The Fasting Highway

Rachel Awad is a longtime member of the Intermittent Fasting Community, and has been a previous guest on The Fasting Highway. Originally from the US, Rachel lives in Egypt; she has been an expat for over half of her life. Currently 63 years old, she has been doing some for over IF for 12 years and has been clean fasting for 9 years. Over the years, she has followed many different fasting protocols...

Dana last appeared on the podcast in Episode 263 in March 2025, where she shared her IF story. She started IF on September 5, 2023, after learning about it on a podcast focusing on Alzheimer's and dementia prevention and mitigation—a topic close to her heart after losing both of her parents-in-law to the disease. At 5'2" and 55 years old, Dana spent most of her adult life weighing bet...

A real treat: inspiring community member Jacqui Lewis, a Journalist and keen podcast fan, takes over the host chair this week. Jacqui delves into Graeme's early life and how Intermittent Fasting has changed his life for the better. Graeme shares some very personal moments in this candid interview. A big thank you to Jacqui Lewis; it was a thrill to be interviewed by her, a person I hold in ver...

Bonnie is 64 and lives with her husband in beautiful southern Oregon in the western United States.  She enjoys her full-time office work. She has a great life with her husband and their little sausage dog, and she likes to visit her grown children who live out of the area whenever she can. After being thin throughout childhood, Bonnie first felt the need to lose weight in her mid-twenties. This wa...

Jim Peeler lives in Hickory, a small city in North Carolina's foothills. He and his wife, Diana, have two adult children who both live in the mountains of western NC, and one grandson. Jim is a financial controller for a logistics company. Jim passed his two-year anniversary of fasting on February 1, 2026. This past year, Jim has completed his first year and a half of maintenance and offers gr...

Jacqui Lewis fasting highway bio update. Came to intermittent fasting the usual circuitous route of Weight Watchers, counting calories, overexercising, and undereating. Discovered fasting through Gin Stevens ' fast-feast-repeat. That was in November 2021, and I never looked back. Since then, I have not missed one day of fasting with the exception of the day I had open-heart surgery. I have fas...

Martin Sher is a 74-year-old retired CEO from Birmingham, Alabama. Eighteen years ago, he changed his identity from the Chief Executive Officer to the Chief Eating Officer and ran his mind, body, and soul like he ran his business. He escaped Diet Hell, said good riddance to his old diet brain, and created and prioritized his 10 “Thin Commandments, His First Commandment is “Thou shalt make an irrev...

I’m a 39-year-old from Buford, Georgia. A wife, mother, and servant leader in the aluminium industry, navigating one of the busiest seasons of life while balancing a demanding career, family, and a commitment to living a life rooted in wellness, purpose, and joy. For decades, food was my comfort, and I struggled with metabolic illness and an unhealthy relationship with eating. In October 2019, as...

Born and raised in Southern California, she spent the early part of her career immersed in the fast-paced, high-stress world of stage management and event production. However, when it came to building her family, she made an intentional shift into education—a career change that allowed her to dedicate more time to raising her four wonderful children alongside her husband. Together for 32 incredibl...

My story- I am a 44-year-old mom of 2 boys (ages 8&11) and wife to my wonderful husband for 14 years. We live in Lake Mary, FL (a suburb of Orlando). At the moment, I am a part-time Trainer at my gym. From 2022-2024, before having kids, I was a paralegal for 15 years. I started yo-yo dieting around age 16. Since then, I have struggled with my weight. In college, instead of the “freshman 15”, I...

This week, Graemes wife, Lou Collins, jumps into the host chair as she interviews Graeme as he reflects on living an IF lifestyle for over eight years. Graeme lost a staggering 132 pounds, 60 kg, and has maintained that weight loss in a narrow range for many years now. Graeme is the author of the best-selling book The Fasting Highway and host of this podcast. Graeme also hosts a large Facebook com...

This week, while we take our winter break, I will answer some questions from our fasting community. It is great to ask questions, reflect on the answers, and consider whether those answers are right for you. It also helps to ask ourselves questions that can sometimes be hard to answer. We will do another Q&A later in the year. We will be back next week with our regular guest lineup. How to con...

Sandi Peiffer has been happily married to her husband Corey for  39 yrs. She is a 61-year-old mother of 4 (ages 21-34) and grandmother of 3 (ages 6, 4, and 3 months… and #4 due in October!) who lives on the Atlantic coast of Florida. She is a retired homeschool mom of 26 years. She enjoys walking, resistance training, reading, crafting, cooking and spending time with her family. As an adult, Sandi...

Bio Highlights. • first diet aged 9 years • weight seesawed all my life • mother serial dieter • tried every diet ever published or thought of  • varied career in marketing, retail, hospitality, & prior to retirement, worked for a weight loss company • Everything changed when father died with Alzheimer’s in 2012 • resigned & retired early • started to take care of me • turning point 2016,...

As we take a short vacation this week, we're taking you back to listen to or re-listen to the amazing Laurie Lewis, who is a great friend of The Fasting Highway and someone I admire greatly in the IF community. Bio: Intermittent Fasting coach Laurie Lewis shows how we can take exceptional care of ourselves while navigating life's complicated, fast-paced circumstances. With Intermittent Fas...

Shana Hussin, RDN, is a metabolic health expert focused on reversing insulin resistance, the root cause behind weight struggles, blood sugar issues, and chronic disease. With 25+ years of experience in the wellness space, she developed a 3-step system using targeted nutraceuticals, lifestyle education, and group support to help people heal their sluggish metabolism at the cellular level Through he...

I’m 66, and I live in Rugby. I was born here, left when I was 18 to go to university in Portsmouth, and then did my postgraduate studies and a master's in education. I moved to London and worked in North London as a class teacher in the Primary phase. I became a head teacher, or a school principal, by the age of 32, and then I became one of the head teachers in Britain who were sent into faili...

Bio by Rick Olson I’m an author, TEDx speaker, Distinguished Toastmaster, award-winning humorous speaker, and Salesforce Certified Professional.  I’ve been married to the same wonderful woman for 35 years, and we’ve been through thick and thin together, literally and figuratively. My struggle with weight started early. My first diet was in 3rd grade, and by 6th grade, I was on NutriSystem at 200 p...

As we take a mid-season break this week, we revisit a Q&A episode from Episode 253, in which I answer listeners' questions about all things IF. See you next week when we resume our normal guest lineup. Graeme's Links to connect with me directly.  Come and Join Our Patreon Community At the Link Below www.patreon.com/thefastinghighway. Come for a month or stay for a year, check it out, a...

Keith McDonald lives in Armstrong, British Columbia, Canada, with his beautiful partner, Bobbi, and is making his fourth appearance on The Fasting Highway. He began his fasting journey in 2018, leading to an impressive 100-plus-pound weight loss. weight loss. After a significant setback in 2021 due to sciatica and herniated discs, he spent nearly three years rebuilding his health. Now, Keith champ...

My story- I am a 44-year-old mom of 2 boys (ages 8&11) and wife to my wonderful husband for 14 years. We live in Lake Mary, FL (a suburb of Orlando). At the moment, I am a part-time Trainer at my gym. From 2022-2024, I had a podcast (Fast & Fabulous) & coached others to become Intermittent Fasters as well (still dabble in this from time to time)! Before having kids I was Paralegal for...

Jay: After a diagnosis of Stage III kidney disease in 2018, I committed to a whole-food, plant-predominant diet, which includes seafood two to three times a week. The results were encouraging, as my kidney function and lipid profile improved dramatically. The switch also resulted in a 25-pound weight loss. When Rondi began intermittent fasting in 2020, I saw her positive results and began eating i...

Netta Gorman is the author of Break Free From Sugar Cravings . She used to joke that she had the world’s #1 sweet tooth. She was proud of being a chocoholic - in fact, chocolate was her best friend. Her comfort. Her reward. Every night, she’d declare the kitchen closed… then find herself back in the pantry five minutes later, unwrapping a chocolatey treat she had promised herself not to touch.  By...

For me, intermittent fasting is a time travel machine. I started my weight loss journey (in the modern era) a few years ago. I’ve been overweight since I finished college in the mid 90’s, and though I used to run marathons, I did not run for about 20 years and gradually got heavier and Heavier through 2019, when I used the advice of a dietician to briefly lose about 20 pounds from 240 to 220, but...

I am 73 and retired. I was a university professor for manyyears, and then started a business and ran it successfully for 20 years with my husband. I have a husband of 39 years, a son and 3 granddaughters. The highest weight was 201. Was 180 when I started IF. Currently 125 with a range of118-127. Started Intermittent Fasting in September 2019, lost all the weight fairly quickly. My previous episod...