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The New Melanie: How Intermittent Fasting Helped Me to Rediscover the Pleasure of Life
- My 130 Pounds Weight Loss Story
- Narrated by: Abigail Carson
- Length: 1 hr and 49 mins
- Categories: Health & Wellness, Fitness, Diet & Nutrition
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Summary
This is the story of how I got my life back; how I lost 130 pounds and how I regained my self-esteem as a woman.
I remember being a happy-go-lucky and chubby little girl, whose slowly rising weight was the last thing on her mind. However, this quickly changed during my early teens. I became known as "that fat girl" in high school and my early 20s. I still have extremely painful memories from that time. No pool parties for me. No stylish clothes for me. No friends around me.
Turning to McDonald’s for comfort, hugging my teddy bear and desiring sleep: They were my only escape from being ‘’the fat girl’’ for just a few hours. I was shattered by so many judgmental people and loved ones that my weight problem turned into a bigger issue. I was using food as solace, and it became a vicious cycle I couldn’t escape from. Little did I know that trips to McDonald’s golden arches would be the doorway to the event that changed my entire life.
I was 250 pounds when I truly decided to start a change. One year and a half later, I was 120 pounds. My name is Melanie. I’m talking to you about my struggle with being an obese teenager; how my little girl eating habits developed into a vicious circle that I didn't get out of until I was 25, when I hit rock bottom. I will talk to you about my food abuse years, my alcohol and drug abuse moments, and my pain during the darkest part of my life. But most of all, I will talk to you about how I said good-bye to all this crap and restarted my life from the bottom.
Intermittent fasting changed my existence completely. And you can do the same, as I did.
My goal is to get you inspired from my personal story to get start your path toward a healthier lifestyle. No matter what your weight is, how many people believe in you, or how much you are struggling, changing your life is a possibility.
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- Welch
- 29-09-19
Lovely book!
Lovely book! Nice Its working for me and I have tried everything. I sit at a desk all day and also have an autoimmune thyroid condition so I am shocked it is actually working for me. Its a great sane way to manage my food issues as well. I make an effort to combine it with being a little more mindful to manage my emotional eating and its working well.
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- Davis
- 29-09-19
Intermittent Fasting is everything
Intermittent Fasting is everything i need! This will sound like a broken record but it is my story so it is worth writing. if we benefited from this book, you can, too! Intermittent Fasting is awesome! Love that book! Great
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- Ferguson
- 29-09-19
A great resource for beginners.
A great resource for beginners. The examples of exercise and eating plans were very much appreciated. The explanation of benefits was encouraging. I found this to be a very easy and quick read for dieting and fasting tips. There is much in it I wouldn’t have thought of since I like food too much to diet, so this is very insightful to beginner dieters.
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- Pugh
- 29-09-19
I think the book is significant in that it causes
I think the book is significant in that it causes you to break long-held contemplation and misguided judgments about eating and abandoning sustenance. The significant distinction is the other book referenced again and again that you can eat anything you desire on the eating routine, during your eating window. This book clarifies the eating regimen great.
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- Summer
- 29-09-19
Really nice
The author has explained the small print of intermittent fasting and the way one will use this diet to get pleasure from a healthy life burning fat and dominant weight. If you would like weight loss, therefore, you'll be able to do this guide. Overall sensible guide.
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- Abby
- 26-09-19
Perfect for weight loss
Whether you're a man or women I.F will help you lose weight and feel better, and this guide is the perfect introduction to the lifestyle, can only recommend to all those looking to take their journey to the next level.
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- Hicks
- 26-09-19
Great beginners guide to Fasting
This book will show you exactly how to make fasting work for you and will be very beneficial to all beginners to I.F, but I also feel there's some golden nuggets to anyone interested in weight loss and I.f so while yes its aimed at beginners, all could benefit.
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- cook
- 26-09-19
Useful book.
This is an excellent keto diet book.From this book you will find lots of healthy,yummy and delicious recipes which will help you to lose your weight and lead a healthy life.I hope you must find this book useful
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- Curtis
- 26-09-19
Brilliant Guide and Narration
As someone looking to lose weight I'll be using the advice in here and starting I.F tomorrow, finally trying to sort my health out! Anyways this book has offered so many insights into Intermittent Fasting and how to utilize it properly, and the narrator kept me engaged throughout highly recommend.
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- Koziol
- 26-09-19
Thoroughly enjoyed it
This is a very helpful guide to anyone wanting to lose weight, goes through everything you could ever need to get started with Intermittent Fasting and get started on your weight loss journey, has been a huge help on my personal journey I'd like to add.
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- Anonymous User
- 28-05-19
I feel amazing and am eating healthier.
Following the advice I have lost 11 lbs in 2 months. I feel amazing and am eating healthier. These audiobooks have changed my life for the better.
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- Amazon Customer
- 23-04-20
Couldn’t Put It Down!
I loved how she shared her experience from start to finish. She gave just the right amount of details without going on and on. Perfect and beautiful story!
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- Debra A.
- 06-01-20
Bravely written
Such an honest and touching story for so many. I could feel her pain and sincerely found myself wanting to finish the book.
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- Schmidt
- 11-11-19
Concise and straightforward
I have been practicing IF and learned a lot more by listening to this book. Some of the material I already knew and some were new to me. It’s very straightforward and informative
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- Falcon
- 11-11-19
It works!
I have practiced intermittent fasting for a while now and this book is a nice simple reminder of why to do it!
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- Echols
- 11-11-19
This is such an incredible audiobook
This is such an incredible audiobook, and I like how it is composed! Ordinarily I don't care for audiobooks without a doubt, however, this was an amazing learning knowledge!
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- Peterson
- 11-11-19
Good audio book
This audiobook causes you to take full advantage of your discontinuous fasting schedule. It will feature all the significant advances that you should take to guarantee that your fat misfortune objectives are met and you can carry on with a solid life. I have such a great amount of assistance from this audiobook.
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- Lennon
- 09-11-19
Good explanation
Awesome explanation of IF great for annoying looking to the results they always wanted. Worth the read. I loved this. simple and on point. I've ways felt like IF would be for me because I go with eating alkoast half of the day a lot.
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- Driscoll
- 09-11-19
Very Helpful!
I’ve been intermittent fasting for about a year and was ready to take the next step. This book helped me map out a game plan for that. Thanks for writing it. This book touch straight to the point of how important intermittent fasting can be and how awesome a human being can become if this is follow consistently.
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- Martinez
- 09-11-19
Good
This is an astonishing assistant for me to get a fitting understanding of Burn Fat, Heal my Body. I genuinely value concentrating on this audiobook.