EP. 571

12/04/17

Melissa Hartwig

“I felt like I had to change everything about me and my life to stay clean.โ€

From Drug Addict to Whole30 Founder

So many of us feel like we struggle with our weight. We search for diets and end up getting frustrated with them because the rules are hard to follow or they simply donโ€™t work because thereโ€™s no ‘one size fits all’ solution.

A while back I discovered a great, easy to use program called Whole30. It explains, step by step, how you can find the diet program that works for you.

Thereโ€™s a lot of people out there whose diet is making them sick. Maybe your friends can eat grains, but you canโ€™t. Whole30 is designed to help you find exactly what YOU need.

This system is one that felt so good I took it way past the 30-day mark.

But the woman behind it is even more incredible.

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Melissa Hartwig founded Whole30 with her ex husband. In fact, they wrote the book and went on tour together while they were separated.

What drove her to health and nutrition was a life of drug addiction. She had a hard time coping with the sexual abuse of her past and the reactions she got from people when she was open about it.

After rehab, and a relapse, she discovered fitness, health and nutrition. She went through drastic changes to help her life, her environment, and all of the people around her.

Since then sheโ€™s been helping other people become healthy, fit and happy with themselves so they can feel confident enough to achieve the things they want in life.

Discover all of that and much more, on Episode 571.

Some Questions I Ask:

  • Whatโ€™s the difference between the Whole30 book and Whole30 Day by Day? (6:42)
  • Did you expect the program to be as big as it is? (9:29)
  • Why did you get into healthy living in the first place? (11:14)
  • What gave you the courage to tell someone about your sexual abuse? (13:37)
  • What is the point of Whole30? (23:08)
  • Whose idea was Whole30, you or your ex husbandโ€™s? (25:24)
  • How was it, for you, writing a book with a partner that you were separating with? (30:46)
  • What advice would you give someone who is going through a divorce and has a tendency to eat emotionally? (34:30)
  • What advice do you have for people who are emotional eaters in general? (38:53)
  • What else are you excited about in life? (40:38)
  • What do you think is missing for you? (41:40)

In this episode, you will learn:

  • How Whole30 finds partners to approve (10:25)
  • Melissaโ€™s experience with drugs (12:02)
  • How she stopped using drugs (17:21)
  • When she found fitness and nutrition (19:02)
  • How you can eat more to get fit (22:16)
  • How Whole30 was developed (27:15)
  • The awkwardness of her first book tour (28:37)
  • Differences in men and womenโ€™s food habits (36:04)
  • About Whole30โ€™s amazing community (43:30)
  • Plus much more…

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