Jo Howard is a dedicated advocate for intermittent fasting, health, and lifelong learning. At 67, she has transformed her health and lifestyle through fasting, proving that change is possible at any stage of life.

Her struggles with weight began in childhood, leading her to experiment with numerous diets over the years, including Weight Watchers, calorie counting, and meal replacement shakes. While she often succeeded in losing weight, long-term maintenance remained elusive. As a dedicated educator and school principal, she devoted much of her life to her career and family, often placing her well-being last.

In 2021, a serious back injury became a turning point. Diagnosed with prolapsed discs, degenerative discs and arthritis, she realised that her weight was exacerbating her condition. Determined to regain her mobility and improve her health, she discovered intermittent fasting through Gin Stephens’ books and The Fasting Highway podcast. Inspired, she embraced fasting and quickly transitioned from a 16:8 schedule to 20:4, leading to a dramatic health transformation.

She successfully lost over 30 kg, reducing her weight from 90 kg to a stable 59-60.5 kg, and has maintained it for over two years. Within months, her cholesterol levels dropped from 9 to 4.7, her chronic back pain disappeared, and she regained energy and confidence. Now retired, she enjoys leading senior fitness classes, travelling, and inspiring others to take control of their health.

She is passionate about education and encourages others to explore fasting through books, podcasts, and supportive communities. Her story is a powerful reminder that with the right mindset, knowledge, and consistency, anyone can reclaim their health and vitality at any age

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“Since I was a young gal with two thin blonde sisters, and I, a strong, muscled and dark-haired lass, I grew up with body dysmorphia. I didn’t know it was OK to be different. I was never obese. I never was fat. I was just muscled. Pudgy. Fluffy. I went to college, discovered sports, and my skin felt wonderful. That began a lifelong love affair with/ exercise. I also found the ice cream cooler at the end of the cafeteria. I might’ve put on a little weight in college! Maybe not the freshman 15, but more padding!!!

 After college, I was selected for a job on a cruise ship as a working journalist and had a wonderful time sailing worldwide.  I was terrified about gaining weight with all the gorgeous food they had. And I had a wine budget formy dining room table guests! After the ship, I travelled around by myself overseas.  Back in the states, I did several jobs before meeting my forever fellow. We moved to the West Coast, married, and had two children.   

I was challenged to maintain a weight of 140- 150 pounds during this time. At 5 feet 2 inches, that is just too much for me.

I had tried Weight Watchers back on the East Coast and tried it again, counting everything I ate, weighing, measuring, and wondering when my next snack would be. Well, it worked until 2020, when it didn’t work. I found my way to intermittent fasting through Gin Stephens. That was back in 2021, November 6, to be exact, is the day I started. 

 I jumped on the wagon right then. I am the “pull off the Band-Aid kind of gal”, and I plunged into fasting between 16 and 18 hours. I began right away with the clean fast cause Gin schooled me.  I had impressive results and fell short of my goal of 125. When I started, I weighed 142, I think. And when I weighed in at 125, I had shed 17 inches of body fat. That was from November 2021 to February 2022. Yup! right through the holidays, ha ha!

 My first interview with Graeme (# 141 in 2022) shares that journey and success. Today, with Graeme, I wish to share…how I navigated open heart surgery and kept my fasting life alive…as the medical staff cheered and took notes!!

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Karen is 65 years old and has tried justabout every diet you can think of – The Scarsdale Diet, Atkins and keto diets, Weight Watchers, Noom, the Cabbage Soup, Healthy Inspirations, grapefruit diet, Whole30, Slim-Fast, South Beach, Green Smoothie Diet, Nutrisystem, hCG – if you’ve heard of it, Karen probably tried it!  

Some of these diets brought Karen temporarysuccess, and others caused her to gain weight or slow her metabolism.  None of them were sustainable, and the weightalways crept back. One day in the summer of 2020, Karen was perusing Facebook and saw a photo of her sister-in-law, Dedra Campbell.  Karen thought Dedra had posted a “Throwback Thursday” photo, as her sister-in-law looked young, slim, and glowing.  Karen was shocked to learn the photo was recent, so she immediately called her sister-in-law to find out what she did to lose weight and seemingly age backwards.  Dedra told her the secret was IntermittentFasting brought up negative thoughts and feelings in Karen.  In Karen’s mind, fasting = deprivation and hunger.  However, with her sister-in-law’s encouragement, she listened to the basics of the program and bought the book she recommended, “Fast.Feast.Repeat.” by Gin Stephens.  Karen read the book and said she would try it for one day to see how it went.  On August 13, 2020, Karen did a clean 18/6 fast, found it to be effortless, and the rest, as they say, is history. 

Karen was invited to Graeme’s group, The Fasting Highway, by Dedra after another IF guru closed her Facebook group and moved to another platform.  Karen had been fasting for not quite a year when she joined The Fasting Highway.  Karen had only lost 10 pounds by this time, but was encouraged and inspired by Graeme, his book, and fellow group members to stay the course and trust the process. Karen realised that her weight loss journey was her own, and she could not compare herself to others. Karen is 5’5” and her highest weight ever was 208 pounds.  She could not bend over to tie her shoes at that weight and was always out of breath.  She also suffered from sleep apnea.  Karen’s IF starting weight was 175.4 pounds, and she set her goal weight at 160 pounds (because she didn’t think that at herage, being post-menopausal, having T2D, and being insulin resistant, she could get below that weight).  However,on July 3, 2023, Karen weighed 149 pounds, a weight she hadn’t seen in almost 20 years.  Best thing – there wasno struggle to get there!  Yes, it did take almost 3 years to lose the weight, but the point is – she lost it withintermittent fasting when nothing else worked! 

It’s now been almost 5 years since Karen started intermittent fasting, and her current weight is 142 pounds.  She sometimes gets as low as 138 pounds, bouncing between that number and 142 pounds.  Karen went from a size 12 (US) to wearing sizes 4 and 6.  Intermittent fasting gave Karen theconfidence that she would never have to lose weight again – and for the first time in years, she doesn’t have 5 different clothing sizes in her closet.  She donated all her “big” clothes to charity, knowing she’d never need them again. 

Another personal win is that Karen decidedto embrace her greys and, as a result, cut all the hair colour out.  She would never have had theconfidence to do this at her higher weights!

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My name is Rhonda Douglas.  I am a wife, mother of three adult children and Nana of 4 grandchildren.  I am a real estate broker and own a real estate company specialising in residential sales and property management. I enjoy playing golf, walking, and watching movies in my spare time.   I have struggled with weight since my early 20s after my first child, gaining and losing over and over.  I am now 53 years old and found IF in 2020, and started fasting in June 2020, and it has taken me 4 1/2 years to tweak it until it became easy.

Our Patreon Supporters Community - An Invitation to Join Us!

Please consider joining the Fasting Highway Patreon community. The feedback has been great for all who have joined. I strongly recommend joining, as I am passionate about helping others find excellent health. Most who join try it out for a month and stay for a year.

It has become an excellent addition to our Patreon members' IF lifestyle. These members enjoy a lot of bonus content to support them in living an IF life for as little as 0.16 cents a day.

For less than a cup of coffee a month, you can join and support your health goals, meet like-minded people and get a lot of support.

Graeme hosts Zoom meetings four times a month in the Northern and Southern hemispheres for members to come and get support for their IF lifestyle, which has proven very popular with our Patreon members.

You will not find anywhere that provides that kind of support and accountability for just 0.16 cents a day.

Over 100 exclusive pieces of audio content are available for Patreon members to help you navigate your IF journey and gain more accountability and support.

Please go to www.patreon.com/thefastinghighway to see the benefits you get back and how to join.

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

Graeme can also be booked for one-on-one mentoring and coaching by going to www.thefastinghighway.com, clicking on get help, get coaching, and booking a time. All times you see are your local time zone.

Disclaimer: Nothing in this podcast should be taken as medical advice. The opinions expressed herein are those of the host and guest only.

I live in the beautiful suburb of Menora, Perth, Western AustraliaAustralia, I'm 50 years old, and married to the incredible Terry, who’s a fellow faster these days. I'm a mother to a 23-year-old and 21-year-old twin, all gorgeous young men. Fur Mum to two Aussie Shepherds, Savannah & Angelica. I own and run my own business selling energy cleansing &lifting products, and I was a hairdresser in my past life. I've had weight issues my whole life, at 17 I was diagnosed with PSOS, now at the other end in peri/menopause and on HRT.

I went through 18 cycles of IVF to have my beautiful boys. Atmy highest weight (after IVF and the baby's) | was 130kg (290lbs) and at my lowest 55kg (121lbs).

 IF Starting Date: 3rd October 2022

SW: 91.6kg (201lbs)

CW: 64kg (141lbs)

First Time Lost: 27kg (60lbs) 

Second Time Loss: 14kg (30lbs)

Height: 160cm (5’3”)

I lost 27kg (60lbs) from 3rd October 2022 till September 2023, doing clean IF, then slowly with mostly 4 4-hour daily windows and some slack food choices like casual drinking wine, as well as a couple of big life moments full of stress Iregained 14kg (30lbs) of my weight by 26 August 2024, when my weight was 78kg (171lbs). 

Strict OMAD (1 hour mostly a day), alcohol free, and cardio exercise 5 times a week till mid March 2025, got my weight back to 70kg (154lbs). I felt the weight lost the second time around was a lot harder and ahell of a lot slower. 

My weight loss got stuck around 70kg (154lbs) for over 7 weeks, so I reluctantly started ADF for the first time on 24th March 2025., Wednesday, Friday, with OMAD Sundays, I lost 6kg (13lbs) in 4 weeks. 

I never thought I could or wanted to do ADF, but I like it now. I’ve always cleaned fasted and don’t do the 500-calorie down day option. 

So here I am, 2 years and six ish months into my IF lifestyle, back to 64kg (141lbs) in my second round of maintenance, alcohol free, working on muscle tone as well as cardio, and myself physically, emotionally and spiritually daily 💫

My name is Roxi Ruiz, and I am from McAllen, TX, which is located right on the Mexican/US border. My city has been voted the most obese city for 8 years in a row. I am the Mom of one amazing daughter. I am a Speech Language Pathologist who specialises in feeding disorders. I became an Intermittent fast in February of 2019 after being diagnosed with prediabetes and NAFLD. Both sides of my family have generational metabolic disorders. I found fasting when a coworker asked me to read Delay, Don’t Deny by Gin Stephens so she could get my opinion on fasting. I had never heard of IF before this. I started my first fast that evening. I have lost and maintained a 30-pound weight loss over 6 years, but more importantly, I have reversed my prediabetes and no longer have a fatty liver. I am one of two administrators for Gin Stephens’s Community. We are an online fasting community that is found off Facebook. When not working, I create content for my Instagram and TikTok accounts. Feel free to find me @fastingrox 

Our Patreon Supporters Community - An Invitation to Join Us!

Please consider joining the Fasting Highway Patreon community. The feedback has been great for all who have joined. I strongly recommend joining, as I am passionate about helping others find excellent health. Try it out for a month, and stay for a year, as most joiners do.

It has become an excellent addition to our Patreon members' IF lifestyle. These members enjoy a lot of bonus content to support them in living an IF life for as little as 0.16 cents a day.

For less than a cup of coffee a month, you can join and support your health goals, meet like-minded people and get a lot of support.

Graeme hosts Zoom meetings four times a month in the Northern and Southern hemispheres for members to come and get support for their IF lifestyle, which has proven very popular with our Patreon members.

You will not find anywhere that provides that kind of support and accountability for just 0.16 cents a day.

Over 100 exclusive pieces of audio content are available for Patreon members to help you navigate your IF journey and gain more accountability and support.

Please go to www.patreon.com/thefastinghighway to see the benefits you get back and how to join.

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

Graeme can also be booked for one-on-one mentoring and coaching by going to www.thefastinghighway.com, clicking on get help, get coaching, and booking a time. All times you see are your local time zone.

Disclaimer: Nothing in this podcast should be taken as medical advice. The opinions expressed herein are those of the host and guest only.

Bio By Richard Chuter

I'm Richard. 57 years old. 2 children, one son who is 22 and a daughter who is 14. Married to Natalie. Live in Norfolk, UK. Never really bothered about the fact that mid-life with gain was happening. Took it as part of life, and the expanding belly was just something to live with. Lockdown brought a realisation that I was overweight and unfit. Health problems had started with knee pain and fluid building up around the knee.

The doctor didn't suggest that it was a weight issue causing this, but lockdown walks with my family were painful and quite humiliating. My son commented about my weight jokingly, but that was part of the drive for change. Could not shift the weight with exercise and had not considered diet, as I didn't think they worked from what I knew. Xmas 2020/21 was when I found Graeme Curries book The Fasting Highway and podcast. I'm not sure what internet search brought me to you, but the front cover was exactly what I needed to see. Dramatic change was possible.

Read The Fasting Highway daily and stick religiously to your suggested 16:8 routine with black coffee. It was probably 17:7 for the most part, but the change was dramatic.

People noticed, and work colleagues who were struggling with weight joined in. Some are still fasting. 2025... I've been playing county sports events for over 50 years in racketball. I'm an indoor cycling fanatic, and it's great for my knees. I'm maintaining at 176 lbs. I have never felt so good about my health and weight.

I do suggest fasting to people if they ask about how I lost weight and how I live now, but I wish more people knew that you don't have to live an unhappy life with obesity related health issues.

Our Patreon Supporters Community - An Invitation to Join Us!

Please consider joining the Fasting Highway Patreon community. The feedback has been great for all who have joined. I strongly recommend joining, as I am passionate about helping others find great health. Try it out for a month, and stay for a year, as most who join do.

It has become an excellent addition to our Patreon members' IF lifestyle. These members enjoy a lot of bonus content to support them in living an IF life for as little as 0.16 cents a day.

For less than a cup of coffee a month, you can join and support your health goals, meet like-minded people and get a lot of support.

Graeme hosts Zoom meetings four times a month in the Northern and Southern hemispheres for members to come and get support for their IF lifestyle, which has proven very popular with our Patreon members.

You will not find anywhere that provides that kind of support and accountability for just 0.16 cents a day.

Over 100 exclusive pieces of audio content are available for Patreon members to help you navigate your IF journey and gain more accountability and support.

Please go to www.patreon.com/thefastinghighway to see the benefits you get back and how to join.

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

Graeme can also be booked for one-on-one mentoring and coaching by going to www.thefastinghighway.com, clicking on get help, get coaching, and booking a time. All times you see are your local time zone.

Disclaimer: Nothing in this podcast should be taken as medical advice. The opinions expressed herein are those of the host and guest only.

Bio By Lisa Evers.

Fitness, health, and education have shaped my life for over 30 years, with experience from teaching kids to personal training. Although I shared my passion and knowledge, I didn’t always follow my advice. I struggled with digestive issues and hypothyroidism, which ultimately led to an unhealthy obsession with food and exercise. After three decades of battling diet culture and body image issues, I’ve found freedom.

Finding intermittent fasting just about 3 years ago, transformed my health and especially my mindset!! Now,I’m dedicated to helping others achieve the same freedom through fasting.

Sarah Kull is a New Zealand Registered Nurse.  She has been working with intermittent fasting for many of her clients since early 2018, in particular, to support those with Type 2 Diabetes or obesity related health concerns. 

Sarah has been working in General Practice for over 20 years and has a background in chronic care management and diabetes, as well as the many health risks associated withobesity.  With a growing epidemic of type 2 diabetes and obesity related health issues in NZ, Sarah was looking at alternatives to the old “calories in vs calories out” advice that has not made an impact on global health since its inception. She came across the work of Dr Jason Fung, a Canadian nephrologist and world-leading expert on intermittent fasting for type 2 diabetics. Having been taught throughout her career that type 2 diabetes is a long-term, chronicdisease that worsens with time, the results from Dr Fung’s work were phenomenal. Sarah went on to look at intermittent fasting as a solution to New Zealand’sgrowing crisis and so spent time researching and learning about fasting as an option in her work. Now, with over 6 years of experience working with clients and intermittent fasting, Sarah has a fantastic knowledge base on IF and some phenomenal and life-changing stories and case studies to show the incredible health benefits of IF.   From complete reversal of type 2 diabetes, dramatic weight loss,improvement in fatty liver and blood pressure to improved sleep, wellbeing and energy, the results speak for themselves.  Sarah continues to work in a couple ofclinics in South Auckland, supporting many patients in starting their IF journey and improving their health outcomes.  She also runs a Facebook group with over 10000 members, which is growing daily. She runs courses forfasting education and support for the general public in New Zealand and sees private clients. 

In her spare time, Sarah enjoys Pilates and horse riding. She is also the CEO of a medical charity in her local community, and of course, she practices intermittent fasting! Sarah has two children, a small farm, and many animals to keep her busy.   

Our Patreon Supporters Community - An Invitation to Join Us!

Please consider joining the Fasting Highway Patreon community. The feedback has been great for all who have joined.

It has become an excellent addition to our Patreon members' IF lifestyle. These members enjoy a lot of bonus content to support them in living an IF life for as little as 0.16 cents a day.

For less than a cup of coffee a month, you can join and support your health goals, meet like-minded people and get a lot of support.

Graeme hosts Zoom meetings four times a month in the Northern and Southern hemispheres for members to come and get support for their IF lifestyle, which has proven very popular with our Patreon members.

You will not find anywhere that provides that kind of support and accountability for just 0.16 cents a day. There are over 100 exclusive pieces of audio content for Patreon members to help you navigate your IF journey and get more accountability and support.

Please go to www.patreon.com/thefastinghighway to see the benefits you get back and how to join.

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

Graeme can also be booked for one-on-one mentoring and coaching by going to www.thefastinghighway.com, clicking on get help, get coaching, and booking a time. All times you see are your local time zone.

Disclaimer: Nothing in this podcast should be taken as medical advice. The opinions expressed herein are those of the host and guest only.

Hi

I am Melanie Gleeson, 56 years old, from Perth, Australia, originally from New Zealand. I have been fasting for 5 years.

Through the grips of menopause, grief. Stress and getting derailed by some bad advice.

I'm 5ft 2", so I'm not a large frame - therefore, every pound shows. I am very active. I walk the dog morning and night.

Often, I go for a longer hike or beach visit on the weekend, and I go to the Gym 3-4 times a week.

I'm pretty weights-focused because a) I like it and b) I've been warned that higher cardio intensity workouts increase/spike cortisol in women, and cortisol is not our friend.

I have always been health conscious, even though I haven't eaten well or liked the way I looked/weighed more.

So this episode brought health into even sharper focus

And my fasting is at the core of that. I've never been a big breakfast eater, so that is the period when I'm able to extend my window

I feel better when I fast and look forward to continuing the fasting lifestyle.

Melanie was a guest on the Podcast way back in episode 2.