Intermittent fasting: down 42 pounds in 14 months

September 29 2017 by in Intermittent fasting, Success stories

Before and after

Kay wrote to us on Facebook:

I have been doing intermittent fasting for 14 months. I watched all of Dr. Jason Fung’s videos on Diet Doctor and was inspired. I fast 19 hours every day and eat in a 5-hour window. I’ve lost 42 lbs and 8.5 inches in my waist. Thank you, DietDoctor.com and Dr. Fung!

Comments

Congratulations, Kay!

Do you want to try what she has done? Use our guides or videos below.

Intermittent fasting for beginners

How to lose weight

Intermittent fasting

How to maximize fat burning
03:52
Dr. Fung's fasting course part 2: How do you maximize fat burning? What should you eat – or not eat?
The top 5 tips to make fasting easier
05:19
Dr. Fung's fasting course part 8: Dr. Fung's top tips for fasting
The top 5 myths of fasting
08:23
Dr. Fung's fasting course part 5: The 5 top myths about fasting – and exactly why they are not true.
The most common questions
05:38
Dr. Fung's fasting course part 7: Answers to the most common questions about fasting.
Breakfast! Is it really that important?
07:08
Dr. Fung's fasting course part 6: Is it really that important to eat breakfast?
How to fast - the different options
06:47
Dr. Fung's fasting course part 3: Dr. Fung explains the different popular fasting options and makes it easy for you to choose the one that fits you best.
The 7 benefits of fasting
07:33
Dr. Fung's fasting course part 4: About the 7 big benefits of fasting intermittently.
Therapeutic fasting
46:09
What if there was a more effective treatment alternative for obesity and type 2 diabetes, that is both simple and free?
The cause of obesity
38:45
What is the real cause of obesity? What causes weight gain? Dr. Jason Fung at Low Carb Vail 2016.
The power of a 7-day fast
03:34
How do you fast for 7 days? And in what ways could it be beneficial?
How to get started with fasting
02:30
Dr. Fung about what you need to do to start fasting.
What to do instead of counting calories
16:02
Why is counting calories useless? And what should you do instead to lose weight?
The 2 big lies of type 2 diabetes
42:54
Why is the conventional treatment of Type 2 Diabetes an utter failure? Dr. Jason Fung at the LCHF Convention 2015.
Achieve ketosis through fasting
19:58
What is the best way to achieve ketosis? Engineer Ivor Cummins discusses the topic in this interview from the PHC conference 2018 in London.
The perfect treatment for diabetes and weight loss
45:20
Do doctors treat type 2 diabetes completely wrong today – in a way that actually makes the disease worse?
Diet Doctor Podcast #23 – Dr. Jason Fung
59:15
If fasting has been around since the beginning of time, why is it so controversial? Dr. Jason Fung has a different perspective.
Q&A about low carb & fasting
38:17
Jonny Bowden, Jackie Eberstein, Jason Fung and Jimmy Moore answers questions related to low carb and fasting (and some other topics).
Can fasting be problematic for women?
05:54
Can fasting be problematic for women? We'll get the answers from top low-carb experts here.
What is fasting?
05:21
Dr. Fung's fasting course part 1: A brief introduction to intermittent fasting.
Clinical use of therapeutic fasting
44:18
How do you help patients get started with fasting? How do you tailor it to suit the individual?
Understanding and treating type 2 diabetes – Dr. Jason Fung
59:44
In this video, Dr. Jason Fung gives a presentation on diabetes to a room full of medical professionals.
Diet Doctor Podcast with Joseph Antoun
48:22
In this episode, Dr. Joseph Antoun talks about fasting for health and longevity.

Weight loss

How to maximize fat burning
03:52
Dr. Fung's fasting course part 2: How do you maximize fat burning? What should you eat – or not eat?
"I'll do this or I'm going to die trying"
19:23
Kristie Sullivan struggled with her weight for her whole life in spite of trying every diet imaginable, but then she finally lost a 120 pounds and improved her health on a keto diet.
Living low carb with John Holding
04:57
John used to suffer from a myriad of aches and pains which he simply dismissed as “normal”. Known as the big guy at work, he was constantly hungry and grabbing for snacks.
Living low carb with Sue Acres
04:33
Sue used to be 50 pounds (23 kg) overweight and suffered from lupus. Her fatigue and pain was also so severe that she had to use a walking stick to get around. But she has reversed all this on keto.
Living low carb with Natasha Dequincey
05:07
Natasha’s competitive nature is what first got her into low carb. When her brother bet that she wouldn’t last two weeks without sugar, she had to prove him wrong.
How to do an LCHF or keto diet
1:00:45
Dr. Eric Westman explains how to do a well-formulated LCHF diet.
Pie-making champion goes low carb
03:23
Learn how this pie-making champion went low carb and how it changed his life.
The 5 common mistakes on LCHF
09:25
Is it hard to reach your goal weight, are you hungry or do you feel bad? Make sure you're avoiding these mistakes.
How to think about how to eat — Gary Taubes
30:34
In this presentation from the Low Carb Denver conference, the amazing Gary Taubes talks about the conflicting dietary advice we are given and what to make of it all.
How to motivate your patients
50:25
In this presentation from Low Carb Denver 2019, Drs. David and Jen Unwin explain how physicians can finetune the art of practicing medicine with strategies from psychology to help their patients reach their goals.
Part 8 of Dr. Jason Fung's diabetes course
05:21
Dr. Fung gives us an in-depth explanation of how beta cell failure happens, what the root cause is, and what you can do to treat it.
Carb-Loaded
1:14:40
This may be the best (and funniest) low-carb movie ever. At least it's a strong contender.
My success story with Chuck Hicks
02:39
At nearly 500 lbs (230 kg) Chuck could barely move at all anymore. It wasn’t until he found a keto diet that thing started to change.
Living low carb with Jill Rieder: Finding her way to health
08:32
Meet Jill Reider and get to know all about her experiences on a keto diet.
My success story with Kenneth Russell
02:52
When Kenneth turned 50, he realized that he wouldn't make it to 60 the way he was going.
The pathways of insulin resistance
30:41
Are we chasing the wrong guy when it comes to heart disease? And if so, what is the real culprit in the disease?
My success story with Jim Caldwell
02:23
Jim Caldwell has transformed his health and gone from an all-time high at 352 lbs (160 kg) to 170 lbs (77 kg.
How to formulate a low-carb keto diet
48:32
Low-carb pioneer Dr. Eric Westman talks about how to formulate an LCHF diet, low carb for different medical conditions and common pitfalls among others.
The carbohydrate-insulin model of obesity — Dr. David Ludwig
37:54
In this presentation from the Low Carb Denver 2019 conference, Dr. David Ludwig walks us through the latest discoveries on how weight gain and weight loss actually work in practice.
Therapeutic fasting
46:09
What if there was a more effective treatment alternative for obesity and type 2 diabetes, that is both simple and free?
Are all calories the same?
20:04
Are all calories created equally – regardless of whether they come from a low-carb, low-fat or a vegan diet?
Insulin toxicity — Dr. Jason Fung's diabetes course
09:03
Dr. Fung looks at the evidence on what high levels of insulin can do to one’s health and what can be done to lower insulin naturally.
The cause of obesity
38:45
What is the real cause of obesity? What causes weight gain? Dr. Jason Fung at Low Carb Vail 2016.
Q&A with Franziska Spritzler
09:52
Questions about how to formulate an optimal low-carb or keto diet.

Low-carb basics

Keto for beginners: Introduction
08:02
Learn how to do a keto diet right, in part 1 of our video course.
Cereal Killers
1:00:07
What if you could – in fact – break records without eating massive amounts of carbs?
How to do an LCHF or keto diet
1:00:45
Dr. Eric Westman explains how to do a well-formulated LCHF diet.
The 5 common mistakes on LCHF
09:25
Is it hard to reach your goal weight, are you hungry or do you feel bad? Make sure you're avoiding these mistakes.
7 tips to make low carb simple
09:41
The star of the BBC series Doctor in the House, Dr. Rangan Chatterjee, gives you seven tips that will make low carb easy.
Carb-Loaded
1:14:40
This may be the best (and funniest) low-carb movie ever. At least it's a strong contender.
"I sort of wanted to save the world"
22:22
How can you give back to the low-carb community after achieving great results on the diet? Bitte Kempe-Björkman explains.
What is the main benefit of low carb?
02:52
What exactly is the greatest benefit of low carb? Doctors give their top answer.
How to formulate a low-carb keto diet
48:32
Low-carb pioneer Dr. Eric Westman talks about how to formulate an LCHF diet, low carb for different medical conditions and common pitfalls among others.
Living low carb with Caroline Smale
07:30
Caroline Smale shares her low-carb story and how she lives low carb on a daily basis.
Everything in moderation?
05:44
What’s the point of low carb, shouldn’t we all just try to eat everything in moderation? Top low-carb doctors answer this question.
The cause of obesity
38:45
What is the real cause of obesity? What causes weight gain? Dr. Jason Fung at Low Carb Vail 2016.
Q&A with Franziska Spritzler
09:52
Questions about how to formulate an optimal low-carb or keto diet.
A global food revolution
34:30
The mistakes behind the obesity epidemic and how we can fix them together, empowering people everywhere to revolutionize their health.
My Big Fat Diet
42:31
What would happen if an entire town of First Nation people went back to eating the way they used to? A high-fat low-carb diet based on real food?
Does the brain need carbohydrates?
05:56
Doesn’t the brain need carbohydrates? Doctors answer common questions.
How to stay low carb on a budget
02:36
Do you want to know how to stay low carb on a budget? Kim Gajraj interviews Dr. Eric Westman to get all of his best tips on how to keep costs low when on a low-carb diet.
Saving lives and healthcare dollars
30:52
In the world of life insurance, could low carb help save both lives and money?
"A more pleasurable way to live"
10:51
Franziska Spritzler talks about what turned her into a low-carb dietitian.
Are there potential dangers with a low-carb diet?
09:30
Can a low-carb diet potentially be dangerous? And if so – how? Top low-carb doctors answer these questions.
Why a low-carb diet and other questions
16:59
Dr. Jeffry Gerber has a long history of treating patients with low carb. What are the benefits and the concerns?
Konvincing kids that kounting kalories is kooky
27:41
Watch standup comedian Tom Naughton deliver the best talk of the 2015 Low-Carb Cruise.
Women's questions introduction
01:36
In this video series, you can find expert views on some of your top questions about low-carb and women's health.
The latest science behind a keto diet
13:17
What is the current science in support of a low-carb and keto diet?

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3 comments

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Johann
October 12 2017
I have also lost over 25kg following intermittent fasting and LCHF thanks to Dr Fung, Diet Dr and Prof Tim Noakes
2
Boba
February 21
Hi there when fasting 12 or more hours does that meen I would not be able to drink water at that time also?

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Kristin Parker Team Diet Doctor
February 22

Hi there when fasting 12 or more hours does that meen I would not be able to drink water at that time also?

You can read more about fasting here - https://www.dietdoctor.com/intermittent-fasting