It was the things I “wanted” to wear in department stores that were never “big girl” friendly. It was the frequent conversations my aunt would bring up when she would visit.about me doing more walking…or her micromanaging my eating. It was barely fitting in the desks in school and being so nervous that students were looking at me or laughing at me. It was the world though that changed that. I didn’t necessarily feel “bad” about being a big girl. Everything was so readily available to me. I liked sweets, and my family loved feeding me. I remember growing up, it was just a luxury really-eating. I am and have been bigger than most…all of my life. We go straight to their BMI…ignoring their stories. As if not facing reality that everyone’s body is NOT meant to be the same is enough…we neglect big women. We label big women…we toss them away…we ignore them…and we don’t allow them to take up space. Because it goes without saying…it is hard…living in a world where “thick” is adored but still has a size limit…where every mannequin in department stores instantly paints a picture of beauty….and it often seems that big=disgusting. While our stories are very different, I’m inspired by Dr.
I knew the minute I read the inner flap of the book, I was going to love it since I grew up a “big girl" all of my life. Roxane paints a clear picture of her own story, her journey, and her body. It’s appropriate for me to first start this by saying how amazing this book was. I am tracing the story of my body from when I was a carefree young girl who could trust her body and who felt safe in her body, to the moment when that safety was destroyed, to the aftermath that continues even as I try to undo so much of what was done to me” – “Hunger” by Roxane Gay And now, I am choosing to no longer be silent. I have been silent about my story in a world where people assume they know the why of my body, or any fat body. I have tried to move on from the trauma that compelled me to create this body. I have tried to love or at least tolerate this body in a world that displays nothing but contempt for it. I have tried to make peace with this body. The BMI is a term that sounds technical and inhumane, but it is a measure that allows the medical establishment to try and bring some discipline to undisciplined bodies.“I have been living in this unruly body for more than twenty years. #4 This book is about living in the world when you are not obese or morbidly obese, but super morbidly obese according to your body mass index. I was a body, and there were many of us in this world living bodies like mine. I left with a letter confirming that I’d completed the orientation session. #3 I was weighed and measured, and a consultation with the doctor followed. It was supposed to solve all my problems, at least according to the doctors.
I had to hear the benefits of the gastric bypass surgery, which was the only effective therapy for obesity. I was 26 at the time and weighed 577 pounds. #2 I went to a Cleveland Clinic to have my weight measured. I do not have the strength or willpower to live up to the expectations of others, and so I have had to face my ugliest and weakest parts. Sample Book Insights: #1 I do not have a triumphant weight-loss story to tell. Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book.