Fed Up! – Wendy Oliver-Pyatt

I have been thinking a lot lately about food. I have changed the way I eat, but i am not really ready to talk about this yet (it’s funny how a blog about what you read really tells so much about how you live. I mean, I guess in my case I am a teenage [...]

Moose: A Memoir of Fat Camp – Stephanie Klein

I am a little torn on this book. I really liked it and the recollections of camp were both painful to read, heartbreakingly funny and inspiring. What kind of ruined the book for me was the author’s tying it back to her current struggle with weight, and not just that it was unresolved (those of [...]

Bright Lights, Big Ass – Jen Lancaster

Another memoir from Jen. It was funny, I laughed but I still don’t like the girl on a personal level. Or however personal you can get from reading someone’s book and blogs.

Half of Me – Jennette Fulda

THIS was a really inspirational book. A woman loses 200 lbs. doing essentially what I have been doing (eating mindfully and working out.) She has blogged the whole way, but luckily – this book isn’t really about her blog. It’s hard to explain why this book was such a lightbulb for me – I think [...]

Such a Pretty Fat – Jen Lancaster

I had been meaning to read this memoir for awhile, because I love the author’s blog but the Queens Library didn’t have anything by her (she has already written 2 or 3 other books.) I had a gift certificate to half.com, so this is what came of it.
The premise is that a woman with high [...]