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Speaker 1: was in situations when I was giving up alcohol. Everyone

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Speaker 1: telling yourself I could never. I'm not saying that it's

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Speaker 1: but that's what it's all about. Hello everyone, and welcome

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Speaker 1: to this week's episode of your favorite podcast, Chicki's and Chill.

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Speaker 1: I'm so excited to be recording another episode for you guys.

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Speaker 1: We're going to be talking about something that has really

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Speaker 1: get into it. This is Chickies and Chill. Getting healthy

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Speaker 1: it comes to health because we're also different. Everybody is different. Literally,

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Speaker 1: everybody is different. Now, before we get into today's topic,

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Speaker 1: I want to say I'm not a doctor, and this

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Speaker 1: just something that has worked for me and something I'm

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Speaker 1: Now that that's out of the way, let's talk about fasting.

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Speaker 1: So what is fasting. Fasting is when I see it

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Speaker 1: I've said this before. I was like a Bible thumper,

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Speaker 1: It's when you sacrifice your body from food for a

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Speaker 1: with God. And it's basically not eating anything, not drinking

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Speaker 1: I learned about fasting way back when, and I've been

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