I did it!!!! Today marks my 365th day of IF and the first time in my life I've had the willpower to focus on my own health and happiness. In this episode of Intermittent Fasting Stories, Gin talks to Monica Cholin, a nurse practitioner from Kerrobert, Canada. I generally use a 4 hour eating window but have had some longer ones when something comes up. I don't restrict because that would make me obsess. No journaling, because that would also make me crazy.

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With 5/2 j can feel it working - and going into ketosis- bad breath, cold etc with 18:6 I never did actually feel that hungry so maybe I have a slow metabolism:( Elena has lost more than thirty pounds. She has done a great deal of work on how to manage stress differently. The picture functionality is so much better. They don't get cut off when you post them and you can also easily add multiple photos or images to any one post.My name is Melissa and I am a food addict... I lost over 100 pounds in 10 months with Intermittent Fasting.

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In this episode of Intermittent Fasting Stories, Gin talks to April Pinto, who lives north of Dallas, TX. I have almost always been overweight. In fact, as early as the age of 8 I can remember my mom putting me on a diet and taking me to T.O.P.S. meetings. Monica struggled with her weight beginning in elementary school. She began to diet and use diet pills in high school. By the end of 2018, Monica found herself at her highest weight of 248 pounds. Desperate, she found yet another diet program and stumbled upon IF through the program. Fast forward to my 30s living in London, then Singapore. Married with two kids and happy in life and work, my weight slowly crept up. I firmly believed the CI/CO (calories in/calories out) method was the only scientifically proven way to lose weight. I exercised, ate no butter and no cheese, and used skimmed milk and low fat foods, believing these to be the best choices. I looked at others my age struggling with their weight and thought, “It’s so simple; they just refuse to accept it!” The best part? I have returned to my home cuisine, which I enjoy eating with my family every night. My food has no restrictions – wholemeal grains and millet, lots of dal, nuts & seeds, fermented food, all kinds of fruit & vegetables, full fat yoghurt and cheese.

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I saw absolutely no loss per the scale for at least 3 weeks, but my belly was going away and clothes were fitting looser. I did a 72 hour fast and dropped 5 pounds, sat there for a while; another long fast with a drop, and sat there - but then my body seemed to start to learn what to do. You can connect directly with Gin in the Ask Gin group, and she will answer all of your questions personally. If you’re new to intermittent fasting or recommitting to the IF lifestyle, join the 28-Day FAST Start group. After your fast start, join us for support in The 1st Year group. Need tips for long term maintenance? We have a place for that! There are many more useful spaces beyond these, and you can interact in as many as you like. Tired of counting calories, eliminating foods from your diet, or obsessing about food all day? If so, an intermittent fasting lifestyle might be for you! In this book, you will learn the science behind intermittent fasting, and also understand how to adjust the various intermittent fasting plans to work for your unique lifestyle. The best part about intermittent fasting is that it doesn’t require you to give up your favorite foods! You’ll learn how to change WHEN to eat, so you don’t have to change WHAT you eat. Are you ready to take control of your health, and finally step off of the diet roller coaster? All you have to do is learn how to “Delay, Don’t Deny!”

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I was welcomed by hundreds of people with open arms. My first post received over 500 reactions and over 200 comments with useful advice and encouraging comments. I was hooked. Not only to the group, but to fasting as well. I started doing IF, and now just over 2 years later I am over 68 lbs. down and only 5 lbs. away from a target that I haven't hit for many many years. I truly believe IF is what has got me there. Friends and family have always been skeptical, and of course I hear the usual remarks of "starving yourself" and "it's not healthy". I now just let them have their opinions, but no one can deny after seeing my before and after that it doesn't work.If you normally eat every 3–4 hours and then suddenly shrink your eating period to an 8-hour window, you’ll likely feel hungry all the time and discouraged. “Some people quit if they start out by fasting for too many hours without an adjustment period from a previous eating style,” says Krista Varady, PhD, associate professor of kinesiology and nutrition at the University of Illinois at Chicago and author of “The Every-Other-Day Diet.” It may take 10 days to two weeks until you stop feeling hungry when you’re fasting. I've been through all the diets. My most successful was Weight Watchers. Then I was a fitness coach for 5 years to lose my baby weight with both my kids. Gin earned a Doctor of Education degree in Gifted and Talented Education in 2009 from Northcentral University and a Masters degree in Natural Sciences from The University ofSouth Carolina. She taught elementary school for 28 years beforeretiring to focus on IF full-time. Since Gin also has two adult sons, one husband, and four cats, she is busy. Thank goodness for intermittent fasting, which makes her life easier! Archives

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A friend at work started telling me about fasting and how wonderful it was. I started researching to prove him wrong, and I couldn't. Bought the books, decided to give this a try and see what happens. My surgery was scheduled for July 20th. I had to attend 6 meetings with the dietitian, meetings with the physical therapist, meetings with the doctors. Insurance wants to see if you are serious about weight loss, so you have to lose some kind of pounds for them to approve covering the cost. I did everything expected of me.In 2000, my then assistant principal got me into running. I dropped some weight but learned that no matter how much I ran I was not going to outrun my fork. It's now September 2017. I wobble between 146-148, but my body looks completely different. I'm wearing anywhere from 4s to 8s in clothes. I'm sleeping well, my skin looks better, and I have tons of energy. I had a physical recently and the doctor said all my lab tests look great - my HDL was so high it offset my high LDL. You may notice that you cycle through some of the steps more than once, but most people seem to experience most (if not all) of these stages somewhere along the way. In August 2016, I was starting my 29th year of teaching. The beginning of every school year is always very busy and I usually lose 15-20 pounds without really trying very hard, just from being very busy and not having time to eat. Having (probably) topped 250 pounds during the summer, and fighting with a host of medical issues such as chronic knee pain, Type II diabetes, and high blood pressure, I decided to really try to put that time of “easy” weight loss to work and see if I could make something of it.