The Fasting Highway

Bio By Christine Field

Rhode Island USA

I have been intermittent fasting for just under seven years, in addition to trying countless other methods of weight loss. Not all those years were successful because I was doing it wrong and cheating the system. Well, cheating myself is more like it.

 Initially, I did it wrong. Unclean. Uneducated about how to properly fast, etc., the same things you hear your guests say. I have been overweight my entire life. As a child, I was always the biggest one. I believe that I suffer from insulin issues that go undetected through typical medicine. I have strong reactions to sugar to this day. It’s awful. And I still hope to get it out of my life entirely someday.

 My highest weight was 358 pounds. My current weight is 178. I am 5’8”. I went from a size 26 Womens to a size 6. It’s genuinely UNREAL to live in this body.

 A couple years ago, I bought Gin’s book and started listening to her podcasts. That led me to your podcast. Although I love you both, I relate more to your life story in some ways.

 I clean fast every day. I have been doing this for about 3 years now. I give myself a 4-6 hour window. I now incorporate two days of shorter fasts because I was getting too thin for my frame.  My tastes have changed. My life has changed.

 Fasting reconnected me with life again. Taking the food away and all the accompanying noise put me in a place of openness and readiness to live my best life. I glow. I wake up every day ready to tackle life. I started noticing that the later I ate, the less refreshed I woke up, even if I had fasted.

 You often speak about how your weight affects your parenting. I resonate with that deeply because I have three sporty children. I coach basketball. I run a football league. I want to be agile and fit. I want to be a great example of health and fitness to them and other children as well. I am that now.

 Since our last talk, I break my fast most days with fermented food. I crave it now if I don’t have it. STRANGE! I follow that up with a protein, then vegetables, then carbs.

 I am imperfect. I accept that much now. There is no perfect plan. You live and do your best and that’s what I do. I do not kill myself working out anymore. This is also new. I set a step goal for myself and enjoy walks whenever I can. I also do a strength video every other day. I fit it in wherever I can.

 Another new tip- I’ve stopped thinking so much about what I don’t feel like doing. I just do it. The thinking screws me all up!!

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Please consider joining the Fasting Highway Patreon community. It has been great for all who have joined.

It has become an excellent add-on to our Patreon members' IF lifestyle, who enjoy a lot of bonus content to support them in living an IF life.

For less than a cup of coffee a month, you can join and support your own health goals.

Graeme hosts Zoom meetings twice monthly in the Northern and Southern hemispheres for members to come and get support for their IF lifestyle, which has proven very popular with our Patreon members.

You will not find anywhere that provides that kind of support and accountability for just 0.16 cents a day. There are over 100 exclusive pieces of audio content for Patreon members to help you navigate your IF journey and get more accountability and support.

Please go to www.patreon.com/thefastinghighway to see the benefits you get back and how to join.

Graeme's best-selling book, The Fasting Highway, about his journey and how he did it, is available in paperback and Kindle at your local Amazon store. It is also available on audio at Applebooks, Kobo, Spotify, and many other audiobook platforms. Disclaimer: Nothing in this podcast should be taken as medical advice. The opinions expressed herein are those of the host and guest only.

In this second repeat episode, we revisit with Leslie Taylor.

Thank you for your patience as i take a break to deal with a family bereavement of a loved one.

We will be back next week with our regular lineup of guests.

Show notes from Episode 158

Leslie Taylor is a stay-at-home mom and grandma and has worked as a medical website content developer. She enjoys taking complicated medical information and presenting it in a creative and easy-to-understand manner for the general public. She is currently writing a book on fasting called Fast Well Feast Welland will be releasing the content of the book in a free weekly newsletter called FastWell.

Leslie was a healthy weight until her 30s when a stressful cross-country move caused her to suddenly gain 25 lbs (11kg). This is when her dieting history began. She tried Weight Watchers and other calorie-restrictive diets. Each time she lost some weight initially but then regained back even more. She tried keto in 2018 but found it too restrictive, losing only 10 lbs. and then plateauing. Then her dad passed away in January of 2022 from heart complications from having type 2 diabetes for 30 years. She got on the scale and found she weighed 180 lbs. (81 kg), which was 50 lbs. (23 kg) above her comfort weight. Her blood sugar numbers were pre-diabetic. She knew something had to change. She had heard about fasting from her sister. Also, her dad had reversed his diabetes through fasting in 2018 but this was too late since his heart damage was irreversible. She began doing OMAD in January of 2022 and faithfully did OMAD every day for 6 months but lost no weight or inches. Then on August 1st of 2022 she started ADF. She is now down 34 lbs., her blood sugar numbers are healthy again, her fasting insulin serum number is A+, and she has numerous NSVs.

Graeme is now available for a private one-on-one coaching and mentoring session. He can help you with those burning questions, including how to get started or overcome issues, no matter what phase you are in on your intermittent fasting journey. Get accountable and come and have a chat with Graeme, who is vastly experienced in all areas of intermittent fasting and the mindset it takes.

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Disclaimer-Nothing you hear on the podcast should be taken as medical advice. All views expressed are those of the guest and host.

As I take a break this week to celebrate my late father-in-law's life, we have a repeat episode with Erika Barnhart, who was on the podcast back in episode 212. At that point, Erika had lost a staggering 90 pounds -44 Kg in just ten months. It is an episode worthy of a relisten. We will be back next week with our regular schedule of guests.

Show Notes from episode 212

Erika Barnhart is a 43-year-old salon consultant who resides in Pennsylvania with her husband and three dogs. She had been struggling with weight issues since childhood and was overweight throughout most of her life. Over many years, she has tried numerous diets since the age of 12, but her success was only temporary. Erika has always been fond of eating various foods, but she also enjoys eating in large quantities and feeling full. At the age of 13, she was diagnosed with high cholesterol and triglycerides but was never prescribed any medication. Then in early 2023, she realized that she was procrastinating on scheduling her annual physical because she knew that the doctor would become more persistent about beginning a series of statin medication due to her high cholesterol. She also suffered from sleep apnea, used a CPAP machine, and had been experiencing plantar fasciitis in her right foot, causing her to limp. She felt unnaturally old, defeated, and unhealthy for her age. She was ready to make a change. She began looking for a sustainable and cost-effective plan to become healthier. As well as not wanting to take any medications unless necessary.  

Erika’s work involves a hybrid environment, including working from home, local, and overnight travel. She attends many business luncheons and events, so finding something to fit into her ever-changing routine is essential.

In March 2023, Erika finally discovered the freedom she had been seeking through fasting, and within about ten months, she lost 87 pounds (39.5kg). Erika achieved this by practising various fasts and focusing on nourishing foods. She appreciates the flexibility of fasting and incorporates it into her routine frequently. She has tried several fasts, such as Intermittent Fasting, Alternate Day Fasting (ADF), and Modified Alternate. Day Fasting (MADF), and One Meal a Day (OMAD). Also, she occasionally includes 48-60-hour fasts. Fasting has helped Erika gain more clarity, perspective, and patience, and the best part is that fasting doesn't cost anything! The flexibility has also made it easy to work into her ever-changing schedule. She's also excited to incorporate some yoga and weight training as soon as she begins working towards achieving her goal body. She’s also looking forward to hiking with her dogs once the weather improves in the spring.

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Please consider joining the Fasting Highway Patreon community. It has been great for all who have joined.

It has become an excellent add-on to our Patreon members' IF lifestyle, who enjoy a lot of bonus content to support them in living an IF life.

For less than a cup of coffee a month, you can join and support your own health goals.

Graeme hosts Zoom meetings twice monthly in the Northern and Southern hemispheres for members to come and get support for their IF lifestyle, which has proven very popular with our Patreon members.

You will not find anywhere that provides that kind of support and accountability for just 0.16 cents a day. There are over 100 exclusive pieces of audio content for Patreon members to help you navigate your IF journey and get more accountability and support.

I cannot urge you more strongly to give it your utmost consideration. It has been a game changer for many of the Patreon members.

Please go to www.patreon.com/thefastinghighway to see the benefits you get back and how to join.

Disclaimer: Nothing in this podcast should be taken as medical advice. The opinions expressed herein are those of the host and guest only.

Born in the American Midwest (Michigan), Page did not grow up in a hotbed of nutritional enlightenment. Meat and potatoes were the rule, and processed and fast food abounded. Vegetables were sparse and generally boiled to an unidentifiable grey mush. As a kid, one of Page’s favourite snacks was a peanut butter and butter sandwich on Wonder Bread, which was washed down with so much Coke that his spit would turn black. Thanks to a genetic predisposition to gain weight quickly and a turbulent home life, it’s little wonder that Page was always the Fat Kid. As the Fat Kid, Page was relentlessly teased and bullied. Prone to emotional eating, Page grew fatter. He would periodically try the fad diet of the day, frequently losing weight, sometimes a lot of weight, but it always came back. School years passed, and Page started a career, married, and had kids. All the while, the years and the pounds added up. Eventually, Page reached his 50s, and the bill for a lifetime of poor health choices started to come due. Page was diagnosed as a wildly out-of-control type II diabetic, put on a host of medications, and commanded to lose weight. Obeying the conventional medical wisdom of the time, Page tried to lose weight via calorie restriction and exercise. Page became a gym rat, pushing himself to ever more extreme workouts. Amazingly, Page was able to lose over 100 pounds and reverse his type II diabetes. But it was too hard, being hungry and feeling deprived all the time. It just wasn’t maintainable. Page suffered a severe leg injury while attempting his first marathon. Unable to work out, Page regained almost all the weight he’d worked so hard to lose. Eventually, Page’s leg healed. But the prospect of living the rest of his life in a constant state of starvation was too much to bear. There had to be a better way. That was when Page discovered time-restricted eating. Our Patreon Supporters Community

Please consider joining the Fasting Highway Patreon community. It has been great for all who have joined.

It has become an excellent add-on to our Patreon members' IF lifestyle, who enjoy a lot of bonus content to support them in living an IF life.

For less than a cup of coffee a month, you can join and support your own health goals.

Graeme hosts Zoom meetings twice monthly in the Northern and Southern hemispheres for members to come and get support for their IF lifestyle, which has proven very popular with our Patreon members.

You will not find anywhere that provides that kind of support and accountability for just 0.16 cents a day. There are over 100 exclusive pieces of audio content for Patreon members to help you navigate your IF journey and get more accountability and support.

I cannot urge you more strongly to give it your utmost consideration. It has been a game changer for many of the Patreon members.

Please go to www.patreon.com/thefastinghighway to see the benefits you get back and how to join.

Private coaching is available with Graeme one-on-one. Please go to www.thefastinghighway.com, click help get coaching, and book a time that suits you. All times you see are in your local time zone.

Graeme's best-selling book, The Fasting Highway, about his journey and how he did it, is available in paperback and Kindle at your local Amazon store. It is also available on audio at Applebooks, Kobo, Spotify, and many other audiobook platforms. Disclaimer: Nothing in this podcast should be taken as medical advice. The opinions expressed herein are those of the host and guest only.

Howdy. 
I'm Mike (Michael) Saunders. So, I suppose you need to know me and about me. I live just north of the capital of Alabama, which is Montgomery. I want to say I'm retired, but my friends keep asking me to help them with their businesses. (Quality control) I'm 72 and am currently recovering from Knee Replacement surgery. 

When I went to the surgeon in December 2023, he, of course, told me that my BMI was too high.I clocked in at 365, then. I'm 6'1".  I got serious in February about losing weight so I could have the surgery. My goal for surgery was 331.  I have a friend in Mississippi who has lost 145 doing IF, so I asked her all about it and then began to research it. I dove in, and by May, I was at 310. 
I mostly did a 4:3 for the last two months of that. I would mix it up with OMAD and TMAD.  For years since turning 40, I have yo-yo dieted with South Beach, Atkins and every other craze. 
IF has been the only thing that is easy for me to do.  I reached my second goal of 300 a few weeks ago.  Now, on to my third goal of 200. Then, to do IF for life. 

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Please consider joining the Fasting Highway Patreon community. It has been great for all who have joined.

It has become an excellent add-on to our Patreon members' IF lifestyle, who enjoy a lot of bonus content to support them in living an IF life.

For less than a cup of coffee a month, you can join and support your own health goals.

Graeme hosts Zoom meetings twice monthly in the Northern and Southern hemispheres for members to come and get support for their IF lifestyle, which has proven very popular with our Patreon members.

You will not find anywhere that provides that kind of support and accountability for just 0.16 cents a day. There are over 100 exclusive pieces of audio content for Patreon members to help you navigate your IF journey and get more accountability and support.

I cannot urge you more strongly to give it your utmost consideration. It has been a game changer for many of the Patreon members.

Please go to www.patreon.com/thefastinghighway to see the benefits you get back and how to join.

Private coaching is available with Graeme one-on-one. Please go to www.thefastinghighway.com, click help get coaching, and book a time that suits you. All times you see are in your local time zone.

Graeme's best-selling book, The Fasting Highway, about his journey and how he did it, is available in paperback and Kindle at your local Amazon store. It is also available on audio at Applebooks, Kobo, Spotify, and many other audiobook platforms. Disclaimer: Nothing in this podcast should be taken as medical advice. The opinions expressed herein are those of the host and guest only.

Hi! I'm Bahar (B for short); I am 29 years old, a wife and mum to a 2-year-old and live in the UK. I work a full-time corporate job in London. Being Turkish, food is very important in our culture. I love cooking and experimenting with different recipes. I started fasting in March 2024 and have lost 17kg with intermittent fasting (nearly six months). I have always been conscious of my weight and put on weight over COVID-19 and during my pregnancy with my son. Following the birth of my son, I got up to my highest weight. I tried dieting and exercising, but this lasted for 2 months max. It was not sustainable. My brother mentioned intermittent fasting to me when my son was nearly 1. I didn't start fasting until almost a year later. I have enjoyed fasting and have started vlogging my journey on Instagram (@fastwithB) for accountability and to inspire others to start fasting, which I have been able to do as several family members have begun fasting. I have not yet reached my goal weight, but I hope to reach around 63kg by the end of the year.

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Please consider joining the Fasting Highway Patreon community. It has been great for all who have joined.

It has become an excellent add-on to our Patreon members' IF lifestyle, who enjoy a lot of bonus content to support them in living an IF life.

For less than a cup of coffee a month, you can join and support your own health goals.

Graeme hosts three Zoom meetings monthly in the Northern and Southern hemispheres for members to come and get support for their IF lifestyle, which has proven very popular with our Patreon members.

You will not find anywhere that provides that kind of support and accountability for just 0.16 cents a day.

I cannot urge you more strongly to give it your utmost consideration.

Please go to www.patreon.com/thefastinghighway to see the benefits you get back and how to join.

Private coaching is available with Graeme one-on-one. Please go to www.thefastinghighway.com, click help get coaching, and book a time that suits you. All times you see are in your local time zone.

Graeme's best-selling book, The Fasting Highway, about his journey and how he did it, is available in paperback and Kindle at your local Amazon store. It is also available on audio at Applebooks, Kobo, Spotify, and many other audiobook platforms. Disclaimer: Nothing in this podcast should be taken as medical advice. The opinions expressed herein are those of the host and guest only.

By Audrey Scott

I have been Fasting since June 2020, aged 51, 4 months into the Pandemic. My weight had crept up again despite exercising 4 hours every morning to pass the time and try and keep the weight gain to a minimum. I weighed 230lbs at that point. I read Delay Don’t Deny by Gin Stephens. I can’t remember how I found her on the internet, but I bought her book on Amazon, and it resonated with me so deeply that I finally felt hopeful that I may have discovered a lifestyle that could work for me. With my Nursing background, I understood the concept of Insulin Resistance and suspected that I suffered from this as I’d dieted for over 20 years on and off.

 I was slim as a child and always adored food, and I can remember feeling hungry a lot as a girl and not enjoying that sensation My weight gain started when I left home to train as a nurse, with shift patterns and feeling like I had no control over when I would next get to eat on shifts, I began the habit of overeating so I wouldn’t experience hunger. I also discovered fast food and Alcohol and enjoyed the student lifestyle to the fullest!! I knew I was gaining weight but didn’t weigh myself regularly as I didn’t want to know.

  This continued for years, I lost weight on a low fat diet after I had my first child only to regain again after I had my second daughter. I began to try to seriously address my weight gain in 2003 when I moved to the USA with my husband and family; at that point, I weighed 266 lbs, my highest recorded weight, and needed to lose some. I lost 40 lbs. That was the start of years of YoYo dieting before I found IF in 2020

 I started on an 18/6 protocol, clean fasting from Day 1. I lost 2 lbs of water weight in the first week and nothing for three months! I persevered as I genuinely thought that something would be happening inside of me, and my clothes were getting loose. I had a woosh of a 2 lb loss in October and then lost weight steadily from that point on, about 1 lb per week.  In the December of that year, I started doing a Meatless Monday for the autophagy benefits, and I swiftly moved onto a Hybrid ADF Approach on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays with subsequent Up days and a 4/6 hour window on a Sunday, which means I can be socialable on the weekends with my family.

  I have been maintaining my weight around the 170 lb mark for about 18 months, happily fasting with zero plans EVER to stop

I have been married happily for 28 years, have 2 precious adult daughters and two gorgeous rescue cats. I work part-time in a Secondary school as a Learning Support Assistant.

 In my free time, I love being with family and friends, doing Zumba, moderate exercise, listening to podcasts, reading, and watching TV.

 I love going on holidays/vacations. I try to cruise at least once a year and still fast on these trips, just adapting my windows to what suits you.

 I am so grateful to have discovered Fasting; it has given me the tools to make me feel good about myself, and I love to look and feel healthy.

My name is Melanie Douglas. I live in Bangor, a seaside town in Northern Ireland. I’m 63 and married to John. Between us, we have 5 grown-up children and are expecting our 10th grandchild! I worked as a nurse for 35 years, before changing direction, becoming a Lay Pastor in our local church, before I retired last year! Since retiring, I have had the privilege of being a funeral celebrant … What an honour.. My battle, my torment with my weight, started like so many in my early teenage years…my mum was an amazing cook, and food was central to our family…huge portions, followed by ( IF we cleared our plates) sumptuous desserts…she would tell me when I was tired or grumpy, “ you need to eat”.. whipping out a packet of sweets, to pick me up…thus I learned the lie that sugar was my friend, my comfort, my go-to when life was hard…a deeply- ingrained belief that has sabotaged every diet I have ever tried…and I have tried them all..even becoming a Consultant for Slimming World ( akin to weight watchers) ..which showed me that calorie restriction does not work…I was in despair…true despair…I loved to be slim, longed to be free from the mental torment &

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Please consider joining the Fasting Highway Patreon community. It has been great for all who have joined.

It has become an excellent add-on to our Patreon members' IF lifestyle, who enjoy a lot of bonus content to support them in living an IF life.

For less than a cup of coffee a month, you can join and support your own health goals.

Graeme hosts three Zoom meetings monthly in the Northern and Southern hemispheres for members to come and get support for their IF lifestyle, which has proven very popular with our Patreon members.

You will not find anywhere that provides that kind of support and accountability for just 0.16 cents a day.

I cannot urge you more strongly to give it your utmost consideration.

Please go to www.patreon.com/thefastinghighway to see the benefits you get back and how to join.

Private coaching is available with Graeme one-on-one. Please go to www.thefastinghighway.com, click help get coaching, and book a time that suits you. All times you see are in your local time zone.

Graeme's best-selling book, The Fasting Highway, about his journey and how he did it, is available in paperback and Kindle at your local Amazon store. It is also available on audio at Applebooks, Kobo, Spotify, and many other audiobook platforms. Disclaimer: Nothing in this podcast should be taken as medical advice. The opinions expressed herein are those of the host and guest only.

  I am 67 and have lived in the beautiful Pacific Northwest in Oregon for 42 years.  I have three grown children and am blessed to be close to one son, his family, and my daughter.  My other son, his wife, and their family are just a short flight away in Nevada.  I am also proud of a new, sweet little dog named Hazel.  

I have been retired from being a paraprofessional at a small K-12 school since 2013, where I worked for 18 years.  All of my kids attended this school, too.  

I fill my time with various activities that I enjoy.  Number one is spending time with family.  I often see my son and family who live near me and spend time with my busy daughter whenever possible.  I travel with my son, who lives nearby, his family, and my daughter to various places in other parts of Oregon.  Whenever I visit my son and his family in Nevada, they take me to different points of interest near them.  I have a sister who lives in California that I am very close to that, I see twice a year.  We love spending time together and getting out in each area where we live to explore the sites.  I enjoy getting out in nature when I can and love taking in all the beauty of where I live.  I like to knit and read, and listen to audiobooks.  Great things to fill the time on a rainy Oregon day.  I also love to do video workouts with Get Fit With Rick, a membership platform that I belong to.  I've been a part of this group for three years, and he led me to IF.  He started an IF challenge with the group and had Laurie Lewis, a fantastic IF coach, on a talk with him. One thing led to another, and I am fasting one year later. After living most of my life on a diet roller coaster, I am very thankful to IF for helping me to be healthy as I age and to be able to maintain my weight.  

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Please consider joining the Fasting Highway Patreon community. It has been great for all who have joined.

It has become an excellent add-on to our Patreon members' IF lifestyle, who enjoy a lot of bonus content to support them in living an IF life.

For less than a cup of coffee a month, you can join and support your own health goals.

Graeme hosts three Zoom meetings monthly in the Northern and Southern hemispheres for members to come and get support for their IF lifestyle, which has proven very popular with our Patreon members.

You will not find anywhere that provides that kind of support and accountability for just 0.16 cents a day.

I cannot urge you more strongly to give it your utmost consideration.

Please go to www.patreon.com/thefastinghighway to see the benefits you get back and how to join.

Private coaching is available with Graeme one-on-one. Please go to www.thefastinghighway.com, click help get coaching, and book a time that suits you. All times you see are in your local time zone.

Graeme's best-selling book, The Fasting Highway, about his journey and how he did it, is available in paperback and Kindle at your local Amazon store. It is also available on audio at Applebooks, Kobo, Spotify, and many other audiobook platforms. Disclaimer: Nothing in this podcast should be taken as medical advice. The opinions expressed herein are those of the host and guest only.

Bio for Graeme

My name is Christina Sala­ta. I’m 52 years young and mar­ried to My hus­band, who is get­ting ready to re­tire af­ter 30 years as a chica­go fire­fight­er. We have four adult children and two grand­chil­dren. I re­ceived my bach­e­lors of Arts de­gree in so­ci­ol­o­gy and hu­man ser­vices in 1994. I worked in the cor­po­rate world un­til 2008. In 2008, I made a mas­sive life change and be­came a walk­ing mail car­ri­er for the U.S. Po­stal Ser­vi­ce.

I am a vo­ra­cious read­er, typ­i­cal­ly in the process of read­ing 3 or 4 dif­fer­ent books on any giv­en day. One I read in the morn­ing be­fore work. One at the end of my workday while wait­ing to punch out. One in the evening af­ter din­ner and one I keep by my bed­side. All vary be­tween his­to­ry, world re­li­gions, phi­los­o­phy, and sci­ence.

My fa­vorite say­ing and the thing I’ve learned to say is “I don’t know” be­cause I know when I say that I’m about to learn some­thing new, and I love that!

I do yoga al­most every day as a form of move­ment med­i­ta­tion and breath work that I've found ex­treme­ly ben­e­fi­cial for my strug­gles with anx­i­ety. Dis­tance run­ning has also been a nat­ur­al rem­e­dy for my de­pres­sion, and I hope to com­plete my first ultra-marathon in 2025.

My pas­sion for the past three years has been writ­ing a fic­tion­al book that is a metaphor for what I see hap­pen­ing in our world and the strug­gles and pain I’ve walked through (well, some­times crawled through) in my life. It is not a project I write for any­one else but for my­self. It has been cathar­tic, and there­fore, I have not put a time­frame on it but let it flow from my brain to my fin­ger­tips as the uni­verse in­tends it to and at its pace.

Fast­ing was/is a cat­a­lyst for mas­sive change and heal­ing in my life, my hope in shar­ing my sto­ry is that it res­onates with some­one and, in so do­ing, helps them as well

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Please consider joining the Fasting Highway Patreon community. It has been great for all who have joined.

It has become an excellent add-on to our Patreon members' IF lifestyle, who enjoy a lot of bonus content to support them in living an IF life.

For less than a cup of coffee a month, you can join and support your own health goals.

Graeme hosts three Zoom meetings monthly in the Northern and Southern hemispheres for members to come and get support for their IF lifestyle, which has proven very popular with our Patreon members.

You will not find anywhere that provides that kind of support and accountability for just 0.16 cents a day.

I cannot urge you more strongly to give it your utmost consideration.

Please go to www.patreon.com/thefastinghighway to see the benefits you get back and how to join.

Private coaching is available with Graeme one-on-one. Please go to www.thefastinghighway.com, click help get coaching, and book a time that suits you. All times you see are in your local time zone.

Graeme's best-selling book, The Fasting Highway, about his journey and how he did it, is available in paperback and Kindle at your local Amazon store. It is also available on audio at Applebooks, Kobo, Spotify, and many other audiobook platforms. Disclaimer: Nothing in this podcast should be taken as medical advice. The opinions expressed herein are those of the host and guest only.

Tonya Kortekaas lives in Pontiac, Michigan, with her husband, Michael, of 11 years. She is the mother of three adult sons and a “bonus” mom to Michael’s three children.

Tonya spent most of her adult life as a stay-at-home mom of 3 growing boys and self-employed as a portrait photographer.  She felt that her most important mission in life was to raise her children and give them all the care and love they deserved.  She has been good at putting her family before her own needs, but the costs of that have been not caring for her mind and body as she should.  As her children have become adults and she has had more time to work on herself, she has entered into the full time working world and currently works for Oakland University.  She enjoys outdoor walks, kayaking, biking, watercolour painting and coffee in her free time. Tonya has struggled with her weight since her early 20s. She realizes that emotional eating and overindulging in sweets have been her issues.   She has tried countless diets, which have allowed her to lose weight but eventually gain it all back and more over the years.  At her annual physical exam in March of 2022, she was confronted with the highest weight of her lifetime at 349 lbs. and a BMI of 51.  Her blood pressure was soaring to a dangerous high, and her blood tests showed she was pre-diabetic.  She knew at that moment it was time for a significant change. She was sick of living life with this ongoing weight struggle and longed deeply to be a “normal” "-sized person.  Little did she know that change was going to lead her to an intermittent fasting lifestyle and complete freedom from her struggles with eating.  She’s lost 155 lbs over 26 months of her weight loss journey. Since being on the podcast in February of 2023, episode 161, Tonya has discovered the benefits of a carnivore lifestyle and has noticed numerous health benefits by cutting the sugar and processed foods out of her life.  

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Please consider joining the Fasting Highway Patreon community. It has been great for all who have joined.

It has become an excellent add-on to our Patreon members' IF lifestyle, who enjoy a lot of bonus content to support them in living an IF life.

For less than a cup of coffee a month, you can join and support your own health goals.

Graeme hosts three Zoom meetings monthly in the Northern and Southern hemispheres for members to come and get support for their IF lifestyle, which has proven very popular with our Patreon members.

You will not find anywhere that provides that kind of support and accountability for just 0.16 cents a day.

I cannot urge you more strongly to give it your utmost consideration.

Please go to www.patreon.com/thefastinghighway to see the benefits you get back and how to join.

Private coaching is available with Graeme one-on-one. Please go to www.thefastinghighway.com, click help get coaching, and book a time that suits you. All times you see are in your local time zone.

Graeme's best-selling book, The Fasting Highway, about his journey and how he did it, is available in paperback and Kindle at your local Amazon store. It is also available on audio at Applebooks, Kobo, Spotify, and many other audiobook platforms. Disclaimer: Nothing in this podcast should be taken as medical advice. The opinions expressed herein are those of the host and guest only.

This week is Belle’s 7 year “fastiversary”.  She started fasting at age 51 when she was still in perimenopause and could not lose a stubborn 10 pounds no matter what she did! And now she is almost 59 and at over 2500 fasts.  She is a L*IF*ER!

Belle is married and has two children, ages 22 and 24 and a dog.  She likes to keep busy by working a full-time and a part-time job and volunteering at a dog rescue on her day off.  In her free time, she enjoys taking her dog and foster dog for walks, gardening, playing pickleball and canasta, spending time with friends and family, listening to podcasts, watching a good series on Netflix and travelling.

Her husband, Neil, jumped on the fasting bandwagon a few years ago after seeing the fantastic results that Belle was getting with body re-composition and autophagy. They have different daily fasting schedules, but make it work.

Fasting is a way of life for Belle now and just second nature.  She recently travelled to Italy with her daughter and managed to keep up a fasting routine on the go!  She often bends her fasting schedule to enjoy dinner with friends and a later eating window.

Belle has been part of the fasting highway Facebook group since its inception and has been on two previous podcasts, numbers 4 and 157.

Belle is here to talk about the “big picture” of fasting and how it has changed her total outlook on her way of eating. It is anything but a diet! 

Ryan Smith has struggled with his weight since childhood. After years of yo-yo dieting and chasing nutritional trends, he finally created his own personal transformation story after discovering the power of fasting. He and his wife Kim went on to co-author Unbelievable Freedom: How We Transformed Our Health & Happiness with Intermittent Fasting. He shares his life-changing fasting practice to encourage others to make positive changes in their own lives. Fasting is the Foundation: A Real Man’s View of Unbelievable Freedomis his second published work.  Since reaching weight loss maintenance, Ryan has continued his fasting practice and is exploring the role of anxiety in weight management. 

Our Patreon Supporters Community

Please consider joining the Fasting Highway Patreon community. It has been great for all who have joined.

It has become an excellent add-on to our Patreon members' IF lifestyle, who enjoy a lot of bonus content to support them in living an IF life.

For less than a cup of coffee a month, you can join and support your own health goals.

Graeme hosts three Zoom meetings monthly in the Northern and Southern hemispheres for members to come and get support for their IF lifestyle, which has proven very popular with our Patreon members.

You will not find anywhere that provides that kind of support and accountability for just 0.16 cents a day.

I cannot urge you more strongly to give it your utmost consideration.

Please go to www.patreon.com/thefastinghighway to see the benefits you get back and how to join.

Private coaching is available with Graeme one-on-one. Please go to www.thefastinghighway.com, click help get coaching, and book a time that suits you. All times you see are in your local time zone.

Graeme's best-selling book, The Fasting Highway, about his journey and how he did it, is available in paperback and Kindle at your local Amazon store. It is also available on audio at Applebooks, Kobo, Spotify, and many other audiobook platforms. Disclaimer: Nothing in this podcast should be taken as medical advice. The opinions expressed herein are those of the host and guest only.

Maria is a 35-year-old mother of two young daughters and married to her best friend. They live in central NY in the United States. She is a Certified Health Coach and works for her husband's real estate investing company. She has struggled with her weight for most of her life, which prompted her to go to college in 2006 to study nutrition and public health at Syracuse University. After graduating, she married and started her family before pursuing her career. She's been a stay-at-home mom while the kids were younger. She has always struggled with emotional eating. After a few traumatic events in her past, she reached her highest weight in 2017. At only 5'4" tall, she weighed in at 225 and felt like she constantly had to find clothing to cover up instead of what she wanted to wear. She was humiliated and desperately wanted a change. She tried practically every diet out there. During the fall of 2018, she decided to run to help lose weight since the calorie-restriction diets were not working. By the fall of 2019, she had completed her first marathon and had lost a good bit of weight; however, when she stopped the diet program, she regained it again. During the pandemic in 2020, she decided to pursue her career dream of becoming a health coach to help herself and others find happiness and freedom the way she desperately wanted to do on her own. After graduating from the Institute of Integrative Nutrition, she found she wanted to focus more on the science behind weight loss and pursued a certification with Primal Health Coaching. She found Intermittent Fasting there and began a 16:8 protocol in June of 2022. She stopped fasting due to stress in her life and found herself eating through her emotions. She regained some of what she lost, but then discovered Gin Stephens and the clean fast which led her to also find Graeme and the Fasting Highway. She is coming up on her new 1-year fast-iversary and is within 15 pounds of her goal weight. She's determined to help spread the word about how life-changing and beneficial IF can be!

Our Patreon Supporters Community

Please consider joining the Fasting Highway Patreon community. It has been great for all who have joined.

It has become an excellent add-on to our Patreon members' IF lifestyle, who enjoy a lot of bonus content to support them in living an IF life.

For less than a cup of coffee a month, you can join and support your own health goals.

Graeme hosts three Zoom meetings monthly in the Northern and Southern hemispheres for members to come and get support for their IF lifestyle, which has proven very popular with our Patreon members.

You will not find anywhere that provides that kind of support and accountability for just 0.16 cents a day.

I cannot urge you more strongly to give it your utmost consideration.

Please go to www.patreon.com/thefastinghighway to see the benefits you get back and how to join.

Private coaching is available with Graeme one-on-one. Please go to www.thefastinghighway.com, click help get coaching, and book a time that suits you. All times you see are in your local time zone.

Graeme's best-selling book, The Fasting Highway, about his journey and how he did it, is available in paperback and Kindle at your local Amazon store. It is also available on audio at Applebooks, Kobo, Spotify, and many other audiobook platforms. Disclaimer: Nothing in this podcast should be taken as medical advice. The opinions expressed herein are those of the host and guest only.

This week, we take a break from our regular Schedule and revisit episode 48 with Shana Hussin, a Nutritionist Podcaster and author of Fast to Heal, who we spoke with three years ago.

To connect with Shana, please go to fasttoheal.info for her book and podcast details.

I like Shana's take on nutrition and IF, and this episode is well worth a listen or relisten

We will be back next week with our regular guest schedule.

Our Patreon Supporters Community

Please consider joining the Fasting Highway Patreon community. It has been great for all who have joined.

It has become an excellent add-on to our Patreon members' IF lifestyle, who enjoy a lot of bonus content to support them in living an IF life.

For less than a cup of coffee a month, you can join and support your own health goals.

Graeme hosts three Zoom meetings monthly in the Northern and Southern hemispheres for members to come and get support for their IF lifestyle, which has proven very popular with our Patreon members.

You will not find anywhere that provides that kind of support and accountability for just 0.16 cents a day.

I cannot urge you more strongly to give it your utmost consideration.

Please go to www.patreon.com/thefastinghighway to see the benefits you get back and how to join.

Private coaching is available with Graeme one-on-one. Please go to www.thefastinghighway.com, click help get coaching, and book a time that suits you. All times you see are in your local time zone.

Graeme's best-selling book, The Fasting Highway, about his journey and how he did it, is available in paperback and Kindle at your local Amazon store. It is also available on audio at Applebooks, Kobo, Spotify, and many other audiobook platforms. Disclaimer: Nothing in this podcast should be taken as medical advice. The opinions expressed herein are those of the host and guest only.

Bio By Sharon Mbabazi

I am 37 years old and live in West Michigan, USA, with my wonderful husband and three beautiful children. They keep us very busy, and we are always on the go. I also work full-time as a data team leader for a company that provides strategic supply chain solutions to hospitals, banks, and other businesses in the surrounding areas.

I started my intermittent fasting journey at the end of June 2023 to lose 30 lbs/13.6 kgs. I had been steadily gaining weight since having our 3rd child in 2018 and was ready to take some steps to reverse the upward trend. I had tried counting calories and various exercise routines, and even though I would lose a little weight, it wasn't sustainable. I would always end up gaining back more than what I started with. I discovered IF when our wedding photographer, Tonya Kortekaas (featured in episode 161), shared her incredible story through social media. I contacted Tonya, who gave me excellent guidance on getting started. She recommended great resources, including The Fasting Highway book, podcast, and Facebook group. Yes, I had to put in the effort and hard work to start my journey, but her advice and those resources have genuinely played a key role in my success. 

 I gradually worked my way from a 16:8 window to 19:5 over about one month and have been steadily losing weight for the last year. I made some mistakes in the beginning (I was not clean fasting for the first week or so) but quickly learned and made adjustments along the way. I am currently down 39 lbs/17.7 kg and will soon be carefully transitioning into maintenance.

 I am so thankful for everyone who shared their story so I could navigate my IF journey. I share my story, hoping it will do the same and inspire someone else.

Our Patreon Supporters Community

Please consider joining the Fasting Highway Patreon community. It has been great for all who have joined.

It has become an excellent add-on to our Patreon members' IF lifestyle, who enjoy a lot of bonus content to support them in living an IF life.

For less than a cup of coffee a month, you can join and support your own health goals.

Graeme hosts three Zoom meetings monthly in the Northern and Southern hemispheres for members to come and get support for their IF lifestyle, which has proven very popular with our Patreon members.

You will not find anywhere that provides that kind of support and accountability for just 0.16 cents a day.

I cannot urge you more strongly to give it your utmost consideration.

Please go to www.patreon.com/thefastinghighway to see the benefits you get back and how to join.

Private coaching is available with Graeme one-on-one. Please go to www.thefastinghighway.com, click help get coaching, and book a time that suits you. All times you see are in your local time zone.

Graeme's best-selling book, The Fasting Highway, about his journey and how he did it, is available in paperback and Kindle at your local Amazon store. It is also available on audio at Applebooks, Kobo, Spotify, and many other audiobook platforms. Disclaimer: Nothing in this podcast should be taken as medical advice. All content is the opinion of the host and guest only.

Kelly Frances Bio

I am 63 years of age and live in Southern California, USA.  I have been fasting since March 2023 and have lost 53 lbs. My starting weight was 213 (I’m six feet tall), and my goal weight was 160, which I obtained and have maintained since October 2023.  I learned about The Fasting Highway book and this fantastic lifestyle from my longtime friend and co-worker Holly Rogers, a TFH online group member.  We went to dinner one evening when she was visiting, and I shared how frustrated I was with the weight I had gained during my husband’s cancer illness in 2021 and his subsequent passing in December of 2022.  I used food as a comfort and coping mechanism for the stress of being his caregiver and, eventually, his widow.  It’s so easy to get into unhealthy habits when you’re dealing with such a traumatic event.  You can even justify it by calling it “comfort food”, but I was anything but comfortable in my own body.  Holly told me about the book and the online group, and I quickly ordered my copy of TFH on Amazon.  I loved the book; online support is paramount to my success. My protocol was always TMAD and 16:8, but there were times when I would hit a plateau when I would extend my fasts for longer to get the pounds budging again. Once I reached my goal weight and I was in maintenance mode, I had to adjust my eating and fasting windows to find my “sweet spot”. If I have overindulged during weekends or vacations, I have the tools to keep any weight gain in check. Flexibility is key!  I like to stay between 158-165 lbs. and not go over that.  I feel that I’m at my healthiest at 160 lbs. My “why” is my son Van.  He was 20 years old when his father died, and I needed to be healthy for him and, of course, for myself.  We need each other more than ever! 

Our Patreon Supporters Community

Please consider joining the Fasting Highway Patreon community. It has been great for all who have joined.

It has become an excellent add-on to our Patreon members' IF lifestyle, who enjoy a lot of bonus content to support them in living an IF life.

For less than a cup of coffee a month, you can join and support your own health goals.

Graeme hosts three Zoom meetings monthly in the Northern and Southern hemispheres for members to come and get support for their IF lifestyle, which has proven very popular with our Patreon members.

You will not find anywhere that provides that kind of support and accountability for just 0.16 cents a day.

I cannot urge you more strongly to give it your utmost consideration.

Please go to www.patreon.com/thefastinghighway to see the benefits you get back and how to join.

Private coaching is available with Graeme one-on-one. Please go to www.thefastinghighway.com, click help get coaching, and book a time that suits you. All times you see are in your local time zone.

Graeme's best-selling book, The Fasting Highway, about his journey and how he did it, is available in paperback and Kindle at your local Amazon store. It is also available on audio at Applebooks, Kobo, Spotify, and many other audiobook platforms. Disclaimer: Nothing in this podcast should be taken as medical advice. All content is the opinion of the host and guest only.

BIO: By Anita Downes

I am 52 years old from Perth Western Australia. I have been doing IF since Nov 2021. I lost over 80 pounds in the first year. My why is my family, and curious to see what adventures we can get up to now that my body is able to join in all the fun. I bike ride with the kids; I walk the dog, and I lift small weights on the vibration plate.  I work part-time as a Support worker for young adults who have Autism and are non-binary or transgender. I'm still a stay-at-home parent for our kids, aged 5 and 12; I work during their school hours and some weekends when possible. The update is that since we last spoke nearly two years ago, in Sept 2022, I haven't changed in weight. I have hovered around the 77-80 kg mark and have tweaked and attempted ADF and all the other stuff. Facing the fact that I'm in maintenance 7-10 kg higher than I had hoped to be. My old goal was to weigh 70kg; honestly, I would still love to get my weight down to 75kg. But it may not be possible at the ripe age of 52. (166cm tall) I may have just let it go and let the BMI and the world of averages it is made out of let that go, too. 

 NSVS

My doctor is pleased. I “m happier. I was in a bad mood constantly while I was obese. My kids aren't scared of me anymore. I can go on waterslides at amusement parks, roller skate, and keep up with these kids! I'm better at maintaining healthy boundaries with people, at work and in life, and I attribute that skill to eating within a specific time. I've shared about fasting with many friends and family and have seen so many of those take it up and live the fasting lifestyle to the extent they think they don't fast anymore - but they don't eat till almost midday. Many people thank me for sharing such a sustainable health option.

Our Patreon Supporters Community

Please consider joining the Fasting Highway Patreon community. It has been great for all who have joined.

It has become an excellent add-on to our Patreon members' IF lifestyle, who enjoy a lot of bonus content to support them in living an IF life.

For less than a cup of coffee a month, you can join and support your own health goals.

Graeme hosts three Zoom meetings monthly in the Northern and Southern hemispheres for members to come and get support for their IF lifestyle, which has proven very popular with our Patreon members.

You will not find anywhere that provides that kind of support and accountability for just 0.16 cents a day.

I cannot urge you more strongly to give it your utmost consideration.

Please go to www.patreon.com/thefastinghighway to see the benefits you get back and how to join.

Private coaching is available with Graeme one-on-one. Please go to www.thefastinghighway.com, click help get coaching, and book a time that suits you. All times you see are in your local time zone.

Graeme's best-selling book, The Fasting Highway, about his journey and how he did it, is available in paperback and Kindle at your local Amazon store. It is also available on audio at Applebooks, Kobo, Spotify, and many other audiobook platforms. Disclaimer: Nothing in this podcast should be taken as medical advice. All content is the opinion of the host and guest only.

Alison Pizanie is an elementary school teacher living in Medford, New Jersey. She is 51 years old, married to her wife Kim, and has two sons, Reid and Brady. Alison has struggled her entire life with obesity and emotional eating. Food and eating always felt like an obsession. Diets never worked for her, in terms of any real weight loss, but she did diet her way up to 245 pounds (111 kg). At this weight and shorter stature, she felt miserable, sick, and tired. In 2016, out of desperation, she had weight loss surgery, the vertical sleeve gastrectomy. She did lose 90 pounds (40 kgs)… but weight loss surgery works until it doesn’t. By 2019, she was gaining her weight back rapidly despite following all of the post-surgical guidelines set by her doctors and nutritionist. Alison panicked and was confused about how to solve her regain issue. She gained about 20 pounds (9 kgs) before she found Delay, Don’t Deny by Gin Stephens in early 2020. It took some time and tweaking, but Alison has lost all regain plus more, equaling about 25 pounds (11 kgs) lost with intermittent fasting! She is at a total weight loss of 101 pounds (46 kgs) and now weighs 144 pounds (65 kgs). She would now recommend intermittent fasting instead of weight loss surgery and plans on living an intermittent fasting lifestyle forever! Alison recently self-published a book sharing her journey and teaching others with bariatric surgery how to succeed with intermittent fasting after weight loss surgery. The book The Regain Remedy: Using Intermittent Fasting to Achieve Permanent Weight Loss After Bariatric Surgery is available on Amazon.

Our Patreon Supporters Community

Please consider joining the Fasting Highway Patreon community. It has been great for all who have joined.

It has become an excellent add-on to our Patreon members' IF lifestyle, who enjoy a lot of bonus content to support them in living an IF life.

For less than a cup of coffee a month, you can join and support your own health goals.

Graeme hosts three Zoom meetings monthly in the Northern and Southern hemispheres for members to come and get support for their IF lifestyle, which has proven very popular with our Patreon members.

You will not find anywhere that provides that kind of support and accountability for just 0.16 cents a day.

I cannot urge you more strongly to give it your utmost consideration.

Please go to www.patreon.com/thefastinghighway to see the benefits you get back and how to join.

Private coaching is available with Graeme one-on-one. Please go to www.thefastinghighway.com, click help get coaching, and book a time that suits you. All times you see are in your local time zone.

Graeme's best-selling book, The Fasting Highway, about his journey and how he did it, is available in paperback and Kindle at your local Amazon store. It is also available on audio at Applebooks, Kobo, Spotify, and many other audiobook platforms. Disclaimer: Nothing in this podcast should be taken as medical advice. All content is the opinion of the host and guest only.

Jalene Weigand has been an intermittent faster since she stumbled upon a Woman’s Health Podcast featuring Laurie Lewis in November 2021. 

She successfully lost all the weight she had gained during her menopausal transition within about a year . She has continued to see many non-scale victories since she reached the maintenance range with her health, fitness, and emotional wellness.

Being in maintenance has had some challenges for Jalene, as she’s needed to navigate what it means to live her IF lifestyle without having weight loss as her main focus, pivoting towards helping others on their journey, yet maintaining a balance of vigilance without obsession to maintain her weight range.

Our Patreon Supporters Community

Please consider joining the Fasting Highway Patreon community. It has been great for all who have joined.

It has become an excellent add-on to our Patreon members' IF lifestyle, who enjoy a lot of bonus content to support them in living an IF life.

For less than a cup of coffee a month, you can join and support your own health goals.

Graeme hosts three Zoom meetings monthly in the Northern and Southern hemispheres for members to come and get support for their IF lifestyle, which has proven very popular with our Patreon members.

You will not find anywhere that provides that kind of support and accountability for just 0.16 cents a day.

I cannot urge you more strongly to give it your utmost consideration.

Please go to www.patreon.com/thefastinghighway to see the benefits you get back and how to join.

Private coaching is available with Graeme one-on-one. Please go to www.thefastinghighway.com, click help get coaching, and book a time that suits you. All times you see are in your local time zone.

Graeme's best-selling book, The Fasting Highway, about his journey and how he did it, is available in paperback and Kindle at your local Amazon store. It is also available on audio at Applebooks, Kobo, Spotify, and many other audiobook platforms. Disclaimer: Nothing in this podcast should be taken as medical advice. All content is the opinion of the host and guest only.

Jalene Weigand has been an intermittent faster since she stumbled upon a Woman’s Health Podcast featuring Laurie Lewis in November 2021. 

She successfully lost all the weight she had gained during her menopausal transition within about a year . She has seen many non-scale victories since reaching the maintenance range with her health, fitness, and emotional wellness . Being in maintenance has had some challenges for Jalene, as she’s needed to navigate what it means to live her IF lifestyle without having weight loss as her main focus, pivoting towards helping others on their journey, yet maintaining a balance of vigilance without obsession to maintain her weight range.

Hi All

While I am away travelling this week, I thought I would address a few questions that have been sent in over time about living an Intermittent fasting lifestyle. Next week, we return to our regular guest line-up with more exciting guests.

Thank you to all who sent in questions, and thanks to our listeners for taking the time to listen today.

Our Patreon Supporters Community

Please consider joining the Fasting Highway Patreon community it really has been great for all who have joined.

It has become an excellent add-on to our Patreon members' IF lifestyle, who enjoy a lot of bonus content to support them in living an IF life.

For less than a cup of coffee a month, you can join and support your own health goals.

Graeme hosts three Zoom meetings a month in the Northern and Southern hemispheres for members to come and get support for their IF lifestyle, which is very popular with our Patreon members.

You will not find anywhere that gives that kind oif support back to you from 0.16 cents a day.

I cannot urge you more strongly to give it your utmost consideration.

Please go to www.patreon.com/thefastinghighway to see the benefits you get back and how to join.

Private coaching is available with Graeme one-on-one.

Graeme's best-selling book, The Fasting Highway, about his own journey and how he did it, is available in paperback and Kindle at your local Amazon store. It is also available on audio at Applebooks, Kobo, Spotify, and many other audiobook platforms. Disclaimer: Nothing in this podcast should be taken as medical advice. All content is the opinion of the host and guest only.

Wendy is a recovering life-long emotional eater, food addict, and yo-yo dieter. IF was the missing tool she needed to gain control of her cravings, to help her dig in and deal with the root issues of her bingeing - both biologically and emotionally.

She was put on her first diet at 11. But what nobody knew at the time was that she had some trauma that she was trying to bury with food. And that would be her coping mechanism for the next 25 years. But she did every diet out there to try and manage it. Jenny Craig, Weight Watchers, Nutrisystem, and every other fad. She’s lost and gained thousands of pounds over her lifetime.

In 2006, all of the pain that she’d been trying to keep at bay came bubbling up, and she had a nervous breakdown and struggled with major depression for two solid years. She had binged her way up to 285 pounds in a short time.

After years of therapy and emotional healing, she was finally ready to tackle the weight gain and become a whole, integrated, and healthy person. Ready to heal her body after working to heal her mind and heart. Even though she doesn’t recommend it to anyone now, she had Weight Loss Surgery in 2017 and lost 80 pounds in the first year. But then struggled to lose 20 more the next until she found that doing a Keto diet worked for her. In 2019, she met and married her amazing husband, who brought carbs back into her life and house. And regained 20 pounds.

In 2020, she found IF, and she was determined not to put all the weight she’d worked hard to lose back on. She didn't know then that it would also help her heal her metabolism! She went on to lose an additional 40 pounds and has been maintaining a 140-pound loss with IF for almost four years now!

Our Patreon Supporters Community

Please consider joining the Fasting Highway Patreon community it really has been great for all who have joined.

It has become an excellent add-on to our Patreon members' IF lifestyle, who enjoy a lot of bonus content to support them in living an IF life.

For less than a cup of coffee a month, you can join and support your own health goals.

Graeme hosts three Zoom meetings a month in the Northern and Southern hemispheres for members to come and get support for their IF lifestyle, which is very popular with our Patreon members.

You will not find anywhere that gives that kind oif support back to you from 0.16 cents a day.

I cannot urge you more strongly to give it your utmost consideration.

Please go to www.patreon.com/thefastinghighway to see the benefits you get back and how to join.

Private coaching is available with Graeme one-on-one.

Graeme's best-selling book, The Fasting Highway, about his own journey and how he did it, is available in paperback and Kindle at your local Amazon store. It is also available on audio at Applebooks, Kobo, Spotify, and many other audiobook platforms. Disclaimer: Nothing in this podcast should be taken as medical advice. All content is the opinion of the host and guest only.

In this episode, we check in with Daryl Woods, who was last on the podcast three years ago. As you will hear in this episode, Daryl lost an astonishing 150 pounds living an IF lifestyle and has transformed in more ways. Daryl lives in Manitoba, Canada, with his partner and son and works in Farming. Daryl tells us about his experience with maintaining and his experiment with the carnivore lifestyle. His mission now is to focus on building muscle and strength training to set himself up for a healthy future. Daryl's original episode was number 153 for those who want to listen to that one first. Daryl's passion is also to pay it forward by sharing his story in the hope of inspiring others.

Our Patreon Supporters Community

Please consider joining the Fasting Highway Patreon community it really has been great for all who have joined.

It has become an excellent add-on to our Patreon members' IF lifestyle, who enjoy a lot of bonus content to support them in living an IF life.

For less than a cup of coffee a month, you can join and support your own health goals.

Graeme hosts three Zoom meetings a month in the Northern and Southern hemispheres for members to come and get support for their IF lifestyle, which is very popular with our Patreon members.

You will not find anywhere that gives that kind oif support back to you from 0.16 cents a day.

I cannot urge you more strongly to give it your utmost consideration.

Please go to www.patreon.com/thefastinghighway to see the benefits you get back and how to join.

Private coaching is available with Graeme one-on-one.

Graeme's best-selling book, The Fasting Highway, about his own journey and how he did it, is available in paperback and Kindle at your local Amazon store. It is also available on audio at Applebooks, Kobo, Spotify, and many other audiobook platforms. Disclaimer: Nothing in this podcast should be taken as medical advice. All content is the opinion of the host and guest only.

I'm Justin Claypool, I'm excited to join you again on The Fasting Highway podcast. As you know, I'm originally from Klamath Falls, OR, and currently call Clarkston, WA home. Since our last chat, I've made significant changes in my approach to health and fitness that I can't wait to share with your audience. After shedding 150 pounds through intermittent fasting, I've shifted my focus towards building muscle. Over the past four years, I've been tweaking my fasting window to support this new goal, and it's been quite the journey. I think our conversation will offer valuable insights into the evolution of my wellness journey and the intricacies of transitioning from weight loss to muscle building.

Our Patreon Supporters Community

Please consider joining the Fasting Highway Patreon community it really has been great for all who have joined.

It has become an excellent add-on to our Patreon members' IF lifestyle, who enjoy a lot of bonus content to support them in living an IF life.

For less than a cup of coffee a month, you can join and support your own health goals.

Graeme hosts three Zoom meetings a month in the Northern and Southern hemispheres for members to come and get support for their IF lifestyle, which is very popular with our Patreon members.

You will not find anywhere that gives that kind oif support back to you from 0.16 cents a day.

I cannot urge you more strongly to give it your utmost consideration.

Please go to www.patreon.com/thefastinghighway to see the benefits you get back and how to join.

Private coaching is available with Graeme one-on-one.

Graeme's best-selling book, The Fasting Highway, about his own journey and how he did it, is available in paperback and Kindle at your local Amazon store. It is also available on audio at Applebooks, Kobo, Spotify, and many other audiobook platforms. Disclaimer: Nothing in this podcast should be taken as medical advice. All content is the opinion of the host and guest only.

Kelly Schupp is a 46-year-old mechanical engineer and mom of two living in Louisiana, one of the worst states for people who LOVE to eat!  The food there is well known for being irresistible, but not the healthiest.  Kelly grew up on an agricultural farm (primarily rice and crawfish) with a Cajun great-grandmother and mother who were fabulous cooks.  Food was everywhere, all the time, absolutely engrained in the culture she grew up in.

Kelly was overweight at a young age and struggled her whole life to lose weight and keep it off.  Her mom was also overweight and had them try every diet out there: Jenny Craig, Weight Watchers, the “Zone” diet, low carb, ketogenic, paleo, etc.  Unfortunately, nothing ever worked long-term.

 Years went by and diets and workout fads came and went, but her weight remained the same.  She hovered nearly 200 lbs for nearly 20 years.  It was her body’s setpoint and nothing she did ever changed it, even after she cleaned her diet up significantly to keep insulin resistance and diabetes at bay (which her mother and father both had).  Then, in 2018, Kelly had surgery, and her weight started to climb rapidly, topping out at around 215 lbs.

Kelly started an 8-week “body transformation” program, weightlifting 4-5x’s/week and eating like a bodybuilder.  She stuck to the program, logging everything she ate and did – and gained 3 lbs.  Her doctors scratched their heads and then offered to test her metabolism with a CO2 measurement.  Surprisingly, Kelly’s estimated basal metabolic rate of 1500 kcal was off by 500 kcal!  The test proved that she only burned 1,000 kcal/day at rest, which meant 3 meals/day would be nearly impossible for her.

Kelly had read Gin Stephens’ book and was curious about fasting.  Her doctors agreed to let her try it.  In December In 2022, she started with a 16:8 protocol, eventually settling on OMAD as it proved the easiest to manage as she travelled often for work and was rarely hungry in the evenings.

Kelly lost 60 lbs in the span of a year and is maintaining a 50 lb loss from her highest weight with more flexibility in her eating window. Most days, she continues to do an 18:6, usually eating one meal + a small, high-protein snack before closing her window.  She understands the importance of clean fasting and sticks to water and/or black coffee during her fasts.  Fasting has finally given Kelly control over her body!.

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Cindy Hallett is retired from the US Air Force and Lives in Cheyenne, Wyoming, in the USA, with her husband and family. In her first year of living an intermittent fasting lifestyle, she has lost an incredible fifty pounds (24kg).

Cindy has had some trials and tribulations with her weight, as you will hear in this episode, where she shares openly about her struggles and finding an answer with intermittent fasting.

Cindy has had a major health scare in recent times, and she describes how she was fortunate to have lost weight before that occurred.

Cindy enjoys retired life playing guitar and singing at her local church.

She is looking forward to a long, healthy, and happy life and continuing with her IF lifestyle.

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Please consider joining the Fasting Highway Patreon community it really has been great for all who have joined.

It has become an excellent add-on to our Patreon members' IF lifestyle, who enjoy a lot of bonus content to support them in living an IF life.

For less than a cup of coffee a month, you can join and support your own health goals.

Graeme hosts three Zoom meetings a month in the Northern and Southern hemispheres for members to come and get support for their IF lifestyle, which is very popular with our Patreon members.

You will not find anywhere that gives that kind oif support back to you from 0.16 cents a day.

I cannot urge you more strongly to give it your utmost consideration.

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Private coaching is available with Graeme one-on-one.

Graeme is available for private one-on-one coaching and mentoring sessions. He can help you with burning questions about how to get started or overcome issues no matter what phase you are in on your intermittent fasting journey. He has times available that are suitable to all globally.

To book a time, go to the website and click Get help/coaching the fee and details are on the website.

www.thefastinghighway.com

Graeme's best-selling book, The Fasting Highway, about his own journey and how he did it, is available in paperback and Kindle at your local Amazon store. It is also available on audio at Applebooks, Kobo, Spotify, and many other audio book platforms. Disclaimer: Nothing in this podcast should be taken as medical advice. All content is the opinion of the host and guest only.

Rachel Awad is an American university administrator who is living in Egypt, and has been living in the Middle East for over 30 years. She has been overweight for most of her life. In 2008 Rachel (who is only 5’3”) reached her all-time highest weight of close to 300lbs. She managed to lose about 40 lbs with a popular commercial weight loss program (about calorie restriction). She eventually started regaining the weight she lost. When she was close to her starting weight again, Rachel learned about Intermittent Fasting and Michael Moseley’s 5:2 plan. This was in 2014. She followed that for a few years, and was successful in losing weight.  In 2017, after reading Jason Fung’s The Obesity Code and Gin Stephen’s book Delay, Don’t Deny, she moved to a daily intermittent fasting approach and most importantly, to clean fasting.

Rachel became a huge proponent of IF, guiding many friends to explore fasting, and becoming a moderator on some very large IF groups on FB. This is where she first met Graeme, and then read “The Fasting Highway” about his own IF journey. She has been an active member of The Fasting Highway FB group since its early days.

This is the 3rd time that Rachel has been a guest on the TFH podcast, previously in Episodes 6 and 152. She discusses her own journey with IF, how ADF can be a very helpful tool when used correctly and for the right reasons, and the importance of knowing what’s in your IF toolbox.

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Graeme's book The Fasting Highway can be found at your local Amazon store in paperback and Kindle. Disclaimer: Nothing in this podcast should be taken as medical advice. All content is the opinion of the host and guest only.

I live with my husband and college freshman son in Lake Dallas, TX. We are the proud parents to adorable pet chickens and two precious chihuahuas! I am blessed with the most amazing career imaginable as a wedding and portrait photographer. Life is very busy, and we’re immersed in a constant celebration of food and fun!  I grew up in a large, boisterous and endlessly fun Hispanic family, and we celebrated life with great food and music. I developed a deep passion for cooking and good wholesome food early on and have since considered myself an OG FOODIE!  My passions are hiking with my dogs, kayaking and swimming and anything that keeps me in nature.  I just celebrated my 19th month of Intermittent Fasting, and have lost 60 lbs, gained 22 lbs, reversed type 2 diabetes, reduced my cholesterol, healed my body, eliminated my inflammation, improved my gums, eyes, and overall health, and tried every modification of IF imaginable!  OMAD 23:1 is my preferred protocol and how I feel my absolute best!! I am 100% certain I will ALWAYS live an IF life.

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Graeme's book The Fasting Highway can be found at your local Amazon store in paperback and Kindle. Disclaimer: Nothing in this podcast should be taken as medical advice. All content is the opinion of the host and guest only.

This week, I speak to New York Times best-selling author and my good friend Gin Stephens

Gin is known worldwide for her work in the IF community and her books, which have changed countless lives and she lives in South Carolina, USA.

Gin has a burning passion for helping others find great health, as you will hear in this episode.

In a candid discussion, we chat about her books All Things IF and we bust open a few myths about the IF lifestyle

To connect with Gin.

www.ginstephens.com

All her books can be found on Amazon, and all are good booksellers.

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Graeme's book The Fasting Highway can be found at your local Amazon store in paperback and Kindle. Disclaimer: Nothing in this podcast should be taken as medical advice. All content is the opinion of the host and guest only.

BIO: ALISON PREUSS (pronounced PROYCE)

 I am a 67-year-old mother of three and grandmother of one, widowed for 10 years. I live in Angus, northeast Scotland. I have owned and run an online vintage boutique since 2007 and was previously a Scottish parliamentary researcher and freelance journalist. My own children were home-educated, and I co-ordinate the national Scottish Home Education Forum which offers information, support and advocacy to parents and campaigns on education issues. My attempts at retirement have proved futile as I enjoy what I do and like to keep busy and active both mentally and physically. I was a skinny child and did classical ballet until my mid-teens, so I never had any cause to diet, and my weight remained static for years. After my first two pregnancies in the 80s, I zapped back to normal within weeks, but my third baby was quite a bruiser and it took me a few months of good diet (not dieting!) and exercise to get back in shape. During my husband's illness and after he died in 2013, I practically stopped eating due to stress and trauma. I dropped so much weight I looked emaciated, but once I got back into regular eating, middle-age creep started to become evident!

I came to IF through my son, who takes his health very seriously and is an avid researcher. My first shot at it was in 2018/2019 when I did a 5-month stint with good results, but I made the mistake of looking at it as a short-term undertaking rather than a lifestyle change. When Covid and the first lockdown came along, like many, I got sloppy with my diet and drank too much. The catalyst for change was my daughter's wedding in November 2021, for which I had around 10 months' notice to fit into the vintage dress I wanted to wear (and it would be a challenge!) I took it very seriously and began on 11 January 2021 doing 19:5, which had worked well previously, and completely cutting out alcohol. Meanwhile, I joined a few IF groups online and devoured IF podcasts, taking inspiration from others' experiences. Two months in, I had started regular dance sessions, and four months in, I was in the gym three times a week and doing occasional Meal-less Mondays /36-hour fasts.  I didn't regularly weigh myself but took many photographs and weekly measurements. I was losing inches steadily and gaining muscle due to strength training, and people were noticing. Two months before my daughter's wedding, I had reached my goal of fitting into that vintage dress and continued downward until around February 2022, when I estimated I had lost around 45lbs. Now, three years into IF, it's just a usual way of life, and I can't see myself ever going back. 

In terms of unexpected NSVs, a longstanding scar from a burn on my leg completely disappeared and an injury to my finger that I'd trapped in a drawer miraculously got better. My skin has improved, and my hair is now waist-length, silver and in great condition, despite being a woman of a certain age. I managed to get back into my front splits at 66 with consistent flexibility training, although my hamstrings do complain a bit! I also fit into some of the clothes I wore in my 20s, including a vintage evening dress to meet the queen in 1981. It's been like a post-pandemic renewal! 

 Alison Preuss

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Please go to the show notes episode 79 for the original Podcast with Renee in July 2021

Update to those notes

Almost 49-year-old wife and mother of three (22, 20, 17). Former ICU nurse turned stay-at-home mom.

I am from Minnesota, USA. I began fasting on February 1, 2021, losing 50 pounds over ten months. I maintained that weight range for about a year and then started to see a very slow regain. 

I had a hysterectomy in late October 2023, and since then, saw my weight climb very quickly. I'm currently 18 pounds higher than when I first started maintaining. 

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It has become an excellent add-on to our patrons' IF lifestyle, who enjoy a lot of bonus content to support them living an IF life, and it supports me in getting the podcast out and running the Facebook group.

For less than a cup of coffee a month, you can join and support your own health goals.

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To book a time, go to the website and click Get help/coaching. www.thefastinghighway.com

Graeme's book The Fasting Highway can be found at your local Amazon store in paperback and Kindle. Disclaimer: Nothing in this podcast should be taken as medical advice. All content is the opinion of the host and guest only.

By Shoshana Grinstein

Height—150cm 5ft—Weight at start 88 kilos *size 46. Current weight around 70 kilos *size 36!! Growing up in Montreal, Canada- very active, healthy childhood. Age 11/12- first encounter with weight on the scale, dietitian. Instead of becoming more confident, it made me more self-conscious. I was hard on myself and judgemental. Periods of over-eating Periods of under-eating Un-healthy relationship with my body and food Moved to Israel, gained weight- lost weight- got married- pregnancies. Heavier and heavier between each pregnancy- about 20 kilos overweight Depression- finally leading to real healing Therapy: learning to accept myself, to be kind to myself. Pregnancy #4- healing but corona !! stuck at home. Crazy. Weight Gain and inactivity. While pregnant, parenting coach. So during covid, began listening to podcasts about Parenting. Became vegan and listened to Podcasts about healthy eating, which led to podcasts about mental health. I began to treat myself better, talk to me more kindly, try to motivate me positively, and just get happier. As much as I was learning to love myself the way I was, I couldn't ignore how big I had gotten; a few things triggered my fasting start. My son had said to me: Mom, I’ve never seen you run! A picture from the summer. And ads constantly popping up on my instagram about it! I finally said- what the hell, let’s try. I have nothing to lose… except the weight. I challenged myself; it was 9:00 pm- I could not eat until recess at 10:00. I did it! Stopped eating at 8 pm and went the next day to 10:00… then noon… then I wouldn’t eat until I got home from work. OMAD…. Pilates in July (6 months in), and here we are! Within a week, I realized I needed to know more- started listening to Gin Stephens, and bought and read her book. I looked for more interesting podcasts and found The Fasting Highway- bought and read The Fasting Highway! It is so motivating and such an exciting community to be a part of. The initial weight came off fast! I was down 10 kilos in no time. I felt such a new sense of freedom- so in control. I learned to listen to my body and stopped fearing that I might miss out or feel hungry…. “Vigilance without obsession!” Measured but stopped weighing- keep getting rid of clothes- old and new! (Dropped my false sense of confidence and swapped it out for a new one.) Having been raised in a home where no one saw me for who I was/am- no one motivated me or believed in me and now… I’m in a place in my life where I feel such control; I feel worthy, and I feel that I can do and succeed at whatever I want. I want more for myself and my family, and I know now that I can accomplish anything. To get to this point in my life after years of struggling is so liberating

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For less than a cup of coffee a month, you can join and support your own health goals.

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Disclaimer: Nothing in this podcast should be taken as medical advice. All content is the opinion of the host and guest only.

Bio -Sheila Parsons

Hello.  I’m Sheila Parsons, a 70-year-old retired federal employee, wife, mother and grandmother, raising two of my grandchildren, a 20-year-old in college and a 15-year-old in high school.  I am a native Atlantan and have lived in this area all my life.

Hello.  I’m Sheila Parsons, a 70-year-old retired federal employee, wife, mother and grandmother, raising two of my grandchildren, a 20-year-old in college and a 15-year-old in high school.  I am a native Atlantan and have lived in this area all my life.

I am obsessed with Intermittent Fasting!  It’s magic!  Clean fast, and the rest is magic!

o   After reading Delay Don’t Deny by Gin Stephens, I began IF January 2019–5 years ago, weighing 205 lbs.

o   I am 5’2” tall and currently weigh 134 lbs., maintaining 132-135 for two years. 

o   Total weight loss 71 lbs.

o   I wear size Small to Medium, size 8 clothes.

o   I am healthy!  

o   I walk and swim in summer for exercise.  

o   I have so much energy!  

o   I drink only black coffee, unsweetened teas and water while fasting.

o   I eat whatever I want during my window, opting for mostly healthy choices.  I eat all the things, keeping it simple. No Keto, no calorie counting.  I have always hated that in previous diets, and I have tried them all.  Weight Watchers, Jenny Craig, Atkins and I have taken diet pills.  I lost weight but never stayed with it and would gain all the weight back, plus some.  

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Graeme's book The Fasting Highway can be found at your local Amazon store in paperback and Kindle. Disclaimer: Nothing in this podcast should be taken as medical advice. All content is the opinion of the host and guest only.

I am obsessed with Intermittent Fasting!  It’s magic!  Clean fast and the rest is magic!

Tracey is 54 years old and lives in Iowa.  She is married to her high school sweetheart and the love of her life. They have 3 grown daughters and 3 granddaughters. Family is a huge part of her “why” for finally deciding in 2022 that it was time to focus on her physical health and prioritise her well-being. In her school days, Tracey was fit and athletic. Her daily activities covered the poor eating habits she developed in her teen years. Once college came, the activity decreased, and poor food choices continued; 30 years of yo-yo dieting followed. Tracey was always looking for a quick fix and focused solely on the scale and her appearance. She now reflects and understands the abuse she put her body through for years. Tipping the scales in late 2019 at almost 200 pounds on her 5’4” frame, fatigue, joint pain and pre-diabetes were taking its toll. Tracey and her husband were empty nesters and new grandparents, and she began to realize her lifestyle would keep her from enjoying the best years of her life ahead of them. Her mindset was shifting, and a journey was underway. She had no idea how much healthier and happier her future was about to become.  When she reached out to her physician one more time for help, she was told if she couldn’t go more than a couple hours before getting “hangry”, she shouldn’t consider intermittent fasting and maybe try the Mediterranean diet.  That conversation planted a seed for intermittent fasting because, after all, if Tracey is told she can’t do something, she tends to think to the contrary.  Over the next couple of years, she discovered Gin Stephens and Dr. Fung, read their books and then tucked them away until August 2022, when her mindset was fully on board for finally making a lifestyle change.  She got the books out again and began her true IF journey.  Along the way she discovered podcasts and Facebook groups, which led her to The Fasting Highway.  To date, Tracey has lost almost 60 pounds, gained numerous NSV’s and turned her health around!  She lives an active life with her husband of 32 years and can now keep up with her family!  She practiced dental hygiene for 15 years and in 2020, made a career change to the business side of dental where she became a practice manager at a dental office.  She enjoys long walks, landscaping, listening to podcasts and spending as much time with her family. Tracey considers herself one blessed lady!

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For less than a cup of coffee a month, you can join and support your own health goals.

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Graeme's book The Fasting Highway can be found at your local Amazon store in paperback and Kindle. Disclaimer: Nothing in this podcast should be taken as medical advice. All content is the opinion of the host and guest only.

My name is Helen Blicharz. I am a 50-year-old mother of three. I also have a wonderful husband, John, and the cutest little Beagle named Bingo. I work for a Lutheran Church, and I have a member, Shelley Beck, who introduced me to your podcast. She also encourages me to share my story with you and has been doing so for over a year; I've been hesitating as I am still on my weight loss journey. I have been pretty much overweight most of my life or at least after I graduated college. I tried just about every diet out there Weight Watchers, Liquid diets. Nutrisystem's Jenny Craig, you name it. Various things worked throughout the years, but nothing never worked or help me loose weight. In 2018, I was diagnosed with type 2 diabetes and my doctor told me that most people were not successful in losing weight on their own and that I had really good insurance, and she recommended weight loss surgery. I was really offended, but I found out later that she was in her residency and was using a reverse psychology tactic, which worked for me. I told her that I have never truly tried to lose weight on my own, and I think I could do it with some guidance. So I started out giving up sugar for 21 days, and that led me to a low-carb diet. Which eventually led to keto. And I lost 25 lbs. When I went back to the doctor, she was very happy, and that started my journey to where I am today. I did not stay with Keto, but I was introduced to intermittent fasting. COVID and why everyone else gained weight I was losing because I had more control and I didn't have insulin spikes. The keto diet helped me too. Gain the confidence I needed to find another lifestyle which was intermittent fasting. Three years later I still Fast, Feast & Repeat. Mostly. I have a four-hour window, so I fast for 20 hours, and sometimes, on the weekend, I open my window up for 8 hours to switch it up. I have lost 110 lbs. total so far, and although I am currently not at my goal weight and still have 50 lbs. to go, I know I will get there.

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Jules is a 53 years old woman, married, with three beautiful children and living the dream in Western Australia (WA). Her passions, besides her vocation are, yoga, bush walking, going to the beach and reading. Jules is a family therapist for a not-for-profit women’s health organisation and dearly loves her work. Previously, she was a registered nurse; she trained and then worked in Victoria and the UK. She lived there for 15 years, and she met her lovely Englishmen. Jules had two of her children in the UK, and they all moved to her hometown in Victoria, where she had her third child in 2007. Then, they moved from Victoria to WA in 2010 due to hubby's work commitments.

During Jules’s third pregnancy, in 2006, she developed gestational diabetes, which sparked off an intentional health journey. Having gestational diabetes meant she had to test fasting blood sugar levels all the time, just like a type 1 diabetic. And, since 2007 has needed to have fasting BSL’s annually and Fasting Glucose Tolerance Test every three years. Also, Jules’s grandmother had type 2 diabetes and unfortunately had to have one of her toes amputated and was on daily oral medication. So, with these two factors in Jule’s medical and family history, Jules was determined to avoid acquiring type 2 diabetes. Disappointingly, Jules was quite discouraged by GP’s saying each year, when she would go in to see them for the blood work results, that she would inevitably get it and there was nothing to be done to prevent it. Then, with a few changes in Jules’s health, well-being and significant life events, Jule’s blood results started to deteriorate, and she feared the worst. Then, thankfully, in 2018, Julie discovered a tool called Intermittent fasting; at the time, when she was going down the rabbit hole of YouTube lectures about sugar and insulin from Dr Robet Lustig at the University of California and then later came across the book The Diabetes Code, by Dr Jason Fung. This book, The Diabetes Code, changed her life forever, and not to mention saved her life.

Before starting IF, Jules BSL’s were 6.8 mmol and rising, and now, after six years of IF, they average around 4.8 mmol. Jules has had to tweak her IF regime, flipping back and forth from OMAD to ADF over the six years when optimal blood results have begun to waiver. Jules's primary focus is balancing her hormones, even though she weighs daily. For those that like numbers, Jules is 175 cm tall and before IF weighed 86kg and now maintains between 76-78kg. Has gone from a dress size of 16 to 12.

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I strongly urge you to do so if you need more accountability and support for not a lot each month, as it is helping so many people to do that.

It has become an excellent add-on to our patrons' IF lifestyle, who enjoy a lot of bonus content to support them living an IF life, and it supports me in getting the podcast out and running the Facebook group.

For less than a cup of coffee a month, you can join and support your own health goals.

Please go to www.patreon.com/thefastinghighway to see the benefits you get back and how to join.

Private coaching by Graeme. Graeme is available on a limited basis for private one-on-one coaching and mentoring sessions with you. He can help you with those burning questions about how to get started or overcome issues no matter what phase you are up to on your intermittent fasting journey.

To book a time, go to the website and click Get help/coaching. www.thefastinghighway.com

Graeme's book The Fasting Highway can be found at your local Amazon store in paperback and Kindle. Disclaimer: Nothing in this podcast should be taken as medical advice. All content is the opinion of the host and guest only.

Michelle is 52 years old and lives in the North East of England in a place called Low Fell, not far from the city of Newcastle Upon Tyne. She lives with her husband Michael (they celebrated their 25th wedding Anniversary last Aug), her 24-year-old son Owen, 21-year-old Daughter Abbie and their gorgeous little poodle Milo.

Michelle leads a hectic lifestyle; she has her own cleaning business called ‘Milo and Mich Cleaning Co. throughout the day and also an online Craft Business on Facebook called ‘Corbetts Creations and Gifts, which she works on in the evening and on weekends.

Michelle loves being active, walking her dog, attending boxing classes, and going to the gym. She usually manages to hit 15,000 steps daily.

Michelle has been following  IF for 14 months and loves the freedom it gives her and the flexibility within her busy life. After trying every diet over the years, she has lost 35 pounds in total, living an IF lifestyle, dropped two dress sizes and feels a lot fitter, healthier and happier in all aspects of her life.

Erika Barnhart is a 43-year-old salon consultant who resides in Pennsylvania with her husband and three dogs. She had been struggling with weight issues since childhood and was overweight throughout most of her life. Over many years she has tried numerous diets since the age of 12, but her success was only temporary. Erika has always been fond of eating various foods, but she also enjoys eating in large quantities and feeling full. At the age of 13, she was diagnosed with high cholesterol and triglycerides but was never prescribed any medication. Then in early 2023, she realized that she was procrastinating on scheduling her annual physical because she knew that the doctor would become more persistent about beginning a series of statin medication due to her high cholesterol. She also suffered from sleep apnea, used a CPAP machine, and had been experiencing plantar fasciitis in her right foot, causing her to limp. She felt unnaturally old, defeated, and unhealthy for her age. She was ready to make a change. She began looking for a sustainable and cost-effective plan to become healthier. As well as not wanting to take any medications unless necessary.  

Erika’s work involves a hybrid environment, including working from home, local, and overnight travel. She attends many business luncheons and events, so finding something to fit into her ever-changing routine is essential.

In March 2023, Erika finally discovered the freedom she had been seeking through fasting, and within about ten months, she lost 87 pounds (39.5kg). Erika achieved this by practising various fasts and focusing on nourishing foods. She appreciates the flexibility of fasting and incorporates it into her routine frequently. She has tried several fasts, such as Intermittent Fasting, Alternate Day Fasting (ADF), and Modified Alternate. Day Fasting (MADF), and One Meal a Day (OMAD). Also, she occasionally includes 48-60-hour fasts. Fasting has helped Erika gain more clarity, perspective, and patience, and the best part is that fasting doesn't cost anything! The flexibility has also made it easy to work into her ever-changing schedule. She's also excited to incorporate some yoga and weight training as soon as she begins working towards achieving her goal body. She’s also looking forward to hiking with her dogs once the weather improves in the spring.

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Please consider joining the Fasting Highway Patreon community.

I strongly urge you to do so if you need more accountability and support for not a lot each month, as it is helping so many people to do that.

It has become an excellent add-on to our patrons' IF lifestyle, who enjoy a lot of bonus content to support them living an IF life, and it supports me in getting the podcast out and running the Facebook group.

For less than a cup of coffee a month, you can join and support your own health goals.

Please go to www.patreon.com/thefastinghighway to see the benefits you get back and how to join.

I strongly urge you all to consider joining the Patreon community. Each month, having the extra layer of affordable support pays off for many of our members.

You get a lot back in return for what you put in for your health.

Private coaching by Graeme. Graeme is available on a limited basis for private one-on-one coaching and mentoring sessions with you. He can help you with those burning questions about how to get started or overcome issues no matter what phase you are up to on your intermittent fasting journey. Get accountable and come and have a chat with Graeme, who is vastly experienced in all areas of intermittent fasting and the mindset it takes.

To book a time, go to the website and click Get help/coaching. www.thefastinghighway.com

Graeme's book The Fasting Highway can be found at your local Amazon store in paperback and Kindle.

Disclaimer: Nothing in this podcast should be taken as medical advice. All content is the opinion of the host and guest only.

Growing up in rural Tennessee, Gretchen Bates was always very active. She spent long summer days in her childhood exploring the woods, swimming in creeks, and playing with friends.  As a teenager and young adult, Gretchen was competitive in sports and was an avid cyclist, kayaker, open-water swimmer and triathlete. By her early 30s, she had completed her first full-length Ironman competition, logged over 15,000 miles on her bike, and finished three separate, fully independent bicycle tours.  At 5’6” tall (167 CM) and 160 pounds (73 kg), she was a healthy, athletically built woman. By her late 30s, Gretchen left her physically active career to return to school for her Masters Degree.  She started a new career after graduation, leading to long hours behind a desk. The new stationary career and her naturally slowing metabolism started to take its toll.  By her 40th birthday, Gretchen weighed 185 pounds (84 kg). To control her weight, she spent several years experimenting with low-calorie and fad diets. Nothing seemed to work.

At 44 years old, Gretchen’s weight ballooned again when her mom was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s Disease. Gretchen became her primary caregiver, took on the management of her mother’s small business, and was responsible for her mother’s personal and health affairs, all while juggling her career. The weight of being a full-time caregiver left Gretchen physically and emotionally exhausted.  Like many caregivers, she was chronically stressed and started suffering from depression. Simultaneously, the Covid pandemic swept through North America, her mother’s condition worsened, and by 46 years old, Gretchen had reached her all-time highest weight of 220 pounds (100 kg).  A sudden health scare forced Gretchen to take a hard look at her lifestyle and to make drastic changes to reclaim her health. After 15 months of Intermittent Fasting, Gretchen reached her goal weight range of 140-150 pounds (63-68 kg). She continues to try new fasting protocols and works to strengthen her fasting muscles by practising TRE, mindful eating, and avoiding sugar and processed foods. She fully embraces her new fasting lifestyle and strives for optimal health.

By Joe Bernardo RN.

My wife and I are Registered Nurses by profession.  Despite knowing how to “eat healthy” and what the guidelines recommend, I found myself to be in the worst health and shape about a year and three months ago.  I was 42 years old, and my BMI breached 30; I had RA, sciatic issues, and undiagnosed sleep apnea. I was also getting short of breath with minimal activity.  I also found out, later in my journey, that I had been pre-diabetic and possibly diabetic.  This did not surprise me as I was addicted to sodas, often drinking 6-8 glasses with dinner!  Unfortunately, I did not have any baseline labs drawn before fasting and keto, and I was already 5-6 months into it when I had my A1C completed. 

Fasting has changed our lives as all of my chronic and acute issues are now gone!  I live out a baseline 18:6 protocol with extended water fasts of 36 hours and beyond bi weekly!

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Please consider joining the Fasting Highway Patreon community.

I strongly urge you to do so if you need more accountability and support for not a lot each month, as it is helping so many people to do that.

It has become an excellent add-on to our patrons' IF lifestyle, who enjoy a lot of bonus content to support them living an IF life, and it supports me in getting the podcast out and running the Facebook group.

For less than a cup of coffee a month, you can join and support your own health goals.

Please go to www.patreon.com/thefastinghighway to see the benefits you get back and how to join.

Private coaching by Graeme. Graeme is available on a limited basis for private one-on-one coaching and mentoring sessions with you. He can help you with those burning questions about how to get started or overcome issues no matter what phase you are up to on your intermittent fasting journey. Get accountable and come and have a chat with Graeme, who is vastly experienced in all areas of intermittent fasting and the mindset it takes.

To book a time, go to the website and click Get help/coaching. www.thefastinghighway.com

Graeme's book The Fasting Highway can be found at your local Amazon store in paperback and Kindle. Disclaimer: Nothing in this podcast should be taken as medical advice. All content is the opinion of the host and guest only.

Michelle Montone is the Host of The Fast and Fabulous Podcast and founder of the Facebook group of the same name. Michelle returns to the podcast today as we check in with her and find out what she has been up to since last on the show in episodes 41 and 165. Michelle has lost an incredible 50 pounds (23 kg) and lives in Florida with her lovely husband and two children. Michelle is also an intermittent fasting coach; she not only shares her inspiring journey in this episode. We also get Michelle to answer a few common questions about intermittent fasting. Michelle is passionate about helping others and is known for her insights and practical advice.

To connect with Michelle and find details about her podcast, click here.

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Please consider joining the Fasting Highway Patreon community.

I strongly urge you to do so if you need more accountability and support for not a lot each month, as it is helping so many people to do that.

It has become an excellent add-on to our patrons' IF lifestyle, who enjoy a lot of bonus content to support them living an IF life, and it supports me in getting the podcast out and running the Facebook group.

For less than a cup of coffee a month, you can join and support your own health goals.

Please go to www.patreon.com/thefastinghighway to see the benefits you get back and how to join.

Private coaching by Graeme. Graeme is available on a limited basis for private one-on-one coaching and mentoring sessions with you. He can help you with those burning questions about how to get started or overcome issues no matter what phase you are up to on your intermittent fasting journey. Get accountable and come and have a chat with Graeme, who is vastly experienced in all areas of intermittent fasting and the mindset it takes.

To book a time, go to the website and click Get help/coaching. www.thefastinghighway.com

Graeme's book The Fasting Highway can be found at your local Amazon store in paperback and Kindle. Disclaimer: Nothing in this podcast should be taken as medical advice. All content is the opinion of the host and guest only.

I am joined by my co-host for this episode in Karen Cahill who lives in Atlanta Georgia in the USA. Karen has been on the podcast in earlier episodes #117 #191 where you can hear her full backstory of how IF changed her life. In this episode we have a candid discussion about our weight loss transformations and offer some insights and encouragement based on our experiences living a successful intermittent fasting lifestyle.

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Our Patreon Supporters Community

Please consider joining the Fasting Highway Patreon community.

I strongly urge you to do so if you need more accountability and support for not a lot each month, as it is helping so many people to do that.

It has become an excellent add-on to our patrons' IF lifestyle, who enjoy a lot of bonus content to support them living an IF life, and it supports me in getting the podcast out and running the Facebook group.

For less than a cup of coffee a month, you can join and support your own health goals.

Please go to www.patreon.com/thefastinghighway to see the benefits you get back and how to join.

Private coaching by Graeme. Graeme is available on a limited basis for private one-on-one coaching and mentoring sessions with you. He can help you with those burning questions about how to get started or overcome issues no matter what phase you are up to on your intermittent fasting journey. Get accountable and come and have a chat with Graeme, who is vastly experienced in all areas of intermittent fasting and the mindset it takes.

To book a time, go to the website and click Get help/coaching. www.thefastinghighway.com

Graeme's book The Fasting Highway can be found at your local Amazon store in paperback and Kindle.

Disclaimer: Nothing in this podcast should be taken as medical advice. All content is the opinion of the host and guest only.

Susanne struggled with her weight for most of her adult life, losing and re-gaining the same 30-odd lbs over and over and over. She tried several diets, including Weight Watchers, calorie counting, and keto. Although she lost weight with all the diets, none of them were sustainable, and the calorie counting, macro tracking, and food restrictions made her miserable. In 2019, she tried intermittent fasting and lost 38 lbs (17kg). Her weight before IF generally ranged from about 220 lbs (100kg) to 180 lbs (81kg). At 5’9” tall (1.75m) this had put her in the overweight to obese range for many years. After a slight adjustment in her maintenance routine, she has successfully kept the weight off and has settled in at 160-165 lbs (72-75kg), a weight she had not seen since her late 20s. Although she started fasting for the weight loss, she has kept doing it for the many health improvements that fasting brought to her life.These included:

·       a reduction in blood pressure and resting heart rate,

·       the elimination of plantar fasciitis, which she had since her 20s,

·       the elimination of dry eyes, which she had since her 30s,

·       the elimination of keratosis pilaris (red bumps on skin) which she had since her teens,

·       significant reduction in joint pain and foot calluses.

 On most days, Susanne sticks to one meal a day (dinner) and generally eats between 5 and 9 pm. She is thrilled to have ditched the counting and tracking!

Susanne is a retired scientist and medical writer. She and her husband spent nearly two years as nomads in the US and then New Zealand before moving to New Zealand in 2022. She’s a big fan of travelling, languages, pilates, hiking, gardening, cooking, wine, and dogs.

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Our Patreon Supporters Community

Please consider joining the Fasting Highway Patreon community.

I strongly urge you to do so if you need more accountability and support for not a lot each month, as it is helping so many people to do that.

It has become an excellent add-on to our patrons' IF lifestyle, who enjoy a lot of bonus content to support them living an IF life, and it supports me in getting the podcast out and running the Facebook group.

For less than a cup of coffee a month, you can join and support your own health goals.

Please go to www.patreon.com/thefastinghighway to see the benefits you get back and how to join.

Private coaching by Graeme. Graeme is available on a limited basis for private one-on-one coaching and mentoring sessions with you. He can help you with those burning questions about how to get started or overcome issues no matter what phase you are up to on your intermittent fasting journey. Get accountable and come and have a chat with Graeme, who is vastly experienced in all areas of intermittent fasting and the mindset it takes.

To book a time, go to the website and click Get help/coaching. www.thefastinghighway.com

Graeme's book The Fasting Highway can be found at your local Amazon store in paperback and Kindle. Disclaimer: Nothing in this podcast should be taken as medical advice. All content is the opinion of the host and guest only.

This week, Graeme answers some listener questions and gives some advice about living an intermittent fasting lifestyle. Our guests will return next week in a great line-up for 2024. Thank you to all of our listeners. We are looking forward to bringing you some great IF stories this year.

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THE AUDIOBOOK IS HERE!!! I am excited to share that the audiobook for The Fasting Highway is now here and available on Apple Books, Tunes, Spotify, Kobo, and Audiobooks.com. Hooplah, Barnes and Noble, Books A Million -BAM and many more platforms. It is not yet available on Audible. Our Patreon Supporters Community You can win a mentoring prize, get exclusive early access to the podcast audio series Patreon members Plus, bonus content and bi-monthly Zoom accountability meetings for our patrons to support your fasting journey, which Myself hosts and facilitates. Please consider joining the Patreon community. I strongly urge you to do so, as it is helping many people. It has become an excellent tool as an add-on to our patron's IF lifestyle. Given the benefits you get back, it will be the best five or ten dollars a month to spend on your health.

Please go to www.patreon.com/thefastinghighway to see the benefits you get back and how to join.

Private coaching by Graeme. Graeme is now available for private one-on-one coaching and mentoring sessions with you. He can help you with those burning questions about how to get started or overcome issues no matter what phase you are up to on your intermittent fasting journey. Get accountable and come and have a chat with Graeme, who is vastly experienced in all areas of intermittent fasting and the mindset it takes. To book a time, go to the website and click Get help/coaching. www.thefastinghighway.com

Graeme's book The Fasting Highway can be found at your local Amazon store in paperback and Kindle. Disclaimer: Nothing in this podcast should be taken as medical advice. All content is the opinion of the host and guest only.

As we transition into 2024 and step back into the recording studio we replay episode 180 All about the Carnivore Lifestyle with coach and fasting success story Emily Harveaux. We will be back next week with all new episodes in 2024. Happy New year to you and all in your circle.

Emily Harveaux is a passionate fasting and carnivore coach specializing in mindset, goal-setting, and creating a thriving lifestyle. She has lost 150 pounds by combining intermittent fasting and the carnivore diet.  Emily has seen improvements in mood, energy, and outlook by using the ancient healing tools of fasting and carnivore.  She serves as a coach in a large online community committed to encourage and educate members to make decisions to feel their absolute best. She shares her approach and success tips on Instagram @healedbymeat and can be found on youtube @emilyharveaux 

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THE AUDIOBOOK IS HERE!!! I am excited to share that the audiobook for The Fasting Highway is now here and available on Apple Books, Tunes, Spotify, Kobo, and Audiobooks.com. Hooplah, Barnes and Noble, Books A Million -BAM and many more platforms. It is not yet available on Audible. Our Patreon Supporters Community You can win a mentoring prize, get exclusive early access to the podcast audio series Patreon members Plus, bonus content and bi-monthly Zoom accountability meetings for our patrons to support your fasting journey, which Myself hosts and facilitates. Please consider joining the Patreon community. I strongly urge you to do so, as it is helping many people. It has become an excellent tool as an add-on to our patron's IF lifestyle. It will be the best five or ten dollars a month you could spend on your health, given the benefits you get back.

Please go to www.patreon.com/thefastinghighway to see the benefits you get back and how to join from 0.17 cents or 0.33 cents per day, which, given the cost, you get a lot in return for that.

Private coaching by Graeme. Graeme is now available for private one-on-one coaching and mentoring sessions with you. He can help you with those burning questions about how to get started or overcome issues no matter what phase you are up to on your intermittent fasting journey. Get accountable and come and have a chat with Graeme, who is vastly experienced in all areas of intermittent fasting and the mindset it takes. To book a time, go to the website and click Get help/coaching. www.thefastinghighway.com Disclaimer: Nothing in this podcast should be taken as medical advice. All content is the opinion of the host and guest only.

By Chrissy Carter I have struggled with my weight since I was a teenager; after school, when I started working, I started dieting. I lost weight and got pregnant with my first; I only put on 2kgs my whole pregnancy, and I was lighter after I had her. I spent my 20s either pregnant or breastfeeding. After four children, I thought I was done, so I returned to the gym and lost weight, eating six small meals daily. I then stopped working at the gym, stopped working out, and then got pregnant again. After I had my last daughter, I struggled again to lose the weight I would lose then gain. Doing all the things I knew. Then, my marriage ended abruptly, and my weight piled on. When I met my now husband, I was at my heaviest, 120kgs, despite my age and weight being against me. At 44, I became pregnant with our son. I lost 10kgs when I was pregnant with him. Towards the end of 2019, I started Keto and, over six months, lost 30kgs. Then, due to lots of stress and not having time to look after me, I put it all back on. Three months before my 50th birthday I decided to start fasting again, I eat whole foods in my eating window. I wanted to lose 10kgs before my birthday, but I lost 20. Over the next six months, I lost another 15 kgs and have kept that off within 3kg on either side. I have lowered my BP and dropped from a size 20 to a size 12. I am blessed to walk along the beach at least 12km daily, sometimes double that. I am so grateful to Graeme Currie and the Fasting Highway family, who keep me on track.

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THE AUDIOBOOK IS HERE!!! I am excited to share that the audiobook for The Fasting Highway is now here and available on Apple Books, Tunes, Spotify, Kobo, and Audiobooks.com. Hooplah, Barnes and Noble, Books A Million -BAM and many more platforms. It is not yet available on Audible. Our Patreon Supporters Community You can win a mentoring prize, get exclusive early access to the podcast audio series Patreon members Plus, bonus content and bi-monthly Zoom accountability meetings for our patrons to support your fasting journey, which Myself hosts and facilitates. Please consider joining the Patreon community. I strongly urge you to do so, as it is helping many people. It has become an excellent tool as an add-on to our patron's IF lifestyle. It will be the best five or ten dollars a month you could spend on your health, given the benefits you get back.

Please go to www.patreon.com/thefastinghighway to see the benefits you get back and how to join from 0.17 cents or 0.33 cents per day, which, given the cost, you get a lot in return for that.

Private coaching by Graeme. Graeme is now available for private one-on-one coaching and mentoring sessions with you. He can help you with those burning questions about how to get started or overcome issues no matter what phase you are up to on your intermittent fasting journey. Get accountable and come and have a chat with Graeme, who is vastly experienced in all areas of intermittent fasting and the mindset it takes. To book a time, go to the website and click Get help/coaching. www.thefastinghighway.com Disclaimer: Nothing in this podcast should be taken as medical advice. All content is the opinion of the host and guest only.

Bio By Kathryn Sternfels

I am 65 yrs. old.  5’1”.  HW ever 250lbs.  SW 221 lbs. CW 196 lbs.  Loss of 25 lbs. since July 2023.  I cut my insulin level from a 15 to an 8 in 3 months.  On Dec. 13th, I’m having labs drawn, and I look forward to seeing the results and comparing them with last time. Cholesterol panel especially, as well as A1C.

I am a retired registered nurse, and I was raised in the Northeast USA, in New England, in the State of Rhode Island. I am 5 years old. My dog Buddy and I moved to the coastal area of South Carolina.

My weight started going up following my divorce, which was in 1991. I did not see that coming, and with two very young daughters, it completely shattered my hopes & dreams.  I was suddenly in a life I didn’t recognize and never thought I’d be in.  I admit I didn’t handle it well.  Eventually, I settled into the 230-235 lbs. and stayed there for decades.  I used food to take my emotional pain and to shield myself from the world.

In 2019, I attended the wedding of my cousin Lisa’s daughter.  We don’t get to see each other much in person, and I couldn’t believe how GREAT Lisa looked. Of course, I asked, and she said “intermittent fasting,” to which I was inertly horrified at hearing this and thought “, Oh! No way in hell would I even CONSIDER such a thing like that?  Who would DO that???”.  I felt that because I realised that I had always thought I knew what I was doing all my life.  Ha!  THAT joke was on me.

During the following three years or so, I “dabbled” in IF.  I read/internet searched/you, tubed/podcasted Jason Fung, Gin Stephens, you and anyone else whose name I heard mentioned by these people.  Anything and everything I get my hands on to learn about IF and all the other health-related rabbit holes leads one down.

I’ve taken part in the Zoe study, which was enlightening, and now I am entering my 2nd month of a 3-month subscription to Nutri and & am utilizing a CGM for the data. I am not diabetic.

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THE AUDIOBOOK IS HERE!!! I am excited to share that the audiobook for The Fasting Highway is now here and available on Apple Books, Tunes, Spotify, Kobo, and Audiobooks.com. Hooplah, Barnes and Noble, Books A Million -BAM and many more platforms. It is not yet available on Audible. Our Patreon Supporters Community You can win a mentoring prize, get exclusive early access to the podcasts, and access to the Fasting Highway audiobook at the top tier level. Plus, bonus content and bi-monthly online coffee catch-ups via Zoom for our patrons will be hosted by me to support your fasting journey. Please consider this, as we must get the support of the listeners to bring it to you each week commercial-free. Please go to www.patreon.com/thefastinghighway to see the benefits you get back and how to join from 0.17 cents pr 0.33 cents per day, the cost of a Grand Latte a month! Private coaching by Graeme. Graeme is now available for private one-on-one coaching and mentoring sessions with you. He can help you with those burning questions about how to get started or overcome issues no matter what phase you are up to on your intermittent fasting journey. Get accountable and come and have a chat with Graeme, who is vastly experienced in all areas of intermittent fasting and the mindset it takes. To book a time, go to the website and click Get help/coaching. www.thefastinghighway.com Disclaimer-Nothing in this podcast should be taken as medical advice. All content is the opinion of the host and guest only.

Maryanne Liess is a repeat guest, and we talk about all things ADF Alternate Day Fasting and the right and wrong reasons to do it.

Maryanne is a moderator on The Fasting Highway Facebook community. She is known as Fifi Di Foofi and has had a fantastic journey with ADF.

She divides her time between her homes in Germany and France, and in this episode, she tells us just what her transformation has done for her in so many ways.

She gives an excellent overview of ADF and how she has had great success with it.

Michelle Foster is a writer and researcher who lives in Illinois with her husband and three teenagers. She has struggled with her weight since about age 12, and has had many highs and fewer lows, but always concerned about her weight. Obesity runs in her family, and she tried many things over the years for weight control, including tracking calories, running, Weight Watchers and various types of fasting. She had success losing 40+ pounds more than once, but over time the weight always crept back on and she felt worse than before. In 2022, she decided to try “clean” fasting after hearing about it for a couple of years. She was pretty skeptical it would be any different than any other fasting style, but she was wrong! She has lost more than 50 pounds even while going on vacations, holidays and other life stressors, and has now been maintaining her loss for more than 3 months. She has no plan to go back to a “regular” style of eating! Michelle loves hiking and outdoor activities such as kayaking and cross-country skiing. It's easier to move and play with less weight, and she's looking forward to years of activity, able to maintain her weight loss with fasting.

The Fasting Highway News THE AUDIOBOOK IS HERE!!! I am excited to share that the audiobook for The Fasting Highway is now here and available on Apple Books, Tunes, Spotify, Kobo, and Audiobooks.com. Hooplah, Barnes and Noble, Books A Million -BAM and many more platforms. It is not yet available on Audible. Our Patreon Supporters Community You can win a mentoring prize, get exclusive early access to the podcasts, and access to the Fasting Highway audiobook at the top tier level. Plus, bonus content and bi-monthly online coffee catch-up via Zoom for our patrons hosted by myself to support your fasting journey. Please consider this, as we must get the support of the listeners to bring it to you each week commercial-free. Please go to www.patreon.com/thefastinghighway to see the benefits you get back and how to join from 0.17 cents pr 0.33 cents per day, the cost of a Grand Latte a month! Private coaching by Graeme. Graeme is now available for private one-on-one coaching and mentoring sessions with you. He can help you with those burning questions about how to get started or overcome issues no matter what phase you are up to on your intermittent fasting journey. Get accountable and come and have a chat with Graeme, who is vastly experienced in all areas of intermittent fasting and the mindset it takes. To book a time, go to the website and click Get help/coaching. www.thefastinghighway.com

Disclaimer-Nothing in this podcast should be taken as medical advice. All content is the opinion of the host and guest only.

A revisit podcast this week as we prepare episode 200 hosted by my forever girl which will be out next week.

I have just returned from vacation and looking forward to bringing some great episodes to you in the future.

A great relisten and reminder from Gin as we talked about her own IF journey and pathway to becoming a bestselling author.

Next Sunday we resume normal transmission on the fasting highway podcast super excited about bringing up episode 200 it has been quite the ride.

Elaine Heyworth was last on the podcast in episode 104. Elaine has had an incredible journey with IF, including some bumps in the road with regain while maintaining,

After a chat with Graeme, she knuckled down, and as you will hear in the episode, she got back on the road to her continued success.

The Fasting Highway News THE AUDIOBOOK IS HERE!!! I am excited to share that the audiobook for The Fasting Highway is now here and available on Apple Books, Tunes, Spotify, Kobo, and Audiobooks.com. Hooplah, Barnes and Noble, Books A Million -BAM and many more platforms. It is not yet available on Audible. Our Patreon Supporters Community You can win a mentoring prize, get exclusive early access to the podcasts, and access to the Fasting Highway audiobook at the top tier level. Plus, bonus content and bi-monthly online coffee catch-up via Zoom for our patrons hosted by myself to support your fasting journey. Please consider this, as we must get the support of the listeners to bring it to you each week commercial-free. Please go to www.patreon.com/thefastinghighway to see the benefits you get back and how to join from 0.17 cents pr 0.33 cents per day, the cost of a Grand Latte a month! Private coaching by Graeme. Graeme is now available for private one-on-one coaching and mentoring sessions with you. He can help you with those burning questions about how to get started or overcome issues no matter what phase you are up to on your intermittent fasting journey. Get accountable and come and have a chat with Graeme, who is vastly experienced in all areas of intermittent fasting and the mindset it takes. To book a time, go to the website and click Get help/coaching. www.thefastinghighway.com Disclaimer-Nothing in this podcast should be taken as medical advice. All content is the opinion of the host and guest only.

Jackie

Hello, I am Neil Shultz, 58 years old. I never really had much to be concerned about regarding my weight until, while serving in the National Guard, I realised that my uniform is no longer fit.  This was around the year 2000. I went to my supply Sergeant's office to order a bigger uniform. My first introduction to IF was my wife doing a form of it and explaining it all to me. I wrote it off as just another diet. It wasn't until November 2020 that my sister sent me a message and said you gotta listen to this, she said she was hooked on it. A 20-minute interview with Dr Jason Fung on YouTube was the beginning of my life change.. From there, I read all i could on intermittent fasting.

 I would say the beginning of fasting for me was rather reckless, I would do OMAD, a three-day fast, OMAD for a few days, a five-day fast, OMAD for a few days, a three-day fast, OMAD and on and on for quite some time until several months later I found that OMAD and clean fasting is the way to go. I now maintain my weight from an all-time high of between 210 to 220 pounds. Currently, I am maintaining 140 with up to a 5-pound variance.

I gave up all sugar after listening to the Netta Gorman Podcast. for a considerable amount of time. Currently, my sugar intake is limited to a few times a month.

My name is Susi Shultz; I am 55 years old, and I have always struggled with my weight, always knowing that I was different from my sister and cousin, who were both thin in elementary and high school. While in high school in the mid-80s I went on a “diet” which unknown to me was really intermittent fasting, I would eat only one meal a day.  My family and friends thought I was starving myself, but it worked!  I even joined the field hockey team!  After starting to eat 3 meals a day again I regained the weight.  I also hid food; in elementary and high school my family didn’t buy snacks or sugary cereals, but I would create my own sugary snacks.  I secretly would mix peanut butter and brown sugar and eat it.  I also would pour sugar on my cereal in the mornings.  Then , after having my son at age 21, I ballooned up bigger than ever and stayed that way until my son was 11 or 12.  I thought “This is it” and went on another “diet”. I then lost 100 pounds just by eating one hot dog and one potato a day, not realizing that what I was doing was intermittent fasting.  I thought I was “calorie counting”.  Again, the weight returned after going back to “regular” eating.  Then, in 2013, I had gastric sleeve surgery in which I lost 85 lbs., not realizing this was a form of fasting- at least for me.  After three years, the weight started returning; it was very disappointing and embarrassing because I was so proud of losing all the weight to see it creep back on.  Then, In 2021, my husband and I learned about intermittent fasting, and we jumped headfirst into the lifestyle with hope and enthusiasm.  There was something that promised so much for so little!  Learning about insulin, spikes, and how they affect weight gain more than calories was/is a game-changer for us!  It makes sense now how I lost weight those other times and ultimately gained back because I went back to “normal” eating.  Also, a couple of years after my sleeve surgery, I started drinking a lot of red wine; in 2019, my husband and I read “This Naked Mind” by Annie Grace.  After reading this book, we never had another drink.  Also, thanks to the urging of Graeme Currie, with whom I booked a one-on-one coaching session, I now drink my coffee black; I never thought that would even be possible.  Because Graeme explained the importance of “clean fasting”, he made me realize how even something like cream could break a fast.  Now, I can’t even drink coffee with cream in my window; it makes me feel too full.  I am forever grateful to Graeme Currie and the fasting community for the support and help in maintaining a 75 lb. weight loss.

Jane is a 61-year-old mother of two grown-up daughters from the UK. She has struggled with maintaining weight loss after trying almost every known weight loss route throughout her adult life. She was a Registered Nurse for over 40 years and, after reflecting during the Covid pandemic, decided to take retirement at 59 and move to Yorkshire to be nearer to her daughters. She had been interested in gut health (the microbiome)for some years and followed Zoe on social media for information. In October 2022, she joined the Zoe Big IF study and found how wonderful fasting could be. She found The Fasting Highway Facebook group through the Podcast and joined the Patreon community, which she has found exceptionally inspiring and supportive. Alongside fasting, she tested with Zoe, changing her eating habits to incorporate foods matching her needs. A year later, she has lost 85lbs (39kg or just over 6st) and gained vitality and a new zest for life.

The Fasting Highway News THE AUDIOBOOK IS HERE!!! I am excited to share that the audiobook for The Fasting Highway is now here and available on Apple Books, Tunes, Spotify, Kobo, and Audiobooks.com. Hooplah, Barnes and Noble, Books A Million -BAM and many more platforms. It is not yet available on Audible. Our Patreon Supporters Community You can win a mentoring prize, get exclusive early access to the podcasts, and access to the Fasting Highway audiobook at the top tier level. Plus, bonus content and bi-monthly online coffee catch-up via Zoom for our patrons hosted by myself to support your fasting journey. Please consider this, as we must get the support of the listeners to bring it to you each week commercial-free. Please go to www.patreon.com/thefastinghighway to see the benefits you get back and how to join from 0.17 cents pr 0.33 cents per day, the cost of a Grand Latte a month! Private coaching by Graeme. Graeme is now available for private one-on-one coaching and mentoring sessions with you. He can help you with those burning questions about how to get started or overcome issues no matter what phase you are up to on your intermittent fasting journey. Get accountable and come and have a chat with Graeme, who is vastly experienced in all areas of intermittent fasting and the mindset it takes. To book a time, go to the website and click Get help/coaching. www.thefastinghighway.com Disclaimer-Nothing in this podcast should be taken as medical advice. All content is the opinion of the host and guest only.  

Jude’s Bio.

Jude grew up being active – played netball, basketball, and swimming carnivals. Always had the eat what was on your plate mentality, but weight never used to be a focus for her until her early 40s, and then it was the mentality of eating less and moving more to try and lose weight. The weight slowly started to pile on, and the usual strategies were not working. And she had resolved that this was just what happens as you get older. She didn’t feel good about herself, and her clothes were not fitting; her body was aching, and she started not to want to go out. After hearing about IF in October 2022, listening to audiobooks, and getting some information, she decided to try it as a last resort. After a few months, she lost several kgs, and her body wasn’t aching as much. Her initial focus was just to lose weight, but as time went on, she noticed other areas that improved, such as more energy and mental clarity, but also how much changes in mindset and how she viewed things made a difference. In February 2023, after having a 1:1 Zoom call with Graeme Currie TFH this helped her to establish her way to make a better plan to move forward along the journey. Mindset change was key to helping her move forward. Jude reached her goal weight in July 2023 but has gained so much more from the IF lifestyle.

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THE AUDIOBOOK IS HERE!!! I am excited to share that the audiobook for The Fasting Highway is now here and available on Apple Books, Tunes, Spotify, Kobo, and Audiobooks.com. Hooplah, Barnes and Noble, Books A Million -BAM and many more platforms. It is not yet available on Audible.

Our Patreon Supporters Community You can win a mentoring prize, get exclusive early access to the podcasts, and access to the Fasting Highway audiobook at the top tier level. Plus, bonus content and bi-monthly online coffee catch-up via Zoom for our patrons hosted by myself to support your fasting journey. Please consider this, as we must get the support of the listeners to bring it to you each week commercial-free. Please go to www.patreon.com/thefastinghighway to see the benefits you get back and how to join from 0.17 cents pr 0.33 cents per day, the cost of a Grand Latte a month!

Private coaching by Graeme.

Graeme is now available for private one-on-one coaching and mentoring sessions with you. He can help you with those burning questions about how to get started or overcome issues no matter what phase you are up to on your intermittent fasting journey. Get accountable and come and have a chat with Graeme, who is vastly experienced in all areas of intermittent fasting and the mindset it takes. To book a time, go to the website and click Get help/coaching.

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Karen is 63 years old and has tried just about every diet you can think of – The Scarsdale Diet, Atkins and keto diets, Weight Watchers, Noom, cabbage soup,

Healthy Inspirations, grapefruit diet, Whole30, Slim-Fast, South Beach, Green Smoothie Diet, Nutrisystem, hCG – if one has heard of it, Karen probably was on it.  

Some of these diets brought Karen temporary success, and others caused her to gain weight or slow her metabolism.  None of them were sustainable, and the weight always crept back. One day in the summer of 2020, Karen was perusing Facebook and saw a photo of her sister-in-law, Dedra Campbell.  Karen thought Dedra had posted a “Throwback Thursday” photo, as her sister-in-law looked young, slim, and glowing.  Karen was shocked to learn the photo was recent, so she immediately called her sister-in-law to find out what she did to lose weight and, seemingly, age backwards.  Dedra told her the secret was Intermittent Fasting, which brought up negative thoughts and feelings in Karen.  However, with her sister-in-law’s encouragement, she listened to the basics of the program and bought the book she recommended, “Fast.Feast.Repeat.” by Gin Stephens.  Karen read the book and said she would try it for one day to see how it went.  On August 13, 2020, Karen did an 18/6 fast. When Karen spoke to Dedra about her “trial”, she said it went well and that she would “Start on Monday”.  Dedra encouraged Karen to start right away – after all, she’d just completed her first day of fasting.  Karen agreed and continued fasting with 18/6 since then and has never looked back.  Karen has been faithfully fasting every day since her “trial”. Karen is 5’5”, and her highest weight ever was 208 pounds.  At that weight, she could not bend over to tie her shoes and was always out of breath.  Karen’s IF starting weight was 175.4 pounds, and she set her goal weight at 160 pounds (because she didn’t think at her age, she could get below that number without struggling).  On July 3, 2023, Karen weighed 149 pounds, a weight she hadn’t seen in almost 20 years.  The best thing – there was no struggle.  Yes, it did take nearly three years to lose the weight, but Karen is a Type II Diabetic and has insulin resistance and is menopausal.  While Karen didn’t experience the rapid weight loss that some people are fortunate enough to experience with IF, Karen trusted the process and kept going, sharing NSVs all the time. Intermittent fasting changed Karen’s life and it’s a lifestyle she will stay with forever, as it’s effortless for her.

The Fasting Highway News

THE AUDIOBOOK IS HERE!!! I am excited to share that the audiobook for The Fasting Highway is now here and available on Apple Books, Tunes, Spotify, Kobo, and Audiobooks.com. Hooplah, Barnes and Noble, Books A Million -BAM and many more platforms. It is not yet available on Audible.

Our Patreon Supporters Community You can win a mentoring prize, get exclusive early access to the podcasts, and access to the Fasting Highway audiobook at the top tier level. Plus, bonus content and bi-monthly online coffee catch-up via Zoom for our patrons hosted by myself to support your fasting journey. Please consider this, as we must get the support of the listeners to bring it to you each week commercial-free. Please go to www.patreon.com/thefastinghighway to see the benefits you get back and how to join from 0.17 cents pr 0.33 cents per day, the cost of a Grand Latte a month!

Private coaching by Graeme.

Graeme is now available for private one-on-one coaching and mentoring sessions with you. He can help you with those burning questions about how to get started or overcome issues no matter what phase you are up to on your intermittent fasting journey. Get accountable and come and have a chat with Graeme, who is vastly experienced in all areas of intermittent fasting and the mindset it takes. To book a time, go to the website and click Get help/coaching.

www.thefastinghighway.com

By Karen Cahill

I am 59, and I was born in England, but my parents emigrated to NZ when I was 9. I went through school and Teacher’s College in Christchurch, NZ and taught elementary school for a few years before heading overseas. I lived for four years in Japan and four years in Seoul, Korea (teaching English) before settling in the US. I have travelled extensively and loved living in and learning about other cultures. I live outside Atlanta, Georgia and work in the advertising and marketing industry. I am lucky enough to have my mum and sister live 3 minutes away. My extended family is in the US and the UK, but I am still in touch with friends I have made worldwide. I love cooking (and eating), reading, and travel.

Karen has had a remarkable journey with IF, as you will hear in the episode, losing over 130 pounds and 60 Kg, a fantastic feat and one that has inspired many others. She is a ray of light in the Fasting Highway Facebook group, where all truly appreciate her insights and help. Karen was last on the podcast back in episode 117. Earlier this year, Karen got some news that is every parent's worst nightmare. We honour the memory of Karen's son in this episode.

The Fasting Highway News

THE AUDIOBOOK IS HERE!!! I am excited to share that the audiobook for The Fasting Highway is now here and available on Apple Books, tunes, Spotify, Kobo, and Audiobooks.com. Hooplah, Barnes and Noble, Books A Million -BAM and many more platforms. It is not yet available on Audible.

Our Patreon Supporters Community You can win a mentoring prize, get exclusive early access to the podcasts, and access to the fasting highway audiobook at the top tier level. Plus, bonus content and bi-monthly online coffee catch-up via Zoom for our patrons hosted by myself to support your fasting journey. Please consider this, as we must get the support of the listeners to bring it to you each week commercial-free. Please go to www.patreon.com/thefastinghighway to see the benefits you get back and how to join from 0.17 cents pr 0.33 cents per day, the cost of a Grand Latte a month!

Private coaching by Graeme.

Graeme is now available for private one-on-one coaching and mentoring sessions with you. He can help you with those burning questions about how to get started or overcome issues no matter what phase you are up to on your intermittent fasting journey. Get accountable and come and have a chat with Graeme, who is vastly experienced in all areas of intermittent fasting and the mindset it takes. To book a time, go to the website and click Get help/coaching.

www.thefastinghighway.com

I can’t remember when I was not focused on my body image. Growing up in Southern California in the 80s as a teenager, imagine was everything. We were bombarded by MTV videos with pictures of beautiful skinny models living life to the extreme yet maintaining a perfect body. I developed very young and was constantly reminded that I was a curvy girl. After having some weight issues as an adolescent, going through puberty, and having my two best girlfriends move away, I can clearly remember the day I discovered I could use food as comfort. I was eating a bag of Doritos while watching TV and felt how the food immediately gave me a sense of relief and a numbing feeling. So, I ate and ate and became chubby. But once I started High School, I felt the pressure of Hollywood nearby, the influence of MTV, and I became a bit boy crazy, so I reeled in the eating and was able to maintain a smaller size; what I kept a secret was I was really binge eating and purging all through high school and into my early 20’s. After a very emotional break-up with my high school boyfriend, I reached my all-time lowest weight. I barely ate anything, and my eating disorder was out of control. The sad thing was nobody even noticed because our toxic society at the time encouraged us to be thin. Being thin was also considered to be desired in my family. Fat people were viewed as being out of control and not disciplined. I do not blame my family or have any negative feelings regarding my childhood. My parents were doing their best and passing on their upbringing.

I started clean fasting in November 2021 and have fasted every day since. I lost the first 20 pounds in the first few months doing a 16/8 approach but then had to do deep dives to find the root causes of my continued health issues. I have fired my primary doctor and found a very helpful endocrinologist who helped me discover that I had zero hormones, had thyroid antibodies and had already gone through menopause. My bloodwork in the previous years was explained to me as “normal,” but what wasn’t described was the numbers were typical for a post-menopausal woman. I had no idea because, in my early forties, I had an ablation surgery that stopped my cycles yet allowed me to have hormones. I had no tell-tell signs of menopause except the weight gain and a feeling of complete despair. So, between fasting and starting HRT, I have successfully lost all my weight gain, and I’m now just living my lifestyle without fear of gaining it back. I’m incredibly grateful to all those who have supported me on this journey. From all the supportive medical professionals to the people like me who successfully found their way back to health and are now sharing their stories to inspire others, I thank you!

The Fasting Highway News

THE AUDIOBOOK IS HERE!!! Excited to share that the audiobook for the fasting highway is now here and available on apple books, tunes, Spotify, Kobo, and Audiobooks.com. Hooplah, Barnes and Noble, Books A Million -BAM and many more platforms. It is not yet available on Audible.

Our Patreon Supporters Community You can win a mentoring prize, get exclusive early access to the podcasts, and access to the fasting highway audiobook at the top tier level. Plus, bonus content and bi-monthly online coffee catch-up via Zoom for our patrons hosted by myself to support your fasting journey. Please consider this, as we must get the support of the listeners to bring it to you each week commercial-free. Please go to www.patreon.com/thefastinghighway to see the benefits you get back and how to join from 0.17 cents pr 0.33 cents per day, the cost of a Grand Latte a month!

Private coaching by Graeme.

Graeme is now available for private one-on-one coaching and mentoring sessions with you. He can help you with those burning questions about how to get started or overcome issues no matter what phase you are up to on your intermittent fasting journey. Please go to. www.thefastinghighway.com

Neil is 55 years old.  He is a Sales Engineer from Pennsylvania in the US and does a good amount of travelling for work.  He has two grown children and enjoys taking his dog on long walks. He is married to our longtime Fasting Highway member, Belle Swartz and started fasting at the beginning of 2022. Neil was a three-meal-a-day type of guy with some snacks in between.  He became interested in fasting after his wife, Belle, had been fasting for about four years.  He was intrigued by the ability to reduce the number of meals a day from three to two due to time issues. Neil jumped on the fasting bandwagon once he realized that he felt better with fewer meals and less food in general.  He has never looked back!

The Fasting Highway News

THE AUDIOBOOK IS HERE!!! Excited to share that the audiobook for the fasting highway is now here and available on apple books, tunes, Spotify, Kobo, and Audiobooks.com. Hooplah, Barnes and Noble, Books A Million -BAM and many more platforms. It is not yet available on Audible.

Our Patreon Supporters Community You can win a mentoring prize, get exclusive early access to the podcasts, and access to the fasting highway audiobook at the top tier level. Plus, bonus content and bi-monthly online coffee catch-up via Zoom for our patrons hosted by myself to support your fasting journey. Please consider this, as we must get the support of the listeners to bring it to you each week commercial-free. Please go to www.patreon.com/thefastinghighway to see the benefits you get back and how to join from 0.17 cents pr 0.33 cents per day, the cost of a Grand Latte a month!

Private coaching by Graeme.

Graeme is now available for private one-on-one coaching and mentoring sessions with you. He can help you with those burning questions about how to get started or overcome issues no matter what phase you are up to on your intermittent fasting journey. Get accountable and come and have a chat with Graeme, who is vastly experienced in all areas of intermittent fasting and the mindset it takes. To book a time, go to the website and click Get help/coaching.

www.thefastinghighway.com

Health & Wellness Coach Karen Finn started her intermittent fasting lifestyle five years ago at age 50 to tackle undesirable menopausal symptoms and return to feeling like herself again. She had spent several years struggling with various symptoms, including weight gain, after being diagnosed as postmenopausal at age 43. Although she had tried other "get healthy" regimens that promised boundless energy and weight loss, nothing delivered a sustainable solution. However, when Gin Stephens' book, Delay, Don't Deny, was recommended through a women's menopause Facebook group, things changed.

Karen wanted to lose the extra menopausal weight that had crept up, but she was mainly keen to improve her overall health and find more energy. After reading Gin's book and joining her DDD Facebook group, Karen jumped in with a 16:8 and never looked back.

Within the first several months, Karen lost the extra weight – around 6kg – and has maintained her ideal weight ever since. She also noticed some menopause-related "non-scale victories", like better sleep, more energy, more stable mood, less bloating, greater mental clarity, lower inflammation and fewer aches and pains.

Within two weeks of starting IF, and before she'd lost weight, friends started commenting that she looked well and were asking what she was doing differently. As her friends started experiencing menopausal symptoms, they came to her for advice. This led Karen down a new career path from health journalist to supporting menopausal women. A lot of Karen's friends followed suit with IF under her guidance. She was so blown away by her and her friends' transformations that she decided to make her career change official and retrained as a health & wellness coach.

Karen continues to write about menopause and intermittent fasting and is a regular contributor to Menopause Matters magazine and co-author of the best-selling book "Women Action Takers Who Gained By Losing: Inspirational and Motivational Stories from Women. Who Use Intermittent Fasting and Will Never Diet Again". She's passionate about helping women regain their old selves – those who felt vibrant, fun, sexy and had a zest for life – by using simple intermittent fasting and self-care strategies. Her most popular offering is the 6-week online course, The Fasting4Menopause Kickstart Programme, which has been very well received.

You can connect with Karen at www.karenfinn.net and follow her on Instagram at @KarenFinnHealth.

The Fasting Highway News

THE AUDIOBOOK IS HERE!!! Excited to share that the audiobook for the fasting highway is now here and available on apple books, tunes, Spotify, Kobo, and Audiobooks.com. Hooplah, Barnes and Noble, Books A Million -BAM and many more platforms. It is not yet available on Audible.

Our Patreon Supporters Community You can win a mentoring prize, get exclusive early access to the podcasts, and access to the fasting highway audiobook at the top tier level. Plus, bonus content and bi-monthly online coffee catch-up via Zoom for our patrons hosted by myself to support your fasting journey. Please consider this, as we must get the support of the listeners to bring it to you each week commercial-free. Please go to www.patreon.com/thefastinghighway to see the benefits you get back and how to join from 0.17 cents pr 0.33 cents per day, the cost of a Grand Latte a month!

Private coaching by Graeme.

Graeme is now available for private one-on-one coaching and mentoring sessions with you. He can help you with those burning questions about how to get started or overcome issues no matter what phase you are up to on your intermittent fasting journey. Get accountable and come and have a chat with Graeme, who is vastly experienced in all areas of intermittent fasting and the mindset it takes. To book a time, go to the website and click Get help/coaching.

www.thefastinghighway.com

A 36-year-old mother, wife and “chaos coordinator” juggling a busy phase of life with multiple activity schedules and a demanding career while continuing a wellness journey committed to overall health. It’s an absolute must to make myself a priority through the daily stressors of this busy phase of life as I let food be my comfort through decades of trauma comfort and since starting clean intermittent fasting in October 2019, I cannot see living my life any other way.  Intermittent Fasting over the last 3.5 years has laid the foundation for wellness for me and has allowed me to release 145 lbs. This lifestyle is a true passion of mine. I am committed to sharing my story as I am a different person today than I was when I started this journey. Physically yes, but so much more about me has changed as well. Living a life of body positivity and being able to move in ways I never could before was always just a dream if Intermittent Fasting saved my life from disordered eating and food obsession. It may help anyone that can take the time to listen to this podcast episode, too. 

The Fasting Highway News

THE AUDIOBOOK IS HERE!!! Excited to share that the audiobook for the fasting highway is now here and available on apple books, tunes, Spotify, Kobo, and Audiobooks.com. Hooplah, Barnes and Noble, Books A Million -BAM and many more platforms. It is not yet available on Audible.

Our Patreon Supporters Community You can win a mentoring prize, get exclusive early access to the podcasts, and access to the fasting highway audiobook at the top tier level. Plus, bonus content and bi-monthly online coffee catch-up via Zoom for our patrons hosted by myself to support your fasting journey. Please consider this, as we must get the support of the listeners to bring it to you each week commercial-free. Please go to www.patreon.com/thefastinghighway to see the benefits you get back and how to join from 0.17 cents pr 0.33 cents per day, the cost of a Grand Latte a month!

Private coaching by Graeme.

Graeme is now available for private one-on-one coaching and mentoring sessions with you. He can help you with those burning questions about how to get started or overcome issues no matter what phase you are up to on your intermittent fasting journey. Get accountable and come and have a chat with Graeme, who is vastly experienced in all areas of intermittent fasting and the mindset it takes. To book a time, go to the website and click Get help/coaching.

www.thefastinghighway.com . All times you see available are in your local time. You will also find information on the website on how to obtain a copy of his book The Fasting Highway with links to the Amazon store or how to buy it direct from Graeme if in Australia or New Zealand.

Disclaimer-Nothing you hear on the podcast should be taken as medical advice. Please always consult your doctor before beginning any health plan.

Alan Zerbe Bio:

 He lives in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, about 50 miles north of Philadelphia and 70 miles West of New York City. He is 58 and is Married; he has three grown daughters and twins. He currently works as an Art Director in marketing for a University. ". As a kid, he was often described as "skinny." And always struggled to gain weight at 17, he was 6'1", about 175 lbs. (or 79 Kilos). During his 20, 30's, 40's and 50's, He kept gaining until he reached his highest recorded weight of 294 lbs. (or 133 Kilos) on his 6'2" frame. His fasting journey began in May 2018, and he has not stopped for the past five plus years It has been a fantastic journey of learning and experimenting. It all started with him reading Jason Fung's book The Obesity Code and was interested in learning if his weight issues could be controlled with fasting. While his path has been far from perfect, he battles daily, doing the best fasting work that day! He has gotten as low as 189 lbs. or (86 Kilos). He is working hard in the maintenance phase. He loves the lifestyle and believes it to be life-changing in more ways than his exterior image might reflect. Deep inside, he knows he has become a better version of himself. 

In this episode, we follow up with Alan, where he is now since episode 103—many NSVS, and one in particular that will inspire us all.

The Fasting Highway News

THE AUDIOBOOK IS HERE!!! Excited to share that the audiobook for the fasting highway is now here and available on apple books, tunes, Spotify, Kobo, and Audiobooks.com. Hooplah, Barnes and Noble, Books A Million -BAM and many more platforms. It is not yet available on Audible.

Our Patreon Supporters Community You can win a mentoring prize, get exclusive early access to the podcasts, and access to the fasting highway audiobook at the top tier level. Plus, bonus content and bi-monthly online coffee catch-up via Zoom for our patrons hosted by myself to support your fasting journey. Please consider this, as we must get the support of the listeners to bring it to you each week commercial-free. Please go to www.patreon.com/thefastinghighway to see the benefits you get back and how to join from 0.17 cents pr 0.33 cents per day, the cost of a Grand Latte a month!

Private coaching by Graeme.

Graeme is now available for private one-on-one coaching and mentoring sessions with you. He can help you with those burning questions about how to get started or overcome issues no matter what phase you are up to on your intermittent fasting journey. Get accountable and come and have a chat with Graeme, who is vastly experienced in all areas of intermittent fasting and the mindset it takes. To book a time, go to the website and click Get help/coaching.

www.thefastinghighway.com . All times you see available are in your local time. You will also find information on the website on how to obtain a copy of his book The Fasting Highway with links to the Amazon store or how to buy it direct from Graeme if in Australia or New Zealand.

Disclaimer-Nothing you hear on the podcast should be taken as medical advice. Please always consult your doctor before beginning any health plan.

Bio From Episode 40.

Juliette Osborne has been a Christian for 25 years. During that time, she married her favourite person, Michael and had four terrific kids. She became sick during her 3rd pregnancy. Lupus, fibromyalgia, Reynaud, IBS, joint pain, brain fog, pericarditis, migraines, and unbearable fatigue became part of her daily life. Every day was a challenge to achieve any sense of wellness. She decided to choose joy in the struggle. Her family embraced her health trials with love and endurance. 

When a friend shared DDD, she jumped in with both feet. After 15 months, her health transformation is just short of miraculous! While she wouldn't trade the last 12 years of illness, she loves her new life on the fasting highway. She often tells her story while reaching out to others to share her faith and the IF lifestyle. She has gone from a size 18 to a ten and dropped 26 lbs in a year. But it was the healing that bears mentioning. She packed up her walker and wheelchair, which she hasn't used in over a year. She has 1 or 2 migraines a month instead of daily. No joint pain, no brain fog, no naps, only great sleep, terrific energy, and blood work to confirm what she already knew. She isn't sick any more! Best of all, she doesn't obsess about anything diet or exercise related. She embraces every day as a blessing, every meal as a treat, and every fast as a time of miraculous healing. She wants to encourage you to do the same. 

 "Be blessed...and fast on." Juliette

Juliette returns in this episode to update us on her journey, and some real twists and turns unfold, which inspired me, and I know they will you. I will let Juliette update us.

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Our Patreon Supporters Community You can win a mentoring prize, get exclusive early access to the podcasts, and access to the fasting highway audiobook at the top tier level. Plus, bonus content and bi-monthly online coffee catch-up via Zoom for our patrons hosted by myself to support your fasting journey. Please consider this, as we must get the support of the listeners to bring it to you each week commercial-free. Please go to www.patreon.com/thefasting highway to see the benefits you get back and how to join from 0.17 cents pr 0.33 cents per day, the cost of a Grand Latte a month!

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Graeme is now available for private one-on-one coaching and mentoring sessions with you. He can help you with those burning questions about how to get started or overcome issues no matter what phase you are up to on your intermittent fasting journey. Get accountable and come and have a chat with Graeme, who is vastly experienced in all areas of intermittent fasting and the mindset it takes. To book a time, go to the website and click Get help/coaching.

www.thefastinghighway.com . All times you see available are in your local time. You will also find information on the website on how to obtain a copy of his book The Fasting Highway with links to the Amazon store or how to buy it direct from Graeme if in Australia or New Zealand.

Disclaimer-Nothing you hear on the podcast should be taken as medical advice. Please always consult your doctor before beginning any health plan.

I am a 53-year-old woman, mother of two young adult daughters and wife. My husband, Julian and I work for the US government. We initially got into government work after moving from California, USA. We moved to southern Japan, where we finally got a hold of our nutrition, exercise and found intermittent fasting.

At the beginning of March 2018, I went to the dentist to get my teeth cleaned at the military base we worked on. I started intermittent fasting on March 19. I had been in Japan since September 2017 after selling our house in California. I hadn't had my teeth cleaned in a long while. When I went to get my teeth cleaned, I was told that I had a cavity that needed to get filled. However, they couldn't do the filling because they found that I had high blood pressure. They had me see a doctor right there on the base, and he told me I had hypertension. He wanted me to get a blood pressure monitor and gave me a prescription for Lysinopril that day. I bought a blood pressure monitor like the doctor told m. Following the doctor's instructions, my husband helped me track my BP twice daily. However, not once did I take a single dose of that Lysinopril. I knew I had turned my weight around before and could do it again. However, the stakes were higher this time because I could clearly see my health decline. It scared me straight because my dad survived a heart attack when I was in high school, and my mom died of a heart attack just a few months after I graduated college in 1993.

March 19, 2018, is when I first started intermittent fasting. My starting weight was 278. My husband had already begun watching Thomas Delauer videos looking for ways to help our health. Somehow, YouTube pointed me to a Dr Berg video regarding fasting. A couple of his videos got me started with IF. I remember that day I told Julian I was going to eat dinner. I was kind of shy about it, but he immediately said OKAY, I'm going do that too. He was already researching how we could get our health back on track. He was concerned about his because he knew he was pre-diabetic.

We both had several fitness and weight loss ups and downs. In September 2009, he took a job in Iraq, and while he was there, I started Jenny Craig. While there, he gained much weight and reached his highest weight. When I returned, he talked me into doing the P90X workout program with him. We were doing very well with that. But in the Fall of 2011, I fell on some steps at work. I was feeling energetic and was trying to jog up some stairs in heels. I fell on a stage and cracked my patella in my left knee. That kicked off a new decline in health, with minimal exercise.

In May 2015, my father died after a five-year bout of Dementia and Alzheimer's. I also went through a massive layoff in Auto Finance that same month. We didn't turn things around between 2011-2017.

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John Beaver, now 53 years old, came to Intermittent Fasting in August of 2020 – partly searching for a solution to his increasingly troublesome migraines and partly looking for some change to a lifelong struggle with weight and obesity.  The results were beyond expectations on both fronts! The migraines have faded to very rare occurrences and his weight began to drop off almost immediately from a beginning weight of 293 pounds down to less than 180 by April of 2022. 

Over 110 pounds lost in a short 20-month period after a 40 plus year struggle – thanks to embracing the clean fast and following the tenets put forth in “Fast, Feast, Repeat” and “The Fasting Highway.”   He first appeared on The Fasting Highway podcast in Episode 54 during his weight loss phase back in March of 2021.

John is most proud to have been able to share intermittent fasting with his son, who also lost over 100 pounds with this way of life in short order.  Both of them continue in maintenance range more than 12 months later while embracing all the adventures that life brings them - with far fewer limitations thanks to their intermittent fasting journeys.

The Fasting Highway News

THE AUDIO BOOK IS HERE!!! excited to share that the audio book for the fasting highway is now here and available on applebooks, I tunes ,Spotify, Kobo ,Audiobooks.com. Hooplah, Barnes and Noble, Books A Million -BAM and many more platforms. It is not yet available on audible.

Our Patreon Supporters Community You can win a mentoring prize get exclusive early access to the podcasts and get access to the fasting highway audio book at the top tier level. Plus, bonus content and bi-monthly online coffee catch up by zoom for our patrons hosted by myself to support your fasting journey. Please consider this as its vital we get the support of the listeners to bring it to you each week commercial free. Please go to www.patreon.com/thefasting highway to see the benefits you get back and how to join from 0.17 cents pr 0.33 cents per day the cost of a Grand Latte a month!

Private coaching by Graeme.

Graeme is now available to have a private one on one coaching and mentoring session with you. He can help you with those burning questions. How to get started or overcome issues no matter what phase you are up to on your intermittent fasting journey. Get accountable and come and have a chat with Graeme who is vastly experienced in all areas of intermittent fasting and the mindset it takes. To book a time go to the website click get help/coaching.

www.thefastinghighway.com

Click on get help/coaching and book a time and date to suit you. All times you see available are in your local time. You will also find information at the web site on how to obtain a copy of his book The Fasting Highway with links to the Amazon store or how to buy it direct from Graeme if in Australia or New Zealand.

Disclaimer-Nothing you hear on the podcast should be taken as medical advice. Please always consult your doctor before beginning any health plan.

My name is Susan and I just celebrated my third fastiversary at the age of 53!  I’m wife to Doug (aka theSaint) J and, kitty cat mommy to the precious and sometimes naughty and knotty boys Leo, Louie, and Simba.I had the pleasure of being a guest on episode 109 of the Fasting Highway podcast.  I hope to share some updates and encouragement for the listeners and community. Just to recap a bit, I have a very long history of dieting!  Check out the graph image I’ve included with my recent pictures.  The graph shows about 40 of my 53 years.  I didn’t develop a real weight problem until my late twenties, but I started dieting to lose “vanity” pounds while in high school.  My drill team instructor weighed us all and I was told I needed to lose 7 lbs to reach the weight of 135.  I’m 5’7” tall.  At the recording of episode 109, I had lost nearly 80 lbs (about 36 kilos) and weighed about 176 lbs.  I’ve continued to lose weight to reach a loss of 90 lbs +/- (about 41 kilos).  On a “good” day more J, on a “bad” day less! I joke a bit, but a lot of us have been there… where the scale dictates how we feel!  I remind myself that 90 lbs, or any amount, lost AND maintained is a victory!    

The Fasting Highway News

THE AUDIO BOOK IS HERE!!! excited to share that the audio book for the fasting highway is now here and available on applebooks, I tunes ,Spotify, Kobo ,Audiobooks.com. Hooplah, Barnes and Noble, Books A Million -BAM and many more platforms. It is not yet available on audible.

Our Patreon Supporters Community You can win a mentoring prize get exclusive early access to the podcasts and get access to the fasting highway audio book at the top tier level. Plus, bonus content and bi-monthly online coffee catch up by zoom for our patrons hosted by myself to support your fasting journey. Please consider this as its vital we get the support of the listeners to bring it to you each week commercial free. Please go to www.patreon.com/thefasting highway to see the benefits you get back and how to join from 0.17 cents pr 0.33 cents per day the cost of a Grand Latte a month!

Private coaching by Graeme.

Graeme is now available to have a private one on one coaching and mentoring session with you. He can help you with those burning questions. How to get started or overcome issues no matter what phase you are up to on your intermittent fasting journey. Get accountable and come and have a chat with Graeme who is vastly experienced in all areas of intermittent fasting and the mindset it takes. To book a time go to the website click get help/coaching.

www.thefastinghighway.com

Click on get help/coaching and book a time and date to suit you. All times you see available are in your local time. You will also find information at the web site on how to obtain a copy of his book The Fasting Highway with links to the Amazon store or how to buy it direct from Graeme if in Australia or New Zealand.

Disclaimer-Nothing you hear on the podcast should be taken as medical advice. Please always consult your doctor before beginning any health plan.

Marty Kendall is an engineer who seeks to optimise nutrition using a data-driven approach.  

His interest in nutrition began over twenty years ago to help his wife Monica gain control of her Type 1 Diabetes.   Since then, he has worked to develop a systematised approach to nutrition tailored to various goals.

Marty shares his learnings at OptimisingNutrition.com and his Optimising Nutrition Podcast.  

Marty also runs Data-Driven Fasting and the Macros and Micros masterclasses to guide people on their journey of nutritional optimisation.  

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THE AUDIO BOOK IS HERE!!! excited to share that the audio book for the fasting highway is now here and available on applebooks, I tunes ,Spotify, Kobo ,Audiobooks.com. Hooplah, Barnes and Noble, Books A Million -BAM and many more platforms. It is not yet available on audible.

Please consider supporting the podcast and get some great benefits back!

If you enjoy these episodes and want to help me to get it out to the world, please consider joining our patreon supporters' community. Without the help from our patrons to bring you the podcast each week it won't be sustainable to keep doing them.

For details on the two levels of support from just $5.00 a month please go to

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Graeme is now available to have a private one on one coaching and mentoring session with you. He can help you with those burning questions. How to get started or overcome issues no matter what phase you are up to on your intermittent fasting journey. Get accountable and come and have a chat with Graeme who is vastly experienced in all areas of intermittent fasting and the mindset it takes. To book a time go to the website click get help/coaching.

www.thefastinghighway.com

Click on get help/coaching and book a time and date to suit you. All times you see available are in your local time. You will also find information at the web site on how to obtain a copy of his book The Fasting Highway.

Disclaimer-Nothing you hear on the podcast should be taken as medical advice.

Emily Harveaux is a passionate fasting and carnivore coach specializing in mindset, goal setting, and creating a thriving lifestyle. She has lost 150 pounds by combining intermittent fasting and the carnivore diet.  Emily has seen improvements in mood, energy, and outlook by using the ancient healing tools of fasting and carnivore.  She serves as a coach in a large online community committed to encourage and educate members to make decisions to feel their absolute best.  She shares her approach and success tips on Instagram @healedbymeat and can be found on youtube @emilyharveaux 

The Fasting Highway News

THE AUDIO BOOK IS HERE!!! excited to share that the audio book for the fasting highway is now here and available on applebooks, I tunes ,Spotify, Kobo ,Audiobooks.com. Hooplah, Barnes and Noble, Books A Million -BAM and many more platforms. It is not yet available on audible.

Please consider supporting the podcast and get some great benefits back!

If you enjoy these episodes and want to help me to get it out to the world, please consider joining our patreon supporters' community. Without the help from our patrons to bring you the podcast each week it won't be sustainable to keep doing them.

For details on the two levels of support from just $5.00 a month please go to

⁠⁠⁠⁠The Fasting Highway | Intermittent Fasting Podcast & Community | Patreon⁠⁠⁠⁠ You can win a mentoring prize get exclusive early access to the podcasts and get access to the fasting highway audio book at the top tier level. Plus, bonus content and bi-monthly online coffee catch up by zoom for our patrons hosted by myself to support your fasting journey. Please consider this as its vital we get the support of the listeners to bring it to you each week commercial free.

The Fasting Highway News

Graeme is now available to have a private one on one coaching and mentoring session with you. He can help you with those burning questions. How to get started or overcome issues no matter what phase you are up to on your intermittent fasting journey. Get accountable and come and have a chat with Graeme who is vastly experienced in all areas of intermittent fasting and the mindset it takes. To book a time go to the website click get help/coaching.

www.thefastinghighway.com

Click on get help/coaching and book a time and date to suit you. All times you see available are in your local time. You will also find information at the web site on how to obtain a copy of his book The Fasting Highway.

Disclaimer-Nothing you hear on the podcast should be taken as medical advice.

My name is Bobbi. I’m 53, I have 3 amazing kids and 1 adorable Granddaughter. I have been struggling with my weight since 1997. At that time I was 27 and had just had my second daughter. I weighed in at 230lbs. I was a busy Mom and lived my life for my kids, never taking care of me. In 2017 My Mom passed from complications of her type 2 diabetes and numerous other health problems. I wanted to lose weight but had no idea how. I tried diets and lost a bit but gained it back. Fast forward to October 2021. I was having some health issues. My doctor told me it was probably menopause since I was 51 now. He retired. This became a turning point for me. My new doctor started by doing a full physical on me. The blood work came back with an A1C of 17.8. I had extremely high blood sugar and was diagnosed as type 2 diabetic. The doctor immediately prescribed 4 Metformin and 3 glyburide a day to bring my sugars down. It was that day that I made the decision that I wanted to be healthy, I wanted to live to watch my kids and future grandkids grow up. I did not want to die at 68 like my Mom had. So, I decided to make radical changes. I immediately stopped all sugar and dropped carbs. After 6 months, I added in strength training twice a week. In December 2022, I found a 12 week program to help me beat the diabetes. I had gotten my A1C down to 6.3 but had not been able to drop it further or get off the medication. At my first meeting with the doctor she mentioned my fatty liver and that she wanted me to start IF to help lose the fat. By this time I weighed 187lbs. Only 2 days after this doctor mentioned IF I met a guy for a date. It turned out he has used IF to lose more than 100lbs! So, with the help of the program and Keith, I started doing 12 hour fasts. Within a week I was at a 16 hour fast. I changed my diet a bit more and recently started weightlifting 4 days a week and walking more. Today I weigh 178lbs. While that doesn’t seem like much, it’s huge for me. It’s less than I weighed when I was in my 20’s. More importantly for me are the non-scale victories. In the last 4 months I have gone from XL tshirts to medium and size 14 jeans to size 8. My blood sugars are stabilizing and I’m getting a quicker insulin response…and I’m currently only taking 2 Metformin a day! Within the next couple weeks, I will be stopping the Metformin all together. IF has really helped me to get there How to Support the podcast.

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For details on the two levels of support please go to ⁠⁠⁠The Fasting Highway | Intermittent Fasting Podcast & Community | Patreon⁠⁠⁠ You can win a mentoring prize get exclusive early access to the podcasts and get access to the fasting highway audio book. Plus, bonus content and a monthly online coffee catch up by zoom for our patrons. Please consider this as its vital we get the support of the listeners to bring it to you each week commercial free.

The Fasting Highway News

Graeme is now available to have a private one on one coaching and mentoring session with you. He can help you with those burning questions. How to get started or overcome issues no matter what phase you are up to on your intermittent fasting journey. Get accountable and come and have a chat with Graeme who is vastly experienced in all areas of intermittent fasting and the mindset it takes. To book a time go to the website click get help/coaching.

www.thefastinghighway.com

Click on get help/coaching and book a time and date to suit you. All times you see available are in your local time. You will also find information at the web site on how to obtain a copy of his book The Fasting Highway.

Disclaimer-Nothing you hear on the podcast should be taken as medical advice.

Ed Pienta (pee-n-tah) has struggled with his weight since grade school. Everyone called him Husky, and family and friends made excuses for his weight by saying "He was always big boned." He was always active playing sports but always found food as a reward. His childhood doctor even prescribed drugs for weight control. As he entered adulthood, he tried several hospital programs and also Weight Watchers, losing 75 lbs., but continued to struggle with emotional eating, snacking all day, and eating fast food. The rollercoaster of losing and gaining weight continued, and then on Jan. 1st, 2022, the time was right to retire. Almost 70 years old and 252 lbs, he decided to get fit and healthy. Living now in a 55+ community with many options to be active, he decided to work out by walking and swimming. In 10 months, his weight went down to 240 lbs, but then plateaued. Feeling frustrated, he joined a group weighing in weekly at the Lodge; being held accountable might be an answer. After little progress, he met a woman named Phyliss, noticing she had lost a considerable amount of weight. She said she was Intermittent Fasting. He had tried IF in the past but gave up after not seeing any progress after 2 weeks. Phyliss said "Give it time." He started fasting that day with a 16:8 program. Ed purchased Gin Stephens Fast Feast Repeat and Graeme Currie’s The Fasting Highway books. Graeme’s book had an author picture, but Ed felt something was different. After several weeks of 16:8, he moved to 20:4 and saw some progress in the way his clothes fit and how good he was feeling. He began eating healthier while still eating things he liked. No counting points or carbs. While feeling better and clothes fitting better, he started to see weight coming off. On March 31, 2023, the scale read 198.8 -- the first time he was under 200 lbs in 50+ years! He now continues his quest to 185 lbs or so and is more active than ever, swimming 30 laps every other day and walking 2 to 3 miles a day. On May 21st he will play baseball for the first time since 1999 in a 65+ league. It’s now the middle of May, and while the weight loss has slowed a bit, fluctuating plus/minus 3-5 pounds, he is not worrying. About it, he considers Graeme’s book the driving force for a lot of his success.

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Graeme is now available to have a private one on one coaching and mentoring session with you. He can help you with those burning questions. How to get started or overcome issues no matter what phase you are up to on your intermittent fasting journey. Get accountable and come and have a chat with Graeme who is vastly experienced in all areas of intermittent fasting and the mindset it takes. To book a time go to the website click get help/coaching.

www.thefastinghighway.com

Click on get help/coaching and book a time and date to suit you. All times you see available are in your local time. You will also find information at the web site on how to obtain a copy of his book The Fasting Highway from your Amazon store or direct from him if you live in Australia or New Zealand.

Disclaimer-Nothing you hear on the podcast should be taken as medical advice. All views expressed are those of the guest and host.

We are Hannah and Abbey, two sisters from Dunedin, New Zealand. We’re in our mid-twenties and both work in local government. Abbey found the intermittent fasting lifestyle first, beginning around March 2021, however this was somewhat inconsistent. Things got easier once Hannah got on board a year later. After a stint of complete doubt that skipping any meal would ever work,Hannah quickly found that not only was skipping a meal possible, it came with a wide array of benefits and was much easier than anticipated! Growing up, we were never skinny, and found it hard to find the clothes we wanted in our size (this remains one of our big motivators today). After years of trying to lose weight through various diets and gym regimes, we had varying degrees of success, but in an unsustainable manner. It was actually our mum who set us on the path to finding IF, first by recommending the book ‘A Life Less Sugar’, and then ‘The Fasting Highway’ by Graeme Currie when she saw it pop up on Facebook. We are really excited to have finally found a sustainable lifestyle we know we can maintain. Both of us have been focusing on being healthier through reducing sugar, building exercise into our routine, and now we are settled into the OMAD lifestyle.  Another goal for us is being fit for ski season, and to be able to buy stylish snow gear for the slopes – which can be hard to come by in the plus size range. This year, we are excited coming into ski season, having just bought new gear, and being our lightest weights since high school. There’s still a long road ahead, but so far between us we are more than 50kgs down and we are feeling healthier and more determined than ever! Finding IF at such young ages has given us a new lease on life, and we are so excited about the future.

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For details on the two levels of support please go to ⁠The Fasting Highway | Intermittent Fasting Podcast & Community | Patreon⁠ You can win a mentoring prize get exclusive early access to the podcasts and get access to the fasting highway audio book. Plus, bonus content and a monthly online coffee catch up by zoom for our top tier patrons. Please consider this as its vital we get the support of the listeners to bring it to you each week commercial free.

The Fasting Highway News

Graeme is now available to have a private one on one coaching and mentoring session with you. He can help you with those burning questions. How to get started or overcome issues no matter what phase you are up to on your intermittent fasting journey. Get accountable and come and have a chat with Graeme who is vastly experienced in all areas of intermittent fasting and the mindset it takes. To book a time go to the website click get help/coaching.

www.thefastinghighway.com

Click on get help/coaching and book a time and date to suit you. All times you see available are in your local time. You will also find information at the web site on how to obtain a copy of his book The Fasting Highway from your Amazon store or direct from him if you live in Australia or New Zealand.

Disclaimer-Nothing you hear on the podcast should be taken as medical advice. All views expressed are those of the guest and host.

 I am a 71-year-old retired CEO of an 84-year-old family business.  I have been retired for about 15 years.  My passion is to do whatever I can to spread the word about the incredible health benefits of intermittent fasting.  I have lost about 50 pounds on my own customized plan along with intermittent fasting. I have maintained my weight loss for about 15 years. In my retirement, I kept the title CEO, but changed the description to the “Chief Eating Officer.”  I believe everyone should be the “Chief Eating Officer” of their own mind, body, and spirit.  I discovered intermittent fasting on December 20, 2020, when I read “Fast, Feast, Repeat,” by Gin Stephens. It was great timing because I was looking for a sustainable way to maintain my 40-pound weight loss.   I also read “The Obesity Code” by Jason Fung, “The Fasting Highway” by Graeme Currie, and listened to numerous other podcasts. Becoming an intermittent faster was one of the easiest decisions I have ever made.  I adopted a 20-24 hour fasting window during the first week and have been practicing it for almost 2.5 years. I have lost an additional 10 pounds with intermittent fasting and have successfully maintained the 50-pound weight loss. I was CEO of my familybusiness for 35 years.  When I made my irrevocable commitment to lose weight I wrote my own plan. I used the CEO skills I had used my entire adult life.  I taught myself how to eat, how not to eat, how to think, and how to use tiny habits to correct all 17 bad habits I acquired during the first 10years of my life. As the Compassionate Chief Eating Officer, I created my mission, vision, and my core values.  My Mission is to get people out of “Diet Hell” forever. My Vision is customized permanent weight loss and lifestyle plans for all. My 10 Core Values are to be calm, creative, imaginative, positive, kind, truthful, and to have belief, commitment determination and patience. I want to do everything I can to help people get healthy and reach their unlimited human potential.

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The Fasting Highway News

Graeme is now available to have a private one on one coaching and mentoring session with you. He can help you with those burning questions. How to get started or overcome issues no matter what phase you are up to on your intermittent fasting journey. Get accountable and come and have a chat with Graeme who is vastly experienced in all areas of intermittent fasting and the mindset it takes. To book a time go to the website click get help/coaching.

www.thefastinghighway.com

Click on get help/coaching and book a time and date to suit you. All times you see available are in your local time. You will also find information at the web site on how to obtain a copy of his book The Fasting Highway from your Amazon store or direct from him if you live in Australia or New Zealand.

Disclaimer-Nothing you hear on the podcast should be taken as medical advice. All views expressed are those of the guest and host.

SandiPeiffer (Pie fur) has been happily married to her best friend for 36 yrs. She is a 58yr old mother of 4 (ages 18-31) and grandmother of 2(ages 2 and 1) who lives on the Atlantic coast of Florida. She is a veteran homeschool mom of 26 years, her youngest is graduating this year. She enjoys walking, reading, crafting, cooking and spending time with her family. As an adult Sandi has tried most of the diets, we have all heard of… Weight Watchers, Susan Powter Stop the Insanity, TOPS, The Zone Diet, 40-30-30, Shake diets, Suzanne Somers “Somersize”, South Beach, Atkins, The Rosedale Diet, etc. Her real struggle with weight started when she went on an anti-depressant for anxiety. Then the pounds really started to pack on. 120 lbs by the time it was all said and done. She found intermittent fasting after a diagnosis of Type 2. Diabetes with an A1C of 8.4, and a fasting glucose of 237. Though weight loss has been a nice side benefit, she really has had the focus of reversing her diabetes. Starting IF in Dec. 2018, at 5’4” and 300 lbs. Now after 1565 days of clean fasting, she is currently at 240 lbs, but more importantly to her, her A1C is 6.2 and her fasting glucose stays in the 120’s, without diabetes. meds. She started IF by dipping her toe in the water, so to speak. With her previous health issues, especially her recent bout with Adrenal Fatigue, she was determined to be gentle with her body. So she started with 14:10, clean fasting, and didn’t change her way of eating at all. After a couple of weeks, went up to 15:9, then did the same to get to 16:8 and 17:7. She actually lost most of her weight at 17:7, even though she went on to 18:6 and eventually 19:5. Doing OMAD, “restaurant style” at 18:6 and 19:5. After 3 yrs of 19:5 OMAD, her body apparently said that was too stressful. Her cholesterol jumped very high, as well as triglycerides and measures of inflammation. So, through working with a functional medicine Dr., she changed her IF schedule to 16:8 and her diet to a modified Paleo plan. That did the trick and the problems have corrected, and she’s taken off an additional 10 lbs. We are all an experiment of one, and sometimes we have to “tweak” how we practice IF. Listening to our bodies is so important!

Her husband also practices IF and has lost 65 lbs.

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Graeme is now available to have a private one on one coaching and mentoring session with you. He can help you with those burning questions. How to get started or overcome issues no matter what phase you are up to on your intermittent fasting journey. Get accountable and come and have a chat with Graeme who is vastly experienced in all areas of intermittent fasting and the mindset it takes. To book a time go to the website click get help/coaching.

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I am 52 years young (!) living in rural area in Quebec, Canada near Montreal.  I am blessed to have a beautiful family with 2 daughters who are 12 and 14 and my wife we shared lives together since 1995. I have struggled with my weight all my life. I currently work as a professional engineer keeping busy with implementing and operating industrial composting facilities to make quality. compost from municipal food wastes and green wastes. As a teenager I was very active working on dairy farms, riding.my bike and kept busy all the time.  Entering University, I was spotted by the Athletics department and was directed to their rugby team which I trained for and played during the first year.  But I dropped this from 2nd year because studying for my engineering training became too much intense.  My energy expenditures lowered but it seems not my food (and beer!) intake… and weight started to add on.  In August 2006, I threw down the sink my last can of soda! In January 2008 had a gall bladder attack.  I needed surgery in May and was told I had very fatty liver and I should lose weight on low lipid diet.  Did not work. I’m 6ft (183cm) tall and highest weight was then 330lbs (150kg) from my medical record.  In 2013, I suffered severe gout attack.  Again, I should lose weight...Then in 2014, I came across Dr Robert Lustig in Sugar: The Bitter Truth.  I threw adder sugar and processed foods out of the kitchen. I read Dr. Fung’s Diabetes Code in Summer 2020 and learnt about fasting for health and weight loss for the first time.  And on August 24th,2020 I fasted 24h for 1st time in my life.  But I did not know about clean fasting back then, so it was not sustainable the way I implemented it.  On 1st October 2022, after reading The Fasting Highway by Graeme Currie, I resumed (now clean) fasting, doing OMAD 23-1,7/7.  And that has been a true Eureka moment, on a path to a healthy new me!

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www.thefastinghighway.com

Click on get help/coaching and book a time and date to suit you. All times you see available are in your local time. You will also find information at the web site on how to obtain a copy of his book The Fasting Highway from your local Amazon store. Disclaimer-Nothing you hear on the podcast should be taken as medical advice. All views expressed are those of the guest and host.

Tania & I started our Intermittent fasting journey back at the end of 2019. Tania lost 10kg (22 pounds) & I lost 22kg (46 pounds)

Our IF lifestyle developed into a journey of discovery of health and eating nutritious foods that served us best. During covid, food security became an important aspect in our life, and we decided to chase a dream of growing our own food.

Our search for a property led us to a small farm of 38 acres on the south coast of NSW Australia. We found a place that had good bones but needed a lot of work. We have since developed a Belted Galloway cattle stud and grow nearly all our own food. We have 17 Black Face Suffolk sheep, around 100 chooks for eggs, meat &pasture management to run behind the cattle & sheep. Tania has a green thumb and grows a great variety of vegetables, berries & fruit.

If you had of told me 3 years ago that we would be doing this, I would have laughed as I was too unwell to even think of trying to tackle such a task. Not only have we regenerated ourselves but are regenerating the soils on our farm to keep us and some of the people around us with nutritious food.

Follow Us on You Tube – Our Stoney Creek Journey.

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Graeme is now available to have a private one on one coaching and mentoring session with you. He can help you with those burning questions. How to get started or overcome issues no matter what phase you are up to on your intermittent fasting journey. Get accountable and come and have a chat with Graeme who is vastly experienced in all areas of intermittent fasting and the mindset it takes. He also by experience can offer some real and practical advice around overcoming issues with sugar and highly processed food issues. Graeme has helped people from all over the world with his simple and practical approach to trouble shooting issues and has a great insight into the mindset into living a successful long term intermittent fasting lifestyle. To book a private session one on one with Graeme go to.

www.thefastinghighway.com

Click on get help/coaching and book a time and date to suit you. All times you see available are in your local time. You will also find information at the web site on how to obtain a copy of his book The Fasting Highway from your Amazon store or direct from him if you live in Australia or New Zealand.

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Sarah Wilbow is a 49-year-old writer and public servant who lives in Canberra, Australia, with her husband and two primary-school aged children. Sarah has an arts Degree majoring in English Literature, a Law degree, and a master's in law.

 After a lifetime of over-eating and failed diets, Sarah discovered intermittent fasting in September 2021, and has gone on to lose 35kg (about 66lbs). Sarah was so inspired by the power of intermittent fasting that she wrote a novel about it, called 'The Skinny Spell,' which is available from all good book sellers.

 Sarah's fasting regime has ranged from 16:8 through to OMAD and finally ADF. After some fluctuations in weight while maintaining, Sarah has more recently been focusing on cutting back on sugar, grains and processed foods.

 Sarah is committed to fasting as a long-term way of eating and continues to be interested in reading information about the benefits of fasting, such as the potential impacts on mental health and diseases of old age.

Get a copy of Sarahs book The Skinny Spell from Amazon and all good book sellers.

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Graeme is now available to have a private one on one coaching and mentoring session with you. He can help you with those burning questions. How to get started or overcome issues no matter what phase you are up to on your intermittent fasting journey. Get accountable and come and have a chat with Graeme who is vastly experienced in all areas of intermittent fasting and the mindset it takes. He also by experience can offer some real and practical advice around overcoming issues with sugar and highly processed food issues. Graeme has helped people from all over the world with his simple and practical approach to trouble shooting issues and has a great insight into the mindset into living a successful long term intermittent fasting lifestyle. To book a private session one on one with Graeme go to.

www.thefastinghighway.com

Click on get help/coaching and book a time and date to suit you. All times you see available are in your local time. You will also find information at the web site on how to obtain a copy of his book The Fasting Highway from your Amazon store or direct from him if you live in Australia or New Zealand.

Disclaimer-Nothing you hear on the podcast should be taken as medical advice. All views expressed are those of the guest and host.

I am a 41 year old wife and mother. My husband Chad and Ihave been together since 2001. We have two beautiful daughters; Leigh is 19 and Brooke 18 years old. Leigh moved out last August, so it is just Chad, Brooke and myself at home. We have an American bulldog name, Lucy and a cat, Baby, in the house. Brooke has a goat named Biscuit and a FFA steer name Bullseye. We live in rural Missouri on 11 acres. With our original 2 acre yard, last August we bought the 9 acres of woods that touches our backyard. I love being outdoors and enjoy hunting, camping, side-by-side riding, boat riding, fishing and hiking; every chance I get. I also enjoy, putting in a vegetable garden, every spring. Now that we have the extra 9 acres, we started putting in a food plot for the deer and turkey. We have a game camera on our food plot and have been feeding the wildlife all winter. I have been working for the same Credit Union out of Rolla Missouri for 13 years this coming May. I love my job and am what we like to call “lifers”. My career plan to retire from Riverways. I have been struggling with my weight for 18 years after my last pregnancy. I have tried multiple plans and diets in the past. I could lose the weight, but never keep it off long term. Fasting is the only lifestyle that has worked. I lose weight like a turtle. Slow and steady wins the race. I have been fasting since August 14 of 2020. My doctor was the one who said I should give it a try in June of 2020. It took me a month and a half to ponder on the idea of fasting when not doing keto. “IF” quickly became the best way that I could have ever improved myself and my mindset. Before fasting I was not in the best place mentally, and had a few health issues. I had severe allergies with sinus infections, at least every other month, and had G.I. troubles. My G.I. troubles became severe enough that I thought I was having a gallbladder attack. Turns out it was not my gallbladder and after lots of testing I still don’t know what was wrong. I do know that fasting has greatly improved my G.I. and I no longer have allergies.

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Graeme is now available to have a private one on one coaching and mentoring session with you. He can help you with those burning questions. How to get started or overcome issues no matter what phase you are up to on your intermittent fasting journey. Get accountable and come and have a chat with Graeme who is vastly experienced in all areas of intermittent fasting and the mindset it takes.

www.thefastinghighway.com

Click on get help/coaching and book a time and date to suit you. All times you see available are in your local time. You will also find information at the web site on how to obtain a copy of his book The Fasting Highway from your Amazon store or direct from him.

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I live in the Northern Suburbs of Perth Western Australia, I’m 48 years old, almost married to the incredible Terry (hopefully we will get married this year as I kept telling him I wouldn’t marry him while I was overweight) we been engaged for 8 years. I’m a mother to a 21 year old and 19 year old twins, all gorgeous young men now. Fur Mum to an Old English Sheepdog Benson and our baby a 1 year old rescued German Shepherd who has severe leg problems due to such severe malnourishment before being rescued.  I own and run my own business selling energy cleansing & lifting products, I was a Hairdresser in my past life. I’ve had weight issues my whole life, at 17 I was diagnosed with PSOS, now at the other end in peri menopause. I went through 18 cycles IVF to have my beautiful boys. At my highest weight (after IVF and the baby’s) I was 130kg (290lbs) and at my lowest 55kg (121lbs) when the twins where about 7 years old, from a strict calorie deficit and running addiction, looking back at photos I think I was too thin at this weight. My height is 160cm (5’3”) so I’m a shorty 😐 Over the last 6 years the weight has just kept creeping on, and nothing has worked including running 10km a day etc.… until I found IF six months ago.  Lorraine. Stats SW: 91.6kg (201.7 lbs.) CW: 70kg (154 lbs.) GW: around the 60 - 64kg mark (132 - 141 lbs.) going to let my body figure it out.  Lost: 21kg (46 lbs.)  IF Starting Date 3rd October 2022 Currently doing OMAD and loving it. 

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Graeme is now available to have a private one on one coaching and mentoring session with you. He can help you with those burning questions. How to get started or overcome issues no matter what phase you are up to on your intermittent fasting journey. Get accountable and come and have a chat with Graeme who is vastly experienced in all areas of intermittent fasting and the mindset it takes.

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Back story: Christmas 2019: my sister had lost a bunch of weight and she looked fabulous plus my health insurance premiums were being determined by some biometrics and I could save money by getting them down. I knew what to do after all my years of yo-yo dieting. Eat less, move more, right? I started tracking my calories and exercised like crazy. In 9 months, I had lost 40#. I stayed at my goal weight for 2 whole weeks before I started gaining it back. A year later I had gained back 27#. There had to be a way to keep it off that had eluded me every other time. Two of my best friends on their own weight loss journeys told me about Jason Fung’s book The Diabetes Code and Gin Stephens’ Fast Feast Repeat. I loved the science stuff in Dr.Fung’s book and the easy how-to of Gin’s.  

 Then they told me about the Fasting Highway. I joined the Facebook group and devoured your book The Fasting Highway. My first fast (a clean one, always) was 16 hours. I’m not a breakfast eater and I love black coffee so I was halfway there already. Every couple of days I said, “that was easy, I’ll add another hour” and fell into OMAD pretty quickly. I lost back 30# in 3 months and have maintained for 14 months.  

 Stats: age 61, height 5’4”. Highest weight 183# (82kg), starting fasting weight 170# (77kg), current weight fluctuates between 140-145# (65kg). 

More in the episode.

Lisa

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By Christine Field.

I have been intermittent fasting for about five years in addition to trying countless other methods of weight loss. Initially, I did it wrong. Unclean. Uneducated about how to properly fast etc. all of the same things you hear your guests say. I have been overweight my entire life. As a child I was always the biggest one. I believe that I suffer from insulin issues that go undetected through typical medicine. My highest weight was 358 pounds (162Kg). My current weight is 178 (80 Kg). I am 5’8”. I went from a size 26 Womens to a size 8. A couple of years ago I bought Gin’s book and started listening to her podcasts. That led me to your podcast. Although I love you both, in some ways I relate to your life story. I clean fast every day. I have been doing this for about 18 months. I give myself a 4–6-hour window. I am currently trying to cut back on sugars. My tastes have changed. My life has changed. Fasting reconnected me with life again. Taking the food away and all the noise that goes along with it put me in a place of openness and readiness to live my best life. I glow. I wake up every day ready to tackle life. Things that might scare me or give me anxiety in the past, no longer bother me. It’s bizarre and beautiful! You often speak about how your weight affects your parenting. I resonate with that deeply because I have three sporty children. coach basketball. I want to be agile and fit. I want to be a great example of health and fitness to them and to other children as well.

Christine

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Graeme is now available to have a private one on one coaching and mentoring session with you. He can help you with those burning questions. How to get started or overcome issues no matter what phase you are up to on your intermittent fasting journey. Get accountable and come and have a chat with Graeme who is vastly experienced in all areas of intermittent fasting and the mindset it takes.

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Hey friends! Bud’s story is fantastic- as I began seeing his transformation, and even the way he spoke about his experience, it reminded me of a Connecticut version of Graeme Currie! I introduced Bud to IF and even gave him your book in the parking lot of a funeral home before going into the service- I remember thinking I shouldn't look so happy walking into a funeral, but I had never had anyone else ask me about it. I actually found IF because I was looking for an alternative to going on meds for ADHD! I was (very easily and quickly) diagnosed at 46 (I just turned 49). My weight has only fluctuated slightly - maybe 5-10 pounds- but I am a clear: Non-Scale Victory story proving that IF is not just about weight loss.

Tammy

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I am 59 years old a single parent of three adult children and a grandfather to two.  I live in Old Saybrook Connecticut in the USA, a small town on the shoreline in the New England section of the United States.  I work in sales management as a customer business manager for a consumer products company in the confectionary industry and have worked in the industry for the past 30 years.  Prior to covid I was on the road traveling almost weekly, living in airports, Marriott hotels, and rental cars. The past year, post covid, I’m traveling around 50% of pre-covid.   When I was younger, as a child, I never had weight issues, I was thin, and it was not until my early to mid-forties did weight start to become an issue for me. It added up slowly I would yoyo diet, eat low-fat, workout, lose the weight only for it to go back on plus. I did this a few times over the past 15 to 18 years, I knew it was not healthy and each time I’d lose weight, I would say to myself, this is it not coming back on. Only for the weight to come back plus additional pounds. My high point was March 2021 at 267 lbs. or 121 kilograms. It was most likely higher than 267, I was avoiding scales at the time. I knew I had to lose weight and when my father said to me in early March 2021, he wanted to see me lose weight, I knew I could no longer avoid the situation. More in the this episode.

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I live in Poulsbo, Washington, USA. I began IF September 2017 after a phone call from a friend on vacation on the East Coast. She told me about a book by Gin Stephens her nephew had read and had lost 50 pounds.

I got copy and could not put it down. I started losing weight right from the beginning. Over the next 4 years, I would get close to my first goal and then I would go up a few pounds. From July through September 2021, I had managed to gain back 13 pounds. I still clean fasted but I was overeating in my OMAD meals including lots of sweets. Finally, I decided I needed to make a change. First, I needed to admit I was a sugar addict. So, in September 2021 I eliminated processed sugar goodies. I also added two 42 hour fasts weekly to my already 20–23-hour OMADs. I gave myself a year to reach my goal by my 80th birthday in September 2022. I reached my goal and lost even more. So by my birthday I was already doing maintenance. I have maintained my weight loss over ten months, which in itself is a miracle. I am still doing 20–23-hour OMADs fasts with a 42 hour fast weekly if needed. I have lost a total of 65 lbs. over 5 years.

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My story- I am a 41-year-old mom of 2 boys (ages 5&8) and wife to my wonderful husband for 10 years. We live in Lake Mary, FL (suburb of Orlando). I am a full-time stay-at-home mom for the last 4 years, formerly a paralegal (for 15yrs) and most recently a podcaster & fasting coach! I started yo-yo dieting around age 16. Since then, I have struggled with my weight. In college, instead of the “freshman 15” I gained about 40lbs…. when I graduated, I lost it by working out 6 days a week, calorie counting and depriving myself constantly. I didn’t eat meat, carbs, sugar and honestly was miserable. I maintained (not so effortlessly) a healthy weight for about 4 years until I got married at age 30. This is when the weight started to pile on. I finally found comfort in a man that loved me for me, the comfort of marriage set in and before I knew it, I put on about 20lbs. Then I became pregnant with our first son in 2014 and gained a good 60lbs, lost it all rather quickly after giving birth but this time by joining a weight loss MLM (so embarrassed of this!) and using supplements and body wraps…hundreds of dollars a month to sustain and I lost only around 10lbs over the next THREE years! Fast forward to 2016-17 – I was pregnant now with my second son. I was gaining just like the first time but at 28 weeks was diagnosed with gestational diabetes. Due to having to have an extremely strict diet to control my blood sugar, I didn’t end up gaining as much. It was what came in the next 2 years that was the worst.

Fast forward to January 2020...I’m getting my hair done and overhear the client next to me chatting about how she lost 30lbs doing IF. I went home that day and began researching. A friend of mine invited me to your Delay Don’t Deny FB support group where I lingered for about a week before deciding to start 1/24/20 and have been clean fasting every day since. About a week into my journey, I ordered Delay, Don’t Deny and read it in about an hour – this book would completely change my life (followed by Feast Without Fear, Fast Feast Repeat and Cleanish!). I’ve lost 50lbs meeting my original goal of 140lbs in late October 2020 and have been maintaining now for over 2 years bouncing between 135-140. Almost every single health issue I had before, gone now.

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Sean L. Dipple South Carolina, USA I was born in 1971 in Columbus Ohio and lived in Central Ohio until I was 12 years old. My father worked in the office equipment industry and quickly worked up through the ranks. When I was halfway thru middle school he was promoted and moved the family to the Chicago area and we lived in the NW part of Chicago until I was 18. I was always a slender child and was never overweight. I didn’t play organized sports but was very active with snow skiing, water skiing and neighborhood sports like football and Ice Hockey on neighborhood ponds in the winter. Eating was never a priority for me and I remember my mom was always forcing me to come in for each meal. I graduated High School in 1989 and weighed 170 lbs. (I am 5’11”). Food and eating out became a priority only when I got married and my focus and priorities changed. I got married when I was 18 to a girl, I met in High School who thought she couldn’t have children. A month after we got married, she got pregnant (yes, the math works out) and my whole life changed. I worked any job I could to provide for her and my child. Food and alcohol quickly became the only thing that relaxed and soothed the stresses that you can imaging were very quickly a daily part of my life. Even though I was consuming a lot of food and sometimes alcohol I only gained 10 or 15 lbs. because I was a commercial electrician and worked very physically hard. I also made $9.00 an hour so going out to eat or eating a lot just wasn’t an option. We really struggled financially. It wasn’t until 1994 that I got a job in outside sales that I really started to gain weight. The physical labor was no longer a part of my daily life and most of my time was driving in the car sitting on my butt. Fast and cheap food was the daily menu. I quickly got over 200 lbs. and haven’t been under that weight since I was 25 years old. Currently I am 51. Since then, I have been in sales management which still involves a lot of sitting. My weight has fluctuated from 272 down to 245. I once got down to 207 but I always seem to self-sabotage myself and return to that self-soothing food, alcohol and the dreaded sugar! I had a very dysfunctional childhood with a father that was very verbally abusive as well as sometimes physically. Once during my childhood my father was overweight and got into running and taking care of himself. He lost a lot of weight and became very arrogant and condescending of anyone that was overweight.

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Linda Dicker Bio.

Height 5’4” (163 cm)

SW 253 lbs. (115 kg)

CW 197 lbs. (89 kg)

GW 133 lbs. (60 kg)

Linda is a 58-year-old stay-at-home mom with 8 children. She and her husband live in the US, in rural Virginia. For the past 29 years Linda has used her degree in education to homeschool all of her children through high school, with her youngest graduating this spring.

Weight gain has been a struggle for Linda since childhood. As a teen she always felt bigger than her thin friends and began dieting at the age of 15. As an adult, Linda always had a desire to be healthy, and to feed her family a healthy diet, but her love of sugar and her emotional dependence on food often sabotaged her efforts to lose weight.

Linda tried multiple diets over the years, a few times losing a substantial amount of weight, only to regain more afterwards. Her weight increased gradually over the years no matter what she tried. Other than weight issues and some back pain, she felt pretty healthy, but about 7 years ago she began to feel pain and numbness in her feet, which turned out to be pre-diabetes and neuropathy. She knew that years of obesity were catching up to her. By 2021, Linda topped 250 lbs. (115 kg) on her 5’4” (163 cm) frame. She knew she had to do something or 300 lbs. would be the next stop.

In 2018 Linda came across Dr. Fung online and IF made a lot of sense to her. She began to dabble in fasting with hit-and-miss results. Then in April of 2021 she came across Graeme’s book, The Fasting Highway online and bought it. Something about his story just really resonated with her, and by the end of the book she was ready to commit to IF.

Shortly into her weight loss journey, Linda had a setback when Covid nearly took her life.  She spent months in recovery, but in the end learned to value her own health even more. A short time later, a friend gave her the book, Alive! by Dr. Scott Stoll, that gave her a new vision for eating a whole foods diet. Without the sugar and processed foods driving her cravings, Linda was able to use her eating window as an opportunity to refuel her body with the nutrients she needed with a calm self-control that had escaped her before. Although she still doesn’t feel she has all the answers, Linda has begun to make progress on a path she firmly believes she can maintain for the rest of her life.

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Kiri is a 43-year-old registered nurse, professional dancer, mango farmer and mother of two girls 12 and 14. She resides in a small town called Kununurra, on Miriwoong country in the remote East Kimberly of Western Australia.

Kiri was the chubby baby who turned into the even chubbier toddler, becoming the obese child who transitioned into the desperately dieting teenager and adult. At 13 years of age weighing 93kgms/205 pounds (172cms/ 5.7’ tall), she embarked on her first diet- Weight-Watches and so began the lifelong battle of the diets and calorie restriction.  Like many, she had tried it all, from low to high fat, low to high carb, vegetarian to keto and everything in between.

Her highest weight was in 2008 at 110kgms/198 pounds and after the birth of her second child she made the commitment to take control of her weight once again. Years of restrictive diets and excessive exercise regimes, saw her maintain her weight around 75kgms/165 pounds, but as Kiri headed into mid age, years of restrictive diets and exercise along with a high cortisol lifestyle, meant weight management was becoming harder and less sustainable. Other ailments such as skin disorders, osteoarthritis and carpal tunnel were becoming more prominent and debilitating.

In October 2020 she was discussing health issues to a good friend and a TFH FB group member. The friend directed her to read Fast Feast Repeat by Gin Stephens and The Fasting Hwy by Graeme Currie. Having always been invested in healthcare and deeply interested by science, she went on to devour these books and several more, having never looked back.

Becoming Adipose adapted was a challenging process for Kiri. She started with 16:8 and white knuckled it for 3 months, watching her weight go up 3.5kgms/7.7 pounds in that time.  Without the support of The Fasting Highway Facebook group, she is doubtful as to whether she would have made it through the first three months.

Although she only lost 7kgms/15.5 pounds with IF, the inches and NSV are many. Freedom from demonizing food has helped heal her relationship with food and herself and gives her the extra time to work on being her best self.

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Tonya Kortekaas lives in Pontiac, Michigan with her husband Michael of 10 years. She is mom to 3 adult sons and “bonus” mom to Michael’s 3 adult children as well.

Tonya spent most of her adult life as a stay-at-home mom of 3 growing boys and self employed as a portrait photographer.  She felt that her most important mission in life was to raise her children and give them all the care and love they deserved.  She has been good at putting her family before her own needs, but the costs of that have been not taking care of her mind and body as she should.  As her children have become adults and she has had more time to work on herself she has entered back into the full-time working world and currently works for Oakland University.  In her free time, she enjoys outdoor walks, kayaking, biking, going to the gym, watercolor painting and teaching herself the piano.

Tonya has struggled with her weight since her early adult years. Her weight has fluctuated from 25 lbs. overweight to morbid obesity of 180 lbs overweight.  She realizes that emotional eating and overindulging in sweets have been her issues.   She has tried countless diets, which have allowed her to lose weight but eventually gain it all back and more over the years.  At her annual physical exam in March of 2022, she was confronted with the highest weight of her lifetime at 349 lbs. and a BMI of 51.  Her blood pressure was soaring to a dangerous high and her blood tests showed she was pre-diabetic.  She knew at that moment it was time for a big change. She was sick of living life with this ongoing weight struggle and longed deeply to be a “normal” sized person.  Little did she know that change was going to lead her to an intermittent fasting lifestyle and complete freedom from her struggles with eating.  To date, she’s been intermittent fasting for 6 months and has lost 91 pounds (or 41 kilos).

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By Anne Henley

I live in South Carolina on Lake Murray outside Columbia (the capital). I am married, and we just celebrated 30 years in October. I have two grown children, one is in his first year of graduate school in Michigan and the other just got married (Oct 29, 2022).

Back story.

I became complacent and tired. I have always been an active person, and actually have a degree in health fitness from Springfield College in Springfield Massachusetts.  The year I graduated is not important (Ha HA).

I never really got what I consider huge, but I did my biometrics for my health insurance and I saw the word obese under my BMI.

We moved into our forever home the summer of 2018, and my youngest started college that August.  My oldest was in graduate school and living in downtown Columbia. I was by myself a lot and enjoying the empty nest.

We (husband and I) ate when and what we wanted.  Keep in mind I am only 5’ 1’’ so a small amount of extra weight really shows on me. My husband is 6’ 4 “and pretty much eats what he wants, and his eating habits are horrible. He just recently was diagnosed with Diabetes and has had to revamp his whole life.  His GP had told him several times he was pre-diabetic and gave him Mediterranean diet info. 

Fast forward to April of 2019, my son and daughter were home for Easter. I felt unattractive, bloated, and none of my clothes really fit. Keep in mind I was still exercising (walk at lunch) after work, Nordic trac ski machine before work, however I was overindulging by rationalizing that I had exercised.

Well, we had pictures taken for Easter, the kids and I outside Church after service. I looked at it, did not recognize myself and was totally disgusted with myself. By Tuesday (4/23/19) after Easter I had stumbled across Intermittent Fasting online. I read about it, and it made sense.  I immediately order Gin’s book (Delay, Don’t Deny) off amazon. I actually started fasting before I received the book.

April 23, 2019 is what I consider my starting date, I weighed 167 pounds, and I was mortified and so disappointed in myself.

I started with 16:8 and it was so relatively easy. I found the FB support group and off I went. The hardest thing for me was black coffee. I chocked it down the first couple of days, but I got the hang of it.  My husband kept asking are you sure it was worth it.

I weighed every day and I still do. 

-123 ( 6 months) forty-four pounds lost.

Anne.

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Tracey Mack lives in Taylor, Michigan a small city outside of Detroit.

Tracey currently works for the U.S. Government, and she also served in the U. S. Army.

Tracey has been yo-yo- dieting since the age of 25 when she started gaining weight after giving birth to her second child.

Tracey has tried every diet known to man including working out in the gym for hours at a time.

She reached her highest weight and became pre-diabetic in 2020 during the pandemic while working from home.

Tracey is very passionate about finding a solution for her health and weight-loss that she started keeping a journal about it and turned it into a book.

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Leslie Taylor is a stay-at-home mom and grandma and has worked as a medical website content developer. She enjoys taking complicated medical information and presenting it in a creative and easy-to-understand manner for the general public. She is currently writing a book on fasting called Fast Well Feast Welland will be releasing the content of the book in a free weekly newsletter called FastWell.

Leslie was a healthy weight until her 30s when a stressful cross-country move caused her to suddenly gain 25 lbs (11kg). This is when her dieting history began. She tried Weight Watchers and other calorie-restrictive diets. Each time she lost some weight initially but then regained back even more. She tried keto in 2018 but found it too restrictive, losing only 10 lbs. and then plateauing. Then her dad passed away in January of 2022 from heart complications from having type 2 diabetes for 30 years. She got on the scale and found she weighed 180 lbs. (81 kg), which was 50 lbs. (23 kg) above her comfort weight. Her blood sugar numbers were pre-diabetic. She knew something had to change. She had heard about fasting from her sister. Also, her dad had reversed his diabetes through fasting in 2018 but this was too late since his heart damage was irreversible. She began doing OMAD in January of 2022 and faithfully did OMAD every day for 6 months but lost no weight or inches. Then on August 1st of 2022 she started ADF. She is now down 34 lbs., her blood sugar numbers are healthy again, her fasting insulin serum number is A+, and she has numerous NSVs.

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Belle is 57 and lives just outside of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in the United States. She has been married to her husband for 25 years and has a 22-year-old son, a 20-year-old daughter and a Pitbull named Louie.

She works remotely full time, for a home care agency in New York City where she is a Client Account Manager. She has a part time job on the weekends at a women’s clothing boutique that she does for fun, and she also has a love for dogs and volunteers for a dog rescue in her free time.

Belle likes to keep active and tries to get some form of exercise daily whether it be a long walk with her dog, a power walk with a friend, or a strength training video on You tube. She has recently started playing pickle ball and is really enjoying that too!

She enjoys hanging out with family and friends and especially loves to cook, bake and entertain! On weekends she likes to dine out with friends or have friends and family over for dinner. She also enjoys outdoor events where she can bring her dog, shopping, reading, playing Canasta and watching Netflix series with her husband.

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I am a 42-year-old mom of three amazing kids ages 15, 13, and 10. I am a wife of 19 years to my best friend Steven. We are both teachers who have been in the classroom for almost 20 years. We enjoy life in a tiny house on 3 acres—a little slice of “country” in crowded Northern California. We grow our own fruits and veggies and currently have about a dozen chickens.

I was first introduced to IF in 2015 by a co-worker who told me she only ate between the hours of 12 and 6. At the time, I thought she was completely insane, but looking back on it, I realize how healthy and vibrant she looked and must have felt. Fast forward to May 2022 when I stepped on the scale and saw almost 180 lbs., a weight higher than I’d been at nine months pregnant with any of my children. On a whim I googled Intermittent fasting and decided to just jump in (what did I have to lose??) I began with a 20 hour fast and haven’t missed a day of fasting since. I’m currently down 50+ pounds on my IF journey.

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Heather is a 43-year-old mom of 2 and has been married to her husband, Branden, for 10 years.  She is a Kindergarten teacher from Southwestern Ontario, Canada. At the end of October 2021, a friend sent her a video of Graeme in a podcast interview.  She listened to it and had a “lightbulb” moment and immediately ordered Graeme Curries book, “The Fasting Highway”.  After reading Graeme’s story in less than a day, she immediately started clean fasting on Monday, November 1st, 2021.  It was the perfect day to start!  She started OMAD with clean fasting, and the clean fast made all of the difference in the world. Something just clicked for her, and she has clean-fasted every single day for over a year now. In the past, Heather had a lot of success with a Ketogenic diet, but the stressors of teaching online during a pandemic took their toll.  She regained some of the weight she had lost with Keto and was feeling a sense of desperation about her weight.  IF gave her the freedom to eat a wider variety of healthy foods and eliminated the guilt that came along with eating out or enjoying “treats'' once in a while.  She has shifted towards more of a low carb/paleo eating style and includes things in her window that she had previously thought were off limits for the rest of her life because they weren’t considered “Keto.”  She limits sugar, bread, pasta, etc., and focuses on real, whole foods.  She is still working towards her ultimate weight goal, and realizes that this is her lifestyle now, so it will take as long as it takes, and that’s ok!  She can’t imagine NOT clean fasting every day for the rest of her L*IF*E! T

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I’m 49-year-old mother, wife, sister, auntie and great aunt living in Belfast NI. I changed my lifestyle in Jan 2022 to incorporate intermittent Fasting due to an increase of metabolic health issues. I was trying to juggle my work life balance of being a mother, CEO and living with peri menopause. IF has been life changing ❤️

We take a look over the past year as Grainne takes us through her incredible health transformation journey. 

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