Episode 145: Switching Things Up, Metabolic Flexibility, Over-Restricting, and More

About this episode

This episode discusses switching up fasting strategies, the importance of metabolic flexibility, and the pitfalls of over-restricting in intermittent fasting.

Welcome to this week’s episode of Fast. Feast. Repeat. Intermittent Fasting for Life, with Gin Stephens and Sheri Bullock. To make a submission for the podcast, go to fastfeastrepeat.com/submit . We are a community-driven podcast, and we look forward to sharing your questions, success stories, non-scale victories, IF tweaks, motivational quotes (and more!) on each episode of the podcast. Resources used in today’s episode: https://www.healthline.com/health/exercise-fitness/ideal-body-fat-percentage#for-women For more information regarding one-on-one IF support visit: https://www.fastfeastrepeat.com/coaching.html sheri@fastfeastrepeat.com https://www.fastfeastrepeat.com/sheri.html https://crunchi.com/?als=SheriBullock https://www.counter.com/?aff=SHERIBULLOCK Gin has a new YouTube Channel! Visit https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_frGNiTEoJ88rZOwvuG2CA and subscribe today so you never miss an intermittent fasting tip, a support session, or an interview with a past IF Stories guest or expert. Want to learn more about BiOptimizer’s Magnesium Breakthrough? Visit www.bioptimizers.com/fastfeastrepeat and use code FFR15 to save 15% off any order. Go to fastfeastrepeat.com to see Gin’s and…

People in this episode

Hosts: Gin Stephens, Sheri Bullock

Topics covered

• intermittent fasting
• metabolic flexibility
• over-restricting
• community support
• health resources

Keywords

• intermittent fasting
• metabolic flexibility
• health
• nutrition
• community support

Sponsors

BiOptimizer

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Healthline, BiOptimizer, Crunchi, Counter

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