绿宝 ⁠(Lvbao)⁠ and I open up about our past struggles with unhealthy eating habits and body image. While we find ourselves in a better place today, the ghosts of our toxic relationships with our bodies and food continue to occupy our minds.

13:45 6-year-old Lvbao got called "fat" by other parents

22:10 Dieting was the zeitgeist of middle school

25:21 COVID lockdown - binge, fast, and repeat

39:04 Feeling "mentally fatter" in Asia

44:34 Every body has its natural state

51:02 Weight dictates my mood from waking up to going to bed

56:22 I could finally give up that last bite

57:51 Listening to the body: am I hungry or just stressed?

1:02:24 Parents telling us to lose weight over video calls

1:04:48 Fatphobia: why don't you just eat less?

1:07:54 The famine generation cannot comprehend emotional eating

1:09:09 -"I am so fat" -"No you are not, I'm fat!"

1:12:18 The guilty conscious of posting pictures of my body

Music from: https://uppbeat.io/t/simon-folwar/happy-places

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