Table of Contents
Acknowledgments ix
Introduction xi
Chapter 1 You'll Know You've Hit the Bottom When You Hear the Thud 1
Chapter 2 Ghosts of Fat Past 9
Chapter 3 Welcome to the Fat Pack 17
Chapter 4 Running Is Cheaper than Therapy 25
Chapter 5 Who Says TV Isn't Educational? 33
Chapter 6 If You're Still Alive at the End of the Day, You're a Success 41
Chapter 7 When Sharing a Dessert, Always Assume that 90 percent of the Calories Are in the Other Person's Half 49
Chapter 8 Needing to Step on Someone 57
Chapter 9 A Little Spark of Correction 65
Chapter 10 Fat Goggles 71
Chapter 11 Don't Throw Out Your Fat Clothes 79
Chapter 12 Does God Have a Return Policy? 87
Chapter 13 Burning the Blue Floral Parachute 95
Chapter 14 The Figurative Thud and Literal Crash-Again 103
Chapter 15 You Can Do Hard Things 109
Chapter 16 The Best Introspection Comes When You Think You're Going to Die 117
Epilogue: The Philosophy of Finishing 125
Free Offer 130
About the Author 131
