Daring Fat

An article in the NYT yesterday talked about fat influencers that are getting thin. (I have always maintained that one of the absolute hardest things about the Intuitive Eating journey is losing weight. It’s a total mind f**k.) The example influencer got thin, never spoke about it on IG, and to the NYT revealed that “she had relapsed into the disordered eating practices that she had struggled with throughout her life”, and then was too scared, or “couldn’t figure out” how to share that, or didn’t owe that explanation to anyone. The article makes no mention of how sad it is that the influencer is now back in their eating disorder. And the final word from the NYT? A quote from the disillusioned follower, “I guess weight is just as much of a trend as anything else.” Grrrrrr.
What do I expect of fat influencers that are now losing weight? Fu***ng OWN it and be honest! Maybe share what you’re going through. Everybody is allowed to make their own decisions about how to care for and treat their own bodies. But if you can’t be honest about your journey, you don’t have anything to teach me anymore anyhow. BLOCK.

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**kfatphobia

You don’t have to try to control what other people think of you. You don’t have to try yet again to lose weight. You don’t have to hide your body or your wonderful self. You don’t have to make anyone understand except you. You don’t owe anyone anything. You don’t have to be different or better or perfect or thin or whatever it is that you are convinced will make everything right. You are perfect just as you are. Just be fat. That’s it. May you have a gentle 2024 as safe as possible from anti-fat bigots, weight stigma, and all the well meaning as****es that are gonna comment on your body ❤️

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Check out my profile for coaching in radical fat self-acceptance and Intuitive Eating. Free guided mindful movement for coaching clients. Cool skirts for rad fat folx (size 18-40+) on Etsy.
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I live and work on the traditional ancestral land taken from the people of the Cowlitz, the Cascades, the Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde, and the Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians. I honor the land and people, past, present, and future.
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**kfatphobia