Tuesday, May 12, 2009

The Amazing Adventures of Dietgirl by Shauna Reid


The Amazing Adventured of Dietgirl is a memoir about one woman's journey in the battle of the bulge.

Shauna's story is well written, honest and courageous. She lays it all out there, her weight, her poor eating habits and the ups and downs in losing weight, gaining weight and losing it again.

Don't expect it just to be about weight loss because it really is more about personal discovery and loving yourself.

The author is critical of her body and has poor body image but her own harsh words make you realized that no matter what size we are, we are our own harshest critics.

An inspiration read!


Grade: B-

Synopsis
At just twenty-three years old, Shauna Reid weighed 351 pounds. Spurred into action by the sight of her enormous white knickers billowing on the clothesline, she created the hugely successful blog "The Amazing Adventures of Dietgirl." Hiding behind her Lycra-clad, roly-poly alter-ego, her transformation from couch potato to svelte goddess began.
Today, eight thousand miles, seven years, and 175 pounds later, the gloriously gorgeous Shauna is literally half the woman she used to be. Hysterically funny and heart-wrenchingly honest, The Amazing Adventures of Dietgirl includes travel tales from Australia to Paris to Red Square, plus romance when she meets the man of her dreams in a Scottish pub. This is the uplifting true story of a young woman who defeated her demons and conquered her cravings to become a real-life superhero to inspire us all.

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