Oprah features Buddha’s Diet!

Friday, March 17, 2017 0 Featured chapter, excerpt, oprah, press Permalink 0

We were very excited to see today that Oprah.com has featured an excerpt from Buddha’s Diet!

We love Oprah’s message of wellness, something she has been championing for years, and we’re so happy to have a part of Buddha’s Diet featured for an audience of fellow wellness seekers. You can read the excerpt here. Of course, we’d still recommend you get the whole book, for the full guide, support and steps to make this new pattern of eating work for you. But the piece chosen by Oprah’s people, certainly does a great job of introducing what Buddha’s Diet’s all about.

Last week, we also checked in with Joe Yonan of Washington Post food. He’s still on Buddha’s Diet and down 9 pound, not bad for a diet he actually seems to enjoy. With today being Saint Patrick’s day, perhaps it’ll be his cheat day (something Buddha’s Diet encourages – it actually helps weight loss) but we trust he’ll be back enjoying the benefits tomorrow. You can read about his journey here.

If you’ve got questions about Buddha’s Diet, feel free to message us on our Facebook page, we would love to hear from fellow Buddha’s Diet(ers) and help with any questions you might have!

Intermittent Fasting: How changing your eating window will become your ‘forever’ diet!

Wednesday, January 25, 2017 0 Featured, Uncategorized No tags Permalink 0

As we chronicled in our earlier post, we’re thrilled that Washington Post Food and Dining Editor, Joe Yonan has taken on the Buddha’s Diet as a 30-day program to change his eating habits! He’s giving weekly updates on his progress, weight loss and food logs, so follow along with us on his journey!

While following Buddha’s Diet may be challenging, Joe hopes this approach to eating and weight loss will be lasting and become part of his life habit and not have to try a new diet for every new year.

Everyone is trying it, how about you?

Joe is in his third week of the Buddha’s Diet which he embarked on at the beginning of this year after learning about our book and the sure-fire way to lose weight without losing your mind… he has turned to Buddha to lose weight. And why wouldn’t he, Buddha knew a little something about how to treat food. He’s one of five Washington Post staff members who have each taken on a different diet, in their New Year’s quest to lose weight. The diets are all quite different, one is trying a soup only diet, another Weight Watchers, another the very trendy Whole30 and, our personal favorite, Buddha’s Diet.

Of course we’re biased, and crossing our fingers Joe finds something to love about the diet. He’s posted three updates on his progress so far: Week 1 and Week 2 and Week 3). While he finds the diet challenging (mostly because of his travel and work schedule) he’s losing weight and sticking to the hours. Go, Joe!

Is there a ‘forever diet’?

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Whatever diet you choose, think about this before you start it: is this something I can do forever? Because if you are undertaking a diet, what you are actually agreeing to do is to eat differently for life. Because a temporary diet will help you lose weight, but the weight comes back.

So when you view diets through that lens, what can you do forever?

Can you give up sugar, forever?
Can you give up bread, forever?
Can you count points, forever?
Can you eat soup, forever?

We think the one you can do forever, the one you can fold into your life such that the daily pattern of eating becomes woven into a lifetime habit, is intermittent fasting, a prescribed break from food that you repeat everyday. Nothing extreme. Just a hard stop at a certain time, after your eating window has closed.

Not sure you can do this diet forever? Check out the steps of Buddha’s Diet and get started! We think you’ll find it’s a way of eating you and your body will love.

Share your journey with us: Leave a comment!

Let your friends know about Buddha’s Diet on Facebook, and how they too can find their forever diet.

Lose weight forever: Can Washington Post’s Food Editor Ace Buddha’s Diet?

Tuesday, January 3, 2017 0 Featured No tags Permalink 0

We’re so excited to share this great news!

Washington Post Food and Dining editor Joe Yonan is giving Buddha’s Diet a shot as his New Year’s resolution!

Joe has embarked on a 30-day program to follow the steps outlined in Buddha’s Diet – a simple way to stop the endless cycle of traditional dieting and use a mindful way to lose weight and find peace and confidence in your eating habits. Joe writes, “The ultimate goal: to integrate a new way of healthful eating into my life, in a way that becomes second nature.”

Week One: Joe loses over a pound, despite struggling with the socializing aspect of the diet and realizes there are times he wants to eat when he’s not actually hungry, just craving. Which is quite different.

Week Two: Joe takes a trip and despite the time difference, manages to make Buddha’s Diet work, even forgetting to build in the Buddha’s Diet cheat day.

Week Three: Week three still has some travel for Joe, but he’s now down 4 1/2 pounds. He’s now on the 9-hour window. The final phase of Buddha’s Diet. He quotes the book saying “You are now what the Buddha might call a sottapana, a ‘stream enterer.’ It is now only a matter of time before you reach your weight-loss goal.” Joe finishes the post with “Am I indeed entering the Buddha’s Diet stream. It feels like it. I might even be able to keep this up.”

We’ll be rooting for him. We knew we were on to something when it helped us both lose pounds and simplify our lives, and we know it’ll do the same for Joe. Joe will be updating his progress here in the food section of the Washington Post.

In the “Buddha’s Diet,” Food and Dining Editor Joe Yonan will be mindful of reducing the window of time he’s eating. (Marvin Joseph/The Washington Post)

One last note, we’ve had some great press lately in other outlets too. Health, Hollywood Life, and Fit Bottomed Zen all wrote about how Buddha’s Diet can help you drop pounds without making you crazy. And really, there’s just no reason to embark on a crazy-making diet.

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