The Fasting Highway

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Episode 192 Karen Coleman-Ostrov A 63-year-old lifelong dieter finally finds freedom and the joy of living an intermittent fasting lifestyle. Sep 10, 2023

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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.

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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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Episode 191 Karen Cahill-Living a successful intermittent fasting lifestyle losing an incredible 60Kg -132 pounds. We re check in from episode. 117. Sep 03, 2023

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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.

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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.

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Episode 190 Jalene Weigand -A schoolteachers inspiring intermittent fasting story from Southern California. Aug 27, 2023

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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!

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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.

Private coaching by Graeme.

Episode 189 Neil Swartz - A husband who is inspired by his wife's success finds great health on his own journey with intermittent fasting. Aug 20, 2023

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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!

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Episode 188 Karen Finn We talk fasting and menopause and check back in from episode. 52. Aug 13, 2023

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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.

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Episode 187 Lisa Jasunas Rewriting her own story. 3.5 years of living a successful intermittent lifestyle, a life changing journey. Aug 06, 2023

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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.

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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.

Episode 186- Alan Zerbe we check back in from episode 103. Doing the Murph and setting up for longevity, Jul 30, 2023

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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.

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

Episode 185 Juliette Osborne - A recap from episode 40-From a wheelchair to running a 5k. An inspiring intermittent fasting lifestyle journey. A catch up from episode 40. Jul 23, 2023

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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!

Private coaching by Graeme.

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

Episode 184 Elaine & Julian Walker- An inspiring couple who fast and feast together living an intermittent fasting lifestyle Jul 16, 2023

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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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Episode 183 John Beaver -Losing over 110 pounds (50 KG) 1000 clean fasts. A father inspires his son an NSV like no other. Jul 09, 2023

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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.

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