Hello and welcome to this solo episode of the ESG Fitness Podcast. I want to do this on my

because I feel like I have a lot to say and I didn't want to talk over Andy. But he is coming on

for a Q&A later on. So you're going to get a double podcast today, which is very exciting.

But this morning, Dr. Mike posted it in our fitness unfiltered chat.

I should have got this up before.

But it's a discussion point I want to talk about.

Wow, good, good prep, Emma.

Right, I'm going to let you hear this.

Oh, no. You are not fat. have fat okay okay for context this is a

tic-ttock that jami put up and then someone i think her name is nanny mcbee original has replied

and this is her response i thought it was quite interesting

this guy's not the worse on the internet he means well but we've got to stop telling fat

people have to describe their own bodies okay you don't say i have tall or i have height you say i am

tall and that doesn't automatically mean that your tallness is part of your identity in the way he's explaining.

I am fat. It's an adjective. I don't find it upsetting at all. Some people do though and that's also fine. Just stop telling people what to do.

You don't hear this conversation around slim people. You never hear

someone telling a slim person how they should describe their own body. By saying you mustn't say,

I am fat, I have fat, you're still focusing on fat being an issue or problem. And that's what

needs to stop. Fat is not a temporary state that needs to always be fixed.

I'm fat and I might always be fat and that's okay. You are not fat. Okay so that's her take

which is fair enough and I've actually quite enjoyed this because it's a phrase that

any of you as my clients will have heard me say before

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