I'm 5'9" and always been "big boned" with an obese/overweight BMI. My highest weight was 192lbs in October 2016 and I've lost less than 20lbs since starting IF a year ago. I've always weighed "a lot," but that doesn't make it any easier to still have a BMI in the overweight range despite my commitment to clean fasting since day 1. For many, that small amount of loss would be a reason to quit. Aug - Gained 5 pounds! Still relaxing my window. Enjoying last days of summer! Hurricane evacuation! 😧 Monica’s advice: IF is the answer! You don’t have to be perfect, you just have to be consistent. Be sure to fast clean. IF will change your life.

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I was at 265 lbs at the time (April 2017). I had what I thought was bad knees and hips due to old age and, though a pretty avid bike rider, would tire easily. I had quit wearing jeans after being unable to button my 42 waist and had switched to full time overalls. My sister noticed my success and asked me about it and I told her what I was doing and she seemed a bit skeptical. No way was I going to try to push her towards it with all she was going through but I knew she was miserable. :( Then around the end of October, I went to see her and she said, "Ok, you need to tell me more about what you're doing". And there you go. She started November 1, and I am so thrilled for her!! I don't really weigh anymore but I think I am down around 40 pounds and down from a size 14/16 and XL to 8/10 and sm/med.In the Summer of 2017 I made a trip to Bed Bath and Beyond and on a whim, I decided to step on one of their operating scales. Before I did, I guessed that at 5’ 7.5” that my weight would be in the 160-pound range. I knew that wasn’t great, but in my mind, I could justify it. So, I stepped on the scale and it said 188.8 pounds. I stood in the store in front of two other women and wept. We don't feel like the same people, either. It's more than the 200 pounds we have lost. After struggling with food for decades (him since childhood, me since my mid 20s), we are finally FREE. We have gained and lost weight. We have tried numerous diets, separately and together. We struggled. We felt deprived. We gave up hope that there was a better way. During our 15 year marriage, we dealt with a lot of change in our extended family, our finances and our careers. Dysfunctional eating became the one stable constant in the center of our lives. April has lost almost 60 pounds and feels great. IF has corrected her appetite and taught her to listen to her body. While she would like to lose more, April enjoys food without guilt, which has been a very powerful experience for her! Long story short: after 777 days, a first year of 20:4 IF and a second year of mostly <2 hour eating windows, I attained my goal of losing 100 pounds.

Intermittent Fasting Stories – by Gin Stephens

In July 2017, I started working out in a gym doing pretty intense boot camps. It was at this gym that I was introduced to intermittent fasting. I thought it sounded crazy-- I mean, going at least 16 consecutive hours without eating?! Wouldn't I starve to death? How would it impact my running and boot camps? It took me NINE MONTHS to take the plunge into IF, and I joined a facebook group of intermittent fasting women. That group lead me to Gin Stephens and Delay, Don't Deny.Jan - Delay, “Donut” Deny girl 🍩! Excited, high, I can do this! OMG can I do this?? UGH when is lunch? I began slowly gaining weight around 10 years ago. I attribute this to a time of extreme stress which caused me to quit caring for myself physically. Prior to this I had always been what most would consider thin. It took a few years for the weight gain to become visible to others, and even then, most would not have considered it extreme. It wasn’t until about 2015 that it really became noticeable. Similarly, you should also give up diet sodas. “You don’t want anything heavily sweetened, even if it’s calorie-free,” says Fung. “ Zero-calorie sweeteners still have a negative effect on insulin levels, stimulating the appetite and making you want to eat.” Fearing I'd fall and get hurt or I'd randomly break into tears. I spent the next months wasting my time by watching TV and googling random things on the internet. I'm so thankful I did, because that was how I came across Gin's Facebook group. I joined the group to pass my time, thinking it would be a good waste of time. At that time, I didn't know that it would change my life. Gin is down to earth, factual, and by her own confessions, a professional dieter. Her tone is conversational, and she does a fantastic job of translating all the science-y words.

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quote GinaJaffacake] @LovelyGirlCompetition, thanks. I didn’t realise it took 10wks. I do feel healthier after just under 2wks but I’m guessing that’s due to the big increase in my water consumption. My calories are under 1200 a day so I’m surprised I’m not losing just from that. That's not going to happen, babe," said my husband not amused by my realization. :) So I thought harder and I realized I had simply been eating earlier, and I had been fasting all along!

I was already doing the old calorie in calorie out diet (had just started) and thought "I can do this and it is much easier". At some point on my Facebook feed I started getting information about Intermittent Fasting from various sources. One that I remember suggested that women should fast 12-14 hours, then have their first meal. I dabbled with that for some time and felt great doing it. Adopting my own version of intermittent fasting has dramatically changed the way I think about food. It was not planned - but over time - I found myself enjoying morefruits and vegetables and eatingless junk food.