2019! Try this New Diet!

So maybe you’ve tried the cabbage soup diet, the HCG diet, the grapefruit diet, ….and then there was Whole30, Body For Life, and the 21 Day Fix…. Oh, and let’s not forget the 17 Day Diet, the Master Cleanse, and the cheese-lovin’ Atkin’s Diet….

But how’d those work out? Were any effective enough to stick with?

Well, if you are ready to try one more as that time of year rolls on in where everyone loves jumping on the “diet bandwagon”, I’ve got one for you….

It’s called the 30 Day Digital Diet …and it’s starts Jan 2nd, and ends Jan 31st.

Ready for the stipulations?

• You can eat whatever you want.
• You will not workout, (unless you like it).
• Supplements will not be required.
• You will still have a social life.
• You do not spend hours meal-prepping.
• You do not need to weigh-in.
  However…

You will have to give up your electronic and digital devices.

It’s okay, I heard the gasps of air around the globe. But it’s not as bad as you think. You won’t be completely free of device usage. It’s a diet, so you will be restricting the time on your devices, just like you would be restricting calories.

Think you’ve got what it takes?

You may be wondering….

“How much do I have to restrict, Jodelle?”

“Do I have to give them all up at one time?”

“What if I am required to be on a device for work? Can I still do the diet?”

“How is this going to benefit me anyway?”

Did you know that a digital diet may result in weight loss, as well as stress and anxiety relief?

Keep reading to get answers to your questions…

Here’s what you need to know about why all those computers, smartphones, tablets, fit bits, and all other electronic devices affect our health (and our waistline).

1. Blue-light emitted from these devices is show to cause insulin resistance in numerous studies. Click here to read one. Really think it’s just about the food you are eating now?
2. Blue-light emitted from these devices after dark tricks our brain into thinking it’s noon, and sends out the wrong fat-storing hormones at the wrong time. Click hear to learn more. Still think it’s all about food?
3. Radiation from ALL electronic devices creates cellular damage and lowers your energy production, preventing you from feeling amped enough to move or workout. Click here to learn more. How can you exercise without energy?
4. Blue-light emitted from these devices depletes dopamine (your pleasure and motivation neurotransmitter) causing you to seek pleasure from sweets. AKA, blue-light causes sugar cravings. Click here to learn more. Those sugar cravings may not be your fault.
5. Blue-light depletes melatonin, and disrupts our sleep, as well as our cancer-fighting capabilities since melatonin is the most powerful antioxidant in the human body. Click here to learn more. Cancer prevention important to you?
6. Chronic device usage creates less time. The more time you spend scrolling through your feed, the less time you are watching that little one in your life grow. Click here to watch a podcast on this.
7. Social media is designed to market you to buy things you do not need. Less time on devices = more money in your bank account, as you find new time on your hand to do healthy habits you forgot you loved. (Knitting, anyone?)
8. Feeling more stress and anxiety than ever? Blue-light & radiation from electronic devices is a major stressor to the cells of your body. Reducing the amount of blue-light and radiation will lower cortisol, your stress hormone, and anytime cortisol decreases, so will your saddlebags.
9. Blue-light disrupts your sleep cycle, so reducing exposure to blue-light before bed will improve your sleep. Better sleep = better energy. Better energy = you feeling well enough to make the right choices. More of the right choices = a healthier, happier, more balanced you.

I could go on, but I think you are starting to get the blue-light depleted picture. So if you are ready to see what 30 Days of a Digital Diet can do for you, heres’ how it works:

• Commit to reducing your phone usage by setting a realistic yet restricted amount of time you will allow yourself on your phone. For example, if you think you typically spend 4 hours on your phone in total each day, perhaps set a limit of a total of 2 hours. NOTE: Apple devices have a new feature in the recent update that allow you to check your screen time and scale it down. Other apps are available for Androids and to help with this too.
  This goes for other devices too. Designate 1 hour per day for tablet time, computer surfing time, or wearing your fit-bit only for workouts. (These little watches emit radiation and blue-light too).
• What about work? Obviously, you still want to keep your job so if digital devices are required for your job, then simply stipulate to yourself that no other usage will happen outside of work, other than phone calls. Also, committing to stepping outside for 5 minutes per every hour you are on a computer at work, will also be a way of “digitally dieting”.
• Can you see the trend here? You make the restrictions based on your lifestyle, and how deep you want to “diet”. Everyone’s life is different and everyone’s usage is different, so anyone can do this diet as long as they restrict in a way that would benefit them.
• Each day of the 30 Day Digital Diet Challenge I will have recommendations for how you can reduce your electronic stimulation, and improve your overall health.

Some tips you might see would be:

“Today, I challenge you to only use your phone for calls/texts only. No online shopping, no games, no words with friends, no scrolling social media.”

“It’s the weekend! Schedule one full day, or one half day, where your phone is completely off.”

“Today we set an electronic curfew! You can use your devices until 8:00pm and then it’s time to power down, and wind down device-free (yes that includes the television.)”. What will you do with your device-free evening?

“Turn off the TV today and instead of Netflix and chlll, what about Monopoly with the family and chill??

“Tech-free dinner tonight! Tell everyone at the table to leave their tech elsewhere and enjoy a nice family meal without any digital interference.”

“Limit your email checking to one time today. Set the time to your preference and when you’ve checked it once, It’s off to do other things and wait until tomorrow to check it again.”

Obviously some tips you may have to tweak to fit your work, lifestyle, family needs, and so forth, but you get the idea. Ideally, you make it yours! Make the challenge what you can commit to and realistically challenge yourself to try.

Ready to sign up for the challenge? To commit yourself to it, you will need to join my Patreon Page.

Click here to join or learn more!

Already a patron there? Great! The challenge begins daily on January 2nd, and you will see the daily challenge posts to spur you on to the digital detox you have needed.