"Unflinchingly forthright and refreshingly authentic... A testament to how the greatest transformations are often intangible."
The word “fat” is curt. It drops harshly off the tongue – the sneer-inducing “ffff” with the abrupt and decisive “t.” The merest, flattest, “a” in between. And yet for all its nasty brevity, it holds within its single syllable a world of stigma.
From the extra pounds and unrelenting bullies that left her eating lunch alone in a bathroom stall at school to the low self-esteem that left her both physically and emotionally vulnerable to abuse, Jasmin Singer’s struggle with weight defined her life. Even after Jasmin went vegan, she realized that her compassion for animals didn’t extend to her own body and that her low self-esteem was affecting her health. She needed a change. By committing to monthly juice fasts and a diet of whole, unprocessed foods, Jasmin gained an understanding of her destructive relationship with food and finally realized what it means to be truly full. Told with humble humor and heartbreaking honesty, this is Jasmin’s story of how she went from finding solace in a box of cheese crackers to finding peace within herself.