I am so excited to be writing this post to share with ya’ll this amazing fitness and nutrition program I started this past February. Believe me when I tell you I have tried most every weight loss program there is, Weight Watchers, Beachbody, Nutrisystem, you name it!, and I always had success initially, and then started feeling deprived and fell off track. Anyone else do this too?
That is why I’m so thrilled to share with you my success with the FASTer Way to Fat Loss! Since I started this program, I have not once felt deprived and even with a baby that doesn’t sleep, I have so much more energy! I am so passionate about this program and the results I have had so far that I want to shout it from the mountaintops! Every busy mom who feels uncomfortable in her body needs to know about this program. It is truly life changing!
This post is an ultimate guide to the FASTer Way to Fat Loss Program written by a busy working mom of a toddler and a baby. You will learn what the program is, what I loved about it, what the hardest parts were for me, and see my 6 week FASTer Way to Fat Loss transformation! You can follow along with me on instagram or follow along with my FWTFL story highlights for some FWTFL meal ideas!
If you decide to join the program, feel free to e-mail me at thedarlingdays@gmail.com or find me on social media! I would love to connect and share support and recipes!
What is the Faster way to fat loss program?
The FASTer Way to Fat Loss (also commonly referred to as FWTFL) is an awesome online fitness and nutrition program! When you join, you will learn how to burn fat and live a healthy lifestyle by using intermittent fasting, carb cycling, whole food nutrition, positive mindset, and strategic workouts.
The program is six weeks long plus a “prep week” prior to the six weeks. In the prep week your coach will teach you everything you need to know about the program and how it works! You will learn how the FASTer Way to Fat Loss works to help you burn fat, increase your energy, improve your sleep, mood, and digestion, and to feel stronger and leaner than you have ever felt before.
Once you start living the FASTer Way, you will see that this really is a simple lifestyle that is very doable, even for us busy mamas!
The creator of the FASTer Way to Fat Loss, Amanda Tress, shows us in the program that to effectively burn fat we have to:
- Eat the right macronutrients (protein, carbs, and fats) a the right time and for the right reasons
- Practice cardio and HIIT (high intensity interval training) while fasting
- Lift heavy weights to gain lean muscles
- Keep a positive mindset
- Rest!
If you are thinking that this program sounds complicated, I assure you that it is not! After your prep week, you will have all the information and tools you need to adjust your lifestyle to the FASTer Way and start seeing results almost immediately! My stomach was much flatter in just two weeks! Two weeks, ya’ll!
my honest review of the faster way to fat loss
First off, I want to share with ya’ll a little of my background with weight loss so you know where I am coming from!
My Past Weight Loss Struggles
I have struggled pretty much my whole life with my weight. In 1st grade, I was overweight and became obese by the time I was in middle or high school. In the 11th grade I started losing weight and since then my weight has yo-yo’d from a low of 135 to a high of 215 lbs during my 2nd pregnancy! I’m only 5″3” for reference!
Prior to starting the FASTer Way to Fat Loss, I was 9 months postpartum and still had about 12 pounds of pregnancy weight to lose, plus about 10 pounds that I never lost from my first pregnancy. I was using the Transform App, but like all my previous weight loss endeavors, I was getting bored and starting to feel deprived with the recipes provided in the app.
Enter the FASTer Way to Fat Loss! I had heard about this program during my pregnancy and was intrigued, but when I went to the website, I was turned off by seeing the intermittent fasting and giving up gluten and dairy (hello deprivation!).
Eating Dairy and Gluten and the FWTFL
Luckily, a few months ago I stumbled upon my awesome coach, Kristen, on instagram and she mentioned that she hadn’t given up gluten or dairy on the program and that while it was recommended to give them up, we could have success on the program without removing them from our diet. I was sold!
You see, my coffee is very important to me. I make a latte every morning and have yet to find a non-dairy milk that really works. If I have to give up my coffee with milk, I’m not a happy mama! On this program, I get to drink my lattes!
With intermittent fasting, we can have 50 calories of drinks without breaking our fast. So I have a tiny latte each morning and sometimes a 2nd cup of regular coffee without breaking my fast.
The FASTer Way to Fat Loss Macro Counting
When you start the FWTFL program, you will learn all about macros and how to track them for each day of the program. This program uses carb cycling, which means we have two low carb days each week followed by “regular macro” days where we eat tons of carbs and “low macro” days where we eat a lower number of macros (less food). I personally, LOVE this system!
On low carb days we get to eat lots of healthy fats, which was honestly hard for me to get used to! I grew up in the age of low fat everything, so training my brain to see that fats don’t make me fat has been difficult! After a few weeks on the program, though, I’m fully embracing getting to eat all these fats. It actually feels liberating!
And while I’m a carbaholic through and through, I love carb cycling because after eating less carbs for two days, I know that it’s only two days and the rest of the week I can eat my carbs!
Tracking macros can be difficult at first. It’s kind of like putting together a puzzle! The longer you do it, though, the easier it gets! It helps to plan your meals ahead of time, but as you learn the macros of your go-to foods, it gets much easier to track without planning ahead and the great part of this program is that your coach pretty much holds your hand as you go through the program!
Exercise and the FASTer Way to Fat Loss
The FASTer Way program includes work outs that strategically align with your macros for the day. The two low carb days focus more on cardio/ HIIT/tabata exercises and the high carb days focus on weights. Low macro days focus on active rest.
All of the exercise routines are quick (about 30 minutes) and we have options to choose a home workout, low impact workout, or gym workout. There are videos in the FWTFL portal that show you exactly how to do each exercise.
To be honest, during my first round, I exercised maybe 4 or 5 times in the whole 6 weeks! My success was largely due to the nutrition and macro counting. So if you aren’t ready to incorporate exercising, are newly postpartum, or struggle to find the time to work them in, then you can still have awesome success with this program!
what I love about the faster way to fat loss
I love so many things about this program, but my favorites are that the FWTFL:
- is truly doable for everyone
- doesn’t make me feel deprived (this is HUGE for me!) – I get to eat all the fats and all the carbs!
- worked crazy fast! This program is truly magical!
- The exercises are easy and quick and there are options for low impact, home, and the gym!
- the focus on lifting weights = less cardio!
- gave me more energy – even when waking up all night long with my baby
- didn’t make me lose or reduce my breast milk supply (there are a few program alterations for breastfeeding moms if you need them!)
- You can be successful just by doing the nutrition portion, if you aren’t able to do the exercises!
- You don’t need shakes, pills, or special food – this is a program that works for anyone and is sustainable!
the hardest parts of the faster way to fat loss (for me!)
For me personally, the hardest parts of the FASTer Way lifestyle are:
- Intermittent fasting – giving up late night snacks and not eating breakfast at the typical time are pretty hard some days (not all thankfully!) – the key is to stay busy during your fast and it really flies by!
- Low Macro days – on these days we eat 25% less than what we normally eat and it can be hard to find foods to fit the required macro breakdown (TIP: think lean and clean on these days – grilled chicken, baked fish, salads, quinoa, and veggies!)
- Working in the exercises while working full time and struggling with an infant that doesn’t sleep well.
My Round One faster way to fat loss transformation
Now if you made it through all of that it’s time for the best part, my results!
In just 6 weeks, with only exercising here and there, I lost 14.2 pounds and 11 inches! I’m back to my pre-2nd pregnancy weight and now I’m currently in my 2nd round of the FWTFL and working on getting back to my pre-1st pregnancy weight!
I’m not where I want to be yet, but I’m on my way there!
Not only did I lose weight and inches and flatten my postpartum belly, but I gained more energy, confidence, and self-esteem! I actually feel comfortable in my body and clothes for the first time in a long time!
The FASTer Way to Fat Loss program gave me fast weight loss results and helped me to achieve a better relationship with food. I now know that eating fats won’t make me fat and that carbs aren’t the devil. I can fall off track and get right back on!
The FWTFL plan has changed my life for the better and I am so happy I gave it a try, I just wish I had done it sooner!
The perfect weight loss program for busy moms
At the start of this program, I was a busy, exhausted, and physically and emotionally drained working mom. I was tired of feeling that way and I’m so glad I made the decision to do something about it!
With this program you are given everything you need to succeed and if I can do it, you can too! You will learn the exact steps you need to take to finally get the results you have been searching for.
This program is simple and it works! Click here to join me because you are worth it!
You deserve to feel confident and to feel amazing in your skin and I truly believe that this program is so powerful and will help you accomplish all of your goals!
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How many calories do you eat on a normal day? I know you don’t count those but I was curious a round about amount is. I worry that it’s a very small amount. Thx!
Hi Shana! The calorie amount varies depending on your starting weight/height, activity level, and how much you want to lose. But we definitely get to eat on this program! 🙂 At first, most of us had trouble eating enough to meet our goals, especially since we are only eating during an 8 hour period each day. I’ll give you myself as an example though -just to give you an idea. I’m 5’3 and my starting weight was 177 lbs. I was honest with myself that I probably wouldn’t do all the exercises at first and so I put that I was “lightly active”. So throughout the 6 weeks, I ate about 1,600 calories/day. If you are more active, you would get more calories. They never want anyone to go below 1,200 calories. I’ve been consistently following the program since February and I could never have continued so long if I was feeling deprived! I hope that helps! 🙂 Let me know if you have any other questions!