Newspaper columnist Maggie O'Leary writes about what it's like to be overweight in today's world...humorous look at the real issues women face when they are dealing with weight issues...I think there were parts that ANY woman could associate with, regardless of size...a quick, enjoyable read.

Maggie O'Leary is the champion of the overweight. A columnist at a New York newspaper, she writes "Fat Chance," in which she discusses the real obstacles facing overweight people, debunks myths about the obese, and tries to bolster her readers' confidence. Maggie is secure with her own shapely figure until she receives a call from Hollywood actor Mike Taylor. Mike is going to play a diet doctor in an upcoming film, and he wants Maggie to be his consultant. Maggie is reluctant--how can she go to Hollywood, where everyone is skinny and perfect and she's not? So she decides to secretly go on a diet. But she isn't going to be able to hide from her colleagues forever, and when word gets out to her readers, she has to find a way to balance her new look with her old philosophies. Light as a cupcake and as fun to devour, Blumenthal's debut novel will likely find many fans. --Booklist

Fast moving CL. Definitely need to journal immediately after reading since it's been a few months and the characters don't freshly come to mind. I do recall being a bit disappointed in Maggie. Bothered me that it took a man to get her to lose weight - why couldn't she have channeled that determination without a man in the horizon?

This was a great book. {First one by this particular author.} I was a little dissatisfied with how Maggie didn't appreciate all of her efforts losing the weight. She didn't have a lot of self-confidence. But, all in all, it was a great book.

Not my favorite "chick-lit". It started kind of slow, but I was determined to finish it. There were some interesting weight loss tips in the epilogue though.

This was an easy and fun read. I had a hard time putting it down! So my house may be a mess, but I had fun getting into Maggie O'Leary's world.

Plus-size Maggie O'Leary is America's Anti-Diet Sweetheart. Her informed column about the pitfalls of dieting is the one sane voice crying out against the dietocracy. She is perfectly happy with who she is and the life she leads. Until she gets the chance to spend some quality time with Hollywood's hottest star. Maggie knows she can't exactly show up looking like . . . well, herself. So she swallows her words and vows to become the skinniest fat advocate Tinseltown has ever seen.
Swearing her trusted assistant to silence, Maggie embarks on a "secret" makeover. From showdowns with her boss, who is convinced his star columnist is losing her edge -- er, girth -- to run-ins with her closest male friend, the trip through the famed red door of beauty is anything but graceful. But despite her doubts about abandoning the comfortable life she's known -- not to mention deceiving legions of loyal readers who still think of her as their champion, L.A.-bound Maggie is hell-bent on getting her just "desserts"!
Bursting with wit, insight and humor, Deborah Blumenthal's Fat Chance is a guilt-free pleasure that is good to the last page!

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I loved this book. Truly enjoyable read.

I really enjoyed this book! It was a really fun read!

I really liked this one.

aggie O'Leary is the champion of the overweight. A columnist at a New York newspaper, she writes "Fat Chance," in which she discusses the real obstacles facing overweight people, debunks myths about the obese, and tries to bolster her readers' confidence. Maggie is secure with her own shapely figure until she receives a call from Hollywood actor Mike Taylor. Mike is going to play a diet doctor in an upcoming film, and he wants Maggie to be his consultant. Maggie is reluctant--how can she go to Hollywood, where everyone is skinny and perfect and she's not? So she decides to secretly go on a diet. But she isn't going to be able to hide from her colleagues forever, and when word gets out to her readers, she has to find a way to balance her new look with her old philosophies. Light as a cupcake and as fun to devour, Blumenthal's debut novel will likely find many fans.

I read the first two chapters of this book and since it started out very slow and didn't grab me I couldn't finish it.

A woman under construction to realize her dream come true.

A LOVE STORY OF FOOD AND FANTASY!!!

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