311 episodes

Are you ready to be inspired? Tune in each week to hear real-world stories from successful intermittent fasters, including their best tips to help you find success. Intermittent Fasting Stories is hosted by Gin Stephens, author of the New York Times bestseller Fast Feast Repeat, as well as her other books: Cleanish, Delay, Don't Deny, and Feast Without Fear. Looking for a community of like-minded intermittent fasters? Go to ginstephens.com/community for more information and to join.

Intermittent Fasting Stories Gin Stephens

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Are you ready to be inspired? Tune in each week to hear real-world stories from successful intermittent fasters, including their best tips to help you find success. Intermittent Fasting Stories is hosted by Gin Stephens, author of the New York Times bestseller Fast Feast Repeat, as well as her other books: Cleanish, Delay, Don't Deny, and Feast Without Fear. Looking for a community of like-minded intermittent fasters? Go to ginstephens.com/community for more information and to join.

    Episode 311: Nancy Davis

    Episode 311: Nancy Davis

    In this episode of Intermittent Fasting Stories, Gin talks to Nancy Davis from Springfield, IL. 

    Are you ready to take your intermittent fasting lifestyle to the next level? There’s nothing better than community to help with that. In the Delay, Don’t Deny community we all embrace the clean fast, and there’s just the right support for you as you live your intermittent fasting lifestyle. 

    You can connect directly with Gin in the Ask Gin group, and she will answer all of your questions personally. If you’re new to intermittent fasting or recommitting to the IF lifestyle, join the 28-Day FAST Start group. After your fast start, join us for support in The 1st Year group. Need tips for long term maintenance? We have a place for that! There are many more useful spaces beyond these, and you can interact in as many as you like. 

    Visit ginstephens.com/community to join us. An annual membership costs just over a dollar a week when you do the math. If you aren’t ready to fully commit for a year, join for a month and you can cancel at any time. If you know you’ll want to stay forever, we also have a lifetime membership option available.  

    IF is free. You don’t need to join our community to fast. But if you’re looking for support from a community of like-minded IFers, we are here for you at ginstephens.com/community. 

    Nancy is a registered nurse. She started her first diet at age fourteen, which began her struggle with an unhealthy relationship with food. For many years, Nancy searched to find the “magic pill or potion,” but never found it. 

    In June of 2020, Nancy stumbled upon Fast Feast Repeat and began her IF journey. She immediately felt more in control of her eating and got in tune with satiety cues. Nancy has lost 20 pounds, healed her relationship with food, and will live the IF lifestyle forever. 

    Nancy’s advice: “It’s never too late to make changes to your relationship with food.” 

    Get Gin’s books at: http://www.ginstephens.com/get-the-books.html, including Cleanish and New York Times Bestseller, Fast. Feast. Repeat., available wherever you buy books! Delay, Don’t Deny is available on Amazon.  

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    • 56 min
    Episode 310: Ashlee Jones

    Episode 310: Ashlee Jones

    In this episode of Intermittent Fasting Stories, Gin talks to Ashlee Jones from Orlando, FL. 

    Are you ready to take your intermittent fasting lifestyle to the next level? There’s nothing better than community to help with that. In the Delay, Don’t Deny community we all embrace the clean fast, and there’s just the right support for you as you live your intermittent fasting lifestyle. 

    You can connect directly with Gin in the Ask Gin group, and she will answer all of your questions personally. If you’re new to intermittent fasting or recommitting to the IF lifestyle, join the 28-Day FAST Start group. After your fast start, join us for support in The 1st Year group. Need tips for long term maintenance? We have a place for that! There are many more useful spaces beyond these, and you can interact in as many as you like. 

    Visit ginstephens.com/community to join us. An annual membership costs just over a dollar a week when you do the math. If you aren’t ready to fully commit for a year, join for a month and you can cancel at any time. If you know you’ll want to stay forever, we also have a lifetime membership option available.  

    IF is free. You don’t need to join our community to fast. But if you’re looking for support from a community of like-minded IFers, we are here for you at ginstephens.com/community.

    Ashlee is an oncology nurse. In college, Ashlee gained weight after her mother passed away. She tried diet pills and various ways of eating, but the weight she lost would come right back on. After her second pregnancy, Ashlee reached her highest weight and wanted to give up. 

    Ashlee found an accountability group of women who followed Gin’s book Delay, Don’t Deny. This helped her to stay consistent with her IF lifestyle, but with all of the stress in her life, Ashlee stopped fasting. Then in May of 2021, Ashlee found the book, Breaking Free from Compulsive Eating and this changed her life. She switched to OMAD (One Meal a Day) and lost 30 pounds. 

    Ashlee has learned that mindset is a powerful part of the IF lifestyle, and is thankful she has struggled with finding her way with IF so that she can help others. 

    Ashlee’s advice: “Be consistent with IF and don’t overcomplicate it!” 

    Get Gin’s books at: http://www.ginstephens.com/get-the-books.html, including Cleanish and New York Times Bestseller, Fast. Feast. Repeat., available wherever you buy books! Delay, Don’t Deny is available on Amazon.  

    Join Gin’s community! Go to: ginstephens.com/community 

    Share your intermittent fasting stories with Gin: gin@intermittentfastingstories.com 

    Follow Gin on Twitter @gin_stephens 

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    • 53 min
    Episode 309: Michelle Chow

    Episode 309: Michelle Chow

    In this episode of Intermittent Fasting Stories, Gin talks to Michelle Chow from Hamilton, Ontario. 

    Are you ready to take your intermittent fasting lifestyle to the next level? There’s nothing better than community to help with that. In the Delay, Don’t Deny community we all embrace the clean fast, and there’s just the right support for you as you live your intermittent fasting lifestyle. 

    You can connect directly with Gin in the Ask Gin group, and she will answer all of your questions personally. If you’re new to intermittent fasting or recommitting to the IF lifestyle, join the 28-Day FAST Start group. After your fast start, join us for support in The 1st Year group. Need tips for long term maintenance? We have a place for that! There are many more useful spaces beyond these, and you can interact in as many as you like. 

    Visit ginstephens.com/community to join us. An annual membership costs just over a dollar a week when you do the math. If you aren’t ready to fully commit for a year, join for a month and you can cancel at any time. If you know you’ll want to stay forever, we also have a lifetime membership option available.  

    IF is free. You don’t need to join our community to fast. But if you’re looking for support from a community of like-minded IFers, we are here for you at ginstephens.com/community. 

    Michelle is an adult educator. She struggled with her weight throughout her childhood, and was teased for it. She became obese after college and stayed that way well after having her children. 

    Michelle began her IF journey in 2020 when her sister was diagnosed with breast cancer. Her sister heard that IF would help with chemotherapy, and Michelle began IF to support her sister in her journey. Michelle’s sister wound up not needing chemotherapy, but because Michelle felt so great, she decided to continue with IF. She has gone from 248 pounds to 140 pounds! 

    Michelle’s advice: “Take measurements in the beginning. Give yourself time to get used to IF. Read Delay Don’t Deny. You’re not denying, you’re simply delaying!” 

    Get Gin’s books at: http://www.ginstephens.com/get-the-books.html, including Cleanish and New York Times Bestseller, Fast. Feast. Repeat., available wherever you buy books! Delay, Don’t Deny is available on Amazon.  

    Join Gin’s community! Go to: ginstephens.com/community

    Share your intermittent fasting stories with Gin: gin@intermittentfastingstories.com 

    Follow Gin on Twitter @gin_stephens 

    Follow Gin on Instagram @GinStephens 

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    • 57 min
    Episode 308: Loc An

    Episode 308: Loc An

    In this episode of Intermittent Fasting Stories, Gin talks to Loc An from Toronto, Canada. 

    Are you ready to take your intermittent fasting lifestyle to the next level? There’s nothing better than community to help with that. In the Delay, Don’t Deny community we all embrace the clean fast, and there’s just the right support for you as you live your intermittent fasting lifestyle. 

    You can connect directly with Gin in the Ask Gin group, and she will answer all of your questions personally. If you’re new to intermittent fasting or recommitting to the IF lifestyle, join the 28-Day FAST Start group. After your fast start, join us for support in The 1st Year group. Need tips for long term maintenance? We have a place for that! There are many more useful spaces beyond these, and you can interact in as many as you like. 

    Visit ginstephens.com/community to join us. An annual membership costs just over a dollar a week when you do the math. If you aren’t ready to fully commit for a year, join for a month and you can cancel at any time. If you know you’ll want to stay forever, we also have a lifetime membership option available.  

    IF is free. You don’t need to join our community to fast. But if you’re looking for support from a community of like-minded IFers, we are here for you at ginstephens.com/community. 

    Loc is a project manager. He struggled with his weight and body image for decades and turned to food for comfort. He tried many diets, and each time he would lose weight, then gain the weight back. 

    In 2017, a friend shared a Dr. Fung video on IF with him, and it resonated with him. He immediately began his IF journey. Once reaching his goal weight, Loc became inconsistent with IF. But a gout diagnosis sent him back to IF with a renewed sense of purpose. 

    For the last two years, Loc has been healing his body, his relationship with food, and the diet mindset that controlled him. He has not only lost weight, but his painful gout symptoms have disappeared. Loc feels he is now his ‘best self” and will always live the IF lifestyle. 

    Loc’s advice: “Begin with your why. What is the life you want to build? This will help you to keep going. Start small. Start with where you feel comfortable and do it consistently for three weeks. IF will get easier! 

    Get Gin’s books at: http://www.ginstephens.com/get-the-books.html, including Cleanish and New York Times Bestseller, Fast. Feast. Repeat., available wherever you buy books! Delay, Don’t Deny is available on Amazon.  

    Join Gin’s community! Go to: ginstephens.com/community 

    Share your intermittent fasting stories with Gin: gin@intermittentfastingstories.com 

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    • 52 min
    Dr. Tim Spector

    Dr. Tim Spector

    In this special episode of Intermittent Fasting Stories, Gin talks to Dr. Tim Spector, professor of genetic epidemiology at King's College in London and an award-winning expert in personalized medicine and the gut microbiome. 

    Are you ready to take your intermittent fasting lifestyle to the next level? There’s nothing better than community to help with that. In the Delay, Don’t Deny community we all embrace the clean fast, and there’s just the right support for you as you live your intermittent fasting lifestyle. 

    You can connect directly with Gin in the Ask Gin group, and she will answer all of your questions personally. If you’re new to intermittent fasting or recommitting to the IF lifestyle, join the 28-Day FAST Start group. After your fast start, join us for support in The 1st Year group. Need tips for long term maintenance? We have a place for that! There are many more useful spaces beyond these, and you can interact in as many as you like. 

    Visit ginstephens.com/community to join us. An annual membership costs just over a dollar a week when you do the math. If you aren’t ready to fully commit for a year, join for a month and you can cancel at any time. If you know you’ll want to stay forever, we also have a lifetime membership option available.  

    IF is free. You don’t need to join our community to fast. But if you’re looking for support from a community of like-minded IFers, we are here for you at ginstephens.com/community. 

    Tim discovered IF in 2013 through his microbiome research. After he learned about the healing power of fasting, he began his own IF journey. 

    Gin and Tim discuss the connection between food choices, gut microbes, and overall health. Tim has a new book out called Food for Life.

    Tim’s advice: “Give IF a try. Everyone is different, so everyone’s journey will be different. You’ll have to find your way to do it.” 

    Get Gin’s books at: http://www.ginstephens.com/get-the-books.html, including Cleanish and New York Times Bestseller, Fast. Feast. Repeat., available wherever you buy books! Delay, Don’t Deny is available on Amazon. 

    Join Gin’s community! Go to: ginstephens.com/community 

    Share your intermittent fasting stories with Gin: gin@intermittentfastingstories.com 

    Follow Gin on Twitter @gin_stephens 

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    Beth White

    Beth White

    In this episode of Intermittent Fasting Stories, Gin talks to Beth White from New Bern, NC.

    Are you ready to take your intermittent fasting lifestyle to the next level? There’s nothing better than community to help with that. In the Delay, Don’t Deny community we all embrace the clean fast, and there’s just the right support for you as you live your intermittent fasting lifestyle. 

    You can connect directly with Gin in the Ask Gin group, and she will answer all of your questions personally. If you’re new to intermittent fasting or recommitting to the IF lifestyle, join the 28-Day FAST Start group. After your fast start, join us for support in The 1st Year group. Need tips for long term maintenance? We have a place for that! There are many more useful spaces beyond these, and you can interact in as many as you like. 

    Visit ginstephens.com/community to join us. An annual membership costs just over a dollar a week when you do the math. If you aren’t ready to fully commit for a year, join for a month and you can cancel at any time. If you know you’ll want to stay forever, we also have a lifetime membership option available.  

    IF is free. You don’t need to join our community to fast. But if you’re looking for support from a community of like-minded IFers, we are here for you at ginstephens.com/community. 

    Beth is a retired teacher. She found IF from her daughter in May of 2021, as Beth had reached her highest weight of 263 pounds. She listened to both Fast, Feast, Repeat and Obesity Code, and began with an 18:6 protocol.

     Beth has lost 100 pounds and will live the IF lifestyle for the rest of her life. 

    Beth’s advice: “You must have the right tools to be successful with IF.”

    Get Gin’s books at: http://www.ginstephens.com/get-the-books.html, including Cleanish and New York Times Bestseller, Fast. Feast. Repeat., available wherever you buy books! Delay, Don’t Deny is available on Amazon.  

    Join Gin’s community! Go to: ginstephens.com/community 

    Share your intermittent fasting stories with Gin: gin@intermittentfastingstories.com 

    Follow Gin on Twitter @gin_stephens 

    Follow Gin on Instagram @GinStephens 

    Visit Gin’s website at: ginstephens.com 

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    • 53 min

Customer Reviews

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2.1K Ratings

2.1K Ratings

jz19942019 ,

Like listening to your favorite aunts gab in the kitchen

Gin is so warm and friendly to all guests. I listen because it’s comforting and supportive.

Panamum ,

Useful and inspiring

A lot of good success stories, I think it would be beneficial to have a brief note on the episode before needing to press play as I am specifically looking for people I can relate to, and I have to listen and skip which wastes a lot of time. Also, Gin looooooves to interrupt and hear herself talk, she will interject to share her similar experience with anything the guest says. Gin… shhhhhhh! Listen, don’t just think about what to say next, just listen.

Chickamauw ,

Motivating yet frustrating

I would have to agree with previous reviews, I love the motivation I get from this podcast but it gets really old listening to Gin interrupting the guest to tell her same stories over and over again. I am a long time listener so I don’t want to hear Gin’s same experiences every single podcast (such as her whole food diet experiment and how her husband eats).

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