Description |
195 pages : color illustrations ; 28 cm |
Summary |
Here's the skinny: After a lifetime of yo-yo dieting with pills, hypnosis, and ill-informed half-measures, Carol Lay finally shed her excess pounds and kept them off. Now this California cartoonist shares her experiences in a funny, genuine, and eye-popping graphic memoir that tells Carol's story and shows you how you can do it, too. |
Contents |
What's it all about -- My big fat life -- Ghosts in the graveyard -- How what when why huh? -- A day in the diet -- The numbers game -- Spray oil exposé -- Mission: improbable -- Evolution -- Jane's addiction -- ¡Musica! -- Emotional triggers -- The anthropologizer -- What's in it for me? -- Tips -- At work or play -- Flipping the switch -- Getting good to go -- The gymless workout -- At the gym -- A lifelong change -- Calorie charts -- Menu plans -- Recipes. |
Subject |
Lay, Carol -- Comic books, strips, etc.
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Lay, Carol.
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Weight loss -- Comic books, strips, etc.
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Reducing diets -- Comic books, strips, etc.
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Overweight women -- United States -- Biography -- Comic books, strips, etc.
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Obesity -- Biography -- Comic books, strips, etc.
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Women -- United States -- Biography -- Comic books, strips, etc.
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Genre/Form |
Graphic novels.
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Comics (Graphic works)
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ISBN |
9780345504043 (pbk.) |
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0345504046 (pbk.) |
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