Synopses & Reviews
Synopsis
After undergoing gall bladder surgery at age twenty-three, Jennette Fulda decided it was time to lose some weight. Actually, more like half her weight. At the time, Jennette weighed 372 pounds.
Jennette was not born fat. But, by fifth grade, her response to a school questionnaire asking what would you change about your appearance” was I would be thinner.” Sound familiar?
Half-Assed is the captivating and incredibly honest story of Jennettes journey to get in shape, lose weight, and change her life. From the beginningdusting off her never-used treadmill and steering clear of the donut shopto the end with her goal weight in sight, Jennette wows readers with her determined persistence to shed pounds and the ability to maintain her ever-present sense of self.
Synopsis
At age 24 and 372 pouds, Jenette Fulda though mabe the best way to lose weight was to have her gallbladder removed. Then she decided to work her ass off--literally. In her journer, documented here, she goes from full-figured to half-assed. She only stopped working out when her cat jumped on the treadmill and she had to get him off. A memoir of "personal discovery."