I'm Still Hungry: Finding Myself Through Thick and Thin
In 1999, Carnie Wilson was 300 pounds, unemployed, depressed, and sitting in a doctor's office being told that she probably wouldn't live to see 40. Knowing that she had to do something to save herself, Carnie opted to have gastric-bypass surgery. After the operation, she decided that she wouldn't just work on having a new body, but also a new life. Carnie related that moving and inspirational story in her bestselling book Gut Feelings. Now, in I'm Still Hungry, Carnie picks up where she left...
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Three years ago, Carnie Wilson was 300 pounds, unemployed, depressed, and sitting in a doctor's office being told that she probably wouldn't live much longer. At night, she had terrible dreams of her mother getting a phone call from the police saying, "We're very sorry, but someone found your daughter in bed, and she's gone." Knowing she had to do something to save her own herself, Carnie opted to have gastric bypass surgery. She woke up the next day in the hospital determined that she wouldn't just work on having a new body, but also a new life. That's the story we've already heard. In I'm Still Hungry, Wilson picks up where she left off in her 2001 book Gut Feelings. She takes readers step by step on her weight loss journey, which wasn't just a road to reaching 125 pounds. It was a mental trip where she had to conquer all of her fears and insecurities, including issues with her father, Beach Boy Brian Wilson-which made her gain the weight in the first place. This book offers a unique way of showing the progression of weight loss, with one section serving as a diary of sorts. It details Carnie's weight at specific times so that readers can use this part of the book to find their own weight and see how Carnie's life lessons got her head in the right place so the pounds could keep falling off. Wilson also offers a humorous look at her own weight loss, asking: What's better-sex or chocolate? (Answer: "Sex followed by chocolate.") She also discusses re-establishing her career as an actress and singer in Hollywood. It wasn't easy when the National Enquirer was practically staking out her house to catch her on "a fat day," or when fans e-mailed her to chastise her for flashing "some arm flab" on Entertainment Tonight. And, of course, the book includes Carnie's minute-by-minute description of posing for the June 2003 issue of Playboy magazine, with the inevitable questions: Can I eat breakfast before posing nude? Why do I have my period this week of all weeks? and Do I look fat? Carnie also gives readers a glimpse of what spurred on the much awaited 2004 regrouping of the Wilson Phillips band and how she is in perfect harmony again with her partners, sister, Wendy Wilson; and bandmate, Chynna Phillips. Finally, the last part of the book reveals the specific weight-loss plan that Carnie still uses to keep slim-and anyone can follow this plan to lose weight whether they've had weight-loss surgery or not. Carnie even includes a few of her favorite desserts. Wilson is still hungry for knowledge, love, acceptance, and yes, a chocolate chip cookie or two.
PrefaceixAcknowledgmentsxiiiIntroduction: One ... Five ... ZeroxviiFriendly Food Facts for YouxxviiPart IThe Big Loser (Congratulations!)Introduction to Part I3Chapter 1The Incredible Shrinking Woman5Chapter 2Are You Eating Enough?15Chapter 3What a Dump21Chapter 4Who Am I?29Chapter 5It's Still Me39Chapter 6Falling into the Skinny Gap45Chapter 7Hot Child in the City47Part IIThe Big Head Trip (Who Knew?)Introduction to Part II53Chapter 8Shedding Excess Skin (Eww! Gotta Talk about It)55Chapter 9Letting Go of the Past63Chapter 10Ms. Fix-It77Chapter 11The Fat Police and My Parole89Chapter 12Guys, Sex, and Weight97Chapter 13The Final Word on Exercise103Chapter 14Playboy Part I: To Pose or Not to Pose?115Chapter 15Playboy Part II: Does Anyone Else Feel a Draft in Here?131Chapter 16Welcome Back, Wilson Phillips149Chapter 17The Final Course155Epilogue: Sex vs. Chocolate161AppendixHow to Follow My Plan167How to Be a Good Weight-Loss Surgery (WLS) Patient (If You Care)175About the Authors199
