Diary of a Diet: A Little Book of Big

by Hannah Jones

Move over Julie Burchill 'cos there's a much bigger bitch in town. The book that eats the Size Zero debate for breakfast and coughs it back up with a side of comedy carbs, features the ordered ramblings of outsized and outspoken newspaper columnist Hannah Jones. Her diary will find resonance with all women, whatever their shape or size, who've felt pressure to weigh out their self-esteem along with their chips. It's a sharp, witty and heartfelt study on living life in the fat - oops, sorry - fast lane to self-acceptance. "Diary of a Diet" is about Hannah Jones' ongoing struggle to commit to get fit, stick to a sensible eating plan or think, once and for all, that she's simply fabulous just the way she is right now.

Genres: Nonfiction, Health, Biography, Memoir

296 pages, Paperback

First published May 25, 2007

Reviews

[Laura Kemp · Rating 4 out of 5]

Funny, tragic, a must read for anyone who has dieted.

[Wan Ni · Rating 5 out of 5]

A humorous autobiographic account of her struggle with weight issues, Hannah Jones highlights inner struggles and societal pressure from the viewpoint of a clinically obese thirty-something woman in England. I enjoyed her recounting of competitive weigh-ins at weight loss clinics, butt-kicking personal trainers, clothes shopping, and these resonate in me my own experiences.

[Marjorie · Rating 1 out of 5]

This book was really annoying. All she did was complain about being fat, complain about the food she ate, and complain about how she perceived other people looked at her. NOT an interesting or fun book to read at all.

[Lisa · Rating 3 out of 5]

there are funny elements to the book and certainly parts I could personally relate to which made me read it to the end - a light read for a beach

[angelfruit · Rating 2 out of 5]

I know others have given this a higher rating but to be frank - I thought it was just self indulgent and tedious! Certainly not a keeper for me.

[Mandy Caruso-Yahne · Rating 2 out of 5]

I wanted to love this book. I can empathize with the struggle the author writes about, but had a hard time understanding some of the uniquely British terms and laughing at the things she said about Americans. It's not that I can't take a joke - I honestly just didn't think they were funny. As someone who is currently working to be healthier, I had a really hard time not regressing as the author did - the way she told her story was brutally honest and yet self-sabotaging and made me angry and want to compulsively eat with her. I didn't finish it for my own mental health.