Life in the Fasting Lane

How to Make Intermittent Fasting a Lifestyle—and Reap the Benefits of Weight Loss and Better Health

By: Dr. Jason Fung, Eve Mayer, Megan Ramos

Narrated by: Brian Nishii, Courtney Patterson, Piper Goodeve

Length: 7 hrs and 36 mins

Publisher's summary

Take the guesswork (and fear) out of fasting with real-life and expert advice.

In recent years, intermittent fasting - restricting calorie intake for a set number of hours or days - has become an increasingly popular diet strategy. While some in the medical community initially dismissed the idea as a dangerous fad, recent research not only validates the safety of fasting for weight loss but also offers compelling evidence of wide-ranging health benefits, from reversal of diabetes and other metabolic disorders to enhanced cognitive function and increased longevity.

But for many who are eager to try out fasting, the regimen can feel a bit intimidating. After all, abstaining from food doesn't sound like much fun. People rightly wonder: How often can I eat? Will I be able to focus at work? Will I have enough energy to exercise? And perhaps the most concerning question of all: Won't I be hungry all the time?!

Enter Dr. Jason Fung - world-renowned fasting expert - his colleague, Megan Ramos, and Eve Mayer, who has experienced the life-changing benefits of fasting through Dr. Fung's program. Together, they've teamed up to write a one-of-a-kind guide that answers the most common questions people have about fasting - and offers a customizable program that provides real results.

In Life in the Fasting Lane, Dr. Fung, Ramos, and Mayer take the listener by the hand and walk them through the basics of a fasting lifestyle - from the science behind fasting as a health and weight loss strategy to the real-life choices and dilemmas people commonly encounter. While Dr. Fung and Ramos explain the fundamentals of fasting and offer a customizable approach, Mayer shares her in-the-trenches perspective and hard-won knowledge as a success story who turned her life around with fasting.

With chapters that address everything from meal planning to mental strategies; exercise to socializing, Life in the Fasting Lane is a unique and accessible guide to developing a sustainable and beneficial fasting routine that offers dramatic, lifelong results.

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

©2020 Jason Fung, Eve Mayer, and Megan Ramos (P)2020 HarperAudio

Very informative

Easy to understand and apply the concepts of the benefits of fasting. Good to hear from three different people.

A Comprehensive Approach to the Fasting Mindset

This book is like three different books in one; there are there aspects presented by three different people - Dr. Fung is more the scientist, Eve is the personal human you relate to, and Megan is the clinical, behavioral and coach who motivates you to think. I found the portions written by Dr. Fung regarding the scientific understanding of how the body process food and produces energy to be thorough and understandable. (5 stars) I felt like the portions written by Eve could have been omitted without changing my impression of the material or presentation. Too much of her "personal" story, which is certainly relatable and for some may help them consider how fasting can help them, for me fell short of inspiring and more anicdotal. Some may want or need this kind of "down to earth" approach while reading something like this. Megans content was great, I see the necessity of her wisdom in a book like this. Overal, I think that this book is one of the best ones on the subject of fasting. If you're someone who has heard about the idea of fasting then I strongly recommend. I will add, beware, much of the content created by Eve Mayer and Megan Ramos seem to be geared toward middle-aged women, the likely target audience, who struggle with weight and image issues related to weight gain, but there is enough good sound wisdom in their presentation to merit reading for anyone curious about the positive outcomes fasting can have. We don't just need to rethink how we eat, we need to rethink how we live and the factors that are driving our daily habits. Food is only one aspect of this, but it's a big one... This book provided much of the basis for my own lifestyle changes. I recommend reading this book with an mindset of changing core ideas about lifestyle, rather than just simply as a means to lose weight. Fasting is legit, and it's a even more legit way to live. This book will teach you how to take control of food.

Wish I had started here!

As much as I loved the Obesity Code, I wish I had read this book first! OC is very informative but often I had to go back over material. Had I read this one first I would have had a ‘dummies’ level of understand and appreciated the deeper content right away. This book from three different levels of understand is awesome! I also highly recommend Eve’s podcast of the same name to further your journey.

An Informative Eye Opener

I loved how this book made fasting accessible. With science, advice and experiences from three experts in the field I feel more confident fasting as a someone that has experience with juice fasting only.

Super helpful

This was a good listen. I had been curious about fasting because I’m one of those people who never have eaten breakfast so I thought it would be easy to just extend that out to kick start my weight loss. And it has. 😊


Lots of relevant info on what to do and not to do. And most importantly explanation that fasting can and is super flexible 😊

great!

easy to understand, to follow, and to implement. great book for anyone looking to reclaim their health. Fasting the miracle way!

Worthy credit

Good information on fasting. Definitely worth the listening and cost. Book is written by 3 with each giving their perspective. The narrators did a nice job!

Life in the Fasting Lane

An excellent job on experiences during fasting. Not as informative as past books of Dr. Fung, but still a good read.

A must read if you struggle with weight loss

Excellent information clearly laid out. I just know that this is the answer for me.

Great info

Really enjoyed listening to this one and will be listening to it again. Well rounded team and personal experience we can relate to.