Fasting Challenges
Maryanne shares her experience with intermittent fasting, highlighting the struggle of balancing fasting with stress and hormonal changes. As she navigates the ups and downs of her weight and fasting windows, she reflects on the impact of cortisol and the importance of listening to her body. Adding supplements has been part of her journey, but the challenges of fasting remain a constant theme.In this clip
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Intermittent Fasting Stories
Maryanne Stebbins
Related Questions
Is fasting a stressor?
Is 16:8 fasting a good idea for a perimenopausal woman with a stressful life who wakes to work out at 5:30 am and usually can’t eat dinner before 5:30 pm?
I'm struggling with all the conflicting information about fasting right now. I've heard several podcasts talk about women in middle age not doing fasted workouts in the morning or fasting until later in the day. I had lost 35 lbs a few years ago with afternoon eating windows of around 4-5 hours, but this past 6 months, I gained 20 lbs over the holidays and just can't get it off. I know I have a lot of hormonal issues right now, so what worked before isn't working now. I'm planning to try opening my eating windows earlier in the day with protein and ending them by early afternoon, aiming to stretch the eating time to 6-8 hours to get more protein in. I'm hoping this will help. I'm afraid I might eat too much with a longer window, but adding more protein should help. I also try to get most of my protein from food, but it's hard, and I will probably need to add some protein or collagen powder to my meals to hit my goals on a lot of days. Is this approach reasonable?