Episode 516: John D'Ambrosio
Intermittent Fasting Stories
Gin Stephens
4.7 • 2.6K Ratings
🗓️ 30 April 2026
⏱️ 59 minutes
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Summary
In this episode of Intermittent Fasting Stories, Gin talks to John D'Ambrosio from Canton, GA.
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.
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.
You can connect directly with Gin in the Ask Gin group, and she will answer all of your questions personally. 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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John is a chiropractor and author of Fasting That Works. They discuss John's journey into intermittent fasting, the importance of clean fasting, and the historical ties between bodybuilding and fasting. The conversation covers the significance of muscle health, the impact of stress and sleep on weight loss, and the individuality of dietary needs.
Takeaways:
• Intermittent fasting can be a journey of trial and error.
• Clean fasting is essential for maximizing benefits.
• Bodybuilding has historical ties to the popularity of fasting.
• Finding the right balance in fasting and exercise is crucial.
• Stress and sleep significantly impact health and weight loss.
• Individuality plays a key role in diet and exercise effectiveness.
• Fasting can help improve relationships with food for some individuals.
• Sarcopenia is a major concern as we age, and muscle health is vital.
• Sustainable practices in diet and exercise lead to long-term success.
• Listening to your body is essential for figuring out what works for you.
At the end of the episode, John tells listeners to make sure to do the research before beginning so you’ll understand what fasting does for you and how it works.
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.
Get Gin’s books at: https://www.ginstephens.com/get-the-books.html. Good news! The second edition of Delay, Don’t Deny is now available in ebook, paperback, hardback, and audiobook. 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, an easier to understand and more 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 available now!
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Do you enjoy Intermittent Fasting Stories? You’ll probably also like Gin’s other podcast with cohost Sheri Bullock: Fast. Feast. Repeat. Intermittent Fasting for Life. Find it wherever you listen to podcasts.
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| 0:00.0 | Are you struggling with food confusion or diet brain when it comes to what to eat in your eating |
| 0:06.2 | window? Do you know that you need to make changes, but you don't know where to begin? I'm excited to |
| 0:11.6 | announce my new Eat Like a Grown Up program. It's a 52-week learning journey that helps you |
| 0:16.7 | finally build a peaceful, confident relationship with food without dieting, guilt, or overwhelm. |
| 0:23.2 | And it's only available in the new Fast Feast Repeat app. |
| 0:26.7 | Join me in the app for The Grown Up Year, 52 weeks to listen, play, and nourish. |
| 0:32.9 | Each week, you'll watch a short video lesson and download a simple practical mission, |
| 0:38.2 | designed to help you listen to your body, play with your food in a joyful way, and nourish yourself with calm |
| 0:43.8 | intention. You'll learn how to move past emotional eating, understand your hunger cues, make |
| 0:49.6 | meals deeply satisfying, and you'll fall back in love with real food, all while connecting with a |
| 0:56.1 | community that's growing right alongside you in the app. If you're ready for transformation |
| 1:00.6 | that unfolds gently but meaningfully over time, this is where it begins. Go to app. |
| 1:07.1 | .fastfeastrepeat.com to join, or you can find the fast feast repeat app in the app store that |
| 1:14.9 | works with your phone. Along with the Eat Like a Grown Up, 52-week program, you'll find an ever-growing |
| 1:20.5 | library of intermittent fasting resources as well. Go to app.com to join us or download the fastfeastrepeastrepeat |
| 1:26.7 | dot com to join us or download the Fast Feast Repeat app today. |
| 1:33.3 | Welcome to Intermittent Fasting Stories. I'm your host, Jen Stevens, author of the New York |
| 1:39.5 | Times bestseller Fast Feast Repeat, as well as the book that started at all, Delay Don't |
| 1:45.3 | Deny. I lost over 80 pounds thanks to intermittent fasting after learning how to delay my eating |
| 1:52.6 | rather than denying myself the delicious foods I want to eat. Now, who's ready to hear an inspirational |
| 2:00.0 | intermittent fasting story? That's why we're here. So let's get excited to talk to today's guest. |
| 2:14.6 | Hi, everybody, and welcome to episode 516 of intermittent fasting stories. |
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