009: From Burnout to Balance. Terry Tateossian on Addiction, Perimenopause & Rebuilding Your Health

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.In this episode, you’ll discover:Why midlife weight gain often has deeper roots than diet and exercise aloneHow emotional eating and addiction patterns around food and alcohol developWhy nervous system dysregulation can drive cravings, anxiety, and burnoutHow perimenopause can begin earlier than most women realizeWhy chronic dieting damages metabolism and leads to weight regainThe connection between blood sugar regulation, mood, and energy levelsWhy nutrition is the true foundation of sustainable health changeHow sleep disruption impacts cravings, stress, and hormone balanceWhy resistance training is essential for women navigating midlife healthHow progressive overload helps reshape body composition and strengthWhy sustainable habits outperform extreme short term diet plansHow small daily changes can rebuild metabolism, energy, and long term healthWe talk about:00:00 Terry’s midlife health turning point03:00 Entrepreneurship, stress, and weight gain06:00 Diet cycles and why weight kept coming back08:00 Panic attacks and the wake up call10:00 Emotional eating and addiction patterns13:00 Nervous system dysregulation explained16:00 Why nutrition affects stress and cravings19:00 The role of sleep in metabolism and hormones21:00 Why resistance training matters in midlife25:00 The real reason most diets fail29:00 Rebuilding metabolism through nutrition31:00 Terry’s go-to balanced mealConnect with TerryInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/how.good.can.it.get/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/terry-tateossian/ Website: https://msha.ke/thor.wellness Connect with meInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/kristinrcollins/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@kristin.collins Website: https://kristincollinshealthcoaching.com/ #MidlifeHealth #PerimenopauseHealth #EmotionalEating #MidlifeWeightGain #HormoneHealth #HealthyHabits #EatTheFoodPodcast