Such a Pretty Fat: One Narcissist's Quest to Discover If Her Life Makes Her Ass Look Big, or Why Pie Is Not the Answer

In this memoir, Jen Lancaster details her attempt to lose weight after a realization that her physical size finally matches her oversized personality. The narrative follows her year-long experiment with various fitness fads, including sessions with a drill-sergeant personal trainer, the complexities of the South Beach Diet, and a brief, disastrous encounter with a trapeze class. Rather than aiming for a generic ideal of fitness, she focuses on fitting back into her designer wardrobe and maintaining her vanity. She documents the specific struggles of substituting high-calorie social drinking for gym hours and the frustration of slow progress.

Readers who enjoy self-deprecating humor and honest accounts of physical struggle will find value in this book. It is written for those who want a realistic look at weight loss that excludes spiritual awakenings or sudden personality shifts. People read it to see their own laziness and vanity reflected without judgment. The reader walks away with a humorous perspective on the industry of self-improvement and the specific difficulties of balancing an indulgent lifestyle with the practical demands of a calorie deficit.

Practical, growth-minded and clear-cut; an easy read.

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