Always too much and never enough
Subtitle: a memoir
By: Jasmin Singer
Edition: Berkley trade paperback edition.
Publisher: Berkley
Published: 2016
Language: eng
Number of pages: 340
ISBN-13: 9780425279571
Subjects: Overweight persons; Health; Biography; Weight loss
Description: "One woman's journey to find herself through juicing, veganism, and love, as she went from fat to thin and from feeding her emotions to feeding her soul. From the extra pounds and unrelenting bullies that left her eating lunch alone in a bathroom stall at school to the low self-esteem that left her both physically and emotionally vulnerable to abuse, Jasmin Singer's struggle with weight defined her life. Most people think there's no such thing as a fat vegan. Most people don't realize that deep-fried tofu tastes amazing and that Oreos are, in fact, vegan. So, even after Jasmin embraced a vegan lifestyle, having discovered her passion in advocating for the rights of animals, she defied any "skinny vegan" stereotypes by getting even heavier. More importantly, she realized that her compassion for animals didn't extend to her own body, and that her low self-esteem was affecting her health. She needed a change. By committing to monthly juice fasts and a diet of whole, unprocessed foods, Jasmin lost almost a hundred pounds, gained an understanding of her destructive relationship with food, and finally realized what it means to be truly full. Told with humble humor and heartbreaking honesty, this is Jasmin's story of how she went from finding solace in a box of cheese crackers to finding peace within herself"--
Table of contents: title: I: What I Lost; title: Let's Do This; title: a Private Affair; title: There Are No Small Parts, Only Fat Actors; title: You Couldn't Ignore a Girl in Green Overalls If You Tried; title: The Perfect Facade of Safety; title: Where the Whole World Seemed to Start; title: For Someone Her Size; title: The Hungry Me; title: Sell a Story and Play a Part; title: II. What I Gained; title: Someone Else's Flesh; title: The most Personal Political Issue; title: Opinions Were for Thin, Beautiful Women; title: That Alone Wasn't Enough; title: III. What I Changed; title: We'll See What Happens [Days 1-5]; title: A Healthy Obsession [Days 6-10]; title: Letting Go of the Past; title: A New Definition; title: IV. What I Found; title: No, Really, After You ...; title: A Very Real Piece of Me; title: The Best She Knew How; title: My Whole Fat Life.