Hi everyone, welcome back to Bad on Paper podcast. I'm Becca Freeman and I'm Grace

Atlet and we have a special guest today. Who are you? Hi, I'm Katie Storino. So we're so excited to have her here. She's one of my favorite people on the internet and off the internet. So this is like a huge honor to have you with us. And we have so many questions from our listeners for you. But I have so many questions for you.

I don't know how we're going to get through this podcast. But okay, so we're just inviting guests on to talk about ourselves. Yes. I can talk about that. Let's find it. It's what I want to talk about. Okay. All right. Okay. Yeah. So before we get into all of our questions, let's do highs and lows. Yes. And Katie is actually going to join us for highs and lows too. So that's really fun. Yeah. Show her how it works. Okay. So I would say that my high has been like that whole New Year's feeling. I've been really productive. I've been scheduling off my calendar. And I pull

my blog analytics. And I found out that my site traffic for the year was up 36% which I was so excited about. Wow. Yeah. Because you know, people are saying that nobody reads blogs anymore and everyone's on Instagram. Yeah. So I like work really hard at my blog. And I was excited to see that it grew that much. That's so major. And then the other thing is is that tomorrow NBC is coming to my apartment to shoot it for their open house segment. I want to be open house. I am on it as well. Oh my God. Really? I'm going to look you up after this. No, I'm not on it.

I have a feeling they're putting us in the same. Oh, maybe we're in the same segment. Yeah. Oh my God. I because they shot me in September. And I still have an air. Yeah. Oh, that's fine. They're like we're filming a couple of different people. So I feel like oh, I bet that's it. Yeah. They were supposed to shoot me in October. And then they moved it. And then November. And then I moved it. And now we're here in January. How much do you love taxi TV at open house? I'm excited. Well, guys, not my love. Is that nobody asked me to film my house? So we'll get you on it. I'm going to suggest you to that. Yeah.

We do have a favorite picture microphone. You're not close. Oh, sorry guys. I'm just so excited about our guests. We were so casually far from your microphone. I was like, oh, these are so like high tech. I don't have a sick. No, they're like the worst microphone from Amazon. Okay. Okay. Crease also like in half of the episode. She's like so far away. And she's just like in the back. Okay. I'm getting back into the mic. Yeah. Yeah. So sorry guys. And I'm really working on getting rid of those rocks in my mouth too.

Just don't say you're not. People like to say that I have the worst voice for podcasting. I'm really working on my diction. Really. I think that you should be doing voice over work. I think it's such a cool voice. What are you guys doing out there with us? People are going to come and argue with you now. Yeah. Don't say that. People think that she is not full of rocks that I mean to her. Yeah. Well, it's quite clear that you mean to her. But the rocks. I don't understand people. I do. I have extra

air in my words. So I'm working on it. Yes. We're working on it. Katie, what's your high? Well, I was just on Good Morning America. GMMA day to be clear. That is so cool. That is so cool. But the afternoon show. Oh my gosh. What were you talking about? I was doing a supersized the look segment. So is this one in the office? No. It could be. I like immediately. Yeah. I want that rainbow sweater. And I'm pissed as old.

And obviously that was so good because I got to hang out with Michael Strahan and Sarah Haynes. And then the low would be maybe right now when I just threw up in my mouth from all the look. We've been drinking. Okay. Yeah. That's a low. Yeah. That's a low. Because I've been having a pretty high week. Yeah. Yeah. That's the best when you don't really have a low and you have to like come up with something really serious. Coming. So don't worry. Yeah.

Yeah. Becca, what was your high? My high is that I'm just like I'm hitting those mirrors and tensions hard. I feel like really organized and I feel I feel like I for the record. Like I was treating my body like a garbage can for the past like six months. Like I just had a lot going on in my personal life. And I'm like, okay, we're going to reset. Yeah. We're going to feel better. Yeah. So I feel positive. We'll see how long it lasts. Great. So yeah. Yeah. What about lows?

Well, we know you're a low Katie. Katie, throw up in her mouth. Yep. Right now. Yeah. We lived. We lived her low. Yeah. You guys watched it. Um, my lowest in the same thing. I have some resolution anxiety. So I'm glad you're here. Because I feel like you are a very good person to talk about it. Yeah. I'm not feeling very body positive right now. Okay. And I also feel very conflicted. Like can I say that I want to lose weight or can I say that I want to go on and die it or is this. Am I somehow like I feel like

by having a resolution that has to do with my health or my body. I am anti feminist. Yeah. Somehow. And so I'm I'm just feeling a lot of resolution guilt. I have a lot to say about this. So whenever you are ready. Tell me now. Tell me about resolution. Yeah. I want to hear now. Okay. Well, you know, I've been noticing. So with women like Ashley Graham and now I can't think of anyone else. But anyone who basically loses weight as they get more famous. Yeah. There's an immediate

outcry from the people because they're like they're like you're you're like losing your audience. You're losing whatever. And I like how the Nipolitan mesa. Yes. Oh, sure. I talked to her about that. And it was it's awful because she was really sick. So she lost weight. And then on top of being sick, she had all these haters. No, like dealing at her. I did not know that. Yeah. Well, I I feel that. And I would I actually have a resolution to drink celery juice first thing in the morning. Okay. So I've been posting about that. I want to talk to you about that. That's

because I'm doing it too. Yeah. That's just great. Is it bad? Yeah. It's gross. Oh, it's awful. It's terrible. Okay. But I feel good. Yeah. I feel my stomach is like it. But I make you. Yeah. Okay. Um, and a couple of people said, are you doing this to lose weight? I hope you're not doing this to lose weight. I hope whatever. And the point that I'm trying to make here is that I I have gained maybe 60 pounds since I got a divorce and like I love my body. I'm so happy.

Yeah. Like I'm doing great. But it it almost it makes me really mad that I would have to think about answering for for my health. If I decided to lose weight or whatever because of a cholesterol issue. Yeah. Yeah. Or like a knee issue. I guess I'm just straight up talking about myself now. That's why. Yeah. Um, because those are issues for me. And so while I don't feel bad in a swimsuit. Like there are some things that I don't.

That aren't like cool. Like it's not cool that I'm so out of shape that I'm like winded walking on the sidewalk. And that I don't think that that's anti feminists. I think that's how it's coming from a place where I don't feel my best. Yeah. And I want to.

I want to lose the weight. And I think that that will help me to feel better. Like I gained. I had a rough year last year. Like I had a death in my immediate family. I put my job. I like went for a lot of transition. And like over the summer last year. I was like, oh, I just gained 15 pounds.

And now it's like, I can feel it. Yeah. And I just like feel like I've been eating so poorly. And I'm like, oh, I want to get back on track. Not for the sake of like, I want to like baller in a swimsuit, which would also be great. But, um, like I don't hate my body. But I at the same time. I'm like, I feel like by making a health resolution.

There's so much content. It's like I have to embrace my body. I have to love myself the way I am. And I'm like, I do. But at the same time.

You don't have to you don't have to. There's a lot of pressure on the internet right now to be body positive. I need to photograph myself in a swimsuit and be like, how amazing do I look? But I don't think you need to be at that place. I think body neutrality.

I loved that. You said that the other day on your Instagram.

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