Life Beneath The Diet

About the Book

Like most of us, Kathy was born into a dysfunctional family. As a child, her perception of her parents’ behavior left her looking for ways to cope. She chose eating. Unfortunately, now that she is an adult she is still coping by eating. Not only is she coping with the stress caused by events currently in her life, but she is also still coping with the events in her childhood. That is where she goes first in her journal: to her childhood. As she loses weight she remembers. She remembers her mother’s obsession with weight loss. She remembers her father’s lack of attention. She remembers her mother’s fault finding. She remembers her father’s betrayal. She has dreams, which bring back feelings that she had stuffed with food. She feels the feelings of her childhood. She writes about them, and she lets them go. She loses weight, but realizes that even though she has dealt with her childhood, there will always be more to deal with as her life continues. The difference is that now she is learning to cope as an adult. Now, she has attained self-confidence, self-respect and self-love.

About the Author

Kathy and her husband live inVirginia. Now that they are retired and the children have left the nest, Kathy, surprisingly, finds herself as busy as ever. She works part time at her Church office. She also is currently giving “Journal Down the Weight” workshops. She swims in a local sports club, enjoys singing, writing, oil painting and entertaining her friends. Kathy and her husband love to travel and do so as often as possible.