Tales From The Scale
by Erin J. Shea
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Author: Erin J. SheaEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2005-04-01
ISBN: 1593373287
Number of pages: 224
Publisher: Polka Dot Press
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Book Review: A Good Read
Summary: 4 Stars
As a veteran in the trenches of the diet wars, I have plenty of my own tales from the scale, so I can certainly relate to these. Some essays had me laughing out loud, and some had me commiserating with the pain the authors felt over the various humiliations of out-of-control-eating and living in a body that's not a socially acceptable size. They offer bits of insight and wisdom in their stories, and compare the difference between their lives as fat and normal sized. All of the women have lost weight, to a greater or lesser degree, and one has gained it back and is still struggling. There are seven authors. The book is broken down into 8 chapters with different topic headings, and each woman writes to that topic. All are written in the first person, so I found it a little confusing keeping track of the thread of each woman's life experiences as I moved through the stories. The only thing I came away still wondering about was exactly what motivated these women to finally get it together to stick with a diet/eating plan long enough to lose a huge amount of weight. I would have appreciated another chapter titled: Hitting Bottom, or What It Took For Me To Finally Get It Together To Lose The Weight. All in all though, this is a good read, and I recommend it to anyone who has struggled with overeating and trying to diet.
Summary of Tales From The Scale
Meet the women . . . Julie
Heather
Erin
Lori
Monique
Shauna
Robyn
Join them as they chronicle their travails with weight and struggle to lose pounds and find themselves . . .
The Twinkie Defense: how they gained weight in the first place
The Inner Fat Girl: the little voice that longs for an identity beyond her body
The Tenth Circle of Hell: facing the worst enemy-the scale
I've Always Liked Big Girls: experiences with sex, dating, and feeling sexy beyond a size six
In Tales from the Scale, author Erin J.Perfect for anyone who has every fought to lose pounds, Tales from the Scale delivers encouragement, hope, and more than a few laughs along the way.
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