INSPIRING!!! Couldn't put down..
Susan was sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo transparent about her binges. I could relate.. Very open about the hardships of finding romance when one is a overweight woman.. The part that I most related with was the relationships she had with her mother and father..I really appreciate that she wrote this book. This will help me to lose the "last 40lbs"...

This Book Makes Me Hungry and Nauseated
Susan Blech was on a downhill path. In her late 30s, she weighed an amazing 468 pounds. This amazing book is about the path she took to get to that place, what life was like in that place, and about the steps she took to lose over 268 pounds without surgery. I call this book amazing because I probably had my mouth open the entire time I was reading it. You won't believe what this girl used to put in her mouth every day. That someone could eat this much and still be alive is amazing. For all her lack of self control, Susan must be a very strong woman. She was still alive and able to turn her life around. Some people never get that chance.

She used to go up and down both sides of the street picking up gigantic bags of food from every fast food place, eat it all in her car, and then dispose of the bags, convincing herself that it didn't count if she ate the food in her car. Some weeks she would spend $300 to $400 dollars on fast food.

This was especially interesting to me because she lost the majority of her weight at a weight loss center in Durham, NC called the Rice House. That's only about an hour from my house.

Susan talks about her life. She grew up in a house with no mother since hers was in assisted care after a stroke. She ate as a form of self-medication for the pain she felt. She talks about her friendships, boyfriends, and siblings.

Anyway, this is a fascinating read. Susan also includes recipes of low-calorie, low-fat foods. I have been trying some of them, and they are good.

Real and Insprirational
I read this book in 3 days. I found it be be courageous, inspirational and real. I feel like I know Susan for many years. I find myself thinking about her and her story when I have the urge to not eat healthy and then stop...and make a better choice! I wish I could infuse an ounce of Susan's courage in my brain!!!! Thank you Susan and Sister Caroline for putting your story into words!!!!

Inspiring, but not for the squeamish...
This is not a cut and dry book on how to lose weight. Those looking for self help books on weight loss in general should probably look elsewhere. This book is mainly a memoir, and many parts of it are not pretty. If you have a compulsive eating problem or extremely low self esteem, you will be able to relate to it. There is so much guilt and sadness and despair behind feeling out of control of your weight... you can really feel it through Susan's eyes when reading this book.

I bought this book because I am often inspired by weight loss stories. I have lost about 65 pounds (and counting!) since 2003 myself, but I was never as big as Susan Blech was to begin with. I can tell you that I related to feeling unattractive and tired all the time, as well as the comfort found in greasy fast food. If you are squeamish, watch out for the somewhat graphic entries on "fat sex" and the borderline porn-esque descriptions of her marathon fast food binges. After Susan begins treatment for her eating habits and eventually starts to work out and really see herself change, that's when it gets inspiring.

A Book Only A Current Or Former Fat Person Could Understand!
Meet Susan Blech, a former 468-pound woman who backed on the pounds despite being healthy and fit as a kid and then a bodybuilding in young adulthood. But, as she says in her book, LIFE happened and the rest was history. Thankfully, at the age of 38, Susan took back her life and lost 250 pounds. But it wasn't before some rather humiliating circumstances in her life woke her up to this grave problem that she had been trying to deal with since the weight came pouring on. Anyone who has ever been obese will relate to these stories because they hit home. Susan moved to Durham, North Carolina to lose the weight...how did that go? This little square book reads like a riveting suspense novel and will entertain, educate, and motivate you to start doing some confessing of your own.