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Gut Feelings
Carnie Wilson's story is a journey from the darkness of a lifelong struggle with emotional rejection, compulsive eating, and morbid obesity into the light of health. For anyone who feels lost, out of control, or needs help to find the way to a better tomorrow, "Gut Feelings" is Wilson's beacon.
Paperback, 301 pages
Published
January 28th 2003
by Hay House, Inc.
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I'm very glad I read this book recommended by a co worker. Carnie had gastric bypass surgery and lost 150 pounds! A life long binge eater I'm glad she wrote this and was so honest. It gave me many answers I wanted such as many people having this surgery lose only 50% of their excess weight. Carnie still snacks and can't control it. At 150# she's maintaining and can't lose that last 20#. If she starts snacking on bad food she'll gain!
The lemon sized stomach eventually holds 2 cups...more
The lemon sized stomach eventually holds 2 cups...more
Many people will read Gut Feelings hoping to gain some insight into weight loss surgery and they will receive exactly that, but they should be aware this is an autobiography more than an informative tome on gastric bypass. This is the story of Carnie Wilson’s journey: from fat acceptance advocate to the poster child for weight loss surgery; from daughter of a famous person to becoming famous for her own talents; from an insecure, troubled childhood to a more well-adjusted but still insecure adul...more
An "in your face" style memoir by Carnie Wilson of her struggle with obesity and her eventual triumph through gastric-bypass surgery.
Carnie recounts her life as a child, struggling to connect with her troubled father Brian Wilson. She points to several complex theories as to her history of weight problems and eventual addiction to marijuana.
It's not a particularly well written book and the extreme use of expletives might turn some people off. At times I felt it read like an...more
Carnie recounts her life as a child, struggling to connect with her troubled father Brian Wilson. She points to several complex theories as to her history of weight problems and eventual addiction to marijuana.
It's not a particularly well written book and the extreme use of expletives might turn some people off. At times I felt it read like an...more
Although I LOVED Wilson Phillips, and find Carnie a good spokesperson for WLS, I did not love this book. I found the book slow, dull, and repetitive, with no quality information. It is a good read as far as seeing someone else's struggle with morbid obesity, but not for trying to learn anything about the surgery itself. It tells of her struggles and reasoning for being MO, how she compares herself to others, all things that someone with MO is aware of. It was frustrating to read the same feeling...more
Bought this before I had gastric bypass, and I was thankful I did. This book was a great read, and very informational. I would definitely recommend this book to anyone who has had, or is going to have gastric bypass surgery :)
This book was not as great or helpful as the first. It really was a disappointment in that way. Nevertheless, the author really knows how we all feel when we have weight and food issues so as a reader you can relate to her at the level.
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