Dear Body : What I Lost, What I Gained, and What I Learned Along the Way (Hardcover)

Bestselling author and creator of Instant Loss Brittany Williams shares a collection of inspiring, autobiographical essays that share life-altering advice and empower readers to discover the incredible blessings that life has in store for them. The inspiring story of how one woman overcame her struggle with obesity by healing childhood trauma and confronting her innermost demons. Raised in a turbulent home, Brittany Williams learned to use food as a coping mechanism to manage her feelings at a young age. When she was 14, a family member's comment "no man will want you with a pudgy figure like that" forever changed the way she viewed her body and opened a door, new and alluring, into the world of self-loathing, self-punishment, and dieting. Told with Brittany's unflagging honesty and trademark vulnerability, Dear Body describes the tensions of growing up in a body that often felt more like a traitor than a friend. She details the slow but steady work that went into dismantling hard-wire