Confessions of a Carb Queen: A Memoir

by Susan Blech

Book Overview

When her doctor told her she could suffer a stroke just by walking across the street, Susan Blech knew drastic action was called for. She was only 38 years old, and the scale registered a... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1594867763
• ISBN13: 9781594867767
• Release Date: December 2007
• Publisher: Rodale Books
• Length: 346 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.5" x 6.1"

Customer Reviews

A Book Only A Current Or Former Fat Person Could Understand!

Meet Susan Blech, a former 468-pound woman who backed on the pounds despite being healthy and fit as a kid and then a bodybuilding in young adulthood. But, as she says in her book, LIFE happened and the rest was history. Thankfully, at the age of 38, Susan took back her life and lost 250 pounds. But it wasn't before some rather humiliating circumstances in her life woke her up to this grave problem that she had been trying to deal with since the weight came pouring on. Anyone who has ever been obese will relate to these stories because they hit home. Susan moved to Durham, North Carolina to lose the weight...how did that go? This little square book reads like a riveting suspense novel and will entertain, educate, and motivate you to start doing some confessing of your own.

holy wow!

Wow, I was just blown away by the bravery of Ms. Blech! This book was as addictive as the donut on the cover! I'm not a fan of self-help books - in fact, I hate them, so this story was just so fun and surprising to read. It made laugh and cry - and shocked the hell out of me! Ms. Blech lays it all out like no one has before. She takes you into her mind and through her struggle in a way I know will always stay with me. And, oddly enough, this book made me very hungry.....

This book and loss

This book is not a diet book. Susan doesn't tell you, 'do what I did, and you, too, will lose weight'. Instead it is a story of a woman, who because of pain and loss, entombed herself in layers of fat. How she fought her way out of that tomb and became a whole person is the lesson of the book. Now that she is whole again, and can better deal with pain and loss. A must read for any woman, and even some men. I read it in one sitting and was very moved.

Brave and Very Honest

Anyone that has ever struggled with obesity and specifically, binge eating, will appreciate Susan Blech's brutal honesty and sense of humor about her struggle to lose more than 200 lbs. She is an inspiration for those of us who have feared that we would never be able to stop eating or to succeed in changing our lives. Her writing style makes for a fast read, and I had difficulty putting the book down, easily finishing it in two sittings. I am grateful Susan was willing to share her story.

Honest and Compelling Memoir

Thank God Susan has the courage to be so blunt and honest in this compelling memoir about finding her way back to her life and body after being completely detached and lost. I could relate to so very very much that she wrote: I drove myself from St. Louis to Durham to stay the month of June at the Duke Diet and Fitness Center and then returned for two weeks in August and two more weeks in November. When I weighed in on June 1st, I weighed 351 at 5'3"; near the end of the month on the 28th which was my 42nd birthday I had lost 20 pounds. And currently, I just hit a milestone as I weighed myself on Christmas morning and hit the 80 pounds lost mark. I aspire to be (and have no reason to doubt that it will happen) the success story and inspiration that Susan is and surely will be for millions of others that will encounter her triumphant tale!