The doctor says intermittent fasting reversed her prediabetes.
Cecily Anne Clark-Ganheart’s weight had fluctuated for most of her adult life. But when she reached an all-time high of 264 pounds after the birth of her second son in 2014, she knew she had to win the battle with the scale once and for all. Traditional calorie counting helped her lose around 35 pounds, but her efforts plateaued, so she decided to give intermittent fasting a try.
Hopeful that limiting her eating hours would get her blood sugar under control and kick her body into fat-burning mode, Clark-Ganheart began fasting for 18 hours each day. Most days she’d start eating around 10 or 11 a.m. and aim to finish up by 5 p.m. Eighteen months later, she had lost a whopping 55 pounds-and has managed to keep it off ever since. She also managed to reverse her prediabetes and bring down her high blood pressure-not to mention find more energy to keep up with her active sons.
Before trying fasting, Clark-Ganheart would have sugary bottled smoothies for breakfast and sip two or three diet sodas throughout the workday. “My actual meals weren’t horrible, but all of the beverages and added sugars, whether real or artificial, added up,” she says. These days she steers clear of sugary drinks and makes the most of her food at home. If she wants a sweet treat, she'll enjoy her favorite pineapple slush bubble tea, just once or twice a month.
She finds non-food ways to connectA limited eating window means that Clark-Ganheart is often fasting when her family sits down to dinner. But she doesn’t let her diet keep her from missing out. “I still sit at the table and enjoy conversation with them,” she says. “We still make it family time, but I focus on the interaction rather than the food.”
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