Always Tired, Hangry, and Overwhelmed? The Hidden Hormone Fix Every Woman Needs to Know | Dr. Amy Shah (Fan Fav)

Women of Impact

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🗓️ 26 August 2025

⏱️ 94 minutes

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This is a Fan Fav episode. How many times have you come across influencers and ads on social media promoting intermittent fasting for weight loss, increasing energy and feeling great? The issue for us as women is that we get half the story, none of the results we’re really after and rarely does it turn into anything we can sustain over time. You’re left feeling frustrated, anxious, still overweight and bloated, and more like your energy has taken a nosedive. The Fasting MD is on set this time with Lisa, Dr. Amy Shah, and the way she simplifies fasting for women that works in alignment with our cravings, our hormones and monthly cycles is seriously a Game Changer! Dr. Amy Shah is a double-board certified medical doctor specializing in food allergies, hormones and gut health. Her book, I’m So Effing Tired, is more like a groundbreaking blueprint for women to take control of their health like never before. In this episode Dr. Shah is laying out the foundational things we need to understand as women about our menstrual cycles and how to fast effectively to maximize your energy levels, your quality of sleep, and your hormones. Today is about how we stop fighting our biology, give ourselves grace, and learn to customize your approach to fasting, and why you’ll want to start fasting, like today (or at least tomorrow). Key Pointers from Dr. Shah: 3-5 days Before Your Cycle: Avoid fasting, exercise, and big decisions - Eat high fiber, low glycemic foods. Focus on self care. Days 1-3 of your period - hormones are resetting, pay attention to how you are feeling. Day 14 of Your Monthly Cycle: Testosterone is spiking. Time to go harder on workout and make big confident bold moves during this time. How to Check-In with Yourself: How is your energy level? How is your sleep? How are your cravings? How are your hormones? Check out Dr. Amy Shah’s book, I’m So Effing Tired: ⁠https://www.amazon.com/Im-So-Effing-Tired-Burnout/dp/0358446422⁠ SHOW NOTES: 0:00 | Introduction to Dr. Amy Shah 0:37 | Boosts How You Feel Every Day 5:19 | Fasting In Flow With Your Cycle 11:55 | How Fasting Improves Gut Health 17:28 | The Power of Circadian Fasting 22:56 | Live Healthier Without Sanitizing 25:35 | Relationships & Your Gut Health 34:05 | Sleep, Hormones, & Feeling Younger 51:42 | How Fasting Reduces Inflammation 58:25 | Stress-Eating “Comfort Foods” 1:06:15 | Customize Intermittent Fasting 1:16:00 | How to Eat For Your Cycle Original air date: 3-1-23 ****************************************************************** LISTEN TO WOMEN OF IMPACT AD FREE + BONUS EPISODES on APPLE PODCASTS: apple.co/womenofimpact ****************************************************************** FOLLOW LISA: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lisabilyeu/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/lisabilyeu YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/womenofimpact Tik Tok: https://www.tiktok.com/@lisa_bilyeu?lang=en Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	From burnout and absolute bloody exhaustion to hungry and depressed, my guest today, guys,
0:06.8	double-boarded certified doctor, my girl, Amy Shaw, has the right cure to fix those damn
0:12.5	freaking cravings. The author of the best-selling book, I'm so effing tired, is talking with us today
0:18.2	about how to stop being so effing hungry too. Today we talk about when
0:23.9	our hunger hormones are completely out of freaking whack that they're like that fake-ass friend
0:29.1	trying to convince you that a dress looks good on you. But you know better. Your hunger hormones
0:33.9	are the same. They're trying to lead you astray.
0:37.5	And we talk about how the hell we identify when you're actually hungry or when you're
0:42.2	actually hungry.
0:43.8	And the easiest way to test if you're actually hungry or if it's a dopamine here that
0:48.2	has you ready to risk it all on those terrible, crappy, empty calories that you know you don't need and you're only going to
0:56.0	beat yourself up over later. All right, guys, I hope you enjoy this episode with my girl, Amy Shaw.
1:02.2	Let's dive in right now into the truth around being so effing hungry and how the hell we change
1:09.1	that. What the hell are we doing wrong where our hormones
1:12.1	are so down out of whack that we can't manage our stress levels. We can't manage our appetite.
1:17.0	We can't manage our overwhelm. And then, yeah, we'll start there.
1:20.6	I mean, even it affects our relationships because we go to fight with someone. We start an argument because that gives us a burst of dopamine.
1:31.2	And in our world, we're addicted to dopamine burst. That's what gambling is. That's what gaming is.
1:37.7	And you want to have that quick dopamine rush. And that's what processed food does for us.
1:46.0	And so we're living in this world where we're literally having these big machine gun like releases of dopamine. And then the things that are like
1:53.5	water gun releases of dopamine, like sunshine, exercise, just a nice chat with a friend, you know,
2:00.6	being in a loving relationship.
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