Episode 261 Nic Greene Six Years living an Intermittent Fasting Lifestyle. It is not all unicons and rainbows .

I’m Nic,

 Raised in rural New Zealand, from a sheep and beef farming background. Big family, active, always outside helping on the farm or riding horses.

Dad was starting horses all the time; we all rode as kids, tho I’m the only one who carried on after we went to high school, travelling to town daily.

We're all fit and trim, kids. I'm into my early 20s, though far from heavy. I did my first stint with WW and starved the weight off, counting calories. I am still super active, riding and working on farms with an entire working dog team.

 Then, one day, I just started eating and couldn’t stop. Weight back on…..

I did that again in my early 30s; by then, it had gotten quite big. I lost the weight quickly…. Maintenance? No……. I gained it all again.

 Again, around 40, I did the same….. exercising too, over and above the farm work and horses. Each time, WW was utterly obsessed with food and starving all the time.

 

I'm approaching my 50th birthday at my highest weight, and I hate it. I gave away so many fabulous clothes, as I had given up.

 51, huge …… and one of the photos I hate the most. When my family met for lunch, I had nothing to wear, nothing fit, and I was getting bigger by the day…… Those photos disgust me.

 Around eight months later, I saw something about 16:8. I thought I could try that, as I rarely ate early anyway; I was probably too full from the night before…….

 I decided if I didn’t do something, the foods I was eating were going to either kill me early or make me ill.

I knew I couldn’t continue the way I was; something had to 'give'. So I started. At first, I still ate three times over those eight hours. I didn’t know about any FB pages, books, apps, etc.

 I cut out all 'crap' like obvious sugars and chose lowish carbs. Unfortunately, I didn’t weigh at the start!

I rarely weigh, but I think I was close to 90 kg, which is huge. I am 5'7 "in height.

 

I soon discovered there were FB pages, books, and podcasts! I can’t recall when I joined those, but I quickly weeded out the ones that weren’t for me.

 What I liked about The Fasting Highway was its down-to-earth approach, book, podcasts, page, sharing, and support. I also appreciated the accountability to myself and the importance of sharing before-and-after pics. And here I am now, close to six years in.

Donna D's comment on a recent post resonatedwith me, 'it’s not all unicorns and rainbows' prompted me to do the podcast.

 

I’d felt that because my binge eating still plays a part, I’m rubbish at food choices when out of my routine…..

I thought I couldn’t share that; it wouldn’t be productive to other people's journeys….

 

Then a friend said, 'Yeah, but it works for you,' and that made me stop and think—it does!

 

So that, along with Donna’s comment on her post, leads me to share.

 

I lost about 20kg when we were locked in, then once I saw after that time, farming friends were gobsmacked, commenting, then commenting again, like they barely recognised me.

 I stayed around the 70kg mark for a few years, if Istrayed too far with the food choices, I regrouped, remembering the mantra to "Trust the Process" and things soon lined up again.

 

Over the last couple of years, I’ve lost a bit more; I’m around 62-63kg now. As my diet evolved, I fasted a bit longer now, eating once or twice a day.

 I took up cycling (I never had bikes as a kid) and cycled12km a day, which I loved, still do it, tho not as often, purely just 'time'. I still ride most days. Animals make you active, and they are all that chubby, too. It was what I ate, the contributor!

 When I veer off my path, I’m desperate to regroup and get back on my road. Always, and that’s the winner. I WANT to do it.

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