{"product_id":"703-how-i-lost-more-than-a-quarter-ton-and-gained-a-life-9780451233127","title":"703: How I Lost More than a Quarter Ton and Gained a Life","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Nancy Makin\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Penguin Publishing Group\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Memoirs\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA moving, funny, tongue-in-cheek memoir about a woman who lost and found herself online. \u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Nancy Makin weighed an astounding 703 pounds in May 2000. She was forty-five and suffered from obesity-related maladies. Due to shame and logistics, she was homebound for a dozen years. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e But all that changed when she received a computer. In cyberspace she found the friendliness, the connection, the acceptance and the nurturing she'd been missing for so long. She followed no particular diet plan; no surgeries, pills, potions or ab-crunching exercises played a part, and yet today Nancy has lost more than 530 pounds and kept it off for more than seven years. Her tale is one of redemption and shows a growing America that there is hope...if you believe.","brand":"Penguin Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45408942358679,"sku":"9780451233127","price":2146.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780451233127.webp?v=1767310835","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/703-how-i-lost-more-than-a-quarter-ton-and-gained-a-life-9780451233127","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}