Lily Brett is an Australian author, whose most famous book is probably Too Many Men. But I think her best work is in her collected essays book In Full View. Brett usually deals with heavier subjects like the Holocaust experience of her parents. In Full View her essays related to weight loss and body image are simply brilliant. Ana Skea's book review best describes Brett's experience:
A compulsive eater and dieter all her life, she forged her school bank-book when she was seven to buy biscuits and since then has been on "every diet known to mankind". Now, she has discovered power-walking, weight-lifting and healthy eating and she is as obsessive and preachy about it as any new religious convert.
My favourite of the weight loss essays refers to the nights Lily wakes up, after her significant weight loss, and can not recognise the feel of her own body. Those of you who travel often and are frequently jet lag know the feeling of waking up and not remembering where you are exactly. Well Brett describes the same kind of feeling - but not recognising her own body shape.
Believe me this is a feeling you want. It’s like being in one of those movies where someone has swapped your body for another. It’s exhilarating, a little scary but definitely something to aspire to.
Importantly, Brett links her body transformation and liberation from body image issues very much to the experiences of her own parents suffering in Nazi concentration camps in Poland. It reminded me that there are usually deep psychological issues that we need to grapple with if we struggle with weight loss.
If you can get a hold of In Full View, its an educated, witty, articulate, inspiring read on weight loss, amongst other life issues.
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