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I‘ve wanted to read this since NPR listed it as a 2019 favorite on their Book Concierge. So far, I really like Tomlinson‘s writing - it‘s very reminiscent of Rick Bragg‘s storytelling.

Just disregard the look on the BFG‘s face. There are some cardinals that nest outside our window and they drive him bonkers.

Little went as expected on Friday, but this #audiobook made good company for me and dad.

I think Tommy makes two good points: 1. Weight loss is a personal decision and 2. that permanent weight loss is a series of incremental changes.

While I prefer to be overweight, I‘d like to be a little less (40 lbs, 18 kg). Tommy wanted to lose about 200 lbs, and after three years, he had lost about 70 and was keeping it off. A good weight loss memoir. ⬇️⬇️

Eating is an emotion. Not that that will change things, but at least I am reminded. #emotionaleating

Escape reads: Chick Lit and Rom Coms
Comfort food: Give me all the pasta and all the desserts 😬
Shelfie: It‘s not a shelfie...but it is a box of books I brought home from my work library right before we were shut down

Thanks @IamIamIam for the tag! @Eggs #wonderouswednesday #quarantinereads

Any #Littens want to join in on the fun? Here‘s your invitation 💜

I now have the TikTok I mentioned in my review of this book in my highlighted stories on Instagram. It‘s to remind me because I do A LOT of self sabotage, but I also know it‘s common to humans in general.

So if anyone wants to see it I‘m megabooksreads over on Instagram. I‘ll gladly add any Littens over there!

Surprising for a random library book, I actually loved this. It had a lot of good points about self-sabotage and negative thinking in regards to weight.

It‘s definitely a memoir and he spun his life story well.

There was a great video on TikTok about breaking small promises to yourself (such as cutting back on food/alcohol) and the long term damage it does. Tommy made a series of small promises that added up to a lot of positive change. 4⭐️

I just want to say that this author having Tommy (not Tom or Thomas) Tomlinson on his birth certificate is the most Southern thing I‘ve seen this week! (And esp because it was so he could be little Tommy to his dad‘s big Tommy!) And I live in the South!!

I‘m glad he has a sense of humor about it. Seriously Southern AF.

Really good book so far, though. 👍🏻

Hard to leave for work when this view is only a block away...especially on a Monday!

https://wellreadneck.wordpress.com/2019/07/25/the-elephant-in-the-room-tommy-tom...

#MonthOfMemoirs

Tommy Tomlinson‘s searingly honest portrait of life as a fat man (460 pounds) and his efforts to lose weight is unputdownable. The shame he has had flung at him along with his internalized shame at heartbreaking. I think this book is relatable to anyone who struggles to change and will hopefully engender compassion in readers toward the obese. Highly recommend.

The Elephant in the Room is a beautiful memoir filled with inspiration about one man's weight loss journey.

https://onthebl.org/2019/04/11/the-elephant-in-the-room/

@britt_brooke you will appreciate this recent entry in the #memoir genre. Author is very honest & transparent about his life, & as he ‘hit the lottery‘ in every other way he never comes across as whiny or a victim. He discusses openly how eating becomes a compensatory compulsion, mentioning Oprah‘s perennial struggle—even billionaires can wrestle with this. Author-narrated audio is powerful; throat cancer left him with a raspy whisper. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

How did other people like this book? It was a tad repetitive but honest inward look. And yet, he seems pretty confident he‘ll reach 230. I kinda think he‘s got some rose colored glasses on there.

As a real guy with curves, I related to Tommy Tomlinson's memoir of his struggles with being overweight, his health, and dealing with the issues of fat shaming in our society. Humorous, self-deprecating and moving, the former journalist gives readers an honest view of his world.

As someone who has struggled with being overweight most of my life, I found Tomlinson‘s memoir to be powerfully & sensitively written. While my own struggle is not as dramatic as his (he starts the book at 460 lbs, medically diagnosed as “morbidly obese”) even mildly overweight Americans like me will still relate to the feelings of shame and Tomlinson so soulfully and thoughtfully plumbs.

Tommy Tomlinson‘s The Elephant in the room takes a deep-dive, memoir-style into Tomlinson‘s life-long struggle with obesity. The book alternates between essays from his past related to his weight and a month by month account of a year attempting to take a sustained and sustainable approach to losing and maintaining weight loss. Tomlinson is a journalist and knows how to find the golden nugget in every anecdote. #netgalley

And, here‘s why I need a #netgalley requesting time out. All of these goodies are coming out in January, so on deck for October to read in order to put them in the blog!!! Lots of mystery/thrillers this month!!! 👏🏼