Books like Secrets of a Former Fat Girl by Lisa Delaney

A philosophical novel set in a Parisian apartment building where an autodidact concierge and a teenage resident secretly discover each other's intellect, exploring class, friendship, and hidden genius.

A candid biography of Judith Moore, an outspoken 20th‑century author, exploring her lifelong struggle with obesity, her complex relationship with food, and her search for family and identity.

A collection of inspiring and comforting stories on relationships, motherhood, aging, and self-improvement, authored by Jack Canfield.

An outspoken, humorous guide that challenges diet myths and celebrates body diversity, encouraging readers to embrace self‑tolerance and realistic health practices.

Geneen Roth guides readers to end emotional eating with a practical, proven program that addresses the underlying conflicts driving overeating, offering simple, reassuring techniques for lasting change.

Are you satisfied with your weight? Do you have enough energy? Do you consider yourself a happy person? All of these things are related, and your energy, mental clarity, mood and waistline are directly connected to what you eat. In Eat Your Way to Happiness, you'll learn that healthy eating is a lot easier than you may think and that making a few simple changes to your diet can have amazing results. Discover:The 1,2,3 combination of breakfast foods that will keep you energized all day.Which carbs and fats to eat—and why the right ones will help elevate your mood and decrease your weight.The 12 super foods that pack an added punch for boosting mood and slimming your waistline.Nutritious foods that have been shown to tweak brain chemistry so you feel calmer, happier and more energetic—and more likely to stick to your diet.The amazing studies showing that chocolate and wine can help you live longer—and more happily.And much more!

Betty Rollin shares personal stories and scientific insights on how adversity can foster growth, gratitude, and resilience, showing that even the darkest challenges can reveal hidden strengths and unexpected blessings.

Since the late 1950's, it's been drilled into us that fat is bad, saturated fat is worse, and tropical fats, like coconut and palm, are just about as near to poison as a food can be. However, a new and unprejudiced look at fat research over the last fifty years indicates that the opposite is true, and that saturated fats, and in particular coconut oil, are the healthiest fats you can eat. This diet will put you back on the track that nature intended for efficient nourishment. This is not a deprivational diet. Let go of the notion that you must suffer to lose weight. Starving yourself is counter-productive, as it signals the body to hold fat. Instead, eating sufficient quantities of the right combinations of fats (as outlined in the recipes and menu plans), you'll notice that you can go for several hours without eating, and without experiencing cravings because the body is satisfied and also has stable blood sugar levels. As a result, hunger pangs melt away, and eating sensibly becomes easy!

This book puts together all the essentials of exercise, diet, and strength building the way women want them.

Discover the secret to a healthy, slim, and youthful lifestyle in this unique guide to Japanese home-style cooking.

From the bestselling author of The Artist's Way, a revolutionary diet plan: Use art to take off the pounds!Over the course of the past twenty-five years, Julia Cameron has taught thousands of artists and aspiring artists how to unblock wellsprings of creativity. And time and again she has noticed an interesting thing: Often, in uncovering their creative selves her students also undergo a surprising physical transformation-invigorated by their work, they slim down. In The Writing Diet, Cameron illuminates the relationship between creativity and eating to reveal a crucial equation: creativity can block overeating.This inspiring weight-loss program, which can be used in conjunction with Cameron's groundbreaking book on the creative process, The Artist's Way, directs readers to count words instead of calories, to substitute their writing's "food for thought" for actual food. Using journaling to examine their relationship with food-and to ward off unhealthy overeating-readers will learn to treat food cravings as invitations to evaluate what they are truly craving in their emotional lives.The Writing Diet presents a brilliant plan for using one of the soul's deepest and most abiding appetites-the desire to be creative-to lose weight and keep it off forever.I'm a creativity expert, not a diet expert. So why am I writing a book about weight loss? Because I have accidentally stumbled upon a weight-loss secret that works. For twenty-five years I've taught creative unblocking, a twelve-week process based on my book The Artist's Way. From the front of the classroom I've seen lives transformed-and, to my astonishment, bodies transformed as well. It took me a while to recognize what was going on, but sure enough, students who began the course on the plump side ended up visibly leaner and more fit. What's going on here? I asked myself. Was it my imagination, or was there truly a "before" and an "after"? There was!-from The Writing Diet

A high‑school drama in which Jeff attempts to transform a fat girl into the ideal version he imagines, only to confront the consequences when she asserts her own independence.

Overcome insulin resistance and lose weight without sacrificing your favorite foods.

The Perfect Pick-Me-Up for the Dieting Blues Ah, the "joys" of dieting: Looking the other way while your friend enjoys a decadent dessert; cursing your gene pool for your sluggish metabolism; preferring a root canal over your weekly weigh-in. While winning the war over our waistlines is no laughing matter, it can nevertheless be a rewarding, enjoyable journey when tackled with the right mindset and motivation. Chicken Soup for the Dieter's Soul is the perfect pick-me-up for the dieting blues, filled with humorous, uplifting, and inspiring stories about how real people discovered the lighter, brighter side of dieting and got healthier along the way. Whether you're yo-yo dieting, so-so-dieting, or just trying to lose a few pounds, Chicken Soup for the Dieter's Soul will get you over the hump.