Hi friends, Sorry I’ve been AWOL for a few months – every time I’ve sat down to write something, I’ve felt like I have nothing to say (despite an ever-growing list of blog ideas in my phone). I don’t really know what I want this…
Hi Friends, In the past few weeks, life has been “Opening back up” after over 18 months of working from home, virtual game nights, and isolation (at least where I am). This re-opening was always going to be a big change, and a moment of…
Earlier this week I posted about how the biggest hurdle for me in the summer isn’t my body confidence, or my willingness to wear shorts – It’s that there are some real barriers to my comfort during hot weather. Things like sweat marks and chafing,…
I think most of us have recently survived one of the hottest weeks we have ever experienced. That stupid heat dome that covered the entire western half of North America gave us all daily highs 10 – 20 degrees higher than our normal June highs….
Hi friends, I thought I’d pop on and write about something that I think we all know, but have a hard time putting into practice: We shouldn’t be worrying about our children’s sizes, appetites, growth charts, bodies in general. I get it. It’s hard. Parents…
Hey friends! Sorry for going AWOL for a few days, I took some time and went and visited my best friend in Edmonton. It’s so nice now that we’re all getting vaccinated to be able to comfortably see friends again. I wanted to take a…
If you’re a parent, you know that children are small. And like, for the first 2 years of their lives (and counting) they primarily exist on the floor. I’m gonna call this what it is – a bitch. As a person in my mid-30’s in…
Ah, the lucky plight of a fat girl wanting to get pregnant. The joy of being told by many shitty men that you ‘need to lose weight first’ to have a healthy pregnancy. The constant doubts, as you try month after month to conceive, that…
Hello, and welcome to ‘Fully Figuring it Out’ – a place where I share as I figure out how to fully love my life as a fat woman. My name is Ashleigh, I am currently 36 years old, and I am fat. I have always…