028: Why Am I Not Losing Weight? 4 Midlife Diet Mistakes You Are Making

Midlife weight loss mistakes usually come down to four sneaky habits, not a lack of willpower. If you have cut calories, skipped meals, and still are not seeing results, your body may be stuck in survival mode instead of fat-loss mode. This snack-sized solo episode breaks down the exact patterns keeping midlife women plateaued, exhausted, and frustrated with the scale.Kristin Collins, certified nutrition coach and menopause coaching specialist, walks through the four mistakes she sees most often in coaching, from undereating and treating weekends as a free-for-all, which is 42 percent of your week, to trading consistency for perfection. She shares how learning her own maintenance calories inside her Game On Nutrition method ended years of yo-yo dieting and helped her build visible muscle after six years of consistent strength training. Give yourself permission to be boring, and watch what changes.In this episode, you’ll discover:Learn why eating too little is one of the most common midlife weight loss mistakes, and how undereating trains your body to store fat instead of releasing it.Find out why the weekend makes up 42 percent of your week, and why treating Friday through Sunday like a free-for-all quietly stalls your progress.Discover why consistency beats perfection every time, and how one small daily habit compounds faster than an intense workout you only do once a month.Understand what maintenance calories actually are and why learning yours is the missing link that makes any weight loss sustainable long term.Hear why building muscle in midlife takes years, not weeks, and how three years of progressive overload finally created visible definition.Get the honest signs you are undereating, including waking up tired, crashing at 3pm, and dealing with worsening perimenopausal symptoms you may be blaming on something else.Learn why giving yourself a full year, not five days, to build new habits is what actually makes lifestyle change stick.We talk about:00:00 Welcome back and an update on the current cohort01:44 Why eating too little is a common midlife mistake03:34 Are you undereating? Signs to check on your plate07:00 Why weekends make up 42 percent of your week09:16 Consistency over perfection, the real key to progress11:47 Learning your maintenance calories the boring way15:24 Six years of strength training and finally seeing muscle18:16 Recap of the four biggest nutrition mistakes19:23 Are one-size-fits-all diet programs failing you21:29 Why giving your body time changes everythingConnect with meInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/kristinrcollins/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@kristin.collins Website: https://kristincollinshealthcoaching.com/ #MidlifeNutrition #AntiDietPodcast #WomensHealthMidlife #EatTheFuckingFood #MaintenanceCalories #MidlifeWeightLoss #StopDieting #PerimenopauseNutrition #ConsistencyOverPerfection #BalancedPlate #NutritionCoach #KristinCollins #GameOnNutrition #WomenOver40 #DietCultureRecovery #StrengthTrainingWomen #UndereatingSymptoms #MidlifeWomen #FoodFreedom #EatTheFckingFood