Today we are looking at the Warsaw Ghetto Hunger Study, the Children of HungerWinter and the Minnesota Starvation Experiment to answer the question what does hunger do to our mental and physical wellbeing? Massive trigger warning: mention of calories, types of food, starvation, eating disorders, self-harm, murder, the holocaust and death. Although most are brief mentions and not going into details. Episode show notes: http://www.fiercefatty.com/094 Free Training: The 4 Simple Steps to Feel Confident in Your Body and Around Food ... Even If You Believe It's Not Possible! https://event.webinarjam.com/channel/org The psychology of hunger By Dr. David Baker and Natacha Keramidas: https://www.apa.org/monitor/2013/10/hunger The Starvation Study That Changed The World: https://www.refinery29.com/en-us/minnesota-starvation-experiment Physiology of weight regain: Lessons from the classic Minnesota Starvation Experiment on human body composition regulation https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/obr.13189 The Secret Starvation Study Conducted by Jewish Doctors at Warsaw Ghetto: https://www.haaretz.com/world-news/.premium.MAGAZINE-the-secret-starvation-study-conducted-by-jewish-doctors-at-warsaw-ghetto-1.7965422 The Hunger Disease Study in the Warsaw Ghetto: https://www.urologichistory.museum/collections/the-scope-of-urology-newsletter/issue-2-summer-2020/hunger-disease-study This is what hunger does: https://thecorrespondent.com/5379/this-is-what-hunger-does/358445802-e6acda55

JuSt lOvE YoUr bOdY!!! This advice ain't helpful for those who live with a chronic condition or are disabled who can feel their body has let them down. Put on top of that dealing with fatphobia and an ableist world...what's a fatty gotta do? Just think about the good things and bury the frustration, shame and sadness? Surely there has to be a better way! Also some nonbinary updates in this episode so TW if you don't want to hear about gender dysphoria. Episode show notes: http://www.fiercefatty.com/093 Free Training: The 4 Simple Steps to Feel Confident in Your Body and Around Food ... Even If You Believe It's Not Possible! https://event.webinarjam.com/channel/org Abelism 101: https://www.accessliving.org/newsroom/blog/ableism-101/ HAES Healthsheets: https://haeshealthsheets.com/type-2-diabetes/

TW: Extreme medical fatphobia. Have you seen this new torture device that they have created to go on fat people's teeth to clamp them shut? Looks like a ton of fun, lemme tell ya! Also, a diet drug has been approved by the FDA, this must be good news...right? Let's chat about these new medical interventions. Episode show notes: http://www.fiercefatty.com/092

Today I am talking about all of the ways hating your body and having low self esteem affects our lives. Including the everyday ways our behaviour is different from having low confidence to higher confidence and why being worried about other people’s opinions sabotages our happiness. Episode show notes: http://www.fiercefatty.com/091

Does weight loss surgery make you thin? What percentage of people is it successful for? Are the side effects worth it and what are they exactly? This episode is a deep dive into bariatric surgery AKA "weight loss" surgery AKA stomach amputation. CW: There are mentions of the O Words, suicide rates and brief mention of calories. Episode show notes: http://www.fiercefatty.com/090

We have a special episode today as I am coaching a member of my program, Fierce Fatty Academy, live! Bethan is struggling with dealing with other people opinions (even if she isn't sure what the other person is actually thinking - have you ever done that? I know I have!). Also she is having a serious hate fest with her belly that hangs...which happens to be the number one area of our body that fat people struggle to accept. TW: Mention of spousal abuse (physical violence + emotional abuse), including a very brief mention of rape. Very brief mention of suicidal ideations. Episode show notes: http://www.fiercefatty.com/089 Free Training: The 4 Simple Steps to Feel Confident in Your Body and Around Food ... Even If You Believe It's Not Possible! https://event.webinarjam.com/channel/org If you want to donate to me on PayPal you can do it here: https://paypal.me/fiercefatty

Fat sex! How does society view fat bodies and how do we view our own fat bodies when it comes to sex and desirability? What impact does that have on the way we relate to others sexually? TW: mention of fatphobic beliefs about fat bodies. Episode show notes: http://www.fiercefatty.com/088

I am answering listener questions today! First, we talk about how to deal with fatphobia in the workplace. Now that folks are going back into the office the powers that be have decided that we all must lose the “quarantine 15” (that term makes me shudder and eye roll at the same time) and are setting up uuuuber helpful lunch and learns about what a fat loser you are. Fun! I talk about what you can do in this situation. The second question asks how to differentiate low self-esteem from a mental health condition - if you’ve ever wondered what’s the difference between an eating disorder and disordered eating or between good ol’ low self-esteem and something like body dysmorphic disorder then I’ll be giving my 2 cents. Episode show notes: http://www.fiercefatty.com/087 Free Training: The 4 Simple Steps to Feel Confident in Your Body and Around Food ... Even If You Believe It's Not Possible! https://event.webinarjam.com/channel/org If you want to donate to me on PayPal you can do it here: https://paypal.me/fiercefatty

“Before the pandemic, I could run 50 marathons in a day and now I have put on 2 lbs and can only run 49 marathons in a day and so it is 100% down to my weight and not because I haven’t run in the last 18 months!” - I’ve been seeing sentiments like this allllll over the internetwebs.com, of course not that extreme, but you get the gist. People’s health has changed since the pandemic started and collectively we are blaming it on weight gain or a change in what we eat and are not looking at it with nuance. So, lemme break it down for ya. Also! Are you anxious about being judged by people you haven’t seen in a while? Let’s talk about that too! Episode show notes: http://www.fiercefatty.com/086 Free Training: The 4 Simple Steps to Feel Confident in Your Body and Around Food ... Even If You Believe It's Not Possible! https://event.webinarjam.com/channel/org If you want to donate to me on PayPal you can do it here: https://paypal.me/fiercefatty HAES manifesto: https://lindobacon.com/HAESbook/pdf_files/HAES_Manifesto.pdf Also remember that what makes up health is super complex: https://www.instagram.com/p/COOTwCnB-ZX/ Katherine Flegal - The “ob*sity” wars and the education of a researcher: A personal account - PubMed: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34139265/ HAES, pandemic, covid, weight gain, health at every size, exercise, health, judgement

Oh hey! I’m non-binary! What does that even mean? And what does it mean to me? I’ll be talking about my coming out journey alongside how it relates to unlearning fatphobia. Also, hear anti-trans athlete myths busted to smithereens from a post from Schuyler Bailar of Pinkmantaray! Episode show notes: http://www.fiercefatty.com/085 Free Training: The 4 Simple Steps to Feel Confident in Your Body and Around Food ... Even If You Believe It's Not Possible!: https://event.webinarjam.com/channel/org We VPN BBCiPlayer. Shows I mentioned: Time, A Change of Sex - Wikipedia Julia Grant, Jamie: Drag Queen at 16 Books I mentioned: Killer Fat, Fat Pretty and Soon to Be Old, Stolen Lives: 20 Years in a Desert Prison, the Memory Palace, the Stranger Beside Me, the Yellow House My IG coming out post: https://www.instagram.com/p/CQJvrPMFgky/ Mere Abrams is a researcher, writer, educator, consultant, and licensed clinical social worker: @meretheir Nonbinary: What Does It Mean - Healthline Pronoun dressing room: http://www.pronouns.failedslacker.com/ Pinkmantaray aka Schuyler Bailar IG post about Trans Girls Sport. If you want to donate to me on PayPal you can do it here: https://paypal.me/fiercefatty genderqueer, genderfluid, trans, transgender, queer, lgbtqia+, pansexual, gender