"After a serious illness, the comedian decided to take her doctor's advice and lose weight. Here, she talks about her complex relationship with her body, the lifelong abuse she received because of her appearance and healing the inner hurt that weight-loss medication cannot address Alison Spittle first went to Slimming World when she was in primary school. She listened as a room full of women spoke about calories and diets. What a waste of time and energy, she thought."
""It just seemed like a faff and something I wasn't interested in," she says. "Because I wasn't going to put the effort into losing weight. I wasn't going to put the effort into hating myself either. I wanted to just be neutral on it.""
A comedian followed a doctor's advice to lose weight after a serious illness. The decision intersected with a complex relationship to her body shaped by lifelong abuse about appearance. Weight-loss medication and changed body size helped physical health but left deeper emotional hurt unresolved. Early encounters with dieting at Slimming World felt like a faff and a waste of time. She resisted investing effort into losing weight or into self-hatred, preferring neutrality toward her body for many years. Healing required addressing inner wounds beyond medical intervention.
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