Aelee Jang's Inspiring Journey: Transformative Weight Loss Story

Aelee transformed her life through intermittent fasting, regaining health and energy while shedding excess weight.

### Aelee Jang's Inspiring Journey: Overcoming Weight Struggles and Embracing Health
* 📸 In March this year, Aelee Jang reflected on her past struggles with weight, describing a time when she felt **overweight, lacking energy, and devoid of strength**.
* 💬 After a week of implementing changes, she received compliments about her healthier appearance, with friends noting her **glowing skin** and the **disappearance of cellulite**.
* 🍽 Aelee shared her lifelong obsession with dieting, detailing her experience with various fad diets, including one where she **starved for thirty days**, only to **regain the weight afterwards**.
* 🏋 A turning point occurred when she broke her leg and realized the **extent of her weight gain during recovery**, prompting her to **reconsider her approach to health and dieting**.
* 📚 After attending a caretaker class, she revisited intermittent fasting, which she had previously tried but **struggled to maintain**, and began to implement it more effectively with a focus on **nutritious meals**.
* 🥗 By preparing balanced lunches and practicing mindful eating, Aelee experienced significant weight loss—**losing 5-6 kg in just a month** while feeling **energized and satisfied**.
* 🌟 Her journey culminated in a successful trek along the Santiago Trail, where she carried a **10 kg backpack**, showcasing her **newfound strength and endurance**, while also observing **remarkable improvements in her skin and overall health**.
* 💪 Aelee emphasized that dieting is a **lifelong process**, advocating for **small daily changes** and the importance of **understanding one's relationship with food** to achieve **lasting health and happiness**.

That was March this year. March this year. This is a photo from March this year. When I was overweight, I had no energy, no facial expression, no strength. After a week, I was told, Your face looks a bit different. I see angular features in your face. How come you look so healthy and young? My skin began to glow. Your cellulite was gone? Completely vanished. Really? Gone. None on my arms or legs. Diet scientist Gyum Choi, here. Today's my third interview. And again I have a very special guest. Recently, the reviews were really great at Instagram and YouTube, right? I have here Ms. Aelee Jang. Hello, Aelee. Hello. My name is Aelee Jang. I was able to encounter a huge opportunity thanks to Mr. Gyum Choi. Nice to meet you. Welcome to the show. The weather's beautiful today.

A lot of people would like to know your story on dieting. Can you tell us again your journey from your younger days? I don't know if you could call it a journey, but all my life, I was obsessed with dieting. I lived away from home since middle school because I came to Seoul. Perhaps I felt a sense of loss at that time, and I became obsessed with food. I grew a habit of eating to release my stress as a school girl. So when I went to university and thereafter, I was always overweight. So dieting was always a priority. I tried this and that, every fad diet that was out there. One diet I remember was the enzyme diet, where I had to starve for thirty days, eating only the enzyme. After such diets, I would lose weight quickly. I tried to tame my hunger, and once in a while, when I just couldn't bear it any longer, and had a bite of cold buckwheat noodles, I'd gain 2 kg. I'd gain weight for reasons I couldn't figure out.

And after the dieting, I'd gain the weight back. This went on repeatedly. I was still fat when I got married. I weighed 62 kg. And that was the result of dieting. I was on a diet. 62 kg is a lot of weight for a person whose height is only 155 cm. So I wore a dress I really didn't like. I didn't have many options. - When did you get married? - I was 29 years old. Almost 29, in Korean age. So I got married, and even after that, I gained weight again. I got pregnant, gave birth. The heaviest weight was when I was pregnant with my first child, 70 kg. But I maintained 70 kg even after childbirth. I wanted to have another child but couldn't. - I realize now that I couldn't. - Why not? My metabolism and hormones were all messed up. Repeating the pattern of eating and starving

made it impossible for me to become pregnant because my body temperature was so low. Now that I think of it. So I went on another diet, lost 15 kg, and got pregnant. After I had my second child, I gained weight again. I've been repeating the pattern ever since. I've dieted all along but was always left deprived. I could never wear the clothes I wanted because they didn't look nice on me. I'd go on being sad, then go on another diet and fail. I just lived like this all along. But dieting was always on my mind. There was a time when I had to stop working. - As I was retiring - How old were you then? That was last year in November. - Last November? - Last November x2 I went on a morning stroll and broke my leg. I was hospitalized, had surgery, and stayed home. I had no idea I had gained so much weight while I was recuperating at home.

I was always lying down, lied down when I was tired sitting up. In March, when I took off my cast - I decided to study to become a caretaker. - A caretaker? A caretaker for the elderly. I went to a school near Beomgye Station. The first day, during an 8-hour class day, I had lunch. I had a huge amount. In the 5th period, I couldn't sit, slouch, or stand. I went through hell during those four hours. I had no idea what state I was in. I had a huge belly and severe back pain. I couldn't concentrate and I felt dazed. I was agonizing in pain, and reality set in. The thing was... On the first day, we learned about illness caused by aging about neurological disease and stuff. I realized I'm likely to be taken care of instead of taking care of others. The fact that I might never get a chance to work,

that made me really think hard. I was so dismayed as I returned home that day. I used to think No more dieting for me. I'd had enough. Things aren't so bad. and I have tons of clothes, pretty elastic waistband skirts, and sweaters. I can get by my older years like that. I can be happy nevertheless. That's how I thought. But at that moment, I wasn't thinking of dieting. I just felt, I might have to be under the care of someone if I go on like this. After returning home, I thought of a diet I once did in earnest, the most recent diet. That was intermittent fasting. When was that? That was in 2016. There was a TV episode on MBC titled The Bad Rap on Fat. I read the books written by the doctors who appeared on that show. Jason Fung's book, Dave Asprey's The Bulletproof Diet and other books

and began to practice intermittent fasting. During the process, it seemed to work at first, but I felt I was binging. - Binging? - I was binging and eating anything I wanted during the eating time. - You increased the fasting time - I observed the fasting hours, but I had no information on what I should eat after that. I thought I only had to keep the fasting hours. At the beginning, we were told that we could eat sausage I eat fish cake. I eat anything I want. You can still lose weight. Those were the info we got on TV. - As long as you keep the fasting hours, you can eat anything? - As long as you keep the fasting hours. People who lost weight using this method appeared in the media, and they actually showed people at shops in bus terminals and eating junk food. So I did as they did. So I basically followed the guidelines as I understood it. At first, I felt a dramatic change for the better.

but couldn't maintain that state. I had no idea why, and then I began to hear the negative effects of intermittent fasting. Side effects, and squabbling among the doctors - saying this is harmful. That happened. I remembered that but since intermittent fasting was the most recent diet I did, I decided to give it another try - and practice intermittent fasting. Hold on. I'm sorry. So three years ago, around 2016, you tried intermittent fasting for a few months. No, I did that for over a year. So for more than a year. But you didn't feel good as time went by. Yes. So, I stopped. I just couldn't continue with the routine. So I thought this also had its limitations and this was another one of those diet fads. So, I gave up. But I always knew that fasting is good for your health. I just couldn't find the algorithm to manage the habit.

And one day after the first day of attending the caretaker class, I decided to plan my diet and bring my own lunch to class. I asked, What should I bring for lunch? Then I looked up YouTube. What were the search words? I typed Intermittent fasting. I searched for intermittent fasting. I'm not good at searching for information online. But your name popped up. I don't know how I did it, but your video on intermittent fasting came up as a result of looking up intermittent fasting. I had no idea what your video was about. I haven't seen a lot of videos on intermittent fasting, but yours stood out because you talked about the algorithm. Are you talking about the video on the algorithm of obesity? You talked about why we should fast and about autophagy. That's when I started to do some research. I started by fasting for three days and detox before I go on intermittent fasting.

So for three days, I drank bulletproof coffee for breakfast. This time, I was determined because I was desperate. It wasn't a matter of holding down hunger pangs. At that time, I didn't have a choice. - If you didn't do it then - Right. I was already wearing skirts with elastic waistbands, and I decided to spend my older years wearing pretty sweaters. So I didn't care about how I looked anymore. That wasn't the reason. I have to attend classes every day for at least a month and a half. But I just couldn't sit for eight hours for six weeks. I didn't think I could. I thought I was healthy. And I found the state I was in. It wasn't hard to fast for three days. I watched your YouTube videos, and I began to eat once a day with fulfilling meals. I paid attention to the contents of the food. I decided to bring my own lunch.

From that day, I focused on preparing my lunch box. What did you put in the lunch box? I put food that has as much fat and protein as possible. I put steamed cabbage and replaced that with carbohydrates. I didn't know what I'll eat and how much. I put this much cabbage and a bit of rice. I put Ssamjang made of homemade soybean paste with perilla oil. I also included salad with olive oil. The food had to look appetizing, so I put in different kinds of vegetables. I also added cheese and other ingredients and made it look nice. I blanched beef brisket, too. - You put it in the salad? - In the salad with olive sauce. I used white wine balsamic vinegar. - White wine, balsamic vinegar, olive oil, and lemon juice. - Good. - Yes, that's right. - And salt as you instructed. I used to put a lot of different things in the salad,

but I took everything else out and put lots of garlic, as you told me. I put lots of avocado and made a container full of salad. I made Sundae soup with beef fat and butter and carried that in a thermos. I brought steamed cabbage with Ssamjang. I took a picture of my lunch box every day. I have the photos. The amazing thing was I felt so comfortable inside. And when you look around during the afternoon class, 99% of the students who had lunch at the buffet cafeteria were dozing off. - Other students? - I was probably the first to fall asleep the day before. How could I be the only one who's not sleepy after all that food? It wasn't an uncomfortable hunger. - Fullness, you mean. - Fullness. I was full, but I didn't feel any discomfort. This was real fullness. The noodles and the rice and Kimchi that made me want to collapse.

wasn't real fullness. - Was it a totally different feeling? - Yes. So for a month and a half up on the roof of the building in the cold weather in March I ate alone. - That was March this year? - March this year. This is a photo from March this year. I went to school wearing that sweater the first day. And the photo I'm showing you now is when you first started out. - That's when I started the new diet and fasting. - Right. And I had one meal a day. - So you ate lunch only during the day. - Yes, that one meal. And I'd go to the market the next day to get more food. If I became bored I tried to diversify because this was going to be the best medicine for me. I like to cook so I'd create a theme of sorts, once with vegetables and once with mushrooms. With cabbages, I'd make soup with soybean paste.

I'd add a lot of beef fat. I poured all my energy into coming up with lunch menus. You put your all into that one meal? I did. And I ate a lot. Until lunch the next day, I didn't feel hungry. That's the point. It was amazing. I didn't feel any hunger. The other students thought I was weird because I didn't carry any books. - You didn't bring books to class? - I couldn't. They were too heavy. My lunch box was too heavy because it grew bigger and bigger. I had to bring soup and other food and salad. I needed a fork and knife and napkins, too. I had to put a thermos in my bag, so the bag grew bigger. That was my joy in life. My daily meals drew a lot of attention from other people. I brought lunch to class every day. I said I was dieting when I was eating all that food.

So a lot of people became curious. After a week, people began to notice. People with sharp eyes commented, Your face looks a bit different, or I see angular features in your face. - About a week after you changed your diet? - Yes, after about a week. I got to visit an enzyme sauna where you can warm your body. There I weighed myself after a month. I lost 5-6 kg. - In a month? - In a month, 5-6 kg. I didn't pay much attention to the scale. I just focused on my diet. After a month and a half, I made a resolution, or rather, I thought, What if I brought lunch to everywhere I went for a year? That was how much I enjoyed my lunch. This was a lunch box only for me. The time I took preparing that was very meaningful. Eating one meal a day gives you lots of freedom. You don't need to prepare breakfast.

However, I made it a rule to drink bulletproof coffee every morning. Bulletproof coffee as breakfast and a well-balanced lunch. I'd take the bulletproof coffee with me as I left the house and had that. I don't have to worry about what to have for dinner. At dinner gatherings, I announced that I was on a diet so no one forced me to eat. Not having to go to dinner gatherings left me lots of time. So I found the merits of having one meal a day. So during that month and a half and up until the end of my rehab, I had one or two meals a day. Along with that, I continued to watch your YouTube videos. I made resolutions while watching your videos. I realized why this was the right way. I practiced the diet first and grew to understand the theory behind it. I'm the kind of person who's easily persuaded when I understand the theory first and put that into practice.

Sometimes you give up not knowing why it didn't work out. The reason I didn't feel any hunger you explained really well. We used up the energy we have, and then what's left in our pockets - You're talking about the energy? - and then the energy in your wallet. Now, I'm using the amount left in my bank account which needs my passcode. That's why I don't feel tired. I don't need to eat rice. People used to ask, Are you sure you skipped rice? Are you sure you went through the day without any food? This is what people used to ask me all the time. Now I can speak fast and clear. But when I used to eat a lot of rice and was overweight, I had no energy, no facial expression, no strength. It was difficult to manage my own body. What did your daily diet look like before? I know it sounds strange, but inherently - I was born with a love for noodles. - Noodles.

And the kind of noodles, I am talking about hot, spicy noodles that you know aren't good for you. - What's it like? - How should I describe it? The kind that exhausts you after you're done. Noodles with strong spices with lots of Kimchi. Food that caused sleep problems, which I had to compensate for with coffee. I've been arousing myself with these food and this has become a habit. I've been trying to fix my sleeping and coffee drinking habits. I feel my hormones stabilizing. I had no idea why. - Through your new sleeping and coffee drinking habits - The coffee - you find your urge to eat is under control? - Yes. - My preference has changed. - Your preference. You started dieting since this spring. How many months has it been? The diet itself lasted for a month and a half. - You lost a lot of weight at the beginning. - Yes, a lot of weight.

Since then, I just continued. I didn't weigh myself at first. And that eating pattern has continued till this day. Can you tell us the change in your body, other than the weight? All this started because I didn't have energy and was always tired. Now I got the energy, the positive energy back. I can engage in conversation for a long time without being tired. That kind of energy. I didn't get tired easily, either. That's the biggest change. I didn't think about whether I should go on with this. I just continued my eating habits. Another thing I continued was based on your teachings on SFBF. - SFBF. Sugar, flour... Good. - Flour, bad oil, and fried food. I got rid of all of that at home. When I do have to use cooking oil, I use olive oil. The most problematic for me wasn't flour. I realize it was the cooking oil.

- Cutting down on the bad cooking oil?  
- Yes. Cooking oil such as canola oil.  
- What kind of oil did you use before?  
- Canola oil, cooking oil, soybean oil, corn oil, and such. Now, when I do have food cooked in those oils - I immediately feel the difference.  
- How do you feel? I become gassy. I feel my lower abdomen expand with gas and I fart. From a certain point, I didn't fart and my stool didn't smell so bad. I realize that the toxins are released from the body as it detoxes the protein but I think the main cause is the combination of carbohydrates like flour and cooking oil. That's for sure. And I go to the bathroom regularly. - That's very important.  
- I had constipation all my life, and I gave up on it a long time ago. Since what age? A lot of women have that problem. Before I got married. I just lived with it.

- I tried eating vegetables. 
- That's a popular method. I tried to cure it with food. I didn't just listen to what other people said. I invested a lot and also read books and then tried the method on myself. I think your YouTube videos may be a bit difficult to understand and before you get into the core of the matter many people may have a hard time following your lead and then give up. In my case, I had lots of information beforehand. So, how should I put it? I had a bunch of pearls strewn all over the place, and your guidance linked them all together. Perhaps that's why I was able to persevere. My friends, for example, or people who don't have the attention span as they used to for people like me I try to explain in a different language a language we can understand. The information I got from your class wasn't unfamiliar, and I might come across as arrogant by saying I already knew those things,

but I listen to your teachings thinking I need to understand to explain well. If I want to be persuasive, I have to know all the information. And that helps a lot. So, I watch the videos ten, twenty times. How are the classes? Aren't they too difficult? No, they weren't difficult for me. As I took all the 17 courses, some impatient people might have a difficult time. But those courses are about to change your life, so I'd like to advise people that it's worth taking them. Nothing is achieved without perseverance. People say that patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet. It's true, but we need to have the strength to get through it. That's why I've volunteered to come forward. I'm a true beneficiary of your courses. It didn't cost me anything. It was free information from YouTube. A person like me who's passionate about this issue if your courses cost $3,000 or $5,000

I'd be willing to pay that amount because I'm that much interested. I'd go that far to be a part of it. Another thought was if you charged money for the videos, perhaps that would command more attention from the viewers. - In the past? - Yes, because I didn't think the video should be for free. The Jason Fung video you uploaded, - From last year? - when Jason Fung explained about insulin resistance and gave Japan's subway as an example, that's something I've never heard of. You put the subtitles so that people could hear his words. I wondered how many people would appreciate all that effort. Among other things, that was what crossed my mind. So I owe you a lot. I'm not sure if we'll get to talk about this, but I trekked the Santiago Trail with a 10kg backpack, the same weight I lost. I went the 1,000 km when even many young people gave up.

I carried my backpack all the way. The hours I walked with the backpack. Wasn't it hard? The first two hours, because of the leg surgery and the rod inside, I was limping. But after that, I felt as if I was being fueled. The fat in my body was burning. After the fat metabolism, ketosis starts. I guess so. After the first two hours, I didn't feel the weight of my backpack. And it didn't feel like I was walking. I was just going forward. Without thinking of all the baggage I could concentrate on my thoughts. As I was marching along, the thoughts that came up were so precious I recorded them all. If it weren't for that mentality, if I had let my body take over, I might've complained why I went there in the first place and look for a place to rest and stop the journey. But I was able to continue with my diet and eat as much as I can before 5 p.m.

sleep well, wake up in the morning and go on. On the way to Santiago, there were places famous for their tarts and desserts, but I wasn't tempted at all. I ate baguette, cheese, jamón, and other good food. Even when I had an occasional beer or a bottle of wine, my metabolism had improved so much that I didn't feel bloated at all the next morning. How long was the journey? It was a 63-day trip. I walked about 50 days, 50 or 48 days. I'll have to count, but after that, I traveled to other places. My back and butt now have muscles that feel like steel. I've been hearing how healthy I look and how younger I've become. My skin began to glow like I applied some shiny makeup. - Do you feel the change? - Yes. I used to have cellulite on my arms and legs. Young people have it too.

I've been going through weight cycling numerous times. You also get stretch marks. Stretch marks, too. After the Santiago Trail, as I was traveling, I found my legs looked really smooth. Your cellulite was gone? Completely vanished. Really? Gone. None on my arms or legs. They got really smooth. I'm not sure if you can see from the photos I sent you. I can send the pictures to you later. My friends would call me, Did you photoshop your legs? or What pantyhose are you wearing? They asked if I was wearing colored hosiery. Your acquaintances? Those legs, even my college friends had never seen, I've never seen them myself. Because they were so slender and smooth? They were smooth, weren't swollen, and cellulite-free. And as you age, your legs tend to bend and don't have strength. But my core strength grew from carrying around the backpack.

I tell people, If your knees can take it, carry a backpack around instead of doing squats. The daily walk opened new doors for me as I went on morning walks and workouts. It was simply amazing. - All this happened in six months? - Yes. But I ate well and to my heart's content. I was side-tracked in the middle. What I also did was I fasted for an entire day. So every Monday, I almost always fast. - On Monday, for the entire day? - The entire day. And on the next day, depending on how I feel, if I'm hungry, I eat, and if I'm not, I wait. So, I basically fast for about 36 hours. - You do this every week? - Every week. That's how I maintain my health. The feeling of being stuffed with food was not normal. In the past, that was normal to me. - That was your normal... - State for me.

Thought that was normal. But now I've discovered a new life and the pleasantness that follows. I have a hard time when I feel stuffed, so I drink bulletproof coffee in the morning, skip breakfast, and around 4-5 p.m. I feel recuperated. I maintain that state, and it's soon time to go to bed. Right. And when I wake up in the morning, I'm not hungry. So I have a cup of coffee, and I have lunch. Or if I'm not hungry, I wait until dinner, and that becomes a 36-hour or 48-hour fast. If I summarize your diet, you've either eliminated or reduced SFBF, eat a well-balanced meal once a day. No, these days, I have two meals a day. Okay, but when you were first losing weight, I ate once a day, for a month and a half. Bulletproof coffee for breakfast, and lunch.

Now that you recovered your health, you're having two meals a day. - But you still fast once a week? - Yes. So you've been continuing the 24-hour fasting once a week. The 24-hour fast. Also, I got rid of the ingredients. - Which ingredients? - Flour. Flour and the cooking oil. That was a big deal for me. The cooking oil is gone. I don't think you should obsess with your diet too much. That's not good because we're always forming relationships with people. We're doing all this because we want to be free. We need to form relationships and live a happy life, and stressing over your diet isn't worth it. So, at social gatherings, you can make your own rules about what to eat. But if that's not doable, I just follow along and eat what everyone else is eating. I know that I can recover from that. I now have my secret weapon.

I can fast the following day until dinner time. So I like the fact that I don't have to worry or stress over messing up my diet - or thinking, I have to do this! - Right. You've learned really well. - Have I? - You understood my point spot on. You could have sugar, flour, bad oil, or fried food. It's important you cut down on those food to become healthy. Once you've become healthy, you might not want to seek them out, but when you're with others, we only go to social gatherings once or twice a week. In such settings, you eat what's there. - Since you have a wholesome diet for other days - Right becoming free. You're not becoming obsessed with the diet and confining yourself. Right. That obsession itself is another... I've continuously been on a diet, and people might wonder, That old lady is on a diet? And she's on a diet YouTube channel?

A lot of people might wonder. I wanted to tell viewers that the diet is an ongoing process. There is no one-time cure. If this doesn't become your life habit, if you don't change your ways and turn it into a habit like he says, if we don't change our metabolism, as if to take out the hairballs from your shower drain, this is going to be You know, I tried that YouTuber Gyum Choi's diet. And it's going to end as an anecdote. It shouldn't end there. From the time I first started and throughout, I know women in their 70s and 80s, I see them every morning, they're still on a diet. - Dieting in their 70s and 80s? - Because this is related to illness. Your blood pressure goes up if you're overweight. It impacts your joints. - Weight gain does continuous harm. - That's right. The doctor always tells you to lose weight.

But they have no way to lose weight. They don't know how. Reducing food intake doesn't work. So, there's no end to this. This is a lifelong process. I wanted to say this isn't simply about dieting. This issue has permeated our society and many people have mental problems such as eating disorders and mental illnesses related to eating habits. This is really serious. For the past seven years, you've been crusading for this cause. As a result, your approach is sustainable. That was what first came to mind. The majority of people sending mail to me are women in their late 20s to 40s. But you've been able to recover so quickly - although you've been going through weight cycles all your life. Yes. I had terrible metabolism. The fact that you've been able to turn things around in just six months is amazing. I think a lot of the viewers would be looking up the Santiago Trail.

I guess that'll be a great challenge. That'll be awesome. There's no excuse anymore. So the problem lies in the method. I'm sixty years old now. And if I get to live twenty more years, I'm at my fourth quarter in life. The past, I've spent earning money. Now, I'd like to live a meaningful life. A meaningful life, to me, is being helpful to others. I think I could be of help to you someday. It could be my diet routine. So I took pictures of every meal. Either my diet routine or financial help if I get to earn a lot of money. There are several options I'm thinking of. This is a totally unexpected outcome for me. I wasn't looking to change my appearance. It was a surprise gift. I thought appearance might be the strongest motivator because I'd be influenced by the visual change. So I decided to send this to you. If I send this and if this helps motivate others.

I believe this could be a positive energy to others. That's why I volunteered. I think some people might be motivated to succeed and do an interview like this. That'll create a huge synergy. So for viewers who are watching this video, is there a message you'd like to send? If you have a hangover from the drinks you had the day before, you end up wasting the entire day. And it won't stop there. That'll continue. I wanted to say that can change if you change your diet. Small changes every day will change your entire life. The day I spent with a grumpy attitude will change. You'll get to like yourself and feel happy. You can try this outfit today. It's not a matter of other people complimenting your looks. You get to live a day full of energy and positivity. We sometimes envy other. You were born with great DNA. But you know what? As you age, DNA doesn't matter.

Beauty for me isn't about your height or body image. Those things don't impress me. A beautiful person is someone who draws the best of him/her. Don't go on a diet to emulate someone else. Be your best. I look better by combing my hair this way. I don't look puffy anymore and I look better. - People notice your beauty when you make such changes. - Right. So the beauty standards shouldn't be based on ads or a photo of someone else. When I live today happy, if that becomes your purpose that's directly linked to the food you eat. The food I had three hours ago might make you feel groggy or cranky. The wrong food will do that to you. What food can't cure, neither can the doctor. These aren't just words. I know it's not easy but I recommend that you watch the 17 courses. Until a practical course comes out

I hope you watch and re-watch the classes. For your information, my book and the lectures - I'm taking all of them. The 17 online courses are theory courses, and so they might be boring and difficult. But for you to understand the latter part of the lecture it had to be explained. That's the impasse. Yes, you need to get through it even if it's hard. It's an uphill but from then on you go down. Right. From Lecture 18 to Lecture 22 it's easy. And you have to listen to it repeatedly. It's something we might not get to understand until we die. You realize why things were so hard. So this is why, That's why I was so puffy, or That's why I can recuperate so quickly. You get to learn new viewpoints. I don't know when I'll die but until then, I should be the one to take care of myself.

To do so, we need to be conscious of our eating habits and try to spend every day in a meaningful way. We talked a lot today. - I'm not sure how I'm going to edit this episode. - You have your hands full. We met through YouTube, and it's great to hear that you've been able to turn things around. All the future Aelee out there - found strength through your story. - That's right. Let's go strong through 90, 100 years! You'll still be around when I reach your age right now. We can continue to communicate for years to come. And as we mentioned, the world will be a different place. Right. I'm sure this will be helpful for those who need the information because I got help when I really needed it. If the years of your hard work save me, someone who's in a desperate situation may be saved through me. Hey, there's that lady!

That can be a start of a helpful relationship. That'll be very meaningful to me. I'll appear as a guest whenever Mr. Gyum Choi calls me. I'll buy him a meal again. That sounds great. If you've been touched even a little bit, don't ignore that feeling and grab this chance. Great. Ms. Aelee, thank you for your time and energy for this episode. Thank you. If there are any thoughts you'd like to share, write your comments. Ms. Aelee might be able to answer some of them. I might. We'll invite Ms. Aelee again next time. Today, I interviewed Ms. Aelee, the Michael Jordan of the diet world. Thank you for watching.

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다이어트 과학자 최겸 Gyum Choi

Aelee Jang's Struggle with Weight and Dieting

Aelee Jang struggled with weight and dieting from a young age, using food as a stress relief after moving to Seoul.

Despite trying various fad diets, including a 30-day enzyme diet, she repeatedly gained back the weight and faced challenges with pregnancy and motherhood.

A turning point came after a leg injury and hospitalization, leading her to realize the impact of her weight and ultimately deciding to study to become a caretaker for the elderly.

Struggles with Intermittent Fasting and Finding Balance

The narrator felt dismayed and considered the need for a change after struggling with weight and dieting.

They had previously tried intermittent fasting for over a year but couldn't maintain it due to binging and a lack of guidance on what to eat.

After attending a caretaker class and discovering a YouTube video on the algorithm of obesity and fasting, they decided to give intermittent fasting another try, starting with a three-day detox and then eating once a day with fulfilling meals.

The author focused on preparing a lunch box with high-fat and protein foods, replacing carbohydrates with steamed cabbage.

They experienced a sense of fullness and comfort from the meals, which led to weight loss and positive changes in their appearance.

The routine of preparing and bringing lunch to class became a joyful and meaningful part of their life, ultimately leading to a resolution to continue the practice for a year.

The speaker adopted a routine of drinking bulletproof coffee and having one or two meals a day, which led to a significant change in energy levels and overall well-being.

They eliminated unhealthy cooking oils and processed foods from their diet, resulting in improved digestion and regular bathroom habits.

The speaker's transformation included a loss of weight, increased energy, and a positive shift in their eating preferences and habits.

Personal Transformation Through Perseverance

The speaker shares their journey of self-improvement through food and information, crediting the guidance from YouTube videos for their success.

They completed 17 courses and emphasize the importance of perseverance and patience in achieving life-changing results.

The speaker's transformative experience includes a challenging 1,000 km trek with a 10kg backpack, leading to a significant physical and mental change, ultimately improving their health and appearance.

The speaker experienced significant changes in their body, including smooth, cellulite-free legs, after six months of consistent backpack carrying and fasting.

They adopted a weekly 36-hour fast and gradually shifted from one meal a day to two meals.

The speaker emphasizes the importance of not obsessing over diet, allowing for flexibility during social gatherings, and maintaining a wholesome diet on other days.

Dieting is a lifelong process that requires habit changes and a focus on metabolism.

Weight gain has continuous harmful effects, leading to health issues and mental problems related to eating habits.

Small daily changes in diet can lead to a more meaningful and positive life, ultimately changing one's self-perception and overall happiness.

Beauty is about being your best self, not conforming to societal standards.

The food we eat plays a crucial role in our mood and well-being, and making conscious eating choices can lead to positive changes.

The speaker emphasizes the importance of self-care, personal growth, and the impact of their story on others, offering support and guidance for those in need.