It Was Me All Along

from Writermala

Andie Mitchell, in her memoir, "It was me all along," tells of her battle with weight and body image. She was a chubby little toddler and there was no looking back from then on. she ate because food numbed her, she ate because food made her forget the pain of living in a dysfunctional family. And...

from ecataldi

A gut wrenching (literally) memoir about a young food blogger's childhood and life long struggle with food addiction. Always the "chubby kid," Andie turned to food for comfort when her home life was falling apart around her. She hated her weight, but she loved food more. When she turned twenty sh...

from Yamilka

I've always been skinny. Even after having two kids people still consider me "skinny", but in my mind I'm not as skinny as society wants me too. When I read this book and all of the struggles Andie Mitchell had to go through as a child and as a young woman I felt like somebody understood me for t...

from REINADECOPIAYPEGA

Nobody's story can be wrong just because it is different from yours. That person may make different choices and therefore obtain different results, plus their personalities, values, support system, etc come into play. I fight daily with a 33 year ED and her happily ever after is not mine nor is ...

from vonze

It Was Me All Along is not an easy read. It's difficult to journey through someone else's childhood trauma and grown emotional struggles. Having been obese, I know that a lot of the problem is emotional, closely associated with family dysfunction. Although I've had the book for months, I put off ...