

By Joe Bernardo RN.
My wife and I are Registered Nurses by profession.  Despite knowing how to “eat healthy” and what the guidelines recommend, I found myself to be in the worst health and shape about a year and three months ago.  I was 42 years old, and my BMI breached 30; I had RA, sciatic issues, and undiagnosed sleep apnea. I was also getting short of breath with minimal activity.  I also found out, later in my journey, that I had been pre-diabetic and possibly diabetic.  This did not surprise me as I was addicted to sodas, often drinking 6-8 glasses with dinner!  Unfortunately, I did not have any baseline labs drawn before fasting and keto, and I was already 5-6 months into it when I had my A1C completed.  
Fasting has changed our lives as all of my chronic and acute issues are now gone!  I live out a baseline 18:6 protocol with extended water fasts of 36 hours and beyond bi
weekly!




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Our Patreon Supporters Community 
Please consider joining the Fasting Highway Patreon community. 
I strongly urge you to do so if you need more accountability and support for not a lot each month, as it is helping so many people to do that.
 It has become an excellent add-on to our patrons' IF lifestyle, who enjoy a lot of bonus content to support them living an IF life, and it supports me in getting the podcast out and running the Facebook group.
For less than a cup of coffee a month, you can join and support your own health goals.
 Please go to www.patreon.com/thefastinghighway to see the benefits you get back and how to join.


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Graeme is available on a limited basis for private one-on-one coaching and mentoring sessions with you. He can help you with those burning questions about how to get started or overcome issues no matter what phase you are up to on your intermittent fasting journey. Get accountable and come and have a chat with Graeme, who is vastly experienced in all areas of intermittent fasting and the mindset it takes. 
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Episode 210 Joe Bernardo -A registered nurse living an intermittent lifestyle that has changed his life.

I am Graeme Currie from Western Australia author of the best seller The Fasting Highway it can be found on Amazon in both Kindle and Paperback. 
I am a person who lost 60 kg (132 pounds) and successfully kept it off. I will tell you exactly how I did it, and what it is like to live an intermittent fasting lifestyle. I cover my journey, about an ordinary Australian bloke who has found a way to lose weight that is sustainable. Along the way, I found some amazing health benefits as well. I interview dozens of others, who wanted to try it for themselves and have had similar success.

Health & Fitness

Kelly Schupp is a 46-year-old mechanical engineer and mom of two living in Louisiana, one of the worst states for people who LOVE to eat!  The food there is well known for being irresistible, but not the healthiest.  Kelly grew up on an agricultural farm (primarily rice and crawfish) with a Cajun great-grandmother and mother who were fabulous cooks.  Food was everywhere, all the time, absolutely engrained in the culture she grew up in.
 
Kelly was overweight at a young age and struggled her whole life to lose weight and keep it off.  Her mom was also overweight and had them try every diet out there: Jenny Craig, Weight Watchers, the “Zone” diet, low carb, ketogenic, paleo, etc.  Unfortunately, nothing ever worked long-term.
 Years went by and diets and workout fads came and went, but her weight remained the same.  She hovered nearly 200 lbs for nearly 20 years.  It was her body’s setpoint and
nothing she did ever changed it, even after she cleaned her diet up significantly to keep insulin resistance and diabetes at bay (which her mother and father both had).  Then, in 2018, Kelly had surgery, and her weight started to climb rapidly, topping out at around 215 lbs.
 
Kelly started an 8-week “body transformation” program, weightlifting 4-5x’s/week and eating like a bodybuilder.  She stuck to the program, logging everything she ate and did – and gained 3 lbs.  Her doctors scratched their heads and then offered to test her metabolism with a CO2 measurement.  Surprisingly, Kelly’s estimated basal
metabolic rate of 1500 kcal was off by 500 kcal!  The test proved that she only burned 1,000 kcal/day at rest, which meant 3 meals/day would be nearly impossible for her.
 
Kelly had read Gin Stephens’ book and was curious about fasting.  Her doctors agreed to let her try it.  In December
In 2022, she started with a 16:8 protocol, eventually settling on OMAD as it proved the easiest to manage as she travelled often for work and was rarely hungry in the evenings.
 
Kelly lost 60 lbs in the span of a year and is maintaining a 50 lb loss from her highest weight with more flexibility in
her eating window. Most days, she continues to do an 18:6, usually eating one meal + a small, high-protein snack before closing her window.  She understands the importance of clean fasting and sticks to water and/or black coffee during her fasts.  Fasting has finally given Kelly control over her body!.




Our Patreon Supporters Community 
Please consider joining the Fasting Highway Patreon community it really has been great for all who have joined.
 It has become an excellent add-on to our Patreon members' IF lifestyle, who enjoy a lot of bonus content to support them in living an IF life.
For less than a cup of coffee a month, you can join and support your own health goals.
Graeme hosts three Zoom meetings a month in the Northern and Southern hemispheres for members to come and get support for their IF lifestyle, which is very popular with our Patreon members.
You will not find anywhere that gives that kind oif support back to you from 0.16 cents a day. 
I cannot urge you more strongly to give it your utmost consideration.
 Please go to www.patreon.com/thefastinghighway to see the benefits you get back and how to join.


Private coaching is available with Graeme one-on-one.
Graeme's best-selling book, The Fasting Highway, about his own journey and how he did it, is available in paperback and Kindle at your local Amazon store. It is also available on audio at Applebooks, Kobo, Spotify, and many other audiobook platforms. 

Disclaimer: Nothing in this podcast should be taken as medical advice. All content is the opinion of the host and guest only.




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Episode 225 Kelly Schupp -A life of weight issues helped by finding intermittent fasting. An inspring story from Louisiana

Cindy Hallett is retired from the US Air Force and Lives in Cheyenne, Wyoming, in the USA, with her husband and family. In her first year of living an intermittent fasting lifestyle, she has lost an incredible fifty pounds (24kg).
Cindy has had some trials and tribulations with her weight, as you will hear in this episode, where she shares openly about her struggles and finding an answer with intermittent fasting.
Cindy has had a major health scare in recent times, and she describes how she was fortunate to have lost weight before that occurred.
Cindy enjoys retired life playing guitar and singing at her local church.
She is looking forward to a long, healthy, and happy life and continuing with her IF lifestyle.




Our Patreon Supporters Community 
Please consider joining the Fasting Highway Patreon community it really has been great for all who have joined.
 It has become an excellent add-on to our Patreon members' IF lifestyle, who enjoy a lot of bonus content to support them in living an IF life.
For less than a cup of coffee a month, you can join and support your own health goals.
Graeme hosts three Zoom meetings a month in the Northern and Southern hemispheres for members to come and get support for their IF lifestyle, which is very popular with our Patreon members.
You will not find anywhere that gives that kind oif support back to you from 0.16 cents a day. 
I cannot urge you more strongly to give it your utmost consideration.
 Please go to www.patreon.com/thefastinghighway to see the benefits you get back and how to join.


Private coaching is available with Graeme one-on-one.

Graeme is available for private one-on-one coaching and mentoring sessions. He can help you with burning questions about how to get started or overcome issues no matter what phase you are in on your intermittent fasting journey. He has times available that are suitable to all globally.
To book a time, go to the website and click Get help/coaching the fee and details are on the website.

www.thefastinghighway.com
Graeme's best-selling book, The Fasting Highway, about his own journey and how he did it, is available in paperback and Kindle at your local Amazon store. It is also available on audio at Applebooks, Kobo, Spotify, and many other audio book platforms. 

Disclaimer: Nothing in this podcast should be taken as medical advice. All content is the opinion of the host and guest only.





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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.

Rachel Awad is an American university administrator
who is living in Egypt, and has been living in the Middle East for over 30 years. She has been overweight for most of her life. In 2008 Rachel (who is only 5’3”) reached her all-time highest weight of close to 300lbs. She managed to lose about 40 lbs with a popular commercial weight loss program (about calorie restriction). She eventually started regaining the weight she lost. When
she was close to her starting weight again, Rachel learned about Intermittent Fasting and Michael Moseley’s 5:2 plan. This was in 2014. She followed that for a few years, and was successful in losing weight.  In 2017, after reading Jason Fung’s The Obesity Code and Gin Stephen’s book Delay, Don’t Deny, she moved to a daily intermittent fasting approach and most importantly, to clean fasting. 
 
Rachel became a huge proponent of IF, guiding many
friends to explore fasting, and becoming a moderator on some very large IF groups on FB. This is where she first met Graeme, and then read “The Fasting Highway” about his own IF journey. She has been an active member of The Fasting Highway FB group since its early days.
 
This is the 3rd time that Rachel has been a guest on the TFH podcast, previously in Episodes 6 and 152. She discusses her own journey with IF, how ADF can be a
very helpful tool when used correctly and for the right reasons, and the importance of knowing what’s in your IF toolbox. 


Our Patreon Supporters Community 
Please consider joining the Fasting Highway Patreon community it really has been great for all who have joined.
I strongly urge you to do so if you need more accountability and support for not a lot each month, as it is helping so many people to do that.
 It has become an excellent add-on to our patrons' IF lifestyle, who enjoy a lot of bonus content to support them living an IF life, and it supports me in getting the podcast out and running the Facebook group.
For less than a cup of coffee a month, you can join and support your own health goals.
 Please go to www.patreon.com/thefastinghighway to see the benefits you get back and how to join.
Private coaching by Graeme.
Graeme is available on a limited basis for private one-on-one coaching and mentoring sessions with you. He can help you with those burning questions about how to get started or overcome issues no matter what phase you are up to on your intermittent fasting journey. 
To book a time, go to the website and click Get help/coaching.
www.thefastinghighway.com


Graeme's book The Fasting Highway can be found at your local Amazon store in paperback and Kindle.

Disclaimer: Nothing in this podcast should be taken as medical advice. All content is the opinion of the host and guest only.




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Episode 223 Rachel Awad- An experienced faster shares her journey. We talk protocols and ADF the right and wrong reasons to do it.

I live with my husband and college freshman son in Lake
Dallas, TX. We are the proud parents to adorable pet chickens and two precious chihuahuas! I am blessed with the most amazing career imaginable as a wedding and portrait photographer. Life is very busy, and we’re immersed in a constant celebration of food and fun!  I grew up in a large, boisterous and endlessly fun Hispanic family, and we celebrated life with great food and music. I developed a deep passion for cooking and good wholesome food early on and have since considered myself an OG FOODIE!  My passions are hiking with my dogs, kayaking and swimming and anything that keeps me in nature.  I just celebrated my 19th month of Intermittent Fasting, and have lost 60 lbs, gained 22 lbs, reversed type 2 diabetes, reduced my cholesterol, healed my body, eliminated my inflammation, improved my gums, eyes, and overall health, and tried every modification of IF imaginable!  OMAD 23:1 is my preferred protocol and how I feel my absolute best!! I am 100% certain I will ALWAYS live an IF life.


The Fasting Highway 
Our Patreon Supporters Community 
Please consider joining the Fasting Highway Patreon community it really has been great for all who have joined.
I strongly urge you to do so if you need more accountability and support for not a lot each month, as it is helping so many people to do that.
 It has become an excellent add-on to our patrons' IF lifestyle, who enjoy a lot of bonus content to support them living an IF life, and it supports me in getting the podcast out and running the Facebook group.
For less than a cup of coffee a month, you can join and support your own health goals.
 Please go to www.patreon.com/thefastinghighway to see the benefits you get back and how to join.
Private coaching by Graeme.
Graeme is available on a limited basis for private one-on-one coaching and mentoring sessions with you. He can help you with those burning questions about how to get started or overcome issues no matter what phase you are up to on your intermittent fasting journey. 
To book a time, go to the website and click Get help/coaching.
www.thefastinghighway.com


Graeme's book The Fasting Highway can be found at your local Amazon store in paperback and Kindle.

Disclaimer: Nothing in this podcast should be taken as medical advice. All content is the opinion of the host and guest only.





 



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Episode 222 -April Pinto the experiment of one and living her best life while living an intermittent fasting lifestyle.

This week, I speak to New York Times best-selling author and my good friend Gin Stephens 
Gin is known worldwide for her work in the IF community and her books, which have changed countless lives and she lives in South Carolina, USA.
Gin has a burning passion for helping others find great health, as you will hear in this episode.
In a candid discussion, we chat about her books All Things IF and we bust open a few myths about the IF lifestyle 
To connect with Gin.
www.ginstephens.com 
All her books can be found on Amazon, and all are good booksellers.


The Fasting Highway 
Our Patreon Supporters Community 
Please consider joining the Fasting Highway Patreon community it really has been great for all who have joined.
I strongly urge you to do so if you need more accountability and support for not a lot each month, as it is helping so many people to do that.
 It has become an excellent add-on to our patrons' IF lifestyle, who enjoy a lot of bonus content to support them living an IF life, and it supports me in getting the podcast out and running the Facebook group.
For less than a cup of coffee a month, you can join and support your own health goals.
 Please go to www.patreon.com/thefastinghighway to see the benefits you get back and how to join.
Private coaching by Graeme.
Graeme is available on a limited basis for private one-on-one coaching and mentoring sessions with you. He can help you with those burning questions about how to get started or overcome issues no matter what phase you are up to on your intermittent fasting journey. 
To book a time, go to the website and click Get help/coaching.
www.thefastinghighway.com


Graeme's book The Fasting Highway can be found at your local Amazon store in paperback and Kindle.

Disclaimer: Nothing in this podcast should be taken as medical advice. All content is the opinion of the host and guest only.










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Episode 210 Joe Bernardo -A registered nurse living an intermittent lifestyle that has changed his life.

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