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My Embarrassing Anti-Fat Bias

I’ll be the first to admit – as someone who has established her entire brand around reducing anti-fat bias, what I’m about to share is embarrassing.

That said, it’s true that we all have anti-fat bias, and it’s really important to me that you don’t feel alone in that. So! Here’s the story of a surprising and embarrassing instance of mine and how I’m working on it.

It started in therapy.

As so many surprising revelations do, this sneaky form of anti-fat bias presented itself during therapy.

I was discussing my recent discomfort ...

6 Ways to Address Comments on your Body During the Holidays – and All Year Long!

Anti-Fat Bias

The last two months of the year can be an extremely busy, fun, and full experience. It can also be wildly anxiety-producing, with everything from financial expectations to end-of-year deadlines, and the constant messaging from diet culture (often in the form of well-meaning relatives) to obsess over the way we look. This year, you don’t have to go it alone. I’m here to equip you with 6 ways to address comments on your body during the holidays — and all year long!

Changes to your body are your business and yours alone.

Pretty much the only guarantee about our bodies is that they will ...

You are the Expert on Your Body

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Yep, you read that title right – you are the expert on your body. Did you know that? Because if you’re anything like me, most of the time I don’t feel like an expert on much of anything. That includes this vessel that carries me around and frequently feels and does things I can’t explain.

But, as much as it may be a mystery, nobody knows your body better than YOU.

That includes:

your doctor
your mom
your dad
your best friend
your personal trainer
your nosy aunt
your next-door neighbor
internet friends
well-meaning internet strangers and ESPECIALLY
abusive internet strangers

Now, we’ll discuss some of the many ways to address online trolling and bullying in another blog post, but realizing the opinions of strangers ...

Addressing Internal Anti-Fat Bias

Anti-Fat Bias

So you’ve decided to ditch diet culture, food restriction, and leave intentional weight loss behind. First of all – YAY! That’s incredible, and your life will change for the better.

And it’s also probably going to be really hard for more than one reason. (UGH, I know.)

Want to make the process a little easier? Keep reading.

Addressing Internal Anti-fat Bias

The good news? We’ve all got internal anti-fat bias. The bad news?

WE’VE ALL GOT INTERNAL ANTI-FAT BIAS.

Y’all, this feeling of desperation to avoid gaining weight, being fat, going up a size, ...

6 Tips for Living in a Fat Body

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First things first, about that title. I know I called it 6 Tips for Living in a Fat Body, BUT these can honestly help anyone who wants to have a better relationship with their own body, fat or not.

All of these little tidbits of info are based on my actual, real life experience as a fat person. And if you’re new here, we don’t treat “fat” as a bad word, because fat isn’t bad! It’s a descriptor. At its worst, it’s neutral, and at its best, it’s wonderful.

Ready to get down to it? Keep reading!

1. Ditch the scale

If you’ve ...

Fat Positive Doesn’t Mean “Anti-Health”

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Woooooo this post has been a LONG time coming.

Friends, there’s a lot to process when it comes to fat positivity.

For starters – what, exactly, IS fat positivity? Why is it necessary? What’s the difference between it and body positivity?

These are all excellent questions, but they’re each their own (very long) blog post. In the interest of time and staying on task, let’s take a super quick look at the breakdown.

What is fat positivity?

Fat positivity involves a lot of things, but overall? It’s a social movement. Fat positivity and fat ...

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It started in therapy.

Changes to your body are your business and yours alone.

Addressing Internal Anti-fat Bias

1. Ditch the scale

What is fat positivity?

LET’S HANG OUT!