Episode 521: Dee Sicklesteel

In this episode of Intermittent Fasting Stories, Gin talks to Dee Sicklesteel from Maple Ridge, BC in Canada.Join Gin in the new Fast Feast Repeat app for The Grown-Up Year: 52 Weeks to Listen, Play, and Nourish, as well as a growing collection of intermittent fasting resources. Go to app.fastfeastrepeat.com to join us or go to the App Store and download the Fast Feast Repeat app, available for both iPhone and Android.Are you ready to take your intermittent fasting lifestyle to the next level? There’s nothing better than community to help with that.&nbsp;In the Delay, Don’t Deny community we all embrace the clean fast, and there’s just the right support for you as you live your intermittent fasting lifestyle.&nbsp;You can connect directly with Gin in the Ask Gin group, and she will answer all of your questions personally.&nbsp;If you’re new to intermittent fasting or recommitting to the IF lifestyle, join the 28-Day FAST Start group.&nbsp;After your fast start, join us for support in The 1st Year group.&nbsp;Need tips for long term maintenance? We have a place for that!&nbsp;There are many more useful spaces beyond these, and you can interact in as many as you like.&nbsp;Visit ginstephens.com/community to join us. An annual membership costs just over a dollar a week when you do the math.&nbsp;If you aren’t ready to fully commit for a year, join for a month and you can cancel at any time. If you know you’ll want to stay forever, we also have a lifetime membership option available.&nbsp;&nbsp;IF is free. You don’t need to join our community to fast. But if you’re looking for support from a community of like-minded IFers, we are here for you at&nbsp;ginstephens.com/community.&nbsp;Dee is in software sales. She first heard about intermittent fasting in 2022 when she was working as a nutrition coach and one of her clients mentioned it to her.&nbsp;From that point on, she was an intermittent fasting dabbler.&nbsp;Finally, in October of 2024, she decided to stop dabbling and fully commit.&nbsp;Gin’s phrase “Saturday is not a special occasion…it happens every week” spoke to her, and she knew it was time.&nbsp;Because of her long and varied diet history, Dee has stopped weighing herself.&nbsp;Instead, she goes by how she feels and the fit of her clothes.&nbsp;She is currently living her goal lifestyle, and feels good wearing a size 8 in pants.&nbsp;Dee is a self-described “logical vegan,” and she focuses on getting in nutrients from a wide variety of plant foods.&nbsp;One of her biggest non-scale victories is that she is no longer an emotional binge eater.&nbsp;She no longer has skin tags, which indicates that she has improved her insulin resistance.At the end of the episode, Dee reminds new IFers that Saturday is not a special occasion, and that they should explore all of Gin’s resources, including the book 28-Day Fast Start Day by Day, which is a great way to get started on your IF journey.Join Gin in the new Fast Feast Repeat app for The Grown-Up Year: 52 Weeks to Listen, Play, and Nourish, as well as a growing collection of intermittent fasting resources. Go to app.fastfeastrepeat.com to join us or go to the App Store and download the Fast Feast Repeat app, available for both iPhone and Android.Get Gin’s books at: https://www.ginstephens.com/get-the-books.html. Good news!&nbsp;The second edition of Delay, Don’t Deny is now available in ebook, paperback, hardback, and audiobook.&nbsp;This is the book that you’ll want to start with or share with others, as it is a simple introduction to IF.&nbsp;It’s been updated to include the clean fast, an easier to understand and more thorough description of ADF and all of your ADF options, and an all new success stories section.&nbsp;When shopping, make sure to get the second edition, which has a 2024 publication date.&nbsp;The audiobook for the second edition is available now!&nbsp;Join Gin’s community! Go to: ginstephens.com/communityDo you enjoy Intermittent Fasting Stories?&nbsp;You’ll probably also like Gin’s other podcast with cohost Sheri Bullock:&nbsp;Fast. Feast. Repeat. Intermittent Fasting for Life.&nbsp;Find it wherever you listen to podcasts.&nbsp;&nbsp;Share your intermittent fasting stories with Gin: <a href="mailto:g