Review: A Weight Loss Memoir Any "Fattie" Can Find Helpful & Inspirational
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 05 20, 2014
She's not a quack selling a diet product, plan, or pills. She's not a shrink or a nutritionist, and freely admits that what worked for her may violate the tenets of good diet behavior - but challenges, is it any more dangerous to the body than carrying extra weight, bariatric surgeries or Fen-Phen? Mostly memoir, this about how a weight loss journey worked for HER. What sucked, what made it work, and how this method worked for HER, while encouraging readers to find a method, or combination of methods, that works for THEM.If you won't eat veggies, then being on a diet that requires you to eat tons of them will not be sustainable in the long run. Christine achieved her weight loss without giving up cheeseburgers or soft-serve McDonald's cones, but she DID have to make sacrifices. She's engagingly honest about her struggles and embarrassing moments, like ending up butt-naked on the floor at the gyno's office, and writes about them with humor and clarity.Disclaimer: I've been personally acquainted with Christine for about three years. However, I did NOT know until the past few months that she had ever been heavy; she has always been what looks to me to be an normal and attractive weight (not that she's my type).As someone who's also struggled with weight issues, I've read many books of this nature. While I did pick this up to support Christine, I can honestly say I found it not only a delightful read, but full of great ideas and ways for me to examine and re-evaluate my own weight journey(s).