Hungry for More: A Keeping-It-Real Guide for Black Women on Weight and Body Image

by Robyn McGee

Blending kitchen table wisdom and her own experience in losing her sister to gastric bypass surgery, author Robyn McGee explores the historical and cultural roots of obesity among black women,... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1580051499
• ISBN13: 9781580051491
• Release Date: November 2005
• Publisher: Seal Press (CA)
• Length: 218 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.9" x 8.1"

Customer Reviews

Informative!

Hungry for More serves as a guide to help African American women make informed choices when deciding to loose weight and live a healthy lifestyle. Robyn gives us a reality check when she tells us about her sister, Cathy, who underwent gastric bypass surgery, but died when her heart was not strong enough to handle this type of quick weight-loss surgery. The book is chock full of medical facts and plenty of resources and references. There is a very informative discussion on obesity in minorities and raising obese children that really makes you think about the issues. The book also has many personal stories from people Robyn interviewed. Obese women must realize that the weight did not go on overnight and cannot be removed over night. Robyn advocates loosing weight slowly and exercising, while changing eating habits and behavioral modification. Most of the information is what we have heard before--it just needs to sink in. I especially enjoyed "Rob's Recommendations" at the end of each chapter. When it comes to loosing weight, Robyn definitely wants us to keep it real!

hungry for more

All I can say is wow, wow, wow. I just finished Hungry. You spoke to a problem that is huge, no pun intended. Unfortunately we, as a society, focus on the outside manifestation of the inside pain. One in four women are sexually abused or traumatized, or currently in an unsafe relationship. Health care providers who themselves have not dealt with their own issues can make the problem worse. If there is no understanding of self, it's hard to promote self care for patients. I appreciate working in the atmosphere I work in at the Health Department where I don't have to rush with my patients. It's always interesting what is revealed behind closed doors. I will be recommending your book as reading for some of my patients. Even if weight is not an issue, love and acceptance of self usually is for most women. It's an on going daily process. Keep spreading the information and take care of yourself.

A Sista Keeps It Real

Wow! I really enjoyed reading this book. It is wonderful! Having gone from chubby to obese more than once, I was particularly interested in how this author would handle the subject and to her credit she never hit a false or patronizing note. The advice was solid but never condescending. What I particularly liked was the fact that there was no "one size fits all" reason for being fat, overweight, obese etc. It is my personal belief that with most people it involves a varying combination of factors with each person having their own particular mix. Ms. McGee delineated each "reason" with skill, knowledge and compassion and gave excellent advice as to where to go to get help and counsel. Plus it's a good read to boot! Any way it got me to thinking about some long overdue changes that I needed to make personally and after hemming and hawing mightily, I have lost 15lbs. It's a good start.. Thank you!

I couldn't put it down!!!

I just couldn't put this book down! From start to finish, this book is captivating, informative, and also entertaining. It reveals the weight-loss struggles that many ethnic women of today are faced with and what we can do to overcome them and love ourselves and our bodies without having to seek many drastic and often fatal measures. Any and all women can benefit from reading this work of genius!

Very intriguing book!

This is a very important book in light of the Hollywood media showing all the celebrities that have supposedly had successful GBS, like Al Roker and Carnie Wilson. What the media doesn't show is the down side to the surgery such as the possibility that even though these people have had weight loss surgery, they can always gain the weight right back or in Robyn's sister's case, lose their life..since black women are among the leaders in obesity, this book is an especially important one for them as it is reported in the book that more and more African American women are having cosmetic surgery as well as the stomach surgery. The writer did an excellent job in giving out important information about this surgery and at the same time one can feel her pain over losing her sister...I predict this book will do well!