Here's the Thing...: A no-bullshit guide on how to lose weight, keep it off and change your life (from someone who is highly unqualified)

By Shannon Dianna

Uncomfortable in your own skin?

Looking to gain some confidence?

Tired of obsessing over your body and weight?

Well, here's the

• Language: English
• Publisher: Shannon Regan
• Release date: May 13, 2021
• ISBN: 9781737174509

Shannon Dianna

Shannon is a typical millennial, a wannabe wine sommelier, and a Peloton groupie. She is a Midwesterner, an ex-college athlete, and speaks two languages (English and Sarcasm). She understands first-hand the struggle with losing weight, and has developed the tools to not only lose weight, but to also find happiness within herself. She is here to share her story, so listen the hell up. In her debut as a writer, Shannon uses her experiences with weight fluctuation to reflect on the harsh realities that come with diet culture, body insecurities and growing up in a world obsessed with what we look like.

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Here’s

the Thing…

A no-bullshit guide on how to lose weight, keep it off and change your life (from someone who is highly unqualified)

Shannon Dianna

Dedication

To myself...I couldn’t have done this without you.

Table of Contents

Preface: Here’s the Thing…I Am Not an Expert 4

Chapter 1: Here’s the Thing…You Have to Want It 8

Chapter 2: Here’s the Thing…It Doesn’t Happen

Overnight 12

Chapter 3: Here’s the Thing…You Have to Form

Your Team 16

Chapter 4: Here’s the Thing…You Have to Set a Goal

and Track Progress 22

Chapter 5: Here are Some Things…To Help You

Get Started 26

Chapter 6: Here’s the Thing…Pay Attention to

Your Body 34

Chapter 7: Here’s the Thing… You’re Going to

be Hungry Sometimes 40

Chapter 8: Here’s the Thing…You Have to Eat Right 44

Chapter 9: Here’s the Thing…You Have to Move

Your Body 50

Chapter 10: Here’s the Thing…I Know You

Want Specifics 56

Chapter 11: Here’s the Thing…Things Change 66

Chapter 12: Here’s the Thing…You Did This 70

Chapter 13: Here’s the Thing…You’re Not Done 74

Chapter 14: Here’s the Thing…The Proof is in the

(Fat-Free, Zero Sugar) Pudding 78

Preface: Here’s the Thing...I Am Not an Expert

Let’s get one thing straight—I am by no means an expert. Not in health and fitness, and certainly not in life. I do not have a medical degree (although I was a jewelry design major for a semester and I think that counts for something). I do not have any certifications in nutrition (what do all of those acronyms mean anyway?). I am not a personal trainer, lifestyle coach, or self-proclaimed influencer. I am an average, 27-year-old, white female living in the Midwest who teaches middle school, moonlights as a writer, and has less than 500 followers on Instagram.

But you know what I do have? Real. World. Experience.

I have tried every diet there is. I have said, I’ll start tomorrow more times than you can count. ­I have cried over the way I’ve looked and avoided mirrors at all costs. I have seen specialists. I have paid an obscene amount online for diet and fitness apps. I have bought that bullshit fit tummy tea off of Facebook, which may as well be marketed as a laxative. I have bought pills on Amazon that claim to help you lose weight in two weeks. I even went as far as trying a coffee enema after an Instagram model told me it would cleanse my system. Yes, you read that correctly. Breaking news! None of these gimmicks worked because I was being lazy, and trying to find a shortcut where none existed. But here’s the thing…there is no shortcut. There is no fast lane. There is no secret formula. Do you want to lose weight? Stop eating like shit, and exercise. I repeat, stop eating like shit, and exercise.

This is not a quick-fix guide to nutrition. This book will not tell you what to eat for 30 days, and then leave you high and dry. This book is also not going to be on Oprah’s Book Club list. This book does not contain earth-shattering