The Midlife Feast
The Midlife Feast
Jenn Salib Huber RD ND
Menopause and Body Image: How to Feel Like Yourself Again
13 minutes Posted Apr 20, 2026 at 9:00 am.
Welcome To The Midlife Feast
Meet The Comparison Lizard
How Comparison Fuels Diet Culture
Spring Clothes And The Diet Cycle
When Food Peace Still Hurts
Research Linking Dissatisfaction And Eating
Body Appreciation Over Body Positivity
Introducing The Midlife Body Image Lab
Weekly Experiments And Group Support
Join The Lab And Next Steps
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Have you ever been having a perfectly good day, feeling comfortable in what you're wearing, and then caught a glimpse of yourself in a mirror and you suddenly feel the floor fall out from under you? That moment of being yanked out of your body is something I hear all the time. Meet the comparison lizard, the part of our brain wired for social comparison. It used to be a survival skill. Now it's a make-work project that fuels body dissatisfaction, especially in menopause when both the scale an...