Episode 174 Benoit Lamarche -A 52-year-old man tribulations and a pathway to early success tackling lifelong obesity with clean fasting.

I am 52 years young (!) living in rural area in Quebec, Canada near Montreal.  I am blessed to have a beautiful family with 2 daughters who are 12 and 14 and my wife we shared lives together since 1995. I have struggled with my weight all my life. I currently work as a professional engineer keeping busy with implementing and operating industrial composting facilities to make quality. compost from municipal food wastes and green wastes. As a teenager I was very active working on dairy farms, riding.my bike and kept busy all the time.  Entering University, I was spotted by the Athletics department and was directed to their rugby team which I trained for and played during the first year.  But I dropped this from 2nd year because studying for my engineering training became too much intense.  My energy expenditures lowered but it seems not my food (and beer!) intake… and weight started to add on.  In August 2006, I threw down the sink my last can of soda! In January 2008 had a gall bladder attack.  I needed surgery in May and was told I had very fatty liver and I should lose weight on low lipid diet.  Did not work. I’m 6ft (183cm) tall and highest weight was then 330lbs (150kg) from my medical record.  In 2013, I suffered severe gout attack.  Again, I should lose weight...Then in 2014, I came across Dr Robert Lustig in Sugar: The Bitter Truth.  I threw adder sugar and processed foods out of the kitchen. I read Dr. Fung’s Diabetes Code in Summer 2020 and learnt about fasting for health and weight loss for the first time.  And on August 24th,2020 I fasted 24h for 1st time in my life.  But I did not know about clean fasting back then, so it was not sustainable the way I implemented it.  On 1st October 2022, after reading The Fasting Highway by Graeme Currie, I resumed (now clean) fasting, doing OMAD 23-1,7/7.  And that has been a true Eureka moment, on a path to a healthy new me! The Fasting Highway News Patreon If you enjoy these episodes and want to support me to get it out to the world, please join our patreon community. Without the help from our patrons to bring you the podcast each week it won't be sustainable to keep doing them. So please, if you enjoy them become a patron of the podcast. For details on the two levels of support you can give to the podcast please go to ⁠⁠The Fasting Highway | Intermittent Fasting Podcast & Community | Patreon⁠⁠ You can win a mentoring prize get exclusive early access to the podcasts and get access to the fasting highway audio book. Plus, bonus content and a monthly online coffee catch up by zoom along with bonus episodes and webinars for our top tier patrons. Please consider this as its vital we get the support of the listeners to bring it to you each week and continue into the future.Graeme is now available to have a private one on one coaching and mentoring session with you. He can help you with those burning questions. How to get started or overcome issues no matter what phase you are up to on your intermittent fasting journey. Get accountable and come and have a chat with Graeme who is vastly experienced in all areas of intermittent fasting and the mindset it takes. He also by experience can offer some real and practical advice around overcoming issues with sugar and highly processed food issues. Graeme has helped people from all over the world with his simple and practical approach to trouble shooting issues and has a great insight into the mindset into living a successful long term intermittent fasting lifestyle. To book a private session one on one with Graeme go to. www.thefastinghighway.com Click on get help/coaching and book a time and date to suit you. All times you see available are in your local time. You will also find information at the web site on how to obtain a copy of his book The Fasting Highway from your local Amazon store. Disclaimer-Nothing you hear on the podcast should be taken as medical advice. All views expressed are those of the guest and host.