Meet Shana Hussin...Wife, Mom of 3, Registered Dietician Nutritionist, Author of the Amazon best seller, Fast to Heal and Host of the Fast to Heal Podcast.  Shana is a Weight Loss Resistance Specialist & focuses on insulin & leptin resistance as well as high cortisol and circadian dysfunctions as factors of weight issues.   Shana worked as a dietitian and nutrition therapist for 15 years in the conventional medical field prior to her young son falling ill with a severe and chronic...

Meet Star McEuen from Arizona!  Star is a 41yo mom of SIX and now grandmother, wife, Fasting Coach, Influencer, Author and downright badass.  Most Star's life was focused on her weight- she always wanted to be “skinny and/or fit”.  She had tried every “diet” out there to lose weight, did all the at home workouts, went to the gym, became a personal trainer herself, hired a nutritionist...and they all lead to the same place, failure, disappoint and defeat. She turned 35 years old and no matter...

Today I am joined by Erika Barnhart, a 43-year-old salon consultant who resides in Pennsylvania with her husband and 3 dogs. Erika struggled with weight issues since childhood and was overweight throughout most of her life. At age of 13, she was diagnosed with high cholesterol and triglycerides but was never prescribed any medication. In early 2023, she realized that she was procrastinating on scheduling her annual physical because she knew that the doctor would become more persistent about...

Today I am joined by my favorite faster from the other side of the globe, Mr. Graeme Currie from Perth, Australia (episode 9 as well) whose insights and passion for intermittent fasting came from living a successful fasting lifestyle losing an incredible 132lbs (62kg)!  He completely turned around his health in a stunning transformation over fifteen months with clean intermittent fasting. He also overcame a debilitating sugar and fast food addiction.    Graeme has a complete understanding of...

I am joined by THE expert on clean intermittent fasting herself, Gin Stephens! Gin is the NY Times best selling author of Fast, Feast, Repeat, Clean(ish), & Delay, Don’t Deny.   Let us not forget my personal favorite and often overlooked, Feast Without Fear.  Gin has been living an intermittent fasting lifestyle since 2014.  Since then, she’s maintained a weight loss of more than 80lbs, hosts two top-ranked podcasts: IF Stories & Fast, Feast Repeat, IF Stories For Life....

Jess Manross is an almost 43 year old mom of three girls ages 14, 11 and 5. LOTS of her time is spent preparing for, getting to and from and enjoying wrestling matches, hockey games and cattle shows with her girls. She is a full-time work at home mom, 4-H leader, small business owner and part-time secretary. When she isn't busy with all that, she enjoys taking photographs at livestock shows, reading, camping and boating with her family. She has been intermittent fasting since September 2020...

Lisa Evers is a former elementary educator from Canada who had suffered her entire life with digestive issues, so she was always aware of what she was eating to notice how she would feel. When she was young, it was IBS-d then moved to constipation-shortly after she was diagnosed with hypothyroidism in her early 20’s. After that diagnosis she was worried that weight gain was going to be a side effect so she started to do things to make sure that didn’t happen. She had never had a weight issue...

If you’ve been tuning in, you will recall Netta was Episode 10 back in May of last year.  Netta is a 53yo mom and teacher – originally from the UK, now living in Canada.  Until the age of 45, Netta had always eaten "normally"… that is, 3 meals a day, sometimes a snack or two, and treats on special occasions (well, every day was a special occasion…!). She was a self-identified sweet tooth and not a day went by without her eating chocolate, cookies, or some kind of sweets. She didn't have a...

April Hall is a 45 year old wife, mother of 5 grown children, restaurant owner, and full- time college student.  She found fasting in May of 2020 and has made it her forever lifestyle.  April lost 45 lbs in 5 months, and had an insatiable appetite for knowledge on the subjects of fasting, longevity, and health.  She even started a Facebook group, “April’s Fasting Friends”, after Gin Stephens left Facebook. April loves to teach others what she’s learned and help them troubleshoot their fasting...

Enjoy Episode 35 with Paige Brown.  Paige is a 32 year old stay at home Mom and former Elementary teacher. Paige first started fasting back in 2019 but had to stop due to pregnancy and breastfeeding. Fast forward to 2022, she couldn’t lose the baby weight and was feeling exhausted all the time. After trying and failing at some other diets she came back to fasting June 27, 2022 and has been clean fasting ever since and have lost 33lbs and 24.5 inches. Paige has so much energy and feeling so...

Jalene Ellis Weigand is a 53-year year old wife, preschool teacher, nanny, life coach, owner of a small  natural body product company and a mom of many rescued animals. To keep herself in shape over the years, she tried all the fad diets and popular exercise programs. After so many years of  drastic calorie restrictions and adrenal fatigue from exercises, she found herself no longer able to maintain a healthy body. After experiencing the hardships of 2020, and then going through...

Donna Sherman has worked as a licensed clinical social worker and therapist (MSW,LCSW) in hospitals, mental health clinics, universities and private practice. Much of Donna's work is focused on offering evidence-based, effective tools to help with pain management, anxiety, enhancing focus and developing positive health- promoting behaviors.  In addition to her work as a behavioral consultant and coach, Donna is a long-time teacher of Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction, MIndfulness-Based...

If you’ve been tuning in, you will recall Lisa Glick was episode 14 in June of last year - since then, she’s been up to a LOT and I just had to catch up!  Lisa is a 63yo retired music  educator,  performer, dancer, vocalist, trail runner, fitness instructor and  carnivore/IF coach.  Lisa, like many, has a long history of disordered eating, weight and health struggles - including depression and  anxiety.   After years of  low -fat, restricting, calorie counting, & obsessing  about food -...

Al Montone is 45yo and proud to call this guy my husband!  He is  5'11'' and began  his IF journey at 250lbs back in 2020 - after persevering through a year and a half plateau, the weight finally started coming back off in January of 2023.  Having struggled with  weight his entire life, he has finally found success in clean IF and plans to make this his forever lifestyle.  To date, he's released 45lbs!  He is still working on his last 20 and finally wanted to come on and share his experience....

Carol Cason is  58yo, single mom of 2 grown sons from the United Kingdom where she works in a sedentary job as a medical secretary.  At 5 ft tall, Carol was uncomfortable after putting on weight when she split with her ex-husband. She started clean intermittent fasting in March 2021 and embraced it fully. Carol has been OMAD (one meal a day) since. It is now her way of life and she absolutely loves it! Not only has she released 28lbs (2 stone) but has had so many NSVs (none scale victories)...

April Pinto is a 42 year old photographer and crazy chicken lady. She is married with a 17 year old who is graduating this week and two chihuahuas. April had neglected her health and weight for years and had developed Type 2 diabetes, high cholesterol, candida, lived with constant acid reflux, and was overall sluggish, achy and unwell.  She hit 280lbs without realizing it. Despite being plant based for years, she had developed terrible eating habits, late night eating and constant snacking....

Martin Sher is a 71-year-old retired CEO of an 84-year-old family business and has been retired for about 15 years.  His passion is to do whatever he can to spread the word about the incredible health benefits of intermittent fasting. He has lost about 50 pounds on his own customized plan along with intermittent fasting that has been able to allow him to maintain the loss, plus an additional 10lbs! He has maintained his weight loss for about 15 years now. In his retirement, he kept the title...

Tami Durcan is a 57 year old home care nurse who lives in a small town called Tipp City, Ohio, but spends half the year in San Antonio, Texas with her wonderful husband and dog! Tami began intermittent fasting on Halloween of 2019, and has been fasting every day since. With daily fasting, and some light exercise she was able to release 35 pounds and feels better than she has in a long time. She’s now comfortably at 125 pounds and in a size 4/6. Tami knows this is the correct lifestyle for her...

Amy Jo Holcomb is a busy wife, mother, small business owner, health coach, and high school and college English teacher. She and her husband Rush have been married 25 years and their son was just married last summer, so today they’re enjoying being empty nesters. Four years ago, Amy Jo had struggled just enjoying life and keeping up with her many responsibilities was overwhelming. She was ballooning back up to her all time highest weight of 300 lbs and suffering from debilitating nerve pain...

Lisa Fischer is a longtime radio and tv personality in Arkansas and is now a certified integrative nutrition health coach. She embarked on intermittent fasting in 2017 and it changed her life so much she is devoting it to helping others reach their health goals by becoming metabolically fit. She and her husband are celebrating their 35th year of marriage and are the parents of three outstanding grown children and two really cute granddaughters. You can find her both her podcasts - The Lisa...

So happy to have Joyce Holthaus  join us again on the show!  Joyce was episode 6 and we have been connecting ever since and wanted her to come back on because she brings such a light to our community.  Joyce is 69yr old, wife of 42 yrs to her amazing husband and has 2 grown and married children and 5 grandchildren! Joyce had struggled with her weight since she was quite young and has yo-yoed up and down, and struggled with compulsive overeating. She found herself at an uncomfortable weight,...

Meet Justin Claypool!  Justin is 33yo,  born in Klamath Falls, OR and currently residing in Clarkston, WA.  Justin was prediabetic from an early age and overweight his entire life.  At his highest weight he was 375+ lbs.  In 2017, he decided to start his journey to good health at 28yo. Through whole foods and intermittent fasting, he has been able to lose over 150lbs & keep it off! Justin has now shifted his focus from losing weight to building muscle and...

Meet Star McEuen from Arizona!  Star is a 40yo mom of SIX, Wife, Fasting Coach, Influencer, Author and downright badass.  Most Star's life was focused on her weight- she always wanted to be “skinny and/or fit”.  She had tried every “diet” out there to lose weight, did all the at home workouts, went to the gym, became a personal trainer herself, hired a nutritionist...and they all lead to the same place, failure, disappoint and defeat. She turned 35 years old and no matter what she did to lose...

Becca is a  50yo, wife, mother, mother-in-law and grandmother.  She’s been married for almost 29 years with 4 adult kids ranging from 27 down to 20.  She has recently delved into the world of illustration and enjoys nearly all things art. Her motivation for wanting to slim down and live a healthier life was most certainly her family and wanting to be able to live a life where she could say a lot more YES to activities and adventure!  Becca hit rock bottom 3.5 years ago when she weighed just...