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Death by Dim Sim by Sarah Vincent (Paperback, 2017)

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Death by Dim Sim: How I Beat Obesity by Sarah Vincent

The hilarious, honest and inspiring memoir of a woman who lost 40 kilos and won her lifelong battle with her weight
Sarah Vincent once tipped the scales at 122 kilos. She worked at the back of a hospital making calls and answering emails, but at three o’clock every afternoon she would answer a very special call – the call of the dim sim. Running the gauntlet of smokers in the hospital car park one day for her daily dim sim fix, Sarah had an epiphany: just like those nicotine addicts, who continued dragging on their cigarettes even while attached to IV drips, Sarah was an addict and was slowly killing herself with food.
She knew if she didn’t act soon it would be too late, and her husband – who had only narrowly survived cancer – and their two young children would be minus a wife and mother. She also knew she had been going on crash diets since the age of thirteen and nothing had ever worked: the watermelon diet; eating nothing but cabbage soup; ancient fruit extracts from Indonesia; packaged food delivered to your door; eating according to your blood type. She had learnt to eat mindfully, and had eaten calmly and awarely throughout the day, then had mindlessly eaten chocolate biscuits in bed at night. She was either dieting and fighting constant food cravings, or giving in to the cravings and eating everything in sight. She didn’t know how to eat normally any more. She didn’t know what normal was.
But then Sarah met the nutritionist who would introduce her to the low-carb, high-fat eating approach known as Banting, which leaves you feeling full and reduces your cravings. In her memoir Death by Dim Sim she details with hilarious honesty how she managed to lose 40 kilos using this method, her childhood battle with her weight and her lifelong struggle with anxiety. And because she wants you to lose weight too, she shares the recipes and tips that helped save her life. She is now slimmer and fitter than she’s ever been and she never wants to see a dim sim again.

Format: Paperback | 288 pages

Dimensions (cm): 23.4 x 15.3 x 2.1 | 388g

Publication Date: 27 Feb 2017

Publisher: Penguin Random House

Imprint: William Heinemann

Publication City/Country: North Sydney, Australia

Language: English

Illustrations note: colour photos

Edition Number: 1

ISBN10: 0143782118

ISBN13: 9780143782117

 

Condition: Good

A book that has been read but is in good condition. Very minimal damage to the cover including very minor creasing on the front cover, but no holes or tears. The majority of pages are undamaged with very minimal creasing, but no tearing. No pencil underlining of text, no highlighting of text and no writing in margins. No missing pages.

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