You Are Not a Before Picture

How to Finally Make Peace with Your Body, for Good

Alex Light

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HQ
20 March 2024

Society & culture: general; Media studies; Feminism & feminist theory; Digital lifestyle; Assertiveness, motivation & self-esteem

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

By: Alex Light
Imprint: HQ
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 198mm, Width: 129mm, Spine: 26mm
Weight: 260g
ISBN: 9780008507596
ISBN 10: 0008507597
Pages: 228
Publication Date: 20 March 2024
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Alex Light began writing as a teenager in the online communities of Episode Interactive and Wattpad. She has written dozens of love stories, accumulating over 100-million reads online. With a BA in English Literature, she has the perfect excuse to read too many books when she isn't busy writing her own. She lives in Toronto, Canada, with her dog, two cats, and a never-ending love for winter. The Upside of Falling is her first published novel.

Reviews for You Are Not a Before Picture: How to Finally Make Peace with Your Body, for Good

‘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