Secrets of a Former Fat Girl: How to Lose Two, Four (or More!) Dress Sizes--And Find Yourself Along the Way
by Lisa Delaney
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Author: Lisa DelaneyEdition: Paperback
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Published: 2008-02-26
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Number of pages: 272
Publisher: Plume
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Book Review: Incredibly Relate-able!
Summary: 5 Stars
I don't know if I'm giving too much about myself away by saying how strongly I relate with this book, but I do! From the introduction, where the author shares sneaking and scarfing food in the bathroom (done it!), I was hooked. When she talked about feeling like being a bulimic without ever purging, I nearly cried. I had felt that exact way all too often in my life. How much easier, I have thought, it would be to have an eating disorder that makes me skinny instead of makes me fat. (I'm not belittling the struggles of those with eating disorders at all, just expressing my own line of thinking at times, which was basically this: at least I'd already be skinny.) That she even has the daring to bring the deeply emotional, psychological, and often excruciating background reasons for allowing oneself to become a "Fat Girl" makes me give this author serious props. I have never read another weight loss book, except, perhaps, for Finally Thin, that spoke to me on such a personal level.
I have been given the push I needed after hitting a blah season in my current (and final) weight loss journey. I am a Future Former Fat Girl. Simply put: INO!
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Summary of Secrets of a Former Fat Girl: How to Lose Two, Four (or More!) Dress Sizes--And Find Yourself Along the Way
An inspiring account of one woman's mission to lose six dress sizes and change her life for goodFor Lisa Delaney, being a "fat girl" wasn't just a matter of weight, it was a state of mind. At one hundred eighty-five pounds, she was despondent over diets that never worked and disappointed by her dull job and lack of a love life-until a late-night epiphany involving a half-gallon of ice cream convinced her that becoming a former fat girl, in body and spirit, was the key to creating a life she truly loved.
Today, seventy pounds lighter, Lisa is a successful writer at a national magazine. She is married to a man she loves. And she wears a size two.
Eye-opening, accessible, and filled with practical advice, this book reveals the seven secrets of Delaney's success, and explores how shifting from "wannabe Former Fat Girl" to actual Former Fat Girl is as much about seeing yourself as a confident, desirable woman as it is about achieving an ideal weight.
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