The WORST Intermittent Fasting Mistakes That Lead To WEIGHT GAIN | Gin Stephens

Growth Minds with Sean Kim

Gin Stephens, a New York Times bestselling author, is known for her books Delay, Don’t Deny and Fast. Feast. Repeat., which promote intermittent fasting. Her latest book, 28-Day Fast Start Day-by-Day (2023), offers practical guidance for starting or recommitting to fasting. She also hosts the podcast Intermittent Fasting Stories, sharing real-life success stories. Stephens inspires a global audience to embrace health through sustainable lifestyle changes.

In our conversation we discuss:

(00:00) - Introductions
(00:43) - Gin’s story
(04:09) - Other things you tried
(08:12) - What are the things that you will not recommend
(12:12) - What are your thoughts on diet pills
(17:12) - Our body signals
(18:05) - Intermittent fasting
(26:30) - What are the differences between the time windows
(29:43) - Bio-individuality
(32:40) - Habits
(35:28) - Prolonged fasting
(43:00) - Autophagy
(48:45) - Therapeutic fasting
(52:35) - Undereating and over-exercising
(55:00) - Listen to your body
(57:40) - Biomarkers
(1:01:21) - Fasting clean
(1:07:25) - Principles Watch full episodes on: https://www.youtube.com/@seankim?sub_confirmation=1 📸 Connect on IG: https://instagram.com/heyseankim