“What If I Gain It All Back?” Overcoming Weight Regain Fear & Scale Anxiety | HSM 731

Half Size Me

Heather A. Robertson

Fitness, Health & Fitness, Nutrition

4.7 • 2.3K Ratings

🗓️ 9 February 2026

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Watch this episode on YouTube HERE: https://youtu.be/hIKZi9TYt50 In episode 731 of The Half Size Me™ Show, Heather works with Julie on the fear of regaining weight, especially after successful weight loss with the help of medication. They chat about: Why your brain resists change—even positive change. A healthier approach to weighing and tracking progress. How to stop believing every thought your mind offers. 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 731 brought to you by the amazing Half-Size Me Academy to join us in February,
0:09.2	work on managing the mind that creates the habits. Go to half-size-me.com forward slash join.
0:16.9	Hello, lovely listeners. Oh, I'm so thrilled I get to be here with you every single week. I'm really excited about going back to regular Monday shows for everybody. And today you're going to get to hear a coaching call with Ellie. And Ellie has an interesting situation. She really has an emotional eating issue with food and storing food and holding food and
0:40.4	scarcity about letting go of food. So these issues we're going to be talking about today really keep
0:46.5	her stuck because she's holding on to food and not willing to ever let it go and then wondering
0:53.1	why she's using it for emotional eating.
0:55.2	So this is a unique discussion we're going to have and I think you're going to hear a lot of
0:59.0	good stuff in there because what you start to realize when we think about the mind, the habits,
1:04.7	the behaviors, you can start to hear things other people are talking about and saying, go,
1:10.1	I've had that thought. I've been afraid of what if I can't get this food again? Or what if this one special time I can't have it? We get into this mind loop and believe the stories in our head. And that's what we're tackling in the HSM Academy this month. When we talk about the mind behind the habits. We're talking about
1:29.8	understanding that lower brain chatter. And coming shortly, I'm going to run another from
1:36.2	sabotage to success, which is my six-week intensive workshop all about the mind, all about the lower brain chatter and so i'm really
1:46.8	excited that in february i get to focus on this in the academy and then shortly thereafter i will
1:52.3	be doing another workshop where we tackle that with 20 to 25 participants that want to go through
1:57.7	that experience so without any further ado let's go to this wonderful coaching call with Ellie, hear about
2:04.0	her lower brain chatter around holding onto food and not letting it go and how that keeps
2:09.5	her stuck with emotional eating.
2:11.5	You have a great day and I'll talk to you next week.
2:14.9	All right, lovely listeners.
2:16.8	We have Miss Ellie on the line with us.
2:19.1	Ellie, I would love for you to come on say hello to everybody.
2:23.0	And then maybe tell us what you've been struggling with as of late that you could
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