Mental Weight Loss

From her childhood, where there was no blueprint for success, to building a career as a bestselling novelist against all odds, Amanda Prowse explores what it means to be a woman in a world where popularity, slimness, beauty and youth are currency—and how she overcame all of that to forge her own path to happiness.

My weight gain was slow and steady, so I saw my body changing, but I was almost oblivious to how different I looked and felt. However, the numbers don’t lie. For 10 years, I gained about seven pounds a year, so by doing some simple math, you can see how I gained 70 pounds and went from 190 pounds to 260 pounds. It took a while to put together all of my learnings and mold it into a system that worked for me, but I finally got there. By leaning into my resiliency and resourcefulness, I was able to change the course of my life and push myself along the path to personal wellness.