Ep 139 - Erin Wathen - How to Say No When Sugar Gives You a Booty Call
Release Date: 07/24/2019
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info_outlineAre you interested in why it is SO hard to stick to a diet? Have you struggled with loving your body? In this episode we dive into why people continue to go on diets, and why most of the time, these diets just don’t work. We discuss why nutrition is so important to finally get the results you want.

In this episode I talk with Erin Wathen, a holistic health coach, food abuse counselor, and author of Why Can’t I Stick to My Diet? How To End The Food Drama, joins us to help shed light on why diets don’t work. We discuss her personal journey with various diets, weight loss, and trying to effortless weight loss stage. Erin gives us insight into how being “Selfish" is the best thing we can do for our health and our family. We also look at how sleep and food are inextricably connected for your optimal health. Erin gives hope that there is an effortless way to live your life and be healthy.
Questions I asked:
- What lead to write your book?
- Why are diets so hard to stick with?
- How do emotions come into play with weight loss?
- How to deal with health lifestyle peer pressure?
- How do we break a sugar addiction?
- Why do we choose the quick fix?
- Why can’t we just workout to lose weight?
- What purpose does extra weight hold?

Topics Discussed:
- Planning your meals ahead of time
- Finding your effortless lifestyle
- Misconceptions around our body and health.
- Why weight loss is usually connected to bigger issues.
- How to not be a miserable cow to others.
- Tips to break up with your sugar.
- Figuring out your real WHY
- How to get back on track.
Quotes from the show:
- “Sugar does nothing but take away from your health.” @ErinWathen @SisterhoodSweat
- “If we’re healthy and heath comes first, we just want that peace. We want that balance.” @ErinWathen @SisterhoodSweat
- “Your WHY is overall wellbeing, it’s not to be skinny by friday.” @ErinWathen @SisterhoodSweat
- “Don’t you deserve to be happy and healthy? Not that quick fix of pizza.” @ErinWathen @SisterhoodSweat
- “Analyze your choice with love and kindness, and figure out why you did that.” @ErinWathen @SisterhoodSweat
- “Food doesn’t solve anything but hunger.” @ErinWathen @SisterhoodSweat
- “Sometimes that 100 pounds is why our marriage stinks. It’s easier to blame the pounds, then really get to the bottom of it.” @ErinWathen @SisterhoodSweat
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