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Fat, Broke & Lonely No More: Your Personal Solution to Overeating, Overspending, and Looking for Love in All the Wrong Places
by Victoria Moran
Product Group: Book
Publisher: HarperOne (2007-06-01)
ISBN: 0061154237
EAN: 9780061154232
Dewy Decimal #: 646.7
Hardcover: 336 pages
Edition: 1
Release Date: 2007-05-22
SKU: 08080020
Condition: Like New Like New
Comments: Hardcover. Like new cover and text. Like new dust jacket with very minor shelfwear. Near Fine condition. Beautiful book.
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Editorial Reviews
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Product Description
Do you ever obsess about whether to order dessert, buy those pricey sandals, or be totally honest on a third date? If so, then you are already acquainted with the fear of being fat, broke & lonely. If only we could eat less, get paid better, and be more outgoing. Only it's not that simple. Our endless quest to be fit, flush, and partnered (no matter where we fall on the scale) inevitably makes us feel fat, broke & lonely. The symptoms are anxiety, shame, and fear, and the diagnosis is feeling miserable about ourselves. We have two choices: give up, convinced that this is just a lifelong, losing battle, or go toe-to-toe with our negative self-image and take back our lives. Real-life anecdotes, practical strategies, and a touch of sass make this revolutionary five-step plan a must-read. First, Moran helps us discover the root of the symptoms. Then we learn how to break up with fat, broke & lonely for good. And finally, we learn how to hook up with the life of our dreams—and who doesn't want that?
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Customer Reviews
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faith-based
Rating  (3)
Date: 2008-10-07
7 out of 8 customers found this reveiw helpful
This book presupposes that the reader believes in god. Which is not to say that it is necessarily a bad or inherently unhelpful book, but I personally knew the moment I saw the words "we all have a god-shaped hole in us" that it would be of no help to ME. In fact, I couldn't even keep on reading. The author did state that you can substitute the word "god" for any concept that's meaningful to you, but I personally am an atheist. Advice like "surrender yourself to a higher power" is meaningless to someone who doesn't believe in it.
I would certainly not have bought the book had I known this beforehand, and that is the reason I am posting this review.
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Live your best life NOW
Rating  (5)
Date: 2008-06-18
1 out of 1 customers found this reveiw helpful
This book is about living your best life NOW. It encourages self love, and if you are the type of person that always does nice things for everyone else and not for yourself, this book explains how you can (and should) treat yourself as well as you treat others. If you can send flowers to a friend for her birthday, there is no reason why you can't send yourself flowers as well to celebrate your special day. Stop waiting for that special time to use the good china and use it NOW. Stop waiting until you lose the weight in order to get pampered at the spa---DO IT NOW!!! Live in the NOW, because if you don't, your whole life will have passed you by while you were sitting there waiting for it to start.
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Life as Art
Rating (5)
Date: 2007-12-23
5 out of 6 customers found this reveiw helpful
Get ready to make a positive change in your life when you read this practical book. I was moved by Victoria's witty observations of life and her findings about what makes us fat, broke and lonely. No, it's not the food we eat, although that is important for good health. It's not willpower, although you can use what little you have of that commodity to make small changes each day. It's not having tons of money, although money can be used to appreciate who you are right now. It's the attitude we have about our life and our body that either makes or breaks us. Comparing ourselves to others and trying to measure up usually serves to make us aware that we are inferior or short of our ideal; and that only makes us feel worse.
There is a way to break the cycle with the trio of fat, broke & lonely and embrace a new outlook on life that brings you joy and fulfillment in every area. Moran tells us exactly how to do it and she is the expert. She's been there, done that, and got the tee shirt (or book in this case) to prove it.
This book is not your run-of-the-mill self-help book. This book is your friend helping you discover that YOU are your OWN best friend. This book can make a difference in the way you look and feel about yourself! In it, you will discover why it's important to treat every moment of your life as if it were art. You will also learn how to see the whole canvas.
Hear an interview I conducted with Victoria Moran about this book on Writers in the Sky podcast at [...]
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Practical and motivating
Rating (5)
Date: 2007-10-09
2 out of 3 customers found this reveiw helpful
I saw Victoria speak at Vegetarian Summerfest 2007. I knew I needed to get one of her books. This was a quick read with tons of useful information. You can tell Victoria has professional and personal experience with being fat, broke and lonely. I recommend this to all my clients.
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Bought it for a friend and ended up reading it myself!
Rating (5)
Date: 2007-10-08
2 out of 5 customers found this reveiw helpful
I originally bought this book for a friend as a joke because she was, as the title describes, fat, broke, and lonely. But since her birthday was 2 weeks away I thought I would "browse" through it. Well, I ended up reading it, and loving it. Then went out and bought myself another one of Victoria's books, Younger By The Day. It is equally inspiring. I highly recommend her work!
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