Review: Honesty, Humility and Humor Wrapped Into A Story of Weight Loss Triumph
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 12 3, 2013
In a literary market so heavily saturated with overwhelming feel good stories of pounds being shed and pounds being put right back on a new story has finally immerged that proclaims, ‘yes I can lose weight on my own terms, eating what I want to eat and doing things when I want to do them’  Jane Olson’s book, Counting Calories.  In this firsthand account of her up and down struggle with the often cliché battle of the bulge Olsen, offers up a very refreshing perspective on what it feels like to be fighting the scale along with everything else in the world.She holds nothing back!  From the effect her weight has on her health, to her job, even the less than romantic difficulties she faces in her sex life, she provides a jocular tone to what is not in any way shape or form a jocular situation.  Her satirical writing style matched with her own complete lack of playing the “victim” role is a refreshing change from the “Whoa is me???” weight loss sagas we are so used to seeing.  I would definitely recommend Olson’s story if you are looking to get inspired to lose weight the good, old fashioned way: hard work and determination.