The INTERMITTENT FASTING TRUTH: 10 Inspiring Weight Loss Testimonials!

Discover REAL PEOPLE who got REAL RESULTS and revealed the real INTERMITTENT FASTING TRUTH!

Check out these 10 WEIGHT LOSS Testimonials that will motivate you to learn the intermittent fasting truth and inspire you to begin your intermittent fasting journey TODAY!

Intermittent Fasting Truth

After losing 46 Pounds in 4 Months with INTERMITTENT FASTING, I KNEW I wanted to SHARE my SUCCESS and the SECRETS I learned with as many people as I could.

So, on FEBRUARY 20, 2022, I started the So What IF? with Jen, FACEBOOK GROUP!

This very positive & supportive INTERMITTENT FASTING group is a safe place where we come together to share helpful TIPS, TRICKS, RECIPES, SUCCESSES & CHALLENGES!

Get ready to GET INSPIRED to finally LOSE WEIGHT and FEEL GREAT!

In this post you will be introduced to REAL PEOPLE and members of the Facebook Group So What IF? with Jen.

These stories will REVEAL the REAL TRUTH about INTERMITTENT FASTING and about how this lifestyle can truly CHANGE LIVES and produce INCREDIBLE RESULTS!

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JEN TIEMANN

Intermittent Fasting Testimonial #1

In 2020, during the Coronavirus Pandemic, I, like so many others, became depressed and even more overweight. 

I was sitting at home all day trying to teach kindergarten students remotely.

At the end of 2020, my weight was at an all-time high. I will never forget the date: January 5, 2021.

I was afraid to step on the scale for many months prior because I just wasn’t ready to face the truth of it all.

When I did step on the scale that day I was blown away! 174.6 pounds!!! What??? I had never in my life been in the 170’s. 

That day was absolutely eye-opening.

I cried for about two hours straight, curled up in the fetal position eating a box of Milk Duds and then I decided it was time to end my pity party and get to work.

I had heard a little about intermittent fasting and that it could help with weight loss.

So for the first two weeks I easily started incorporating a 16:8 fasting regimen (skipping breakfast) into my routine.

I also cut all sugar, chucked my Dr. Pepper addiction and started following a low carb diet.

I lost about 8 pounds those first two weeks which kept me encouraged and in the game.

Then it happened!!! I went to work on a Wednesday and passed a co-worker in the hall that I hadn’t seen in several months.

She looked AMAZING! Of course I asked her what she was doing and she told me about Gin Stephens and her book Delay, Don’t Deny. 

Well, instead of eating lunch at work that day, I raced back to my office, Googled “all things Gin” and ordered the book off Amazon Prime so I could get my hands on it as quickly as possible.

I received the book on Friday and stayed up until 1 am reading it from cover to cover.

It was like I had a TOTAL “OMG!” MOMENT and everything Gin said in her book about insulin being released every time we eat and the science behind clean fasting made so much sense to me.

I was so excited and completely related to her as an elementary teacher.

I didn’t sleep all night because my mind was racing. My husband and I were having our coffee on Saturday morning and I was telling him everything that I learned about the book and how it just made so much sense.

I talked his ear off for about two hours. I was sold and felt like the INTERMITTENT FASTING TRUTH was finally revealed!

Two days later, on that following Monday, I jumped in with BOTH FEET. I started clean fasting (took the creamer right out of my coffee) and slowly incorporated an OMAD Fasting Routine (22:2) .

In the next few weeks I read Gin’s other books, as well as a few others including The Obesity Code by Jason Fung.

I have always felt that knowledge is power and all of this information was JUST SO AWESOME!

I could barely contain my excitement.

​I have gone on to lose 46 pounds in 4 months and I feel healthier than I ever have in my entire life and maintain for 4+ years now.

My energy is through the roof, my sleep has improved immensely, and I am no longer getting 3-4 headaches per week. 

I LOVE “IF” and I LOVE GIN STEPHENS!

SHE HAS COMPLETELY CHANGED MY LIFE! Thank you for sharing the truth about intermittent fasting with the world!

After trying so many different crazy weight loss diets over the years, I finally feel like I have found a lifestyle instead of a diet that finally works.

I have reached my goal weight, I am effortlessly maintaining, I feel FREE and I am truly LIVING MY BEST LIFE NOW! 

You Can read my FULL Intermittent Fasting Weight Loss Success Story featured on Gin Stephens’ Website HERE!

ANNETTE HAJEC

Intermittent Fasting Testimonial #2

Hi, I am Annette Hajec and I am 52. It is my honor to share my success with you. My journey began the day Jen started her Fasting FACEBOOK GROUP!

After I read her initial post, I knew not only was IF something I could do, I could finally stop counting calories and trying new diets.

I have lost 14 pounds and have gained incredible amounts of energy. 

Once I kicked my cream and Splenda coffee habit, which I never thought I could do, I saw immediate results. 

I am religious about using the Life app and owe a lot of my success to it for keeping me accountable. 

I thought the main benefit of IF would be the weight loss. Weight loss is great, but I feel like I finally have control of the food I am eating. 

I have spent decades in a cycle of: eating, feeling guilty about what I just ate, promising myself I’ll do better tomorrow, repeat.

The cycle is finally broken and ALL the benefits I’ve experienced so far are immeasurable on any scale. 

My focus now is to eat as healthy as I can, gain muscle and increase flexibility.

I am so fortunate to have my husband, friends and family enjoying the benefits of IF with me. We really encourage each other, and that has been life changing. 

I’m thankful every day to Jen Tiemann and the wisdom and encouragement shared by the SO What IF? with Jen community. Thank you!! I AM STILL SO EXCITED ABOUT IT!”

DON KUTCHEY

Intermittent Fasting Testimonial #3

I started Intermittent Fasting in April of 2022. My first fasting routine started with a 16:8 schedule after reading Delay, Don’t Deny. 

I found it relatively easy to slowly adjust my eating until I was at a 20:4 schedule with One Meal a Day.

So far, I have lost 35 pounds and I feel GREAT! 

I was worried about energy but I have found that when I am in fat-burning mode I actually have MORE energy.

I am excited to see the changes my body is making, and I believe my lifestyle has really changed!”

STEVE & JEAN KEISER

Intermittent Fasting Testimonial #4

We are loving this program. Steve is down 47 pounds and I am down about 25 pounds. I am down at least four pant sizes. 

We really wish we would have taken our body measurements and before pictures.

One of our daughters is not supportive of us but we keep telling her all of the benefits of it. 

Steve’s sister joined the Facebook Group So What IF? with Jen, after seeing his success.

After switching to the clean fast it made a big difference. We are both OMAD (One Meal A Day) and we average about 22 hours of fasting with about a 2-3 hour eating window. 

Healthy eating is important to us! We eat a lot of grilled vegetables, chicken and fish!

They are our new diet staples. We have tried a lot of Jen’s Recipes. The chicken noodle-less soup was great. 

I also eat one of Jen’s Keto Coconut Fat Bombs daily. We still have occasional drinks.

We eat chips and desserts too. NOTHING has ever worked for us like this! 

I really didn’t think I could do it, let alone stick to it – but here we are!

AMY O’ROURKE-SMITH

Intermittent Fasting Testimonial #5

I’m Amy and I have lost 25 pounds and 22 ½ inches with intermittent fasting. 

I’ve gone from a Size 16 jeans to a Size 10.

My blood pressure is down! My heart rate is down!Stress level? That’s down too! My patience level is way up and my ability to focus is way up too. My migraines are nearly gone, where I used to have them at least once or twice a week.

WooHoo!

Thank you for sharing your journey, Jen, and inspiring me to join you!

I have really enjoyed the mental break that intermittent fasting has afforded me. 

I’m thrilled to not be thinking, constantly, about what I should and should not be eating. 

I’m also thrilled to not be shaming myself because I chose to eat something that was not on my ‘OK to eat list’ and then promising myself that I’ll do better tomorrow. 

I feel at peace now. There’s now more room in my brain for more important things than hating on myself and my eating choices.

I can’t believe how much time I spent in the past thinking about what I was eating, planning, organizing, failing, falling off the wagon, jumping back on. Ugh! I am so glad to be done with that!

I’m not denying myself anything, but instead learning that some foods do indeed make me not feel great.

I do avoid those foods because I want to feel good, not because my diet of the season is telling me to avoid it. 

This is so FREEING! Thank you, Jen Tiemann and Gin Stephens!”

Amy was actually a guest on my Intermittent Fasting Gems with Jen Podcast in November of 2024.

You can listen to her full intermittent fasting success story RIGHT HERE!

SONJA BROOKS

Intermittent Fasting Testimonial #6

Over the years I have tried many diets.

These diets taught me how to read labels and understand what I was fueling my body with… HOWEVER they were NOT SUSTAINABLE! 

They “worked” briefly but not long term. And I use the word worked “loosely” here.

Intermittent Fasting made sense to me as far as WHEN my body needed to be fueled.

So now on this journey…I am equipped with an understanding of what my body needs!

I feel SUCCESSFUL and ENERGIZED – not overwhelmed by having to stick to a specific way of eating!

I make sure to exercise or at the very least, move my body-walks with light dumbbells in tow, bike riding, dancing, playing with my kids each day! 

I’ve gone on to lose 31 POUNDS IN JUST A FEW MONTHS!

Intermittent Fasting WAS THE PUZZLE PIECE I HAVE BEEN MISSING ALL THESE YEARS!

MARJIE DOHERTY

Intermittent Fasting Testimonial #7

My IF journey began on March 4, 2022. In just 8 weeks, I lost 23.2 pounds. I have now gone on to lose just over 31 pounds.

I have also experienced many NSVs (Non-Scale Victories) including almost zero body aches, clothes fitting better, no headaches, brain fog lifting and I still have a little dessert almost every day. 

My WHY is BIG and my #1 Goal is propelling my journey! I want to enjoy my grandkids and one day, their kids. Dementia is pretty strong in my family and I’m working to break that curse, along with heart disease.

I plan on “playing with my grandkids, dancing at their weddings, and holding their babies…and beyond.” 

I’ve mostly been following a 20/4 fasting schedule (otherwise known as the “Warrior Diet”). 

I eat mostly low carb/Keto because of the medical studies about ketosis and brain function and mental health.

ANNE CAPONIGRO

Intermittent Fasting Testimonial #8

“I started IF on March 1st of 2022. I’m down 19 pounds so far and feel amazing! 

I’m kicking myself for not measuring my body because I know I’m down inches in places. My clothes fit way better. People are starting to notice!!!

I had a pretty crazy last part of April with an unexpected surgery that led to some emotional turmoil but IF helped ground me instead of derail me.

I wasn’t able to stick with it for the 10 days that I was on pain meds, but I didn’t gain any weight!

Then I was able to jump right back in and have a new goal of losing 5 more pounds by June 1st. 

Besides the weight loss, my hair is healthier, my teeth are whiter, and I have SO MUCH energy! I absolutely LOVE it.”

KIM MCKINLEY

Intermittent Fasting Testimonial #9

“I have been on board with “IF” since Jen started her Facebook group in February of 2022. 

These things have worked for me. *Cutting out snacks after 8pm and exercising while I am fasting.

In May, after Jen’s recommendation, we started using GREEN CHEF with 3 Keto meals per week. 

I started slow with IF with one week of 16:8, then 17:7 and then 18:6 and have hovered around those three fasting schedules with one longer 19 or 20 hour fast per month. 

My knees feel better and I am down 20 pounds so far. 

Jen’s IF Facebook group started at exactly the right time for me. Thank you, Jen, for your help feeling better than ever!”

CAMBRIA TIEMANN (Jen’s Daughter)

Intermittent Fasting Testimonial #10

I have never been overweight or had to really worry much about my weight, however, as a college student I noticed over the last few years that I wasn’t able to shed the few pesky extra pounds that I had gained after high school. 

It was frustrating. After seeing my mom and my grandma’s success with fasting, I decided to just give it a try by simply cutting out breakfast, not snacking after dinner, and following a pretty consistent 16:8 IF schedule.

Within just a few weeks of only making those simple changes, I was able to lose those extra pounds fairly easily and I didn’t really feel like it was that hard to do. 

I think it is cool that I now have fasting as a tool that I can use to control my weight and I am excited that I learned about it at a young age.

That’s a Wrap

WOW! Weren’t those SUCCESS STORY Testimonials INCREDIBLE???

Do you have an Intermittent Fasting Success Story to share? If so, I’d love to hear from you!

Please leave a comment below so we can continue to LEARN, SHARE & GROW Together!

The TRUTH is…INTERMITTENT FASTING REALLY DOES WORK and we all should be LIVING OUR VERY BEST LIVES NOW!

BE KIND & BE WELL! I hope your day is spent LOVING WITHOUT FEAR and LAUGHING UNTIL YOUR CHEEKS HURT!

Until next time, keep it healthy, keep it happy, and just say YES to IF!

And hey – if you’re interested in learning more about fitness, weight loss and of course, intermittent fasting – I’d love to connect with you.

Here are all of the places you’ll find me blabbing about intermittent fasting success tips, tricks, weight loss recipes and more:

• WEBSITE/BLOG: So What IF? with Jen
• PODCAST: Intermittent Fasting Gems with Jen
• FREE FACEBOOK SUPPORT GROUP: So What IF? with Jen
• INTERMITTENT FASTING & WEIGHT LOSS MASTERCLASS: Use Code: gems10 to save $10
• TIKTOK
• INSTAGRAM
• YOUTUBE

Thanks for stopping by today!

I hope you have a truly BLESSED and BEAUTIFUL day!

JEN

BLOG POST SHOUTOUT: This blog post is dedicated to Gin Stephens! After reading the book in 2021 that started it all, DELAY, DON’T DENY, my life was COMPLETELY CHANGED! I am so thankful that you shouted the Truth about Intermittent Fasting from the rooftops and changed the lives of so many! THANK YOU X ONE MILLION Gin, you are, and always will be a TRUE HERO in my eyes!