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