Fitness Junkie

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From the bestselling authors of The Knockoff, an outrageously funny novel about one woman s attempt through clay diets, naked yoga, green juice, and cultish workout classes to win back her career, save her best friend, and lose thirty pounds.When Janey Sweet, CEO of a couture wedding dress company, is photographed in the front row of a fashion show eating a bruffin the delicious lovechild of a brioche and a muffin her best friend and business partner, Beau, gives her an ultimatum Lose thirty pounds or lose your job Sure, Janey has gained some weight since her divorce, and no, her beautifully cut trousers don t fit like they used to, so Janey throws herself headlong into the world of the fitness revolution, signing up for a shockingly expensive workout pass, baring it all for Free the Nipple yoga, sweating through boot camp classes run by Sri Lankan militants and spinning to the screams of a Lycra clad instructor with rage issues At a juice shop she meets Jacob, a cute young guy who takes her dumpster diving outside Whole Foods on their first date At a shaman s tea ceremony she meets Hugh, a silver fox who holds her hand through an ayahuasca hallucination And at a secret exercise studio Janey meets Sara Strong, the wildly popular workout guru whose special dance routine has starlets and wealthy women flocking to her for results that seem too good to be true As Janey eschews delicious carbs, pays thousands of dollars to charlatans, and is harassed by her very own fitness bracelet, she can t help but wonder Did she really need to lose weight in the first place A hilarious send up of the health and wellness industry, Fitness Junkie is a glorious romp through the absurd landscape of our weight obsessed culture. Free Download Books Fitness Junkie Author Lucy Sykes – kino-fada.fr A relatively biting but funny satire It takes a hard look at all of the ridiculous health fads and crazes and pressure on women to be someone else s idea of perfect You should definitely instagram that piece of avocado toast you ve been served at the restaurant of the moment, but you probably shouldn t eat it ugh, bread That was sarcasm, by the way I really love bread It s an interesting social commentary that somehow manages to be funny, relatable,...4 Stars Ummm this book was kind of great I found myself laughing along to the ridiculousness on every chapter, this was such a fun clever satire Take this book and read it on a beach its guaranteed to make you feel a lot less self conscious about that roll of fat that ...a true size 3 stars , this was lacking adorning material.it s true i ve been a bit snarky with my reading updates on this title, but the story is not horriblejust incredibly shallowfitness junkie treats the subject of weight loss and esteem, empowerment like the film dear wendy treats the subject of gun gun violence glorification it carries an isn t this ridiculous how society views and participates in subject all the while happily stringing the audience along in what it is suppos a true size 3 stars , this was lacking adorning material.it s true i ve been a bit snarky with my reading updates on this title, but the story is not horriblejust incredibly shallowfitness junkie treats the subject of weight loss and esteem, empowerment like the film dear wendy treats the subject of gun gun violence glorification it carries an isn t this ridiculous how society views and participates in subject all the while happily stringing the audience along in what it is supposedly denouncing between every superfood of the moment, over overpriced workout gear brands, new hybrid of workout and anything evvvveryone is talking about is a story of a girl whose childhood friend business partner feeds her tripe about losing weight for the sake of the company s image in true trope fashion, he s portrayed as a snotty, manipulative homosexual who as many times as he knocks someone down that person still builds him up in their mind along with by the number characters ...All juice diets, no juice diets, vegan, freegan, paleo today s health fitness obsession is ripe for a satirical book like Fitness Junkie In this novel tailor made for beach and vacation reading protaganist Janey Sweet, co owner of a couture wedding dress design firm, is sent on a forced sabbatical by her buiness partner after being photographed in the trades eating baked goods and looking a bit too pudgy at the latest fashion shows Janey tries all manner of diets and new fan All juice diets, no juice diets, vegan, freegan, paleo today s health fitness obsession is ripe for a satirical book like Fitness Junkie In this nov...This novel is hysterical but muchsubstantive than I had anticipated The main character, Janey, is infinitely likeable although initially a little too willing to believe the best in people, to her detriment The story mocks the ridiculous lengths people will go to get or stay thin, but the entire book constantly reinforces the idea that it s important to be healthy, not skinny After all, meth heads are skinny, not healthy Before you begin reading the book, there is a letter from the e This novel is hysterical but muchsubstantive than I had anticipated The main character, Janey, is infinitely likeable although initially a little too willing to believe the best in people, to her detriment The story mocks the ridiculous lengths people will go to get or stay thin, but the entire book constantly reinforces the idea that it s important to be healthy, not skinny After all, meth heads are skinny, not healthy Before you begin reading the book, there is a letter from the editor that says that the writers, Lucy Sykes and Jo Piazza, discovered that the ridiculous exercise...This is a book about wealthy people wasting their money on fad health crazes and one 40ish successful woman s descent into it all after her business partner, who is also her childhood best friend, tells her she is an embarrassment and can no longer be the face of the company she helped build because she s too fat And no, very much to my disappointment, she does not stab him to death She owns 49% of the company and though she s hurt by his rejection and horrible insults, she silently slinks awa This is a book about wealthy people wasting their money on fad health crazes and one 40ish su...I was hesitant to pick up this title Very,veryhesitant Now I love a good beach read emphasis on thegood, but a book whose premise is a woman being forced to lose weight in order to keep her job That makes me nervous In this fat shaming, female bashing world, yet another product that sends the message that women aren t good enough isn t needed Period Qualms aside, I decided to valiantly plough ahead And of how this beach read deceived me Yes the narrative s thesi...Welcome to one of the true horrors of our society weight Get ready to see our weight obsession through the eyes of humor, attitude and snark when Janey s world crashed around her and she fell for the, I ll be happier, healthier,successful andlikable if I am thinner, garbage she was fed, along with a good dose of clay.Janey s sometimes painful, sometimes comical journey to weight loss all began with an unspoken lie from her best friend Get ready to laugh out loud, and witness the Welcome to one of the true horrors of our society weight Get r...Chick lit gets a fun, fast paced workout in Fitness Junkie, a hilarious and insightful tale about the billion dollar wellness industry and its purveyors among Manhattan s elite Despite characters who areplot devices than people, writing team Lucy Sykes and Jo Piazza succeed with a fun guided tour through a subculture they skewer and celebrate Broccoli needs better PR The book works as part expose, part safari ride through the backrooms and shadow players of the wellness niche.Take the Chick lit gets a fun, fast paced workout in Fitness Junkie, a hilarious and insightful tale about the bil...I throughly enjoyed this book The health food exercise craze is real, and this book does a great job bringing to light how ridiculous it can get Obviously this book isn t fact, it is a comedy satire, but I thought the authors did a great job of bringing crazy rich dying to be skinny New Yorkers to life I loved the articles that started some of the chapters They literally made me laugh, had my mouth dropping open with how ridiculous it was, or a combination of both even if none of them wer I throughly enjoyed this book The health food exercise craze is real, and this book does a great job bringing to light how ridiculous it can get Obvi...

Fitness Junkie
  • 13 March 2017
  • Hardcover
  • 304 pages
  • 0385541805
  • Lucy Sykes
  • Fitness Junkie