The Fasting Highway

This week, while we take our winter break, I will answer some questions from our fasting community. It is great to ask questions, reflect on the answers, and consider whether those answers are right for you. It also helps to ask ourselves questions that can sometimes be hard to answer. We will do another Q&A later in the year. We will be back next week with our regular guest lineup.

How to connect with Graeme
Join Graeme's Patreon and get accountability and support.
www.patreon.com/thefastinghighway
Website to book a one-on-one call.
www.thefastinghighway.com.
To buy the book The Fasting Highway your local Amazon store, or any good online book seller.

Disclaimer -The views in this podcast are those of the guest and host only and should not be taken as direct medical advice. Please consult your health professional before beginning any health plan.

Sandi Peiffer has been happily married to her husband Corey for  39 yrs. She is a 61-year-old mother of 4 (ages 21-34) and grandmother of 3 (ages 6, 4, and 3 months… and #4 due in October!) who lives on the Atlantic coast of Florida.
She is a retired homeschool mom of 26 years. She enjoys walking, resistance training, reading, crafting, cooking and spending time with her family. As an adult, Sandi has tried most of the diets we have all heard of… Weight Watchers, Susan Powter Stop the Insanity, TOPS, The Zone Diet, 40-30-30, Shake diets, Suzanne Somers “Somersize”, South Beach, Atkins, The Rosedale Diet, etc.
Her real struggle with weight started when she went on an antidepressant for anxiety. Then the pounds really started to pack on. 120 lbs by the time it was all said and done. She found intermittent fasting after a diagnosis of Type 2. Diabetes with an A1C of 8.4 and a fasting glucose of 237. Starting IF in Dec. 2018, at 5’4” and 300 lbs.
In this episode, she explains her IF journey over the past 7.5 yrs and the addition of peptides to her health journey. Her current weight is 170 lbs, her fasting glucose is 87, and her A1C is 4.8! At the end of the episode, she says she will mention some reference tools here:
Youtube:
Dr Tyna Moore
The Downsized
On the Pen
Dr Spencer Nadolsky
 
Book:
Weightless by Dr Rocio Salas-Whalen
Enough: Your health, Your Weight and what it’s like to be free by Ania M. Jastreboff, MD, Ph.D and Oprah Winfrey

How to connect with Graeme
Join Graeme's Patreon and get accountability and support.
www.patreon.com/thefastinghighway
Website to book a one-on-one call.
www.thefastinghighway.com.
To buy the book The Fasting Highway your local Amazon store, or any good online book seller.

Disclaimer -The views in this podcast are those of the guest and host only and should not be taken as direct medical advice. Please consult your health professional before beginning any health plan.

Bio Highlights.
• first diet aged 9 years
• weight seesawed all my life
• mother serial dieter
• tried every diet ever published or thought of 
• varied career in marketing, retail, hospitality, & prior to retirement, worked for a weight loss company
• Everything changed when father died with Alzheimer’s in 2012
• resigned & retired early
• started to take care of me
• turning point 2016, when I returned to the gym after several decades & in 2020 found IF
• reached maintenance quite quickly & still within myrange now
• cancer diagnosis in spring 2023
• after operation treatment & recovery, which I’m still. According to NHS guidelines, all is well

How to connect with Graeme
Join Graeme's Patreon and get accountability and support.
www.patreon.com/thefastinghighway
Website to book a one-on-one call.
www.thefastinghighway.com.
To buy the book The Fasting Highway your local Amazon store, or any good online book seller.

Disclaimer -The views in this podcast are those of the guest and host only and should not be taken as direct medical advice. Please consult your health professional before beginning any health plan.

As we take a short vacation this week, we're taking you back to listen to or re-listen to the amazing Laurie Lewis, who is a great friend of The Fasting Highway and someone I admire greatly in the IF community.

Bio:
Intermittent Fasting coach Laurie Lewis shows how we can take exceptional care of ourselves while navigating life's complicated, fast-paced circumstances.
With Intermittent Fasting as the foundation, Laurie offers the chance to break free from the Punishment Paradigm that we live in. Laurie guides us to tune in to our body’s inner intelligence, adopt a daily eating window, and experience improvements in every area of our lives.
To connect with Laurie
www.fastforwardwellness,com

Shana Hussin, RDN, is a metabolic health expert focused on reversing insulin resistance, the root cause behind weight struggles, blood sugar issues, and chronic disease.
With 25+ years of experience in the wellness space, she developed a 3-step system using targeted nutraceuticals, lifestyle education, and group support to help people heal their sluggish metabolism at the cellular level
Through her 90-Day Insulin Reset, she’s helping clients achieve powerful results—including improved blood sugar, optimal cholesterol & triglycerides levels, weight loss, and fatty liver reversal.
She hosts the Optimal Metabolism podcast, whereShe breaks down complex health topics into simple, actionable strategies.
 
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/shana.hussin.rdn/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/fasttohealnutritiontherapy
Website: https://shanahussinwellness.com
Podcast: Optimal Metabolism
 https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/fast-to-heal-stories/id1532328889
 
How to connect with Graeme
Join Graeme's Patreon and get accountability and support.
www.patreon.com/thefastinghighway
Website to book a one-on-one call.
www.thefastinghighway.com.
To buy the book The Fasting Highway your local Amazon store, or any good online book seller.

Disclaimer -The views in this podcast are those of the guest and host only and should not be taken as direct medical advice. Please consult your health professional before beginning any health plan.