The Fasting Highway

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Episode 70- Candee Lynn A life long battle with weight, now a life of great health living an intermittent fasting lifestyle. Aug 08, 2021

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My Story My name is Candee and I have been battling my weight for what seems like forever. My dieting history started at the age of 10 when my parents put me on my first diet at the recommendation of my pediatrician. I was switched to skim milk and limited to one helping of dinner and no dessert. It was then that I learned how to sneak food. At 12 I asked to go away to “fat camp”. I found one in California and my parents agreed and I went to San Diego for 6 weeks. I lost approximately 25 pounds through severe calorie restriction and exercise. I think it took me about 12 weeks to gain it back and then some because I didn’t really learn how to follow the program and my parents didn’t do it for me. I have done every diet under the sun. I always started a diet when I was around 40 pounds above my weight. I’ve lost 40 pounds numerous times. In 1999 I joined WW after a friend lost around 50 pounds. I was successful and lost 42 pounds and was even approached about coming on staff. I joined the WW staff in 2000 and worked for them for over 16 years. During my tenure I was able to maintain my weight except for my three pregnancies in which I gained over 40 pounds and successfully lost the weight each time. I left WW due to poor management. When I stopped working for them I gained around 30 pounds and decided to do keto. Keto wasn’t a great fit for me because I love to eat all kinds of foods and it was very limiting. I heard about IF during that time, but didn’t really know too much about. In 2018 I was desperate. My weight was up again and I was creeping up to the 40 pound mark. I was working in health care and a mutual friend/patient came in and looked amazing. We talked about IF and she told me about DDD. I purchased the book before she was out of the parking lot and read it throughout the day. I started fasting that day. With IF I have been able to lose around 30 pounds. I am not sure exactly how much I have lost at this point because I have broken up with my scale. My focus right now is health. I turned 50 this year and for me it is about a feeling. If my clothes fit, I know I am on the right track. I pretty much follow OMAD except for once a week I do mealless monday ( currently). I run, practice yoga and walk. Most days my fasting protocol is 20/4 or 22/2. I am learning what foods make me feel good and which don’t. My goal is to continue to be active and be a great example for my boys. I want to keep up with them. I have started my own FB group to help and encourage others.

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My book The Fasting Highway is available on Amazon in both paperback and kindle. For Australian and New Zealand residents, you can buy the book direct from me at The Fasting Highway with Intermittent Fasting Advocate Graeme Currie

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The Fasting Highway: Graeme Currie from Australia takes you on a journey through the highs and lows of beating a crippling food addiction by losing ... living an Intermittent Fasting Lifestyle: Currie, Graeme: 9780648965206: Amazon.com: Books

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Episode 82- Sisters Amy and Katy Miller the first six months off an intermittent fasting lifestyle. Both losing around 19 Kg (42 pounds) Aug 01, 2021

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We’re Katy and Amy Miller, two sisters who live together in Lower Hutt, New Zealand. We’ve both lost and gained weight over the years – we’d count calories, eat smaller portions and healthy snacks, lose weight and then slowly but surely fall off the wagon and gain it back.

This year we decided to be proper grown-ups (we’re both in our 40s, for the record) and actually go to our doctors for a check-up. It was well overdue given our family history of hypertension and diabetes (Mum had been nagging us for ages, which we’re now grateful for!). It turns out that we both have high blood pressure and Katy’s blood sugar levels were at a diabetic level.

Advice from a diabetes nurse and panic-googling led Katy to Dr Jason Fung’s YouTube channel. The science just made sense to us – and it explained our previous failed attempts to keep weight off. So we started on the fasting highway in February and we haven’t looked back. We both do anything from 16:8 to OMAD – it depends on how busy we are that day and how hungry we are.

We’re pairing it with a keto diet in order to get the best results in relation to blood sugar – and it’s working! Katy’s blood sugars had come down to the normal range at her next bloods three months later.

We’re foodies – we love food and cooking. When we first approached our new way of eating we were slightly worried that it would take the joy out of cooking. We couldn’t have been more wrong! Fasting has made food both more and less precious. We love the meals we have, but we don’t haveto eat. And there’s incredible keto recipes out there.

Since starting this way of eating in February, Katy’s lost 19 kgs (42 lbs), and Amy’s lost 20 kgs (44 lbs). Katy’s only a few kilos from her goal weight, and Amy’s got another 19 kgs (42 lbs) to go. We have no intention to stop what we’re doing when we get to our respective goals though, we’re having too much fun!

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Disclaimer -This Podcast episode should not be take as medical advice. Please consult a medical professional when starting any health plan. The opinions expressed in this podcast are those of the host and guests only.

Episode 81- Alison Woods Losing 61 Kg (135 pounds) over two years doing intermittent fasting. We delve into intermittent fasting coaching. Jul 25, 2021

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Allison has been intermittent fasting since May 2019. As of July 2021, she has released over 135 pounds and logged over 100 non-scale victories (NSV’s)! Allison had been morbidly obese for most of her adult life. At a top weight of 369 pounds, she had a gastric bypass in 2011. She initially lost weight, but quickly regained more than half of those pounds back. After once again trying numerous diets and weight-loss plans, she discovered intermittent fasting and never looked back! Allison wants to help everyone discover the freedom that comes with intermittent fasting to live a vibrant and healthy life! With her personal experience, education and professional credentials, Allison wants to be your intermittent fasting coach. Allison holds a Masters Degree in Public Health (MPH), specializing in Health Education, and a Doctorate of Psychology (PsyD) in Organization Development. She has many years of experience in health education and training, individual and executive coaching, facilitating groups, and career counseling. You can connect with Allison at: https://yourlifecoach.ck.page Please note: Allison is an organizational psychologist, not a medical doctor or therapist. Allison lives in Sacramento, California, in the United States with her wife, their very active 6 year old son, and 2 dogs. With her new-found energy from intermittent fasting, Allison enjoys bike riding, golfing, swimming, and lifting weights. She is an organization development consultant as well as an intermittent fasting coach. She is also an avid crafter and hobby baker.

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Episode 79 Renee Le Tourneau A wife and mothers intermittent fasting journey. The first 6 months doing 18-6 losing 29 pounds (13Kg) Jul 21, 2021

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I am a 46 year old wife and mother of three teenagers (14, 17, 19) and live in a suburb of Minneapolis, Minnesota USA. I used to work as a Registered Nurse in the Intensive Care Unit but have been at home, full time, for the past 7-8 years.

I never had issues with my weight until after having children. I would say that after each pregnancy I would keep about 10-15 pounds of baby weight as my "new normal". I also began drinking soda following my first pregnancy. It was my way of getting caffeine since I was not a coffee drinker. It is a habit that I still struggle with today to kick.

I have never been a dieter. I grew up with my mother dieting all the time and I think it was a turn off to me to ever want to be like that. Even after gaining and keeping some pregnancy weight over the years, I was still satisfied enough with myself and my appearance. It wasn't until I was 39-40 years old, when my weight just started to creep up on it's own without changing anything about my lifestyle, that I started to get bothered. I assume it was due to hormonal changes, but in one year I was up 5 pounds. Then another 5 the next. And the next and so on until reaching my heaviest weight of 198 pounds (90kg) at 5'5" tall.

I have a friend that had lost weight with intermittent fasting, and at the end of January this year (2021) I decided to google search and learn about what IF was. I stumbled upon Gin Stephens' Delay, Don't Deny and downloaded the audiobook. WIthin two days I had listened to the whole thing. It all made perfect sense to me, and on February 1st I began my IF journey. My husband has recently joined me in this lifestyle and is still the only person I have brought myself to tell what I am doing.

To date I have lost 29 pounds (13kg) doing 18:6.

Renee.

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Episode 80 Beth Anundi- Finding relief from chronic migraines with intermittent fasting and the side effect of weight loss in the first year. Jul 18, 2021

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Beth worked for 16 years as a faculty member at the college level teaching literature, writing, and communications classes. But for the last ten years, she has owned and operated Capital Pawn & Couture with her husband Adam. They have three grown children who work in the business alongside them. Born and raised in the stunning Willamette Valley in Oregon, she is a lover of trees and watching the wildlife from her deck in her back yard. Beth is passionate about her family, friends, reading, learning, traveling, food, shoes, handbags, and anything Pawn or Disney related. Her husband jokingly calls her a “professional intermittent faster”

Congratulations Beth on your first year anniversary living an intermittent fasting lifestyle.

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Episode 78 Emily Harveaux A four year journey doing intermittent fasting losing over 100 pounds. Finding the clean fast a game changer. Jul 04, 2021

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My Backstory

So, my journey in weight was a struggle even in childhood and adolescence. I was so embarrassed to hear a doctor tell my mother I needed to “lay off the greasy food” when I was child at a doctors appointment. As a teen I always weighed my age x10. So by 18 I was around 180. At 19 1/2 and at 200 pounds I experienced my first dramatic weight loss going from 200 pounds to 150 in 24 weeks by cutting out flour and sugar and counting calories. I was 157 at my wedding in June, 1993. From 1993- 2017 my weight went up and down the scale.... losing, gaining, ever trying to have success in mastering my health. My highest weight was nearing 300 pounds right before my 4th child was born. But I often weighed around 275 which was my weight when I learned about fasting in 2017. A friend told me about the book “The obesity code”. I had a torn meniscus injury at the time and was unable to exercise. It seemed like the perfect time to try Fasting ! I also read Delay Don’t Deny soon after, but the part about clean fasting was not what I wanted to hear. I practiced clean fasting often but not always. I lost 30 pounds in the several months of fasting! What an encouraging time. In the next year 2018 I lost another 50 pounds totaling 80 pounds lost in just over a year. The next two years I had trouble making progress and getting into a maintenance lifestyle. I believe that’s because I had forgotten my old friend, the clean fast! Well my friend is back! I am committed to clean fasting daily, eating low carb, and enjoying the process as I shed the last little bit. I am most hopeful and excited to learn and love a clean fast maintenance lifestyle ! My total weight loss currently is 103 pounds! I’m very close to a maintenance weight and my day to day fasting routine is easy, energizing, and completely enjoyable. I have incorporated the carnivore lifestyle into my fasting and experiment with longer fasts and am starting ADF to see where that takes me.

Emily

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Episode 77- Candice Maechling a mothers journey a life time of weight issues and over eating- finding intermittent fasting and having success. Jun 27, 2021

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My name is Candice Maechling I'm a 34 year old wife and stay at home mom to two young kids (4 and 8 years old). I've been clean fasting and working myself from low carb to carnivore since Febuary 23rd 2021. I vary my fast depending on what is going on in my life, I go between omad, tmad, and ADF. Since I have struggled with binging in the past I don't put too much pressure on myself to do one specific thing. I just give myself the rules of I will eat the meat I enjoy that makes me feel good and I will practice IF in some form daily. I have lost 103 pounds total, 52 of that since beginning clean IF. I am no longer pre-diabetic and my blood pressure is in the normal range. From a young age I struggled with over eating, I remember being in 2nd grade and the teacher weighed us all in front of each other I was 100 pounds and i felt such shame at comments from the other kids, that was the first time it really hit me that my weight was a problem. In late 2010 after being unsuccessfully treated for fertility, losing hope of becoming a mom and not knowing what to do with my life I found low carb and began to work out for the first time in my life, I lost 124 pounds in a little over a year and unexpectedly became pregnant with my son in 2012. Over the next 8 years through one more pregnancy and lots of life changes I bounced up and down depending on how well I followed low carb but hunger and stress always got the best of me. I finally discovered the fasting highway Facebook group around January and listened to all the podcast trying to work my way into clean fasting. I didn't find success with until I managed to lose the rest of the sugar and sweeetners in my diet. I have since kept listening to the podcast and read the Fasting Highway book for motivation. I still have somewhere around 50 to 60 pounds to go but I have no doubt IF and carnivore or meat heavy keto will keep me on the right path.

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Episode 76 Rondi Lee a 60 year old retired flight attendants intermittent fasting journey -The first six months seeing incredible results. Jun 20, 2021

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By Rondi Lee

I am a 60 year old retired flight attendant and Bed and Breakfast owner. I am happily married to my high school sweetheart, Jay, and have a wonderful grown son, Zack.

I have always struggled to keep my weight within a normal range, but as I got older, nothing was working. In spite of trying every diet under the sun and continuing to diligently exercise/work out, my weight crept up and I found myself in a continual yo-yo dieting situation. I accidentally stumbled on a podcast about Intermittent Fasting, thought I would give it a try, and began 12/1/20. It was a perfect fit for me and within 5 months I lost 35 pounds. The Intermittent Fasting lifestyle has freed me from a lifetime of yo-yo dieting and worrying about my weight and what to eat to keep the scale from going up. I know what to do now. My life has truly been changed by Intermittent Fasting and I plan to be a faster for life.

The Fasting Highway dedicates this podcast episode to Rondis father who recently passed.

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Episode 75- Sarah Morrissey The first six months of an intermittent fasting journey after a catalyst moment. Jun 13, 2021

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By Sarah Morrissey

I grew up in Liverpool UK, and also spent years of my childhood and early teens, living in Saudi Arabia.

I studied Chemistry at University of Birmingham, and have stayed living and working around the Midlands ever since.

Kevin, my husband and I now live in Derbyshire, close enough to help our kids out with their kids! I have one son, step mum to 5, and grandparent to 6.

We have two rescue dogs who we adore. I am very blessed.

I am 53 years old, and my weight battle rollercoaster started really at the age of 19 with my first ovarian cyst . The PCOS that I have subsequently suffered with has led to 30 years of weight loss/gain; more gain; that whole negative cycle which then led to the mental health challenges of life as an obese person.

I have tried every diet, fad, shake, club, book, gym going. And I am here to say they do not offer a sustainable way of life – not for me anyway.

I have had spells of looking better and feeling OK about how I looked, but those times happened after losing the same 20/25 lbs that always went back on, with extra to boot.

I have had so many hurtful comments made about my weight I cannot tell you – not from family, but from thoughtless friends, and of course strangers . It amazes me that people feel they have permission to comment – yet they do.

My husband, my rock, has always told me that I am beautiful, and adores me, but it didn`t help me to feel better when I looked in the mirror.

I have spent a life avoiding the camera, dreading conferences where a photo collage appears at the end and I feel sick at the sight of my image. Being invited to speak at several national and international meetings, where I should be proud of the achievements that got me there instead of just dreading how I will look.

STATS:

CW 225 lb, 16st 1lb, 102.2kg

GW 150lbs, 10st 10lbs, 68kg, but I’m not too precious about the end number, as long as I am happy and healthy in my own skin.

PROTOCOL: settled after playing around from 16:8, to 18:6 to now at 22:2 or mostly 23:1

Sarah

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Episode 74 Brie Hargans The first 12 months of an intermittent fasting lifestyle. Finding success with a 23 Kg (50 Pounds) weight loss. Jun 06, 2021

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My name’s Brie Hargans,
I grew up in and around Sydney NSW Australia and have lived here most of my life.
I love travel, Margaritas and Mexican food!
I’m a mother of two gorgeous little girls 3 and 1 and recently returned to work as a travel agent which I’ve been doing for the last 9 years.
I’ve been self-conscious of my body and looks for as long as I can remember. I’ve never been the “skinny girl” and have always compared myself to others.
In the past I’ve gained weight and lost it through rigorous workouts 5-6 days a week, combined with severe calorie restriction. Which I wasn’t able to maintain. As soon as I stopped going to the gym or ate a treat the weight would come back on.

When I met my husband 11 years ago I was a similar size to what I am now. I considered myself to be a fairly healthy eater with bouts of being active here and there. However, over the years I gradually gained a few kilos each year leading up to our wedding, then the babies came and before I knew it I was more than 20 kilos overweight and according to my BMI obese.

After having my second baby I knew whatever I did had to be maintainable! I didn’t have time for the gym and I knew that weight loss was primarily found through diet. So I was on a mission to find the perfect “diet”.
I found IF! I knew as soon as I read the science in the Obesity Code that IF was the key I had been looking for my whole life. It just made sense to me. I knew my body didn’t want to be obese.
I started fasting straight away and have fasted every day since.
After reading the Obesity Code I was so hungry for information. I read all of Jason Fung’s books. Donna Dube her book was pivotal for me because she encouraged her readers to join FB groups which was instrumental in my success. Then I read Delay Don’t Deny and the rest of Gin Stephens books, which lead me to…… the Fasting Highway!

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