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PublisherPotter/Ten SPEED/Harmony/Rodale

ISBN-101594867763

ISBN-139781594867767

eBay Product ID (ePID)60714388

Product Key Features

Book TitleConfessions of a Carb Queen : the Lies You Tell Others and the Lies You Tell Yourself-A Memoir

Number of Pages368 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2007

TopicWomen, Personal Memoirs, Diet & Nutrition / Weight Loss, Eating Disorders & Body Image, Bariatrics

IllustratorYes

GenreHealth & Fitness, Self-Help, Biography & Autobiography, Medical

AuthorSusan Blech

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height1.1 in

Item Weight13 Oz

Item Length5.5 in

Item Width6.4 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceTrade

LCCN2007-030655

Reviews"A must-read for anyone who lets her emotions influence her eating." -Health Magazine"Readers will find themselves rooting almost immediately for someone honest enough to unflinchingly reveal the most embarrassing aspects of weighing 400-plus pounds." -Kirkus Reviews"The obese and their loved ones will grain practical advice, as well as a large measure of insight, from this intense, bravura memoir." -Publishers Weekly Web Exclusive Starred Review"The usual suspects abound: lack of self-esteem, loss of a parent, the other parent not so nurturing, stemming the loss with food, hiding within the fat--we've heard it before, but not perhaps with the wit, immediacy and honesty that Blech brings to her story...Look past the sparkly pink cover and discover Susan Blech's unsparing, heroic and big-hearted story." -Shelf Awareness, "A must-read for anyone who lets her emotions influence her eating." - Health Magazine "Readers will find themselves rooting almost immediately for someone honest enough to unflinchingly reveal the most embarrassing aspects of weighing 400-plus pounds." - Kirkus Reviews "The obese and their loved ones will grain practical advice, as well as a large measure of insight, from this intense, bravura memoir." - Publishers Weekly Web Exclusive Starred Review "The usual suspects abound: lack of self-esteem, loss of a parent, the other parent not so nurturing, stemming the loss with food, hiding within the fat--we've heard it before, but not perhaps with the wit, immediacy and honesty that Blech brings to her story...Look past the sparkly pink cover and discover Susan Blech's unsparing, heroic and big-hearted story." - Shelf Awareness, "A must-read for anyone who lets her emotions influence her eating." -- Health Magazine "Readers will find themselves rooting almost immediately for someone honest enough to unflinchingly reveal the most embarrassing aspects of weighing 400-plus pounds." -- Kirkus Reviews "The obese and their loved ones will grain practical advice, as well as a large measure of insight, from this intense, bravura memoir." -- Publishers Weekly Web Exclusive Starred Review "The usual suspects abound: lack of self-esteem, loss of a parent, the other parent not so nurturing, stemming the loss with food, hiding within the fat--we've heard it before, but not perhaps with the wit, immediacy and honesty that Blech brings to her story...Look past the sparkly pink cover and discover Susan Blech's unsparing, heroic and big-hearted story." -- Shelf Awareness, Readers will find themselves rooting almost immediately for someone honest enough to unflinchingly reveal the most embarrassing aspects of weighing 400-plus pounds., The obese and their loved ones will grain practical advice, as well as a large measure of insight, from this intense, bravura memoir., "A must-read for anyone who lets her emotions influence her eating." -Health Magazine "Readers will find themselves rooting almost immediately for someone honest enough to unflinchingly reveal the most embarrassing aspects of weighing 400-plus pounds." -Kirkus Reviews "The obese and their loved ones will grain practical advice, as well as a large measure of insight, from this intense, bravura memoir." -Publishers Weekly Web Exclusive Starred Review

Dewey Edition22

Dewey Decimal362.196/3980092 B

SynopsisWhen her doctor told her she could suffer a stroke just by walking across the street, Susan Blech knew drastic action was called for. She was only 38 years old, and the scale registered a life-threatening 468 pounds. Rejecting the idea of gastric bypass surgery, Susan relocated to Durham, North Carolina, giving up all that was familiar and $70,000 of her life savings to devote herself to losing weight and getting healthy on the famed Rice Diet. In Confessions of a Carb Queen, Susan Blech speaks candidly about topics no obese person has dared to address: fat sex, eating binges, the lies you tell others, and the lies you tell yourself. She explores the psychological component of overeating and the connection between her own binge eating and the aneurysm that left her mother brain-damaged and paralyzed when Susan was a toddler. Her gripping story--a blend of memoir, advice, and delicious, health-conscious recipes--is a testament to her personal strength and willpower, and will be an inspiration to all who read it., By the time Blech was 39, she weighed a life-threatening 468 pounds. In this inspiring work--a blend of memoir, advice, and health-conscious recipes--she speaks candidly about how she lost 250 pounds without surgery. 38 b&w photos throughout.

LC Classification NumberRC628.B528 2007

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