The Midlife Feast
The Midlife Feast
Jenn Salib Huber RD ND
Day 2: "I Know What to Do, I Just Don't Do It" - Why Diets Fail in Midlife
8 minutes Posted Aug 29, 2026 at 8:00 am.
Welcome To The Midlife Feast
Day Two And The Diet Cycle
What Discipline Really Means
Self Compassion Without Excuses
Let Imperfect Eating Count
A Simple Practice For Today
Tomorrow’s Focus And Next Steps
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Welcome back to Day 2 of my Midlife and Menopause Un-Dieting series. Yesterday we talked about the diet cycle - the plan, the tracking, the promise that this time you'll have more discipline… until life gets lifey and it all falls apart. Today I want to gently blow up the story we tell ourselves next: that we failed because we don't have enough willpower. Here's what I hear all the time: "I know what to do, I just don't do it." And I get it! You do know that protein matters and that eating no...