Episode 144: Chronic Constipation, Maintaining in a Healthy Range, Fasting Before Bloodwork, and More
Fast. Feast. Repeat. Intermittent Fasting For Life
Gin Stephens and Sheri Bullock
4.9 • 1.3K Ratings
🗓️ 1 April 2026
⏱️ 57 minutes
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Resources used in today’s episode:
Join Gin in the new Fast Feast Repeat app for The Grown-Up Year: 52 Weeks to Listen, Play, and Nourish, as well as a growing collection of intermittent fasting resources. Go to app.fastfeastrepeat.com to join us or go to the App Store and download the Fast Feast Repeat app, available for both iPhone and Android.https://www.news-medical.net/news/20260123/Genetic-study-links-vitamin-B1-metabolism-to-gut-motility-and-IBS-risk.aspx https://www.news-medical.net/news/20260120/New-genetic-insights-reveal-vitamin-B1s-role-in-gut-health-and-motility.aspx https://gut.bmj.com/content/early/2026/01/05/gutjnl-2025-337059 https://www.fastfeastrepeat.com/shop-with-us.html https://www.lifelessonscommunity.com/episodes-and-shownotes/episode-66-the-use-benefits-of-infrared-saunas
To get the books, go to https://www.ginstephens.com/get-the-books.html. The second edition of Delay, Don’t Deny is now available in ebook, paperback, hardback, and audIo book. This is the book that you’ll want to start with or share with others, as it is a simple introduction to IF. It’s been updated to include the clean fast, a thorough description of ADF and all of your ADF options, and an all new success stories section. When shopping, make sure to get the second edition, which has a 2024 publication date. The audiobook for the second edition is also available now!
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Are you ready to take your intermittent fasting lifestyle to the next level? There’s nothing better than community to help with that. In the Delay, Don’t Deny community we all embrace the clean fast, and there’s just the right support for you as you live your intermittent fasting lifestyle.
Connect with both Gin and Sheri in the community, as well as thousands of other intermittent fasters who are there to support you along your journey. If you’re new to intermittent fasting or recommitting to the IF lifestyle, join the 28-Day FAST Start group. After your fast start, join us for support in The 1st Year group. Need tips for long term maintenance? We have a place for that! There are many more useful spaces beyond these, and you can interact in as many as you like.
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to Fast Feast Repeat, intermittent fasting for life. I'm Jen Stevens, author of the New York Times bestseller Fast Feast Repeat. And I'm Sherry Bullock, long-time intermittent faster and health and wellness advocate. Please keep in mind that this podcast is for educational and motivational purposes only and is not intended to provide medical |
| 0:21.9 | or diagnostic advice. Jen and I are not doctors, so make sure to check with your trusted |
| 0:27.0 | health care professionals before making changes, especially when it comes to any medical |
| 0:31.4 | treatments or medications. Whether you're new to intermittent fasting or an experienced intermittent |
| 0:36.7 | faster, |
| 0:42.2 | tune in each week to get inspired, to learn, and to have some fun along the way. |
| 0:48.9 | Hi, everybody. We are so glad you're here today. Welcome to this week's episode of the Fast Feastorpeat, |
| 0:51.9 | Interminton Fasting for Life podcast. How are you doing today, Sherry? |
| 0:57.4 | I'm doing great. Guess what? What? The day that this comes out, it's April 1st. I saw that. We are not going to give y'all any April Fool's. I hate April Fool's |
| 1:04.0 | jokes. Do you like them or hate them? You hate them? I don't like them. I don't like them at all. |
| 1:08.6 | Yeah. Not even a little bit. Nope. I don't know. I feel like usually they're often like stressful things. Right. Like you do things or say things to people that stress them out and why would you make somebody stressed out? Yeah. All right. Well, let's dive right into a celebration from Jenny in Portland, Oregon. She said, I'm writing in to share my celebration and maybe a little bit of my why. I started IF in October of 2023. I am 5'7 and I weighed in at 2003 pounds. I was also diagnosed as pre-diabetic and placed on medication for |
| 1:47.9 | high blood pressure. I was 42 at the time. I very much take after my grandmother, who died at 64, |
| 1:54.8 | from complications due to diabetes. I did not want that to be me. Fast forward to July 2025, and at my annual doctor visit, I weighed 166 pounds, I no longer need my blood pressure medication, and I have a normal A1C. I know I have a few more pounds to lose in a perfect world, but my confidence in health are miles above where they were, and I could not |
| 2:18.0 | be prouder of myself. Thank you for educating and inspiring us every week. Your podcast has definitely |
| 2:23.6 | helped keep me motivated and inspired. Well, that is fantastic, Jenny, and I know that it's hard |
| 2:30.3 | to lose a loved one early due to complications for illness. |
| 2:41.3 | But when it inspires you to not follow the same route, you know, you've got the same genetics as your family members. |
| 2:44.7 | And it's a wake-up call of wanting to do something different. |
| 2:46.6 | When we know better, we can do better. |
| 2:49.3 | So now we have a question from a listener. The question is from TIF from Ohio. She says, first of all, |
| 2:53.6 | thank you for your informative podcast. It has inspired me to be a grown-up eater, and I'm grateful. |
| 2:59.7 | She said, I'm 61 and 5 foot 3. I started intermittent fasting for the second time in February of 2025. |
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