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I’m not really here for the level of fat shaming on this thread. There are a million reasons why somebody is the size they are and it’s ultimately nobody’s business but theirs. I also actually like the concept behind Laura’s video series where she tries on stuff outside her comfort zone because as a fat person you can easily get stuck wearing the same type of stuff because its “flattering”.

What I do have an issue with is her saying she’s sizing up on stuff the whole time. If she really was bopo then surely she’d have no problem being honest and saying “hey I’ve gained a little weight recently, so I’m going to be buying size xx clothing now”. Whether you’re fat, skinny or somewhere in between, most of us have had that moment where we’ve had to be honest with ourselves and admit we can’t fit into our usual size anymore so we’ve got to start buying a size up.

No, I don’t like it when the thread gets fat-bashy. Lots of us started watching Laura because we’re plus size and she used to wear some lovely dresses whilst baking. People asking about those led to the transition to fashion vlogging.

the problem is that there’s a different between having some pretty dresses which I suspect Laura likes wearing best but you can’t do ‘fashion’ solely on that (people on here moan about it!) and then having to wear the slightly more fashion-forward stuff which Laura clearly hates. Because, despite everything she says, she doesn’t want to dress to embrace her body, she wants to flatter it. Which is the pretty midi dresses!
So she ends up telling us she accepts her body whilst showing us clothes only face-on and from a funny angle.

she’s made her money but I suspect she’d have been much happier just continuing to show us pretty midi dresses whilst baking.

Not to bang on about it but I’m just baffled how it’s less than 3 weeks since her ITS launch and there’s nothing on her stories or on her photo grid of her wearing the clothes. Just one post from the launch day. So bizarre. Also awkwardly she’s liked a post which complained the clothes were too expensive

This is a Fat face dress she isn’t a fan on the ruffled bit.
But when she was gifted it back in January 26th she was gifted this exact same dress but in another colour.
This is what she said then she loved the ruffle detail as it hides her stomach.she just isn’t genuine. She loved the ruffle detail in January’s gifted Fatface dresses. But isn’t a fan in March of the ruffle that hides the tummy she is conscious of.

smirkingrevenge said:

It’s a double edged sword though. Giving someone like Laura this type of platform is dangerous. She is definitely not the best advocate with her mentality. The NHS partnering up with her is like saying “it’s ok and there definitely aren’t health concerns”

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Health concerns or no health concerns, every woman is entitled to (and should take up the offer of) a cervical smear. It’s not just a service for fit and healthy people.

On the contrary to being dangerous, it might actually save the life of someone who otherwise feels too self conscious of their size to go for their smear and then sees someone who looks like them urging them to go for their smear test.

You know what I was thrown out on New Year’s Eve by my controlling ex all because I wanted to go to bed early, resulting in him pulling my hair & screaming at me but I’m looking for the positives now, (don’t want any sympathy) I’m staying with a friend who has kindly put me up but I have a roof over my head, good friends, a job I absolutely love & I know he can never hurt me ever again, so Laura if you are reading this then you haven’t got any problems at all you are making them yourself.

The promoting obesity argument baffles me. Thin people don't want to be fat. No one thin looks at someone who is a size 26 and is jealous. You can't promote something no one wants.

What they actually mean is how dare fat people exist and not look miserable 24/7. Luckily for them, Laura never looks happy so no size 8s will be getting obese any time soon

If she came across genuine then I would give the book a go, I liked Alex Light’s book which she actually wrote (although cannot stand that whining spoilt girl herself), which was of the same vein; but if I’m honest I think Laura’s militant approach to anti diet is as much unhealthy as diet culture itself. It’s unhealthy to put hate onto people wanting/needing to lose weight and to constantly talk about weight loss as a negative. Yes weight is not an entire predictor of health, but losing weight literally can save people’s lives if it’s a large enough amount of weight and even if it’s a smaller amount can eradicate co-morbidities and the need for healthcare help.
Of course people can be happy in a bigger body but it shouldn’t be that if you’re happy at your size that you hate on others who are losing weight.
People who are in a smaller body shouldn’t hate on those bigger and wanting to eat and do no movement and she openly talks about fat phobia but won’t stop being horrible about others.
You can love your body and want to be carrying less fat at the same time and you can lose weight without toxic diet culture. She cannot grasp that.
She isnt doing any of what the book claims herself which to me makes the book a farce.
The publishing house who thought she’d be a great face for a ghost written book about positivity, must be bloody deaf and blind.
Sorry for the rant folks

notSUBmissive said:

Seasalt, £160.00

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£160 quid for a coat you can’t do up

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Time to admit - your clothes don’t fit, stop being an insta knob and get yourself a proper job

I’m obese and very much understand how frustrating it is when you go to the dr about something like an ear infection and they still manage to mention your weight.

However, that said, I do understand why they mention it in certain instances. For her fertility, she has been told losing weight is necessary. Whether she likes it or not, she could lose weight, sure it’s bloody hard and there’s a myriad of reasons people struggle to do it. But she has no job and seems to have no financial struggles. One year of therapy, seeing a nutritionist, a trainer etc and she could seriously change her life.

It’s totally within her control and I think she’s angry about that because she doesn’t want to do it. She’s choosing her weight and lifestyle over the potential to have a family. To me that’s not a ‘fertility struggle’ and is insulting to women who have literally done everything they physically can and put themselves through shit for years and still struggle.

It’s been a terrible week for her because it’s been so stressful getting her garden done in her million pound house.

I mean honestly I don’t know how the people in Gaza have the cheek to complain when Laura has these issues to contend with!

I really don’t like comparing peoples struggles and the whole ‘well it could be worse’ as it really doesn’t help people with genuine mental health problems, but honestly Laura needs a reality check. She is seriously never happy despite so many good things happening for her in the last year alone.

Password4321 said:

Genuinely curious, after the gastric sleeve how do you consume the amount of calories an adult person needs after a gastric sleeve/WLS? X

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I don’t think you can. That’s why those who do have it have to take vitamins, they lose hair, the dumping syndrome can affect your blood sugars and you can suffer malnutrition. It should purely be used as a life saving tool.
Ive lost nearly 11 stone now, so many times I wanted to get the surgery but was put off with the after effects and in the end for me it wasn’t the fat that’s the problem, it’s the brain. I had to seriously fix my issues with food and why I was the way I was. I also had good motivators of wanting a family and to be out of the pain my body was in with carrying me at my heaviest. I loved and valued myself at all the sizes I’ve been but I wanted more and finally believed in myself.
I don’t think Laura wants to lose weight and if thats good for her then I genuinely hope she lives a long and happy life, nobody needs to do anything they don’t want to. I don’t believe she’s happy though as it’s all over her face, there is way more to it.
I think moving into the plus size influencer role is a self fulfilling prophecy to her where she shouts into an echo chamber on insta and that suits her instead of dealing with her emotions of why.
I know I’ll ruffle feathers but the militant (not all) bopo community are full of people using body positivity as a reason to eat and put on weight whilst saying it’s in the name of being positive about any body and slagging people with smaller bodies.
Im so happy that people like Kirsty (bobalong) are starting to show that it isn’t black and white and that weight loss, movement and loving your body can exist together. I’d love to see more people showing that balance instead of the extremes of either toxic diet culture or bopo influencers saying you can’t love your body and lose weight at the same time.

Nowt wrong with toad in the hole. Or dancing. Fat people are allowed to exist and... do things?!

Oh no, sorry, you're fat, off you fuck into a cupboard to eat dust.

Won’t do a Shein haul because it’s unethical but then does a collection with In The Style which is just a mega expensive version of Shein- hypocrisy at its finest. Well done Laura.

TaurusWithLove said:

Thoughts on the TikTok she shared on her insta story? I have mixed feelings about it, and that’s probably down to the fact it was shared by Laura. Petty, I know. To me, that TikTok kinda invalidates the insecurities ‘skinny’ women might have. Idk, the heat has probably got to me

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I think that if Laura was actually living the ethos of what she says, for instance on the podcast, then she would allow ALL women to live their truth and feel body positive. But in fact what she does and what she’s approving of by sharing that is allowing those in a smaller body to her to be called out as not fat enough to have insecurities. They allow it on their Facebook page too. Those that aren’t as big as others are treated like shit for not being fat enough to have feelings on how their body looks or how insecure they feel. Laura is not truly about body positivity or anything like that anyway. She is desperate to feel accepted in her own body and she wants to be allowed to gain as much weight as she wants whilst claiming that the world should adapt around her. Through that she has built this ‘we’ mentality to get people on board. If I’m honest I think she uses the bopo community to fuel her laziness towards her lifestyle. Lots of bopo influencers do that and there are a lot of really toxic bopo influencers who go all enraged when someone loses weight for any reason or they want to change their direction. Everyone can see she isn’t happy, she doesn’t look happy or content. She looks uncomfortable and is always firstly on the attack with anything to do with size, rather than using reasoning to evaluate the whole picture. The sclub7 guy was by far the worst I’ve seen her aligning her own thoughts on weight to someone else when it was absolutely nothing to do with that.
I do think that there are genuinely ‘thin’ people that play on showing skin rolls and claiming they’re just like fat people, but people that are thin (unlike me) are also allowed to feel how they feel about their own bodies.

Mistakes need calling out though. That was absolutely ridiculous and their social media person is an absolute moron and I’m glad they’ve learnt a lesson.

I’m a person who has been fat since I was 5, and now at 33, I’m dealing with a whole host of medical problems. I had one spell in my mid 20s where I lost 10 stone and was the healthiest I’ve ever been, but it messed with me (mainly how different people treated me as a size 14 than a size 32) but then I found the body positivity community and let myself eat whatever, drink whatever, forget about exercise and buy bigger clothes. I gained 11st in 3 years, developed type 2 diabetes, discovered I have PCOS, and an under active thyroid, and am struggling to conceive. My joints ache, my bones crack when I stand up, and I’m on medication for life, all because I believed I could be fat, happy and healthy. It’s not the case for everyone, though. I’ve had my eyes opened since getting my diabetes diagnosis in July last year, and I’ve slowly lost almost 3 stone. It’s really bloody hard especially battling with hormonal issues, but so is being fat. That’s not to mention shit like having to scope out chairs in restaurants, missing out on going to the theatre or gigs because the chairs don’t accommodate. I refuse to believe she is happy being the size she is, and her relentless moaning proves that..

Someone in the GLY group just asked if anyone knows of any plus size friendly hair salons. She doesn’t like the mirrors 🫠 How do these people actually cope with day to day life?

Saying that you take anti-depressants isn't glamourising them and sometimes even with all the walks in the world you can still be depressed.

As someone who has been told that I could cheer up if I took up swimming/ cycling/ walking even when I was seriously depressed and on antidepressants It's not always that simple. And sure, exercise and diet can play a part but she might still need antidepressants. Sometimes you do.