Episode 215: A Healthy Weight isn’t Just Your Birthright, It’s Your Calling
May 08, 2026
At 39, I had the perfect life, and I was on top of the world. I was the FBI’s Chief of Staff for the Counterintelligence Program Office. I had just “retired” from competitive mountain bike racing, and I was athletic, I had a smokin' bod, and I felt unstoppable. I had moved in with my Green Beret fiancé and soon-to-be stepson.
And, then...everything changed and the weight of it all came crashing down on my body.
I thought, when I lose this weight, then I’ll be happy, and then I can pick my life back up. But I had become a Certified Holistic Health Coach, had 4 different certifications in health, nutrition, and metabolic health under my belt, and still couldn’t control myself around food.
In today's episode, you're going to learn how I cracked the code and didn’t just get back to the healthy weight that I used to be when I was a competitive mountain bike racer; I completely obliterated the cravings and the emotional eating.
Together, we will investigate:
- The story I’ve never fully told… about how I went from peak performance to completely losing myself.
- What it’s really like to look like you have it all together but still feel completely out of control with food.
- The uncomfortable truth about why “being overweight” feels normal, but isn’t.
- Why losing weight won’t fix your life, and what actually does.
- The identity shift that finally breaks emotional eating (and why no diet can touch it).
- How being out of integrity with yourself shows up in your eating.
Connect with Holly:
▶️ FREE TRAINING - BRAINWASH YOURSELF TO OUTSMART EMOTIONAL EATING - https://pinkfortitude.mykajabi.com/register-ee-training
▶️ FREE EMOTIONAL EATING PSYCHOLOGICAL PROFILE - https://pinkfortitude.mykajabi.com/weight-quiz
▶️ Follow Holly Bertone on Instagram - @holly.bertone
▶️ On the web - hollybertone.com
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Calling All Professional Women in Midlife... Have You Ever Said... WTH Happened to My Body!?!
And WHY Can't I Lose This Stubborn Weight?
WHEN YOU ATTEND THIS LIVE TRAINING YOU WILL GET:
➡ The 3 phases successful women must master to achieve PERMANENT results and finally live in her dream body.
Spoiler alert: the diet industry ONLY focuses on one phase, which is why diets fail 92% of the time.
➡ Why it’s harder for you to lose weight in midlife. 🤫Psst... it's not your hormones.
➡ The 5 biggest mistakes sabotaging women's weight... and why the key to success is not tied to a specific diet or protocol.
