177: I Want to Lose Weight! Coming to Terms With an Anti-fat World: Listener Questions

Fierce Fatty Podcast

Listener questions part 2! Questions include: Help! I want to lose weight, but not for aesthetic reasons anymore but because the world is inaccessible. How do I cope? How to find a doctor who is fat positive? Is it true that biology dictates that fat people are less attractive to others?

Episode show notes: http://www.fiercefatty.com/177

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https://www.canada.ca/en/services/immigration-citizenship/helpcentre/glossary.html#excessive_demand

165: “Weight Loss” Surgery Stats and Stories (part 3): https://fiercefatty.com/165 126: Stories from Weight Loss Surgery Survivors Part 2: https://fiercefatty.com/126 122: Stories From Weight Loss Surgery Patients 8 Years Post Op: https://fiercefatty.com/122 90: Will "Weight Loss" Surgery Make You Thin, Healthy and Live Longer?: https://fiercefatty.com/090

Weight loss surgery facts: https://www.instagram.com/p/CrfAJxwSVLj/?img_index=1 Stories from bariatric surgery survivors: https://www.instagram.com/p/CcoU5cqPv7e/?img_index=1

Association of All-Cause Mortality With Overweight and Obesity Using Standard Body Mass Index Categories: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4855514/

The obesity ‘crisis’ is a myth By Harriet Brown https://nypost.com/2015/03/22/why-dieting-doesnt-work/

Diet-free Talk for Diabetes/Insulin Issues:https://www.facebook.com/groups/221981691163510/

Fat Positive Intuitive Eating Diabetes Community: https://www.facebook.com/groups/fatpositivediabetes/

I attend a free virtual weight-inclusive diabetes support group here: https://www.laurennewmanrd.com/groups

25+ Weight Neutral and Health at Every Size Resources for Managing Diabetes https://bodyliberationphotos.com/2019/08/30/masterpost-haes-based-resources-for-intuitive-eating-diabetes-and-living-with-chronic-illness/

HAES Healthsheets: https://haeshealthsheets.com/type-2-diabetes/

Don’t weigh me cards: https://more-love.org/resources/free-dont-weigh-me-cards/

https://www.instagram.com/fatpositivefertility/ for community and she probably has resources. Do you have a fat facebook group in your area or a Facebook group on obgyn’s? As I am in Canada this is where I find my people.

List of Anti-Diet, HAES, and Intuitive Eating Providers via Christy Harrison https://christyharrison.com/haes-anti-diet-intuitive-eating-providers-eating-disorder-recovery

Fat Friendly Health Professionals List http://www.fatfriendlydocs.com/

Fat Friendly Healthcare Providers

https://www.self.com/story/find-fat-friendly-doctor

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