Ep. 279 - How Fasting Rewires Your Fat Cells | Optimizing Hormonal Balance | Leptin & Adiponectin Reset | Building Sustainable Habits | Beyond the Scale | Join the Fasting Challenge

Fasting For Life

Scott Watier

Nutrition, Alternative Health, Health & Fitness

4.6 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 29 April 2025

⏱️ 49 minutes

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***JOIN THE NEXT MASTER YOUR FASTING CHALLENGE THAT STARTS May 7th, 2025!*** We'll GUIDE you on how to FAST to LOSE FAT for good, and use 'fast cycling' to achieve uncommon results! ⁠REGISTER HERE!⁠ Click the Link for DATES, DETAILS, and FAQs! In this science-packed episode, Dr. Scott Watier and Tommy Welling reveal how significant weight loss transforms fat tissue at a cellular level, creating metabolic changes that make results more sustainable. They explain how losing 16-20% of body weight through fasting remodels adipose tissue—reducing inflammatory leptin levels by 40% while increasing beneficial adiponectin—which improves insulin sensitivity and reduces hunger even during extended periods without food. The hosts share why many people struggle to maintain their new eating patterns long-term despite initial success, and provide practical strategies for optimizing your lifestyle beyond the honeymoon phase. They emphasize how success comes from transitioning from seeing time-restricted eating as a temporary weight loss tool to adopting it as part of your identity, developing consistent schedules that become automatic rather than requiring constant willpower. This episode offers a comprehensive roadmap for optimizing both biological and psychological aspects of your weight loss journey, helping listeners move from short-term results to sustainable lifestyle change. Take the NEW FASTING PERSONA QUIZ! - The Key to Unlocking Sustainable Weight Loss With Fasting! Resources and Downloads: SIGN UP FOR THE DROP OF THE ULTIMATE GUIDE TO BLOOD SUGAR CONTROL GRAB THE OPTIMAL RANGES FOR LAB WORK HERE! - NEW RESOURCE! - December 2024 FREE RESOURCE - DOWNLOAD THE NEW BLUEPRINT TO FASTING FOR FAT LOSS! SLEEP GUIDE DIRECT DOWNLOAD DOWNLOAD THE FASTING TRANSFORMATION JOURNAL HERE! Partner Links: Get your FREE BOX OF LMNT hydration support for the perfect electrolyte balance for your fasting lifestyle with your first purchase here! Get 30% off a Keto-Mojo blood glucose and ketone monitor (discount shown at checkout)! Click here! Our Community: Let’s continue the conversation. Click the link below to JOIN the Fasting For Life Community, a group of like-minded, new, and experienced fasters! The first two rules of fasting need not apply! If you enjoy the podcast, please tap the stars below and consider leaving a short review on Apple Podcasts/iTunes. It takes less than 60 seconds, and it helps bring you the best original content each week. We also enjoy reading them! Article Links: https://diabetesjournals.org/care/article-abstract/doi/10.2337/dc24-2739/158098/Effect-of-Marked-Weight-Loss-on-Adipose-Tissue?redirectedFrom=fulltext https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC4975085/

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0:00.0	Hello, I'm Dr. Scott Wadier.
0:03.0	And I'm Tommy Welling, and you're listening to the Fasting for Life podcast.
0:07.0	This podcast is about using fasting as a tool to regain your health, achieve ultimate wellness, and live the life you truly deserve.
0:15.0	Each episode is a short conversation on a single topic with immediate actionable steps.
0:20.0	We cover everything
0:21.2	from fat loss and health and wellness to the science of lifestyle design. We started fasting
0:26.0	for life because of how fasting has transformed our lives and we hope to share the tools
0:30.0	that we have learned along the way.
0:31.6	Hey everyone, welcome to the Fasting for Life podcast.
0:42.7	My name is Dr. Scott Water, and I'm here, as always with my good friend and colleague, Tommy Welling.
0:46.1	Good afternoon to you, sir.
0:47.7	Hey, Scott. How are you?
0:49.1	Fantastic, my friend.
0:50.0	Excited for today's conversation.
0:53.0	We're going to be talking about how marked weight loss
0:55.2	effects on adipose tissue biology. And then we're going to dive into the theoretical explanations
1:02.2	for maintenance of behavior change, a systematic review of behavior theories. And this is going to
1:07.4	build on some of the episodes we've had in the past, some of the core coaching components that we have in our programs and challenges.
1:12.6	So I am excited to talk about this because some new research that just came out in April of 2025.
1:18.6	And it's really going to put at the forefront kind of the most important things that we try to do here at fasting for life.
1:25.6	So if you're new to us, welcome in. Welcome
1:29.4	to the pod. Welcome to the fasting for life lifestyle. Excited to have you with us. If you want
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