weight loss

I loved this book.  Maggie is, in my opinion, a likeable and believable character who has some issues but they are issues that I am able to accept as legitimate.  I find her best friend, the local Bridezilla, as another believable, if fairly tragic character.  I think the moral of this story is being overweight doesn't have to destroy your self confidence and being thin isn't always the answer.

Fat Chance by Deborah Blumenthal, Red Dress Ink, March 2004

Back Blurb

As Americans throw themselves body, soul and pocketbook into the latest weight-loss craze, Maggie O'Leary's informed column about the pitfalls of dieting is the one sane voice crying out against the dietocracy. Plus-size Maggie, also known as America's Anti-Diet Sweetheart, is perfectly happy with who she is and the life she leads. Until she gets a call from Hollywood's most enticing bachelor, Mike Taylor.

I've gained too much weight over the last 2 years--almost 50 pounds--and I really want it to come off.  This diet appeals to me because it originated as a heart-healthy diet that had the side effect of weight loss, and my family history is really bad with heart attacks, strokes, and a personal diagnosis of hypertension last year at age 30.  So far it's going very well with 5 pounds lost, and lik