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I have probably answered the “what should I drink while fasting” question seventy-bazillion times by now. And, I honestly don’t mind answering it over and over again. My years of teaching elementary students have taught me patience when it comes to answering these types of questions.
You know what I AM tired of, though? Dietary dogma. I am sick of hearing the the idea that there is one true way of eating that works universally. Yes, I am frustrated by this every day, when I see members of the support groups tell other people what they should or shouldn’t eat. This is the whole reason why I wrote Feast Without Fear, in fact. Look, I completely understand that once you find a way of eating that works for you, you want to shout it from the rooftops. You eat only meat and have never felt better? Yay! I believe you! You never eat meat or animal products and you have never felt better? Yay! I believe you! Your life changed for the better once you embraced a LCHF eating style? Yay! I believe you! You are amazed by the positive changes that occurred once you adopted a whole food plant based diet? Yay! I believe you! Get it? People feel great eating all kinds of ways. Many of these ways won’t be the way YOU feel best. The end. As an example, I feel great when I eat 100% of the foods that a newly popular “diet” book tells you to AVOID. Yep. The entire “don’t ever eat these foods because they are the worst ever” list reads like my personal list of “these are the foods that my body feels best eating.” Am I mistaken? Are these foods destroying my health? Well, I’ve never felt better, or been leaner, so I doubt it. So. What can we do about this issue? I have an idea, actually. Ahem. How about keep your eyes on your own plate, and stop telling people what they should be eating? Can we start there? If you don’t understand why, read Feast Without Fear. I’m not just trying to sell you a book here. I’m trying to FREE you from the prison of dietary dogma. Look, y’all. Knowing what I know now, it sounds silly when you tell other people what foods they should be eating. We are all different. We really are. Fast clean, and then eat the foods that make YOU feel great. Feast Without Fear, Y’all.
14 Comments
Danielle
10/14/2017 12:07:11 pm
Thanks for posting that! Everyone is different and every BODY is different. I feast without fear and even though I delay, I definitely don’t deny!! 10/14/2017 04:39:06 pm
Couldn't agree more Gin. I had a discussion with someone the other night who told me fasting is dangerous and our brain is starved of nutrients (she was coached by her personal nutritionist/life coach/trainer).
Chris Holub
10/14/2017 07:52:47 pm
Dear Gin,
Shelley
10/14/2017 09:43:53 pm
Love this blog! Love you, your podcasts and your books! Keep on keeping on!!
Ckaralee
10/15/2017 06:06:00 am
Gin, your OMAD is working for me. I'm a practiced dryfaster, doing extended dryfasts for some impinging health issues and I was having a trouble with the in-between re-feeding part of my de-toxing cycles.
Jenny
10/15/2017 09:34:11 am
Gin,
Michelle
10/16/2017 03:55:26 am
Thank you Gin I really needed to read that , I love the freedom and especially the no GUILT your way of dieting has showed me I have been a slave to food for over 30 years now , that's when my dieting started and my love hate relationship for food . You are changing my hole aspect of the way I think and feel about FOOD . I've actually started to put meals together again , I know this sounds ridiculous but I really just didn't want to cook anymore . The reason I started following you was for this very reason you just explained , because I'm still a newbie one week in , so when peeps do start telling you what to eat , well it becomes very confusing because you start to doubt yourself again . I think it's very hard for some of us to realize we can eat what we want in our non fasting window, after years and years of being told YOU CANT eat what you want ... I so love this way of eating thank you for coming into my life 🌸
Connie
10/16/2017 08:01:26 pm
Thank you so much, Gin, for posting this! It really is true! We do look to do things "properly" and that is the brainwashing of a life time from the diet "industry" who have made billions of dollars off of all of us struggling with health and weight issues! I read your books and joined your support groups because what you truly offered me was freedom! Freedom from dieting dogma! I'm still a babe at this way of eating, and have not yet found all the answers for my body and what works well for me, but I am sure enjoying the journey! I have found some things that work well for me, like my body loves them, like a good boiled potato topped with butter and sour cream! I've also discovered that as much as I can, I NEED greens everyday! But, I eat them because I love them, not because I was told to by some diet doctor! Other things I am eating could be classified as junk, I suppose, but as I have denied myself for a very long time, I am currently also being indulgent! But, there are good things happening to me, too! Like I am not walking with the use of two canes anymore! I'm taking less pain medication, and have hope that I might live longer! THAT to me is a huge plus! Weight loss will come, I am sure! Thank you so very much, Gin, for your wisdom, experience, and sanity! :D
Barbara
10/18/2017 02:40:29 pm
Thank you for this post! I am convinced that each one of us is so different and from every part of the world. We know our likes and dislikes. We know what makes us feel light and healthy. We are all adults, so if we pay attention to what our body is calling for, we will get to our natural size and never have to worry about it again! Such freedom and peace!!
GrammaH
11/9/2017 11:20:17 am
"Keep your eyes on your own plate!" I love this!
TrishB
11/18/2017 07:30:14 am
Just got your book yesterday and I've just started reading it. I was doing the keto diet with the company that was coaching me and also selling the other supplements and PROTEIN DRINKS. I just been doing a plant-based diet and feeling pretty good but not losing weight. Probably because of nuts and fats and my tendency to over eat. The keto diet made me feel so sick because I was eating animal material and I don't like that. I felt better eating plant-based. Would I be able to eat more plants based on OMAD and still lose weight? I'm pretty good at the delaying food and not eating for 23 hours. I am this morning remembering that I had two beers last night because it's been so long and I just wanted to. But I'm willing to keep alcohol and sugar out of the picture. The experience or vice on plant-based diet would be really helpful. Everyone says you can't eat beans and lose weight, it seems to me if you eat once a day and you don't over eat it should be fine. Maybe your book will give me the answer once I'm further into it. Thanks for writing this DDD book and for your great work 3/1/2018 09:13:04 pm
Amen. Sooooo darn tired of the judgement! I remember one diet outlawing onions?? Don’t we have better things to obsess about?? <munching on corn tortilla chips>
Katie Knies
7/9/2018 09:29:51 am
Excellent article!! Thanks for saying what needed to be said. And I feel even MORE free after reading this!!! Thanks for being such an encourager!! Your comment will be posted after it is approved.
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Gin Stephens lives in Augusta, Georgia, where she has been following an intermittent fasting lifestyle since 2014. In addition to writing the #1 Amazon best-seller Delay, Don't Deny and the follow-up book Feast Without Fear, Gin is host of the Intermittent Fasting Stories podcast and co-host of The Intermittent Fasting Podcast, along with fellow intermittent faster and author, Melanie Avalon. Check out www.intermittentfastingstories.com and www.ifpodcast.com or search for the podcasts through your favorite podcast app. Archives
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