🎉 Welcome back to Born This Weigh!

We’re Kari and Lisa, two moms, 150+ pounds lighter, still untangling what it means to live fully in bodies that are changing, in a culture that taught us to wait until we were “fixed.”

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This week’s episode focuses on three very real conversations:

📺 Stranger Things’ Derek
What Derek’s character brings up about fear, survival, and being the one who cannot keep up, how fat bodies are portrayed in high stakes stories, and why those moments still hit so close to home.

✨ 2026 Intentions Without the New Year BS
Why we’re done with punishment goals, how we’re approaching 2026 with intention instead of control, and what it looks like to stop waiting for a “better” version of yourself to begin living.

🎭 Aidy Bryant
Why Aidy Bryant remains our blueprint for living now. From Shrill to SNL, we talk representation, visibility, and what changes when fat women are allowed to be full, complex humans on screen.

We also talk concert crying as nervous system regulation, body image, identity shifts, and why joy does not require permission.

If you’ve ever felt like you were holding your breath until the scale changed, this episode is for you.

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🎉 Welcome back to Born This Weigh!

We’re Kari and Lisa, two moms, 150+ pounds lighter, still untangling what it means to love ourselves in a world that never missed a chance to body-shame us.

This week’s episode dives into:

💧 Hydration for Weight Loss
Why drinking water is somehow harder than it should be, how dehydration messes with hunger cues, cravings, energy, and workouts, and whether hydration actually helps with weight loss or just makes you pee more.

🧂 Electrolytes & What Actually Works
WaterTok rage, homemade electrolyte mixes, potassium and magnesium, carbonation cravings, and the debate over what counts as “real water” when you’re trying to feel better, run farther, and stop relying on soda for survival.

🎙 A Look Back on 2025
What it really took to launch this podcast, learn new tools on the fly, get over the fear of putting ourselves online, and why hearing “I thought I was the only one” from listeners changed everything. The wins, the hard parts, and what we’re taking with us into the new year.

If you’re trying to reset without doing a cliche New Year’s resolution, struggling with hydration, or wondering what actually helped us stay consistent this year, this one’s for you.

💛 Hydration habits, electrolyte chaos, and a real-life weight loss year in review. Let’s get into it.

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🎙 Thanks for listening to Born This Weigh — new episodes every Tues!

🎉 Welcome back to Born This Weigh!

We’re Kari and Lisa — two moms, 150+ pounds lighter, still untangling what it means to live in smaller bodies in a world that never missed a chance to body-shame us.

🚨 We’re officially on Patreon. Join The Club:
https://patreon.com/bornthisweighpod

This week’s episode focuses on two heavy-hitting, very real topics:

🎄 Holiday Weight Loss
Why December isn’t a moral test, how “everyone gains weight over the holidays” became a cultural rule, and what changes when you stop waiting for January and stay intentional through potlucks, grazing, and nonstop food noise.

✈️ Flying While Fat
Seatbelt extenders, hyper-visibility, fear of judgment, and the deep anxiety of navigating air travel in a bigger body — plus how those experiences can quietly limit adventure if you let them.

We also talk clean-plate conditioning, obligation eating, and why shame has no place in holiday weight loss.

If holiday eating stresses you out, travel feels emotionally loaded, or you’ve ever felt like your body had to be managed for other people’s comfort — this episode is for you.

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💛 December is not a moral test. Thanks for being here.

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