Bernard, New York Daily News film critic and author (Breast Cancer There and Back), chronicled the first year of her journey back from 230 pounds in a weekly newspaper column. In this book, she recounts not only the initial year but the second year as well, culminating in a total loss of 75 pounds. Along the way, the comical, quirky Bernard describes her ongoing battle with weight, her aversion to popular fad diets ("they all suck, on a sliding scale of suckage"), and her gradual realization that the only way to lose weight and keep it off is through strategy, not will power. Though she did opt to give up trigger foods such as chocolate and ice cream, Bernard embarked on a two-year weight-loss odyssey that succeeded because she made better food choices, began working out, set reasonable goals and explored her emotional issues. Readers struggling with weight loss will be entertained and inspired as Bernard chronicles her setbacks, visits to gyms, dating mishaps and shrinking clothing size. Readers might be tempted to jump to her "cheat sheet" at the end of the book, but they would miss out on all the zany quips and quotes that make this volume both endearing and hilarious. (Sept.)
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5.0 out of 5 stars Awesome!, Nov 27 2007

By	D. Nowlin "Andrea N." - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I loved this book, it's just as good as the other personal weight-loss story I read called "Secrets of a Former Fat Girl". I love Jami Bernard's style of writing and her sense of humor. She told her story and made it interesting, while giving tips of useful advice throughout the book. She lost 75 pounds in over 2 years, so her weight loss was slow but she wanted it that way, so that she could get used to the changes she made and make it part of her lifestyle. It's true that slow weight loss is the way to go if you want to be able to maintain a healthy lifestyle and maintain your weight in the end. Jami goes into details about just how she went about losing weight and what she did to make changes in her life little by little (For example, when she was 230lbs, she would eat large amounts of full-fat ice cream. She then changed to frozen yogurt, saving hundreds of calories a day, and then finally after some months, switched to 50-calorie jello and didn't end up missing her full-fat ice cream) She talks about her past and how she was offered free pizza for life at the age of twelve if she would "spend just one night" with the man who owned the place. (She was thin until her 30's) She talks about incidents that happened when she was fat that might hit close to home for some people! Overall her story is really motivational, interesting, helpful, and just fun to read.

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