You're doing amazing work ! I now have 3 of your tracks in my exercise classes and I'm trying to shoehorn more in! Your music brings this fat fitness instructor LIFE! πππ
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41ish mum of 2, wife of . Fat and proud. Qualified Fitness Instructor promoting #bodyconfidence. MSc student. Liberal. Vintage/kawaii fan.
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Drove my powerchair by a group of teenagers (who were old enough to know better) and they all shouted the South Park reference/character βTimmyβ at me. Was not fun, I feel awful and vulnerable. I am a person, you do not get to shout at me in the street.
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I'm so excited to talk at the one day conference at Sheffield in July! I am sharing space with such fantastic speakers. Check it out:
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Updated programme!
Link to register is still the same below, although we have now SOLD OUT!
There is a waiting list, so if anyone drops out, you can be added on.
Excited to see you all there! #FAT2023
eventbrite.com/e/the-fat-conf
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Feeling honoured to be able to talk about fat movement at this conference - especially this early in my academic career! #FAT2023
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Registration for the Fat Across Time (FAT) Conference is OPEN!
Eventbrite link is below along w/ our panel schedule (also available in plain text on the event description). Speakers DO NOT need to register.
Sheffield, prepare to be FATTENED! #FAT2023
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If you're in Hackney or nearby you should come along to this! I'm not actually delivering the session (it's just an image of me in the ad!) But I know it will be awesome and inclusive! I'm a big fan of and Strong+Bendy! π
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Come join our FREE Gym Equipment Workshop with Strong +Bendy on the 15th October 12:45 pm. Be guided through equipment that you may have felt uncomfortable using, with lots of breaks.
Celebrating all bodies in fitness. 
Head here to reserve your slot: strongandbendy.co.uk/exercise-works
Head here to reserve your slot: strongandbendy.co.uk/exercise-works
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Personal trainers with zero accredited nutritional qualifications putting clients on 1200 calorie diets or telling them to cut carbs.. but no one wants to acknowledge the disorder that the fitness industry often promotes
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Folks be having ALL the smoke for Fat people βpromoting obesityβ but when It comes to fit people ACTUALLY promoting eating disordersβ¦itβs quiet. Whereβs the public outrage on this real life issue?!
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Being a Tory is not a protected characteristic. It is a choice, unlike race, sex, gender, disability, etc. if you donβt want to be considered detestable, you can identify right out of Conservatism and stop backing detestable people, policies and ideas. #IStandWithNicolaSturgeon
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I'm having HUGE issues with the membership login - when I try to apply, I can log in and then it says I'm not authorised to see the content... π€¦π»ββοΈπ€π
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FYI the point of dismantling weight stigma in healthcare is not to "be body positive" it's to literally save the lives of the individuals consistently being harmed by neglection of care and marginalization
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Happy World CP Day! I have read a few messages which describe people as βsufferingβ from cerebral palsy. I hate this. I DELIGHT in having CP. I write books, I climb mountains, and I smash every archaic, ableist preconception of what it means to have CP out of the water. CHEERS!
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Petition: Call an immediate general election to end the chaos of the current government
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Imagine being in a position where you get your kicks from calling a helpline and abusing volunteers... I'm so disgusted by the way this incredible charity is being treated. They literally save lives. πππ
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Due to intolerable abuse, we have made the decision to close the helpline and webchat services for the rest of today and tomorrow. Next week, to enable us to take all volunteers off the rota, we will reduce hours to 9am to 6pm only.
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Women are 'men' trying to get the best wishes to you and your family.
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Misogyny check. Let your phone complete the sentence
"Women are..."
Misogyny check. Let your phone complete the sentence
"Women are..."
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Wait, waitβ¦ I just heard that there are NO women signing up on the conservative dating app βThe Right Stuffβ.
Itβs ALL dudes.
And they are NOT happy.
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Sometimes, we can interrupt the behaviours that arenβt particularly serving us in a positive way by simply asking ourselves βwhy?β
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Pretty good demonstration of trickle down economics π
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BREAKING: A petition demanding a general election has been signed by 4 times as many people as voted for Liz Truss to become prime minister. Needless to say it will be completely ignored because we don't live in a real democracy x
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Petition: Call an immediate general election to end the chaos of the current government
Iβve got a very niche book request: Iβm trying to find the name/author of a childrenβs book I vaguely remember reading in the school library in the 90s. I think it was about a princess, and a series of suitors trying to impress her so they could marry her? One of them messed his
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Folks, we're struggling to heat our homes, feed ourselves and now we've found out that many of us won't be able to pay our mortgages within the next few months. Meanwhile rich folks are profiting from the pandemic (and we all know the two are related). It's OK to not be OK
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Living in a society that normalises disordered eating and over exercise makes it 100 times harder to find any sort of recovery (whatever that word means for you).
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Person: βIβm really struggling and thinking about suicideβ
Society: βTheyβre not serious, just attention seeking, itβll be okayβ
Person: *dies by suicide*
Society: βOMG why didnβt they reach out?! mental health matters!β
Why do we only care when lives are lost?
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βwhy doesnt my child call me anymoreβ world record speedrunπ₯π₯
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Talk to your kids about intrusive thoughts. Theyβre more common than you may realize, and they can be disturbing and scary. Kids donβt know what they are, and they arenβt likely to share they are having them. I cannot even begin to tell you the relief upon learning what they are-
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Charles Dickens wrote a novel almost 200 years ago where one of the central motivating factors was the incomprehensible cruelty of attitudes like this.
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corporate profits are the highest in decades, weird how that doesn't factor into the inflation discourse but ordinary people's meager wage increases do
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This morning, my wife left Orlando, Florida aboard flight 1630 (MCO to PHX).
She sat behind this man. She had been attending the Grace Hopper Conference all week and was resting her head on her tray table, trying to sleep a bit.
Let me tell you what happened.
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People who donβt live with chronic pain cannot understand how much we mask it in order to look βfineβ to the outside world.
So when we say weβre in pain, it means weβre in absolute agony.
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10. Finally, remember that I've been a doctor for 20yrs and even though I'm tweeting this, I struggle to advocate for myself IRL. It's hard. It takes practice. You are not alone. But also, you got this π
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If you find yourself in this situation, the idea is that you can hand your phone over/print out stuff before you get there. Make the doctor do the work. There's nothing wrong with freezing up or becoming tearful - this is a normal response in stressful situations.
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9. Remember that doctors hold an incredible amount of power over you and that fearing doctors is normal for fat folks. You may struggle with some/all of the above. That's why I created noweigh.org/for-patients.
There's a section for people who need help advocating for themselves
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8. After the appointment, remember to take some time out to process and rest. Chances are you've spent days/weeks in a state if hypervigilence, worrying/fixating on the appointment and fearing the outcome. You need to take some time to decompress, however works best for you
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7. If your doctor is denying you an investigation/treatment based on your weight, ask them if they are prepared to document this (including your objections) in your notes. You can then go on to ask them about the complaints procedure. They are obligated to facilitate a complaint
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"I've already tried weight loss in the past and it didn't help. What else can we try?"
"I have a history of disordered eating/an eating disorder so intentional weight loss is out of the question. What can I try instead?"
Or you could just say "no thank you, what's next?!!"
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6. If they bring weight or weight loss into the conversation, it is helpful to have a few phrases to hand (you can write them down). Here are some useful ones:
"How would you treat a thin person with my symptoms?"
"Assuming weight loss doesn't help or isn't possible, then what?"
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5. Once a diagnosis has been made, your doctor is supposed to DISCUSS treatment options with you. They aren't supposed to just tell you what to do. They should be helping you to make an informed choice by giving you all the info you need. If they don't, don't be afraid to ask.
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4. Your doctors is supposed to take a history, then examine you (unless not feasible or appropriate), then organise any necessary investigations. If they fail to do any of the above, be prepared to call them on it. Eg. "Aren't you going to examine me?" Or "what about an X-RAY?"
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