Hello all,

I'm looking for a memoir or fiction to read that will inspire me as I go through this journey. Do you know of any good memoirs, biographies, or novels about weight loss, WLS, or overweight characters overcoming adversity?

Here are a couple of suggestions from me:

Weightless: My Life as a Fat Man and How I Escaped by Gregg McBride. This is a memoir. Gregg lost over 100 pounds without WLS. I found his story inspiring. He also underwent extensive post weight loss plastic surgery. A lot of it all at one time (ouch).

Eleanor and Park by Rainbow Rowell. This is young adult fiction about a quirky overweight teenage girl in the 80s finding a boyfriend and overcoming famiy difficulties. I loved it.

I also remember reading a novel in the 90s that I'd like to re-read, but I can't remember the name of it. I believe it was about a lonely obese New York man who ate out alone a lot. He started losing weight by just walking for hours aimlessly. He explored all over the city and lost a bunch of weight. Does this ring a bell with anyone?

Happy Sunday!

Queen of Crop by Zoe Belle. 1st year journal after sleeve. Author is in her 50's which is why I was interested. Great read.

@@hermione53 I know i'm not famous but I have overcome a lot in my weight loss journey...not trying to be snooty or think i'm all that but I did start a blog so you're more than welcome to check that out if you're at all interested. I'll check out the books you mentioned. thanks!!!

Thanks, @@fatontheinside! I'll check out your blog!

On 1/22/2017 at 8:34 PM, hermione53 said:

Hello all,

I'm looking for a memoir or fiction to read that will inspire me as I go through this journey. Do you know of any good memoirs, biographies, or novels about weight loss, WLS, or overweight characters overcoming adversity?

Here are a couple of suggestions from me:

Weightless: My Life as a Fat Man and How I Escaped by Gregg McBride. This is a memoir. Gregg lost over 100 pounds without WLS. I found his story inspiring. He also underwent extensive post weight loss plastic surgery. A lot of it all at one time (ouch).

Eleanor and Park by Rainbow Rowell. This is young adult fiction about a quirky overweight teenage girl in the 80s finding a boyfriend and overcoming famiy difficulties. I loved it.

I also remember reading a novel in the 90s that I'd like to re-read, but I can't remember the name of it. I believe it was about a lonely obese New York man who ate out alone a lot. He started losing weight by just walking for hours aimlessly. He explored all over the city and lost a bunch of weight. I liked it so much that I even chose ego as a topic for an essay. It turned out that writing it is not so easy. Therefore, I used the service https://papersowl.com/essay-help to write it. But I forgot what it was. Does this ring a bell with anyone?

Happy Sunday!

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