From Sabotage To Success: Yo-Yo Dieting and Habit Loops | HSM 705

Half Size Me

Heather A. Robertson

Nutrition, Health & Fitness, Fitness

4.7 • 2.3K Ratings

🗓️ 11 August 2025

⏱️ 43 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

In episode 705 of The Half Size Me™ Show, Heather shares an interview with Charlene from the recent "From Sabotage to Success" small-group workshop. Charlene explains how she learned to separate herself from her inner "voice" and challenge the mental triggers that led to her yo-yo dieting. They also chat about: how to identify and break the habit loops why recognizing your lower brain's default settings can help you become less reactive in all areas of your life what it means to choose a new path and more! Ready to finally understand your mind and break free from self-sabotaging patterns? Join my upcoming 6-week From Sabotage to Success workshop, an immersive experience designed to help you gain life-changing insights and take control of the thoughts driving your actions. This isn't about meal plans; it's about shifting your internal patterns so change becomes natural and sustainable. Half Size Me Academy members get first access to register for this exclusive small-group program, which includes personalized guidance and a supportive community. If spots remain, registration will then open to the general public. Join the Academy now: halfsizeme.com/join Click Here to Join the Half Size Me Academy Now! Want even more support? Get my exclusive GLP-1 Journey e-book by becoming a Podcast Premium Member: halfsizeme.com/fan For even more guidance, join the Half Size Me Academy, where you'll get both my GLP-1 Journey e-book and full access to the HSM Academy GLP-1 Resource Hub for ongoing support: halfsizeme.com/join 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.

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0	Half-size-me bonus episode from Sabotage to Success with Charlene.
0:16.3	Hello, beautiful listeners. Today we're going to be continuing our series from Sabotage to Success.
0:23.0	This interview with Charlene was amazing.
0:25.8	Charlene was awesome because she really is somebody who has pushed away from group environments
0:32.3	and didn't plan to share or even get involved, which totally caught me off guard because that was not
0:38.5	how she showed up. She showed up as very engaged and raising her hand and asking questions.
0:44.5	So it's so interesting how we can have a perception of ourselves, but then other people see
0:49.3	us completely different. So in this interview, you're going to get to hear how Charlene
0:53.4	kind of changed her
0:54.7	perspectives on impulse eating food, how it impacted her relationship with her husband, a lot of great
1:02.5	stuff. And again, I cannot say this enough. If you said, hey, Heather, can you fix one thing for
1:08.1	me that's going to change my life? Like really change it.
1:11.4	It's actually not losing the weight. It's really changing your mind. It's understanding the mind.
1:17.9	I say this all the time. We were given instruction manuals for a microwave. We have instruction
1:23.3	manuals for a car. We have instruction manuals for a washing machine. But no one stopped and said,
1:30.1	oh, by the way, here, this most powerful computer that lives inside your cranium 24-7,
1:36.4	you're just going to figure it out as you go. And there's no instruction manual. And you're just
1:41.7	going to think all thoughts are equally valuable, and you're
1:44.5	just going to be jumping from thing to thing to thing because you're going to be wildly confused
1:48.0	as to why your mind is saying contradictory information. No one talks to you about this. We say,
1:53.6	oh, no, a penny for your thoughts and pay attention to your thoughts and what are you thinking?
1:58.5	As if all thoughts are valid, as if all thoughts are valid as if all thoughts really really are
	...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Previous episode | Next episode

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Heather A. Robertson, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of Heather A. Robertson and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.