I love Hanne Blank, and I loved this book. For those afraid of exercise this really takes the sting out of the gym. It also rarely uses the "E" word instead encouraging you to think about it in terms of moving instead.
Perhaps not as helpful is you already have an exercise regime, but a great read nonetheless ( )

On the second try, I actually finished the book. Honestly not sure what I thought of this book. While I agree with the HAES movement, I found her to be a hypocrite. While pushing for fat acceptance, there was a lot of shaming of people who choose to lose weight (or shrink as she calls it). I find it hard to sympathize for someone looking for acceptance for one side's choices while she's simultaneously knocking the other sides. Neither is necessarily right or wrong.
She does have some good tenets and tips for finding the right gym and exercise methods which I find apply to all people. ( )

Hanne Blank is the perfect unapologetic fat girl! She has a great fun attitude even when discussing this heavy subject. This book is a great guide to beginning exercisers, whether they be fat or not. I loved that Hanne gave me permission to call my body movement whatever I want - if the word exercise doesn't feel right I can say bounce (my favorite), stroll, spin, etc. ( )