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Hungry: Lessons Learned on the Journey from Fat to Thin |  | Author: Allen Zadoff
Publisher: Da Capo Press
Category: Book
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Rating:  23 reviews
Sales Rank: 231986
Media: Hardcover
Pages: 192
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Dimensions (in): 8.3 x 5.6 x 0.7
ISBN: 0738211052
Dewey Decimal Number: 362.19685260092
EAN: 9780738211053
ASIN: 0738211052
Publication Date: October 23, 2007
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Product Description
Weight loss advice, laughter, and inspiration from the delicious, caloric, yet uncomfortably large life experiences of a formerly fat man. Allen Zadoff spent years reasoning that a big, healthy man should have a big, healthy appetite and that his rapidly increasing girth was no more than a regular guy thing. At 350 pounds, however, it became clear that what had started as a little weight problem was destroying his life. Desperate to find a new way of living that would carry him into thin and beyond, Zadoff began to focus less on what he ate, and more on the physical and emotional underpinnings of what he came to understand as a disease. The pounds melted away, and so began the adventure of a lifetime. Following Zadoff's incredible journey both up and down the scale, Hungry blends his personal story with surprising strategies for weight loss success; it is as laugh-out-loud funny as it is inspirational.
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 Wow December 7, 2009
Rebecca White (Toledo, Oh USA)
Being overweight myself and dealing with the very same issues, I came away from Hungry feeling better about myself. I am not alone and there are others who suffer the same way I do. What a relief. Zadoff's writing encouraged me to look within and finally stop trying to weasel my way out of dealing with the real issue - I am a food addict. It has made a real difference in my approach to eating. If you're looking for a book that puts the truth in your face then this is for you. If you want something that says, it's ok you're fat, it's not your fault, you don't have any responsibility in this - don't bother to read this. Some of us are plagued by our own monsters, we grow up and we have to get real, by then you're addicted to the very thing that brought you pleasure. Great book and a real catharsis.
 ( Hungry ) A Motivating Read - A must if you struggle with weight! September 24, 2008
Norma Davids
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
(HUNGRY) is a humorous and motivating book about living life in the fat lane. Allen Zadoff's fast-paced, witty, yet poignant writing style gives any overweight person an honest look into themselves. It's a diet tool that will inspire the reader to reach the same success level that Zadoff did in learning to control the urge to eat, compulsively! Every overweight person should read this book!
Very insightful. July 13, 2008
C. Layton (Northern California)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
As the author says more than once, not everyone will relate to his particular story with food. I think anyone with eating issues would find something in this book to be of help. I could relate all too well, and appreciate the author's candor at revealing things about himself, and his thoughts, that were of help to my own situation.
 left hungry for a real book May 24, 2008
Lisette
12 out of 21 found this review helpful
I can't believe such a terrible book can be reviewed so highly. I think he didn't say anything everyone who has a problem with food doesn't know. IN fact he doesn't really reveal himself at all. He uses thumor to hide behind rather than tell the truth. How does such a skimpy book get published?. He hints O.A is the only answer to overeating. He never explains what home problems kept his addiction active. I find it cruel to give hope to others with one method while telling us nothing else works. Everyone is differet and what works is different. This book is not quite a memoir, not quite a self help book,not quite a book. It is said to be a non diet book but I felt like I had been put on a skimpy diet with this badly written book. sorry. but I could write a more truthful book in my sleep and I have kept off sixty pounds. Hey, let me write a book. Save your money and time on this one. I felt cheated.
Attention! This Book Could Change Your Life! May 22, 2008
Betsy Pascucci (Capon Bridge, WV United States)
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
I really enjoyed this book. In clear, no nonsense language Allen Zadoff managed to convey to the reader the pain of being very over weight with no self pity, no real excuses. He ate too much at one time. Period. Then, somehow after reaching 300+ pounds, he looked inside of himself and accepted a truth. He needed to eat less. So - no more dieting for him. He decided to establish a traffic light of an idea. Red light for dangerous food, yellow light for foods that need to be approached with caution and green food - the kind one can eat lots of and manage to stay slim. I loved this idea. I don't have a huge weight problem, but I do eat too much at times for a variety of reasons. I swear - as soon as I did what Zadoff said, wrote down my red, yellow and green foods, I began to eat less. And I began to lose weight. Wow. Thanks, Mr. Zadoff. You did a great job. I hope everyone who has ever struggled with weight reads this book. It's short but the message is clear. Look at what you eat. Identify problem foods. Approach them with caution. I guess he said it all.
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