Half-Assed: A Weight-Loss Memoir

I enjoyed the book, although more for the lively writing style than the content. If the moral of the story is discipline, diet, and exercise for substantial weight loss, the book provides only very sketchy information on how to bring about the required changes. The author also appears to be operating under quite a few popular dietary delusions, such as the existence of "lean protein" and "good & bad carbs". On the positive side, the author admits that her weight-loss journey and nutrition/diet/lifestyle education are on-going, so the book is refreshingly free of dogmatism. Recommended!

I borrowed this book from a friend and I dont know that she will get it back!! I haven't related so well to a book in my entire life. I hope she writes some more!

Fulda lost around 200 pounds and details her weight-loss journey in this book. It's peppered with some facts, along with her slow start (she didn't just get serious and go-go-go) but it took a year to really get losing. She doesn't detail a diet plan but mentions cooking more and making smarter choices and exercising more. This is fine by me because I know how to cook healthier, I know the smarter choices in restaurants and grocery stores and I know I need to exercise. I just need to do these things to succeed. I don't need a plan to follow. She is good at detailing the little day-to-day observations, like buying a top in a size large for the first time in years or huffing and puffing and sweating after walking a few steps or any number of details that plague the life of someone who is too fat or someone who is losing weight. Anyone who has been in either pair of shoes can relate. She's a good writer and it's good food for thought for anybody who wants to lose, who is losing weight or who wants to try and understand a fat person's struggles.

I found out about this memoir by accident, and decided to give it a try. It was a great memoir: a story about the real pain experienced by a morbidly obese person (360++ lbs ) before she began her weight loss journey and lost half her body weight. This book is not a story of her self loathing or self pity. It is a straight forward memoir where Jeanette shares her emotions, her successes and some failures along the way. This book is not an instruction manual as to how she lost the weight, but rather it's a very witty book about a mindset and the stick-to- it attitude required for success. Enjoyable.

This is an excellent book and the writer is so entertaining, it's like you're sitting down talking with her. For anyone that has a significant amount to lose, this book is inspiring.