Glitter and Lazers BREAKS Silence About "The Toxic Body Positivity Community" (WOW)

[@TheMrsBeagle]

If I dye my hair red, did I hate myself as a brunette? And then if I go from red to blonde, does that mean I hated myself as a red head?? NO. ONE CAN LOVE THEMSELVES IN MANY STATES OF BEING, WITHOUT HATRED. This is a simple concept.

[@ipsharoy7398]

Preach!

[@indica534]

I dunno, I just have blue hair cause I really like blue xd

[@ipsharoy7398]

@@indica534 I wish I could have purple hair. But I am too young.

[@indica534]

@@ipsharoy7398 maybe when you're older you'll get the chance :) I'm finishing University so it's different for me. I also work in a field where no one cares how you look like. At the end of the day, be you. It's what will make you happy :)

[@ipsharoy7398]

@@indica534 ok! Thnx!❤️❤️💖

[@lizzylake]

Leaving the "body positive community" is like leaving Scientology.....

[@ashleydunn5764]

Omg thats is a perfect description of this situation. 🤣😂

[@luketfer]

It does feel very Jehovah's witness-y about it. Like a Cult that encourages anyone who leaves to cut all ties with them and to shun them. Whilst not as extreme as cults like the Jehovah's witness it does feel like that. You're fine as long as you engage with the groupthink but the moment you break that, they will turn on you and shun you at a moments notice.

[@GG-kn2se]

Not even close

[@HannahTuttle]

It’s honestly just as bad as pro ana. People encourage one another in their bad habits to the point where members feel obligated to not make good choices for their health.

[@jslrsn]

I never thought about it like this but you're totally right

[@HannahTuttle]

Jess 米兰 Larsen it takes an anorexic to realize. I saw more people on myproana encouraging healthy behaviors than I see on instagram

[@syntheticteapot]

Totally agree. I find myself going back to mpa a lot and recognizing how terrible things are on the other side of the spectrum. 90 day fast? Oh well don't worry I support you even though this could put you in the hospital. It's 2 sides of the same coin.

[@HannahTuttle]

Synthetic Teapot the same thing, just the other side. In this case, it’s “eating 10k calories is normal”

[@romilombardi1792]

Totally agree

[@EdmundKempersDartboard]

I think the truth is that these people are, in reality, deeply unhappy.

[@donnaleeclubb119]

I think you are right. Some people are unhappy and do not want to change or feel they can't change, but hate on people who do.

[@ndoina_]

Yup. Unhappy and in denial about being unhappy.

[@beckyparkes7182]

100% I think it's also along the lines of 'people who aren't happy unless they're miserable' as well.

[@ccddle]

DING DING DING

[@Weirdastronount]

I’m losing weight now but when I was in the body positivity community I 100% was. I used body positivity as an echo chamber. But on the same side, when people called me fat/to lose weight I had a hatred of “fuck you, these people are just like me. I’ll do what I want”. I wish I had someone kind and caring to help me lose weight. It’s hard right now but knowing I could’ve been a lot closer to my goal weight makes me sad.

[@JennRighter]

I really love Anna. She’s so well spoken and endearing and intelligent.

[@whyjordie]

Right?? Incredibly well spoken. She really knows how to get her point across. Very eloquent

[@hallikittylover]

Agreed. She is very well spoken, yet she lets people know when they do wrong. I haven’t heard of her before Obesetobeast but I think I’m going to sub. I love seeing people bettering themselves.

[@unicornalq11]

Scott McErlean Dude go back to the farms. Normal people don’t talk like that lmao

[@JK-mv1tv]

I was thinking the same thing!!

[@karacoconutag]

After this one video, I wanna be her pal! What a fun person!

[@elleratliff7180]

This woman deserves a medal for her bravery. Dang.

[@taylorlucc]

I saw a skinny girl say body positivity once and get heavily shamed for it by “body positive activists“, “because big girls feel insecure and skinny bodies will trigger them/are already accepted etc.” like what... you can be skinny and insecure.. I’m a big person and I know that :/

[@taylorlucc]

And I’ve struggled with eating disorders and have been through the thinspo phase of my life, and it wasn’t anything close to that so like

[@luciskies]

I struggled with eating disorders from my early teens-early/mid 20s. I’m finally able to eat without feeling horribly guilty. Back then ppl would compliment and asked me for advice because of how I looked. But they not know how unhealthy and full of self-hatred I truly was. I 100% agree with you in that you can be any shape and size and be so unhappy/insecure.

[@KatieNicolexx]

As a bigger person growing up I did not fully understand that skinny people are insecure too. I always thought that they were skinny and had no reason to not like their bodies. I would dismiss friends who had issues because at least they weren't fat (like me). At the time I was so consumed in hating myself that I couldn't look beyond that. It wasnt until I had a friend have an eating disorder that I actually had to face that smaller people have problems too. All that to say alot of bigger people who hate there bodies are triggered by smaller women speaking about their problems because they cant see past their own insecurities and body hate.

[@elizabethlind9947]

I can relate to you all.

[@ydorri2460]

I always thought body positivity was about accepting all bodies including disability, disfigurement, cellulite, stretch marks, loose skin, colour, etc. I only recently learned that it's the same thing as fat acceptance thanks to um, feedback! Lol, people get mad about accepting other bodies too!

[@rachmaninovwasemo2313]

If someone truly is positive about their body than they wouldn't have an issue with other people having positivity about their bodies. The self hate is still apparent.

[@kayanderson476]

Misery loves company, that's why so many people in the movement are so bitter... I've lost friends because I lost weight and it's sad that so many people let their insecurity make them treat other people badly when they did nothing to them...

[@rachmaninovwasemo2313]

@@kayanderson476 well glad to hear you're doing better. You'll attract better people.

[@MichelleAntonia]

@@kayanderson476 you really didn't need those friends to begin with

[@olgab170444]

To gain 1kg you need to eat 7 thousand calories extra. To have that much kg as she has she needed to eat at least 4/5 thousand calories during the day. It's amount for 2 adult men who work physically. Zero self control and I know what I talking about I was 110 kg and I don't have any empathy for obese people because it's their choice to be like this

[@ao4776]

Exactly how I feel about this guy and his channel.

[@ashton3746]

Really I'm a fan of body neutrality. Bodies don't need to be beautiful or healthy to have inherent value. I support everyone making the decisions that work best for them. A lot of body positivity is abelist and toxic and no one deserves to be bullied for their own choices they make for their body. I am on my own weight loss journey also and I don't think I am more or less valued based on my size or health.

[@piperarcher9706]

Yes! Body neutrality ftw!!

[@lisawise4204]

Yes! Like there are body conditions that aren’t “pretty” (and also beauty is subjective), but every human’s body is worthy of respect. Let’s learn to love ourselves without trying to pretend we love things we don’t. You don’t have to like your cellulite to love yourself and you don’t have to be beautiful in anyone else’s eyes to be worthy or their respect.

[@gracie2367]

I LOVE this!

[@glowinggold9488]

What u said really is not true. One a body does have value based on its strength and health. Now the person inside the body has value of a different kind. They are two different things.

[@angelle050801]

Exactly!

[@snarky6185]

For a community that boasts the word positivity in its name, it truly is negative AF.

[@1822romantic]

yeah especially to people that want to lose weight and get healthy. gross.

[@ashleydunn5764]

Any group that requires you to agree with them, regardless of how you feel or how it hurts you, is toxic.

[@needclareification]

As someone who has battled restrictive anorexia for 9 years, these supposed 'fat positive activists' that actively condone extremely overweight/obese people who are trying to lose weight as a lifestyle and health choice are IDENTICAL to the ProAna 'thin positive activists'. They are both extremely dangerous ends of the weight spectrum and neither is conducive to long term wellbeing and health. If I had made a KZbin channel at my thinnest (72 pounds) and actively ripped into ANY one other than those that are emaciated, I highly doubt my channel would not have been reported. I see absolutely no difference other than they are at opposite ends of extreme. P.s - 107 pounds now! Happier, healthier

[@katarinaroman8392]

As someone who is still kinda floating on the outskirts of anatumblr... thank you for sharing, congratulations on your path to recovery 💙

[@tchaikca]

Congrats!!! ❤️Those are some tough demons to battle ! Glad you’re healthy!

[@needclareification]

@@katarinaroman8392 kick anatumblr to the side. I promise you, you will not become overweight. That was/is still my biggest fear - that I can only see two sides of the extreme coin. Super overweight or super underweight. Nothing in between. Your body knows when to eat and when not to. I know you will find your balance. You WILL settle in the middle - healthy strong and ultimately living a life. Anorexia reduces life to nothingness. Obesity also reduces things you can and can't do . I know you can't see it right now, but there is a middle ground where your body is a strong and healthy as it is designed to be.

[@needclareification]

@givemeantlers thank you for the love, it means the world. phew its been a long journey x

[@needclareification]

@@tchaikca they are! super insidious, super crafty and super manipulative. Thank you for being so lovely :) x

[@SirSealandLister]

This is the first time I'm noticing this, but when he pauses the video to comment, the chat slows to listen to him. That is the sweetest thing I've ever seen

[@codexone2194]

Omg you're right! This is so wholesome.

[@KRO-222]

Wow, she is shaking the ground on which the “fat positive” community stands. I’m so proud of her, gonna go and follow her channel.

[@burnyhigurashi]

It's insane the level of hypocrisy of this HAES people... Lip fillers?! Get them on! Saving my legs? Eehhh

[@BooksToAshes]

I also find it ironic, that they're body positive, but want to alter their features unnaturally (lip fillers, etc.), but if someone wants to lose weight naturally to better themselves, the HAES community is against it. Huh??

[@rjwalanthi]

At first i read this as 'shaving my legs' lmaoooo

[@yurikatori3733]

@@rjwalanthi lol samee

[@chloerecord984]

snuckle bottoms works for that too! some women say “shaving is unnatural” and the. women “shouldn’t” cause it’s a “sexist rule” but then walk around with lip fillers!!!

[@victoriaalbastra6325]

@@rjwalanthi they probably cannot do that themselves so you're not wrong lol

[@kayanderson476]

For a sit down, uncut and unedited video she did PHENOMENALLY articulating what she was thinking and calling out the issues, hitting every nail on the head. Amazing video and everyone in the body positivity movement, or even outside of it, should watch it from beginning to end! Amazing video!

[@bernardgervais611]

Thanks for all your motivation John, you're by far my favourite guy on YT, down 147 pounds in under 2 years!

[@user-wz7ff6mp5z]

Great job, Bernard!

[@georgies5357]

That's fab Bernard, well done!

[@NextLevelOnlineCoaching]

Nice work man💪🏾💪🏾💯

[@khav1995]

Great job! You’re an inspiration too!!

[@romilombardi1792]

Thats amazing!! 👏🏼👏🏼

[@vsg4life]

I can't comprehend why anyone would be upset with someone trying to improve their health. I think overweight people do often get discriminated against or at least belittled, which there is no reason to do, but trying to improve health and avoid long term issues with disease should be applauded not scorned. Thanks for sharing this and sharing your opinions. You are right on. It doesn't make any sense.

[@GW-gz8jh]

Ryan DesJardins - VSG'd Insecurity. Not one of the rabid fat acceptance people are truly accepting of their weight and comfortable with their food choices and intake. The only way for them to console themselves about this insecurity and inability/unwillingness to make healthy choices is for them to tear down the people that are doing something about their weight and health. If they were truly happy with themselves they wouldn’t bother with other people and their choices. Just another reason the fat acceptance and body positivity in regards to obesity is a complete farce.

[@Kristie27]

Anna handled this with such class. I agreed with her on everything she said, and I'm so glad she called out every aspect of the "body positivity" community and how toxic it is!

[@Brooke52528]

Well said girl 👧

[@Vermilion_13]

I had to like this video for the simple, “I tricked her”. The jokes and genuine personality in your videos always make me smile.

[@verloren918]

Same, I cracked up when he said that.

[@tulipsxw2]

She just exposed the whole body positivity community and I'm living for it. Her video is making me have a monologue with myself on what body positivity means to me and I think it's something I needed to have while going through my own weight loss journey.

[@victoriaalbastra6325]

I'm 6 minutes in and this is so wholesome. Edit 1 at 16 minutes:she is very eloquent, logic and has an amazing awareness of this whole topic. I like her. A lot! Last edit: I am a new fan of hers. I cannot comprehend how anyone could hate her. She's very smart and insightful, honest, polite and considerate of ALL sorts of perspectives. I trully wish her all the best. I hope to see her in an interview with John.

[@itpaystobeme]

And it's all genuine.

[@SolitaryGem]

Loved her take on it, it's just a bunch of different clubs with no community.

[@ajqueen31]

I just wish people would stop trying to define Body Positivity. Feel positive about your body. Pay no mind to anyone else's opinion about your body. The people who try to define it, and define it so _strictly_ and uninclusively, are trying to be relevant and they're just being damaging to the greater purpose.

[@britt905]

I actually relate to this so much from the vegan community. There’s so many layers and a lot of the different layers try to invalidate each other. And then there’s me who’s just chill doing my own thing and applauding people for making small changes in their diet/lifestyle.

[@KatherineHugs]

I was thinking the exact same thing!! I don't follow many vegans because the call to perfection gives me anxiety. I have a job and kids and zero time to be an absolute perfectionist, so I call myself plant based and just make choices without talking about it.

[@racheleve7334]

as a vegan i always get embarrassed about a lot of the community.... like there’s a reason people hate us, it’s extremely toxic and privileged

[@mewster1818]

Absolutely... Just a day or two ago someone shared an article about Japanese tech company making hyper-realistic dolphin robots with the hopes of replacing captive dolphins at dolphin shows around the world. And half the comments were like, "why is this even needed, still just wrong". Like I'm sorry, but are you gonna go protest the Natural History Museum now for having an animatronic dinosaur? What could possibly be wrong with using robots for interactive experiences mimicking animals? Really does absolutely nothing to make people want to be part of the community, or interact with vegans, when you have to be rude and judgmental over a robot.

[@Lekjih]

As an omnivore, it’s actually really refreshing to hear that there are vegans sick of toxic veganism. If omnivores point it out, we definitely get shit on because we wear leather/have a cat/eat meat etc.

[@JessicaOfViableVintage]

dude Anna dropped some straight facts, i truly believe in everything this woman has been preaching! i'm so glad she has started this journey, she has inspired me!

[@JiraiyaSama86]

This whole thing reminds me of how much unnecessary conflict there is in our day to day lives. Communication isn't really happening effectively at times, especially when people try to impose their ideas and beliefs onto others, sometimes unintentionally. Gotta sometimes just remember the value of discovering things together.

[@defunkdafied]

This 100%

[@Pedro-S1lva]

totally

[@janeblack520]

Spot on!

[@samanthab5752]

Great point!

[@MichelleAntonia]

This woman is SMART and straightforward... she's hitting literally every nail on the head!

[@fujidenzo_kid4147]

She's a class act compared to the basher doing her make up "im gonna spend the rest of my day smelling my perfume" hahaha very self absorbed.

[@zoewynne8433]

Yeah, she was exceptionally nice not to call out Flo's attack on her as an intentional grab for views so she could get her asinine video sponsored by the stinky perfume people in the first place. Also, eff that perfume company for co-signing that attack!

[@emmatoulouse7048]

That woman was totally berserk and delusional. She’s also disabled ratings and is deleting comments that call her out.

[@fujidenzo_kid4147]

@@emmatoulouse7048 Ive seen some comments removed, luckily my comment is still there. 😊

[@koinwonderland4309]

Omg! Yes! It was like night and day and the majority of people have responded with that sentiment. FGF removed the numbers because she had so many dislikes and the comments were not positive (up until she started removing them). Meanwhile Ana has got so much positive feedback. I hope more of these HAES influencers are paying attention. Most people are tired of the negativity. They are only catering to a very small crowd at this point. Most people want to be happy and healthy and their approach ain’t it.

[@melissaj1310]

A self aware emotionally mature person on the internet. My hope in humanity is renewed today. 🙌

[@cathyl3526]

The topic of "not eating all day" is an interesting one. If I start my day with a 300 calorie coffee and grab a couple of cookies every time I pass the kitchen, I'll feel like I haven't eaten all day while in reality, I've consumed more calories than if I had just scrambled myself a couple of eggs for breakfast and made a turkey sandwich for lunch.

[@pnwgirl4]

I went to the original fat girl flow video and I was actually really surprised how many people commenting were agreeing with her and also how many of them DIDN'T EVEN WATCH ANNA'S VIDEO.

[@SF-op5ix]

She deleted a bunch of comments disagreeing with her. I was also shocked

[@jslrsn]

she deleted ALL the negative comments. when i checked yesterday i saw a lot of negative comments. and the dislike ratio was so out-of-control that she disabled it

[@Tina06019]

FatGirlFlo sounded very condescending when she was criticizing Anna O’Brien. I did not like it.

[@donnaleeclubb119]

Fat girl flow will delete what she doesn't like. She actually had a lot of negative comments. She usually does this because she has done this in the past when she gets a lot of negative comments. Basically she can dish it out, but cannot take it when people comment against her.

[@michelledoland9516]

Fatgirlflow made another video on the topic and her brainwashed viewers are all like Anna's words are toxic and how she made money off being fat and is now problematic to her community?? Like what?? These people are delusional.

[@djkb125]

She spoke so well and had a lot of very good insights. Im glad she felt like you treated her kindly. I hope she gets more support. She's lovely and I hope she gets where she wants to be.

[@elkechristina1120]

Oh sis really went there I love she just speaks out on it, this is really giving me major respect for her

[@NextLevelOnlineCoaching]

Body positivity 5 layers/ 5 sects : 1. Fat activists “ the militia” 2. Love your body as long your healthy “ still judgy” 3 eating disorder “ hey it’s ok to keep eating while watching mukbang” 4. Sexualization of plus size “ onlyfans members” 5. Fashion profiteers “ untapped to market 💰

[@cindyharris5442]

Who the hell gave them the right to be the keepers of definitions and standards?! The “Body Positivity” gatekeepers are miserable people. Period. I’m over them.

[@Shannon_Vlogs]

Wow. When she said that the body positivity community has had negative effects on her mental health ouch.

[@UncleMikeDrop]

It can be very hard to be openly vulnerable in the way she has been through all of this.

[@KickingGeese]

WOW! she killed it!!!!!!!!!!

[@jamiecatherine3781]

Hi, love your vids. Came for the alr commentary, stayed cuz your awesome😘

[@jimmybrunson2553]

shes so smart and so real, i really wish her success in bettering her health!

[@jargonwins5710]

thank you so much for making these videos. its difficult being the weight I am and not having anyone to go on this journey with. I know I can do it alone, but to constantly hear "I'm perfect the way I am" in these early weeks is so discouraging. I still have faith, this time feels greatly different, i feel like I had a breaking point this last month with everything that was going on in my life. I know I can change. Thank you for showing everyone sustained weight loss exists, AND health is a journey. I've followed your story and channel from the beginning much love !!

[@donnaleeclubb119]

I think some people when they say you are fine the way you are, I think they just mean love where you are at in this moment, don't put off living life....until that magic weight. I think the more you love yourself in the moment, the more healthy you will want to become because of the self love you feel. I know that is what I believe. I cannot change anything unless I love myself right now enough to change.

[@Dearest_orugitas]

I have been waiting all day waiting for this after watching Anna's video!! I support her all the way and was curious to hear what you have to say. Edit to say, I support you too, John!!

[@victoriaclemons8746]

I just love Anna so much! I’ve been watching her for so long and she has consistently been the same sweet, genuine soul since the beginning. Thank you for being so kind to her!

[@Conformist138]

For me, body positivity is about focusing on what our bodies can do over what they can't do. It's about seeing our bodies as important and worth caring for, no matter our current situation. It's about recognizing that there is nothing incompatible about seeing ourselves as good enough and striving for improvement. That's just me, though.

[@MrsYasha1984]

Sounds like a wonderful definition!

[@mariaralcheva9437]

With all my respect, I had been living in the nightmare of anorexia and bulimia more than 15 years. Such a behaviour and a philosophy "eat whatever you want in enormous quantities" did NOT help me. Just switching anorexia with bulimia. You loose sense of hunger or fullness. The only way is mindful eating /made from dietitian/, till you regain those feelings. You need real nutritious food, because you're so so malnourished. Usually you want junk food but it won't help you, because it triggers binging - till you vomit. IMHO it's not self love, care or body positivity.

[@koinwonderland4309]

I agree! I’ve been on both ends.

[@ShayleeOfficial]

I’m in this space, and everything she said is true. It’s like she said all my thoughts out loud. I am so proud of her for speaking up. She’s the real deal.

[@user-wz7ff6mp5z]

I love The Fitness Marshall. Both of y’all are good people.

[@cammymc1982]

I remember when Missy Elliott lost her weight(even though it was for health reasons) the plus size community came for her about fat shaming,in her Pass that Dutch music video.Now they're going after Adele.The body Positivity community has layers of toxicities.

[@NextLevelOnlineCoaching]

I learned about the FA community through you and I didn’t know how toxic it was. Smh. I though it was about accepting who you are as person, learn about your behaviors and environment that got you to high risk point and then slowly(marathon style) lose the weight to get a healthier weight(not a fitness model image). I guess it make sense there’s a dark side. There will always be polarizing views in every area of life. Just how there are negligent trainers in CrossFit there is also competent ones. Everyone wants to “pick a side”..some high school stuff. But it also seems that those who attack those that are trying to better themselves through weight loss ,are too focus on gaining more viewership/monetization than adding value to their community. When someone attacks another person for making positive changes for healthier stronger version of themselves is a huge RED flag. Period.

[@IbnTufayl1]

Sounds like she's talking about a religious cult that she managed to escape from!

[@whitneybobitney]

I’ve followed you both since my wee days of Instagram. I think you both were some of the first influencers I actually followed because I loved your stories and attitudes. Lately I have been shying away from media influencers because everyone has gotten SO full of themselves and their “messages” and the online drama was insane. I happened upon these videos of you both and I was soo so happy to see you both are clearly still grounded and level headed. Love both your messages and that you’ve avoided these insane echo chambers and self absorption every other influencer has fallen into. Congrats to you both for speaking your truths and standing your ground and staying sane ! Sending love from San Diego ❤️

[@StopPlayingAtLife]

“Where is the category of women that don’t hate themselves and wish people would just stop giving them opinions about their body.” That’s SO ME! Let me go find her and subscribe now!

[@Aleera616]

The eating disorder topic is so important. I have anorexia and I trigger myself by watching fitness/weight loss videos that are meant for fat people. I "imagine" that they are talking to and about me when talking about calorie deficits, work outs and restrictive eating and I follow their advide. When in reality I am underweight, malnourished and overdoing it with cardio to the point where I am damaging my body. This behaviour is wrong and I am in therapy because of my ED and because of the way I imagine these weight loss videos being about me. I think it's very similar to obese people reading/watching videos that are meant for people in anorexia recovery. They imagine it's about them and follow those rules when in reality they are just damaging their body with it and ruining their health/life expectancy. But the huge difference is: they are called "body positive" when they follow rules that aren't meant for them because they are harmful to them. I am called "sick and in need of therapy" when I follow rules that aren't meant for me because they are harmful to me. In reality both of these behaviours are wrong. Bodies are different, people are different. I need to be told to eat without restricting and to find joy in food again without being deadly afraid of it. Obese people need to be told to find joy in something other than food again and start finding a healthier balance with it. Food is a difficult und emotional topic for so so many people. Overeating and binge eating are almost always tied to stress, trauma, learned harmful habits as a kid or other highly emotional things. Just as undereating and restricting. Food can be the only comfort for some people but it can also be the only way to control their lives for other people. Both isn't healthy. Food should just be food. A source of energy, sometimes yummy, sometimes necessary, sometimes a way to build community or memories. But never more than that. Never a source of fear, never the only comfort in life, never the source of euphoria or dread. Obesity, over eating and comfort eating are all disordered eating habits. They should be treated with the same care and love that restrictive eating disorders are treated with. Doctors and non-fat people need to hear this for sure. But the biggest enemy of aknowledging those eating disorders and treating them right IS the fast positivity/body positivity movement. They would rather die than get proper help. I try to love my body the way it is now. And I try to continue loving it when I recover, no matter what it will look like then. But out of love I try to help my body become more healthy and strong. Right now that means gaining weight. In hopefully a few months it means focussing on nutrients and movement. In some years it will mean regular check ups at the doctor and still movement and nourishment. When I gain an unhealthy amount of weight it will mean losing weight again. There is no one way to be positive and loving towards your own body, there are no rules that apply to everyone. Heck, there are no rules that apply to anyone in every stage of their life. The body positivitey movement has become a mindless entitled cult that seriously scares me because it reminds me so much of the pro-anorexia community. The scary difference is that the pro ana community stays anonymous and hidden while the fat/body positive movement gets treated like they are fighting for civil rights or something.

[@tchaikca]

Librinaut beautifully stated!! ❤️

[@Aleera616]

@@tchaikca thank you

[@tieiatalks]

I’m glad to hear her change of heart. She used to be very cruel to anyone who spoke out against it, even taking down smaller channels.

[@kaeyasboobwindow5330]

Her character development is amazing.

[@meetmattshep]

Having lost over 160lbs and in recovery from binge eating disorder, I'm not a huge fan of the movement and never felt I quite fit in there. That's why I started my youtube channel as well. I understand that everyone has to start somewhere to move towards loving their body, but I really prefer the idea of body neutrality. Even if you can qualify something as positive the opposite of that is negative. How I feel about my body is a barometer for how I'm feeling in other areas of my life. It's a nice cue that I'm having emotions in some other area of my life. I've also done Eating Disorder advocacy, and there is a huge push towards Body positivity which I don't believe aligns with all facets of eating disorders. As someone with BED, i was obese, and killing myself with food. My weight loss was a huge part of my recovery, but there were many limitations put on me in terms of how I could share my story by the National Eating Disorder Association. Not to mention, Body positivity had to do with body diversity in regards to ethnic diversity. It just feels like the movement got co-opted. It's a tough topic.....

[@koinwonderland4309]

I like your perspective. There needs to be more voices like yours and John’s. I think you guys come off as actually relatable yet realistic. I just subbed to your channel.

[@meetmattshep]

@@koinwonderland4309 Thank you so much! Grateful for your follow!

[@Natalie_11188]

Thank you for sharing your perspective.

[@JustMeChrissLee]

I used to skip meals....like no breakfast or lunch then binge all my calories at night...that is disordered....I didnt realize until my nutritionist pointed it out......now I do intermittent fasting

[@Rechtauch]

I love hearing she mention the oversexualisation. This idea that you need to be "sexy" at any size and on top of it a very specific type of "sexy" is just the way the fashion and make up industries have to reach a market that was closed to them before. I am neither overweight (I used to be, but I lost 20 kg 30 years ago), nor asexual, but I am still bothered by the message that tells you that you need to be sexy, which translates into you need to show your barely dressed body and wear as much make up as possible, and your value resides on how much you are sexually desired. Of course I am of a certain age and I do not care personally, but the fact that this message reaches my kids really makes me worried.

[@Lauraeux]

Dang her instagram account gets recommended so much in my feed and I always was like 'another body positivity girl like Tess Holliday.' But this video made me actually like her.

[@rtj630]

I love her. She's just awesome. I wish her well!

[@TheAdrift]

I’ve said it once, I’ll say it again: “body positivity” didn’t used to be like this, and it SHOULDN’T be like this. There are good reasons for a movement like this to exist, mostly to do with a) teaching people how to divorce self-love from body size, to promote good mental health and combat depression/low self-esteem, and b) getting the systems in place to get people healthy instead of shaming them. The body-positivity movement should be campaigning for society to stop treating obesity like a punchline, a moral concern, something to point fingers about, etc. ...and declare obesity a public health crisis. We don’t shame people for having cancer or heart disease, we try to get them healthy. That is what we should be doing with obesity.

[@khav1995]

I think what she means when she’s talking about the average sized people who say “body positivity as long as your healthy” is that Ana sees body positivity as everyone deserves basic respect and should be able to love themselves without getting shit regardless of race, weight, health, looks etc. so she’s saying it doesn’t really make sense that these people are in that community. But that’s why she’s saying the community in general makes no sense because the HAES people and the people who think unhealthy people don’t deserve basic respect are in the same community. HAES is bullshit but I agree with her that it’s shitty to think a person who’s 500 doesn’t deserve to be treated like a human being, That doesn’t mean that they’re healthy though. Same thing with jerks like Tess holiday and fargirlflow judging those who want to change their bodies for health reasons, especially when those two get lip injections and Tess photoshops her pics! Everybody is a hypocrite. You and Ana are genuinely smart and great people to have on this platform! Helping keeping me motivated to keep my healthy lifestyle going❤️

[@olgab170444]

Body positivity is for people who can't change how they look: without arms, legs, scars etc. Not fat people. I've was over 110 kg in age of 16, and I know that to be this size you need to eat like crazy all day long, you think about next meal constantly. She should swap a meal with normal size person and she would see how muchtch she actually eats during a day. Doing this exercise that she is doing, runing, jumping etc will not help lose any weight, it's only put huge struggle on her legs and spine who it's already suffering. Diet is 80% of a success. If you have binge eating disorder you should visit a doctor and do something about it. Not making people accept your poor life choices.

[@khav1995]

olgab170444 i think the whole point of anas video is that the “body positive community” has a lot of different meanings to people. I’m not saying you have to think being obese is healthy because it’s not at all, saying that as an obese person, I’m just saying that what Ana thinks body positivity should mean is you can be happy in your skin and be treated with respect regardless of size or anything else involving physical attributes. That does not mean obesity is healthy I didn’t say that and neither did Ana. I agree that the body positive community (which I am no way involved with at all) has been taken over by fat people that gate keep it from average sized and skinny people and the main message is gone. You don’t have to accept anybody’s lifestyle but I think everyone deserves basic human respect. If I hated myself because I’m obese, like you think I should, then I wouldn’t care about my health and wouldn’t try to lose weight. I think treating people kindly regardless of their health is way fucking better for helping people want to lose weight than being a dick treating them like they aren’t worthy until they’re healthy in your eyes. Like I said you don’t have to ‘accept’ unhealthy habits but you should treat them like a person and they should be able to like themselves even if they aren’t healthy.

[@olgab170444]

@@khav1995 people need reallity check sometimes, they live in this safe space, you cannot tell them anything because then you are mean and awful human being even if you care about them. It's ok to intervine when anorexic person start to look unhealthy, that person need to go on treatment. Why same rules don't apply to morbidly obese people? They need help, they are sick, they are killing themself. Frainds and family often are worried for them. i've never was treated bad because of my weight, but Its because of my character and I also living in Europe where people are in general nicer. actually I was greatfull for some charsh words from my father it's make me look at things from different perspective. You need it sometimes. How many obese people are actually.

[@koinwonderland4309]

That’s how I interpreted that as well. Not so much John, but some of these other people that tend to say very nasty things about people who are overweight, but also say they are actually body positive because they work out and and eat healthy. They claim it’s tough love, but in reality they are actually just mean people. I’ve unsubscribed to certain fitness channels because the things they say are cruel and unnecessary. I would not put John in that category.

[@s.v.2796]

I was a drug addict for almost 30 years. After I got clean I went up to almost 270. I remember walking down the street and passing a guy who was shocked, remarking"Wow! Has she gotten huge!" He had no idea that I had spent over 7 months in recovery centers, was dealing with cutting, my children being abused etc. I've been clean almost 27 years and food is still a huge issue. Depression, anxiety, self defeatism all can rear their ugly heads and I'm 68 years old! But progress comes in waves. And life gets better. So stop by step we love ourselves, my dear. Step by lovely step. Get rid of everyone who hurts, only keep those who love and support you. That doesn't mean they always have to agree with you. I'm talking spiritually support you. 😍

[@georgies5357]

Love how real and honest she's being.

[@Bears08]

I have learning disabilities due to the chemo treatments I received as a child to treat leukemia. If I got a Bachelor's degree, have a full-time job, live independently, and get married, am I hating myself as a learning disabled person? Are the choices I made to provide a better quality of life for myself alienating to other people?

[@smericano7241]

It sucks that she needs to justify herself when her decision should be met with support especially when it’s in regards to a medical diagnosis. She has learned a lot about herself and her community (or lack there of). Hope she is happier now.

[@Weirdastronount]

I’ve loved Anna when I was a young adult struggling with my body imagine and a ED, and now being an adult also on a weight loss journey

[@donnaleeclubb119]

I just don't understand, even as myself as an overweight woman, why does it bother other people that a body positive KZbinr takes a different road to health and their body. I always try with weight loss, but it does not affect me one way or another if someone else loses weight. If that is what they want, good for them. I think other overweight KZbinrs secretly are not satisfied with themselves and are jealous. That's all I can see.

[@miaomiaou_]

I agree, but if you mention that then they will say you are gaslighting and blaming the victim (the victim being themselves lol). It’s a strange community that seems to allow many to deny accountability for their choices

[@queenwizzard1853]

She’s very well spoken. I do not know much about her but she would do well with public speaking!

[@JulesKM]

I hope she continues to not listen to the opinions from people who are coming from a really dark place of not wanting to see anyone around them improve themselves. I can hear the anxiety coming from her voice, and she really doesn't need that bullshit in her life when she has more important things, like her own health and well-being to work on.

[@tomhawkinson2162]

Really, if the body positivity community is talking *%#* about you, you’re doing something right. Take it as a compliment

[@SparklesNJazz]

i followed a bunch of body positive instagrammers a couple years ago, and they, for a while, really helped me with my mental health and body image. then things just got out of control. Anna is one of the few i still follow because she is so GENUINELY positive and kind hearted.

[@The_Chef2511]

She threw an interesting bit of shade by not giving FGF the dignity of watching the response. It's almost a shame she's that friendly, it would be amusing to see a bit of verbal evisceration.

[@dixnbutts287]

I really relate with her. With thyroid, I have seen myself, the women in our family fluctuate between weights. We had to learn very early on that one has value beyond weight but you should learn to manage it because you love yourself and your family. When you’re not alone, the battle doesn’t seem difficult.

[@ElWCont]

Loving these stream uploads. You’re definitely well suited to this longer form, less filtered/edited content. Keep being you♥️ few people have your capacity for kindness and honesty

[@strongerbynature5842]

so many hot takes in her video and i love it. this realization and retrieval of control is so powerful. go you, Anna!!

[@bea4819]

His face when she called him a good person😂💕

[@Magdalenasfears]

It's so difficult. I will literally forget to eat for days. I have PCOS, my metabolism is super slow, and I just don't get hungry. I live in my semi so it's really easy to forget to eat. When i was 11, after I gained a bunch of weight from the PCOS, I saw a nutritionist who said I needed to eat. I needed to eat 6 small meals a day, kick start my metabolism. I was willing to try this, but my mother was a former runway model and this just didn't make sense to her, so she would make little comments as I was eating an apple as one of my meals like "eating again?". I'm 35 now, home for the time being because of covid (I have asthma and Lupus on top of the PCOS. I lost my dad to covid and nearly lost my little sister. Mom had it too but she was fine), and decided to try the eating 6 times a day thing again. Couldn't manage 6, but I can do 4 or 5 (small breakfast, piece of fruit, small lunch, veggies and hummus, small dinner) and actually lost weight! I had to set alarms to remind me to eat, and I don't think I can sustain this once I'm back to work, but it's interesting to see this actually works...for ME. I'm sure this wouldn't work for everyone. It's like intermittent fasting. That actually makes me gain weight, but it works great for other people. I think it's ok to throw out what works for you, give other people ideas, but don't ever think something is a cure all for everyone.

[@gavinvales8928]

she went about talking about everything in a very adult, smart, way

[@orbitalchild]

You know every time I watch you I'm always amazed at your humbleness and the honest effort you make to try to see things from other people's perspective

[@dianekoskela3038]

Thanks for this great video, Anna is a great mentor. She can really see how toxic the body positive community can be. I think it is great that she is doing what is best for her health and happiness.

[@SkinnyNala]

I feel like many ppl in the body positivity community have a lot of trauma and insecurities they instead of addressing overwrite with bp. That's why they are feeling attacked directly and attack you.

[@GW-gz8jh]

Katrin Roth that’s an excellent point

[@graceh9405]

This was an interesting watch to me. I'm a nursing student, and I expect I'll care for patients of all sizes. Hearing someone discuss many of the nuances of body positivity (Anna) and putting it into context (you) is incredibly helpful.

[@GW-gz8jh]

Grace H it’s literally back breaking work these days. Our patients have gotten so much larger over the 20yrs I’ve been doing this. Always remember your safety matters too and use all available help and lift or transfer devices. All it takes is one injury to be done (that happened to my MIL after being a nurse for 15yrs. She’s now disabled from an obese patient falling onto her while they were trying to roll the patient.)

[@saramarlena7184]

I’ve been following Anna for years. This makes me so damn happy to hear what she has to say. She has such a talent for wording things in an eloquent way.

[@jacielopez2280]

I am so impressed at how brave she was to actually tell her thoughts about the community. She is so incredibly well spoken, I just want to be her friend.

[@edenuniverse]

@olivia I saw your comment in this stream that you made in Annas video and It makes me so happy you shared it. I look forward to getting to know this influencers opinions.

[@dimitritucker4198]

I think that a lot of insecure people tend to project their own issues on other people. A part of self-love is looking at yourself, working on your flaws, and being willing to change. I’m on my own weight loss journey, due to some health issues I have that are connected to my weight. It’s not about the numbers on the scale for me, per se-it’s the inches I have lost and the muscle mass I have gained.

[@beepbeepcasucha]

I love her attitude! Also I had to replay that "wow, uhm, geez" you're adorable

[@PeggFan76]

Body positivity is attached to a lot of peoples' trauma, and becomes their identity, so when it is approached in conversation it is not discourse with intent to understand, but rather largely listening with intent to defend. I have lost 100lbs and still am 60 pounds overweight. The body positivity community has been VERY condescending and disrespectful to me. I completely agree with her definition of body positivity! Toxic positivity is a real thing. We should be affirmative and edify people working to love themselves and their bodies without railroading, condescending or disrespecting people. I love her. She is ON POINT. This is a huge struggle for me. I have body dysmorphia and have shared similar experiences with her. She definitely deserves to be a figurehead in that she is perfect in articulating the nature of the issues. The "savior" complexes and virtue signaling among the "community" is unbelievable. I stay away from it cause it has been a shyteshow and i was tired of the negativity. Love this video man. thank you for sharing this. Needed to see it

[@AngryPanda.]

Really like the longer videos you've been putting out lately. I know it's probably just clips from the live streams I always miss but I really like this format! 😁🔥

[@fairyruins2366]

Please do a video about the binge eating/purge cycle. I find that’s not talked about much within the body positivity community. I struggled with binge eating a lot, started over-restricting, lost 80lbs and ended at a healthy weight, just to start binge eating again. I’ve never had a healthy relationship with food and I’ve used the fitness community as a way to kind of mask the feelings underneath, and convince myself the negative body image thoughts (keep going to get smaller) are for health benefits as I used to be 200lbs (now 115-125 at 5’2)

[@pinkbambi13]

It's amazing how many times you can tell you just absolutely agree with her on such a visceral level. Two people who are so switched on talking on the same level!

[@christycoffman3746]

I love Ana, she is inspiring and so intelligent. I have found your channel through hers. Thank you for sharing your experience with people. And also for reaching out to her.I have now subscribed to you as well.

[@swimgirl24]

Her video was SO GOOD and incredibly insightful. Everything she said really clicked for me. I’ve seen the backlash against people wanting to get healthy and it’s sad and terrifying at the same time. The body positive movement is extremely hypocritical. I want people to love their body at any size but there should be no shame in wanting to get healthier.

[@KP-ov3mg]

Wow so glad to hear that even the fitness marshall came to her with support! I absolutely adore him and his content. Also, I'm glad to hear you were also going to her privately and compassionately. Always feels good to hear about content creators being actually caring human beings.

[@Michael-MYR]

Absolutely fantastic video, I am on the same journey and have lost 72 lbs, since May 30 when I made the choice to fix my life. Thank you for your content.

[@caissafrass6631]

I’ve always liked Anna the most of the kind of “body positive/fat acceptance youtubers” because she’s always seemed to be genuinely nice, and not one of those people who is so very insecure that they’re cruel and condescending to people who aren’t like them or don’t think like them.

[@pauladixon9003]

I’m here and I have subscribed because Anna mentioned you. Thank you! 😊

[@emmatoulouse7048]

I just love your videos man!! Such a kind compassionate human being and it’s so fun to see you in your element in these lives!! The world needs more people like you! Stay blessed John.

[@gabbyc05]

to me i’ve always felt like body positivity is the self love you have for your own body while being aware of it and your own health. that means you uplift others as long as they are promoting happy and healthy

[@amyclark7373]

I am impressed with this beautiful lady. Such class in the way she speaks and my guess, how she lives her life.

[@frankmancini]

once again, anna is proving herself to be a complete class act! i'm loving her bravery and introspection and truth!