Preface We re out of\" shape for our lives. Molly still blames \"bab~weight\" for the forty extra pounds she s carrying on her pe- tite frame, although her youngest child is eight. She hates full-length mirrors and won t let her husband see her without clothes; needless to say, the romance in that relation- ship is dwindling. Jane has spent the last fifteen years losing and then five pounds. By now she has two complete wardrobes: a two personalities to match. l)onna looks great, but maintaining her beautifid body is driving her -- and every- one around her -- crazy. She hasn t eaten butter or a whole egg since nonfat foods got their own aisle in the supermarket, and at restaurants she makes waiters and everyone else at the table miserable with her list of demands. On one memorable occasion she ig- n0red the menu entirely and ate carrots from a q~lpperware container with the restau- rant s silverware. Alex s doctor has read him the riot act over his high cholesterol. Alex knows he s in rouble; he can barely breathe when he climbs the short flight of stairs up to his office ~0or, and he hates what he sees in the mirror. But he says that no matter what he does, tie can t seem to shed the pounds that are killing him. Almost everyone I know is out of shape, and not just for the so-called American Dream is turning our worked anti unfidfilled, undernourished and overfe ~ing ourselves into the ground. Obesity is at an all ~0uring into the diet and weight-loss industry. physically. More and more, striving lives into nightmares. We re over- d, quick-tempered and slowly run- time high, and so is the money we re pouring into the diet and weight-loss industry. |
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