Born This Weigh
Welcome to Born This Weigh. Each week, Kari Bloom and Lisa Blake get real about weight loss, body image, and mental health. They unpack fat-girl wiring, critique the pop culture that shaped diet culture, and share how it all impacts confidence, identity, and everyday life. Honest, funny, and unfiltered — smaller bodies, same chaos. Follow and leave a ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ review to support the show.
Episodes
35 episodes
Tough Mudder in a Larger Body
🎉 Welcome back to Born This Weigh!We’re Kari and Lisa, two moms who’ve lost a combined 170+ pounds and are still unpacking the wiring that came with growing up as the fat kid. This is the podcast where we talk about body image, di...
Physical Traps Fat People Hate (and Body Dysmorphia After Weight Loss)
🎉 Welcome back to Born This Weigh!We’re Kari and Lisa, two moms who’ve lost a combined 170+ pounds and are still unpacking the wiring that came with growing up as the fat kid. This is the podcast where we talk about body image, di...
Why Is Plus Size Clothing Still So Hard to Find?
🎉 Welcome back to Born This Weigh!We’re Kari and Lisa, two moms who’ve lost a combined 170+ pounds and are still unpacking the wiring that came with growing up as the fat kid. This is the podcast where we talk about body image, di...
Weight Gain During a Weight Loss Journey
🎉 Welcome back to Born This Weigh!We’re Kari and Lisa, two moms who’ve lost a combined 170+ pounds and are still unpacking the wiring that came with growing up as the fat kid. This is the podcast where we talk about body image, diet cult...
Jillian Michaels vs Body Positivity Activists
🎉 Welcome back to Born This Weigh!We’re Kari and Lisa, two moms unpacking body image, diet culture, identity, motherhood, and the total mind game of trying to change your body without losing your personality in the process. If you...
The Oscars, Kathy Bates & The Return of Thin Chic
🎉 Welcome back to Born This Weigh!We’re Kari and Lisa, two moms who’ve lost a combined 165+ pounds and are still unpacking the wiring that came with growing up as the fat kid. This is the podcast where we talk about body image, diet cult...
Southwest's Customer of Size Policy & Tornado Anxiety
🎉 Welcome back to Born This Weigh!We’re Kari and Lisa, two moms unpacking body image, diet culture, identity, motherhood, and the total mind game of trying to change your body without losing your personality in the process. If you like f...
The Reality of Accessing GLP-1 Medications
🎉 Welcome back to Born This Weigh!We’re Kari and Lisa, two moms who’ve lost a combined 150 pounds and are still unpacking the wiring that came with growing up as the fat kid. This is the podcast where we talk about body image, diet cultu...
Signs You’re The Funny Fat Friend
🎉 Welcome back to Born This Weigh!We’re Kari and Lisa, two moms who’ve lost a combined 150 pounds and are still unpacking the wiring that came with growing up as the fat kid. This is the podcast where we talk about body image, diet cultu...
America’s Next Top Model, Plus-Size Fashion & Shopping Trauma
🎉 Welcome back to Born This Weigh!We’re Kari and Lisa, two moms, 160+ pounds lighter, still untangling what it means to live fully in bodies that are changing after a lifetime of diet culture, public commentary, and learning to sc...
Fat Shaming Kids & That Halftime Mike Tyson Ad
🎉 Welcome back to Born This Weigh!We’re Kari and Lisa, two moms who’ve lost a combined 150 pounds and are still unpacking the wiring that came with growing up as the fat kid. This is the podcast where we talk about body image, die...
Hating Water & Fat Shaming in The Goonies
🎉 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 after a lifetime of diet culture, food noise and learning not to trust...
Keto Diet, Fast Food Guilt & Potatoes Are Back
🎉 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 — after a lifetime of diet culture, food noise, and learning not to tru...
Snowy Chaos & The GLP-1 Plastic Surgery Boom
🎉 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 — after a lifetime of diet culture, food noise, and learning not to tru...
Quieting Food Noise, Tri Training & Trusting Yourself
🎉 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 — after a lifetime of diet culture, food noise, and learning not to tru...
January Diet Culture, Starting GLP-1s & a Wild Plot Twist
🎉 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 makes January feel like an open season on fat bodie...
Stranger Things' Derek, 2026 Wellness Intentions & Aidy Bryant
🎉 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.”🚨 ...
Hydration for Weight Loss, Electrolytes & a Look Back on 2025
🎉 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:💧 ...
Holidays Weight Loss & Flying While Fat
🎉 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...
Huge Announcement, Metabolizing Joy & Finding Your People
🎉 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 ...
Weight Watchers Diets, Holiday Stress & Emotional Eating
🎉 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:🍽️...
Celebrities on GLP-1s, BeanTok Mania & Fiber Hacks for Weight Loss
🎉 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 Thanksgiving Special: Pep Talk Edition
🎉 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 lit...
Fat-Girl Doctor Anxiety, Feeling Girly Again & Turning 40 (Soon)
🎉 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:
Fatphobia’s Bipartisan: Fox News, SNL & The Bangs Election
🎉 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:...