Fast, feast, repeat : the comprehensive guide to delay, don't deny intermittent fasting--including the 28-day fast start /
Gin Stephens.
- xii, 339 pages ; 21 cm
Gin Stephens has lived an intermittent fasting (IF) lifestyle since 2014, losing over eighty pounds and launching her IF website, four online support groups, four self-published books, and two top-ranked podcasts - Intermittent Fasting Stories and The Intermittent Fasting Podcast. A graduate of the Institute of Integrative Nutrition's Health Coach Training Program, she also earned a Doctor of Education degree in Gifted and Talented Education, an MA in Natural Sciences, and a BA in Elementary Education. She taught elementary school for twenty-eight years, and has worked with adult learners in a number of settings. She splits her time between Augusta, Georgia, and Myrtle Beach, South Carolina.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Foreword -- Welcome to the rest of your life! -- Introduction: The dismal truth about diets -- Part I: Fast -- Ignite your fat-burning superpower! -- Intermittent fasting: The health plan with a side effect of weight loss -- Fasting: The real-life foundation of youth? -- The magic is in the clean fast! learn why we fast clean -- Keep it clean! Learn how we fast clean -- Time-restricted eating: An "Eating window" approach -- Alternate-day fasting protocols: The "Up-and-down-day" approach -- Your intermittent fasting toolbox -- Just say no: Fasting red flags -- Fast start: Your first twenty-eight days -- Tweak it till it's easy -- Part II: Feast -- "Delay, don't deny" -- "Diet brain" and how to avoid it -- Bio-individuality -- The end of the calorie -- Appetite correction: what exactly is this hormonal voodoo? -- Beans versus jelly beans: Does food quality matter? -- Part III: Repeat -- Scale-Schmale: The ultimate guide to tracking your progress -- Lifestyle versus diet: There is no wagon -- Get your mind right! -- Get moving! Fast0fueled fitness -- Weight loss too slow or you're at a plateau? How to adjust and adapt -- Maintenance: ID for L*IF*E -- Share without fear -- "What I wish I knew" -- Frequently asked questions -- Who should fast, and who should not fast -- General questions -- Can I have ___ while fasting? -- Food choices/nutrition -- Medical questions -- Exercise -- Tracking your progress -- Physiology of fasting 00 Recommended reading -- Notes -- Index
"Change when you eat and change your body, your health, and your life! Diets don't work. You know you know that, and yet you continue to try them, because what else can you do? You can Fast. Feast. Repeat. After losing over eighty pounds and keeping every one of them off, Gin Stephens started a vibrant, successful online community with hundreds of thousands of members from around the world who have learned the magic of a Delay, Don't DenyŽ intermittent fasting lifestyle. Fast. Feast. Repeat. has it all! You'll learn how to work a variety of intermittent fasting approaches into your life, no matter what your circumstances or schedule. Once you've ignited your fat-burning superpower, you'll get rid of "diet brain" forever, tweak your protocol until it's second nature, and learn why IF is a lifestyle, not a diet. Fast. Feast. Repeat. is for everyone! Beginners will utilize the 28-Day FAST Start. Experienced intermittent fasters will strengthen their intermittent fasting practice, work on their mindset, and read about the latest research out of top universities supporting intermittent fasting as the health plan with a side effect of weight loss. Still have questions? Gin has you covered! All of the most frequently asked intermittent fasting questions are answered in the exhaustive FAQ section"--