Jason Boetcher
Intermittent Fasting Stories
Gin Stephens
4.7 • 2.6K Ratings
🗓️ 26 November 2020
⏱️ 60 minutes
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In this episode of Intermittent Fasting Stories, Gin talks to Jason Boetcher. Jason is a pastor from Kansas City, KS.
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Jason is a Lutheran pastor. He tried many diets over the years, losing 20 pounds with each one. He first heard about IF on the Dr. Oz Show, though he was already familiar with spiritual fasts. Through some research, Jason found Delay, Don't Deny, and the IF Stories Podcast. In January of 2019, he began with a 20:4 protocol, but found he ate too much, and so he switched to 23:1. By the fall of that same year, he had lost 50 pounds, weighing 180 pounds.
But life was about to change.
Jason had a persistent cold that would not go away, and one day he found himself unable to breathe while playing soccer. After having a chest x-ray and CT scan, his doctor found an aggressive tumor growing near his esophagus. He was put on steroids and began chemotherapy, which caused Jason to lose his sense of taste for everything...but sugar. He began to eat all day long, which led to a weight gain of 45 pounds.
In March of 2020, the treatments were completed and the tumor was gone! Jason was desperate to get back to IF, but after experiencing some fainting spells, he needed to wait.
By May of 2020, Jason was able to fast again. He is currently 180 pounds, and his ultimate goal is 165 pounds. Jason has cut out sugar and soda, and is following an ADF (Alternate Day Fasting) protocol.
Jason's advice for new IFers: "Be patient and kind to yourself in the beginning. Try longer fasts. The process will work. You might not lose as fast as you'd like, but it will happen."
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| 0:00.0 | Are you ready to take your intermittent fasting lifestyle to the next level? |
| 0:06.9 | There's nothing better than community to help with that. |
| 0:10.1 | In the delay, don't deny community we all embrace the clean fast and there's just the |
| 0:14.1 | right support for you as you live your intermittent fasting lifestyle. |
| 0:18.6 | You can connect directly with me in the Ask Gen group and I'll answer all of your questions |
| 0:23.3 | personally. |
| 0:24.6 | If you're new to intermittent fasting or recommitting to the intermittent fasting lifestyle, join |
| 0:29.3 | the 28 day fast start group. |
| 0:32.3 | After your fast start, join us for support in the first year group. |
| 0:36.8 | Need tips for long term maintenance? |
| 0:38.9 | We have a place for that. |
| 0:40.9 | There are many more useful spaces beyond these and you can interact in as many as you like. |
| 0:46.8 | Visit ginsdeevens.com slash community to join us, an annual membership costs just over |
| 0:53.0 | a dollar a week when you do the math. |
| 0:55.7 | If you aren't ready to fully commit for a year, join for a month and you can cancel it |
| 0:59.7 | any time. |
| 1:01.3 | If you know you'll want to stay forever, we also have a lifetime membership option available. |
| 1:06.7 | IF is free. |
| 1:08.3 | You don't need to join our community to fast. |
| 1:11.1 | But if you're looking for support from a community of like-minded intermittent fasters, we are |
| 1:15.9 | here for you at ginsdeevens.com slash community. |
| 1:20.1 | That's ginsdeevens.com slash community. |
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