After her doctor told her she could suffer a stroke, 38-year-old Susan Blech decided to take drastic measures to slim down from 468 pounds.
Instead of gastric bypass surgery, Blech opted to relocated to Durham, North Carolina and focus solely on shedding the weight and getting in shape. In her book “Confessions of a Carb Queen,” Blech opens up about her struggle to diet, her history of eating binges, the psychology of overeating and shares helpful advice on how to get healthy. Here's an excerpt: "I smoothly convince myself, especially online, that I'm 'only a little chubby.' Since I rarely meet any of the men I chat with online, it's easy. I make excuses not to meet them. My whole life is conducted invisibly, on the phone.
I spend most of my days working from my apartment, obsessing about a sale or a shipment or trying to collect a payment. I'm supposed to go out on sales calls, but I rarely do. Some days, I barely get dressed. I pull on a T-shirt and a pair of black stretch pants and wrap my uncombed hair up in a ponytail and shuffle from my bedroom to my desk.
The phone rings at 8 a.m. or earlier: Sue? I need computer paper, Sue. An order didn't arrive Sue. Can I rush — Sue? I say yes to everybody; that's my job, and I'm exhausted.
I order breakfast. The deli delivers two everything bagels, toasted, with extra vegetable cream cheese, two slices of American cheese on top of the cream cheese, and a fried egg and a tomato. For a snack, I ask them to include a pint of ice cream or a bag of Milano cookies or a pound of macaroni salad. They know me. They know not to screw it up. If the bagel arrives un-toasted, I'll get on the phone with them and let them have it."
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