Foreword
前言
My whole life is about inspiration, so when the folks from Chicken Soup for the Soul showed me the manuscript for this book about 「Shaping the New You,」 I wanted to get involved. We all need
some help when it comes to taking care of ourselves. We want to do it, we know how good it will feel to be in shape, but we need that push to do the hard work necessary to get there.
These 51 stories written by regular people about their efforts to control their weight and get fit really resonate with me. There is no better inspiration than hearing someone else』s story. You
will undoubtedly make a connection while reading this book—you』ll find a little motivational trick that you know will work for you, or read a phrase that gets you out of your chair... and out
of the kitchen!
No one has a bigger appetite than me! Food was my entire life growing up. I could be blindfolded and still find a po』 boy place. I was raised in New Orleans, within walking distance of the best
food in the world. I love food! But I have learned to love myself too. And that is how I dropped more than 100 pounds in my early twenties and kept it off for the four decades since.
