Fast and Fabulous

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 digestive disorder in 2016. Upon diagnosis, she was told by several doctors nutrition had no bearing on his illness, and he would need lifelong medications to manage his debilitating symptoms.​ She began searching for the root cause of many chronic disease states.

Confused and frustrated, Shana left work in conventional medicine. Through relentless research and trial and error, she healed her son with the help from Australian doctors and an unconventional antibiotic therapy. She had to look beyond the "standard of care" and question what she was being told. As a mother, she knew what was at the root cause of her son's illness, and innately knew that if the interference was removed, he could heal.

Throughout the process, Shana gained extensive knowledge in holistic health and natural healing approaches, including the hormonal key to burning fat rather than storing it. She discovered that if obesity and diseases stemming from insulin resistance can be traced to a cause which is nutritional, then they can be reversed with nutrition therapy!

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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 what she did to lose weight before, nothing was working this time and the weight just pilled on. Star's last recorded weight was in May of 2019 at 210lbs. She was at the darkest point in her life - depressed and deteriorating health, tired and felt out of options. 

Then in August of 2019, she found intermittent fasting (IF) through her high school best friend who had been sharing about her IF journey on social media.  She read Delay, Don't Deny by Gin Stephens and started with a clean fast aiming for a 19 hour fast and 5 hour eating window practicing an OMAD (One Meal A Day) lifestyle. By February 2020 she had reached her first goal weight of 140lbs. In April of 2020 she started implementing one "meal-less" day a week and by August of 2020 (one year of IF) she had lost a total of 81lbs and has maintained that loss every since!

IF has taught Star to be mindful of everything that goes into her body and to eat for nutrition and purpose, it has taught her to think nutrients NOT calories. She is no longer a prisoner to food, food is not the enemy -  too much circulating insulin is the problem. IF helps us regulate All our hormones and helps us learn how to trust ourselves around food again.

IF truly is THE health plan with a side effect of weight loss -  everyone should be an intermittent faster whether they have weight to lose or just for the health benefits alone!

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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 beginning a series of statin medication due to her high cholesterol. She also suffered from sleep apnea and used a CPAP machine and had been experiencing plantar fasciitis in her right foot, causing her to limp. She felt unnaturally old, defeated, and unhealthy for her age. She was ready to make a change. She began looking for a sustainable and cost-effective plan to become healthier. As well as not wanting to take any medications unless necessary.

In March 2023, Erika finally discovered the freedom she had been seeking through IF, and within about 1 year she lost 90 pounds (39.5kg).

Fasting has helped Erika gain more clarity, perspective, and patience, and the best part is it’s free! The flexibility has made it easy to work into her ever-changing schedule. 

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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 what it is like to go on such a huge weight loss journey and live the highs and lows to finally find success and a healthy lifestyle, after being morbidly obese for nearly all of his adult life.
 
 He has been in maintenance for five years and has experienced health benefits that were unimaginable to him before he discovered this way of living.  Today we have an update on what he’s been up to with his Amazon best-seller, The Fasting Highway, podcast & what’s next. Graeme and I have a great update in this episode. Enjoy!

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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.  Enjoy!!

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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 and has lost 20lbs and 13 inches off her body!  

Jess also has a small business on FB at the link below.  Go check out her amazing leather work!!

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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 and almost became “obsessed” with making sure she didn’t get one!  Lisa did all the things to not gain weight and stay fit while trying to monitor her digestive issues. This went on for almost 30 years, then she found IF and the rest of the story is now about freedom! All the obsessions are starting to fade away and her mind is clear to think of the things that are really important to her in life. Lisa is so excited to share this mental health, self awareness and self image journey with you!

To follow Lisa's journey on IG:

@freedomthroughfasting

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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 problem with this and was lucky in that she didn't have a weight problem – maybe an extra 15lbs over the years, at the most. But weight isn't the only sign of health. From her early thirties Netta had been suffering from a very slow digestion, with bloating and pain, as well as infertility issues, depression, anxiety, and mood swings, achy joints and signs of a fatty liver. In July 2015, after months of resisting the idea, Netta tried the unthinkable: she cut out sugar, sweeteners and flour. Just for a period of two weeks – no more! 

But after only a few days she started feeling so much more energetic! Within a few weeks, her extra weight and cravings disappeared, as well as her cellulite, PMS, and frequent headaches. She had better concentration and mental clarity, better digestion, less joint stiffness, less swelling (no more inflammation), clearer, more glowing skin, and her moods stabilized. 

Intermittent fasting came naturally as a result of appetite correction a few months after she cut sugar. Now she eats once or twice a day, is never bothered with cravings or the need to snack, and enjoys her food like never before. Netta now enjoys a more healthy relationship with food because she sees it as a delicious and fun way to nourish herself, not as a calculation of macros and calories. She also has a better self-esteem (because she feels and looks so great!). And it's been 9 years since she’s had any sugar!   

Netta has an online private FB community (the After Sugar Club), a coaching program , YouTube channel and a popular podcast called Life After Sugar. In her community, Netta teaches small but powerful mindset shifts to make your lifestyle joyful and sustainable so that you can feel healthier with more energy and confidence… and less sugar! 

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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 issues.  She’s been in maintenance since September 2020, but finds that being 3 years older and closer to menopause, there is still a learning curve for her & her ever changing body.  April has always promised my fellow fasters that I would be honest & transparent whatever happens in her journey, and sometimes that means telling people when it gets hard, or when the scale moves in the wrong direction.  Nevertheless, this is the only lifestyle that she has ever wanted to do forever, and believes in the Magic of clean fasting!

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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 much better overall. Her story is so relatable and inspiring!

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