She Maintained 100 Lbs Lost — Then Life Fell Apart: How Brett Broke the Cycle | HSM Episode 734

Half Size Me

Heather A. Robertson

Fitness, Health & Fitness, Nutrition

4.7 • 2.3K Ratings

🗓️ 2 March 2026

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Watch this episode on YouTube HERE: https://youtu.be/oEB41S4Vyew In Episode 734 of the Half Size Me Show, Heather talks to Brett, who maintained over 100 pounds of weight loss for years, until grief, a medical diagnosis, and a new chronic condition sent her into a spiral of emotional eating and self-defeating thoughts They also chat about: How she finally tackled her nightly chocolate habit. How her weight has begun trending down again. 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 734 brought to you by the amazing Half Size Me Academy to join us.
0:07.9	Please go to halfsizeme.com forward slash join.
0:13.1	Hello, lovely listeners.
0:15.4	Today you're going to get to hear from Brett.
0:17.4	She went through the last from Sabotage to Success group and she is going to be sharing
0:24.0	how she really saw her mind creating a victim story, how she pushed past her nighttime
0:30.8	chocolate issue during this workshop, and how her eating has just become a lot less effortful,
0:40.2	how the weight has started to trend down,
0:46.3	all the things that she was struggling with that were mind-related stories, mind beliefs,
0:52.5	habits that she didn't even realize, how her mind was convincing her, certain things didn't apply to her.
0:55.7	You're going to get to hear a really good discussion with Brett today on all of this. And I can't stress enough. I'm currently running my workshop from
1:02.8	frustration to freedom where I'm working people through the paper pencil journal, how to use it
1:08.5	properly, all the different things that are kind of connected
1:12.1	to that that actually help build good habits. And one of the things I find I'm saying at every
1:18.1	one of the Q&A sessions is this is a huge mind struggle that I'm reading. This question is about.
1:24.4	It's a mind mess with you kind of thing and that these people would
1:29.8	benefit from going to this workshop, this one coming up from sabotage to success. It really is
1:35.4	dissecting and learning more about the mind, how it convinces you not to do your paper pencil
1:41.3	journal every day, how today you'll be okay without it, how you're going to
1:47.1	somehow figure this out and you're going to be super restrictive and you're going to get to your goal,
1:51.7	you know, and all these things are going to happen. And then all through the day, it brings up other
1:56.5	questions and brings up other issues that somehow sidetrack you. How does this happen?
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