Till We Eat Again

by Gruen, Judy

• ISBN13: 9781470118112
• ISBN10: 1470118114
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2012-05-14
• Publisher: Createspace Independent Pub

Summary

"I had my fat tested today. It came back positive." Facing this inescapable observation, Judy Gruen set out to lose fifteen pounds in time for a college reunion. But as she discovered, no two diet "experts" agree on anything, even whether lentils are good for people with Type A blood. Originally published as Till We Eat Again: Confessions of a Diet Dropout, this newly revised and updated edition, Till We Eat Again: A Second Helping, remains a classic and hilarious chronicle of one woman's real-life attempt to make sense out of diets named "Bad Carbohydrates and the Women Who Love Them," and compounds like "Hyper-Meta-Phedra-Bolic," which may boost metabolism but also might cause cardiac arrest.During her quest for thinness, Judy also belly dances to the "camel," runs laps while an Army major blows his whistle at a fitness boot camp, and gets tangled in yoga positions so bizarre the paramedics need the "Jaws of Life" to get her out. She also tries to avoid diet despair as medical researchers conclude that even drinking too much water can kill you. After months of these and other indignities, she'll even earn a little star from Weight Watchers for losing five pounds. This book offers equal measures of comedy and inspiration for anyone who wants to lose five or fifty pounds.