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Melissa Hartwig - The Whole30 Origin Story
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Melissa Hartwig (@melissa_hartwig) is a four-time New York Times bestselling author and co-creator of the original Whole30 program. She's a Certified Sports Nutritionist who specializes in helping people change their relationship with food and create life-long, healthy habits.
Melissa enjoys kettlebell training, yoga, hiking, solo traveling, and riding her motorcycle. She lives in Salt Lake City, UT.
In this episode, we discuss:
- Escaping from her life with drugs
- The gym kinda saved Melissa's life
- Blogging... the early years
- Whole30's origin story
- Using food like a drug
- Do you have an emotional relationship with food?
- What makes Whole30 different from other dietary approaches?
- Not combining Whole30 approved ingredients to make hyperpalatable foods
- The organic growth of the Whole30 community
- The most important part of Melissa's job
- Having a vision from the very beginning
- Foods to avoid on Whole30
- Whole30 teaches you what foods work for you... on an individual basis
- The Autoimmune Protocol (AIP) vs. Whole30
- Melissa hikes more than anybody she knows
- Are you "paying yourself" first?
- Don't get stuck on the saddest ferris wheel, of all time
- Teaming up to do Whole30 with family or other groups
- Are you hanging out with the right people?
- How to make new connections as a grown up
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Related links:
Melissa Hartwig & Dallas Hartwig - The Whole30 (book)
Melissa Hartwig & Dallas Hartwig - It Starts With Food (book)
Melissa Hartwig - Food Freedom Forever (book)
Melissa Hartwig - The Whole30 Cookbook
Melissa Hartwig - The Whole30 Fast & Easy Cookbook
Melissa Hartwig - The Whole30 Day by Day (book)
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