Fast Like a Girl

A Woman’s Guide to Using the Healing Power of Fasting to Burn Fat, Boost Energy, and Balance Hormones

By: Dr. Mindy Pelz

Narrated by: Dr. Mindy Pelz

Length: 8 hrs and 13 mins

Publisher's summary

A go-to fasting manual created specifically to address women's needs based on their hormones and menstrual cycle by Dr. Mindy Pelz, a well-known expert on women and fasting, whose fast-growing YouTube channel has become the destination for women who want to learn about fasting. Also includes a 30-day fasting reset that uses the power of your cycle—even if you no longer have one!

“I have never met someone that has more respect for the body and its innate intelligence to heal than Mindy. Her reverence for the body is met with an intense passion for helping people learn how to tap into it through the timing of fasting, eating, and detoxing. This way of living is the way of the future for all women if they want to truly thrive.”—Danica Patrick, entrepreneur and former race car driver

Are you among the many women who feel unheard and unseen by their doctors and health professionals? Have you become exhausted by the promise of quick-fix diets that only leave you disappointed? Well, in Fast Like a Girl, Dr. Mindy helps you to take back control of your health by using the quickest path back to better health—fasting.

While most fasting advice has been a one-size-fits-all approach that leaves women with more questions than answers, in this book Dr. Mindy shares proven strategies, specific protocols to use if you are trying to overcome a condition, fasting hacks, and tools that she has used to help hundreds of thousands of women thrive with their fasting lifestyles.

Dr. Mindy will teach you:

· the right steps on how to go from eating all day to intermittent fasting (13-15 hours)

· how to safely fast longer if you choose to do so (15-72 hours)

· how to time fasting according to your menstrual cycle (although if you don’t have a cycle, she has you covered)

· the best foods to break your fast to achieve better metabolic health

This book also includes more than 50 recipes based on the two food plans—ketobiotic and hormone feasting—she created to best support women’s hormones. And it has recipes specifically created to break a fast such as her Coconut Cacao Chia Pudding.

Inspired by the thousands of women she has worked with who have reclaimed their health with fasting, Dr. Mindy wrote this book because “once a woman knows how to build a fasting lifestyle around her cycle, she becomes unstoppable.”

This audio product contains a PDF with supporting material, and the PDF is available to download.

PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying PDF will be available in your Audible Library along with the audio.

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Transformative Fasting: Empowering Women

Happy Book Birthday!

Weight struggles have been a lifelong challenge. Starting this year at 200 lbs was tough—it left me feeling pretty depressed. Despite trying countless diets and workouts over 20 years, I perpetually regained double the lost weight. I started FLAG on October 12, 2023, at 185.8 lbs, I've now reached 169 lbs. The transformation required a complete reeducation of my food beliefs; no more counting calories or obsessing over portions. Can you believe I'm eating more, real food, moving less, and still shedding weight?

Now, I focus on enjoying real food until I'm full and embracing a dance-centric approach to fitness, rather than fixating on step counts. I have taken a deliberate step by parting with my smartwatch, choosing to distance myself from technology-driven cues. Instead, I prioritize attuning to my body's signals and responses.

Non-fasting weeks are challenging for me, but those 24 to 72-hour fasts, while tuning into what my body needs, do work wonders. The results are amazing: no more acid reflux, lost inches, and glowing skin. A year ago, I was researching walkers due to pain, but now, movement comes significantly more effortlessly. Despite the journey ahead, I am confident that this lifestyle shift resonates perfectly with my needs.

I am eagerly looking forward to the cookbook and the additional insightful tips concerning how certain foods influence our bodies. Recognizing the connection between what, when, and how we consume our food can significantly aid us in achieving our objectives.

Wishing you all the best for 2024! Warm regards, Annie

Eye opening

I have always been a believer of the health benefits of fasting, but this opened my mind to understanding that women are truly built differently and we now understand that the reason that men tend to lose weight faster. Amazing work and I hope to implement this in my life.

Finally a book that takes the female body in consideration

This book is really an eye opener when it comes to adapting fasting to the female hormonal cycle. I liked it that the book was narrated by Dr. Mindy, however I was distracted by the music that come in at sporadic moments.

Great content all in one place. Disjointed listening experience.

While, I found the information in this audio book to be very valuable and it is definitely a plus having content all in one place, I felt Mindy’s reading of the material very disjointed. There is no flow in the delivery. I much prefer her live calls and YouTube videos. While listening to this book, I have been on several live calls and there is a noticeable difference in the delivery of the content.
I did buy the Kindle version so most likely I will be reaching for that over this audio book.
With that said, great information on fasting for females.

Powerful and life changing!

Dr. Mindy’s passion for sharing her wealth of knowledge in a broken down and easy to follow way. I am so motivated to lean in and begin learning how to become a stronger and healthier me! Even though I don’t have a cycle any longer, she spells out how to support at all phases of life making it so easy to follow!

So much information in this book.

So much information in this book. I
will forever cherish it.
Thank you Dr Mindy

Helpful Read

Interesting read, similar to what she speaks about on her podcasts and YouTube. Explains hormone phases well. Music starts playing randomly in middle of chapters? It's not too distracting, I just thought it was coming from somewhere else, so got a bit confused.

Life changing book

As a long time follower of Dr. Mindy, I’m thrilled that all of her years of experience and scientific research is captured in this book. This is easy to read and provides all the tools to customize a fast for longevity and health.

Special and specific information for us gals!!

Found this listen to be extremely relevant, information I’ve never heard before. Good solid research supported information. After listening will probably buy the book now just as a resource and pass it on to others love it .
thank you Dr Mindy for your hard work and years of pursuing information that will help us in the female community.

So informative

I have read my fair share of health books and Dr. Mindy has brought everything I have ever learned into one book; a book that is showered with love & compassion all while teaching and guiding you to a new healthy lifestyle. You can truly feel her love for her following. I am proud to say she has a new follower!
Sarah