Member Transformation: Dave Mitchell
The Fasting Method Podcast
Megan Ramos Nutrition Inc
4.8 • 595 Ratings
🗓️ 22 April 2025
⏱️ 34 minutes
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Summary
Episode #201
In this week's episode, Terri is joined by TFM Community member, Dave Mitchell, who shares his journey through significant weight loss and improving his metabolic markers by using therapeutic fasting and changing his dietary approach.
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Summary Timestamps
00:00 Intro
02:02 Dave's journey with weight loss and type two diabetes
04:44 Dave's turning point and finding his WHY
07:42 Dave discovers Dr. Fung and TFM, switches to carnivore and TRE
08:50 Self-Sabotage Workshop promotion
10:07 Dave's progression from TRE to extended fasts
11:02 Dave's fantastic results
12:06 The value Dave gets from the TFM Community
13:06 Why Dave has invested in some coaching at maintenance
16:30 How Dave curbed his cravings
18:24 Mindful eating and plating
21:03 Giving it time and celebrating the small wins
22:36 Response from doctors to Dave's biomarkers
25:22 Navigating lifestyle changes with a partner who eats differently
30:33 Dave's top tip
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| 0:00.0 | 15 months or so since I started, now I've gotten to the point where I've reached my goals. |
| 0:07.2 | And to me, weight loss is always a goal, but it wasn't the primary goal. I took on board very |
| 0:14.1 | much the other markers. So over that time, I've lost over 150 pounds. |
| 0:26.2 | I've gotten my waist circumference to be less than half of my height. |
| 0:30.9 | I've gotten off of all of my diabetes meds. And my last A1C was 4.2 going from a 9.3. |
| 0:36.8 | Music was 4.2 going from a 9.3. |
| 0:49.0 | Hello, everyone. Welcome back to another episode of the fasting method podcast. This is Coach Terry. |
| 0:56.8 | Very excited because this is a transformation episode. And some of you may know that these are always fun episodes for me because I love getting to talk to people who have been through the process |
| 1:00.3 | and get to learn more about them. |
| 1:02.9 | And sometimes I already know the person. |
| 1:04.9 | I've worked with them as a coach or I know them from the community. |
| 1:08.1 | But today I get to talk with someone that I don't know as well. |
| 1:11.2 | And so I'm excited to learn more about his story. So today I have with me, Dave Mitchell. |
| 1:18.4 | Dave, how are you doing today? I'm doing well. Thanks for inviting me. |
| 1:22.2 | Very good. We were talking before we got started here. You and I are on different sides of the United States. |
| 1:28.6 | I am looking at four to five inches of fresh snow and you are in much warmer climate than I am. Is that |
| 1:36.0 | right? Yep, enjoying 70 degrees today. Nice. Well, Dave, as I mentioned to you, why I get so |
| 1:43.6 | excited about these is because I think one of the most powerful things for so many of us is getting to hear the stories of people that we can relate to. |
| 1:52.8 | So I wondered if you could get us started by just kind of telling us a little bit about your journey, then I'll jump in with some questions and some things as we get going. |
| 2:02.6 | I'd love to because other people's stories have inspired me and helped me, so I'm happy to. |
| 2:08.0 | I've been overweight my entire life. I'm sure there were a couple of days in there where I wasn't, |
| 2:13.3 | but it's not just a little overweight, too. I was over 300 pounds for most of my life. |
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