Losing Weight After 60: Overcoming Diet Cycles & Finding Food Peace | Half Size Me 718

Half Size Me

Heather A. Robertson

Nutrition, Health & Fitness, Fitness

4.7 • 2.3K Ratings

🗓️ 10 November 2025

⏱️ 54 minutes

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In episode 718 of The Half Size Me™ Show, Heather talks with Colleen, a 62-year-old Academy member who proves it’s never too late to change your relationship with food. They chat about: -- how to lose weight and keep it off after 60 -- the truth about maintenance vs. dieting -- rewiring “mom voice” guilt and people-pleasing -- and more! Support Half Size Me Show’s mission and help us stay free of third-party ads! 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 718, brought to you by the amazing Half Size Me Academy. To join us,
0:15.7	please go to halfsize me.com forward slash join. Hello, lovely listeners today. Well, first off, I'm your host, Heather.
0:26.1	I probably should say that on occasion. I am your host, Heather. And who is this, Ms. Heather?
0:31.1	Who is this person? And I haven't done this in a while. So I'm just going to briefly mention this.
0:35.8	I have struggled with weight my entire life
0:38.0	I was really skinny up until I was probably about five and then I just started to really pack on weight
0:44.2	I would eat sugar out of the sugar bowl I'd eat toothpaste when nobody was looking like I would sneak
0:48.6	food all the time and I really dealt with my emotions through food and I gained weight. And then I did a really
0:58.0	restrictive diet in high school. I did what a lot of people do. I got really restrictive. And I lost
1:04.0	like 80 pounds in six months. And then I had this binge eating behavior that was happening. And actually
1:09.6	very first time I've ever binge, I was about eight, nine years old, and I was at a block party. And I would just be standing by the brownie slash cookie table. And every time somebody wasn't licking, I'd eat another one and another one. And I finally ate so much that day that I remember getting to the point of nausea and never having had that experience
1:27.7	before I didn't, didn't know what to make of it. But that was the beginning of me struggling with
1:32.9	my binge eating. And then I gained, of course, all the weight back that I lost in high school and
1:39.0	another 90 pounds because when you don't get your binge eating under control, when you are constantly having these
1:48.0	lower brain thoughts, which again, I didn't know at the time. That's what this was, but that's what it was.
1:52.5	And thinking that, you know, life isn't fair. You know, you've got, you're seeing yourself in as a victim
1:59.1	role. You're dealing with everything you're feeling
2:02.1	with food. I just ate my way up to over 300 pounds. And my wake up call really came when I got
2:09.3	pregnant with my first son when I was 30. And I decided that I couldn't do the extreme things anymore. I wasn't going to be super restrictive
2:19.6	and I was going to focus on habits because I had really worked with kids for quite a while.
2:25.3	I was either a preschool teacher or a middle school teacher or I worked with at-risk youth.
2:30.3	And what I knew was I could tell my kid all day long, eat your vegetables, don't have all that pizza.
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