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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