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Losing Fifty Pounds in Fifty Miserable Weeks
Weinstein Books
September 2010
On Sale: August 24, 2010
256 pages
ISBN: 1602861218
EAN: 9781602861213
Hardcover
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Non-Fiction Memoir
One man’s humorous and heartfelt journey through his
year-long attempt to regain his health and change his life. Where does one draw the line between being a lifelong foodie
and a food addict? Edward Ugel is 36 years old and weighs
263 pounds, or as he likes to think about it: 119 kilograms.
I'm with Fatty chronicles Ugel’s attempt to follow doctor’s
orders and lose fifty pounds or risk dropping dead while
standing in line at Popeyes. It details the complex love
triangle between himself, his wife, and all the crispy,
braised, barbecued, and sautéed goodies that he’s been
feeding himself ever since he could say the words “to go.” Ugel sets off on his yearlong journey to figure out how to
live in a world without dim sum, smoked Italian meats, and
the pleasure of cooking whatever and however he wants. He
spends his days torn between two worlds: nutritionists and
personal trainers versus pancetta and Häagen-Dazs. It’s a
war of attrition—each side has its share of victories and
utter failures. Lovers of narrative nonfiction will relish this contagiously
readable book that looks back at Ugel’s complicated history
with food, obesity, and the ruinous effects this lifelong
relationship has had on him. Filled with humor, ultimately
this is a book about the private hell of being fat in
America and about the fragile male psyche and the
seldom-discussed issue of male body image. I’m with Fatty is a funny, candid, raw, and personal story
of weight loss from the male perspective. It is a
narcissistic battle of wills between the author who loves
food more than oxygen and the man who knows that his very
life depends on the success of his “Fatty Project.” I’m with Fatty takes the reader along on a difficult,
frustrating, embarrassing, and inspiring journey, one that
is the last great hope of a man desperate to save his own
life—or at least own a pair of pants that fits.
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