Weightless: My Life as a Fat Man and How I Escaped

by Gregg McBride, Joy Bauer (Foreword by)

Overview

Gregg McBride was always determined to make it big — Although not quite this literally.

By the time he was a young adult, Gregg McBride topped the scales at over 450 pounds and wore a sixty-inch belt.

Pretending airline seatbelts fit across his belly, eating out of the trash to cheat on his diets, and working as an overweight stripper are just some of the misadventures Gregg endured as he continually tried to win his battle of the bulge.

It was only when Gregg took an inward journey that he was able to free himself from his food addiction and take off more than 250 pounds of excess weight, which he’s kept off for over a decade.

Alternately hilarious and heartbreaking in its honesty Weightless is a tale of “food gone wrong” that chronicles the before, the during, and the after in a way no other book has, and will move, educate, entertain, and inspire anyone who is ready for change.

Gregg McBride is a film and television writer and producer living in Los Angeles, where he works for companies including Disney, Paramount, Sony, ABC Family, Nickelodeon, Comedy Central, MTV, and others. His blog, JustStopEatingSoMuch.com, focuses on the topics of weight loss and food addiction. McBride has made multiple appearances on the Today Show and is also the author of the book Just Stop Eating So Much!, as well as a featured blogger for the Huffington Post.

Joy Bauer, MS, RD, CDN, is the longtime nutrition and health expert for the Today Show, a contributing editor to Woman's Day magazine, and the New York Times best-selling author of Food Cures and Joy Fit Club.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781937612696
Publisher:	Central Recovery Press, LLC
Publication date:	09/09/2014
Pages:	328
Product dimensions:	5.90(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.60(d)

About the Author

Gregg McBride is a film and television writer/producer living in Los Angeles, where he works for companies including Disney, Paramount, Sony, ABC Family, Nickelodeon, Comedy Central, MTV and others.

His blog, JustStopEatingSoMuch.com, focuses on the topics of weight loss and food addiction.

Gregg has made multiple appearances on the Today Show and is also the author of the book Just Stop Eating So Much!, as well as a featured blogger for The Huffington Post.

Editorial Reviews

09/29/2014
After a lifetime of binge eating and morbid obesity, L.A. writer and producer McBride (Just Stop Eating So Much!) began to take responsibility for his own weight, and ceased blaming it on his unhappy childhood. In this funny and candid memoir, McBride reveals without shame the psyche of the fat person who learns to "eat his problems away," beginning as a small child sneaking money out of his Air Force officer father's wallet for afternoon binges of candy. As an army brat, moving around constantly as a child including stints in Singapore and Germany, McBride (along with his younger sister, Lori) became acutely aware of his father's drinking problem, his mother's promiscuity, and the fissures in their marriage. Indeed, his mother enlisted him in her romantic entanglements by making him foil her phone calls, and when he grew embarrassingly fat, passed him off as an adopted son with a health problem. Brazen about lying to other people and stealing money for binge eating ("in the world of junk food, I was safe, warm, and loved"), McBride grew huge, taking on the clown characters in drama productions, learning to surround himself with beautiful people and act "foxy for a fat kid." But the moment of truth had to come, and there were many: when he blossomed to 464 pounds and watched his doctor cry; when a child in the store asked loudly why he had "boobs"; and when the therapist ceased buying his excuses. McBride unrolls an excruciatingly honest tale of becoming thin. (Sept.)

Publishers Weekly

"Gregg's life has changed so much for the better since losing the weight. And there's a lesson for all of us in his story. I've often said, because of our unique experiences, those struggles with our weight have created a unique bond between us all. We really are kind of like family. I mean, even though each of our stories have different plots, we can see a bit of our own lives in everyone else's weight-loss fight. I'd like to invite you to take a look at Gregg's story, Weightless. Yes, it may have some different twists and turns from your own struggles. But I can guarantee, as you read his story, you're going to see a little bit of your own life in his. Like I said, the plots may be different but we're all truly so very much alike. Just like Gregg, many of you have battled that weight for most of your lives but, believe me, you don't have to. There is a way out. You've just got to do like I once did, like so many of the people I've worked with have done and...like Gregg has done. You've got to stop ignoring the elephant in the room!" Richard Simmons TV Icon and fitness guru

“Weightless is a delicious read in every way. In this funny, wise, and emotionally honest book, Gregg McBride offers hope and inspiration to weight-challenged people longing for change and acceptance without sacrificing their true selves.”Catherine Whitney, Coauthor, Eat Right 4 Your Type

“Only Gregg could tell a story that’s this dark with this much humor. He brings hope to the most desperate situations in a refreshing and inspiring way.” Regina King, Actor/Director/Producer

“As someone who has struggled mightily with my weight and feeling “not good enough,” I can proudly say that this book has helped me to find my way again. I’m sure it will do the same for you!” Matt Hoover, Winner, The Biggest Loser

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