If you've spent years trying to eat less, cut back, and restrict your way to better health — this episode is your permission slip to stop. In this week's episode, I explore why healthy eating in midlife is far less about what you take away, and everything about what you add in.
Drawing on CBT, positive psychology, and the latest nutrition research, I unpack why restriction is working against your perimenopausal body — and what to do instead.
In this episode you'll learn:
- Why almost 3 in 4 UK adults aren't eating enough fruit and veg — and why that reframes the whole conversation
- The psychological reason restriction makes you think about food more, not less
- How cortisol and fluctuating oestrogen make a restrictive approach especially damaging in midlife
- The additive mindset — what it is, why it works, and how it creates sustainable change
- Five practical, no-faff ways to add more nourishment to your day (even on your busiest ones)
- Why this approach supports weight loss as well as maintenance
- How small repeated actions shift your identity — so healthy eating stops feeling like a battle and starts feeling like you
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Sarah x
