Fast. Feast. Repeat. Intermittent Fasting For Life

Gin Stephens and Sheri Bullock

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Intermittent fasting with patience and community.

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Fast. Feast. Repeat. treats intermittent fasting as a long-term routine, not a quick challenge. Listener letters drive the show, with warm back-and-forth around eating windows, clean fasting, emotional snacking, bloodwork, sleep, and maintenance.

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About Fast. Feast. Repeat. Intermittent Fasting For Life

Fast. Feast. Repeat. is a warm, listener-driven show about living with intermittent fasting over time. It is patient. The format leans heavily on real questions and celebrations from people trying to make fasting work inside ordinary life. Those stories give the show its shape. A listener may write about pre-diabetes, blood pressure medication, emotional eating, post-partum fasting, constipation, sleep, or struggling to stop snacking inside a short eating window. The hosts then slow the story down and look for the practical fasting lesson inside it. The result is less like a lecture and more like a long-running support conversation. Weight loss is a constant theme, but it rarely stands alone. Episodes return to health markers, food noise, maintenance, insulin resistance, clean fasting, digestion, bloodwork, medications, body-fat expectations, and the mental side of staying consistent. The tone is encouraging without becoming polished motivational copy. Casual detours are part of the texture. Weather, travel, clothing, coughs, cruises, family changes, and community updates can all sit beside fasting strategy. That looseness will suit listeners who want companionship with their health information. It may feel slow for anyone looking for tightly edited health talk. The show is also careful, at least in its framing, to note that it is educational and motivational rather than medical advice. Personal experience still does a lot of the work. Listener letters are often read at length, so the emotional context of a question matters as much as the answer. That is the show’s real identity: fasting advice filtered through community stories, practical reassurance, and repeated reminders that a livable routine beats short bursts of perfection.

Made for: Best for intermittent fasters who want steady encouragement, listener stories, and practical discussion of eating windows, clean fasting, maintenance, and health habits. It especially suits people who prefer conversational support over tightly edited health talk.

What sets it apart: The show’s strength is its listener-mail structure: real celebrations and struggles become the raw material for practical fasting principles. It feels less like a lecture and more like a recurring community check-in.

In their own words

Whether you are new to intermittent fasting or an experienced intermittent faster, tune in each week to this motivational and down-to-earth podcast to get inspired, learn, and have some fun along the way. Gin Stephens is the New York Times bestselling author of Fast Feast Repeat, and host of top-ranked podcast Intermittent Fasting Stories. Sheri Bullock works in healthcare, and her passion is helping others live their best lives. Gin and Sheri are friends and intermittent fasters, and their shared goal is helping others navigate their own intermittent fasting lifestyles. You can make submissions to the podcast by going to...

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Based on 4 episodes we listened to · September 2026

Listener questions turn intermittent fasting from a tidy protocol into a candid discussion of consistency, food choices, hunger, and real-life setbacks.

Fast. Feast. Repeat. Intermittent Fasting For Life turns intermittent fasting into a practical question-and-answer conversation, with Gin Stephens and Sheri Bullock working through the decisions that make the routine sustainable.

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Fasting feels easy; the sweets in your eating window have other plans for you.

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Gin and Sheri's perspective on weekend breaks while you're still finding your fasting rhythm
to think past the clock and ask how your food choices affect the way you feel

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Episode 146: IF Post-Partum, Losing Too Quickly, Sleep Issues, and MoreApr 15, 2026

A steady fasting discussion about lasting habits, food noise, and getting through the eating window.

The episode stays on why fasting keeps drawing people in beyond weight loss, and on the harder part: holding steady inside a short eating window.

Episode 133: What’s a Whoosh, Choosing a Goal Weight, Metabolic Flexibility, and MoreJan 14, 2026

A plainspoken reminder that food quality and consistency matter more than perfect rules.

The episode reads as practical and lived-in when the speakers talk about eating like a grown-up, paying attention to food quality, and leaving room for a varied diet that still includes meat, dairy, eggs, and plants.

Episode 122: Lipedema, Food Quality & Satiety, Protein Timing, and MoreOct 29, 2025

A practical fasting check-in for anyone stuck between good intentions and a body that wants something else.

Fast Feast Repeat follows a listener working through a fasting rhythm that no longer feels as straightforward as it once did, with plateaus, satiety, food quality, cravings, and the line between eating well and eating too much all in view.

Episode 121: Fasting With an Underactive Thyroid, Suddenly Feeling Hungry, Snack vs. Meal, and MoreOct 22, 2025

Consistency comes first, because early flexibility can make fasting harder than it needs to be.

Intermittent fasting works best here as a habit problem, not a place for constant tinkering. The point is plain: people who keep dropping the pattern on weekends or other breaks can have a harder time getting back into it, especially in the first few months.

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Episodes

Episode 173: Digestive Adjustments When Beginning, The Healing Power of Fasting, and More

Episode 172: Body Shame From Family, Patience With the Process, Healing After Long Covid, and More

Episode 171: ADF After Over-Restriction, Ketosis Confusion, Carbs vs. Ultra Processed Foods, and More

Episode 170: Defining OMAD, Plateaus, The Power of Real Food, and More

Episode 169: Stress and Weight Regain, Fasting and Fueling While Hiking, and More

Episode 168: Appetite Correction, What “Should” We Be Eating?, and More

Episode 167: Cruise Update, Reflecting on Your Food Choices, How Routines Adapt Over Time, and More

Episode 166: Listening to Your Body, Plateaus, Changes After Menopause, and More

Episode 165: The Three Fasting Goals, Muscle Mass and A1C, ADF Up Days and Treats, and More

Episode 164: The Importance of Lowering Insulin Levels, Being Your Own Study of One, and More

Episode 163: Update on FFR Cruise, Protein Needs as We Age, Supplement Timing, and More

Episode 162: Goal Clothing, Making Sure You’re Eating Enough, Black Coffee and GERD, and More

Episode 161: Feeling Jittery While Fasting, The Importance of Food Quality, Shifting Into Maintenance, and More

Episode 160: What the Urge to Binge Can Tell Us, Giving Yourself Time to See Changes Before Switching Things Up, and More

Episode 159: Body Recomposition, Coffee and Blood Glucose, Cortisol Confusion, and More

Episode 158: When to Take Vitamins and Fiber, Weight Loss Speed Expectations, Over Fasting, and More

Episode 157: What’s Your Why?, Getting a Second Opinion, Living Your Goal Lifestyle, and More

Episode 156: Weight Loss Speed, Fasting Through Stressful Times, and More

Episode 155: Maintaining IF Over the Summer, Getting Back to IF After a Long Break, and More

Episode 154: Healing Insulin Resistance, Skin Changes After Weight Loss, and More

Episode 153 Lipedema, Tweaking Window Length and Timing, Alcohol, and More

Episode 152: Hormones and Blood Sugar Control, Eating Window Length and Energy, Tracking Progress, and More

Episode 151: Marathon and Endurance Training, Desserts and Weight Loss, Fasted Hunger, and More

Episode 150: Eating Window Variability, Balance vs. Over-restriction, and More

Episode 149: Fat Cells and Estrogen, Redefining One Meal a Day, and More

Episode 148: Food Addiction, Fasting on Vacation, Eating During Pregnancy, and More

Episode 147: Insulin Levels and Health, Does Everyone Need to Take Electrolytes?, and More

Episode 146: IF Post-Partum, Losing Too Quickly, Sleep Issues, and More

Episode 145: Switching Things Up, Metabolic Flexibility, Over-Restricting, and More

Episode 144: Chronic Constipation, Maintaining in a Healthy Range, Fasting Before Bloodwork, and More

Episode 143: Weight Loss Expectations, Healthy Body Fat Percentages, and More

Episode 142: Fasting For Health, Eating Disorders and IF, Fasting Clean, and More

Episode 141: Accidental Over-Restriction, Coffee Types and the Clean Fast, and More

Episode 140: Structuring Your Window, Confusing Messages about Fasting, Fasting Bloodwork, and More

Episode 139: Varying Window Lengths, Overeating When Opening, Hair Loss, and More

Episode 138: Taking Prescription Medications, Fasting to Heal Insulin Resistance, When to See Your Doctor, and More

Episode 137: The Power of Real Food, How to Get Started With IF, and More

Episode 136: Eating Windows Across Time Zones, Planning Your Up Day, Gaining Muscle, and More

Episode 135: Finding Balance, Water Intake, Our Lymphatic Systems, and More

Episode 134: Weight Gain and Medications, Blood Sugar Regulation, and More

Episode 133: What’s a Whoosh, Choosing a Goal Weight, Metabolic Flexibility, and More

Episode 132: Choosing to Fast, Fasting While Traveling, Maintenance Confidence, and More

Episode 131: Remaining Consistent while Socializing, The 28-Day Fast Start, When to Expect Changes, and More

Episode 130: Focusing on Your Eating Window, Fasting Without Your Gallbladder, Migraines, and More

Episode 129: Upcoming DDD Cruise, Reversing Insulin Resistance, Managing Holidays, and More

Episode 128: Fasting When Sick, The Importance of the Fast Start, Eat Like a Grown-Up in the Fast Feast Repeat App, and More

Episode 127: Stubborn Plateaus, Eating Disorders, Hair Loss, and More

Episode 126: Medication and Fasting, Food Noise, and More

Episode 125: Planning for Travel, Body Acceptance, Headaches After Eating, and More

Episode 124: Leptin Resistance and Insulin Levels, Fasting Length and Fat Burning, and More

Episode 123: Blood Sugar Lows After Eating, Addressing Deficiencies, Body Expectations, and More

Episode 122: Lipedema, Food Quality & Satiety, Protein Timing, and More

Episode 121: Fasting With an Underactive Thyroid, Suddenly Feeling Hungry, Snack vs. Meal, and More

Episode 120: Celebrating & Looking for Wins, Losing Summer Regain, Managing Hunger, and More

Episode 119: Dealing With Criticism, Gallbladder Issues, and More

Episode 118: Weight Regain While Fasting, Understanding Research Studies, and More

Episode 117: Sleepy After Eating, Structuring ADF, Losing the Last 10 Pounds, and More

Episode 116: Regain in Maintenance, Structuring Your Up Day, Strategies for Closing Your Window, and More

Episode 115: ADF When Extremely Active, Resuming IF After Nursing, CGM Reading Confusion, and More

Episode 114: DEXA Scans, Toothpaste, GLP1s and Plateaus, and More

Episode 113: More than Weight Loss, The Taste of Ketosis, Autophagy & Skin, and More

Episode 112: Botox as an IFer, The Importance of Food Choices, and More

Episode 111: ADF for Metabolic Boosting, Confusion About Fasting, Women, & Protein, and More

Episode 110: Migraines, IF After Past Weight Loss Surgery, and More

Episode 109: Shaky or Lightheaded?, Choosing Fasting, Always Starving, and More

Episode 108: Fasting and Women, Healing Insulin Resistance, and More

Episode 107: Donating Blood, Count the Fast or the Window?, Fasting on Hard Days, and More

Episode 106: Cortisol Fears, Shifting Your Window, Not Finding Weight Loss Success, and More

Episode 105: Trusting Your Body, Creatine, Fasted Exercise, and More

Episode 104: IF on Vacation, IF After Other Diets, and More

Episode 103: Staying Hydrated, Feeling an Insulin Response, Processing Food Noise, and More