Episode 137 Candice Fletcher Roberts A second attempt at IF making it sustainable with a renewed mindset and determination.

I’m Candice, 41 year wife, Mom and working part time outside of the home. We are an Air Force family nearing military retirement with 3 kids. Our eldest son is 23 currently serving in the Florida National Guard, a 16 year old son and our youngest daughter is 9.I started my IF journey the summer of 2018 when we were stationed in Illinois. I originally started the process of getting weight loss surgery at the beginning of that year. Before I hit my “that’s it” wall…. I really had accepted that I would just be overweight the rest of my life and ignored it.I had not struggled with my weight or any body image issues when I was younger/school age. I was probably 125/ 130lbs in High School. I don’t even think we had a scale. Maybe I tried the subway diet to drop a few lbs at some point lol. It was never something I really worried about. I wasn’t super athletic but I did play sports. My husband and I had our son earlier than we would’ve planned. So I was a young Mom at 18. After the birth of my first son I gained allot of weight rather quickly (like 80lbs). It never even crossed my mind during pregnancy that weight would even  be an issue. My Mom had always been in amazing shape and the women in my family were small for the most part.  Same on my Dad’s side. I personally believe it had allot to do with my hormones. I had really never had any breakout/acne before but my skin went crazy with painful cystic acne at that time too. It definitely had a negative emotional effect on me. I ended up doing a round of medication/acutane and it cleared up my skin issues for the most part. My weight continued to start to climb from there over the years. More of Candice and her inspiring story in the episode. The Fasting Highway Patreon If you enjoy these episodes and want to help to get it out to the world, please join our patreon community. Without the help from our patrons to bring you the podcast each week it won't be sustainable to keep doing them. So please, if you enjoy them your support would be very welcome. For details on the two levels of support you can give to the podcast please go to ⁠⁠⁠The Fasting Highway | Intermittent Fasting Podcast & Community | Patreon⁠⁠⁠ You can win a mentoring prize get exclusive early access to the podcasts and get access to the fasting highway audio book. Plus, bonus content and a monthly online coffee catch up by zoom along with bonus episodes and webinars for our top tier patrons. Please consider this as its vital we get the support of the listeners to bring it to you each week and continue into the future. Graeme is also now available to have a private one on one coaching and mentoring session with you. He can help you with those burning questions. How to get started or overcome issues no matter what phase you are up to on your intermittent fasting journey. Get accountable and come and have a chat with Graeme who is vastly experienced in all areas of intermittent fasting and the mindset it takes. To book a time go to the website click get help/coaching. www.thefastinghighway.com Click on get help/coaching and book a time and date to suit you. All times you see available are in your local time. You will also find information at the web site on how to obtain a copy of his book The Fasting Highway from your Amazon store or direct from him if you live in Australia or New Zealand. Disclaimer-Nothing you hear on the podcast should be taken as medical advice. All views expressed are those of the guest and host.