It's a frank look at food addiction and how addiction makes her do things she knows are bad for her. So much self-loathing and self-hatred; painful to read. Wishful thinking ... "If I could just..."As my wise friend once said: Any sentence that contains that sentence structure is meaningless. (I've probably got that wrong) "If she could just..." "If he would just..." "She should just...."Look, if she could just stop eating she would have. It's obviously not that easy when addicted.The take-away from this book is really: get therapy and tell all doctors the truth. If you're too embarrassed to tell the doctor what you're doing then it's probably something you should NOT be doing. I wanted to like this memoir. In the beginning I thought I did. I can get how someone who has never been morbidly obese wouldn't "get it". But as someone who is and has struggled like she did I can relate to a lot of what she wrote. One difference is that she put herself down too much! It seemed almost pathetic in some parts like when she keeps saying she lays in bed crying over how disgusting she feels she is. All in all it wasn't a bad book. Worth reading if you are obese or have been in the past.
An eye opening look at food addiction and how much emphasis our society places on appearance.
—nush
Some interesting points, but not a good as I had hoped it would be.
—graham8
This book was written by my cousin in NC! Can't wait to start!
—hagersa
I really liked this book and admired her honesty.
—ParkerReads
Not well-written
—bran
