The first meeting of the Woman Up Wellness Book Club book took place in August! I started this as a fun way for women in my private Facebook group to connect with each other and have discussions related to food freedom, self care, and well being. Since it is summer, we decided to kick things off with a page-turning, fictional novel, Dietland by Sarai Walker. As described on the author’s website, “Dietland is a bold, original, and funny debut novel that takes on the beauty industry, gender inequality, and our weight loss obsession—from the inside out, and with fists flying.” Read on for my review and insights from the book.

This one is for all the people out there who have been called or thought of as unhealthy based on BMI. If you’re not a white dude, it just won’t work for you. Yet it’s still used as a health barometer for EVERYONE...go figure.