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Fasting For Life

Ep. 315 - From Fasting Island to Fasting Village | Why Resolutions Fail by February | Minimum Effective Fasting Commitments | Environmental Support Over Willpower | Building Your Fasting Community | Join Our Next Fasting Challenge!

Fasting For Life

Scott Watier

Nutrition, Health & Fitness, Alternative Health

4.61.1K Ratings

🗓️ 13 January 2026

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Summary

***JOIN THE NEXT MASTER YOUR FASTING CHALLENGE THAT STARTS January 14th, 2026!*** 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 transformative January episode, Dr. Scott Watier and Tommy Welling introduce the powerful "Fasting Island vs. Fasting Village" framework that explains why most New Year's resolutions collapse by February—not from lack of willpower, but from environmental resistance that pulls you back to old patterns. They reveal how trying to change behaviors in the same environment that created the problem sets you up for the endless restart cycle, where motivation is high but follow-through remains fragile without structural support. The hosts introduce the concept of "minimum effective commitment levels"—setting fasting defaults like closing your eating window by 7pm or hitting 16-hour fasts five days a week—that become identity-anchoring habits you can maintain even on your worst days. They demonstrate how habit stacking (fasting plus one supporting behavior like post-meal walks) prevents the all-or-nothing January burnout that derails ambitious goal lists, and explain why borrowing belief from a community proves more sustainable than relying on finite willpower reserves. This episode delivers the blueprint for escaping isolation on Fasting Island by joining the Fasting Village where accountability, pre-decided schedules, and shared proof that fasting works create the environmental guardrails that make consistency easier than quitting. 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! ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠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 ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠25% 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!

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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

0:25.9

for life because of how fasting has transformed our lives and we hope to share the tools that

0:30.1

we have learned along the way.

0:31.6

Hey everyone, welcome to the Fasting for Life podcast. My name is Dr. Scott Water, and I'm here, as always,

0:44.2

I'm a good friend and colleague, Tommy Welling. Good afternoon to you, sir.

0:47.4

Hey, Scott. How are you? Doing fantastic, my friend. If you are listening in for the first time

0:52.1

this year and you're new to the podcast or new to

0:55.1

the podcast we want to wish you a happy new year and a happy and prosperous and successful 2026 so welcome in

1:05.8

if you're new if you're a long-term listener and you're back on it after the holiday hangover

1:11.2

hope everyone had a wonderful holidays.

1:13.7

And I always joke every year.

1:15.4

How long do we go into the new year and it's okay to wish someone a happy new year?

1:21.7

Happy new year?

1:22.9

Third week of January, first week of February.

1:26.0

Don't really know, but we're doing it anyway. So

1:28.2

wishing you. I'm going all January. And then cut off. Yeah, February 1st, I'm done. Yeah. So today's conversation is going to be fun. If you want to know more about Tommy and I and our journeys with fasting. If you're new, head back to episode zero, episode one. Give it a listen. and it'll give you some insight into why we do what we do

1:43.0

and how fasting has been so transformational in our lives

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