🎉 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:

🎬 John Candy & The Caretaker Archetype — gentle giants, funny fat men, and what it costs to make everyone else comfortable while forgetting yourself. We break down (literally) fall 2025's hugely popular documentary John Candy: I Like Me.

🍩 Food As Love — dessert rooms, cookie tables, and Dairy Queen orders that double as grief rituals. How comfort food became our love language (and our emotional support system).

💪 Fitness While Fat — Tough Mudder stories, muddy miracles, and why showing up sweaty in the middle of the journey beats waiting for a perfect “after.”

If you’ve ever cried over John Candy, survived a family buffet, or tried to exercise while your thighs started a small fire, this one’s for you.

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💛 Comedy meets catharsis, food meets feelings, and yes — we’re still muddy about 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:

💻 Real Life Weight Loss Weeks — sick kids, zero sleep, and one Wi-Fi adapter that didn’t survive a latte.
🍸 Non-Scale Victories IRL — Kari goes solo to a DC bar, gets hit on mid–Cubs win, and still chooses herself (and her step goals).
💪 Confidence-Fueled Weight Loss — running while fat, pushing through gym fear, and learning that body confidence starts way before goal weight.

If you’ve ever tried to juggle motherhood, gym anxiety, and a messy weight loss journey — this one’s for you.

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💛 Weight loss gets real, confidence gets louder, and these Old Navy leggings still deserve a Nobel.

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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:

🐙 Ursula the Sea Witch — why The Little Mermaid’s villain might actually be the OG fat femme icon (and the only “representation” we got as kids).

👗 Clothes Shopping Trauma — shrink-wrapped torso chic, mall meltdowns, and why accessories were the only things fat girls could buy while friends tried on jeans.

💄 Fat Femininity Gatekept — from pink feeling “off-limits” to cosplaying pretty for a night out, we talk about what it’s like when softness, daintiness, and desirability never feel fully on the table.

If you’ve ever rolled your eyes at Disney villains, sweated through a popcorn shirt, or wondered if you were less feminine because of your weight, this one’s for you.

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💛 Ursula was right. Popcorn shirts were wrong. And somehow, we’re still talking about 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:

🥚 Fad Diets — from the Egg Diet to cabbage soup and the Military Diet, we revisit the wildest “quick fixes” people swore by (and what actually happens when you try them).

👗 Wedding Dress Regrets — the stories behind our own wedding photos, why sleeves mattered so much, and how body image still sneaks into the biggest day of your life.

🌊 Lazy River Shame — water love, inner tubes, and the tricks we used to hide when just “floating along” felt like being on display.

If you’ve ever tried a diet you’d never admit out loud, cringed at your wedding photos, or sunk so low in the lazy river only your toes and bump-it were visible, this one’s for you.

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💛 Thanks for floating down this lazy river with us — chaos and all.

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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.

More big feelings this week:

⚖️ Shame Around Achievement — why every promotion, project, or personal win used to come with an invisible “but I’m fat,” and what it takes to stop shrinking our own successes.

🎬 Fat Monica on Friends — from Chandler’s cheap shots to Ugly Naked Guy, we revisit the sitcom’s fat-suit era and unpack why those jokes hit us Biggins so hard.

🍑 Booty Checks & Glute Gains — Quick Wins makes its debut, where we shamelessly brag about our peaches like they just took home Best in Show.

If you’ve ever laughed at Friends and cringed later, felt proud but instantly undercut yourself, or just wanted someone to celebrate glute gains with — this one’s for you.

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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:

💪 Bieber’s “Murder Workout” — Kari swears her trainer (lovingly nicknamed The Biebs) is secretly trying to kill her with his workouts. (You can find The Biebs on socials @personaltranscend if you're also interested in hiring a personal hit man.)
🎬 Shallow Hal Trauma — we revisit the infamous Jack Black & Gwyneth Paltrow rom-com and unpack the fat suits, cheap laughs, and why it hit us Biggins so hard.
⚖️ A Failed Gastric Band — Lisa opens up about the setbacks of her surgery experience… and how the only bright spot was the night she finally got dubbed the Hot Okapi.

We also get real about our weight histories — from first-grade lunchroom shame to crash diets, failed fixes, and the slow climb toward real change.

If you’ve ever tried every diet under the sun, cringed at old “fat jokes” in movies, or felt like exercise was low-key murder… this one’s for you.

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We’re so glad you’re here. Let’s keep untangling this together. 💛

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🎉 Welcome to the debut of Born This Weigh! We’re Lisa and Kari — two moms, 150+ pounds lighter, and still untangling what it means to grow up fat in a world that never let us forget it.

We made this podcast because there are so many of us who’ve carried weight — and the shame that we were taught should come with it — for a long time. It shaped our humor, our choices, our confidence, even our mental health.

Born This Weigh is our place to finally talk about it out loud. The body changes, but the wiring sticks around — and we’re here to untangle it with honesty, curiosity, and plenty of laughter along the way.

📺 This first episode is part origin story, part girl-crush hangout. You’ll hear how we met, why we decided to start a podcast in the middle of our weight loss journeys, and what you can expect from the show moving forward.

In this episode, we'll also chat about:

👖 How The Biggest Loser Documentary helped launch this podcast, with our own Biggest Loser-era origin stories

If you’ve ever felt like your body was your whole personality — and now you’re trying to figure out who you are without that scaffolding — you’re in the right place.

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We’re so glad you’re here. Let’s do this thing. 💛

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