You Are Not a Before Picture: How to finally make peace with your body, for good

by Alex Light

On Sale: 06/09/2022

You Are Not a Before Picture: How to finally make peace with your body, for good

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You Are Not a Before Picture: How to finally make peace with your body, for good

by Alex Light

On Sale: 06/09/2022

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About the Book

An urgent, enlightening and empowering guide to disavowing diet culture and learning to make peace with our bodies, from body confidence and anti-diet advocate, Alex Light.

When we look in the mirror, so many of us see a ‘before’ picture: the miserable person in the side-by-side shot waiting for the ‘glow-up’ (read: weight loss) that will bring true happiness. But it’s not our fault that we see our bodies as projects in need of constant work: this is just one of the beliefs that has been ingrained in us by diet culture. We have been taught to view ourselves as a collection of ‘problem’ areas for which the billion-dollar diet industry holds the solutions.

Step-by-step, You Are Not A Before Picture provides a framework for changing the way we view ourselves and the world around us. Working with experts in the fields of psychotherapy, fitness and nutrition, Alex empowers readers to interrogate their underlying beliefs, challenge the external and internal forces that are holding us back, and finally find freedom in our bodies, for good.

Alex Light was a number 4 Sunday Times Non Fiction bestseller in the w/e June 19th 2022

Critical Praise

‘A timely and passionate rally against the diet industry.’ <b><i>Cosmopolitan</i></b>

‘<i>You Are Not a Before Picture </i>sets out to dismantle dangerous dieting habits and encourage self-acceptance.’ <b><i>HELLO</i></b>

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Product Details

  • ISBN: 9780008507589
  • ISBN 10: 0008507589
  • Imprint: HQ
  • On Sale: 06/09/2022
  • Pages: 240
  • List Price:17.99 CAD
  • BISAC1 : HEALTH & FITNESS / Diet & Nutrition / Diets
  • BISAC2 : SELF-HELP / Eating Disorders & Body Image
  • BISAC3 : HEALTH & FITNESS / Diet & Nutrition / Weight Loss
  • BISAC4 : BODY, MIND & SPIRIT / Inspiration & Personal Growth
  • BISAC5 : SELF-HELP / Motivational & Inspirational

You Are Not a Before Picture: How to finally make peace with your body, for good by Alex Light

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