- Paperback: 292 pages
- Publisher: Bantam (1 Jan 2004)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 1863254315
- ISBN-13: 978-1863254311
- Product Dimensions: 19.3 x 12.7 x 1.3 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars See all reviews (14 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,087,529 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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When AJ Rochester is singled out as the ideal candidate for a television show on obesity, she is at first appalled and then resolved. Enough is enough. She vows to lose 40 kilos - not because she yearns to become a pretzel, but so she can keep up with her little boy and turn her life around at last. But after years of trying and failing, AJ knows she needs a miracle to drop eight dress sizes so she volunteers to be a human guinea pig and record her weekly progress in front of a camera for a television program on body image. In CONFESSIONS AJ shares her incredible journey, from her first close encounters with a nutritionist, personal trainer and psychologist to overcoming an early cataclysmic fall off the wagon - waking up in hospital with a broken leg after downing her first cocktail in weeks on an empty stomach - and the triumph of shedding that first kilo. The result is a funny, insightful and inspiring account of a woman who lost more than half her body weight without losing her sense of humour - and discovered a whole new life.
About the Author
A. J. Rochester is a 32-year-old Sydney-based writer, performer, comedian, film-maker, singer, single mother and goddess. She is the host of the cable-channel series, Mum's the Word. (20030923)
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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
The cover is a major turn off from this book--a chocolate cake with little horns drawn on it--but I urge every woman who struggles with her self-esteem, her past, her body image, her eating, or her own inner world to read this book. AJ Rochester's journey recorded in this diary-style narrative is NOT a diet book. And going from 240 to 152 pounds is not the major thrust of the tale; rather, AJ's learning to deal with all the things that have happened to her and her own resulting self-loathing is the main message. Every fat girl who has ever bit into a slice of pizza while thinking two simultaneous thoughts--"I am a horrible person for eating this, I deserve to be miserable" and "I don't care what anyone thinks, I'll show them, just watch how wide this butt can get!"--should read this book. AJ has been right there with you, and she fought her way out, and she is telling us all that we can do it, too.
29 of 31 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
The most inspirational book about weight loss I have ever read.
AJ was very overweight and offered a TV company the chance to follow her attempts at weight loss as she hoped that the thought of failing at a diet on national TV would force her to stick to it. The book is a diary of how she felt and what she did to lose weight. She improved her eating and started exercising and lost 40 kilos. At the same time she learnt how to cope with the devastating experiences in her earlier life.
She has a personal trainer (Crusher!) and a psychiatrist (Nutcase!) to help her but don't let this put you off - everything she does is obvious and common sense - but she is excellent at explaining how she felt and how it went. And she doesn't pretend to be perfect, she is honest about the days when all she wanted was battered saveloy and chips and how bad she felt after she had eaten them. (That is another good thing - it isn't an American book - the things she craves are recognisable to Brits, with an Australian slant, and she is not some American inspirational guru - she has a sense of humour that can be appreciated by Brits).
She also has stretches of time when she doesn't lose weight and is honest about how despondent she was. Everything else I have ever read about weight loss suggests everything is perfect and no one ever 'cheats' or gets stuck for a long time. She admits everything (and some of it is very bad - mainly alcohol related!) and tells you how she got over it.
This is the first time I have ever been inspired by a book about losing weight (not dieting - this book is definitely about changing your life, not going on a diet for a few months). I have got off my (admittedly large and comfortable) backside and have started exercising and I will be coming back to this book time and again for inspiration and information.
13 of 14 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This book should be required reading for all of us who struggle with our weight. Not only does she tell it like it is she takes away the myth that if you really want to lose weight you will be successfull immediatly and that if you don't lose weight you are a failure. I read this book in a day, I couldn't put it down. This book is funny, moving, inspirational and above all, real. This is not some skinny woman telling us how to be like her, this is a person who let it all hang out for tv viewers and then went and wrote about it - warts and all. She proves that losing weight is a long process and that it doesn't matter when you "fail" what matters is that you don't give up. This book is fantastic... It should also be read by all those naturally skinny people to make them realise that being overweight is not a crime........
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Honest and inspiring
Enjoyed this book. Was honest,inspiring, and real! She seemed like a down-to-earth girl; admitted odd cheats here and then, revealed her frustration and tips to get over the... Read more
Published 7 months ago by Sehrah
WOW!!
After you get through the first few pages about her childhood and AJ's journey starts you really get hooked. I have not yet finished the book but I cant put it down. Read more
Published 11 months ago by Alana
A Book about weight loss.
I found the early chapters of this book depressing and felt inclined to stop reading it. It consisted of a lot of reasons and excuses for being overweight, however when the author... Read more
Published 13 months ago by Kathy
Great Book!!
This book is amazing!
Really inspired me when my enthusiasm for weight loss was low, this perked me right up again...
Really inspired me when my enthusiasm for weight loss was low, this perked me right up again...
Published 17 months ago by MalibuSteph
Brilliant!!!!!!!
This book was funny and really helpful. Really got my own big bum into gear too. Great, easy read :-)
Published on 9 Jan 2010 by Mrs. G. Emerton
inspirational and enjoyable but not that funny
i really love this book, find it inspiring,have read it several times and recommended it to friends, but do not find it at all funny
Published on 7 Mar 2009 by tigmum
Confessions of a Reformed Dieter
I purchased this book and having a 'weight problem' decided to see what this had to offer. I have read many many diety books but this one beats them all! Read more
Published on 13 July 2008 by Mrs. L. Nourani
I love AJ Rochester
I absolutely loved this book, AJ's self depreciating humour is a delight. Shes so funny ! its an inspiration to anyone who wants to lose weight and you have to admire this girl... Read more
Published on 25 Jan 2008 by AK Lane
truly inspiring and funny and motivating,
trying 20 years to slim down and read too many books and magazines with slimming stories,i think this is the only one that is so funny and yet so emotional true confession of what... Read more
Published on 11 Jan 2005
Diet's don't work, lifestyle changes do.
I also finished this book in a day because I couldn't put it down. It is a very positive book about losing weight because it is reality. Read more
Published on 6 Aug 2004 by Eleeeesse
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