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I've spent my adult life either following a strict weight-loss protocol or overeating. Over five decades, I've experienced countless ups and downs, with each peak weight higher than the one before. I consider myself a binge eater.

By the time bingeing was codified as an eating disorder in 2013, I had all but one or two of the symptoms. For example:

* overeating until uncomfortably full
* eating when not hungry
* eating alone
* feeling disgusted with oneself

But this list not get close to describing what it's like to actually be a binge eater. To live a life fighting an intellectual and behavioral battle day in and day out. For decades.

Binge eaters are usually superstars at losing weight rapidly in impressive amounts. It's maintaining a loss that defeats us. Most binge eaters also eventually become obese, which I refer to as chronic obesity. We're the ones most likely to be on the roller coaster ride of weight lost and weight gained that is witnessed and deprecated by the World at Large.

This book is the chronicle of that ride, told in the form of short, personal reminiscences and ruminations that describe both the emotional and the practical aspects of obesity. It is not a recommendation of any one weight-loss plan or a compendium of tips. It's not me sharing a sure-fire secret found after years of searching the far corners of the weight-management universes.

It is my truth, sometimes sad, often frustrating, always blunt. Victorious in the end.

I wrote Food Fight primarily for the members of my club: folks who have gained and lost 50, 70, 100 pounds, fought like mad to maintain that loss, and failed. Repeatedly. My peeps. I wrote it as a small self-help tool; a way to stay focused when needed. I wrote it push back against the idea that we know all about chronic obesity and how to reverse it.

For those who have never taken a ride on the obesity roller coaster, this book provides a glimpse into what it's like--from inside the mind of someone who's been stuck on Six Flags Goliath her whole life.

I have tried to describe my emotions, then and now, honestly. I have tried not to explain, excuse, or rationalize my thoughts and actions. You may thus feel that I am sometimes nitpicky, overly sensitive, or inconsistent. Yes, I know.

What follows is not presented in strict chronological order. Processing what was happening to me, what had happened to me, and what I could and couldn't do about it has been a turtlesque evolution. Sometimes, the significance of events that occurred decades before only dawned on me late in the game. I invite you to dive in and browse around. Each vignette is self-contained, so there are minor repetitions, but you don't have to read straight through. Enjoy what resonates and ignore what doesn't. I won't mind.

Jennette Fulda

Frances Kuffel

Elizabeth Benton

Jon Stanton

Glenn Livingston Ph.D

Eve Mayer

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Food Fight: How I Battled to Lose 100 Pounds (Three Times!) and What Victory Looked Like in the End Jan 2, 2020

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Like many chronically obese binge eaters, p0rtia has been a superstar at losing massive amounts of weight. Like many more, it was maintaining those loses that repeatedly defeated her. For over four decades, she lived on a roller coaster, losing over 100 pounds three times, gaining it all back twice. This book is the chronicle of that ride.

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