Erika Peterson has built a health and fitness empire with her husband JJ over the past 10 years. This episode originally aired in January 2023. Today Clean Simple Eats is made up of health products, more than 800 recipes, fitness programming, and a large community that supports each other through various challenges. 

Erika is a mom to four kids, during the conversation she candidly shares what brought her to start Clean Simple Eats. More than a decade ago she was dealing with postpartum depression and looking at ways to positively impact her life and change up her diet. She started making healthier treats and recipes and sharing them online. Just weeks into her changes she began to feel better and the recipes began to snowball online. 

She shares the key to sticking with a healthier lifestyle and how you can get your kids involved. 

Time codes: 

3:00 Having teenagers 

4:30 A fun family photo in Hawaii with an interesting backstory 

7:50 Living in Hawaii 

8:15 Building Clean Simple Eats 

9:05 Having people believe in you when you are starting something 

11:15 Starting to make healthy swaps in her diet 

13:00 Posting on Instagram and beginning partnerships 

13:45 Finding people that believe in you when you don’t believe in yourself 

17:45 All about small changes for big results 

20:10 The magic of bulk prep and make things you know your family will eat 

22:40 How she creates all the protein flavors like bananas foster and cookies and cream

29:15 How Erika and JJ have worked together for 10 years 

38:15 What is the real key to success and sticking to their longterm health 

45:00 Photo organization  

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