Life In The Fat Lane My Life As I Lived It

Life in the Fat Lane is a collection of memoirs about the life of an ordinary person who lived an ordinary life. But like everyone's lives, hers was unique to her. From growing up in a small Minnesota town to teaching in South Korea to working for the Federal Government, these memoirs will let you travel through one person's experiences and see how they shaped her life. Traveling with Phyllis in the fat lane will also give you some perspective regarding the difficulties of growing up and living in a world made for normal-sized people.

Life in the Fat Lane is a collection of memoirs about the life of an ordinary person who lived an ordinary life. But like everyone's lives, hers was unique to her. From growing up in a small Minnesota town to teaching in South Korea to working for the Federal Government, these memoirs will let you travel through one person's experiences and see how they shaped her life. Traveling with Phyllis in the fat lane will also give you some perspective regarding the difficulties of growing up and living in a world made for normal-sized people.

Sixteen-year-old Lara, winner of beauty pageants and Homecoming Queen, is distressed and bewildered when she starts gaining weight and becomes a fat girl.

Sixteen-year-old Lara, winner of beauty pageants and Homecoming Queen, is distressed and bewildered when she starts gaining weight and becomes a fat girl.

Filled with the sassy attitude and sage advice of three lovable sisters from the South who have been fighting the battle of the bulge for most of their lives, 3 Fat Chicks on a Diet tells everyone who has ever wanted to lose a few pounds how to find dieting success. Because every dieter will try most of the popular diets at some point in a weight-loss struggle, the sisters give you the real scoop—as well as anecdotes and wisdom from scores of their online community of women—on the favorites, from South Beach to the Mediterranean Diet, Atkins to the Zone, and celebrity-driven weight-loss programs to Ediets. You'll get so much more than just coffee-klatch gossip: * The pros and cons of each diet * Guilt-free ways to snack and still stay with the program * Straight talk for making the diets work for every meal of the day * Menu suggestions when dining out * Delicious recipes to try at home * And much more! Best of all, the book offers a fool-proof support system of love and encouragement from women just like you who are trying to win the war with their waistlines. Just when you think you're bogged down by calorie counting, the 3 Fat Chicks diet community takes you on a humorous romp through their battles with everything from slimming slippers and fat-away soap to cabbage soup and grapefruit diets. Get the real-world facts that you need to embark on your personal journey to change your weight and your life.

Vibrant, vivacious and gorgeous, Wendy Shanker is a fat girl who has simply had enough - enough of family, friends, co-workers, women's magazines, even strangers on the street all trying (and failing) to make her thin. With her mandate to change the world - and the humour and energy to do it - Wendy shows how media madness, corporate greed and even the most well-intentioned loved ones can chip away at a woman's confidence. She invites people of all sizes, shapes and dissatisfactions to trade self-loathing for self-tolerance, celebrity worship for reality reverence, and a carb-free life for a guilt-free Krispy Kreme. Wendy explores dieting debacles, full-figured fashions and feminist philosophy while guiding you through exercise clubs, doctors' offices, shopping malls and the bedroom. In the process, she will convince you that you can be fit and fat, even as the weight loss industry conspires to make you think otherwise. The Fat Girl's Guide to Life invites you to step off the scales and weigh the issues for yourself.

Quit your job. Take a year off. Buy a one way ticket to a country you've never been to. Staring down the uncertain path of post-collegiate life, Lane, Colin, and Matt think their choice is obvious. But when they end up in a place very different from the one they planned on, cracks begin to show. Each of them has a choice: give up or find a way to make it work. The twisting streets of Istanbul and the looming figure of modern Turkey's founding father provide the backdrop for their search. The story, like the city, is by turns beautiful, grimy, comical, suspenseful, and surprising. Success is not guaranteed. But by the end of it all one thing is clear: sometimes you find something you didn't know you were looking for in a place you never thought you'd be.