Hi! I'm Donna Reish, IF teacher, weight loss coach, blogger, and half of "The Minus 220 Pound Pair" as my husband and I have lost over 200 pounds together (160 of that in the past couple of years through the Perfect Storm of Weight Loss strategies I teach!). In this episode, I present an explanation of Macronutrients and Calories. Macronutrients, also called macros, are the three main nutrients that make up calories. That’s the important point—macronutrients make up calories. Every calorie in food is comprised of grams of carbohydrates, proteins, and fats. One macro at a time, I explain the ma ..read more

Hi! I'm Donna Reish, IF teacher, weight loss coach, blogger, and half of "The Minus 220 Pound Pair" as my husband and I have lost over 200 pounds together (160 of that in the past couple of years through the Weight Loss Lifestyle habits and strategies I teach!). In this episode, I present Part I of my lessons I have learned from my 800th fast (and the fasts leading up to it!). In this episode, I share about how my 800th fast showed up on the Zero app, what I like about the app, and how to use an app to reach your fasting goals. Then I delve into how I average my fasts for the week—and the bene ..read more

Watch episode here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n-66hGQKse4&feature=youtu.be See full article here: https://donnareish.com/weight-loss-lifestyle-61-willpower-ii-ways-to-overcome-or-change-the-willpower-gap/ Watch new episodes live in free private FB group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/318664198605086/ See Index for my other broadcast, Weight Loss Lifestyle (formerly Donna's Intermittent Fasting broadcast) here: https://donnareish.com/intermittent-fasting-journal-index/ See index for Think-Feel-Eat Videocast/Podcast here: http://donnareish.com/think-feel-eat/ Check out my Intermitten ..read more

In this broadcast (Episode 60), Donna Reish author and teacher of The Intermittent Fasting Course Donna Reish, blogger, and weight loss coach, shares important information about relying on willpower. Willpower is a common word and thought---one that we use to describe what we need to overcome our body's and mind's objections to eating healthfully, working out, keeping our schedule, not eating too much sugar, and much more. It has been thought for decades that people who are overweight just need more willpower. So we have sought, usually unsuccessfully, for that secret fountain of willpower. I ..read more

In this broadcast (Episode 59), author and teacher of The Intermittent Fasting Course Donna Reish, shares her course's Live Q and A video from her January students. The IF Course is a one month course that contains 21 days of daily incremental teaching videos, outlines, charts, graphs, and motivating images/self talk :posters and cards." (See graphics and daily lesson topics here: https://donnareish.com/fast-shot-sneak-peek-of-the-intermittent-fasting-course-check-out-these-graphics/ ). The fourth week of the course, Donna goes live in the private course FB group and answers her students' ques ..read more

In this broadcast, Donna Reish (Intermittent Fasting teacher, blogger, curriculum author, and weight loss coach) introduces her coach's infamous Self-Coaching Model. This framework for changing your life, understanding your thoughts and feelings, and taking the actions you desire was created by Brooke Castillo. Donna uses it on Saturday mornings to teach people in her private FB group (link below)! This is the first Saturday episode (longer than usual) as Donna introduces the elements of The Model and applies them to several different circumstances to show viewers and readers how The Model can ..read more

Donna Reish, intermittent fasting teacher, blogger, and weight loss coach, makes a compelling case in this video for WAY fewer holiday "specials" than we traditionally think we need. Donna describes the thoughts behind why we "throw in the towel" during the holidays and how to compact this thinking to actually lose weight (or at least maintain) during the season of overindulgence. Donna describes what "cheat days" do to our weight loss (mathematically), and how we can avoid cheat days altogether by "deciding ahead of time" and planning one or two exceptions to our healthy protocol per week. Fo ..read more

Should you focus on the length of the fasting period or the food in the eating window for weight loss? Does longer always mean better weight loss? Should you eat differently if you have a short fast or a long fast? Donna Reish, Intermittent Fasting teacher, blogger, weight loss coach, and curriuculum author, answers these and many other questions in this broadcast. She begins with the "Is IF magic" question. Then she uses graphics to show four main ways we lose weight, inches, and cravings through IF. Then she turns her attention to various fasting hours--and their effect on the foods and weig ..read more

In this broadcast, curriculum author, IF teacher, and former debate coach, helps listeners cut through the noise when it comes to claims, beliefs, and research about weight loss, macronutrients, and more. She begins by drawing on her experience as a high school debate teacher and coach to point out that the terms people are using must be defined in order for us to put them in context and see if they apply or not. Then she explains what logical fallacies and biases are--and how they apply to all people at all intellectual levels. Then she delves into the six common logical fallacies and biases ..read more

Donna Reish, blogger, Intermittent Fasting teacher, and weight loss coach, teaches an amazing truth that applies to every area of life (yes, even weight loss--certain thoughts lead to certain actions that lead to good outcomes!): our thoughts lead to our actions. We can choose our thoughts differently, which, in turn, will lead to different actions. On Donna and Ray Baby's 38th anniversary, Donna tells the story of how Ray Baby's pickle ball instructions over and over again could lead to one thought resulting in a strained relationship or another thought resulting in love and joy. It's quite c ..read more