Till We Eat Again: A Second Helping

By Judy Gruen

Book Overview

"I had my fat tested today. It came back positive." Facing this inescapable observation, Judy Gruen set out to lose fifteen pounds in time for a college reunion. But as she discovered, no two diet... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1470118114
• ISBN13: 9781470118112
• Release Date: May 2012
• Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 202 Pages
• Weight: 0.53 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.5" x 8.5"

Customer Reviews

Funny!

Can a woman who will follow you anywhere if you promise her a hunk of chocolate pecan pie ever change her evil ways and find happiness as a gym rat? Can this same sugar-addicted female find glory doing bicep curls and chomping down collard greens, with only the occasional breakdown over a crumb ring donut? Till We Eat Again: Confessions of a Diet Dropout follows Judy Gruen's true adventures as she tries to lose fifteen measly pounds in time for a 20-year college reunion. And she pulls no punches, except during boxing class: Judy belly dances to the "camel," runs laps while an Army major blows his whistle at a fitness boot camp, and gets tangled in yoga positions so bizarre the paramedics need the "Jaws of Life" to get her out. She'll also try to figure out who's got the straight skinny on nutritional news, as medical researchers conclude that even drinking too much water can kill you. After months of these and other indignities, she'll earn a bookmark made of real paper for losing five pounds on Weight Watchers. Will she meet her weight loss goal? (Hint: This book is non-fiction!) Turn each laugh-filled page and find out! If you have ever dieted or even thought about it, you will find this book both entertaining and instructive. Writing in diary form that allows for plenty of humorous introspection, Ms. Gruen explores the various diet fads and fitness programs. With dramatic flair she records her own struggles with diet gurus and personal trainers. Fun, entertaining and humorous.

Funny!

I saw myself in allot of the different ways that Judy was tring to lose weight. I love her humor and I too love that chocolate. You must read this one!

You're gonna love this!

I am not a big "humor" reader--but combine humor with the pitfalls of food and my interest was peaked. I'm so glad it was--this book had me in hysterics and reading outloud. Judy Gruen has a way with humor that is much like Erma Bombeck. You won't be able to resist this or put it down. Definitely check this one out.

The funny side of dieting

Nothing is funnier than someone who can take real life and look at it through the lens of humor. Judy Gruen does this skillfully in her new book "Till We Eat Again: Confessions of a Diet Dropout". Judy touches a resonating chord in everyone who has ever tried to diet as you read through her diary style collection of secret thoughts, frustrations, and even occasional victories. Throughout the book you find Judy trying everything she can think of to try to drop fifteen pounds before her 20-year college reunion. Every kind of diet, every kind of exercise, anything else she can find as she works. Although her writing style is so crisp and quick-witted that anyone will find it humorous, it is really written from a woman's point of view and women are more likely to find it laugh-out-loud funny. To test my theory I handed the book to two different women and left the room. Sure enough it wasn't ten minutes before I heard snickering and the occasional laugh floating down the hallway. "Till We Eat Again" is a highly recommended book for anyone who has tried to lose weight and can relate to the hysterical things we do to ourselves in the name of losing a few pounds. Pick up a copy and have a great laugh.

More than just confessions...

This light-hearted, downright funny book gives new meaning to the word ?confessions?. It characterizes the diary of a woman who is on a mission ? a mission of life or death (at least in the eyes of those who embrace fitness and health over enjoying a carefree lifestyle). If you?ve ever conversed with people who know all of the calorie and fat counts of foods while you roll your eyes, you?ll take pleasure in life from Ms. Gruen?s perspective while she readies herself for an important reunion that will surely change her food and exercise behaviors.Unless you?re naturally one of those skinny people, you?ve attempted (and possibly succeeded) in many different diet plans. Ms. Gruen has the writing talent to take her diet attempts to new hilarious levels. After reading Till We Eat Again, I was forced to take a long-hard look at my eating escapades ? and vowed to never tell anyone that I was dieting again! When I was finished reading Till We Eat Again, I was humbled to know that this baby-pouch of noodle muscles I blame on carrying my four children was not just my problem ? it?s a problem of other women, too! I keep telling myself that my abs of steel days are long gone and I need to focus on how great I feel when I?m weightless in the bathtub.