703: How I Lost More Than a Quarter Ton and Gained a Life

By: Nancy Makin

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Synopsis: A moving, funny, tongue-in-cheek, and deadly serious story about how one woman lost and found herself by going online. Nancy Makin weighed an astounding 703 pounds in May 2000. She was forty-five years old and had diabetes and heart disease. Thanks in equal parts to shame and logistics, she'd been homebound for a dozen years. But all that changed after a gift from her sister: a computer. A technophobe, Nancy ignored it for months, until finally boredom and curiosity pushed her into cyberspace. And there, in a chat room, she found the friendliness, the support, and even the love she'd been missing for so long. Nobody flinched when Nancy spoke up; people treated her with the same respect accorded to everybody else. Thanks to these emotional connections, Nancy's life was transformed. She followed no diet plan; no pills, potions or ab-crunching exercises played a part. There was no silver bullet, no magical, elusive ingredient-and yet today Nancy has lost more than 530 pounds. Nancy's tale is one of redemption, a story of reevaluating her worth and insisting she had value simply because she was human. It will show a growing America that life is sweet and always worth living.

Book Quality:: Excellent
Book Size:: 291 Pages
ISBN-13:: 9780525951377
Publisher:: Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
Date of Addition:: 10/23/12
Copyrighted By:: Nancy Makin
Adult content:: No
Language:: English
Has Image Descriptions:: No
Categories:: Nonfiction, Biographies and Memoirs, Cooking, Food and Wine, Health, Mind and Body
Submitted By:: Sandra Ryan
Proofread By:: Bethesda Lily
Usage Restrictions:: This is a copyrighted book.