If you’re exhausted from calorie math, food apps, and “starting over,” this episode is your permission slip to do something radically more effective: create fat loss without tracking.

In this workshop-style episode, I break down my simple framework with three overlapping drivers of sustainable fat loss:

• Margin: you do need a small energy deficit—but you don’t need to measure it.

• Metabolism: your hormonal “machinery” determines whether stored fuel is accessible and usable.

• Mind: your nervous system decides whether your body feels safe enough to let go of stored fuel.

I'll give you ONE practical, low-friction strategy that creates the deficit by accident, without hunger, without obsession, and without the snack spiral that quietly wipes out progress.

If you want guidance tailoring this to your body, hunger signals, stress load, and metabolic situation, learn more at ⁠www.themetabolicmentorship.com⁠

In this episode, you’ll learn

• Why “calorie deficit is all that matters” is naive… and why “calories don’t matter” is also wrong

• The difference between a severe deficit (crash dieting) and a mild, imperceptible deficit (sustainable fat loss)

• Why midlife weight gain often comes with more hunger and less energy (the fuel is locked away)

• How stress and nervous system threat drives cravings, grazing, and “mystery calories”

• The simplest behavior shift that reduces cravings fast: meals to satiety → fewer snacks → effortless margin

  
  

The core framework: the 3 Ms

• Margin: a small reduction in intake (often ~150–200 calories/day) creates incentive to use stored fuel

• Metabolism: nutrient sensing, appetite signaling, and fuel partitioning determine whether you can access and use body fat

• Mind: safety signals reduce the body’s drive to hoard fuel and seek quick energy

  
  

The action plan:

1. Satiety (at meals): eat enough at meals to reach real “I don’t want another bite” fullness

2. Stop snacking: when meals are satisfying, snacking fades—and so do the extra calories

3. Safety: satiety is one of the strongest “safe” signals you can send your nervous system

{ACTION} Try this tomorrow:

When you get hungry, eat a real meal—and don’t stop until you’re truly full.

Notice what happens to your cravings, pantry-rifling, and “afternoon snack attack” within 24 hours.

⏱️ Timestamps:

00:00 Workshop kickoff: fat loss without tracking

00:34 Who I am + why “eat.simple” exists since 2010

01:15 What you’ll get today (simple + actionable)

02:10 The Venn diagram: the 3 factors that must overlap

03:16 M1: Margin (yes, you need a deficit—no, you won’t count it)

05:40 Severe vs. mild deficit: why crash diets backfire

09:56 How a “quiet deficit” actually works (imperceptible, sustainable)

12:40 Why the scale lies (use clothing + seasons instead)

16:19 M2: Metabolism (fuel access, hunger, partitioning)

20:33 Why you can be “tired with tons of stored fuel”

22:24 M3: Mind (nervous system safety, threat, cravings)

25:08 Snacking + stress: where the extra calories hide

28:07 The 3 S’s: Satiety, Stop Snacking, Safety

31:10 Action: eat meals to true satiety (what it feels like)

34:46 The promise: less cravings tomorrow + progress by next season

36:10 Closing: try it for one day + report back

The Metabolic Reboot kicks off on January 24th.

Learn more and secure your spot here: https://www.eatsimple.ca/reboot

Episode Summary --

Look.. the "loose pants" referenced in the title was clickbait.

I DO want you to fit back into your pants.

And I also want you to restore your failing metabolic health before it gets worse.

I want you to have boundless mental and physical energy for the rest of your life so you can adventure, travel, be romanced, take up meaningful and enriching hobbies and interests... LIVE A LIFE.

You are not meant to spend your whole life jumping from diet to diet and feeling terrible about yourself when each one fails.

With that clarification out of the way, here are the episode notes...

If you’ve been “doing all the right things” for decades—and your body is still changing in ways you don’t recognize—this episode is for you.

In this solo episode, I walk you through the philosophy, structure, and intention behind the 21-Day Metabolic Reboot: a short, focused reset designed for women with mild to moderate insulin resistance who are tired of quitting, restarting, and blaming themselves.

No food scale.

No meal plan.

No macros.

Not a supplement stack.

You'll learn a method of eating, moving, and living that helps you experience what it feels like when your metabolism actually starts cooperating again, so you can fit back into all the clothes in your closet, and step back into a vibrant life.

What You’ll Learn in This Episode --

• Why 21 days is actually enough to create meaningful metabolic change

• The real reason short programs can work—if you stop treating them like a finish line

• What results actually matter more than the scale (energy, sleep, mood, cravings, pants fit)

• Why I refuse to use food scales, bathroom scales, or rigid meal plans

• How to stop “miracle hopping” and start building momentum that sticks

• What it means to graduate from a plan instead of failing or quitting

Who the Metabolic Reboot Is For --

✔️ Women over 40

✔️ Women who suspect insulin resistance

✔️ Women who are tired of tracking, counting, and obsessing

✔️ Women who want structure without restriction

✔️ Women who are ready to quit quitting

🚫 Not for crash dieters

🚫 Not for people chasing fast, fragile results

🚫 Not for anyone looking to outsource responsibility to a meal plan

What You Get Inside the 21-Day Metabolic Reboot

• Daily short lessons delivered straight to your inbox

• Clear guidance on what to eat, when to eat, and how to stop snacking all day

• Support around food boredom, motivation dips, and self-talk

• Live touchpoints and accountability

• A framework you can keep using long after Day 21

No:

❌ meal plans

❌ supplements

❌ tracking

❌ scales

Yes:

✅ real food

✅ better mornings

✅ fewer cravings

✅ more trust in your body

The Invitation --

The Metabolic Reboot starts January 24

💰 $129 USD / $179 CAD

🗓 21 days of access, guidance, and support

If you play your cards right, this could be the last “reset” you ever do—because it teaches you how to keep going.

👉 Enrollment opens soon. Link in the show notes.

🕒 Timestamps --

• 00:00 – Why the Reboot exists (and who it’s for)

  00:09 – What The Metabolic Reboot actually is

  01:07 – Daily emails, live teaching, and real support

  03:27 – What results to expect (and what not to obsess over)

  06:45 – The structure: what you’ll focus on during the 21 days

  19:00 – Movement, exercise, and body shape in midlife

  21:49 – Food, sleep, and the metabolic basics that matter most

  22:12 – The truth about supplements (and why they’re optional)

  22:56 – Self-compassion, body kindness, and staying in the game

  25:44 – Shopping, cooking, and setting your environment up to win

  28:12 – Managing expectations and measuring progress without spiraling

  33:00 – Learning to fail better instead of starting over

  35:51 – Owning your mornings and setting the tone for the day

  36:44 – The eat.simple Clock explained

  37:14 – Tracking victories that actually matter

  40:16 – The eat.simple Manifesto, graduation, and what comes next

The Problem With Big Goals (And the Tiny Fix That Actually Works)

I recorded this on the first Monday of the year. And I, for one, was already exhausted by goal setting narrative. If you were too, then this episode is for you.

In this solo riff, I break down why most people fail at change even when they’re motivated, and why the obsession with outcomes, timelines, and “perfect plans” quietly sabotages long-term success.

Using stories from my military training, a staircase metaphor you won’t forget, and other own real-life examples (journaling, weight loss, reversing prediabetes), I'll make a case for direction over intensity and process over pressure.

You’ll learn:

• Why “jumping to the next miracle” keeps you stuck

• How identity-based goals beat outcome-based goals

• Why tiny, boring steps are actually the most powerful ones

• How to stop quitting on yourself—without willpower or shame

If you’ve ever thought “HOW can I set goals that will actually work for me?”—this episode will help you see change differently.

⏱️ Timestamps:

00:00 – The first Monday of the year (and why we’re already tired)

01:10 – Why most people are misoriented from the start

02:45 – The map & compass lesson that explains everything

05:00 – Why you can’t hustle real change

06:30 – The theory of the small move

10:45 – Why “just set better goals” isn’t helping

12:55 – Becoming the kind of person who does the thing

15:15 – Journaling, phones, and fixing the leak in the bucket

18:10 – Why habits take way longer than Instagram says

20:30 – The staircase metaphor (and why you keep jumping off)

24:20 – Miracle hopping vs. persistence

27:00 – Erin’s weight loss & prediabetes story (the long version)

33:15 – Why maintenance is actually identity

36:00 – Data vs. lived experience (and why both matter)

40:20 – Trusting the process when results lag

43:30 – The tiniest action you can take today

45:00 – Quit quitting (final thoughts)

If you feel like your midsection changed overnight -- even though you’re making as many of the "right choices" as you can -- you’re not imagining it.

In this episode, I break down why midlife belly fat is so common (and so distressing), and why the usual advice stops working in your 40s and 50s.

You’ll hear what’s not happening (your metabolism didn’t “slow down”), what is happening (hello hormone dysregulation + stress + muscle loss + a fat-storage pattern shift), and why “menopause belly” as a special category is just marketing nonsense.

Then I give you three simple, real-world actions to start this week:

1. find a modern menopause-informed doctor,

2. eat a protein-dominant breakfast daily, and

3. start tracking how the new you actually feels—with curiosity instead of doom.

Bottom line: belly fat isn’t a mystery, a moral failure, or a supplement opportunity. It’s solvable.

⏱️ Timestamps

00:00 Belly fat while “eating healthy” — why this is happening

00:46 “I’m uncomfortable in my skin” (and why that matters)

02:35 What’s not happening: metabolism “slowing down,” genetics “catching up,” menopause “making you fat”

06:20 The estrogen shift: what it changes (and what it doesn’t)

09:05 The real driver: insulin resistance (and why it’s fixable)

12:40 Stress, cortisol, and why blaming cortisol is a trap

16:40 The sneaky midlife shift: you’re probably more sedentary than you think

18:55 Muscle loss + body composition: why your shape changes

22:10 “Do the opposite now”: less cardio, more weights, more protein, real nourishment

25:10 Belly fat = fat (not a special kind of fat with a special protocol)

28:35 GLP-1s + menopause support: what to know (and what not to expect)

31:40 The 3 actions: doctor + protein breakfast + get to know the new you

What if your biggest health problem in 2026 isn’t your food… but the sentences you keep repeating?

The self-talk that keeps you overwhelmed and stuck?

In this episode, I’m deleting two phrases from your wellness vocabulary:

1. “I always self-sabotage.”

2. “This is only going to get worse.” (menopause /aging doom-talk 🙄)

Because both of these lines train your nervous system to expect failure… and then it politely delivers it.

We’re talking about what “self-sabotage” really is (usually self-protection), why strict plans create backlash, and how to make changes so simple your body barely notices—so you stop quitting, drifting, swinging, and starting over every Monday.

Then we go after the second cultural virus: women ominously warning other women that aging is basically a slow-motion disaster. A MAJOR frustration of mine, simply because of the totally pessimistic vibe. I’ll share how this narrative shapes behaviour, fuels fear-based decision-making, and keeps you braced for impact instead of becoming solutions-oriented.

We’ll end with a practical nervous-system tool I use in yoga (and in real life): how to shift your internal language so your body feels safe enough to cooperate.

If you’ve been stuck in “on plan / off plan” chaos, this one is for you.

In this episode:

• Why you can’t “ruin everything” in a few days or even a week (unless you DECIDE to)

• The real reason you “self-sabotage” (it’s not laziness, weakness, or lack of discipline)

• The cross-country ski grooves analogy (and why your brain keeps pulling you back)

• How to shrink the “pirate ship pendulum” swing of dieting

• A better question than “What’s wrong with me?”

• Why “just wait, it gets worse” is not wisdom—it’s contagion

• A simple nervous-system cue to shift out of dread and into agency

If this hit you: share it with a woman who’s tired of fighting herself.

⏱️ Timestamps:

00:00 Two Phrases That Keep Women Stuck (Let’s Delete Them)

00:11 Why the Holidays Make Women Feel “Off Track”

00:40 New Year Energy—Without the Self-Punishment

02:12 Why “Self-Sabotage” Isn’t What You Think It Is

05:25 What Your Nervous System Is Actually Doing

09:16 Why Simpler Health Changes Work Better

15:40 A Better Question Than “What’s Wrong With Me?”

17:22 What Sustainable Health Actually Feels Like

18:02 The Problem With “Just Wait, It Gets Worse”

20:01 How Beliefs Quietly Shape Outcomes

21:59 Relating to a Changing Body Without Fear

24:04 Why Doomsday Aging Talk Helps No One

30:23 Nervous System Safety: The Missing Piece

You’ve heard the hot takes:

• “You CANNOT gain weight by eating too little."
• “Starvation mode isn’t real.”
• “Calories are all that matter.”
• “Insulin is the only thing that matters.”
• “There’s ONE best way to eat.”

Cool cool cool.

But none of those declarative statements survive contact with a real human body.

In this episode, I’m doing something the wellness industry isn't good at: nuance.

Not because I want to position myself as a smartypants.

Not because I want to join the pile-on that is "wellness debunking."

But because your body is complex and you deserve more than being eye-rolled and shouted at through an iPhone screen from online trainers and wellness talking heads who are trying to shame or confuse you into clicking their link and downloading their thing.

I'm just saying the quiet part out loud.

We’re covering three polarizing topics -- the strongly-held convictions that you'll hear every time you look at your phone -- and I’m giving you the full view, so you can stop being talked at and start making decisions like a grown ass adult:

1. “Starvation mode” — can you gain weight by eating too little?

   No. But... also Yes. There’s a sneaky way calorie restriction can boomerang to overeating.

2. Calories vs Hormones — do calories matter, or does insulin matter?

   Yes. And yes. And anyone selling you only one is selling you their own worldview, not the biological truth.

3. One-size-fits-all health — is there a universal “best plan”?

   Of course not, but also there are fundamentals that DO work for all humans. And then there’s your actual life, preferences, goals, and biology-in-motion.

Nuance can feel uncomfortable because it brings this "well, that depends" energy that can feel unproductive to you, a person trying to live in a body.

But, on the flip side, buying into absolutes is also keeping you stuck.

If you’ve been doing everything “right” and your midlife body is still like, “lol no,” this episode will help you understand why, and how to proceed in a world that is flinging information at you every minute of your day.

🎧 Press play. Bring your skepticism. Keep your autonomy.

00:00 Language, marketing, and why nuance matters

02:39 Confronting bias (and why absolutists are a red flag)

05:00 The 3 polarizing topics we’re tackling

06:43 “Starvation mode”: can you gain weight eating too little?

09:28 The “demure diet” pattern + why hunger wins

14:43 The hidden calories you’re not tracking (and why it’s not a moral failing)

17:44 Calories vs hormones: why this is a false war

18:35 Fuel substrates: what your body actually runs on

21:20 Metabolism: what it is (and what it’s not)

21:54 Insulin resistance: why weight loss can feel impossible

24:14 Is there a one-size-fits-all approach? Yes… and no

29:47 Final thoughts: informed choices win when you're being chronically marketed to

You Don’t Have a Broken Body. You Have a New One.

If fat loss suddenly feels harder in your 40s or 50s...

If what used to “work” just… doesn’t anymore ...

If well-meaning people keep telling you to eat less and move more and you want to scream…

This episode is for you.

Midlife weight gain isn’t a personal failure.

It’s not a willpower problem.

And it’s not because your body is “getting worse.”

It’s because you’re in a new body — one you’ve never had to learn how to use before.

Fat loss in midlife is skill development.

Just like learning a new instrument.

Just like adapting to a new operating system.

And no, your male friends won’t get it.

Their bodies don’t change the way ours do.

In this episode, I talk about:

• Why midlife fat loss requires new inputs

• Why “doing what you used to do” backfires

• How menopause and transition actually change the game

• Why this phase of life can be your best one yet

• And how to stop treating this like a fight — and start treating it like mastery

You didn’t get a worse body.

You got a different one.

And if you’re ready to learn how to work with it —

you know where to find me.

Timestamps:

• 00:00 You Don’t Have a Broken Body

• 02:10 Why Midlife Fat Loss Is Skill Development

• 05:30 Why Men Don’t Get It

• 10:15 Why Old Strategies Stop Working

• 16:40 Menopause, Metabolism, and Reality

• 22:30 Belly Fat & the Panic Signal

• 27:00 The Opportunity of the Second Half

Does it feel like estrogen, cortisol, your thyroid, and your adrenals are out to get you?

Like they're on a mission to leave you feeling fat, foggy, and frumpy.

Your hormones wouldn't do that to you.

But your confusion about hormones may be what's holding you back from feeling great about your body.

Let's clear the confusion.

Women are told constantly that their hormones are the reason they’re gaining weight, feeling exhausted, or watching their metabolism “slow down.” But is that actually true?

In this episode, I'll walk you through the real role hormones play, and why most women are being misled into thinking they’re powerless.

I'll breaks down the 5 major hormone categories (sex, thyroid, adrenal, metabolic, circadian), clear up confusion about what “hormone imbalance” actually means, and explain why insulin is the metabolic lynchpin women aren’t being taught about.

This conversation is equal parts science and empowerment: Your hormones aren’t the enemy. They’re amazing dynamically responsive body chemicals picking up the signal YOU are sending them. You have more control than you think.

Timestamps

00:00 — Why “hormones” is the most misunderstood word in women’s health

04:45 — The 5 hormone categories & why the distinctions matter

10:20 — Sex hormones: perimenopause chaos, HRT, and what it can and can’t solve

18:55 — Thyroid & adrenal hormones: what’s real vs what’s trendy

24:40 — Adrenal fatigue: the truth behind the syndrome

30:08 — Cortisol, chronic stress & the bear-chase metaphor

36:22 — Metabolic hormones: insulin, leptin, ghrelin & fuel partitioning

43:11 — Why insulin resistance is the REAL midlife villain

49:02 — Melatonin, circadian rhythms & nighttime metabolism

54:20 — The empowering part: hormones respond to YOU

58:17 — The bottom line: your body isn’t broken — your inputs changed

Key Takeaways

• Hormones aren’t “balanced”; they’re dynamic, responsive signals.

• Sex hormones decline with age, but metabolic hormones are resilient for life.

• Insulin resistance—NOT estrogen decline—is the #1 driver of midlife weight gain.

• “Adrenal fatigue” isn’t a broken organ; it’s a chronically stressed life.

• Better sleep = better food choices = better hormone function.

• The basics (food, sleep, movement, stress hygiene) help to support ALL hormone systems.

• You’re not powerless. You're not broken. Your hormones are waiting for you to give them better information.

If nothing is working anymore and your body feels like a stranger, this is exactly what I help women solve. Learn more about The Metabolic Mentorship at https://www.themetabolicmentorship.com/learn

In this episode, Erin Power—nutritionist, coach, and the self-proclaimed "hardest-working gal in women’s weight loss" (ha!) —unpacks the noisy, confusing landscape of midlife health advice and helps you find solid ground.

From influencer rabbit holes to viral “lean physique” videos, Erin explains why extreme, aesthetic-driven fitness goals are designed for bodies that make a living being bodies... not for normal women like us.

She shares her personal reflections on time, regret, and influence (yes, even shampoo ads), and introduces a saner path forward: temperate hedonism, where food is both nourishing and enjoyable.

You’ll also hear a powerful client story about redefining progress beyond the bathroom scale and reclaiming health from sleep apnea without chasing an arbitrary “goal weight.”

If you’re ready to trade guilt and extremes for critical thinking, common sense, and results that actually last, this one’s for you.

🎧 Mentioned: The Sugar Short-Circuit (free download) → https://eatsimple.ca/sugar

🧠 Takeaways:

• Stop confusing fitness with appearance—they’re different pies 🍰

• Satiety + satisfaction = sustainability

• You don’t need to “just stop” emotional eating—you need to be fed

• The scale number is fiction; your clothes, energy, and confidence tell the truth

• Real change happens when you bring critical thinking and common sense to every message you consume

⏱️ Timestamps / Chapters

00:00  — Introduction: Why November feels like “the moment” for change

01:09  — The Regret List: How Erin tracks wasted time and lessons learned

02:16  — The Drugstore Haircare Rabbit Hole (and what it reveals about influence)

04:40  — How marketers make us buy things we don’t need

05:40  — Instagram’s impact on women’s health decisions

08:01  — The viral “Lean Physique” video and why it hit a nerve

15:53  — Emotional eating, entertainment food, and human wants

21:48  — The Gray Zone: Temperate hedonism and coexistence with cravings

30:50  — Reflecting on old body-image regrets

31:19  — The illusion (and exhaustion) of the “lean physique” life

32:18  — Satiety vs. Satisfaction: Feed your needs and your wants

34:19  — Fitness ≠ Aesthetics: The problem with the “fit look”

38:56  — Why emotional eating doesn’t actually fix emotions

46:59  — The Scale Is Not Your Friend (and never was)

55:57  — The CPAP story: A client’s breakthrough and redefining progress

1:01:10  — Final take: Critical thinking and common sense in a world of noise

Quit Quitting: Why “It Worked for a While” Is the Real Problem

If you’ve ever said “it worked until life got in the way,” this episode is for you.

We’re talking about what actually makes change sustainable... and it’s not more discipline, motivation, or tracking.

It’s emotional resilience.

Discouragement.

Frustration.

Disappointment.

Those three feelings are what make most of us quit.

In this episode, I’m sharing why you’re not broken, lazy, or self-sabotaging... you’re simply human.

You’re wired to seek ease. The problem isn’t you; it’s the exhausting systems you’ve been told to follow.

You’ll hear:

• Why “quit quitting” is the simplest, most powerful weight-loss strategy you’ve never tried

• How to ride out “the dip” (that messy middle where progress feels invisible)

• Why feeling bad doesn’t mean you’re doing it wrong

• How to build the skill of persistence, even when life gets in the way

  
  

This one’s part pep talk, part truth bomb, part reality check.

Because sustainable change doesn’t come from pushing harder.

It comes from staying the course when it's boring, unexciting, and down-right annoying.

You’re not a quitter. You just haven’t had an approach worth keeping.

Hit play and let’s make this the last time you start over.