whatsshwereading 's review for:

Confessions of a Serial Dieter by Kalli Purie

4.0

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I related to this book so much that I was nodding in assent at each page. Being a dieter (not serial though and definitely not the way Purie does) and having lived in fatland for a long time, I get where Purie is coming from. This book is about weight loss. Not in the sense that it suggests diets and stuff. It's about weight loss in that it chronicles what a fat person feels. Like mentioned in the book, it is an emotional (and sometimes traumatic) journey.

Dieting is not something you do. It's the way of life (at least the way of my life).

However, there are certain things Purie indulged in which I would never suggest a person trying to lose weight even consider (Like Bulimia or the insane champagne diet). But for most part, she's got the weight loss regimen and fad diets people try down to pat. Not just that, even the way people react to your weight loss (Classic example? My Mom comparing my modest S self to my XL self of previous years, not understanding that each bulge and not toned muscle is an eyesore :/)

Loved the book and will make my family & friends read it.

A caution however, this is NOT a bedtime/time=pass read. Its for people who've gone there and come back again (and lived to tell the tale, if you know what I mean).

And I shall diet happily ever after ;)