The Secret Life of a Weight-Obsessed Woman: Wisdom to Live the Life You Crave

Do you think about food too much? Envy those "skinny bitches" and wonder how they do it? Use the needle on the scale as a measure of your self-worth? Are you just ten pounds away from happiness?

You are not alone.

Iris Ruth Pastor was a weight-obsessed woman with a secret. At eighteen, she began bingeing and purging daily and did not stop for forty-six years. The Secret Life of a Weight-Obsessed Woman is her bulimia recovery memoir - a bluntly honest, humorous, and deeply personal eating disorder memoir that follows her journey from decades of disordered eating to genuine healing.

"I have encouraged all my patients to buy this book. Great writer, speaker, and role model for midlife women struggling with eating disorders." - Dr. Ann Kearney Cooke, The Cincinnati Psychotherapy Institute

"In this honest, insightful, and inspiring book, Iris Ruth Pastor shares her story of recovery from a decades-long battle with bulimia. She brings a poignant and relatable honesty to this memoir, using both wisdom and humor to bring readers on the journey from despair to healing." - Dr. Nina Savelle-Rocklin, PsyD

How did she tame the triggers that led to bingeing and purging? How did she deal with the ravenous monster within? How did she rip down the facade of her "perfect" life and finally break free?

This is not a clinical guide. It is a GPS for the soul. It is a binge eating memoir written by someone who lived it for nearly five decades and came out the other side. It is proof that recovery is possible at any age and any stage - whether you are in your twenties or your sixties, whether you have been struggling for years or decades.

If you are grappling with your relationship with food, body image, or self-worth, this book was written for you. If someone you love is battling an eating disorder, this is the book that could change their life.

Recovery is within your reach. Iris did it. And you can too.