by Valerie Frankel
Much to my dismay, this memoir fell flat for me. There was so much potential and it was sad to see the few promising of the aspects of the book ignored or written off. Maybe I had the wrong impression of this book. I thought this book was about a weight-loss journey for someone who has struggled wit...
I needed a pep talk. I was feeling down about my stomach. Depending on the chair, my belly would touch my thighs when I sat down. I had gained some weight over my vacation. I need to go up a size in pants. I was talking a good game about loving my body as is and getting off the diet merry-go-round, ...
Thin is the New Happy by Val Frankel, purports to be a book on how the author conquered her body image issues.She talks about being a chubby kid whose mother enrolled her in Weight Watchers at the age of 11 and had her doing fad diets at the age of *8.* She talks about yo-yo dieting and how she hate...
A very readable companion of sorts to Gina Kolata's Rethinking Thin: The New Science of Weight Loss--and the Myths and Realities of Dieting. Frankel's style is pure Mademoiselle article, and each chapter stands alone. It's breezy and confessional and I skipped a bit. Too much of the women's mag emph...
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