From "Shape" magazine's hip "Weight-Loss Diary" columnist comes an "uncut" look at the daily struggle to diet. Losing weight doesn't happen in that nice, linear way you read about in magazines and books. It's messy and complicated, and you're going to screw up a whole bunch of times before you get it right. That's ok. Busy, social, and successful, Courtney Rubin was also tortured by a dysfunctional relationship with food that began in childhood and continued into an adulthood of binging, starving, and secrecy. Now she ...
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From "Shape" magazine's hip "Weight-Loss Diary" columnist comes an "uncut" look at the daily struggle to diet. Losing weight doesn't happen in that nice, linear way you read about in magazines and books. It's messy and complicated, and you're going to screw up a whole bunch of times before you get it right. That's ok. Busy, social, and successful, Courtney Rubin was also tortured by a dysfunctional relationship with food that began in childhood and continued into an adulthood of binging, starving, and secrecy. Now she shares what she learned about dieting - and herself - over two years of chronicling her battle to keep food from consuming her life.As engaging as Rubin's famous column, "The Weight-Loss Diaries" will strike a chord with anyone who has struggled to keep his or her resolve in the face of an overwhelming obstacle. From her most ridiculous excuses for ending a diet to her dark days of flirting with eating disorders, Rubin's memoir gives you what she and other dieters have always wanted - a brave and brutally honest account of what it's like, day after day, often year after year, to try to lose a significant amount of weight. And after countless "I'll start tomorrows," the wiser, slimmer Rubin lets you in on why - and how - this time went differently ...including the ways she's found to be nice to herself that don't involve buttercream frosting.She explores diet and weight issues - including self-sabotage - with insight, humor, and courage. With this empowering book, she reminds you that you're not alone. Courtney Rubin has written for the "New York Times", Marie Claire, Time, and other publications. Formerly a senior writer at Washingtonian magazine, Rubin is now a correspondent based in "London for People" magazine.
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Good in good dust jacket. Outline: -From Shape magazine`s popular "Weight-Loss Diary" columnist comes a hilarious sometimes heartwrenching look at the daily struggle of dieting In this frank and funny book Courtney Rubin shares what she learned about dieting--and herself--in more than two years of chronicling her battle to keep food from consuming her life. As engaging as her famous column The Weight-Loss Diaries is part memoir part how-to and always entertaining. An honest and brave account of what it feels like day in and day out often year in and year out to try to lose a significant amount of weight The Weight-Loss Diaries is: An unashamed tale of binges fashion fiascos setbacks and ultimate success A light-hearted laugh-out-loud look at the most ridiculous excuses for ending or cheating on a diet A no-holds-barred account of the author`s dark days of flirting with eating disorders and constantly calculating and recalculating calories With insight humor and courage Rubin explores diet and food issues as well as her self-sabotaging habits during dieting in ways that everyone struggling with weight loss will find both instructive and inspiring. -> the publisher of this PAPERBACK book is McGraw Hill The date of this copy is 2004 booksalvation have grade it as Good and it will be shipped from our UK warehouse This book is from the Series. Shipping is Free for UK buyers and at a reasonable charge for buyer outside the UK.
