Join the Fat Loss Success Stories Facebook Group!Aelie Swift knows food. She is 44, a chef, and owns a catering business in Alberta, Calgary, Canada. In her mid-30s she found herself overweight and decided to adopt a low-carb lifestyle. She did lose weight, but after years of restricting her carbohydrates, chronically undereating, and over-committed to exercise, she was not getting the results she wanted. Now Aelie knows how to eat, and she's fit, energetic, and loving her carbs!Aelie Swift knows food. She is a chef and owns a catering business in Alberta, Calgary, Canada.  After years of eating what she wanted, it was no surprise that in her mid-30s she found herself overweight and decided to adopt a low-carb lifestyle. She did lose weight, but after years of restricting her carbohydrates, chronically undereating, and being committed to exercise, she was not getting the results she wanted.  As she continued this restrictive lifestyle, she remained on the struggle bus then found she was not sleeping well and wasn’t feeling right. Before the FASTer Way, Aelie thought she was eating healthy and that she just needed help with workouts. She joined in the early days of the program and was coached by FASTer Way founder, Amanda Tress. Through the program, Aelie soon learned she was a chronic under eater and discovered it was proper nutrition that her body needed. She started embracing carbs, so much so that that it “rocked her world” and now she knows the power of good food.After her starter round in May 2017, Aelie became a FASTer Way coach, and she has seen the community grow and flourish. As of the end of 2020, over 200,000 people have completed the 6-week Starter Program. Now 44 years old and in the best shape of her life, Aelie frequently shares delicious recipes and food ideas worthy enough to be in the FASTer Way meal plan! Here’s Aelie: she offers advice to those who join the starter program, how to address cravings, the importance of eating the right carbs, and how happy she is eating more food than ever.Check out these FREE resources:Introductory Guide to Intermittent FastingSugar Detox GuideCarb CyclingWhat are MACROS and Why Do We Track Them? 

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17: Cravings & Carbs with Aelie Swift

When it comes to exercise, the FASTer Way does it differently. To maximize results and optimize metabolism, we exercise strategically to pair with our nutrition. And to tell you how, in this Bonus! episode, I'm highlighting 10 things to love about the FASTer Way workouts.  Check out these great FREE resources!Introductory Guide to Intermittent FastingSugar Detox Guide

16: Bonus! 10 Things to Love about FASTer Way Workouts

Get your free introductory guide to intermittent fasting! Susan Perdue was overweight her whole life and fought the ups and downs of the scale through three children, unimaginable stress, and even a heart attack.When Susan showed me her before and now photos, I was shocked by the difference and overjoyed by her transformation. The drastic difference is not just in her physical size, but also in the lightness and joy in her expression, a look that says a huge burden had been lifted.That’s because, in 2019, she discovered the FASTer Way to Fat Loss and recruited her husband, who is a surgeon, and her daughter, a diabetic, to join her in the Starter Program. All three experienced life-changing success. Susan overcame her numerous struggles by learning how to eat right and exercising to make her strong for the future. She, and her daughter, Meghan, embrace the FASTer Way lifestyle completely and so whole-heartedly that they became a mother-daughter coaching team and now guide clients together in the 6-week FASTer Way Starter Program.Susan shares her success story with passion because she knows that she will follow the FASTer Way for the rest of her life. Her before and now photo shows more than just a reduction of weight; it also shows a lifting of spirit, and a joy, a pure joy, from being healthy and free.If you’re ready to learn the strategies that lead to fat loss and better health, the FASTer Way to Fat Loss puts it all together in a 6-week online starter program. Go to FatLossSuccessStories.com and click on any FASTer Way link.Mentioned in this episode:If you would like to work directly with Susan and have her for your own FASTer Way coach, please use this link to register with her. Susan mentioned Dr. Stephen Cabral who hosts the podcast The Cabral Concept and serves on the FASTer Way to Fat Loss medical advisory board. Here are just some of his many episodes I’ve found especially informative and helpful:How to Turn Up Your Metabolism In 5 StepsHow Sugar Causes CravingsThe Very Real Dangers of a Long-Term Low Carb DietProven Workout Programs that Increase Longevity2 Major Reasons Why Exercise is Now a Must (No Longer a Choice)The Big Fat Burning Benefits of Fasted CardioWhy You Gain Weight More Easily As You Age (New Research)If you have a success story you’d like to share, please send me an email at Fat Loss Success Stories @ gmail.com.

15: From Stressed to Blessed with Susan Perdue

Get your free introductory guide to intermittent fasting!Mobility is the joy of moving freely and easily. Healthy muscles, bones and joints allow us to perform all types of movements. Regular exercise, meaning a planned, structured and repetitive form of physical activity like weight training, is an easy way to increase your mobility and prevent falls.So, the story in this episode focuses on mobility, because, when it comes to mobility, it’s "use it or lose it". And the FASTer Way provides strategic exercises for all levels with mobility and strength in mind so you can keep moving.Topping at 293 pounds, Sabina Montemayor underwent gastric bypass surgery and lost 100 pounds. But because of her lack of knowledge of good nutrition and proper exercise, she quickly gained back half of what she lost. She joined the FASTer Way and worked with certified coach Le Bergin to learn a new way of eating and to incorporate regular exercise. Now Sabina works out regularly and continues to eat the foods that are good for her…with the occasional margarita! And she is seeing a change in her body that’s beyond her size – it’s also improvement in her mobility and balance so she can enjoy her retirement – and new husband – for years to come. Mentioned in this episode:What the Health DocumentaryThe Doctor&apos;s Farmacy podcast with Dr. Mark Hyman 

14: Keep Moving with Sabina Montemayor

Get your free introductory guide to intermittent fasting!This episode is special because I&apos;m sharing an interview I gave on Hot Flashes Cool Topics, a podcast hosted by two fun and brave friends from Tennessee.Colleen and Bridget are changing the narrative about menopause and creating positive messages for women so we can enjoy this time of life and the freedom gained, not lost, from entering midlife. The "midlife middle" is one menopausal symptom gained we can all do without. Why can’t we control our bodies during menopause? We can if we are educated and proactive.Through the FASTer Way to Fat Loss 6-week program, I learned about proper nutrition and efficient exercise that helped me lose that midlife middle and gain strength and energy.The FASTer Way teaches you to listen to your body and respond proactively. It’s about learning what&apos;s best for your body and being able to make the right choices when it comes to food and exercise and rest. It puts you back in control of your body, and that’s powerful. Recently I was honored to be a guest on the podcast Hot Flashes Cool Topics to talk about the importance of nutrition and exercise during menopause. And this episode is a rebroadcast of that interview.If you have a FASTer Way Success story you’d like to share, please contact Veronica at FatLossSuccessStories@gmail.com.Mentioned in this episode:Hot Flashes Cool Topics website, YouTube Channel, and podcast

13: Hot Flashes Cool Topics: Nutrition & Fitness in Midlife

--> Get your free introductory guide to intermittent fasting!Amy Connell is 45 and married with two teenage boys living in Houston, TX. She been a personal trainer for 15 years and hosts the podcast Graced Heath. Through her podcast and blog, she fulfills her mission to encourage women to strive for balanced, sustainable health.At the time of our interview, Amy was in the final week of the FASTer Way 6-week starter program. The Starter Program is like a nutrition and fitness boot camp. It’s how you learn the strategies that make the FASTer Way work and put them into practice with the guidance and one-on-one support of a certified coach. It’s how you learn the importance of non-scale victories and the FASTer Way mantra: progress over perfection. So why would a personal trainer like Amy want to join such a program? As she explains, she has adjusted her workouts to correspond with her age, but she wanted to know how to feed her changing and active body the nutrients it needs.Amy is being proactive about her health and she’s found that the FASTer Way gives her what she’s looking for: a sustainable nutrition and fitness approach that offers the grace she needs to fulfill her health goals.Amy’s links:GracedHealth.comGraced Health on InstagramGraced Health on FacebookHealthy Skoop - plant-based proteinAmy’s episodes with FWTFL certified coach, Kandice Harris:Part 1 before the starter programPart 2 review and experience after the starter programPodcasts Amy recommends:Everything Happens podcastAll About Fitness Podcastif you have a FASTer Way Success story you’d like to share, please contact Veronica at FatLossSuccessStories@gmail.com. 

12: Graced Health with Amy Connell

--> Get your free introductory guide to intermittent fasting!Jen Armstrong is 44 and served our country in the Navy and now is a successful professional as a wastewater engineer in S. Charleston, West Virginia. She and her husband, also an engineer, have two beautiful and active daughters, age 9 and 13 who keep Jen very busy.I found Jen on Twitter, where every day she posts a handwritten list of that day’s workout She’s checked off each exercise and happily stamped the word "Done" across the photo!Once an avid runner, Jen endured back injuries and three back surgeries which put her on the weight gain loop. She’s tried many weight loss programs, including the big name plans, but when it came to choosing what works, what makes her healthy and happy, the decision was easy once she found it. So much so that she threw away her bathroom scale. Jen tells us why the FASTer Way is her choice, not just for fat loss, but also for true health.Podcasts Jen recommends:Game Changers with Molly FletcherPositive University with John Gordon Any Disney podcast to help her plan her annual trips with her daughters!Also mentioned in this episode:The FASTer Way to Fat Loss "Pyramid"if you have a FASTer Way Success story you’d like to share, please contact Veronica at FatLossSuccessStories@gmail.com.  

11: Choose Happy with Jen Armstrong

Le Bergin now is a head trainer for the FASTer Way to Fat Loss. But before joining founder Amanda Tress and the team in Florida, she was my coach and guided me through my FASTer Way starter program. But I’ve known Le since 2010. She and her husband own Urban Fitness, my hometown gym in Galveston Texas, I&apos;ve been in her HIIT kick classes for years. She is known in the community for her compassion, strength, and motivation and positivity. Her goal in life is to help people, and now as a faster way head trainer she is living her dream job. But like most people, she and I struggled with weight and other health issues, especially questioning what proper nutrition was and trying to find the way to exercise effectively and most efficiently.Before she moved to Florida, Le and I were able to open up and share our stories of struggle, learn how and why we each decided to try the FASTer Way, and how now we are more in control of our health.Le and I also discuss:The importance of spousal supportTesting the Keto Diet: it doesn’t work long-term!Trying to sabotage the FASTer Way Almost giving up after years of deprivationNo apprehension because of the sound programming of the FASTer Way  Adapting the familyGoing dairy-freeIdentifying trigger foodsNever going back, being single-focusedLearn how to eat firstA-ha moments require a proper mindset vs. FOMOMeasuring your food is important and becomes intuitive Oura ring Learning new foodsSeven common inflammatory foods; identifying by detox and offering solutionsBridge to a lifestyle Resetting the gut biome takes timeFood freedomMeasurements of successif you have a FASTer Way Success story you’d like to share, please contact Veronica at FatLossSuccessStories@gmail.com. 

10: Does It Matter? with Le and Me

Some say the best way to lose weight is to eat less and exercise more. What if that’s not working for you? What if the best answer is to eat right and exercise efficiently? And what if there are thousands of people doing just that and losing fat, getting fit, and feeling fabulous?This podcast is about those people…their stories…about struggle…and most importantly, about success. Their success on the FASTer Way to Fat Loss.Why? Because…You need a fitness program that fits into your busy life.You need a results-driven plan telling you what to do and how to do it.You need accountability and support so you can accomplish your goals.You need community so you can thrive.The FASTer Way is not a diet of deprivation…it’s a lifestyle - a healthstyle - built upon proven, scientific principles.It’s a way of life that is flexible, customizable, and effective!It focuses on feeding your body what it needs to burn fat and to build the strength you want.And it’s about progress over perfection.I’m Veronica Hugger, and I invite you to discover with me the inspiring stories of people who have struggled with diet and exercise and have learned that nutrition and fitness is the answer and it’s the FASTer Way to Fat Loss…This is a podcast that will educate you and inspire you to write your own...Fat Loss Success Story. 

00: Trailer: Fat Loss Success Stories

Read the blog post Why Community MattersListen to the podcast episode The Importance of Community - a conversation with Mike RitterSome studies show that people can live longer when they have strong social ties. When it comes to fat loss and getting into your healthiest body, community is essential. If you’re not building relationships with people who are supportive and uplifting, you won’t be successful in your health and wellness. You must connect with people who share your goals, support a positive mindset, and cheer you on.The FASTer Way provides these important elements by creating small, online, private communities lead by your coach and community managers. They make sure that everyone has a positive mindset; they encourage and provide accountability and daily support. Starting in a small group, you have your questions answered, your concerns addressed, and your victories, however small, celebrated, and perhaps most importantly, your hard work validated.When you start the program, you will weigh yourself; then you will never have to weigh yourself again! On the FASTer Way, the focus is fat loss, not weight loss. Your measurement of success is not a number on the scale. Rather, it’s how you look, how you feel, how your clothes fit (or don’t because you’re shrinking!), and how you’re moving forward.This is the mindset of progress over perfection. We set realistic goals and celebrate when we meet them. Meeting goals, like eating enough carbs or drinking a certain amount of water, are what we call non-scale victories. These victories away from the scale are important because they are powerful. They are the victories that matter because they create optimism and help propel us forward. They are the victories we highlight in this podcast. Life is a marathon, not a sprint. The FASTer Way is there for your long journey not just with nutrition and workouts, but also with a supportive community and a positive mindset.People come to the FASTer Way for the promise of fat loss, but they stay for community. Certified coaches and community managers encourage and provide accountability and daily support and make sure that everyone has a positive mindset within your small group. This helps you shift away from all the negative thoughts that constantly surround you by recounting all your victories – and not relying on the scale. Step by step, these important non-scale victories enforce the mindset of progress over perfection.Be sure to download your FREE FASTer Way to Fat Loss Guide that breaks down intermittent fasting and provides meal plans and recipes!Topics discussed:Virtual communityAccountabilityThe “Secret Language”Women supporting womenInvitation to educationEating enough is the first stepNo end to this journey; always moving forwardPeaks & valleys; you’re never aloneListen to your own bodyWhat is your measurement of success?The “whys” changeNon-scale victoriesProgress over perfection

08: Community & Mindset: The Greatest Difference

Jen Armstrong is 44 and served our country in the Navy and now is a successful professional as a wastewater engineer in S. Charleston, West Virginia. She and her husband, also an engineer, have two beautiful and active daughters, age 9 and 13 who keep Jen very busy.I found Jen on Twitter, where every day she posts a handwritten list of that day’s workout She’s checked off each exercise and happily stamped the word Done across the photo! Once an avid runner, Jen endured back injuries and three back surgeries which put her on the weight gain loop. She’s tried many weight loss programs, including the big name plans, but when it came to choosing what works, what makes her healthy and happy, the decision was easy once she found it. So much so that she threw away her bathroom scale. Jen tells us why the FASTer Way is her choice, not just for fat loss, but also for true health.If you’re ready to learn the strategies that lead to fat loss and better health, the FASTer Way to Fat Loss puts it all together in an online starter program. Working in a small group, with your own certified coach, you will learn and implement the strategies that will lead to a healthier lifestyle. Go to FatLossSuccessStories.com to sign up for the next Starter Program by clicking on any FASTer Way link. You also can access more episodes and download a starter kit with meal plans and recipes.Thank you so much for listening. I hope you’ve been educated and inspired.Feel free to share this show with anyone you think it can serve. You can do that through your podcast app.I’m Veronica Hugger.  Until next time,God bless. Podcasts Jen recommends:Game Changers with Molly FletcherPositive University with John Gordon Any Disney podcast to help her plan her annual trips with her daughters!Also mentioned in this episode:The FASTer Way to Fat Loss "Pyramid" 

Get your free introductory guide to intermittent fasting! In this episode, FASTer Way to Fat Loss certified coach, Le Bergin, addresses two important topics most weight loss programs don’t: the importance of rest and the effect diet has on stress hormones. That’s because listening to your body and focusing on whole food nutrition brings about the best results.Rest is vital, whether it’s getting a good night’s sleep, or digestive rest through intermittent fasting, or physically resting between workout intervals. And the FASTer Way is probably the first fat loss program where you are told that rest is one of the most important components. We’ve talked about digestive rest in Episode 03 on intermittent fasting, but on the FASTer Way, we also program in rest from the workouts. So, two days a week we instead enjoy relaxing and restorative activities, like yoga or an outdoor walk. This time is built into the weekly schedule to help you take care of yourself.  Because stress can affect your hormones, and therefore your weight, we take steps to recognize and reduce stress. Remember, the goal of the FASTer Way is to find a sustainable healthstyle, and rest is a critical component. Rest and hormones go hand in hand, because stress may put a strain on your adrenal and thyroid glands and prevent your body from burning fat.Decreasing the stress in your life and getting more sleep isn’t always convenient or easy. But you’ll never hit your goals if you don’t put yourself first.Speaking of a good night’s sleep: Do you know how much sleep you need? Or do you want to get better sleep? I recently listened to a podcast by Dr. Stephen Cabral where he addressed those issues and more. I found it interesting and helpful, and you might, too. If you have a FASTer Way to Fat Loss Success Story, and you want to share it on this podcast, email me FatLossSuccessStories@gmail.com.Be sure to download your FREE introductory guide to maximize your fat loss with meal plans and recipes so you can start eating real food!Other topics touched on in this episode:Hydration ??Avoiding burn outProgressive overloadYour body always is looking for efficiencyThe guidance of expertsAvoid using stress hormones as fuelHormone regulation through dietMenopauseExperimenting with KetoFlexibility within the weekly cycle

07: Rest & Hormones: What Other Plans Forget

Le Bergin now is a head trainer for the FASTer Way to Fat Loss. But before joining founder Amanda Tress and the team in Florida, she was my coach and guided me through my FASTer Way starter program. But I’ve known Le since 2010. She and her husband own Urban Fitness, my hometown gym in Galveston Texas, I've been in her HIIT kick classes for years. She is known in the community for her compassion, strength, and motivation and positivity. Her goal in life is to help people, and now as a faster way head trainer she is living her dream job. But like most people, she and I struggled with weight and other health issues, especially questioning what proper nutrition was and trying to find the way to exercise effectively and most efficiently.Before she moved to Florida, Le and I were able to open up and share our stories of struggle, learn how and why we each decided to try the faster way, and how now we are more in control of our health. As with all the guests on this podcast, our stories are meant to educate and inspire you to write your own fat loss success story.Le is one of the hundreds of certified coaches trained to guide you through a six-week starter program to teach you the proven strategies that will lead to fat loss and improve overall health. What are you struggling with now? What support do you need? Whether it be knowing about whole-food nutrition and how to prepare healthy meals or motivation to move and exercise, FASTer Way coaches will meet you where you are. Literally! The online program allows you to have one-on-one personalized consultation and training, and the workouts can be done in the privacy of your home. And the community offers the motivation and support you need to succeed. There are no more excuses. It’s up to you to decide to make the changes you need to make, to get where you want to be. Whether it’s fat loss, increased strength and stamina, or whatever you’ve been struggling with.As for Le and me, even though we will be miles apart, and I will miss her terribly, our coach/mentor relationship will continue. Plus, she will be helping many more clients of the FASTer Way through her online workouts and one-on-one consultations and fulfilling her dream to help others. I have decided to educate others about whole-food nutrition and efficient exercise through the growing podcast medium, providing others a platform to share their individual success stories as a way to motivate those who are still struggling.  Are you one of those success stories? If you’re ready to share your experiences of struggle and success, please contact me at Fat Loss Success Stories at gmail dot com. I’d love to hear your story!Until next time, I’m Veronica HuggerGod bless.Le and I discuss:The importance of spousal supportTesting the Keto Diet: it doesn’t work long-term!Trying to sabotage the FASTer WayAlmost giving up after years of deprivationNo apprehension because of the sound programming of the FASTer Way Adapting the familyGoing dairy-freeIdentifying trigger foodsNever going back, being single-focusedLearn how to eat firstA-ha moments require a proper mindset vs. FOMOMeasuring your food is important and becomes intuitive Oura ring Learning new foodsSeven common inflammatory foods; identifying by detox and offering solutionsBridge to a lifestyle Resetting the gut biome takes timeFood freedomMeasurements of success

Some studies show that people can live longer when they have strong social ties. When it comes to fat loss and getting into your healthiest body, community is essential. If you’re not building relationships with people who are supportive and uplifting, you won’t be successful in your health and wellness. You must connect with people who share your goals, support a positive mindset, and cheer you on.The FASTer Way provides these important elements by creating small, online, private communities lead by your coach and community managers. They make sure that everyone has a positive mindset; they encourage and provide accountability and daily support. Starting in a small group, you have your questions answered, your concerns addressed, and your victories, however small, celebrated, and perhaps most importantly, your hard work validated.When you start the program, you will weigh yourself; then you will never have to weigh yourself again! On the FASTer Way, the focus is fat loss, not weight loss. Your measurement of success is not a number on the scale. Rather, it’s how you look, how you feel, how your clothes fit (or don’t because you’re shrinking!), and how you’re moving forward.This is the mindset of progress over perfection. We set realistic goals and celebrate when we meet them. Meeting goals, like eating enough carbs or drinking a certain amount of water, are what we call non-scale victories. These victories away from the scale are important because they are powerful. They are the victories that matter because they create optimism and help propel us forward. They are the victories we highlight in this podcast. Life is a marathon, not a sprint. The FASTer Way is there for your long journey not just with nutrition and workouts, but also with a supportive community and a positive mindset.People come to the FASTer Way for the promise of fat loss, but they stay for community. Certified coaches and community managers encourage and provide accountability and daily support and make sure that everyone has a positive mindset within your small group. This helps you shift away from all the negative thoughts that constantly surround you by recounting all your victories – and not relying on the scale. Step by step, these important non-scale victories enforce the mindset of progress over perfection.Be sure to download your FREE FASTer Way to Fat Loss Guide that breaks down intermittent fasting and provides meal plans and recipes!Topics discussed:Virtual communityAccountabilityThe “Secret Language”Women supporting womenInvitation to educationEating enough is the first stepNo end to this journey; always moving forwardPeaks & valleys; you’re never aloneListen to your own bodyWhat is your measurement of success?The “whys” changeNon-scale victoriesProgress over perfection

In this episode with FASTer Way to Fat Loss certified coach, Le Bergin, we discuss the workouts that are strategically and uniquely paired with our nutritional intake. Basically, on low-carb days, we do high-intensity interval training, and the important weight training workouts are done on days we consume carbohydrates. Speaking of carbs, be sure to listen to the end of this episode to learn about the donut! ? Other topics discussed:ModificationsEfficiency of the workoutsBone densityFighting the vicious cycleProgress over perfectionRecommended on the show:The Cabral Concept with Dr. Stephen Cabral - 1210: How to Burn More Body Fat in Less Time. If you would like to learn more about the FASTer Way to Fat Loss, make sure you get your free guide. 

06: Strategic Workouts: Exercise is for Everyone

The podcast that highlights the personal victories of the thousands who are on the FASTer Way to Fat Loss. Hear stories of struggle and success from those who ditched the diets of deprivation and endless exercise to embrace a "healthstyle" built upon proven scientific principles. Learn to exercise efficiently and feed your body the nutrition it needs to sculpt the look you want. To get started, download your free meal plan and start eating real food! This is a podcast that will educate and inspire you to write your own Fat Loss Success Story! I'm your host, Veronica Hugger, who at the age of 53 was ready to give up. I was living an unsustainable lifestyle of deprivation diets and endless exercise and not seeing the results I wanted or deserved. By learning the FASTer Way of nutrition and fitness, I now live a 'healthstyle' which encourages me to eat right and motivates me to exercise efficiently. My FASTer Way coach, Le Bergin, continues to work with me so I have access to a personal trainer who manages my progress and inspires me.I was persuaded to try the FASTer Way after listening to stories from others who continue to succeed on the program. Over 115,000 people have gone through the FASTer Way starter program, so there are lots of success stories! On this podcast, you’ll hear conversational interviews with people with various stories of struggle and success. And FASTer Way to Fat Loss certified coach, Le Bergin, will help explain the strategies of the program and offer helpful tips.Just like someone else’s success story inspired me, sharing more success stories has the potential to encourage others to embrace and experience a healthier lifestyle…a “healthstyle”. And their shared stories will educate you, inspire you, and encourage you to accomplish your goals and to write your own Fat Loss Success Story!If you're on the FASTer Way and ready to share your story, contact me to be on the show!

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