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Do It Fat: An Unapologetic Guide to Taking Up More Space Regardless of Your Size
It’s Time to Separate Your Worth from Your Waistline
When we believe we take up too much physical space, we often compensate by taking up less intellectual space. We quiet our ideas, hide our brilliance, and put our dreams on hold. Too many women have delayed a career move, stayed silent in a room, or opted out of an opportunity, not because they weren’t capable, but because of how they felt about their bodies.Do It Fat is an invitation to completely separate your decisions, your actions, and your ambition from how your body looks today, how it used to look, or how it will look in the future. It is a refusal to make your visibility conditional and a hard look at why that is so challenging for so many of us.
As a brand strategist, Sara Chambers has spent years helping entrepreneurs step into the spotlight and own their power. She’s seen how body image can become the invisible barrier that keeps women small. This book examines not just her personal struggle but the cultural and systemic forces that have convinced generations of women to measure their worth in pounds and inches.
Infused with personal stories, sharp cultural critique, and unflinching observations, Do It Fat exposes why women hate their bodies and how that hatred robs them of visibility, voice, and impact. Do It Fat is an unapologetic guide for every woman who has delayed her dreams because of her body. It is an opportunity to take up more space, live louder, and separate your ambition from the size of your jeans.PRAISE FOR DO IT FAT: “Do It Fat is a bold, unapologetic celebration of bodies that challenges the myths and stigma so many of us carry. Sara’s writing honors autonomy, joy, and well-being while refusing to center weight as the measure of health or worth. At the same time, she centers the lived experience of bodies in a way that is honest, vibrant, and unflinching, without asking anyone to erase or diminish their own body. This book is a powerful reminder that everyone deserves space, physically, socially, and emotionally, to thrive as they are.” —Liz Brinkman, Founder and Registered Dietitian, On the Brink Nutrition
“Do It Fat leans into the “both” and the “and” of body image, diet culture, and beauty standards and takes into consideration all the nuance that is often left undiscovered or purposely avoided. Sara’s work is raw, unfiltered, based on both lived experience and pertinent research - the necessary blend that separates flat opinion pieces from robust, thought-provoking literature. This work highlights how mainstream diet and fitness culture makes us (often, women) lose our sense of self, health, and worth, and digs into the complexities of body image work while navigating body changes. This book is the mirror we all need to finally see the beauty and benefit of living our lives on our terms in whatever body we have, today.” —Dr. Lisa Nichole Folden, Owner/Licensed Physical Therapist, Healthy Phit Physical Therapy & Wellness Consultants, LLC
When we believe we take up too much physical space, we often compensate by taking up less intellectual space. We quiet our ideas, hide our brilliance, and put our dreams on hold. Too many women have delayed a career move, stayed silent in a room, or opted out of an opportunity, not because they weren’t capable, but because of how they felt about their bodies.Do It Fat is an invitation to completely separate your decisions, your actions, and your ambition from how your body looks today, how it used to look, or how it will look in the future. It is a refusal to make your visibility conditional and a hard look at why that is so challenging for so many of us.
As a brand strategist, Sara Chambers has spent years helping entrepreneurs step into the spotlight and own their power. She’s seen how body image can become the invisible barrier that keeps women small. This book examines not just her personal struggle but the cultural and systemic forces that have convinced generations of women to measure their worth in pounds and inches.
Infused with personal stories, sharp cultural critique, and unflinching observations, Do It Fat exposes why women hate their bodies and how that hatred robs them of visibility, voice, and impact. Do It Fat is an unapologetic guide for every woman who has delayed her dreams because of her body. It is an opportunity to take up more space, live louder, and separate your ambition from the size of your jeans.PRAISE FOR DO IT FAT: “Do It Fat is a bold, unapologetic celebration of bodies that challenges the myths and stigma so many of us carry. Sara’s writing honors autonomy, joy, and well-being while refusing to center weight as the measure of health or worth. At the same time, she centers the lived experience of bodies in a way that is honest, vibrant, and unflinching, without asking anyone to erase or diminish their own body. This book is a powerful reminder that everyone deserves space, physically, socially, and emotionally, to thrive as they are.” —Liz Brinkman, Founder and Registered Dietitian, On the Brink Nutrition
“Do It Fat leans into the “both” and the “and” of body image, diet culture, and beauty standards and takes into consideration all the nuance that is often left undiscovered or purposely avoided. Sara’s work is raw, unfiltered, based on both lived experience and pertinent research - the necessary blend that separates flat opinion pieces from robust, thought-provoking literature. This work highlights how mainstream diet and fitness culture makes us (often, women) lose our sense of self, health, and worth, and digs into the complexities of body image work while navigating body changes. This book is the mirror we all need to finally see the beauty and benefit of living our lives on our terms in whatever body we have, today.” —Dr. Lisa Nichole Folden, Owner/Licensed Physical Therapist, Healthy Phit Physical Therapy & Wellness Consultants, LLC
216 pages, Paperback
Published November 11, 2025
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November 16, 2025
“I finally understand that wanting to feel good in your body isn’t a betrayal, AND showing up in the body you have today is the deepest form of agency, selfactualization, and permission.”
I started this book by fellow entrepreneur and found myself literally underlining almost the entire first chapter. I felt seen and encouraged and invited in all the best ways in this book. It’s a heartfelt story of body positivity through the lens of someone just like me who helped me see things about visibility and vulnerability even I was missing. I loved Sara’s thoroughly researched take, how she included her own story, the chapter where she interviewed a photographer, and the discussion about GLP-1 medication (which would have been an obvious oversight had it not been included in a discussion about weight and how we see our bodies).
As a female entrepreneur and brand design specialist, this book hit so close to home. I myself have struggled with being seen at all sizes of my journey, and the way this book talked about the dynamic of how we look and its impact on chasing our dreams felt so real.
“The more power we claimed, the more industries, media, and culture found new ways to keep us focused on shrinking ourselves physically, emotionally, and metaphorically. That distraction is the point. It keeps us chasing thinness, flawlessness, and perfection instead of chasing our dreams.“
My book club has added this to our read list for 2026 and I can’t wait to read and discuss it with these dear friends of mine too. Grateful to the author for her work and writing and example. A definite favorite and one I’ll forever recommend!
I started this book by fellow entrepreneur and found myself literally underlining almost the entire first chapter. I felt seen and encouraged and invited in all the best ways in this book. It’s a heartfelt story of body positivity through the lens of someone just like me who helped me see things about visibility and vulnerability even I was missing. I loved Sara’s thoroughly researched take, how she included her own story, the chapter where she interviewed a photographer, and the discussion about GLP-1 medication (which would have been an obvious oversight had it not been included in a discussion about weight and how we see our bodies).
As a female entrepreneur and brand design specialist, this book hit so close to home. I myself have struggled with being seen at all sizes of my journey, and the way this book talked about the dynamic of how we look and its impact on chasing our dreams felt so real.
“The more power we claimed, the more industries, media, and culture found new ways to keep us focused on shrinking ourselves physically, emotionally, and metaphorically. That distraction is the point. It keeps us chasing thinness, flawlessness, and perfection instead of chasing our dreams.“
My book club has added this to our read list for 2026 and I can’t wait to read and discuss it with these dear friends of mine too. Grateful to the author for her work and writing and example. A definite favorite and one I’ll forever recommend!
November 17, 2025
This beautiful book was a punch to the gut (pun intended)... but in the best way. I didn’t realize how deep the conditioning ran until this book laid it out with receipts, research, and that exact blend of warm, compassionate, tough love I didn’t know I needed.
Chapter 3, “The Goalpost Keeps Moving,” was eye-opening. I knew beauty standards shifted over time, but I didn’t fully grasp how much they’ve shaped us — where they came from, how they’re weaponized, and more importantly, who benefits. Then the chapters on the male gaze, bias, and belonging… let’s just say I finished them all fired up and full of rage. By the time I got to Chapter 6, “Seasons Over Snapshots,” I needed the hug Chambers delivers. Bodies change. That’s not failure, it’s life. Healthy bodies exist at every size (take Lizzo, who runs around on stage for hours-long performances in a larger body), and the author threads it all back to how our self-worth, ambition, and visibility get hijacked by a system obsessed with keeping us small.
By the end of this book I feel seen, pissed off (at the system, not her), and completely re-aligned with what actually matters. It was cathartic, and got me in ALL the feels.
If you’ve ever felt like your worth was somehow tied to the size of the jeans you're wearing, read this. Then hand it to every woman in your life.
Chapter 3, “The Goalpost Keeps Moving,” was eye-opening. I knew beauty standards shifted over time, but I didn’t fully grasp how much they’ve shaped us — where they came from, how they’re weaponized, and more importantly, who benefits. Then the chapters on the male gaze, bias, and belonging… let’s just say I finished them all fired up and full of rage. By the time I got to Chapter 6, “Seasons Over Snapshots,” I needed the hug Chambers delivers. Bodies change. That’s not failure, it’s life. Healthy bodies exist at every size (take Lizzo, who runs around on stage for hours-long performances in a larger body), and the author threads it all back to how our self-worth, ambition, and visibility get hijacked by a system obsessed with keeping us small.
By the end of this book I feel seen, pissed off (at the system, not her), and completely re-aligned with what actually matters. It was cathartic, and got me in ALL the feels.
If you’ve ever felt like your worth was somehow tied to the size of the jeans you're wearing, read this. Then hand it to every woman in your life.
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