

Fierce Fatty Podcast
Vinny Welsby
Join Vinny Welsby (they/them), TEDx speaker, best-selling author, and certified Fierce Fatty as they teach you how to love your fat body without going on yet another ever again. 95-99% of diets fail, it’s not your fault you’ve never succeeded at losing weight! Wear the damn bikini, rock that crop top, and embrace that curvy body. Break down limiting negative self-beliefs and root out the reasons why you think your plus-size body is not ok. Episodes topics include - fatphobia, diet culture, intuitive eating, how to be confident, dating while plus-size, health at every size, overcoming stigma and shame, and taking over the world one fatty at a time!
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Oct 6, 2020 • 52min
050: What About "Weight Loss" Surgery?
This podcast delves into the world of weight loss surgery, discussing its success rates, side effects, and ethical considerations. It addresses long-term weight regain, societal pressures, high suicide rates, and challenges associated with bariatric surgery. The episode explores different types of surgeries, like gastric bypass and sleeve surgery, along with emotional and psychological impacts. Personal anecdotes and expert perspectives shed light on the complexities and misconceptions surrounding weight loss surgeries.

Sep 29, 2020 • 1h 3min
049: You Can Love Your Body and Be Healthy Without Losing Weight!
Why diets lie to us and trick us into thinking that weight loss will give us confidence and health and ow diets actually give us the opposite thing we are looking for. How to actually get what you want (confidence, health, mobility) without shrinking your body and I also reveal this outrageous trick diet culture is using to hurt you and how to avoid it. Episode show notes: http://www.fiercefatty.com/049 The Fierce Fatty Vault: https://bampowlife.kartra.com/page/vault

Sep 22, 2020 • 51min
048: Ways That Low Confidence Manifests in Daily Life
Today, I am talking about all of the ways of 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/048 The Fierce Fatty Vault: https://bampowlife.kartra.com/page/vault

Sep 15, 2020 • 41min
047: 3 Phases to Move Through That Get You to a Place of Body Love
I am cracking the lid on the exact method I teach inside my paid program Fierce Fatty Academy so that you can copy it. These are all the phases you need to pass through in order to feel confident in your fat body. Before I share that I talk about Kill Bill...yes the movie! Episode show notes: http://www.fiercefatty.com/047 The Fierce Fatty Vault: https://bampowlife.kartra.com/page/vault

Sep 8, 2020 • 34min
046: Myths about Body Confidence and Food Freedom Debunked
In this episode, we are talking about the most common misconceptions folks have around feeling more confident in their body and free around food. Why believing these myths isn’t helpful and how you can begin to feel better sooner rather than later. Episode show notes: http://www.fiercefatty.com/046 The Fierce Fatty Vault: https://bampowlife.kartra.com/page/vault

Sep 1, 2020 • 50min
045: This Is Why You Think Your Fat Body Is Unattractive PLUS The Crucial Questions You Need to Ask Yourself Today
I've got a super sexy 2-part podcast for you today! I will be answering what is happening in your gorgeous fatty brain when you believe your body is unattractive - when I explain this it'll make total sense! Also, I share 3 questions you need to ask yourself that will really challenge some viewpoints. Episode show notes: http://www.fiercefatty.com/045 The Fierce Fatty Vault: https://bampowlife.kartra.com/page/vault

Aug 25, 2020 • 42min
044: Avoid These 2 Limiting Beliefs And You’ll See Big Changes in Your Body Confidence
There are 2 big things people say to themselves that stop them from seeing results when it comes to loving their fat body. In this episode learn how to avoid making these 2 pitfalls and reframe beliefs that don’t serve you. Also, I talk about what is really going on when we make excuses and don’t take action. PLUS: It’s my birthday and so I have a present for you! Episode show notes: http://www.fiercefatty.com/044 The Fierce Fatty Vault: https://bampowlife.kartra.com/page/vault

Aug 18, 2020 • 1h 3min
043: Belly Hating Hurdles: Live Coaching with Bethan
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's 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/043 The Fierce Fatty Body Love Roadmap: https://bampowlife.kartra.com/page/roapmap

Aug 11, 2020 • 1h 1min
042: The 4 Massive Mistakes Everyone Makes When Trying to Love Their Body
There are 4 key mistakes everyone makes when they are on their body loving journey and I see them come up time and time again as reasons folks are stuck and don’t feel good in their body. Today I will be going in-depth on all 4 of them so that you can avoid these pitfalls. When you don’t work on the things we will be talking about in today’s episode then it’s like pouring water into a bucket with holes in; you’ll be working really hard to feel more confident in your body and it feels like nothing is working. It’s not your fault, we just need to plug those holes! Content warning: I talk about what the UK government is suggesting to make people not fat in the first section, skip to 7 mins in to avoid this. Brief mention of the O Words. Episode show notes: http://www.fiercefatty.com/042 The Fierce Fatty Body Love Roadmap: https://bampowlife.kartra.com/page/roapmap Christy Harrison's post: https://www.instagram.com/p/CDJvxJpJAvo/ Wired Piece: https://www.wired.com/story/covid-19-does-not-discriminate-by-body-weight/ Dr. Joshua Wolrich's post: https://www.instagram.com/p/B_z2RIundfe/ and another post: https://www.instagram.com/p/CDKLAh8hBJQ/

Aug 4, 2020 • 1h 4min
041: Is Diet Culture a Cult?
I deep dive into this important question and show the similarities between cult behaviours and that of diets and diet culture. Why is it so hard to leave dieting...perhaps even more so than something we would consider a traditional organised cult? Also, I talk about how to easily spot if what you’re engaging in is cult-like. Episode show notes: http://www.fiercefatty.com/041 The Fierce Fatty Body Love Roadmap: https://bampowlife.kartra.com/page/roapmap Toxic Positivity” podcast by Lillian Lalo: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/toxic-positivity/id1511772332 The BITE model: https://freedomofmind.com/bite-model/ Why We Fell For Clean Eating by Bee Wilson for the Guardian: https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2017/aug/11/why-we-fell-for-clean-eating Dr. Jill Murphy “Trying to Leave the Cult of Weight Loss....(and why it’s so much harder to leave than an actual cult).”: https://www.foodfreedombodylove.com/articles/2018/2/16/trying-to-leave-the-cult-of-weight-lossand-why-its-so-much-harder-to-leave-than-an-actual-cult