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You Are Not a Before Picture

How to finally make peace with your body, for good

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You Are Not a Before Picture

By: Alex Light
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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, You Are Not A Before Picture 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

 Diets, Nutrition & Healthy Eating Fitness, Diet & Nutrition Psychology & Mental Health Weight Loss & Weight Control Mental Health Personal Development Health Personal Success Eating Disorders Body Image

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‘A timely and passionate rally against the diet industry.’ Cosmopolitan

‘You Are Not a Before Picture sets out to dismantle dangerous dieting habits and encourage self-acceptance.’ HELLO

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In this book, Alex shares her experiences with weight obsession and eating disorders. She also discusses the never ending cycle of dieting and trying to reach for beauty perfection. I really connected with everything she had to say. This is a must read for anyone struggling with weight obsession/ eating disorders.

Really connected with this author and book..

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My body is merely a vessel that holds all the good stuff! This was really impactful to me!

Love it!

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The diet culture is so ingrained. But this book gives tips and insights that help a lot!

A must-read

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I follow Alex on Instagram and find her account incredibly inspiring. Like most women I’ve struggled with my body image since I was a teenager and this book had an immensely powerful impact on my body image. I stopped to cry a few times during the book because I realized that I didn’t have to hate my body all these years and what a waste of time it was to send so much hatred towards myself. I want to recommend this book to everyone I know. It’s a great intro to body positivity and body acceptance for anyone looking to get started on changing their body image. Thank you Alex for gifting this to the world!

Extremely Helpful Book!

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thank you for your powerful words! this book has helped me so much in my recovery journey! It contains powerful information on diet culture history, steps and tips for recovery, and the authors story. It's been an easy and enjoyable listen.

recovering from bulimia and BED

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