefits - my sleep is better, I'm not eating nearly as much junk food, and I have a lot more energy than I used to.

Thanks, everyone, for reading! I have a lot of beauty products that I want to formally review, so I will try to post those pretty soon!

Eight Hour Diet - Week Seven

Hello, everyone!

I have lost two pounds this week! I think that, from now on, I am simply going to be losing one or two pounds a week. That is still fine, considering I'm finding it really hard to find time to exercise now (thanks to a summer class I'm taking). I'm not unhappy with the results at all. If you do decide to follow this diet, just be sure to drink a load of water.

So now, I am down seventeen pounds, and I have thirteen more to go! Past the halfway point, yaay!!

Eight Hour Diet - Week Six

Hello, everyone!

Quick update. I've been really careful about drinking a lot of water this past week! That being said, I also had my period this week, so I'm pretty sure that I could have lost more. I did lose one pound, though - not bad, especially considering all the sugar I consumed this week due to stupid cravings!

I am...down fifteen pounds, and I have fifteen more to go! I am beyond excited that I am at the halfway mark!!

Eight Hour Diet - Week Five

Hello, everyone!

I apologize for not updating last week, but I got really busy with school and such.

That being said, I actually gained a pound or two last week. I think this is because I failed to drink much water. I've lost all that weight and an additional two pounds just in the past week, and the one difference is that I drank a lot of water.

So, over the past two weeks, I have lost a total of two pounds. Not terrible at all. If you are going to go on this, or any other diet, BE SURE to drink a lot of water!! It aids your liver in metabolizing.

I am...down fourteen pounds, and I have sixteen more to go!

Eight Hour Diet - Week Three

Hello, everyone! This is my week three update on the eight hour diet!

So, I've lost another three pounds, which I'm quite happy with. One thing I did notice is that it's really, really easy to fall into the trap of eating too little - probably the reason why I only lost three pounds as your metabolism is forced to go slower if you don't eat enough in order to conserve energy. If you're doing this, make sure you're eating your 2,000 ish calories (or whatever the requirement is for your gender/height) in that eight hours. My stomach has gotten so small that a few rice crackers will fill it, which is fine, but it also means that I have to eat small amounts constantly throughout the eight hour period to ensure that I actually get enough calories in one day.

So, let's see... I am down... twelve pounds, and I have eighteen more to go! I'm quite excited about this!!

Eight Hour Diet - Week Two

Hello, everyone! Here is my Week Two update for the eight hour diet.

I mentioned in a previous post that I was lucky enough to get my period this week. Generally, I gain about two or three pounds due to water retention during that week. So, imagine my surprise when I saw that I had lost two pounds this week. That is tremendous, considering that I usually gain weight during my period week! I am very happy. Also, this is without nearly as much exercise as I don't like to swim while I have my period.

I can tell that my stomach is a lot smaller - I no longer have as many hunger pangs during the sixteen hours that I don't eat. They still come, but a mug of hot water takes care of it very easily.

I am really quite hopeful that I will be done with my weight loss journey by mid-July. Fingers crossed!

I am at... nine pounds down, 21 more to go! And I should be able to actually exercise this week!

Thank you very much for reading!

Eight Hour Diet - Week One

Hello, everyone! So, I've switched myself off the green bean coffee extract as I believe it is a bit of a snake oil, and I've decided to do the eight hour diet instead.

You probably wouldn't know it based on the random fad diets I've been trying, but I'm usually pretty good about avoiding marketing hype, and I definitely learned my lesson the green bean coffee extract. However, the eight hour diet was something that I did in high school unknowingly. I didn't have time to eat breakfast, I was embarrassed to eat in front of friends so I naturally didn't have lunch. So, when I got home around 5 PM, I'd eat like three meals between then and about midnight. That's seven hours. I stayed a trim during my first three years of high school, and I gained about 5 pounds when my mother harangued me about not eating breakfast and that seven hour window crept to, like.... 16 hours, although I didn't make that connection at the time.

So, week one on this diet - I've lost five pounds. Not joking. It does suck feeling hungry, I'm not going to lie.  Water does usually solve that problem, though, or exercise. And I can tell already that my stomach has shrunk A LOT. I have exercised as much as I usually do. I've eaten as well as I normally do - rice, curry, etc. I did eat a few slices of pizza about this time last week, but I still lost a pound that day, so I'm not complaining.

I did check, and I have lost all body fat, no muscle. And I can definitely tell on my body that I've lost a lot of fat. My waist has shrunk - unfortunately, I didn't bother to measure my waist when it started, so I can't give you numbers, but it is a noticeable difference.

I will weigh in again next week and let you know if this trend continues. I will be completely psyched if I lose all this excess weight in the span of a month or two.

On the green bean coffee extract diet, I actually gained some weight after my initial five pounds off. So... I am at 7 pounds down, 23 more to go!

Thank you for reading!

Green Bean Coffee Extract Trial - Week Four

Hello, everyone!

So, I've actually stayed at the same weight for the last week. I am starting to believe that this green bean coffee extract thing really is a snake oil. I am going to continue taking it until the bottle is over, but I will not be repurchasing as I really don't think that there is much to this thing. I do think it works, just not as well as it claims to, so it's not worth it for me.

Instead, I will be starting the eight-hour diet. Basically, the idea is that you eat everything within an eight hour period to give your body time to digest. The reason I'm doing this is because this is essentially how I ate in high school - I started eating at around 5 PM and finished around midnight - and I stayed quite tiny in that time period. Combined with exercise, I think that this one might actually work. I will keep you updated again, every week.

Thank you very much for reading!!