Water fasting helped me lose weight and heal my body and mind

 

Meet me, a food scientist with a passion for microbiology and nutrition, who celebrated my 50th birthday a couple of years ago. Around this time, I realised that something needed to change. I made the decision to take control of my health and transform my life.

 

I am proof that it's never too late to make positive changes and that with determination and perseverance, anything is possible. 

 

Let's rewind 30 years. During my early teens, I was very active and enjoyed sports. However, in my 20s, I started to gain weight as I became less active, and my relationship with food wasn't the best. I tried almost every diet plan available. Weight Watchers, low-calorie restriction, GI diet, Atkins, Juice fasting.....you name it. I probably tried it.

 

Although I managed to lose weight on these diets, I always gained it back and more. I started feeling worse and worse with the weight gain, IBS, and chronic inflammation. My mood started to get affected as well and I just did not recognise myself anymore.

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Following the advice of the experts

My first introduction to fasting was when I read Jason Fung’s The Obesity Code and WOW, a lot of what he explained just made so much sense. I then came across Dr Sanna Ehdin who is a Swedish self-healing expert with 45 years of experience in this field. I bought her book about water fasting but found it a bit difficult to get started. Another 6 months went by and I was suffering. Always pain in my belly, I felt sluggish, tired, grumpy and kept gaining weight, little by little.

 

In November 2022 I read an article about a course where Dr. Sanna Ehdin was training up fasting therapists. The next day I literally woke up one morning and just knew that this was what I needed to do. Go through the fasting therapy myself to lose weight, heal myself, and also study to become a fasting therapist to be able to help others. The same day I enrolled. 3 weeks later, in mid-December 2022, I started my journey, and I never looked back.

 

Intermittent fasting transforms you

Fasting therapy is a life-changing experience. With the right foods, intermittent fasting, and the help of a fasting coach, I am now slimmer, healthier, happier, and with the energy of a 20-year-old. I am so grateful to myself for giving me the opportunity to heal my body and my mind. 

 

Now, I am a certified fasting therapist, and I love sharing knowledge and motivating my clients to heal and feel great about themselves.