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Three years ago, Carnie Wilson was 300 pounds, unemployed,
depressed, and sitting in a doctor's office being that she probably
wouldn't live much longer. At night, she had terrible dreams of her
mother getting a phone call from the police saying, "We're very
sorry, but someone found your daughter in bed, and she's gone."
Knowing she had to do something to save her own herself, Carnie
opted to have gastric bypass surgery. She woke up the next day in
the hospital determined that she wouldn't just work on having a new
body, but also a new life. That's the story we've already heard. In
Still Hungry, Wilson picks up where she left off in her 2001 book
Gut Feelings. She takes readers step by step on her weight loss
journey, which wasn't just a road to reaching 125 pounds. It was a
mental trip where she had to conquer all of her fears and
insecurities, including issues with her father, Beach Boy Brian
Wilson--which made her gain the weight in the first place. This
book offers a unique way of showing the progression of weight loss,
with one section serving as a diary of sorts. It details Carnie's
weight at specific times so that readers can use this part of the
book to find their own weight and see how Carnie's life lessons got
her head in the right place so the pounds could keep falling off.
Wilson also offers a humorous look at her own weight loss, asking:
What's better--sex or chocolate? (Answer: "Sex followed by
chocolate.") She also discusses re-establishing her career as an
actress and singer in Hollywood. It wasn't easy when the National
Enquirer was practically staking out her house to catch her on "a
fat day," or when fans e-mailed her to chastise her for flashing
"some arm flab" onEntertainment Tonight. And, of course, the book
includes Carnie's minute-by-minute description of posing for the
June 2003 issue of Playboy magazine, with the inevitable questions:
Can I eat breakfast before posing nude? Why do I have my period
this week of all weeks? and Do I look fat? Carnie also gives
readers a glimpse of what spurred on the much awaited 2004
regrouping of the Wilson Phillips band and how she is in perfect
harmony again with her partners, sister, Wendy Wilson; and
bandmate, Chynna Phillips. Finally, the last part of the book
reveals the specific weight-loss plan that Carnie still uses to
keep slim--and anyone can follow this plan to lose weight whether
they've had weight-loss surgery or not. Carnie even includes a few
of her favorite desserts. Wilson is still hungry for knowledge,
love, acceptance, and yes, a chocolate chip cookie or two.
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