“For folks who are new to the program, the reason there are amazing people like April, or even me, this isn’t Jonathan Bailor’s magic diet program, as you know if you’ve followed this for any period of time.  I spent 15 years looking over 13 hundred studies, and I’m not a doctor.  I was a personal trainer 15 years ago.  I spent most of my professional life as an engineer at Microsoft.  What I did, what I was able to do because I’m a geek, is to look at unbiased, because I didn’t really have any public persona back in the day.  I didn’t need to defend any previous positions, just to say look we were presented with some dietary stuff in the ‘60s, a lot of stuff has changed since then. What are we doing?  At the end of the day it’s saying hey, what foods provide us with most of what’s essential for human health, and what food don’t?  When you eat more of the foods that provide you with what you need to thrive, and less of the foods that are addictive and toxic, you live better.  I mean, don’t take my word for it, you don’t need to take my word for it.” More in: How To Pick Between Healthy and Happy http://pages.sanesolution.com/how-to-pick-between-healthy-and-happy/ #SANE

“That’s why I’m so committed to SANE because it’s something I can maintain long-term.  To be able to say I’ve been SANE for a whole year and not ever had to take a break, or I’ll have to go on some cheat days, or go switch things up a bit because SANE is getting old and boring.  No, I’m learning new recipes, I’m learning new ways to make my smoothies, I’m learning new ways to help my family, it’s pretty amazing what’s happening.  Do I still have a long way to go, and am I still progressing?  Yeah, absolutely.  But it’s looking at the long-term and making that the way you run your life.  Then you can’t help but thrive, personally, professionally, in your physical development, your financial development, in every area of your life.  SANE starts to make a huge difference.” More in: How To Pick Between Healthy and Happy http://pages.sanesolution.com/how-to-pick-between-healthy-and-happy/ #SANE

“…of course everyone has their own values and has to apply this to their own lives and what matters to them, but I think far too few people sit down and actually identify their values and then look at their lives to see if they’re living according to those values. When you just take a few moments to do that, then whether it involves changing what you’re eating, buying less sugar, spending more time with your kids, even when they’re whining or fighting. Those decisions are getting you where you want to be long term. I feel so grateful now, after being married for 17 years and having four kids, that I can look back on the last 17 years and see how every single choice I’ve made every day to keep going, to keep working, to keep trying, has brought beautiful results to my family. Especially going SANE, I can say it’s been over a year now that I’ve been eating completely SANE, like 99 percent SANE. I can look back and see how my life, my energy, my body, my family has changed for the better. Has every day been totally easy? Not at all. But is it worth it? I would say absolutely yes.” More in: How To Pick Between Healthy and Happy http://pages.sanesolution.com/how-to-pick-between-healthy-and-happy/ #SANE

“That’s the key April, is now you have not only a correct map, but channeling I know someone we both are big fans of, and hopefully our listeners are fans of as well, which is the late Stephen Covey, you have a compass. Which actually means, no matter where you are, it’s going to point to true North, or it’s going to point to the right direction. Now it is totally up to you how quickly you walk.  I mean some of us – we want to get in a jet and we want to just jet there as fast as we can.  Some of us might just want to take a casual stroll, and we might even turn around and walk backwards sometimes, and that’s our choice.  But at least now you know that you’ve got that compass, you’ve got that map, and the choice truly is yours now, how quickly you take that journey. How dedicated you are to that journey – that’s up to you, but the option is there.  So I think that’s really exciting.” More in: How To Get 80% of the Benefits of “Healthy Living” with 1% of the Effort http://pages.sanesolution.com/how-to-get-80-of-the-benefits-of-healthy-living-with-1-of-the-effort/ #SANE

“So like anything in life, the more lax and casual your approach, the slower the results will be.  I mean of course that’s true. You’ll still be healthier, you’ll still be fitter, it’s still a good thing to do.  But SANE eating is radically easier to do than starving yourself, and it’s radically more health-full than starving yourself.  But that doesn’t mean it doesn’t require effort.  Any change, I mean even negative habits take effort when you’re initially developing them, but once you develop them that’s when the effort goes away.  Unless it’s something totally unnatural, like starving yourself, because hunger never gets easier.  But enjoying vegetables does get easier, you acquire a taste for it.  So your results will be directly proportional to the effort you put into going SANE, just like your results will be proportional to the effort you put into anything in life.” More in: How To Get 80% of the Benefits of “Healthy Living” with 1% of the Effort http://pages.sanesolution.com/how-to-get-80-of-the-benefits-of-healthy-living-with-1-of-the-effort/ #SANE

“It’s going to readjust your taste-buds because you are going to be eating more bitter foods, and that will re-sensitize you to sweet.  So things that used to taste not so sweet, will start to taste sweeter.  Things like regular soda will taste too sweet and become unappealing.  So you’re addressing vitamin and mineral deficiencies off the bat, that happens instantaneously.  You’re crowding out a bunch of other nonsense.  You’re helping your body to become more accustomed to running on fat, versus sugar, which is going to help it burn fat more easily, which his going to help you slim down, which is great.  And you are going to automatically retrain your palate to detect sweetness, to be more sensitive to sweet, which will help you to avoid nonsense foods and to enjoy delicious, healthy foods – sorry, healthy foods and to perceive them as delicious. So that’s how that one percent can give you 80 percent of more of the benefit.” More in: How To Get 80% of the Benefits of “Healthy Living” with 1% of the Effort http://pages.sanesolution.com/how-to-get-80-of-the-benefits-of-healthy-living-with-1-of-the-effort/ #SANE