Weightless - My Life as a Fat Man and How I Escaped
Gregg McBride
Maison d'édition: Central Recovery Press
Synopsis
Consumers are ravenous for real before and after stories: Consider the Biggest Loser TV show averages an audience of 13.4 million; Joy Fit Club segments on the Today Show average 5.5 million viewers; and Dance Your Ass Off around 1.3 million. Author has an impressive media platform including a popular blog on Huffington Post, 10,000+ followers on Twitter, 3,000 fans on Facebook, and a personal blog with an average of 3,800 unique visitors per week.Foreword by bestselling author and Today Show contributor Joy Bauer, who is also a personal friend to the author and ready and willing to help promote the book however she can.The author provides an authentic success story, rather than a quick-fix / false prophet type of deal, having kept the weight off for over a decade. He is extremely upbeat, funny, likable, enthusiastic and engaging, photogenic, and well-trained for media appearances. No holds barred account of life as a morbidly obese person, including photographs and graphic, personal anecdotes. A moving depiction of childhood abuse, including sexual abuse, addiction, and mental illness in the family.Addresses not just the physical challenge of weight loss but also the underlying emotional, psychological, and spiritual causes of eating disorders.