1:59

Yeah, the official cause of death

2:01

was metastatic prostate cancer, but he

2:03

had kidneys failing, heart disease, congestive

2:06

heart failure. It was really, it

2:08

was a long list. So, you

2:10

know, my why is even more powerful. I

2:12

want to age well. and

2:15

I don't want to be sick. You know, as long as

2:17

I can be healthy, I want to be healthy,

2:19

so. It's

2:21

really, really hard to watch someone, you're your

2:23

dad, right? He's always been larger

2:25

than life, and

2:28

then the past year has just been really, it's been

2:30

hard. Yeah, yeah,

2:32

well, and even when you're, you

2:35

think maybe you're mentally prepared, you know, the

2:37

end is near or whatever, but nothing really

2:39

prepares you for that phone

2:41

call or, you know. Well, when the phone rang and

2:44

it was my brother, I knew what it was, but, you

2:46

know, my dad was in a lot of pain and

2:48

it was really hard, but, you

2:51

know, he was of the generation and of

2:53

the belief, the mindset that you just took

2:56

a pill, you took medicine, the doctor

2:58

would just put you on the medicine, and

3:00

so he was not a big believer in

3:02

lifestyle changes. Unfortunately, that is my husband. Yeah.

3:06

And he's like, well, I mean, they make pills

3:08

for that, and I'm just like,

3:10

oh my gosh. He told me

3:12

the other day that I've rubbed

3:14

off on Seth, his son, he's

3:16

21, 22, he'll be 22 this

3:19

year. Goodness, he

3:21

was in grade school when I,

3:23

well, became his stepmom, that's crazy.

3:25

I'm really funny, like, I don't take a title,

3:28

I have to have a headache for either several

3:30

days or it has to be really an excruciating

3:32

headache before I'll even take a Tylenol. And of

3:34

course, anytime I say I have a headache, Eric's

3:36

like, take a Tylenol. And I'm like,

3:39

dude, I'm not taking Tylenol, I just got a headache.

3:41

I'm just letting you know, I'm not at my best

3:43

today. Well, he told me, he said, somehow you've rubbed

3:45

off on Seth, and I said, why? And he said,

3:47

because he was here this weekend, he

3:50

said he had a headache, and I said, you can get some Tylenol,

3:52

and he said, no, thank you, I try not

3:54

to put medicine in my body if I don't have to. Yeah,

3:58

well, I feel that way too. don't

4:00

have to. If it's something that you

4:02

can address with lifestyle and food and

4:04

fasting. I said, hey, if that's how

4:06

I've rubbed off on him, then great.

4:09

Yeah, that's great. There are definitely times

4:11

for medication. So don't get me wrong.

4:13

I'm definitely not in time medication when

4:15

it's time for one, but I

4:18

mean, for me, if you can

4:20

do anything in your power to

4:22

resolve whatever is happening through lifestyle

4:24

or diet or whatever that to

4:27

me, you try that first.

4:30

Because my thought with medicine is like, once

4:32

you start on medicine, then what's next? And

4:35

all that happens, what happens is exactly. But he was

4:37

a wonderful man and

4:41

the service at the church was great. You

4:43

know, so many people came up and talked

4:46

about what a positive influence my dad had

4:48

been on them. So, yeah, well, he was

4:50

very active in his church community. Oh, yeah.

4:52

Right. And yeah, and I'm sure, you know,

4:54

he worked at the same place for decades.

4:56

Well, he worked at the hospital. He was

4:58

CFO of a hospital in Augusta

5:01

until he retired from there. And then he worked for

5:03

the church. He was there bookkeeper.

5:05

Well, it's good. I think it

5:07

feels good when you have a memorial service

5:09

for somebody and people come

5:11

and they share and they, you know, you

5:14

get to see your loved one from other

5:16

people's point of view

5:18

and you get to see what an impact they made

5:20

on other people that you may not have seen before.

5:22

So that's exactly right.

5:25

It really was special. So thank you. All

5:28

right. Well, let's just pivot from

5:30

there to a celebration. And

5:32

today's celebration comes from Mary Ann in

5:34

Maine. She said, Hi, Jen and Sherry.

5:36

My name is Mary Ann and I

5:38

have been an intermittent faster since September

5:40

of 2020 when I read both DDD,

5:42

Delayed of Deny, and Fast Feast Repeat.

5:45

I had the pleasure of leading a

5:47

book club group on your new book,

5:49

The 28 Day Fast Start Day by

5:51

Day. And we started on January 8th

5:53

and we just finished up this week.

5:55

I expected our newer pastors to get

5:57

a lot of help from this new

6:00

book, but when we What truly amazed

6:02

me was how many seasoned fasteners and

6:04

even many in maintenance found this book

6:06

to be the reboot that they needed,

6:08

myself included. I was very ill last

6:10

summer with a very resistant strain of

6:13

pneumonia. I was on antibiotics from May

6:15

until October, twice a day with food,

6:17

so I essentially wasn't fasting during that

6:19

time, even though I did fast between

6:21

my medication doses. I gained

6:24

nine pounds and my size sixes

6:26

were very uncomfortable. I was back

6:28

to my 19-5 schedule, but I

6:30

was overindulging in my window. We

6:32

had a family wedding, a vacation,

6:34

the holidays, and then my 65th

6:36

birthday celebration. I fully embraced the

6:38

flexibility of IF and enjoyed those

6:40

occasions. I had stopped gaining weight,

6:42

but I wasn't losing either. My

6:44

brain was still in maintenance mode

6:46

with too much flexibility. While

6:48

teaching your book to our group, I had

6:50

an aha moment. I needed to shift back

6:52

into a weight loss mindset. I

6:54

got back to basics. I made the

6:56

tweaks I needed in my window. I

6:58

delayed the desserts and cocktails and I

7:01

started tuning back into my society signals.

7:03

I extended my fast a couple of hours to

7:05

help deplete those glycogen stores that I had

7:07

filled back up. I knew the

7:10

minute my switch flipped. I had an

7:12

abundance of energy and a clear mind.

7:14

I felt like my old IF self

7:16

was back at last. I lost five

7:18

inches and I was back into my

7:20

goal weight range again. My

7:22

size sixes were comfortable again. This

7:24

is all because of your new book, The 28

7:26

Day Fast Start Day by Day. It

7:28

got me back to IF basics. So

7:31

many season fasters had similar results. Plateaus

7:34

were being left behind and excitement about

7:36

IF was resurfacing in so many of

7:38

them. This new book has helped us

7:40

all, Jen. Thank you so very much.

7:43

And you know, it's right. We do kind of

7:45

go into a maintenance. My

7:48

body's great at maintaining. And

7:50

once I get to a weight, my body

7:52

is happy to sit there. But

7:54

shifting it into getting to

7:57

losing weight, that's a whole different mindset.

7:59

It takes a little bit more dedication

8:01

and work. A little more

8:03

discipline. Yeah. It's not coasting. It's

8:05

a little bit more peddling uphill. Yep,

8:08

exactly. And I really appreciate

8:10

you sharing that Mary Ann, because I think that

8:12

that happens to a lot of people, you know,

8:15

I've been doing intermittent fasting now for 10

8:18

years, which is hard to believe. Can't even

8:20

imagine not doing it. And throughout that

8:22

time, throughout maintenance, I've had seasons where my

8:24

honesty pants have gotten tight and then

8:26

I have to tighten things back up again.

8:29

So, you know, for anybody who's listening, if

8:31

you've been intermittent fasting for a while, you

8:33

know, ask yourself, do I need a refresh?

8:36

And 28 day fast start day by day, we

8:38

found that in our community as well, that the

8:41

seasoned fasters who just wanted to be part of the

8:43

excitement, they got a lot out of it too. And

8:46

if you were asking yourself, do you need

8:48

a refresh? Then, you know, have I gotten

8:50

a little sloppy with my windows? Am I

8:53

treating every day like the vacation? That's

8:55

usually what happens for me. It'll be

8:57

summertime or the holidays or something. And

9:00

you have more for me, it's like

9:02

more desserts or more cheese

9:04

and crackers or a little bit wider windows.

9:06

Or were you at maintenance? So you thought,

9:08

you know what, I can let a little

9:10

cream slide into my coffee during my

9:12

fast. Cause we hear that a lot

9:14

too. We do hear that. Yeah. And

9:17

then suddenly you're not fasting anymore because

9:19

your window is all day. Right. And

9:21

that definitely happens. So your 28 day

9:23

fast start day by day is not

9:25

just for people who are brand new

9:27

and you don't have to have quit completely

9:30

to get some benefit from it. It is

9:32

a great way to get back to the

9:34

basics. Remember your why and have a structure.

9:36

Yeah. I'm working on revising the delayed on

9:38

denied life journal as well, because a lot

9:41

of people you've heard me talk about this

9:43

before, Sherry, they finished 28 day fast start

9:45

day by day, and then they miss the

9:47

journaling. They miss the day by day structure.

9:51

Exactly. I'm working on revising that the life journal. It's

9:53

going to be updated to reflect the style of 28

9:55

day fast start day by day, a

9:57

little bit more with the tools that people need. Yeah,

10:00

and I do think too, a lot of times

10:02

like we start our intermittent fasting lifestyle,

10:04

maybe it was three years ago, four years ago,

10:06

or nine years ago, and we

10:09

had a why then. And then,

10:11

you know, we got to our maintenance way, and we

10:13

just started going along, and we're just living our intermittent

10:15

fasting lifestyle, we don't think that much about it. And

10:19

I think we often kind of get out of

10:21

touch with a why. And

10:23

so if your why was weight loss, and then

10:25

you've lost the weight, you've maintained the weight, I

10:28

think without really identifying a new

10:30

why, you kind of start

10:32

to lose the purpose of your fast. It

10:35

suddenly kind of just becomes something you do, but you're

10:37

not thinking about why are you doing it? What are

10:39

the benefits you're trying to get from it? So then

10:41

you have the wind creep. Stopping

10:44

and recrafting your why is so

10:46

important. And then, you know, learning

10:48

to structure your fasts

10:51

to benefit that why, right? And

10:53

be really helpful. Well,

10:56

you know, we learned from reading Benjamin

10:58

Bickman's book, Why We Get Sick, that

11:00

having high insulin is related

11:03

to so many of our modern

11:05

day diseases, from

11:07

cancer to diabetes

11:10

to... Part of your vascular

11:12

disease? The entire laundry list of things that my dad

11:14

was suffering from. I mean, he drank

11:16

a lot of diet soda, and he snacked, and he

11:18

didn't change what he ate, and he had type 2

11:20

diabetes. And so keeping insulin

11:22

low is going to help us.

11:24

It's not just about your weight. And

11:27

that's where that powerful why comes into play.

11:30

And I see how easy it is to drift

11:33

away. When I was there, my stepmother and my

11:35

brother were home. We were getting ready to go

11:37

do some hard things, and I made

11:39

lunch at noon and ate it. And

11:42

when we were all done with all the family events

11:44

and the eating more meals than usual, I had a

11:46

couple days where I had to push through. Well,

11:50

and you know, just like we

11:52

learned from Atomic Habits, anything

11:54

that you do a series of days becomes

11:57

a new habit. That's how habits are created.

12:00

So the first day I ate at

12:02

noon, my body was probably surprised. The second day

12:04

I ate at noon, my body was like, now

12:06

we eat at noon. The third day,

12:08

my stomach growled at 10. 10

12:10

o'clock, Sherri. Uh-huh. My stomach said, well,

12:13

I know you've been eating at noon, but what about 10? We

12:15

could eat now. And so I

12:18

was like, no, I am not eating today at 10. And

12:20

it would be really easy to justify,

12:23

like, well, I'm hungry. Right. I'm

12:25

here with family. It's just one more day. It's

12:27

just one day. It's just one extra day. I'll

12:29

get back to it next week. But yeah,

12:31

it really can be that easy to lose

12:33

your path. Right. And

12:36

just expect you're going to have some hard days when you get back,

12:38

even if it's just been five days. And then you're

12:40

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12:42

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12:47

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12:49

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12:51

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12:54

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12:56

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code FFR10. is

14:00

from Janie from beautiful British Columbia,

14:02

Canada. She says, hello ladies, I

14:04

first need to express my utmost

14:07

gratitude for the countless and selfless

14:09

hours you dedicate to helping encourage

14:11

and inspire the delayed on tonight

14:13

community. I know that you

14:15

have made such an impact on thousands of

14:18

lives, myself included. You are

14:20

so wonderful at keeping us all informed

14:22

and educated, not to mention inspired. To

14:25

my question, I have been intermittent

14:27

fasting since 2019 and could not

14:29

imagine any other

14:32

way of life. That being said,

14:34

I have experimented over

14:36

the years with different intermittent fasting

14:38

protocols. Recently, I have been

14:40

trying an ADF approach, but I have

14:43

also been trying to increase my protein

14:45

intake as I am a perimenopausal woman

14:48

and really want to work on preserving my

14:50

muscle mass. I am regularly physically

14:52

active in my day to day life, at

14:54

work and at home, and I

14:56

work out three times a week including

14:59

strength training. My question is,

15:01

if I am doing an ADF approach,

15:03

should I try and increase the protein

15:05

I eat on my up day to

15:08

above and beyond the higher recommended daily

15:10

intake to make up for the down day

15:12

and lack of protein on those days? Is

15:14

it possible to overdo the protein on your

15:16

up day? Thank you

15:18

for your valuable wisdom and endless encouragement.

15:21

Keep up the good work and again,

15:23

thank you, thank you, thank you. Okay,

15:26

is it possible to overdo protein on your

15:28

up day? Yes, it

15:31

is possible to overdo anything. And

15:34

so here's the thing, protein is not free

15:36

and anything you eat above and

15:38

beyond what your body needs, it's

15:41

going to store as fat. In

15:43

addition, your body does not

15:46

stockpile protein, it doesn't store

15:48

protein. So you can't over

15:51

consume protein on your up day

15:54

and put it in the protein closet so

15:57

that your body can use it on your down day.

16:00

body just doesn't work like that. So anything

16:02

you eat above and beyond what your body

16:04

can use that day, your body

16:06

will store as fat. So

16:09

the short answer is yes, you can overdo

16:11

protein on your up day. There's no reason

16:13

to eat above and beyond what you need

16:15

on any given day. With

16:18

that said, if your heart is set

16:20

on ADF, personally, this

16:22

is me, and just from what I have

16:24

read on this subject, if you're

16:27

going to stick with an ADF

16:29

approach while trying to actively grow

16:31

muscle mass, you say preserve. I don't know

16:34

if you're preserving or trying to add muscle

16:36

mass. If you're trying to preserve muscle mass,

16:39

I would still probably have a

16:41

down day meal with some protein, and

16:45

that's just based off of all the reading I've

16:47

done. If you're trying

16:49

to actually add significant muscle

16:51

mass, I honestly, again,

16:53

this is just from my reading and

16:55

my interpretation of data, I would not

16:57

use ADF as an approach while trying

16:59

to add muscle mass,

17:02

a significant muscle mass. Like if you're really

17:04

trying to increase your muscle mass, not just

17:06

tone up, I personally would have a daily

17:08

eating one. Right, if you're in a building

17:11

phase, you're trying to build muscle. Right.

17:13

Mm-hmm. Because you do not want to be

17:15

in a deficit while trying

17:17

to build muscle. So I guess just know

17:19

what your goals are. You do say preserve

17:22

muscle. So you know to do

17:24

that, I personally would have a down day

17:26

meal with some quality protein in it. What

17:28

do you think, Jen? Well, it made

17:30

me think of an email that I got

17:33

this weekend from Bioptimizers, who we love so

17:35

much. You know Matt Galant, one of the

17:37

founders of Bioptimizers, is vegan.

17:39

Yes. One reason I love

17:41

this company is one's keto and one's keto on

17:43

the carnivore end and the other's vegan. Right. So

17:46

Matt Galant is like a

17:48

bodybuilder. Okay. So he's like vegan and

17:51

a bodybuilder and has won awards. And

17:53

something stuck out to me from the

17:55

email. It was about they have digestive

17:57

enzymes. Uh-huh. We never talk about that. really

36:00

that's just going to make the problem worse.

36:02

Now, I do want to say

36:04

some people need more mineral support than others.

36:06

I am one of those. I

36:08

used to be chronically thirsty. I

36:11

drank so much. Jen knows how much I used

36:13

to drink. I used to drink. Yes,

36:15

that's true. I mean, we're talking. I

36:18

probably drank four liters of

36:20

water a day on top of my coffee,

36:22

tea, or anything else I was drinking. But

36:26

I found out that

36:28

I have potassium deficiency. My body

36:30

doesn't hold on to potassium. So

36:32

my doctor started me on a

36:35

potassium medication and I take a

36:37

potassium supplement. We track my potassium

36:39

levels. Interestingly enough, the minute we

36:41

addressed my potassium, that chronic thirst

36:43

I had completely went

36:46

away. I am no longer

36:48

thirsty all the time. I used to

36:50

really, really avoid sodium because I'm a person

36:52

that gets really, really puffy. That

36:55

can also be a sign of being low

36:57

on potassium, is if you have really puffy

37:00

hands and feet. If you

37:02

get edema at the end of the day,

37:04

that can be a sign of electrolyte balance.

37:06

So I would just, if this continues,

37:09

have your doctor run some labs on

37:11

you, check your potassium levels. There's

37:13

really no good way to check magnesium levels. But

37:16

really also during your feast, focus

37:18

on good mineral-rich

37:20

foods that are high in magnesium

37:23

potassium. These are going to be

37:25

your leafy greens, legumes, avocados, tomatoes,

37:27

even shellfish, fish, salmon, that

37:30

sort of thing. Nuts

37:32

are good. So make sure that

37:34

when you are planning your daily eating windows

37:36

that you get in some of these really

37:38

good whole foods. The more foods you

37:40

eat like that, the more you can help support your body

37:42

naturally. Do you have anything you want to add, Jen? I

37:45

knew you were going to say all of that. I'm

37:48

not someone who ever has needed mineral support during

37:50

the vase. It's not for everybody.

37:52

Not everybody needs to. But

37:54

if you do, you do. And I just

37:56

want to reiterate, Sherry said, get your levels

37:59

tested. your doctor, you do

38:01

not want a willy-nilly supplement with potassium.

38:04

You can overdo it. You can.

38:06

The more I do research on that,

38:08

you would really have to be trying

38:10

hard to overdo it. Well, you know

38:12

how people can be. People can do

38:14

it. And I would do

38:16

want to say, if you have a

38:18

kid to your heart conditions, you do

38:20

want any of your doctors ever told

38:22

you to be on a potassium-sparing diet,

38:25

that is something you want to pay

38:27

attention to. Certain medications can actually make

38:29

your electrolytes be more off-balance, such as

38:31

diuretics. And some blood

38:33

pressure medications contain diuretics. So that,

38:35

coupled with ketosis, which actually is

38:38

a natural diuretic, can make you

38:40

deplete too many minerals. So that's

38:42

why I say work with a doctor

38:45

or practitioner, a naturopath, work with somebody

38:47

on that to balance your electrolytes. Because

38:49

there's a lot of electrolyte-containing products out

38:51

there. Some of them are really, really

38:54

high in sodium, where most people already

38:56

get enough sodium, yet they don't have

38:58

enough potassium and magnesium support. So, you

39:00

know, that's why I really say I

39:03

think it's really best to work with

39:05

somebody and know what you have going

39:07

on. And interesting enough too, this is

39:09

crazy. And I didn't even know this.

39:11

You hear all the time that magnesium

39:14

is great for keeping your bowels regular.

39:16

I still, even

39:18

after supplementing magnesium, had chronic

39:21

constipation. Well, that went

39:23

away when I got my potassium

39:25

levels. Oh, that's so interesting. Yes,

39:27

because your entire body's

39:29

fluid levels are controlled by

39:32

your electrolytes and your body

39:34

cannot use sodium without

39:36

potassium. It unlocks your sodium channels. So it all

39:38

works together. So it's not like throw a little

39:40

of this at it and throw a little of

39:42

that at it. You've got to have it all

39:44

in balance. Right. And somebody might

39:46

say, oh, just put pink salt in your water.

39:49

That might not be what you need. Exactly. Exactly.

39:51

I definitely explore that if that thirst doesn't go

39:53

away. But I also want to say too, if

39:55

you're new to fasting and you're getting into ketosis

39:57

for the first time, you are going to feel

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47:49

now it's time for our tweak of the week. You

47:51

know, I always say tweak it till it's easy, that

47:53

the tweak that works for me might not be the

47:55

one that works for you. And

47:57

that's why it's super helpful to hear

47:59

how other... intermittent fasters are making intermittent

48:02

fasting work for them. This

48:04

tweak was submitted by Heather in

48:06

Illinois. She says, this is

48:08

more of a mindset tweak to help you achieve

48:10

your goals. If you're waiting

48:12

to open your window until a goal

48:14

timeframe, just tell yourself that

48:16

that's only X amount of hours

48:19

until then. And you're almost there

48:21

already. You're already, how many

48:23

hours into your fast? A few more is

48:25

nothing. Often I will

48:27

even begin to creatively dream up what

48:29

food would fill my soul when my

48:32

window opens, which makes for a

48:34

more delicious meal. Sometimes I will

48:36

think of the other fasters in this community

48:38

doing the same thing. And it encourages me

48:40

to keep going since I'm not alone. Do

48:43

something to pass the time and it will

48:45

be here before you know it. And maybe

48:47

even you'll be past your goal. I

48:50

love that she thinks of other fasters and that

48:52

gives her inspiration to keep fasting. It is

48:54

important not to feel alone. Somebody just

48:56

said that in the community though today, they hadn't checked in

48:58

in a while and they'd been

49:01

really struggling. And the one of the

49:03

reasons they said they were struggling is

49:05

because they didn't know anybody who fasted

49:07

their husband didn't fast, their daughter didn't

49:10

fast. Like it was just her and

49:12

she was feeling kind of alone. And

49:14

I challenged her to check into the

49:16

community every single day because it really

49:19

makes a difference when you have support

49:21

from people who know exactly what

49:23

you're going through and what your struggle is. And

49:26

just make a post and say, I'm having a

49:28

hard time today. And then people will encourage you.

49:31

Some people might think, well, no, I can't make

49:33

a post like that. Nobody, yes, everyone cares about,

49:35

everyone wants to encourage you. Yep.

49:37

And I've seen people post before and then

49:39

somebody will comment and say, I'm

49:41

so glad you said that because I've been struggling

49:43

with that as well or whatever. Somebody

49:46

out there is struggling with the same thing

49:48

you're struggling with. Whatever you're struggling with. Whatever

49:50

it is. Somebody else

49:52

is doing it. And just saying it out loud

49:54

is cathartic, right? You know, just saying, I'm

49:56

having a hard time with this. Just putting it

49:59

out there. Also sometimes I'm just putting

50:01

it out to the universe. Like if I say I'm

50:03

having a hard day today, I really need some help.

50:06

Somewhere along the line, something's gonna come my way

50:08

that's gonna help me get through that day. Yeah,

50:11

or sometimes just writing it out makes the struggle

50:13

go away or it helps you see the solution.

50:16

Like by the time you finish writing your post, you

50:18

know what the answer is for yourself. Yeah, it's true.

50:20

Sometimes we do get mired in the problem and

50:23

we can't get past the problem. But

50:25

once you put the problem out there

50:28

and you get it like, okay, there's

50:30

the problem, now you can

50:32

move on to the solution step. Exactly. All

50:35

right, well, we'd love to leave you

50:37

guys with inspirational or motivational quotes. And

50:40

this week we have a message from

50:42

Julie in Texas. Julie started by saying,

50:44

after taking collagen out of my fast,

50:46

I am starting to lose the weight

50:49

I regained. After feeling like yet another

50:51

diet failed me, my faith

50:53

is now restored in fasting. And fasting,

50:55

it's not a diet. It

50:57

is a kindness to my body to give

50:59

it a time to rest and restore. Unlike

51:01

a diet, you can never mess up. You

51:04

might just have a longer window some days. And

51:07

I think that's very true. You

51:09

can't really mess up fasting. Unless you're

51:11

not fasting collagen and you're coffee.

51:13

Right, once you're fasting clean, if

51:15

you're fasting clean, then you can

51:17

be like, oops, I didn't know that wasn't part of a

51:20

clean fast. And then once you fix that, you're

51:22

good to go. So thank you for sharing that Julie, because we

51:24

get that question all the time. Because so

51:26

many people are out there pushing collagen.

51:30

Yeah, well, it

51:32

sounds to me like she was clean fasting

51:34

and then collagen found her way into her

51:36

coffee. And then she started

51:38

to lose her faith in IF. And then

51:41

she took the collagen out of

51:43

her coffee and now her faith is restored in fasting.

51:45

That's how I read it as well. But

51:47

what I love what she said, it's

51:49

not a diet, it's a kindness to

51:51

my body to give it time to

51:53

rest and restore. And

51:56

of course you're powerful. Yeah. Thanks

51:59

so much for listening. We would

52:01

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52:34

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