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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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🎉 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:
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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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🎉 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.

We've launched on Patreon. Join The Club! https://www.patreon.com/cw/BornThisWeighPod

This week’s episode dives into:

✨ Metabolizing Joy — Kari’s fresh off a soul-filling weekend in Jonesboro, Arkansas, and we unpack what it feels like to be surrounded by people who light you up, want you to win, and make life feel expansive again.

🤝 Adult Friendships & Real Community — why finding your people as an adult is so hard, how abundance mindset changes the way you connect, and why community hits different when you’re doing deep work like weight loss, healing, and identity shifts.

🧠 Gratitude That Actually Works — not the performative “write three things” version, but the kind of gratitude practice that rewires your brain, softens food noise, and helps you stop auditioning for belonging.

🚨 Huge Announcement — we officially launched the Born This Weigh Patreon. Bonus content, behind-the-scenes chaos, deeper dives that are too spicy for the main feed, and some very cute downloads for listeners who want more of us.

If you’ve ever felt lonely in transformation, struggled to find people who get this season of your life, or realized you’ve been auditioning for connection instead of receiving it — this one’s for you.

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💛 Metabolizing joy, finding your people, and building community that actually supports your growth. Let’s get into it.

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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:

🍽️ The Weight Watchers Diets — the points math, the weigh-ins, the binge–restrict mindset, the emotional eating patterns we learned as kids, and why so many of us picked up secret eating and food guilt without even realizing it.

🎄 Holiday Stress — the food noise, the emotional overload, the holiday overeating triggers, the grief season spiral, the pressure to perform “holiday cheer,” and why December is the hardest month for weight loss, calorie control, and staying consistent.

😵 Emotional Eating — the nighttime overeating loops, stress eating during mom-life chaos, cravings that spike when you’re overwhelmed, the “I’ll start in January” trap, and how binge eating shows up when routines fall apart.

If you’ve ever tried to lose weight during the holidays, battled food noise at night, felt stuck in emotional eating cycles, or worried about holiday weight gain while juggling family stress, this one’s for you.

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💛 Weight Watchers memories, holiday overeating triggers, and the emotional eating season no one warns you about. Let’s get into it.

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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:

🫘 BeanTok & Realistic Fiber Wins — Lisa falls headfirst into #BeanTok and ramps up her bean-and-fiber journey with grinder salads, chickpea experiments, high-fiber swaps, and the TikTok rabbit hole where people track their bowel movements like race splits. Plus the recipes that slapped and the ones that betrayed her.

💉 Celebrities on GLP-1s — We break down the emotional whiplash of watching beloved plus-size icons get smaller, the rise of GLP-1s across Hollywood, why it triggers so many complicated feelings, and how parasocial relationships make other people’s bodies feel strangely personal.

If you’ve ever felt weird about celebrity weight loss, gotten sucked into a TikTok trend you didn’t mean to join, or tried to increase your fiber without losing your mind — this one’s for you.

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💛 BeanTok chaos, GLP-1 culture shifts, and the fiber era no one warned us about. Let’s get into it.

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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, we’re doing something a little different — a Thanksgiving Special: Pep Talk Edition.

We’re diving into:

🦃 The Thanksgiving Freakout — why this holiday can feel like the Super Bowl for anyone trying to lose weight, heal their relationship with food, or just survive the emotional booby traps hiding between the mashed potatoes and the family drama.

🏈 The Game-Day Playbook — our boundary blitzes, plate-protection strategies, emotional-regulation timeouts, and the exact pep talk that helped Kari dominate a past Thanksgiving for the first time ever.

👀 The Commentary Crew — the side-eye, the portion policing, the “I’m being so bad” food talk, and all the chaotic family energy that can make a normal meal feel like a full contact sport.

If you’ve ever walked into Thanksgiving already rehearsing comebacks, checked your mindset like it’s game film, or wished someone would hand you a laminated strategy card just to get through dinner — this one’s for you.

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💛 Boundaries, buffet lines, and a pep talk strong enough to survive the holiday chaos. 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 love ourselves in a world that never missed a chance to body-shame us.

This week’s episode dives into:

💅 Feeling Girly Again — Lisa gets an "extended scalp massage", unlocks her inner rich auntie, and suddenly understands why people walk around the neighborhood just to let everyone see their hair. From lived-in blonde to root melts to reclaiming femininity after years of “I’m not a girly girl,” we get into all of it.

🩺 Fat-Girl Doctor Anxiety — how stepping on a scale in front of a clinic can feel like a jump scare, how weight stigma makes Biggins delay appointments, and the survival strategies fat women learn just to get actual medical care. Just another day with the emotional gymnastics of being a patient in a bigger body.

🎂 Turning 40 — the identity crisis, the wilderness retreat fantasies, the desire for peace (and scalp spas), AND the chaotic dream of bringing all your favorite people together in the middle of the woods (or the French Quarter???) just to talk a;; about you. What kind of party can you throw when you actually want quiet for the first time in your life?

If you’ve ever avoided a doctor’s visit, walked outside just so people could witness your hot-girl hair, or fantasized about a quiet but also raging 40th birthday in a cabin where everyone compliments you to each other (...just us?) — this one’s for you.

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💛 Scalp-massage highs, fat-girl medical trauma, and the chaotic journey toward an unforgettable 40th. Let’s get into it.

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