Mastering Mindfulness Institute with Gina Worful, MS, RD 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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What if the key to freedom lies in accepting the very things you resist the most?

In today's episode, we're facing the edges of discomfort that comes with acceptance. Acceptance of:
- ourselves and physical bodies,
- our behaviors we just don't like,
- or the frustration of things that are out of our control.

Together, we're going to go on an eye-opening journey of radical acceptance and self-discovery. We dive deep into the intricacies of why acceptance is so challenging and the freedom that comes with surrendering the need to control.

If you've ever struggled with surrendering control and crave to find freedom in acceptance, this episode is for you.

Key Moments:
⏱️ 00:00:29 - The Challenge of Acceptance: Discover why accepting ourselves and others can be so difficult.

⏱️ 00:03:06 - The Two Directions of Motivation: Learn how our motivations shape our acceptance journey.

⏱️ 00:07:27 - The Trap of Non-Acceptance: Uncover the pitfalls of resisting acceptance and how it holds us back.

⏱️ 00:10:56 - Surrender and Acceptance: Find out how surrendering control leads to greater peace and fulfillment.

⏱️ 00:16:25 - The Power of Acceptance: Witness the transformative impact of true acceptance.

⏱️ 00:21:09 - Embracing Aging and Body Acceptance: Celebrate the beauty of aging and accepting our bodies as they are.

⏱️ 00:25:17 - Imperfection and Self-Acceptance: Learn to love your imperfections and find true self-acceptance.

⏱️ 00:29:24 - Making the conscious choice to embrace yourself fully.

⏱️ 00:33:02 - Viewing the Body as a Tool for Experience

⏱️ 00:34:24 - Self-Acceptance and Beauty: Discover the connection between self-acceptance and perceiving your own beauty.

⏱️ 00:36:16 - Accepting Unwanted Behaviors: Understand how to accept and transform behaviors you wish to change.

⏱️ 00:39:33 - Accepting Our Humanness: Embrace the entirety of your human experience, flaws and all.

⏱️ 00:43:57 - The Playful Path to Acceptance: Find Humor in the journey

⏱️ 00:48:51 - Opening and Acceptance: Open your heart to the possibilities that acceptance brings.

⏱️ 00:49:17 - Fully embrace the concept and practice of acceptance in your life.

⏱️ 00:50:04 - Walk the path of acceptance with confidence and grace.

⏱️ 00:50:47 - The Medicine of Acceptance: Discover how acceptance can heal and transform your life.

⏱️ 00:51:45 - Finding Freedom through Acceptance: Ultimately, find the freedom that comes with radical acceptance.

Resources:



The most valuable information condensed into one FREE weekly newsletter: https://www.masteringmindfulness.institute/newsletter



Coaching with the Mastering Mindfulness Institute: https://www.masteringmindfulness.institute/group

Book - Radical Acceptance by Tara Brach: https://www.tarabrach.com/books/radical-acceptance/

Connect with Me:
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/gina.worful/



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This is the biggest mistake I see even most nutritionists and dietitians make.

If you're feeling like every day is a fight, constantly battling with your food and your body, white-knuckling it through hunger and food obsession, then you are not alone my friend.

Despite having extensive health and nutrition knowledge, I found myself in the same struggle, wondering why it felt like an uphill battle every single day. I was constantly hungry, thinking about food non-stop, and it seemed like achieving a balanced, healthy relationship with food was an impossible task.

The biggest mistake I made, and that many other health professionals make, is approaching health and weight loss by cutting back on food and changing what you eat. This method creates difficulty in our bodies due to elevated stress hormones, and I want to break down the science behind it all and share a completely different approach that has transformed my own journey and that of my clients.

Let's dive into the science behind hunger and fullness hormones and discover a more harmonious way to achieve a balanced and healthy relationship with food.

Once you make the change, health will no longer feel like a daily war with your body but instead gentle and easy transformation.



Connect with me here: https://www.instagram.com/gina.worful


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In celebration of the 100th episode, I thought I'd share my crazy winding journey of getting answers about the truth with nutrition, healing my health issues, and finally coming into harmony with my food.



It has been a wild ride of mentors, programs, books, and many hours of self study to get here.



I hope my journey helps you find the next breadcrumb on your trail.



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Do you ever wonder, "Who am I? Where did my inner spark go?"

In this honest conversation, I interview transformation expert, Cris Redford on how we lose ourselves in life and how we begin the path to discovering who we really are.

Cris Redford is an accomplished transformational life coach with a proven track record in guiding individuals through the process of self-discovery and personal growth. With a strong focus on reigniting inner sparks and facilitating fulfillment, Cris brings a wealth of experience and expertise to the conversation.

Cris provides transformational coaching to explore the deeper layers of self-awareness, enabling them to embrace their true selves and lead more fulfilling lives.

www.tlc-transforminglives.com

Cris@tlc-transforminglives.com

Instagram: @cris.Redford

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In this episode, I answer the question.... "Why do I so badly want to be healthy.... but watch myself doing the opposite!?!?!"

We dive deep into the interplay between our conscious and subconscious minds. I share a personal story of feeling like I had two competing forces within me when it came to my health goals. On one hand, my conscious mind wanted to get healthier. But on the other, I would unconsciously sabotage myself by making poor food choices. I felt frustrated, almost like I had multiple personalities! Have you experienced this internal battle?

Through my own journey, I've learned how childhood experiences and core beliefs stored in our subconscious end up driving 95% of our behaviors.

Even when our logical mind knows better, these hidden drivers derail our best intentions.

My hope is that by shining light on the inner workings behind self-sabotage, you'll feel empowered!

This is a safe space to explore the root causes of struggles with food.

The goal is self-understanding and inner harmony, not getting stuck in surface-level quick fixes.


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