Episode 498: Erynn Moore

In this episode of Intermittent Fasting Stories, Gin talks to Erynn Moore from East Texas.Join Gin in the new Fast Feast Repeat app for The Grown-Up Year: 52 Weeks to Listen, Play, and Nourish, as well as a growing collection of intermittent fasting resources. Go to app.fastfeastrepeat.com to join us or go to the App Store and download the Fast Feast Repeat app, available for both iPhone and Android.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. Erynn is a registered nurse who is currently a stay-at-home homeschooling mom. She shares her journey with intermittent fasting, detailing her struggles with diet culture, yo-yo dieting, and health issues like heartburn. She discusses how intermittent fasting has transformed her relationship with food, improved her health, and provided freedom from diet mentality. Erynn emphasizes the importance of listening to one's body, the benefits of fasting, and how it has positively impacted her family dynamics.Takeaways:•          Erynn started intermittent fasting in the fall of 2023 due to health issues.•          She struggled with diet culture and yo-yo dieting for years.•          Intermittent fasting provided her with freedom from the diet mentality.•          Erynn lost weight and improved her health significantly through fasting.•          Erynn has improved her body composition and built muscle, even though she is less protein-focused than she used to be.•          She emphasizes the importance of listening to one's body and its signals.•          Erynn's relationship with food has changed; she now craves healthier options.•          Erynn's family dynamics improved as they adopted healthier eating habits together.•          She experienced non-scale victories, including better skin and hormone regulation.At the end of the episode, Erynn encourages listeners to give intermittent fasting a try for at least 100 days and take it slow.Join Gin in the new Fast Feast Repeat app for The Grown-Up Year: 52 Weeks to Listen, Play, and Nourish, as well as a growing collection of intermittent fasting resources. Go to app.fastfeastrepeat.com to join us or go to the App Store and download the Fast Feast Repeat app, available for both iPhone and Android.Get Gin’s books at: https://www.ginstephens.com/get-the-books.html. Good news! The second edition of Delay, Don’t Deny is now available in ebook, paperback, hardback, and audiobook. This is the book that you’ll want to start with or share with others, as it is a simple introduction to IF. It’s been updated to include the clean fast, an easier to understand and more thorough description of ADF and all of your ADF options, and an all new success stories section. When shopping, make sure to get the second edition, which has a 2024 publication date. The audiobook for the second edition is available now! Join Gin’s community! Go to: ginstephens.com/communityDo you enjoy Intermittent Fasting Stories? You’ll probably also like Gin’s other podcast with cohost Sheri Bullock: Fast. Feast. Repeat. Intermittent Fasting for Life. Find it wherever you listen to podcasts.  Share your intermittent fasting stories with Gin: [email protected] Gin’s website at: ginstephens.com Check out Gin’s Favorite Things at http://www.ginstephens.com/gins-favorite-things.htmlSubscribe to Gin’s YouTube Channel! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_frGNiTEoJ88rZOwvuG2CASee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.