Lessons from the Fat-o-Sphere by Kate Harding and Marianne Kirby

Normally my guest and I love the books we read but in this case, Debbie Lesko had some challenges with this book and I am so glad she did. Debbie Lesko runs the Facebook page and group, Diets Don't Work and some of the points she made about this book were valid and really important. We get into why just focusing on weight gain as the main problem with dieting is wrong and how the Health at Every Size movement has progressed since the writing of this book. We also talked about:

Deb's eating disorder recovery journey
The negative consequences that come from dieting beyond weight gain
Buying clothes in a larger body
Living life now and not waiting until you're thin
Finding hobbies after dieting
Why Deb keeps fighting too hard
The concept of Baby Steps in our journeys
Why mental health is something we should be talking about more
Social media tips for curating your feed
Updating the resources in the book

Links:

Diets Don't Work Facebook Page

https://www.facebook.com/DietsDontWorkditchdietculture/

Diets Don't Work Facebook Group

https://www.facebook.com/groups/405546927065186/

Diets Don't Work Website

http://diets-dont-work.net

Diets Don't Work on Instagram

https://www.instagram.com/diets_dont_work_haes/

Diets Don't Work on Twitter

https://twitter.com/deblesko

Books Mentioned:

Lessons from the Fat-o-Sphere

https://www.amazon.ca/Lessons-Fat-sphere-Dieting-Declare-ebook/dp/B002361KAI/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=Lessons+from+the+Fat-o-Sphere&qid=1583101487&s=books&sr=1-1

Body Respect

https://www.amazon.ca/Body-Respect-Conventional-Health-Understand/dp/1940363195/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=Body+Respect&qid=1583101518&s=books&sr=1-1

The Body Is Not an Apology

https://www.amazon.ca/Body-Not-Apology-Radical-Self-Love/dp/1626569762/ref=sr_1_1?crid=2X04ZSIVSX706&keywords=the+body+is+not+an+apology&qid=1583101552&s=books&sprefix=The+Body+Is+%2Cstripbooks%2C198&sr=1-1

Anti-Diet

https://www.amazon.ca/Anti-Diet-Reclaim-Well-Being-Happiness-Intuitive/dp/0316420352/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=Anti-Diet&qid=1583101575&s=books&sr=1-1

Embrace Yourself

https://www.amazon.ca/Embrace-Yourself-Taryn-Brumfitt/dp/0143787055/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=Taryn+Brumfitt&qid=1583101718&s=books&sr=8-1

Dietland

https://www.amazon.ca/Dietland-Sarai-Walker/dp/0544704835/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=Dietland&qid=1583101744&sr=8-1

Social Media

Virgie Tovar

https://www.instagram.com/virgietovar/

The Body is Not an Apology

https://www.instagram.com/thebodyisnotanapology/

Daring Fat

https://www.instagram.com/daringfat/

Your Fat Friend

https://twitter.com/yrfatfriend

The Kangaroo Sanctuary

https://www.facebook.com/thekangaroosanctuary/

Cats of Instagram

https://www.instagram.com/cats_of_instagram/

Podcasts

Its Not about the Food

https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/stefani-reinold/not-the-typical-momtm-show-with-stefani-reinold

Trust your Body Project

https://whitneycatalano.com/podcast/

Confidently She

https://www.rebekahbuege.com/the-podcast

Food Psych

https://christyharrison.com/foodpsych

The Fat Lip

http://thefatlip.com

Fat and Faithful

https://fatandfaithful.libsyn.com

I Wish I Were Me

http://iwishiwereme.com

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