I requested and received an e-ARC of this book from P0rtia and Savvy Press through NetGalley in exchange for my honest opinion.

I enjoyed this open and honest look at the weight loss struggles that P0rtia has battled for most of her life. I found a lot the things that she talked about resonated with my own weight struggles. I liked that she talks about the things that worked for her in the end and makes a point of saying that these things may not work for you. I also liked that she talks about the fact that the struggle is a life long battle even after you have achieved your goals.

Thanks to #netgalley for the ARC in exchange for a fair and honest review. This is a memoir told in essays of one womans life long battles with binge eating, dieting and her rollercoaster battles of losing and regaining the same 100 pounds 3 times before she finally wins and keeps it off. Its a heartwrenching and very relatable read for anyone who has or is suffering from BED (Binge eating disorder) and the subsequent weight gains and losses that accompany anyone trying to overcome it. Told in a brutally honest and relatable way, it shows this woman's determination to overcome or at least manage this disorder and live the life she has always wanted to instead of succumbing to the disorder and letting it ruin her health and happiness. A great read for any one suffering from it or even if you know someone suffering from it. It helps make you more compassionate towards this issue and less accusatory. It made me so happy to read of her victory at the end. #foodfighthowIbattledtolosethesame100poundsthreetimes #portia #netgalley #bookstagram #goodreads #amazon#kindle #litsy #bookqueen #tea_sipping_bookworm #bed #bingeeatingdisorder

This book was a gamechanger. I can't tell you how many diet books I have purchased or checked out of the library in the past 4 decades. They all promised to be the answer I was looking for. I have enrolled in a variety of different fitness classes. . Along the way I have lost and re gained more than 100 pounds. Each time I gained more than I lost. This book was different. The author made it very clear that she was not offering any solutions, she was just telling her story. Her story resonated with me. The lessons she learned made sense to me. I have no guarantee that this time it will work. I don't know if this time the loss will stick but I know I am going into the process with a different mindset.
I highly recommend this book to anyone who has struggled with weight loss, and those who have felt the shame of not being good enough. I can't tell you it will help you to lose weight but I can tell you it will open your eyes.
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I really enjoyed this book, which details the author's lifelong struggles with weight. I can very much relate to having a difficult relationship with food and thus having issues maintaining weight loss and having body confidence. It had a feel-good ending as she was able to overcome these issues once and for all, which is incredibly rare (95% of all dieters gain back the weight they lost in 5 years) and inspiring.

Food Fight is a book about the author's struggle with her weight and how she ultimately
found a way of eating that worked for her. As she states in the beginning of the book, you will not walk away with a big secret to weight loss or endorsement of a certain diet program. What you will get, and what I very much enjoyed about the book, is a sense for what it is like to spend a lifetime dealing with being overweight and/or obese. The stigma that is associated with it even when you are competent in many other areas of your life, including professionally. I am speaking from experience here and this is why the book really hit home for me. As the author states, I did not walk away with a new diet program I'm rushing to try. I did walk away with a renewed sense of self and the courage to have a discussion with my doctor and find something that works for me. I did skip over much of the latter half of the book. Once I reached the section speaking more to the scientific process and why we do/do not lose weight, I stopped reading the book. I did that, primarily, because I've read numerous diet books and have covered those topics ad nauseum. Even though I did not make it all the way to the end, and skipped that portion, it was worth the read based on what I was able to glean from it.

Just ok....

Thanks to author, publisher and Netgalley for the chance to read this book. While I got the book for free, it had no bearing on the rating I gave it.

This a book of essays written by a woman, who like all of us fighting obesity, fought and won the fight. This book resonated with me in a lot of ways because we must be about the same age and many of the things she spoke about I experienced also. Not only the pain of being obese, the pain of yo yo dieting, etc. but of growing up in the sixties. I really enjoyed the trip down memory lane. We wore the same gym outfit, watched the same commercials, experienced many of the same types of things I had forgotten about. Amazing! As I read through the book I just nodded my head Yes! Yes! And writing "Kids are cruel. Adults don't have to be." We should all have to read that everyday before we leave our houses. Anyway, unlike the author I am not good with numbers and I don't know about fasting but I am intrigued enough by her book to look into it. I do know I can wait an hour before I eat. I also know I love this book I will recommend it.