Fierce Fatty Podcast with Vinny Welsby

Remember that film Sliding Doors with Gwynyth Paltrow? Or the Choose Your Own Adventure books? Our life is a real-life choose your own adventure and in this episode, I explore what life could look like if you choose to love your body and find peace with food and also the other path...where you choose to continue dieting and hating your body. Which path is best for you?? Episode show notes: http://...

In this podcast episode, I read an incredibly powerful letter I received from a listener about living in a superfat body and then I talk about this super cool person who is going to help you SO MUCH when it comes to loving your fat body! Episode show notes: http://www.fiercefatty.com/056 The Fierce Fatty Fatphobia Quiz: https://www.proprofs.com/quiz-school/story.php?title=mjkwntuwnq4o54

What are the most common questions and misconceptions folks have about body positivity? In this episode, I am answering the most searched questions about body positivity and sharing the answers! Episode show notes: http://www.fiercefatty.com/055 My post about what fat acceptance is and isn't: https://www.instagram.com/p/CE47IV1neVa/

Another fat celeb has lost weight and a listener has written to me about it. How do we feel when our favourite fat icon is no longer fat? Why am I having all these emotions and what do they meeeeaaaannn?! Episode show notes: http://www.fiercefatty.com/054 Fierce Fatty Academy Waitlist: http://fiercefatty.com/waitlist Matt McGory: https://www.instagram.com/mattmcgorry/

I am revealing the results of my Fatphobia Quiz and share what this means about how we feel about fat bodies...and in particular the way we view our own fat bodies. What percentage of people think fat people deserve equal rights? Do we judge other bodies more harshly than our own? Do people still believe that weight loss is simple? Find out in this episode! Episode show notes: http://www.fiercefat...

Why Tom Hanks can teach us a massive lesson (and it's not just how to dance on a giant piano). How we can harness this one single lesson to create huge positive impacts on our body confidence and knowing why knowing "Why" is life-changing - literally. PLUS I share all the acronyms and meanings of popular phrases in the fat-positive community so you don't have to Google anything! Episode show notes...

What is Seasonal Body Shame and what are the effects of suffering from it? What it looks like year-round...and discover if you have 1 season or more. CW: At the beginning of the show I read about folx's experience with "weight loss" surgery stories include mention of death, suicide, and negative consequences. That section is between 14:30 and 20:46. Episode show notes : http://www.fiercefatty.com/...

Does weight loss surgery make you thin? What percentage of people is it successful for? Are the side effects worth it and what are they exactly? This episode is a deep dive into bariatric surgery AKA "weight loss" surgery AKA stomach amputation. CW: There are mentions of the O Words, suicide rates, and brief mention of calories. Episode show notes: http://www.fiercefatty.com/050 Let's continue the...

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.c...

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/v...

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

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

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.ka...

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.fi...

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...

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...

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...

In today's podcast, I am talking about feeling unattractive because you are fat. Is it true that finding a partner is harder when you are fat? Are you destined to be single and alone forever or WORSE dating someone who is unsuitable for you because they are "kind enough" to overlook the size of your body? I talk about this AND answer a listener question in today's show. Episode show notes: http://...

We have a guest on today's show and it's a member of my program, Fierce Fatty Academy. Susie shares her story of the first time she knew that her body was "wrong" and the consequences of a cruel comment from a teacher. After 26 years of dieting - losing weight then inevitably regaining it - she had had enough. Her transformation is unbelievable even to Susie, so you gotta tune in and hear what she...

I am talking about the magical things I thought would happen when I became thin and also the ways in which I used to disguise my fatness. Some of them are pretty hilarious. Also, I talk about why we have magical thinking when it comes to weight loss. What ways have you tried to hide your body size from the world? Episode show notes: http://www.fiercefatty.com/038 The Fierce Fatty Body Love Roadmap...

What if I put a picture on Facebook and people notice that I have put on weight? What if my family judges me negatively for working on loving my fat body? What if I wear a crop top outside and a teenage boy shouts "Oi, fatty!"? Yep, fear of judgment is a real motherf*cker and can stop us from living our lives in an authentic way. In this episode, I will bust through some of these fears and let's s...

Have you gained weight during the pandemic...or at any time? In this episode, I will be covering what to do if you have put on weight or if you're anxious that you will put on weight. I'll be talking about the complex realities that folks face that has made living in a fat body harder than normal and the heightened global fatphobia. Also, how to cope if you're eating more food than normal and I ta...

In this episode, I reveal a massive issue in the confidence coaching world that you NEED to be aware of because following bad advice will damage your self-esteem. I also cover the biggest barrier that keeps people committed to hating their body and discuss why if you've been working on loving your body and you're not seeing results it's NOT your fault and what is actually going on. Also we bust th...

What is the "Constant Learner Effect" is and why you need to avoid this at all costs. Why your current strategy is actually LOWERING your body confidence. The counter-intuitive thing you should be doing instead. 3 questions to ask yourself to determine if you've fallen into the "Constant Learner Effect." PLUS what the heck does The Devil Wears Prada have to teach us about body confidence and how w...

Did you know that the Western world started being worried about being fat because white people didn't want to resemble black people who they believed were only interested in "fornication and food" and were "lazy"? Yep, surprize surprize it was racism that started our preference for smaller bodies. In this episode I talk about the work of Sabrina Strings and how centuries of racism has effected bea...