177: I Want to Lose Weight! Coming to Terms With an Anti-fat World: Listener Questions

Sep 19, 2023

In this podcast, the host addresses listener questions about coping with an anti-fat world and finding fat-positive doctors. They also discuss the misconception that biology dictates attractiveness based on weight and the dangers and negative side effects of weight loss surgeries. The episode explores the link between fatness and health outcomes, highlighting the harm of dieting and the connections between shame, stigma, denied healthcare, and worse health outcomes.

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Introduction

00:00 • 2min

Personal Experience, Updates on Ko-fi, and Shout-out to Supporters

01:36 • 4min

Discovering Fat Liberation and Anti-Diet Movements

05:11 • 9min

Responding to Weight Loss Desire and Addressing Concerns about the Immigration Medical Exam

14:19 • 5min

Navigating Healthcare: Weight Loss Surgery and Knee Surgery

19:21 • 6min

The Link Between Fatness and Health Outcomes

25:50 • 20min

Listener questions part 2! Questions include: Help! I want to lose weight, but not for aesthetic reasons anymore but because the world is inaccessible. How do I cope? How to find a doctor who is fat positive? Is it true that biology dictates that fat people are less attractive to others?

Episode show notes: http://www.fiercefatty.com/177

Support me on Ko-Fi and get the Size Diversity Resource Guide: https://ko-fi.com/fiercefatty/tiers

https://www.canada.ca/en/services/immigration-citizenship/helpcentre/glossary.html#excessive_demand

165: “Weight Loss” Surgery Stats and Stories (part 3): https://fiercefatty.com/165 126: Stories from Weight Loss Surgery Survivors Part 2: https://fiercefatty.com/126 122: Stories From Weight Loss Surgery Patients 8 Years Post Op: https://fiercefatty.com/122 90: Will "Weight Loss" Surgery Make You Thin, Healthy and Live Longer?: https://fiercefatty.com/090

Weight loss surgery facts: https://www.instagram.com/p/CrfAJxwSVLj/?img_index=1 Stories from bariatric surgery survivors: https://www.instagram.com/p/CcoU5cqPv7e/?img_index=1

Association of All-Cause Mortality With Overweight and Obesity Using Standard Body Mass Index Categories: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4855514/

The obesity ‘crisis’ is a myth By Harriet Brown https://nypost.com/2015/03/22/why-dieting-doesnt-work/

Diet-free Talk for Diabetes/Insulin Issues:https://www.facebook.com/groups/221981691163510/

Fat Positive Intuitive Eating Diabetes Community: https://www.facebook.com/groups/fatpositivediabetes/

I attend a free virtual weight-inclusive diabetes support group here: https://www.laurennewmanrd.com/groups

25+ Weight Neutral and Health at Every Size Resources for Managing Diabetes https://bodyliberationphotos.com/2019/08/30/masterpost-haes-based-resources-for-intuitive-eating-diabetes-and-living-with-chronic-illness/

HAES Healthsheets: https://haeshealthsheets.com/type-2-diabetes/

Don’t weigh me cards: https://more-love.org/resources/free-dont-weigh-me-cards/

https://www.instagram.com/fatpositivefertility/ for community and she probably has resources. Do you have a fat facebook group in your area or a Facebook group on obgyn’s? As I am in Canada this is where I find my people.

List of Anti-Diet, HAES, and Intuitive Eating Providers via Christy Harrison https://christyharrison.com/haes-anti-diet-intuitive-eating-providers-eating-disorder-recovery

Fat Friendly Health Professionals List http://www.fatfriendlydocs.com/

Fat Friendly Healthcare Providers

https://www.self.com/story/find-fat-friendly-doctor

https://www.instagram.com/p/CtLARDESZtE/?img_index=1