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[QVCTVSpree]

Happy Friday Qtalk Forum,

I was just catching up to Kerstin's social media posts/podcast where she mentions that she is currently involved in classes to become a "certified fasting coach" I have never heard of such before, but is this becoming a trend? I think most of us fast when we aren't feeling well and its pretty much instincts, but maybe this is something new that is trending?

I can see paying for classes to be certified in many diff professions, but this one took me by surprise. I must be in a cave lately, as I've never heard of such type coaching. I would of thought fasting was pretty obvious on the Do's and Dont's, but apparently this is new and so I guess in the future people will be paying for this advice.

[amyb]

Lol well @QVCTVSpree You and I must be in that same cave. First I'm hearing of this also. If it works for her & others great. Many people like the overnight fasting lifestyle.

I'm with you...If I decide to fast, which I really haven't done much, or felt the need to (other than during Lent type fasting, but not the fast overnight, don't eat for 12 hrs thing), I don't feel the need for a coach. I've seen a nutritiionist once & a diet coach, at times when I've had some unwanted pounds that seemed "stuck"...and neither was against fasting but didn't find it necessary, or for everyone.

Both of their approaches, (and if you Google, there's both recommendations out there), were to eat within an hour after getting up, IF you are hungry, which I normally, naturally am. It gets your metabolism going, blood sugar balanced and sets you off for the day. I find, having tried both ways...the eat in an hour, hour 1/2 after rising is best for me. Even if it's light, then I work out an hour later, then have a late morning snack (or the rest of breakfast) that's what works for me, and I've lost weight that way too.

There really are too many "certifications" lately, (to each their own...though, just money making trends, imo), this seems a stretch to me, though I know nothing about it.

[D Kay]

I didn't know it required coaching, but intermittant fasting is very popular.

[QVCTVSpree]

@amyb   Perfectly said and I am right there with you during Lent, as I am a Roman Catholic. I give up sweets and pizza during that time and its painful, LOL. Yeah, good for them if they get paid for this type of work. I was in shock when I heard her say it and I was just bewildered to such a coaching certification in existence.

I hope Kerstin mainly just advises the fasting to others and doesn't do so for herself. She is fine the way her body is now and I don't think she needs to lose 1 centimeter of muscle/fat off her own body frame as it is rt now. 

[Desertdi]

[SilleeMee]

There's a job for every task on earth, no matter how 'important' it might be. 

[Trinity11]

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@QVCTVSpree wrote:

Happy Friday Qtalk Forum,

I was just catching up to Kerstin's social media posts/podcast where she mentions that she is currently involved in classes to become a "certified fasting coach" I have never heard of such before, but is this becoming a trend? I think most of us fast when we aren't feeling well and its pretty much instincts, but maybe this is something new that is trending?

I can see paying for classes to be certified in many diff professions, but this one took me by surprise. I must be in a cave lately, as I've never heard of such type coaching. I would of thought fasting was pretty obvious on the Do's and Dont's, but apparently this is new and so I guess in the future people will be paying for this advice.

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This woman latches on to every fad in the fitness industry. I guess she missed the expose' in The New York Times that intermittent fasting doesn't work any better than a calorically restricted diet. The other day she was pushing red light therapy not wearing goggles to protect her eyes.🙄

[Tissyanne]

I wouldn't waste a minute of my time looking at her social media accounts. Nothing she could say interests me. I came to this thread to read because like many of you I have never heard of a fasting coach. 

[DREAMON]

I say whatever works for you. I don't think you need a Coach to fast intermittently....you just do it.

All these fad coaches are a joke to me. My neighbor is a Life Coach. She specializes in coaching young women who are preparing to be married. 

This woman has had a drug and alcohol problem, been divorced, and cheated on her 2nd husband.

Not a person who I would take advice from.

[TVLand]

I think Kerstin has been all over the place since leaving the Q, I recently saw her in a TV commercial promoting a bathroom renovation, I can't remember which company.