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Gin Stephens

Gin Stephens is an author and intermittent-fasting advocate whose books focus on fasting, weight management, and lifestyle change. She is best known for Fast. Feast. Repeat. and Delay, Don’t Deny, with Fast. Feast. Repeat. becoming a New York Times and USA Today bestseller and helping grow a global community with hundreds of thousands of members.

Biography & Author's Journey

Gin Stephens came to writing through education rather than through medicine or journalism. She earned a bachelor’s degree in elementary education in 1990, a master’s degree in natural sciences in 1997, and a doctorate in gifted and talented education in 2009; she later completed the Institute of Integrative Nutrition’s health coach training program in 2019. Before becoming known as an author in the wellness space, she spent twenty-eight years teaching elementary school and also worked with adult learners. That background helps explain the practical, instructional character of her work: she has consistently positioned herself less as a disciplinarian than as a teacher translating complex ideas into everyday routines. ((https://us.macmillan.com/author/ginstephens/?utm_source=openai))

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Change doesn’t happen from the reading, it happens from the doing
-Clean(ish) Supplemental Materials
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every little step gets you to your destination in the end
-Clean(ish) Supplemental Materials
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If it has ingredients from the “No” column, it doesn’t work
-Clean Fast chart
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The answer is simple: BLACK. Period
-Coffee, Coffee, Coffee...How Do I Love Thee?
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YOU are the boss of yourself
-Eating: YOU are in Charge!
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Volume of food does matter
-Oh, No! The Dreaded Plateau!
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Never eat just because your "window is still open."
-Oh, No! The Dreaded Plateau!
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Never forget: over time, even slow progress adds up
-Oh, No! The Dreaded Plateau!

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