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why do i feel ugly during the holidays?

Grownkid

Grownkid & Joy Coalition

Mental Health, Health & Fitness, Society & Culture

4.84.3K Ratings

🗓️ 2 January 2026

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Summary

there’s nothing like going back to ur childhood home during the holidays and, at first, feeling nostalgic, cozy, and maybe even happy… but then a week passes and suddenly you’re spiraling and feeling ugly. this episode, we talk about how the holidays can send us into an insecurity spiral and make it feel like we’re slipping back into old versions of ourselves. follow us: @grownk1d @gaelaitor @_kaylasuarez join our social club: www.branchout.app/join/grownkid overshare with us: grownkid.com About our Partners: GrownKid is made in partnership with Joy Coalition where purpose driven content meets powerful storytelling. From 13 Reasons Why to Unprisoned, Joy Coalition projects are made to bridge generations and drive groundbreaking conversations. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Hey everyone, welcome back to Grown Kid. I'm Guy L. And I'm Kitty Lo.

0:15.0

And it is the holiday season. As you might know, I forgot if we're post when we're posting this, so it might either be 2026 or I might not.

0:24.8

And if it is, happy new year.

0:26.1

If it isn't.

0:27.3

Happy almost.

0:28.2

Happy almost new years.

0:30.0

But there's a particular thing that we have noticed happens to us during the holidays

0:34.2

and we wanted to just make sure it wasn't just us.

0:36.6

And that is the fact that

0:38.0

the holidays make us feel ugly. So ugly, dude. Like, maybe it's something in Anaheim air or maybe it's

0:45.0

just going back home that makes me just eat like fucking shit. Like, there's just no way, no way to say it.

0:52.4

Like, when I'm away from home and I'm living on my own, my diet is whatever. It's fine. It's chill. When I come back home, I'm eating everything in sight. It's on site. Bigged good. Give me. Give me 15. Yeah. Food. You know what? Double the serving action, right? It's just, it's just not like real. Food is not real.

1:12.0

Food is not real. Bag of chips. Yeah, give me one. Yeah. Yeah, let's share. Oh, Yogelan. Yeah, let's go to Yorkeland.

1:21.5

Oh my God, the amount that I've eaten so far is actually insane. I have not eaten like this in months. Yeah. Yeah.

1:30.5

I just feel like lately my face has been expanded tenfold and my body has expanded tenfold.

1:36.9

And I want to touch on that. I want to touch on the face and the body. I mean, I'm the same way.

1:41.6

Just the holidays are just not easy.

1:44.9

And this, this, you know, some might say like, oh, your guys' relationship with food is just fuck, your body, the whole thing, the whole thing. And I know that. I get it. Okay. Like, I understand where you guys are coming from when it comes to, like, why do the the holidays make us feel bad? it's not even about, God, I'm like packing like a thousand dollars into one and not finishing a thing we want. I'm like, where are you going with this? Okay, my point being, I think during the holidays, I feel ugly because I feel out of control and I feel out of my routine because like, I get home and I don't have my usual diet. I'm eating things. I don't typically eat and it's a it's a storm of my body is not used to what I'm eating so it feels like shit it starts bloating

2:27.3

It starts like not digesting properly. I'm not eating nutritious foods. I'm eating too much sugar. I'm crashing. Like my face is

2:36.6

just like blown up like a little hamster. And I'm not even walking as much as I would like.

2:42.1

I'm not going to the gym maybe as much as I would like. So it's just like a cluster fuck of like

2:46.6

gluttony and indulgment, which yes, I think that's why the holidays are so fun and I do love it,

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