Emotional Eating & Food Scarcity: Why Holding Onto Food Keeps You Stuck | HSM 730

Half Size Me

Heather A. Robertson

Fitness, Health & Fitness, Nutrition

4.7 • 2.3K Ratings

🗓️ 2 February 2026

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Watch this episode on YouTube HERE: https://youtu.be/9pOd-GoIWCg In episode 730 of The Half Size Me™ Show, Heather talks to Ellie about emotional eating driven by food scarcity and fear of letting food go. They chat about: Why food scarcity thinking leads to emotional eating. How holding onto food increases obsession and stress. The dopamine loop behind “treat hunting”. And more! Subscribe to Half Size Me Podcast Premium for access to our library of HUNDREDS of hours of past episodes! As a subscriber to Half Size Me Podcast Premium, you will get: --Access to the entire 650+ episode archive --Access weekly episodes a day EARLY --Access to EXCLUSIVE, subscriber-only episodes including the Coaching Karolina and Coaching Sarah series --Access to subscriber-only audio responses to “Ask Me Anything” questions Become a podcast premium subscriber today and make Heather and the Half Size Me show a part of your weight loss journey! Do you want to get support and connection at a price you can afford? Then check out the Half Size Me Academy here: https://www.halfsizeme.com/hsm-academy/ About Half Size Me The Half Size Me™ Show is a weekly podcast. It will inspire and motivate you no matter where you are in your weight loss journey. Whether you're just getting started losing weight or having worked on your health and wellness for years, this show is for you! The Half Size Me Show is hosted by Heather Robertson, who lost 170 pounds over a period of 5 years and has maintained since 2012. Heather did it by learning new eating habits, getting regular exercise, and changing her mindset. On her popular weekly podcast, The Half Size Me Show, Heather shares her own lessons and struggles with you, and she shows you how to handle the real challenge of any weight loss journey... weight maintenance. Be sure to subscribe to The Half Size Me Show and join Heather every week as she shares information, inspiration, coaching, and conversations with REAL people who've learned weight loss isn't only about losing pounds, it's about finding yourself. Disclaimer: Heather is not a doctor, nurse, or certified health professional. What worked for her or her guests may not work for you. Please talk with your doctor, dietician, or other certified health professionals when seeking advice about your own weight loss or weight maintenance plan. All information included in The Half Size Me™ Podcast and on HalfSizeMe.com is for informational and inspirational purposes only. For additional disclaimer information, please visit HalfSizeMe.com.

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0:00.0	Half Size Me episode 730 brought to you by the amazing Half Size Me Academy to join us. Please go to
0:07.2	halfsizeme.com forward slash join. Hello everyone. I hope you are having a fantastic day. And just as a
0:16.1	reminder, I am your host, Heather, and I have been doing this show since 2012, a long time.
0:22.9	And I just wanted to share with you that I am walking this journey right alongside of you in the HSM Academy.
0:31.3	I share my personal journal every day.
0:34.1	I check in every week.
0:36.5	I do a gratitude post every day because I know for me to keep my head
0:42.2	in the game and make sure I keep the weight off. I lost because I don't ever want to weigh
0:46.3	over 300 pounds again. I don't want my binge eating to get out of control again. I've got to
0:51.4	check in. That's part of it. There's these things that each of us struggle with.
0:56.7	We have these mental habit loops, these lower brain thoughts, and they constantly recycle.
1:02.6	The more you understand it, the more you are aware that it's going to happen. You can take
1:08.0	precautions. You can get yourself back on track quicker. But it does happen. None of us are exempt. This is why, you know, if you think about it, alcoholics continue to go to meetings. They continue to have a sponsor, check-ins, because these thoughts don't just go away. And that is really what we're going to be focusing on in the HSM Academy this month.
1:29.5	All through the month of February, our monthly learning focus, it's one of my absolute favorites.
1:34.9	It's all about mind. It's all about the mind management, about how it talks to you and how it
1:40.3	tries to convince you of certain things, and what you can do better about keeping yourself grounded and focused through that,
1:49.2	noticing when it's happening, catching it earlier.
1:52.0	So that is the focus in the month of February in the HSM Academy.
1:58.2	I'm calling it the mind behind the habit. If you struggle with those thoughts,
2:04.4	those lower brain thoughts, you know, you think, okay, today I'm going to do really well.
2:09.0	And then come four o'clock, you find yourself breaking down, you're normal. That's the good news.
2:15.0	You are totally normal. Everything you're experiencing, I've experienced,
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