You Are Not a Before Picture, Alex Light
You Are Not a Before Picture, Alex Light
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You Are Not a Before Picture

Author: Alex Light

Narrator: Alex Light

Unabridged: 6 hr 29 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: HQ

Published: 06/09/2022


Synopsis

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, 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

About Alex Light

Alex Light grew up reading too many books and listening to too many Taylor Swift songs. Now she writes books that make people laugh (and sometimes cry). Alex began writing as a teen. She shared dozens of love stories online, which have now been read over 150 million times. Shockingly, she graduated with a BA in English literature, giving her the perfect excuse to read even more books when she wasn’t busy writing her own. Alex lives in Toronto, Canada, with her three furry friends. She’s an avid donut eater, sometimes baker, and lover of the frozen winter months.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Rachel on June 04, 2022

Oh my word, where do I start with this book? Best book I’ve read all year? Yes. Most inspiring book I’ve read for a while? Yes. No. No, wait, most inspiring book I’ve maybe ever read? Yes. This book will change lives. Everyone needs to read it and I am already compiling a long list of people I want......more

Goodreads review by Catriona on June 17, 2022

This is an excellent book, not only for self-help but also educational in informing how diet culture was founded and has involved over the years I would thoroughly recommend this book to anyone who has struggled with body image in their lives I could almost guarantee there will be at least a few cha......more

Goodreads review by Kristīne on January 19, 2025

Zini to sajūtu, kad skaties uz savu fotogrāfiju, kas uzņemta pirms gada, diviem, pieciem vai desmit? To neizpratni, kādēļ tolaik sevi šaustīji un kritizēji, lai gan patiesībā izskatījies skaista? Šī ir grāmata, kas palīdzēs par sevi priecāties un būt pateicīgai par ķermeni ne tikai retrospektīvi, be......more

Goodreads review by Courtney-Jade on June 10, 2022

This book is probably one of the most important pieces of literature I have ever read. Not only was it incredibly interesting, full of facts and statics that I never knew or expected, it was also written with such thought and passion. The topics within this book are extremely important to Alex and i......more

Goodreads review by Nora on July 03, 2022

I loved the premise of You Are Not a Before Picture and I am impressed at the research that Alex Light did for this book. I have struggled writing this review because I liked the author's voice in the book, but I disliked this book. It was part memoir, but didn't tell enough of a story. It was part......more


Quotes

‘A timely and passionate rally against the diet industry.’ ‘sets out to dismantle dangerous dieting habits and encourage self-acceptance.’