74: The 2 Meal Day Lifestyle With Max Lowery

THE 2 MEAL DAY LIFESTYLE WITH MAX LOWERYToday on the Podcast we’re talking to Max Lowery. Max has been a personal trainer for 6 years now. He has had many ups and downs and incorporates this into his messaging and programs today. Max now teaches people how to live in their most healthy bodies and have balance in the least restrictive way possible through consistency. Press play on Max’s interview to learn how he adapted his lifestyle into a health-conscious way of living and how he takes a more positive and less restrictive approach to diet, fitness, and weight.WHAT IS THE 2 MEAL DAY PLAN?The 2 Meal Day is Max’s take on intermittent fasting. There are many different types of intermittent fasting, and this is the approach that Max has found works best because it’s not as restrictive as most. When a “diet” is not restrictive, it naturally moves into simply living a wellness-based lifestyle. This allows you to incorporate this into your lifestyle instead of being a short term fix. The 2 Meal Day intermittent fast is essentially the same as a traditional 16/8 fast. The main difference though, is that you focusing on dropping one meal and eating whenever you’re hungry rather than counting down the hours until your next meal and watching the clock to tell you when you should or shouldn’t eat. That little difference makes a huge difference in the long run because it means you’re learning to listen to your body and understanding what hunger really is. This is where the power of intermittent fasting lies. Not only is this a great weight loss tool, but the fact that it can transform your relationship with food is incredible. It allows you to be less hungry and have more energy which further empowers you. The other thing to note with the 2 Meal Day versus traditional fasting is that the priority is to be choosing healthy whole foods for your meals versus eating whatever you’d like when it’s not time to fast. To succeed at fasting, you should be cooking from scratch using whole, nutrient-dense foods to properly fuel your body during the times you are not fasting. Once you start doing this, you’ll be less hungry overall, because you’re giving your body everything it needs. HIKING RETREATSAccess to nature has been a crucial player in healing Max’s mental health. Incorporating time in nature and his hiking journeys was really what changed his life. As he shared his journeys through the mountains on social media, more and more people became interested. He wanted to be able to continue to share his passion in an impactful way for others as well, and so he created Connect Retreats where anyone interested in aligning with nature can join him! His retreats are based in the untouched French Pyrenees mountain range between France and Spain and he’s booking his 2020 retreats now! Book in with Connect Retreats here(https://connectretreats.co.uk) or follow along on Instagram: @connect_retreats(The Take Home): Max believes fasting is the missing link in our overall health and well being. It’s not meant to be a quick fix or a detox, it’s meant to be a lifestyle. With Max’s 2 Meal Day plans, you are re-teaching and re-training your body so that it can begin to function optimally again. It takes time to develop this level of communication with your body, but when you do, it’s liberating.Connect with Max on social to share more in his journey with intermittent fasting, living a healthy balanced lifestyle and to join him on his next adventure hiking retreat!Instagram: @max.lowery2 Meal Day: Guides( https://2mealday.com )Article: Fitting alcohol into a Healthy Lifestyle ( https://2mealday.com/article/fit-alcohol-healthy-lifestyle/ )