Listen up, beautiful disasters—this episode is for anyone who's ever had the audacity to exist in a body and, shocker, have an opinion about it. Heather and Emily—your favorite ex-party champions turned functioning(ish) adults—are cutting through the crap to talk weight loss, body shame, medical gaslighting, and why your BMI chart should probably go straight to hell.

Think weight loss journeys are just before-and-after pics and inspirational quotes? Yeah, no. Heather spills the wild, unfiltered tea about her road from nearly 400 lbs and insurance hell to sneaking across the border for surgery that actually worked. There's sarcasm, sleep snutties (don’t ask), and confessions about sweaty upper lips, all with zero filter—just real talk, brutal honesty, and so much laughter.

Ever wondered what it really takes to break the cycle—or if you’ll still be funny after dropping a few pants sizes? We dare you not to relate. Hit play for comfort, empowerment, and a giant dose of "you’re not alone."

Episode Highlights:

02:12 - With my insurance company at the time, I had to go through all these steps. You have to go through six months of meeting with a counselor that would okay you mentally wise to do all the work. A nutritionist, the surgeon. You had to follow this dietician's plan. You had to show that you could lose weight and eat healthy because you're going to need to afterwards.

05:44 - They came back and said I am not eligible for this weight loss surgery because they gave me a device to fix my co-morbidity. Sleep apnea, yes. And it wasn't their fault that I couldn't use it. So then, I think that created even more depression, more eating, more drinking. And I'll never forget, my dad was–last few weeks of his life had ALS and he wasn't able to speak–and at that time, he couldn't write anymore. But we gave him this stylus that we had to extend for him and he had his iPad. And he typed out for me that he was so worried about me. He said he didn't want to see me soon in heaven.

07:51 - My friend told me about a co-worker of hers that had found this place in Mexico where you paid out of pocket. It was $5,000. You had to fly yourself into San Diego, and they picked you up and they took you over the border. And I remember thinking, okay, I'm going to look into this. I did a lot of research, and I talked about it with Digger, and he was like, "If this is really what you want." I said, I am so far gone at this point. I need help. Anyone who's bigger or not even bigger, not even that big; I think every woman has tried something.

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