What if the number your doctor is using to define your health was never designed to measure your health in the first place?

In this episode of Eat the F*cking Food, Kristin Collins sits down with anti-diet physician Dr. Mara Gordon to unpack one of the most misunderstood, overused, and emotionally charged metrics in modern healthcare: BMI.

From its origins as a 19th-century statistical experiment to its rise as a medical “diagnosis tool,” this conversation reveals how BMI became the default lens for evaluating bodies, and why that lens is deeply flawed.

This is a grounded, honest conversation about weight stigma in healthcare, the rise of weight loss drugs, and how women, especially in midlife, can begin to reclaim agency over their bodies, their choices, and their health.

Because health is not a formula. It is personal, nuanced, and deeply individual.

And the most powerful shift you can make is learning how to advocate for yourself inside systems that were never built with you in mind.

In this episode, you’ll discover:

• Why BMI was never meant to measure individual health and how it became medical standard
• The real history behind BMI and how pharmaceutical influence shaped its use
• Why weight is often overemphasized in healthcare and what gets overlooked because of it
• The difference between treating disease and shrinking bodies
• When GLP-1 weight loss drugs can be helpful and when they can do more harm than good
• Why these medications don’t fix body image, shame, or your relationship with food
• How to navigate doctor’s appointments without feeling powerless or dismissed
• What “anti-diet doctor” actually means in real clinical practice
• Why health is deeply personal and cannot be reduced to one universal formula
• How to advocate for yourself without confrontation, fear, or overwhelm

We talk about:

• 00:00 Introduction to Dr. Mara Gordon and anti-diet medicine
• 02:00 What an anti-diet physician actually does (and doesn’t do)
• 04:00 Why weight is overemphasized in healthcare
• 05:00 The real history of BMI and how it was created
• 07:00 How BMI became a medical standard (and why that matters)
• 08:30 Pharmaceutical influence and the “obesity epidemic” narrative
• 09:30 GLP-1 weight loss drugs explained, who they help and why
• 12:00 Why these medications don’t fix body image or shame
• 13:30 What actually supports health alongside medication
• 15:00 Why health looks different for every person and stage of life
• 18:00 Why BMI classifications often don’t reflect real health
• 20:00 The reality of weight loss, sustainability, and body biology
• 22:00 Can you refuse being weighed at the doctor? Here’s how
• 25:00 How to advocate for yourself in medical appointments
• 27:00 Real story, avoiding unnecessary surgery through self-advocacy
• 31:00 “Normal vs optimal” health, and the truth behind the messaging
• 33:00 How medical guidelines actually evolve over time
• 36:00 The rise of health misinformation and wellness marketing
• 37:00 Where to find Dr. Mara Gordon and her work

Connect with Dr. Mara

• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/maragordonmd
• Substack: https://maragordonmd.substack.com/
• Real Talk With a Doc: https://www.npr.org/series/g-s1-88953/health-questions-doctors-answers

Connect with me

• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kristinrcollins/
• YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@kristin.collins
• Website: https://kristincollinshealthcoaching.com/

#AntiDiet #BMI #WomensHealth #HealthAtEverySize #WeightStigma #BodyAutonomy #MidlifeHealth #GLP1 #WeightLossTruth #HealthcareAdvocacy #FoodRelationship #BodyImageHealing #EatTheFuckingFood #DoctorPatientRelationship #HealthMyths #WellnessTruth #MedicalMisinformation #SelfAdvocacy

What if the reason you can't stop eating has nothing to do with weakness, and everything to do with a belief system that was never built to protect you?

In this episode of Eat the F*cking Food, Kristin Collins sits down with Michelle Petties, author of Leaving Large: The Stories of a Food Addict and founder of the Brand New transformation framework, for one of the most honest, grounded conversations about food addiction, emotional eating, and what it actually takes to change your relationship with food for good.

Michelle spent four decades in the cycle, gaining and losing over 700 pounds, trying every plan, every powder, every protocol, before she discovered that the problem was never behavior. It was belief. And until you change what you believe about yourself, about food, and about why you're worth the work, no diet in the world will stick.

This conversation goes deep on processed food addiction, food stories, emotional triggers, and why joy must be homegrown and not found at the bottom of a bag of chips.

Because you were never broken. You were just running on the wrong operating system.

In this episode, you’ll discover:

• Why food addiction is a real, biological response and not a failure of willpower or self-control
• The difference between food and processed food, and why your body treats one as nourishment and the other as a drug
• Why behavior modification alone will always fail and what belief modification actually looks like
• What food stories are, how they form, and how to rewrite them
• Why food is not a joy delivery system and where joy actually comes from
• How to disarm emotional triggers instead of avoiding them
• Why cravings are signals, not weaknesses, and what they're really trying to tell you
• The BRAND NEW framework for transformation: the step-by-step belief shift that changes everything
• Why women of color carry a unique weight in this conversation, and why you are worth the work

We talk about:

• 00:00 Introduction to Michelle Petties
• 02:00 Leaving Large and why the subtitle would be different today
• 06:00 Michelle's personal story: 700 pounds gained and lost over four decades
• 09:00 Belief vs. behavior and why behavior change alone will always fail
• 11:00 What food stories are and how they shape what you eat
• 14:00 How your brain has been hijacked to trust what is not food
• 17:00 Food neutrality vs. food addiction: where these two frameworks meet
• 20:00 The Boston hotel story: grief, cravings, and what you really need
• 25:00 Joy must be homegrown: why food can never deliver it
• 27:00 Triggers are thoughts, not things. Here is how to disarm them
• 30:00 The BRAND NEW framework for transformation
• 32:00 Sleep, water, and prescriptive writing as nourishment
• 35:00 The one belief shift that makes processed food lose its power
• 39:00 What Michelle eats now
• 41:00 Where to find Michelle and get a signed copy of Leaving Large

Connect with Michelle

• Instagram: ​​https://www.instagram.com/iambrandnewnow
• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Iambrandnewnow
• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/michelle-petties/
• Website: https://michellepetties.com/

Connect with me

• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kristinrcollins/
• YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@kristin.collins
• Website: https://kristincollinshealthcoaching.com/

What if the reason you feel exhausted, inflamed, and out of control during menopause has nothing to do with eating too much, and everything to do with decades of being taught to eat too little?

In this episode of Eat the F*cking Food, Kristin Collins sits down with Dr. Jenn Salib Huber, registered dietitian, naturopathic doctor, intuitive eating coach, and author of Eat to Thrive During Menopause. Together they dismantle the food rules, diet myths, and cultural conditioning that have kept women hungry, confused, and stuck in cycles of restriction for most of their lives.

From the truth about soy and phytoestrogens to why your brain needs carbohydrates to function, why satisfaction is the secret sauce of any sustainable way of eating, and why the scale is one of the worst metrics you can use to measure your health in midlife, this conversation will change how you think about food.

Because your hunger was never the problem. The rules were.

In this episode, you’ll discover:

• What intuitive eating actually means and why most people have it completely wrong
• The difference between not dieting and truly eating intuitively
• Why satisfaction is the missing piece of every nutrition plan that has ever failed you
• The truth about soy, phytoestrogens, and why the breast cancer fear was based on bad science
• Why your brain needs at least 125 grams of carbohydrates a day and what happens when it does not get them
• How eating patterns matter more than individual foods during perimenopause and menopause
• Why outcome-based goals almost always fail and what to set instead
• The real reason bodies change in midlife and how much of it is actually within your control
• Why cheese is not the enemy and what the research actually says about dairy fat
• How to unlearn decades of diet culture rules and start trusting your body again

We talk about:

• 00:00 Introduction to Dr. Jenn Salib Huber and why this conversation changes everything
• 01:30 What intuitive eating actually means versus what most people think it means
• 05:30 Why permission is the foundation of trust with food
• 09:00 What undieting your thinking means and why it has to come before intuitive eating
• 12:00 Why satisfaction is the secret sauce and what sensory specific satiety actually means
• 16:00 How eating patterns during menopause affect symptoms more than individual foods
• 17:00 Why carbohydrates are essential for sleep mood and brain function in midlife
• 19:00 The truth about soy phytoestrogens and the breast cancer myth debunked
• 21:00 Why the question is not how do I lose weight but how do I want to feel
• 25:00 Why outcome based goals fail and what behavior based goals do instead
• 28:00 Why your results will never look like someone else's and why that is completely okay
• 31:00 Cheese coffee and why no food should ever be off limits

Connect with Dr. Jenn

• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/menopause.nutritionist
• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DrJennND
• YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@menopause.nutritionist
• Book: https://www.menopausenutritionist.ca/Book
• Website: https://www.menopausenutritionist.ca/ / https://www.jennsalibhuber.ca/

Connect with me

• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kristinrcollins/
• YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@kristin.collins
• Website: https://kristincollinshealthcoaching.com/

#MenopauseNutrition #IntuitiveEating #MidlifeHealth #EatTheFuckingFood #PerimenopauseSupport #HormoneHealth #FoodFreedom #UndietYourMind #MenopauseDiet #AntiDietCulture #WomensHealthOver40 #CarbohydratesAndHormones #SoyAndMenopause #MidlifeFeast #DrJennSalibHuber

What if the real transformation isn’t about losing weight… but rebuilding who you are from the inside out?

In this episode of Eat the Fcking Food, Kristin Collins sits down with author and health & wellness copywriter Carrie Williams to unpack the decades of conditioning that shaped how women think about food, movement, and their bodies… and what it actually takes to break free.

Carrie shares her deeply personal story, from her first “I’m fat” moment in third grade to navigating years of dieting, self-doubt, and starting over, again and again. What changed everything wasn’t another plan or protocol… it was a mindset shift rooted in doing hard things on purpose.

This conversation moves beyond surface-level nutrition advice. It explores how strength training, emotional healing, and self-worth are all connected, and why building muscle is about so much more than how you look.

If you’ve ever felt stuck in the cycle of starting over… this episode will feel like a reset.

In this episode, you’ll discover:

• Why your relationship with food started earlier than you think
• The hidden conditioning from childhood that still impacts your body today
• Why dieting teaches you how to lose… but never how to maintain
• The truth about building muscle and why most women aren’t lifting heavy enough
• How strength training improves not just your body, but your confidence and identity
• The connection between emotional health, self-worth, and nutrition
• Why doing hard things on purpose rewires how you handle life
• How small, consistent steps create massive long-term transformation
• The four pillars of true health, movement, metabolism, mindset, and meaning
• Why self-love is the foundation of sustainable health

We talk about:

• 00:00 Introduction to Carrie Williams and her journey
• 01:30 Meeting during a maintenance phase and unlearning diet culture
• 03:00 Carrie’s first “I’m fat” moment in childhood
• 05:30 How early conditioning shapes lifelong body image
• 07:00 Why dieting teaches you to lose, not maintain
• 08:30 The missing piece, learning how to sustain results
• 10:00 Why building muscle changes everything
• 12:00 Strength training, confidence, and taking up space
• 14:00 The emotional and spiritual side of health
• 16:00 Why everything, food, movement, mindset, is connected
• 18:00 The struggle of prioritizing yourself in midlife
• 20:00 Overcoming fear of lifting heavy and building strength
• 22:00 Carrie’s back pain transformation through glute strength
• 24:30 Why doing hard things builds resilience and identity
• 27:00 The Phoenix Effect and rewriting your story

Connect with Carrie

• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/carrie.m.williams/
• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/carrie.m.williams.940
• https://thecarriewilliamsedit.com/

Connect with me

• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kristinrcollins/
• YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@kristin.collins
• Website: https://kristincollinshealthcoaching.com/

#StopStartingOver #MidlifeTransformation #FoodFreedomForWomen

What if the reason you’re stuck with food, your body, or your confidence… has nothing to do with discipline?

In this episode of Eat the Fcking Food, Kristin Collins sits down with midlife transformation coach and 15x Ironman athlete Jen Rulon to unpack the decades of conditioning that taught women to shrink, restrict, and “earn” their food, and what it actually takes to break free.

Jen shares how growing up in the Weight Watchers era shaped her relationship with food, why even elite-level athleticism didn’t fix the mindset, and how learning the science of metabolism, movement, and nervous system regulation completely changed everything.

This conversation goes far beyond weight loss. It’s about reclaiming your voice, rebuilding trust with your body, and finally stepping into your full power in midlife.

If you’ve ever felt like you need to do more, eat less, or be smaller to be worthy… this episode will shift something in you.

In this episode, you’ll discover:

• Why so many women believe they have to “earn” their food
• The hidden mindset that keeps you stuck in restriction and guilt
• How understanding metabolism changes the way you eat forever
• The role of nervous system regulation in weight loss and energy
• Why midlife is the most powerful time to redefine your identity
• How strength training and movement build confidence beyond your body
• How to stop shrinking and fully express who you are
• The four pillars Jen uses to transform her clients’ lives
• Why rest is just as important as movement (and why it feels so hard)
• How to create sustainable habits that evolve with your life

We talk about:

• 00:00 Meet Jen Rulon and her midlife transformation journey
• 01:30 Growing up in the Weight Watchers and diet culture era
• 03:00 Learning to feel guilty around food at a young age
• 05:00 The belief that you have to “earn” your food
• 06:30 Discovering Ironman and entering the world of endurance training
• 08:00 Using exercise to justify eating instead of fueling performance
• 09:30 When fitness doesn’t fix your relationship with food
• 10:30 Learning the science of metabolism
• 14:30 Food shaming and why it keeps women stuck
• 16:30 Why midlife women struggle to trust themselves
• 18:30 The impact of childhood conditioning on self-expression
• 21:00 The four pillars, movement, metabolism, mindset, and meaning
• 24:30 Why longevity and quality of life become the real goal

Connect with Jen

• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/coachjenrulon/
• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CoachJenRulonMS
• https://jenrulon.com/

Connect with me

• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kristinrcollins/
• YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@kristin.collins
• Website: https://kristincollinshealthcoaching.com/

#MidlifeWeightLoss #FoodFreedom #StopShrinking

What does it actually take to lose over 100 pounds… and keep it off?

In this episode of Eat the Fcking Food*, Kristin Collins sits down with Allison O’Brien, content creator and founder of Living Simply Well, to unpack the real story behind her 140-pound weight loss journey.

This is not another conversation about perfection, restriction, or chasing the next “fix.” Instead, Allison shares how she broke free from years of over-optimizing, under-eating, and constantly starting over, and built a sustainable approach rooted in nervous system support, nourishment, and self-trust.

From closing a six-figure business to reclaim her health, to redefining productivity and using tools like GLP-1 intentionally, this episode is a powerful reminder that lasting change happens when your habits actually fit your life.

In this episode, you’ll discover:

• Why doing everything “perfectly” can still leave you feeling exhausted and disconnected
• The real reason weight loss plateaus happen (even when nothing changes on paper)
• How nervous system regulation impacts metabolism, energy, and consistency
• Why discipline alone isn’t the answer, and what actually creates peace
• How to build sustainable weight loss habits that work in real life
• The truth about GLP-1 medications and how to use them as a tool, not a crutch
• Why your habits must evolve with your season of life
• How to stop tying your worth to productivity and outcomes
• What a “bare minimum day” looks like and why it prevents burnout
• How to move out of all-or-nothing thinking into long-term consistency
• Why you don’t need to choose between success, health, or peace
• The mindset shift that allows you to finally trust your body again

We talk about:

• 00:00 Meet Allison O’Brien and her 100+ pound weight loss journey
• 01:30 The cycle of perfectionism, under-eating, and burnout
• 03:00 Why “doing everything right” wasn’t working anymore
• 05:00 The plateau that forced a deeper mindset shift
• 06:30 Burnout, anxiety, and closing a six-figure business
• 08:00 Redefining productivity and success as a woman
• 10:00 Building a life-first, not business-first, approach
• 12:00 Creating space, routines, and intentional mornings
• 15:00 The power of walking, movement, and mental clarity
• 17:00 “Bare minimum days” and staying consistent in hard seasons
• 19:00 Why health looks different in every season of life
• 21:00 Losing 140 pounds and learning to take up space
• 23:00 The mindset shift that made everything sustainable
• 25:00 The truth about GLP-1 and metabolic health
• 28:00 Why wellness has to become your identity, not a phase
• 30:00 Consistency, flexibility, and letting go of perfection

Connect with Allison

• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mamafinally
• X: https://www.x.com/mamafinally
• https://www.livingsimpleandwell.com/

Connect with me

• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kristinrcollins/
• YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@kristin.collins
• Website: https://kristincollinshealthcoaching.com/

#SustainableWeightLoss #StopStartingOver #HealthyHabits

What happens when life completely derails your routine… and you’re trying to stay consistent with your health?

In this solo episode of Eat the Fcking Food*, host Kristin Collins hits record anyway. No guest, no perfect plan, just a real-life moment where things didn’t go as expected, and a powerful reminder that your health habits have to work in real life, not just ideal conditions.

Kristin breaks down what it actually looks like to stay consistent when your schedule is unpredictable, your options are limited, and motivation is low. From navigating chaotic weekends and less-than-perfect food choices to redefining what “healthy” really means, this episode challenges the all-or-nothing mindset that keeps so many people stuck.

If you’ve ever felt like you have to “start over” every time life gets busy, this conversation will help you build habits that actually last, even in the middle of the mess.

In this episode, you’ll discover:

• Why your life isn’t going to slow down, and why your habits need to work anyway
• The hidden reason consistency breaks when your schedule gets busy
• How to stop restarting your health routine every few months
• What “healthy” actually looks like in real, messy, everyday life
• Why perfection is quietly sabotaging your progress
• How to make balanced food choices, even with limited options
• When convenience foods support your goals, not derail them
• Simple ways to fuel your body when everything feels chaotic
• Why hydration, movement, and small actions still matter
• How to shift out of all-or-nothing thinking into sustainable habits
• The mindset that makes consistency easier, not harder
• Why your routine should hold up in hard seasons, not fall apart

We talk about:

• 00:00 When life goes sideways and you choose to show up anyway
• 01:00 Why a busy life is not the problem, your approach might be
• 02:00 The “I’ll start later” mindset that keeps you stuck
• 03:00 Breaking the cycle of stopping and starting over
• 04:00 Redefining healthy beyond rules and perfection
• 05:30 Letting go of rigid food beliefs
• 06:30 Making better choices when your environment isn’t ideal
• 08:00 Using convenience foods as a tool, not a failure
• 09:00 Building habits that work during stressful seasons
• 10:00 Small, realistic actions that still move you forward
• 11:30 Escaping the all-in, all-out pattern
• 12:00 Learning to trust “good enough” and keep going

Connect with me

• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kristinrcollins/
• YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@kristin.collins
• Website: https://kristincollinshealthcoaching.com/

#HealthyHabits #ConsistencyOverPerfection #HealthyLifestyle

What if the reason you feel exhausted, unfocused, or stuck in your health journey has nothing to do with willpower… and everything to do with skipping meals?

In this episode of Eat the Fcking Food*, Kristin Collins sits down with certified personal trainer, nutrition coach, and running coach Kelly Chall to break down the simplest approach to nutrition that most women overlook.

From her viral “lunchtime cooking with Kelly” videos to her philosophy of eating enough to fuel performance, Kelly shares how small, consistent habits can completely transform your energy, workouts, and relationship with food.

They explore why lunch is the most skipped, yet most important meal of the day, how to build balanced meals without overcomplicating it, and why cutting foods out often leads to more frustration than progress.

If you’re tired of overthinking food, under-eating, or feeling drained halfway through your day, this episode will help you reset your approach in a way that actually feels sustainable.

1. Why skipping lunch is one of the biggest energy mistakes women make
2. How to build simple, balanced meals without strict meal plans
3. Why eating more can improve energy, digestion, and performance
4. The truth about carbs and why your body actually needs them
5. How to stop overcomplicating healthy eating
6. Why “meal prep perfection” often leads to wasted food and burnout
7. A simple formula for creating meals with protein, carbs, and veggies
8. How nutrition impacts athletic performance and daily energy
9. Why under-eating can slow recovery and limit progress
10. The mindset shift that makes healthy eating sustainable long-term
11. Why no food should be labeled “good” or “bad”
12. How removing restriction helps reduce cravings and overeating
13. Why consistency beats perfection in building lasting habits

We talk about:

1. 00:00 Why most women skip lunch and feel drained
2. 02:00 Meet Kelly Chall and her approach to simple nutrition
3. 04:00 How “lunchtime cooking with Kelly” started
4. 05:30 Why healthy meals don’t need to be complicated
5. 07:00 The problem with traditional meal prep
6. 09:00 A simple formula for balanced meals
7. 11:00 Why carbs are essential for energy and performance
8. 13:00 Nutrition for runners and active lifestyles
9. 16:00 Energy balance and fueling your body properly
10. 18:00 Common mistakes in fitness and nutrition
11. 20:00 Why recovery and eating enough matter
12. 22:00 The role of strength training in performance
13. 24:00 Long-term health, injury prevention, and quality of life
14. 27:00 Why food has no morality (and why that matters)
15. 29:00 Removing restriction and building a healthy relationship with food
16. 30:00 Kelly’s favorite foods and final thoughts

Connect with Kelly

1. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/challkel

Connect with me

1. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kristinrcollins/
2. YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@kristin.collins
3. Website: https://kristincollinshealthcoaching.com/

#HealthyEating #BalancedNutrition #WomenHealth #SimpleMeals #NutritionTips #FuelYourBody #MealPrepMadeEasy #FitnessNutrition #EnergyBoost #EatTheFoodPodcast

Midlife weight gain rarely happens overnight.

For Terry Tateossian, the turning point came at 37 after years of stress, entrepreneurship, raising children, and slowly gaining 80 pounds while trying every diet imaginable.

After multiple ER visits that turned out to be panic attacks, Terry realized the problem wasn’t just food or exercise. It was a combination of nervous system dysregulation, emotional eating, sleep disruption, and years of dieting misinformation.

In this episode of Eat the F*cking Food, Kristin Collins sits down with Terry, known online as Your Midlife Bestie, to unpack the five foundational shifts that helped her rebuild her health.

They explore why diets fail, how addiction patterns around sugar and alcohol develop, why nutrition directly impacts mental health, and how resistance training becomes one of the most powerful tools for women navigating perimenopause and midlife health.

If you feel like your body changed in your late 30s or 40s, this episode will help you understand why, and what to do about it.

1. Why midlife weight gain often has deeper roots than diet and exercise alone
2. How emotional eating and addiction patterns around food and alcohol develop
3. Why nervous system dysregulation can drive cravings, anxiety, and burnout
4. How perimenopause can begin earlier than most women realize
5. Why chronic dieting damages metabolism and leads to weight regain
6. The connection between blood sugar regulation, mood, and energy levels
7. Why nutrition is the true foundation of sustainable health change
8. How sleep disruption impacts cravings, stress, and hormone balance
9. Why resistance training is essential for women navigating midlife health
10. How progressive overload helps reshape body composition and strength
11. Why sustainable habits outperform extreme short term diet plans
12. How small daily changes can rebuild metabolism, energy, and long term health

We talk about:

1. 00:00 Terry’s midlife health turning point
2. 03:00 Entrepreneurship, stress, and weight gain
3. 06:00 Diet cycles and why weight kept coming back
4. 08:00 Panic attacks and the wake up call
5. 10:00 Emotional eating and addiction patterns
6. 13:00 Nervous system dysregulation explained
7. 16:00 Why nutrition affects stress and cravings
8. 19:00 The role of sleep in metabolism and hormones
9. 21:00 Why resistance training matters in midlife
10. 25:00 The real reason most diets fail
11. 29:00 Rebuilding metabolism through nutrition
12. 31:00 Terry’s go-to balanced meal

Connect with Terry

1. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/how.good.can.it.get/
2. LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/terry-tateossian/
3. Website: https://msha.ke/thor.wellness

Connect with me

1. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kristinrcollins/
2. YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@kristin.collins
3. Website: https://kristincollinshealthcoaching.com/

#MidlifeHealth #PerimenopauseHealth #EmotionalEating #MidlifeWeightGain #HormoneHealth #HealthyHabits #EatTheFoodPodcast

If you keep telling yourself you are too busy to eat lunch, go for a walk, or take care of your health, this episode might challenge everything you believe about time.

In this episode of Eat the F*cking Food, Kristin Collins sits down with time and business coach Jennifer Sise, author of It’s Only a Matter of Time, to explore why so many women feel overwhelmed, exhausted, and disconnected from their health.

The problem, Jennifer explains, is not actually time.

It is how we think about time, prioritize time, and set boundaries around it.

Together they unpack the simple but powerful idea that nine focused minutes can transform your day, your habits, and even your health. From skipping lunch and afternoon energy crashes to distraction, procrastination, and the mental scripts that keep women stuck in “I don’t have time” thinking, this conversation reframes productivity, wellness, and self-care.

You will learn why hunger itself can be a hidden distraction, how setting small boundaries creates momentum, and why sustainable health habits begin with tiny decisions repeated daily.

If you feel overwhelmed, stuck in all-or-nothing thinking, or constantly running out of time for yourself, this episode will show you how to reclaim control of your schedule, your energy, and your health, one focused nine-minute block at a time.

1. Why “I don’t have time” is often a mindset barrier rather than a scheduling problem
2. The 9-minute method and how short focus bursts increase productivity
3. How nine minutes can help you build healthier habits around food, movement, and self-care
4. Why hunger is one of the most overlooked sources of distraction
5. The difference between saying “I can’t” vs. “I don’t” and why language changes behavior
6. How boundaries close the gap between where you are and where you want to be
7. Why small nutrition habits like eating lunch can dramatically improve energy and focus
8. Simple ways to assemble healthy meals quickly without complicated cooking
9. How distractions, interruptions, and environment impact productivity
10. Why consistency and tiny daily actions outperform all-or-nothing health plans
11. How to start reclaiming your time even if you have a packed schedule
12. Why intentional time ownership creates space for healthier living

We talk about:

1. 00:00 Why “I don’t have time” keeps women stuck
2. 02:30 The concept of setting apart time instead of finding time
3. 05:00 The power of the nine-minute focus method
4. 07:30 Quick healthy lunch strategies for busy days
5. 10:30 Why fueling your body improves productivity and focus
6. 12:30 Identifying distractions and how hunger impacts focus
7. 15:00 Boundaries, priorities, and owning your time
8. 18:00 The mindset shift from “I can’t” to “I don’t”
9. 21:30 Practical ways to reclaim nine minutes in your day
10. 27:30 Jennifer’s favorite quick meal and where to connect with her

Connect with Jennifer

1. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jennifersise
2. Website: https://www.jennifersise.com/

Connect with me

1. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kristinrcollins/
2. YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@kristin.collins
3. Website: https://kristincollinshealthcoaching.com/

#TimeManagementForWomen #HealthyHabits #NutritionMindset #BusyWomenHealth #NineMinuteRule #ProductivityHabits #WomenOver40Health #SelfCareHabits #HealthyLifestyleTips #EatTheFood #HealthyHabitsForBusyWomen #BuildBetterHabits #NutritionForWomen #ConsistencyOverPerfection #HealthyLivingMadeSimple