#056 - Gin Stephens: Intermittent Fasting Approaches, Boosting Metabolism, Making Progress, Hunger Hormones, Breaking Through Plateaus, How To Weigh Yourself, ADF, Body Recomposition, And More!

GET TRANSCRIPT AND FULL SHOWNOTES: MelanieAvalon.com/fastfeastrepeat 9:20 - Gin's Bio 9:50 - How Did Gin Come To Intermittent Fasting 14:35 - Gin's Various Version Of IF 15:25 - The Problems With Traditional Diets, Chronic Dieting, Yo-Yo Dieting, And The Calorie Paradigm 17:40 - Hunger Hormones And How The Body Is Trying To Protect You 18:50 - The Minnesota Starvation Experiment 21:15 - The Biggest Loser Experiment 22:00 - Over-restriction And The Urge To Binge 23:45 - Fasting Vs. Traditional Dieting And Becoming Metabolically Flexible 26:05 - Can You Over-Fast?: The Metabolic Rate While Fasting 28:50 - Intermittent Fasting Approaches: The 28 Day Fast Start 35:10 - Food Choices, Changed Food Tastes, And Overfed But Undernourished 38:40 - How Do You Stop When Satisfied? 41:30 - The Science Of "The Sigh" Of The Meal 44:00 - What Is The Clean Fast? 45:20 - Fasting Goal 1: Keep Insulin Low 46:35 - The Problems With Flavors And Artificial Sweeteners 47:25 - What You Can Have During The Fast 48:30 - Fasting Goal 2: Tap Into Stored Fat For Fuel - No Exogenous Fuel 49:25 - Fasting Goal 3: Increased Autophagy 51:00 - How To Know If You're Making Progress: Weight Trends, Progress Photos, Etc. 54:00 - Body Recomposition 57:00 - What If You're Not Making Progress? 59:00 - The Hybrid Approach Mixing And Matching 1:00:30 - ADF Vs. Up Day Down Day 1:01:45 - ADF To Boost Metabolism 1:04:45 - The Problem With Restricting 1:05:20 - The Longevity Benefits Of ADF And ProLon 1:07:30 - Using The Scale, Weighing, And Weight Fluctuations, And Weekly Averages 1:10:50 - The Body Set Point 1:17:20 - Personal Strategies To Avoid Caving 1:18:30 - Envisioning Your Future Self 1:19:30 - IF Protocol To Rapidly Shed The Weight 1:24:20 - Self Decode 1:25:30 - Mastering Diabetes 1:26:30 - Dealing With Backlash And Challenges 1:33:30 - Personalized Nutrition 1:34:35 - Gin's Dream Research Study 1:39:20 - Rebounders