Confessions of a Carb Queen
Blech, Susan
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BOOK SYNOPSIS
When 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 storya blend of memoir, advice, and delicious, health-conscious recipesis a testament to her personal strength and willpower, and will be an inspiration to all who read it.
BOOK 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
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MORE BOOK INFO
ISBN: 1594867763
ISBN(13-digit): 9781594867767
Dewey Decimal: 362.196/3980092
Library of Congress: 2007030655
Book Publisher: St Martins Pr
Language: ENG
No. of Pages: 346
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