My name is Helen Blicharz. I am a 50-year-old mother of three. I also have a wonderful husband, John, and the cutest little Beagle named Bingo. I work for a Lutheran Church, and I have a member, Shelley Beck, who introduced me to your podcast. She also encourages me to share my story with you and has been doing so for over a year; I've been hesitating as I am still on my weight loss journey. I have been pretty much overweight most of my life or at least after I graduated college. I tried just about every diet out there Weight Watchers, Liquid diets. Nutrisystem's Jenny Craig, you name it. Various things worked throughout the years, but nothing never worked or help me loose weight. In 2018, I was diagnosed with type 2 diabetes and my doctor told me that most people were not successful in losing weight on their own and that I had really good insurance, and she recommended weight loss surgery. I was really offended, but I found out later that she was in her residency and was using a reverse psychology tactic, which worked for me. I told her that I have never truly tried to lose weight on my own, and I think I could do it with some guidance. So I started out giving up sugar for 21 days, and that led me to a low-carb diet. Which eventually led to keto. And I lost 25 lbs. When I went back to the doctor, she was very happy, and that started my journey to where I am today. I did not stay with Keto, but I was introduced to intermittent fasting. COVID and why everyone else gained weight I was losing because I had more control and I didn't have insulin spikes. The keto diet helped me too. Gain the confidence I needed to find another lifestyle which was intermittent fasting. Three years later I still Fast, Feast & Repeat. Mostly. I have a four-hour window, so I fast for 20 hours, and sometimes, on the weekend, I open my window up for 8 hours to switch it up. I have lost 110 lbs. total so far, and although I am currently not at my goal weight and still have 50 lbs. to go, I know I will get there.
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Episode 225 Kelly Schupp -A life of weight issues helped by finding intermittent fasting. An inspring story from Louisiana
Episode 224 Cindy Hallett- A loss of fifty pounds 24 Kg in the first twelve months of living an intermittent fasting lifestyle. Surviving a major health scare along the way.
Episode 223 Rachel Awad- An experienced faster shares her journey. We talk protocols and ADF the right and wrong reasons to do it.
Episode 222 -April Pinto the experiment of one and living her best life while living an intermittent fasting lifestyle.
Episode 221 -Gin Stephens all things intermittent fasting and busting some myths,
Episode 220 Alison Preuss- A home educator's incredible fasting journey .Ageing backwards at 67 living her best life .
Episode 219 Renee Le Tourneau A great start maintaining then striking some trouble with regain and the fightback
Episode 218 -Shoshana Grinstein An incredible intermittent fasting story finding liberation and great health living and IF lifestyke
Episode 217 Sheila Parsons -IF at 70 years old losing an incredible 71 pounds -34Kg. An inspiration for all
Episode 216 Tracey Vignovich An experienced faster shares her 60 ponds 28 Kg weight loss journey.
Episode 214 Julie Mansfield A long term intermittent faster shares how she made intermittent fasting a sustainable lifestyle finding great health
Episode 213 Michelle Corbett the first fourteen months living an intermittent fasting lifestyle.
Episode 212 Erika Barnhart -Finding freedom through fasting losing an incredible 39 Kg (87 pounds) in ten months.
Episode 211 Gretchen Bates A former athlete transforms her life living an intermittent fasting lifestyle
Episode 210 Joe Bernardo -A registered nurse living an intermittent lifestyle that has changed his life.
Episode 209 Michelle Montone -A Fast and Fabulous intermittent fasting lifestyle. Sharing experiences and answering common questions on IF.
Episode 208-Graeme Currie and Co Host Karen Cahil -We discuss how intermittent fasting has transformed our lives and enhanced our lives.
Episode 207 Susanne Muller -An experienced intermittent fasters journey and what she discovered along the way.
Episode 206- Q & A with Graeme Currie who answers some listener questions about intermittent fasting.
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