Skinny Fat Chicks: Why We’re Still Not Getting This Dieting Thing

A DIY Body Makeover Book for Women Who are Sick and Tied of Being FAT.

• Legal Stuff
• Thank Yous
• Preface
• Introduction
  • What Diets Are Supposed to Do
  • Who Are Skinny Fat Chicks?
  • Why We Need to Get This Dieting Thing
  • Why Diets Should Be Given a Chance
  • The 95% Lie
• Identity Crisis
  • It’s Not About Dieting, But What’s in It for Y-O-U
  • Ingratiation Dieting
  • You Have to Be Selfish
  • Poor Self-Confidence
  • Control, Fear and Sex
    • Succumbing to Marketing Ideals
    • Attracting Men or Repelling Men
    • Responding to Sexual Pressure
    • Resenting the Diet
  • The Need for Dieting Ownership
• Education Crisis
  • How Dieting Became Feminist Smut, While Faulty Incognito Diets Placate Women Still in Denial
    • Why Anti-Diets Appeal to Women
    • Anti-Diets Don’t Encourage Weight Loss
  • What Suffering to Look Good?
  • If Dieting Pills, Laxatives, Bulimia and Anorexia Are Out, You Better Give Me Something Else That Gets Results
  • You Need to Exercise More Than You Think
  • Why You Have to Give Up the Fat-dress Jokes for Ego Mastery
• The Sinfulness of Skipping Dieting Foreplay for a Tabloid Quickie
  • Severe Impatience with the Self and Body
  • Even the Numbers Tell You to Diet Slow
  • 1247 Calories is not 1247 Calories
  • The Get-Skinny-Quick Diet Is Actually SLOW
• How to Counter Dieting Self-Sabotage
  • Handling a Dieting Failure
  • Nixing the “Crap, I Screwed Up My Diet Again” Syndrome
  • Overeating Is Not a Reason to Hate Yourself or Stop Dieting
  • Not Embracing Gradual Dieting Changes
    • Food Changes
      • Food Chaining for Dieting Success
    • Exercise Changes
      • Exercise Chaining for Dieting Success
  • Controlling Time Delusions, Energy Crises and Caloric Catastrophes Before They Control You
• The Comparison Trap and Secret Invitations to Dieting Drama
• Educational Crisis Part II
  • No Solid Nutrition Education
  • Food Composition and Calories Matter
  • Planning Meals and Knowing Hunger
  • Why Eating Only When You Are Hungry Does Not Work
  • I Can’t Eat Five Times a Day Because…
  • It’s Too Expensive to Eat Healthy
  • I Don’t Have the Time to Eat Healthy; My Life Is Too Hectic
  • Healthy Food Is Boring
  • It’s Too Troublesome to Diet
  • You Know How to Create a Dieting Success
  • How to Find a Productive Personal Trainer
• Celebration Crisis Part II
  • Failure to Learn from Past Dieting Mishaps
  • Go Yo-yo Yourself, But Take Notes
  • Learn from Your Chronicles of Dieting Disasters
  • Singling Out Your Weak Dieting Link
  • Success Anxiety
  • Not Knowing How to Calculate or Celebrate Dieting Success
• Virtue of Vanity
  • Vanity Grocery Shopping
• Virtue of Envy
  • Put Envy to Good Use
• Now, Do You Get This Dieting Thing?
• References
• Bibliography