Intermittent Fasting: Is It Helping or Holding Me Back‪?‬ Mastering Mindfulness Institute with Gina Worful, MS, RD

Fasting.. is it the key to speeding up weight loss, blood sugar issues, and health or does it create further distrust with our food and bodies leading to the perfect storm for eating disorders?

As someone who has been on the road to resolving my health issues as well as my relationship to food, I feel compelled to unpack this topic. Here I share my personal journey with fasting and research about its effects on hormones, metabolism, and our relationship with food.

This isn't a one-size-fits-all answer, so I'll help you determine if intermittent fasting is right for you.

Key takeaways:
🌟 Who's a good candidate for fasting and what benefits they might see - 🌟 The 3 main reasons people gain weight from fasting
🌟 How to know if fasting is affecting your hormone balance
🌟 What to do if you want the health benefits of fasting but you lose control over your food
🌟 My criteria now for feeling confident with what my body needs

I'd love to hear your fasting experiences too! Has it helped or hindered your goals? What questions do you still have around making it work for you?

In this episode, you will be able to:

Uncovering the Benefits and Risks of Intermittent Fasting: Explore how intermittent fasting can impact your health and well-being.

Understanding the Impact of Fasting on Hormone Levels: Discover the surprising ways fasting can influence your body's hormones.

Unlocking the Health Benefits of Fasting: How to Get the Benefits of Fasting - without Fasting

Exploring the Relationship between Fasting and Eating Disorders: Gain insight into the connection between fasting and binge eating, and how to navigate it mindfully.

Maximizing Nutrient Intake during the Intermittent Fasting Window: Find out how to ensure you're getting the essential nutrients while fasting.

The key moments in this episode are:
00:00:00 - Introduction to Fasting

00:02:05 - Personalizing Your Approach to Fasting

00:04:33 - Criteria for Fasting - Is it Right for You?

00:08:56 - Negative Impact of Fasting

00:12:44 - Reasons for Weight Gain with Fasting

00:16:36 - Impact of Fasting on Cortisol Levels

00:19:50 - Influence of Fasting on Hormone Levels

00:22:11 - Personal Experience with Hormone Imbalance

00:27:34 - Psychological Impact of Fasting

00:31:28 - Impact of Fasting on Safety Mechanisms

00:31:57 - Building Self-Trust and Mindful Eating

00:32:49 - The Impact of Fasting on Self-Trust

00:34:50 - Fine-Tuning Self-Trust Through Mindful Eating

00:37:49 - Navigating Fasting and Self-Trust

00:42:26 - Balancing Health and Fasting

00:46:02 - Finding Your Optimal Fasting Window

00:46:52 - Trusting Your Body's Relationship

00:47:40 - Criteria for Successful Fasting

00:48:32 - Tuning into Your Body

00:49:29 - Feedback and Future Topics

Reach out to me on Instagram to share your thoughts, ask questions, or suggest topics for future podcast episodes.

Gina Worful: https://www.instagram.com/gina.worful/

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