Skinny Bitchin': A ""Get Off Your Ass"" Journal to Help You Change Your Life, Achieve Your Goals, and Rock Your World!

by Rory Freedman, Kim Barnouin

Are you sick and tired of your unfulfilling, uninspiring, uneventful existence? Good! Getting honest and clear with yourself is step one in creating the life you’ve always wanted! The Bitches are back and they’re here to guide you on your journey from ordinary to extraordinary with inspirational quotes, inventive homework assignments, and their signature tough-love approach.
-Quit crying in a corner ‘cause your boyfriend dumped you; you know he was a lame lay, anyway. Bask in the glory of being single for a while! (That doesn’t mean sluttin’ it up with every guy you meet.)
-Whatever you’ve been dying to do or try but have been too scared—today is the day! Carpe diem, bitches! Carpe diem! This ain’t no dress rehearsal!
-You spend eight hours a day, five days a week at your job…and you hate it? Quit, bitch! Life is short and time is precious!
Don’t you know that the Universe wants you to have everything you’ve ever dreamed of? Rory and Kim learned this sacred truth and how to harness its power, and they want the same for you.
So get off your ass and get your groove on! You’re gonna rock your own world!

Genres: Health, Cooking, Nonfiction

192 pages, Paperback

First published November 5, 2008

About the author

Rory Freedman is the co-author of "Skinny Bitch". She attended the University of Maryland, and used to not like writing, but has developed a passion for writing due to her passion for the subjects that she writes about. She wrote "Skinny Bitch" because she is passionate about not being skinny or being a bitch, but to educate everyone about becoming vegetarian and vegan. Rory Freedman was not always a vegan, or vegetarian. Growing up she ate meat every day. Her passion for becoming vegetarian and vegan developed about 15 years ago. Her passion developed due to reading an article about animals being slaughtered for food. She always saw herself as an animal lover and she was disgusted by what she saw in the article. One image was of baby chickens crammed into a garbage bag and thrown into a dumpster. The next picture she sees is a picture of a mother cow and a baby cow. The baby was taken away from the mother, and being upset that she baby was taken away from her, she started to ram the cage and broke her neck. The mother cow was left there to lay and die with a broken neck. The other picture she saw was of a downer cow, an injured cow, on the back of a truck being unloaded by a chain wrapped around the cows legs. She was devastated to know that animals were being treated this way due to her eating meat. After reading this article in the magazine, she made the decision to become vegetarian. She did not want to contribute to the torture and slaughter of animals. The sole reason she became a vegetarian was so that she did not have to be part of the pictures that she saw.

Since she became vegetarian, she was now interested in doing more research on nutrition. People always said that vegetarians lack protein and other things that your body needs, so therefore she conducted research and found that these statements and assumptions are not true. Rory found out that by becoming vegetarian, you do not lack protein, and that most Americans actually have too much protein in their diets. Becoming a vegetarian had a total change on Rory. She felt as though she became nicer, happy, had more energy, and overall a better person. She became an animal rights activist due to her passion for animals. After making these changes, she felt as though she had a purpose in life. Rory encourages people to try a 30 day Veg Pledge. This is trying to be vegetarian for 30 days to just try to and see if you like the changes that your body will go through.

*Rory Freedman, a former agent for Ford Models, is co-author of the #1 New York Times bestselling books.
She resides in Los Angeles.

Reviews

[Brittany · Rating 3 out of 5]

I didn't completely read or finish this book, but it is mostly a blank journal with a few quotes or suggestions on every few pages. I bought this book when I was going through my self-help phase. It's good enough and has some cute illustrations, but I haven't written in it for months. I thought it would be a bit more substantial or motivating, but in the end it is just a glorified diary for grown women.

[Veronica · Rating 3 out of 5]

It’s a book of journal prompts. It’s cute. I’m going to try some of these prompts and start to write (but not a journal-I could never keep a journal to save my life). Positive affirmations are great though. My favorite quote is the one by Winston Churchill-“we are still masters of our fate. We are still captains of our souls.”

[Judy · Rating 3 out of 5]

I wasn't really sure what I was getting when I requested this book from the library. It is a small book of journal prompts. I really liked many of the prompts and quotes listed in the book, so much so that I came home and printed them out on address labels. I did them in different fonts and now have 5 pages of prompts and quotes to add to my journal pages.

[Rebecca · Rating 5 out of 5]

Love this inspirational journal by the girls who wrote Skinny Bitch. Lots of no-nonsense, practical advice and the inspirational quotes are right-on. A Must-get (especially for the New Year!)

[Gabriella · Rating 3 out of 5]

It's RAW in language content, that's what I enjoyed most. I'll keep it on my coffee table ( :