Episode 357: Shannon Jensen

Weight Fluctuations

Weight fluctuations are a common challenge in the intermittent fasting journey. Shannon Jensen shares her experience with weight gain during vacations and social events, noting that it took her six weeks to shed the extra pounds gained during a trip 1. Gin Stephens explains that such fluctuations are typical and encourages focusing on weekly weight averages rather than daily changes, as they provide a clearer picture of overall trends 2.

Knowing your overall trend is really, really, really powerful. But the daily fluctuations are meaningless.

--- Gin Stephens

Shannon finds that calculating her weekly average has been life-changing, helping her disconnect from the stress of daily weight variations 2.

   

Fasting Techniques

Adjusting fasting techniques can be crucial for achieving optimal results. Shannon discusses her initial attempts with alternate day fasting (ADF), admitting that she struggled with overeating on "up" days and eventually decided to pause this method 3. Gin advises against forcing fasting methods that don't align with one's lifestyle, emphasizing the importance of finding a sustainable routine 3.

If you're not willing to do up, don't do down. So that's really, really important.

--- Gin Stephens

Shannon's journey began with experimenting in 2019, where she learned the importance of clean fasting and gradually found a method that worked for her 4.