<p>Tom is a sweet guy with a nice smile.&nbsp;Alan read Tom's staggeringly honest essay <a href="https://www.tomalmond.com/my-big-fat-obese-story" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">My Big Fat Obese Story</a> and was moved by his story.&nbsp;Tom joins Alan to discuss how the past informs the person you become, how abusing food can become a form of self harm, what your brain is doing when you reluctantly binge eat before bed, the need for self-confidence, and how to enjoy the feeling of being hungry.</p><br><p><strong>We want to keep making the show for you, but we can't do it without your help. Please consider joining</strong> <a href="https://tubby3xl.supportingcast.fm/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong>Tubby 3XL</strong></a> at <a href="https://tubby3xl.supportingcast.fm/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://tubby3xl.supportingcast.fm/</a>. Not only will you help ensure we can start working on a second season, but you'll get all episodes ad-free, exclusive special episodes, rants, and musings, access to the new Tubby subscribers forum and community, and the 1st 200 subscribers will get exclusive access to Alan's unreleased show "I'm Alan, and I'm Obese".</p><br><p>We want to hear from you.&nbsp;Share your story, your thoughts on tubbiness, or let us know what you thought about this episode.&nbsp;Send us an email at <a href="mailto:[email protected]" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">[email protected]</a> or leave us a voicemail at <a href="https://www.speakpipe.com/Tubby" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.speakpipe.com/Tubby</a>.</p><br><p>Tubby is hosted by Alan Zweig (<a href="https://www.instagram.com/alan.robert.irwin/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@alan.robert.irwin</a>) and produced by Kevin Sexton (<a href="https://www.instagram.com/soundofsexton/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@soundofsexton</a>). Our Executive Producer is Alan Black (<a href="https://www.instagram.com/alanpaulblack/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@alanpaulblack</a>). Our podcast artwork was illustrated by Brett Lamb (<a href="https://brettlamb.com/?fbclid=PAZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAads2RTvxHjzrQNroDoDW32QPTElAGgAIAOJ2qyR6MKQWUlo0ip2zl0EHS2GuQ_aem_5kpRIE4FtMxkd4sieZSYFw" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">brettlamb.com</a>). Original Scoring by Michael Zweig (<a href="https://www.instagram.com/zweig_michael/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@zweig_michael</a>). Our theme song is “The Fat Man”, Performed by Fats Domino, Written by Fats Domino and Dave Bartholomew, Courtesy of Capitol Records, LLC under license from Universal Music Canada Inc.&nbsp;</p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>