Fierce Fatty Podcast

Got someone in your life that isn’t quite on board with being pro-fat acceptance and anti-diet and you don’t know how to respond when they say things like “but, fat people have heart attacks and die younger! What about diabetes! Their KNEEESSSS!?” I’m coming at you with some super powerful studies and real-life science to break this down even further. There are gonna be a few things in this episode that are going to be really surprising and having you feel more confident in the decision to start this body acceptance journey. Trigger Warning: I am going to be citing studies that use the O words. I also will be talking about specific weight and height ratios closer to the end of the episode. Episode show notes: http://www.fiercefatty.com/080 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

When you increase your confidence is it all rainbows and glitter spraying from your bumhole? Nah. There are downsides. Things that are difficult and annoying and I’m gonna share them with you today. Also, have you seen on TikTok or IG the new trend of “mid-size” (people who are straight-sized but are not thin). A lot of fat people have FEELINGS about it and I’m gonna share my own take on this new (actually being going on forever) trend. Episode show notes: http://www.fiercefatty.com/079 Boundary Boss: https://bampowlife.kartra.com/page/BB Mid-Size Representation Rocks But We Need To Be Mindful: https://vixmeldrew.com/mid-size-style/ 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

Don't like your fat body? Could it because you're holding onto a certain fear, making this common mistake, or have a certain misconception? Tune into this episode where I share the common obstacles folks face and give you a juicy "how to" so that you can dig into some deeply held beliefs that you may have held onto for years. Episode show notes: http://www.fiercefatty.com/078 How To Love Your Fat Body (Be In All The Photos, Ditch The Boring Clothes and Stop Pulling Your Top Down To Hide Your Belly) : www.fiercefatty.com/challenge 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

"Self-love means caring for your body which means losing weight!" Seems logical, but is it actually? Does being fat means you've given up and don't give a sh*t about your body, your health, and hate yourself? Let's put this statement to the test! TW: brief mention of sexual assault and I talk about getting a PAP/smear test. Episode show notes: http://www.fiercefatty.com/077 How To Love Your Fat Body (Be In All The Photos, Ditch The Boring Clothes and Stop Pulling Your Top Down To Hide Your Belly) : www.fiercefatty.com/challenge Instagram post on body love journey: https://www.instagram.com/p/CMk8EsOLA3w/ Let's continue the conversation in my free group! https://www.facebook.com/groups/fiercefattyfriends/ 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

GOOP donkey Gwyneth Paltrow has promoted a book called Intuitive Fasting and it made me think about all the BS ways diet culture is sneaking into our lives. Now that Body Positivity and Ant-Diet are becoming more trendy I am seeing SO MANY popular IG accounts causing me major eye-roll-itis and indignant groans galore. They *look* legit yet when we scratch the surface there is a different story; in this episode, I will share the red flags that I see waving left and right. PLUS I answer a listening question on whether her new boyfriend is fetishizing her fat body or not. Come join me! Episode show notes: http://www.fiercefatty.com/076 How To Love Your Fat Body (Be In All The Photos, Ditch The Boring Clothes and Stop Pulling Your Top Down To Hide Your Belly): www.fiercefatty.com/challenge 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

Do you have some unhelpful beliefs that you can't get rid of no hard you try? Then listen on into this episode where I talk about neural pathways, what they are and how we can use the ways our brains work to our benefit. We cover how beliefs are like suitcases and why some beliefs are harder to shake than others. Also, I started online dating! Hear about that sh!t show in today's episode, lol, sob. Episode show notes: http://www.fiercefatty.com/075 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

Listen up here now! I heard a little secret that some of you think you can't get to a place of body acceptance...never mind body love. Well my gorgeous fatty, that is balderdash! I am here today to tell you why you can and also how! Episode show notes: http://www.fiercefatty.com/074 Health Sheets: https://haeshealthsheets.com/the-health-sheet-library/ 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 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

What our society has taught us about fat people: OMG, fat people are stalking the streets in search of thin people to gobble up! Once they catch them the fatties suck what little fat The Thins (TM) have through a straw pierced into their belly buttons! Their appetites and depravity know no bounds and due to their deplorable behaviour they are "heart attacks waiting to happen"!!!!!! Of course, I am exaggerating there, but should we be worried that if we live in a fat body we are probably gonna die imminently? Is there any truth to the hyperbolic headlines featuring images of headless fatties? Let’s talk about it in this episode. TW: O Words, health, and weight correlations, health-promoting behaviours, death from medical fatphobia Episode show notes: http://www.fiercefatty.com/073 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

I used to believe that ALL fat people were fat because they had mental health issues. Is it true that when people experience trauma they consciously or unconsciously put on weight to protect themselves? Is being fat just a physical manifestation of something else that is going on that we need to fix? I answer these questions PLUS talk about age positivity in this week's episode. Episode show notes: http://www.fiercefatty.com/072 Gen X Women Feel Excluded from The Body Positive Movement from Time: https://time.com/5348584/body-positive-movement-gen-x-women/ Age Positive People: https://www.instagram.com/robincharmagne/ https://www.instagram.com/glitterglama/ https://www.instagram.com/baddiewinkle/ https://www.instagram.com/idaho_amy/ Tipping the Scales: Effects of Gender, Rape Myth Acceptance, and Anti-Fat Attitudes on Judgments of Sexual Coercion Scenarios: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31475616/   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

Do you find yourself thinking "those other fatties are gorgeous but my body is a crime scene!" Why is it that we can intellectually know it's ok to be fat but we think our own bodies are unattractive? This needs to stop! Join me in this episode where I break this down so you can stop falling into this trap. PLUS I update you on the stats around covid and fatness - are the new studies true that fat people are going to spontaneously combust and eat children true? Find out in this episode! Episode show notes: http://www.fiercefatty.com/071 Study of 375K people and covid showing fat people aren't dying from covid at a higher rate: http://bit.ly/3qJtD8Y   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