Intermittent fasting can be very sexy. But does it help or sabotage emotional eating? Some emotional eating experts we’ve hosted have strong feelings about intermittent fasting and those who have emotional eating anchoring their relationship with food have a strong aversion to it.

In this episode we tap into, if intermittent fasting, how, and how not to potentially.

My Guest:

Laurie Lewis, Wellness Coach, shares how to maintain exceptional self-care while dealing with life's complicated and fast-paced circumstances.

By using Intermittent Fasting, Laurie encourages the chance to break free from diet models, connect with the body’s inner intelligence and experience improvements in every aspect of life.

With an eating window every day for seven years, now at 61 years old, Laurie’s biological age (at the cellular level) of 40 years old. From her menopausal struggles to vibrant health serves as an inspiration, embodying the potential for profound change through Intermittent Fasting.

Questions We Answer in This Episode:

• What is your history of emotional eating? 00:04:50
• What’s your definition of intermittent fasting? Do you think there are optimal windows? 00:10:30
• How could having an (optimized) Eating Window improve every aspect of your life? 00:09:30
• What are the challenges for women with disordered eating and emotional eating trying to use Intermittent Fasting? 00:21:30
• Why do you think the focus on menopause and hormone replacement overlooks emotional eating, emphasizing physical fixes instead? 00:18:50
• What is the root cause of most women’s challenges with their weight loss and health? 00:15:50
• Do you find that many women treat Intermittent Fasting more like a diet, leading to a dramatic decrease in caloric intake and a lack of nutrient-dense foods and adequate protein? 00:27:40
• What are your top 3 tips on how to start Intermittent Fasting TODAY? How does a woman know that she should or shouldn’t? 00:20:10

Connect with Laurie:

• https://FastForwardWellness.com

On Social:

• Facebook:
  https://www.facebook.com/FastForwardWellness/
• Instagram:
  https://www.instagram.com/fast_forward_wellness/

Other Episodes You Might Like:

• How Emotional Eating Can Be the Hidden Reason for Weight Gain:
  https://www.flippingfifty.com/reason-for-weight-gain/
• Midlife Changes with Intermittent Fasting Expert Gin Stephens:
  https://www.flippingfifty.com/midlife-changes/
• Low Energy Availability in Menopause? Eating Too Little to Feel Good or Age Well:
  https://www.flippingfifty.com/low-energy-availability-in-menopause/

Resources:

• Hot Not Bothered Challenge:
  https://www.flippingfifty.com/hot-not-bothered-challenge-2023/
• STRONGER 12-week program:
  https://www.flippingfifty.com/get-stronger/