It Was Me All Along

This is a memoir of a girl who was fat, became morbidly obese, and then lost weight. I mean lots and lots of weight. You would think her problems would be gone after that, right? Well they weren’t.
Andie Mitchell grew up with an alcoholic brother, a hard-working mother, and brother. Food was always around to comfort her, whether it was a processed snack cake or cupcake, lovingly made by her mother. Eventually her father died, and her brother left for college, so it was just Andie and her mother. As Andie continues through middle school, high school, and college, she gets bigger and bigger. However, she does have close friends and a great social life. When she gets to college, she also starts dating.
She has attempted to lose weight along the way and is sometime successful. When she has the opportunity to spend five months in Italy, she develops a healthier relationship with food and loses over 100 pounds. Yet, when she returns to the U.S. she begins to obsess about what she will eat or how many calories she will burn. It isn’t until then that Andie deals with issues that have been with her for her entire life.
This was a wonderfully written debut piece and I look forward to reading more. The author has a gift for describing every piece of food in the book. It is not surprising she has her own food blog (Canyoustayfordinner.com). I felt like I really got to know her and could see being friends with her. She was that likable!                   

*I received this book from Blogging for Books for my honest review*