Right now I'm reading a book called "Passing For Thin" By Frances Kuffel. It's a memoir of a woman who lost half her body weight (150 lbs) and about what it was like transitioning between a life on "Planet Fat".. to a life with a healthy body weight.
I'm enjoying it because I can really relate to her experiences with being fat. The sense of shame and embarrassment. The difficulty with finding nice clothes and the lack of attention from men. The problems with self-esteem and self-hatred. And she talks about all the changes that came with losing that much weight. Which I am enjoying reading about because I am hoping to see the same kinds of changes in my own life once I start losing the weight. It's like giving me a look at what I have to look forward to.
The author can be a little harsh sometimes and a little self-centered. And she lost the weight through an OA type group with a sponsor and meetings and stuff as well as weighing and measuring her food and exercise. And she does seem to have the attitude that this is the only way to do it and anyone who may want to do it another way is wrong. But it is easy to over look because it's just her opinion and I can understand her wanting to advocate it because it worked for her.
So anyways, it's a pretty good book and it's made me interested in looking into other books with a similar topic.
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