“The Amazing Adventures of Dietgirl is the book of a very successful weight loss blog written by Australian Shauna Reid. Shauna made a decision one day to lose weight- to lose half of her body weight in fact- and this book is her story. Not only does Shauna record her astounding weight loss achievement, she also details her move to Scotland, her travels around Europe, falling in love with a Scottish bloke and getting married, all the while sharing her most intimate thoughts, feelings and insecurities with her readers.
I'd never read Shauna's blog before I read this book but I had heard lots and lots of good things about both. I read this book very quickly and found it to be funny ("They say you're supposed to do cardio three times a week- does this mean I'm supposed to be completely bloody bored three times a week for the rest of my life?") and real ("I tell you, if one more person tells me how they gained so much weight while travelling overseas, I will punch them in the face.") and, most importantly, honest ("But falling in love has made sex scary. The problem isn't desire- just his laugh or the arch of his eyebrow makes me hot- but the way I feel about my body.") Personally, it was also a little bit inspiring. Not the whole Oprah-epiphany-moment inspiring but little bits and pieces kept jumping off the page at me which suggested maybe I too can get off my arse and discover the healthy girl within (Just the one, dear?). In the £gajillion diet industry, this book is a real voice from a real person who achieved a real goal and tells us about it in a fun and accessible way.”
StellaMac wrote this review Sunday, September 28 2008.
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