Welcome to Eat the F*cking Food, a podcast for midlife women who are done living under diet culture rules and ready to eat enough to actually thrive. Host Kristin Collins, a certified nutrition coach and menopause coaching specialist, shares why this show exists: women have learned how to diet, but not how to eat, and it’s leaving them underfed, overwhelmed, and afraid of basic foods.

In this first episode, Kristin tells her story, how perimenopause hit, and how symptoms stacked up, sleep disruption, anxiety, libido changes, and digestion so slow it landed her in the emergency room. She opens up about the trap of restriction that “worked” aesthetically while her health markers got worse, and the turning point that changed everything, eating up to her needs, lifting weights, and learning that rest and recovery are part of health too.

Kristin also previews what’s coming next: guests and conversations designed to put self-care back on the table, remove fear around food, and help women fuel their bodies so they can fuel their lives.

1. Why this podcast exists, to challenge diet mentality and help women eat enough to thrive in midlife
2. The moment the name was born, after hearing women ask “Are potatoes okay?” “Can I have a banana?” “Can I have carrots?”
3. How perimenopause showed up, sleep disruption, anxiety, libido changes, digestion issues
4. The “compliments trap,” getting rewarded for getting smaller while health markers declined
5. Why one-size-fits-all diets can do damage, and why this show separates opinion from fact
6. The shift to eating up to your needs, lifting weights, and respecting rest and recovery
7. A simple structure for consistency, three meals, a snack, sometimes two snacks for high-energy days
8. Removing morality from food, banana, cookie, cocktail, informed choices without shame
9. What’s coming next, strength-minded coaching, tracking without fear by treating it as data, real midlife stories, and mindset support

We talk about:

1. 00:00 Welcome, and why diet nonsense ends here
2. 01:00 Food as self-care, eating enough to thrive (not drag through the day)
3. 01:35 The name story, “Are potatoes okay?” “Can I have a banana?”
4. 03:00 Perimenopause, symptoms and the “that’s just how it is” lie
5. 04:20 The emergency room moment, digestion slowed dramatically
6. 05:10 Detoxes, restriction, and the compliments trap
7. 06:45 The turning point, eating more, lifting, rest and recovery
8. 08:10 “Healthy doesn’t have to be so hard”
9. 08:45 The framework, meals, snacks,...