We've been doing this for a while now, and of course we still always get the "What about health?" questions. So, we thought it’d be good to chat a bit more about fatness, health, and BMI. A lot of you will know this already, but it’s one of the main ways that medical professionals determine health. So you’ll often go to the GP for a medical issue and be weighed, even if it’s something irrelevant like an ear infection. It’s often the thing that’s mostly focused on in terms of improving your healt...
Mar 14, 2023•51 min•Season 3Ep. 10
We KNOW how messed up clothes sizing is. We’re taught to equate our self-worth with what size knickers we wear, which is obviously not true. And the more we looked into it the more we realised that clothes sizes are actually bull**** - it’s all made up, it’s changed over time, and it’s never consistent. Basically, we’ve been set up to fail, and we wanted to do more of a deep dive into why exactly that is. So in today's episode we're SO excited to chat to fashion historian Nicole Rudolph about wh...
Mar 07, 2023•51 min•Season 3Ep. 9
Jess Millichamp is an ICONIC pioneer in the British plus-size fashion world, and probably the first person we ever saw living their unapologetic best life on Instagram. So we've obviously been desperate to chat to her for ages, and here she finally is! She also had us in absolute stitches the whole time, and we're 10000% going to Newcastle for a night out (thoughts on Tequila Rose...?) We're also chatting about confidence, answering some of your questions, and getting a sneak peak at what goeson...
Feb 28, 2023•54 min•Season 3Ep. 8
Wellll it’s safe to say our relationships with exercise are NOT the best. We grew up feeling like exercise was a punishment, something we weren’t cut out for, or something to justify what we could eat. But after our episode with intuitive movement expert Tally Rye in season 1, we’ve been thinking more about how much movement could do for our mental health, relationships with our bodies, and just overall lives. Trying to improve our relationships with exercise is a really long and complicated pro...
Feb 21, 2023•48 min•Season 3Ep. 7
We cannot believe it, but today we’re chatting to one of our absolute HEROES, fat activist Aubrey Gordon (@yrfatfriend). In this episode we’re myth-busting all things “wellness” and diet culture, including the ghost from the future who *apparently* popularised celery juice, and the viral weight-loss drug, Ozempic. Plus we chat about getting into fat activism, supporting marginalised bodies, and the new US guidance encouraging diets in children as young as 2. ✨NEW EPISODES EVERY TUESDAY, CLICK SU...
Feb 14, 2023•50 min•Season 3Ep. 6
We've chatted about our anxiety a lot, but it's time to dive a bit deeper (Lauren's favourite 😉). While people are talking more openly about anxiety, and we LOVE it, the differences between feeling anxious and having an Anxiety Disorder are often forgotten. Not to mention how often the more taboo bits, like intrusive thoughts and panic attacks, still face a bit of stigma. So this week we've recruited Anxiety Josh to chat us through the different types of anxiety disorders (including GAD, agorap...
Feb 07, 2023•59 min•Season 3Ep. 5
It's not something we talk about enough, but making friends as an adult is HARD. You grow up seeing all these amazing friend groups on TV, but we promise it's not always like that, and you're not alone if you're feeling friendship anxiety. Plus, sometimes friendships aren't serving you and it's okay to cut them out!! We don't see movies about friendship breakups but seriouslyyyy they can be just as hard as romantic ones! So today, we're chatting all things friendships - why we feel anxious about...
Jan 31, 2023•49 min•Season 3Ep. 4
This is an episode we’ve been wanting to do for such a long time. We’ve spoken a bit about our experiences with overeating and our disordered relationships with food, but in this episode we’re speaking to former binge eater turned psychotherapist, Sarah Dosanjh, about the reality of binge eating disorder, learning to be kinder to ourselves, how to recognise it’s a problem for you, and how to take the first steps toward recovery. It very much became a therapy session for us, so a warning that thi...
Jan 24, 2023•1 hr•Season 3Ep. 3
Anyone else on 🌶spicy🌶 book tok or is it just Lauren? A good romance book written by a woman just hits different, but it can be really hard to find the right one (almost as hard as reading one in public🤣)!! So in this episode, Lauren’s telling us what we should look, which books to start with, and where we can find books with good fat rep. But will it be enough to convince Laura to try one out?! Plus, one of our favourite authors, Bethany Rutter, joins us to chat about the importance of repre...
Jan 17, 2023•43 min•Season 3Ep. 2
We know what's coming this time of year - fitness plans, fad diets, and allll the before and after photos. It's almost impossible to escape the weight of diet culture, but we're here to chat you through living your best anti-diet culture life in 2023. Because we all deserve to live our best lives, regardless of what size knickers we wear or what society thinks of us!! We also catch up about our Christmases, what we loved and hated in 2022, our goals for this year, and our insanely exciting partn...
Jan 10, 2023•41 min•Season 3Ep. 1
Happy one year of GLY-aversary!! It's been such a great year, so we've put together some of our favourite moments. It includes some ICONIC guests, really funny moments, and some more powerful bits as we learn more about loving ourselves and our bodies. So a warning that it includes references to disordered eating, issues with body image, and mental health from the start. If you're struggling and need to talk to someone, please call the Samaritans at 116 123. Someone will always be there to liste...
Jan 03, 2023•50 min
Ohhhh it's a spicy one. We both have polar opposite views about Harry and Meghan so we need to talk about! Plus it's the final episode of season 2 (😢), so we're getting all reflective about what we've learnt this year, how are relationships with food/movement are at the moment, and what we're hoping for in 2023, and most importantly, HOW we can get Lizzo on the pod. We're also chatting dream Christmas meals and getting WAY too excited about it. We'll be back with a new season in January! As lon...
Dec 13, 2022•44 min•Season 2Ep. 23
After nearly a year of the pod we're FINALLY chatting about what being on Bake Off is really like behind the scenes. Laura has allll the 2020 tea to spill, like Prue's potty mouth, who she secretly hated and when her opinion of Paul Hollywood changed. Plus we're chatting to everyone's favourite contestant, 2022 semi-finalist Janusz, about his Bake Off friendships, the bake that was inspired by vaping, and what really happened to the spring rolls... TICKETS FOR OUR LONDON LIVE SHOW ARE NOW ON SAL...
Dec 06, 2022•41 min•Season 2Ep. 22
What are we meant to do when that random aunt starts spewing diet culture or asking us why we’ve put on weight?!?! Allll year round people feel like they’re allowed to comment on your body or offer unsolicited “advice” for your “health”. But this time of year, it can be so much harder because people close to you feel like they can make these types of comments, and you can’t avoid them because it happens at family events. Plus there’s the INEVITABLE “when are you having kids?” and comments about ...
Nov 29, 2022•53 min•Season 2Ep. 21
Have you heard?! We're doing our first ever live show in London on Friday March 3rd! It'll be in Bush Hall in West London, and tickets are £17.50. They go on sale next Tuesday (the 29th) or if you're an Apple or Patreon subscriber, you'll be able to access a pre-sale from TOMORROW at 10am! You can get your tickets here! And if you want access to the pre-sale, you can subscribe on Apple or Patreon. Love you lots see you soooooon xxx Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...
Nov 24, 2022•2 min
We've been wanting to talk about this forever because society LOVES to make us scared of ageing and the menopause. There's always been so much stigma around it that people end up suffering in silence. And it looks so different on everyone that people can end up feeling confused, alone, unsupported by doctors, and a bit like they're going mad. But menopause is completely normal, there is help out there, and you're not alone. So in this episode, we're chatting to the fabulous Vickie aka INPOlife a...
Nov 22, 2022•49 min•Season 2Ep. 20
We’re flying solo this week because we neeeeed to catch up about Lauren entering her sexy era. I mean, did you SEE that thirst trap?!? And if you’ve been listening for a while, you’ll know this is a huge shift from a few months ago. So we need to know what’s changed and WHAT HER SECRET IS! We both kind of broadly represent two types of listener - the single one entering her hoe season, and the one in a long-term marriage who’s not even thinking about feeling sexy. So hopefully there’s lots you g...
Nov 15, 2022•41 min•Season 2Ep. 19
We're finally doing one of our most requested episodes, and we're joined by plus size and PCOS content creator ThatGirlSare to talk all things Polycystic Ovary Syndrome. It's something that affects 1 in 10 women, but doctors are constantly undermining people's symptoms because "pain is normal for girls" or "all your issues are caused by your weight". And even if you get a diagnosis, there's no treatment and support is limited, so in this episode we're talking through the reality of life with PCO...
Nov 08, 2022•50 min•Season 2Ep. 18
Disabled isn't a bad word, okay?! Fat disabled people are still treated as second class citizens and we need to talk about it. Accessibility in the UK is still shockingly bad and disabled people are constantly facing extra judgement from ableist people. And yes, there have been massive improvements to plus size representation, but sticking in a white able-bodied plus size women and a pretty disabled woman in the corner of a campaign lineup isn't good enough. So today, we're chatting to disabled ...
Nov 01, 2022•43 min•Season 2Ep. 17
Put a finger down if you secretly hate Christmas and Halloween... Ohhhh this episode is a really rough one for our friendship 😅 Halloween is just around the corner so it's time to chat about our costume ideas (it's hard out there in a bigger body!) and general thoughts on Halloween. We also chat about your party season dilemmas, the weight loss pressures surrounding this time of year, and how our partying habits have changed over time. Plus there's a special guest (woof)! Learn more about your ...
Oct 24, 2022•45 min•Season 2Ep. 16
THERE'S FINALLY A BOY IN THE ROOM! We know how much diet culture has messed with us, but we've never actually spoken to a man about how it's impacted them*. So in this episode we're chatting to Laura's good friend and Masterchef The Professionals star, Aaron Middleton. There's sooooo much about lad dynamics that we just don't get, so it's a FASCINATING insight into all things banter/ripping into your mates, talking to your friends about body image, and our different experiences with diet culture...
Oct 17, 2022•46 min•Season 2Ep. 15
Let's sit down and catch up about all things Bake Off, dating and mental health! It's that time of year when our mental health can start to feel a bit ~rocky~ so we thought it'd be a good time to answer some of your questions and have a solid natter about how we're doing. We chat about everything from seasonal depression and diet culture habits we're struggling to break, to how Lauren's dating is going and what it's like for Laura to watch Bake Off. TW: this episode includes references to severe...
Oct 10, 2022•48 min•Season 2Ep. 14
Yayyyy we've made new podcast friends, and this week we're chatting to Nicci and Alex from the Swipe Fat podcast! They have beautiful American voices, and sooo many stories about their lives as single fat women. So tune in for lots of chats about dating horror stories, orgasms, fatfishing, fannies, fetishisation, one night stands, and the best sex we've ever had. Plus we chat to QUEEN Kayley, who recently went viral because she carried on with her wedding after being jilted at the altar by an ab...
Oct 03, 2022•47 min•Season 2Ep. 13
Unfortunately, we'll all remember the boom of weight loss shows in the 2000s. From the Biggest Loser to Supersize vs Superskinny, these shows harmed our relationships with our bodies and made us think that we had to crash diet. They're the epitome of diet culture and the toxic 'eat less move more' attitude. And the reality is, they usually didn't even work, and sometimes harmed people's bodies. So this week, after we rant about our own experience with weight loss shows, we chat to our friend Sar...
Sep 26, 2022•54 min•Season 2Ep. 12
We've always known our Lauren and guest Lauren aka Curvy Roamer are practically the same person. And now finally the Laurens are united and getting wine drunk!! In this episode, we had a big fat dmc about everything from dating and being fetishised, to the pressure of ageing and getting botox, and even to Lauren (Talulah)'s past life as a dairy farmer. It's chaos, but in the best possible way. So grab your rosés and settle in! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Sep 19, 2022•52 min•Season 2Ep. 11
The episode you’re about to hear was recorded before the recent death of Queen Elizabeth II. We're sending our condolences to everyone who’s mourning, particularly her family. We've been wanting to talk about sex FOREVER, but as you know we are very much not experts... So we've got the incredible sexfluencer (best word ever), Scotty Unfamous, to come and chat to us about removing stigma, loving your body in the bedroom, getting slutty, and how to ask for what you want. Plus we have some exciting...
Sep 12, 2022•54 min•Season 2Ep. 10
Fashion might seem a bit frivolous, especially because we always say the way you look is the least interesting thing about you. But it’s so hard to actually let go of beauty standards - we’re unlearning a lifetime of shit here! And sometimes wearing nice clothes that you love can really kick start your confidence. But there are soooo many “rules” we’ve been taught we should follow when it comes to fashion. And wtf even is “flattering?! We’re still learning how to navigate it all, and trying figh...
Sep 05, 2022•53 min•Season 2Ep. 9
Welcome to the most chaotic podcast you've ever witnessed... This week we're chatting to the hilarious Ruth and Ange (aka Patty and Angie, aka our new best friends from here on our). We chatted for hours about everything from their most brutal fights in Flo Rida, to their relationships with their bodies and access to healthcare for people in bigger bodies. But luckily for you, we have an editor so this episode is just the funny bits/the bits that actually make sense... This was so much fun to re...
Aug 29, 2022•50 min•Season 2Ep. 8
The way you look is the least interesting thing about you, BUT it's still a huge factor in how the rest of the world views you and treats you, so it's time for us to talk about body privilege. It can be awkward and uncomfortable, but it's such an important topic so in this episode we're chatting about the spectrum of body privileges, the history of the body positivity and fat liberation movements, and our own privileges. We are by no means experts - just people who have done research, are consta...
Aug 22, 2022•50 min•Season 2Ep. 7
Outdoor activities are so bloody fun and the outdoors is for EVERYONE, no matter what you look like, but it doesn't always feel like it. From judgy people and lack of representation to kit and clothes that just don't fit, learning to love the outdoors is hard when you live in a bigger body. But Every Body Outdoors are a brilliant group who are trying to improve clothing, gear and representation for larger and plus sized bodies in the outdoors movement in the UK. So today we're chatting to one of...
Aug 15, 2022•51 min•Season 2Ep. 6
