{"id":50,"date":"2024-10-10T00:40:35","date_gmt":"2024-10-10T00:40:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/authorwebservices-gem2.net\/ArchwayPublishing\/867379\/?page_id=50"},"modified":"2026-01-21T10:03:45","modified_gmt":"2026-01-21T10:03:45","slug":"about-the-book","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/authorwebservices-gem2.net\/WestBowPress\/785736\/about-the-book\/","title":{"rendered":"ABOUT THE BOOK"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/authorwebservices-gem2.net\/WestBowPress\/785736\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/3d.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"901\" height=\"826\" src=\"https:\/\/authorwebservices-gem2.net\/WestBowPress\/785736\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/3d.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-204\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1.0907887185542373;width:562px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/authorwebservices-gem2.net\/WestBowPress\/785736\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/3d.png 901w, https:\/\/authorwebservices-gem2.net\/WestBowPress\/785736\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/3d-300x275.png 300w, https:\/\/authorwebservices-gem2.net\/WestBowPress\/785736\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/3d-768x704.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 901px) 100vw, 901px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Weight loss books usually come with meal plans, calorie charts, and some perky fitness guru who claims they \u201cjust love kale.\u201d This is not that book. <strong><em>Lighten Up with Amanda<\/em><\/strong> is a hilarious, brutally honest look at what it&#8217;s really like to live in a plus-sized body while trying every diet, fitness trend, and weight loss \u201chack\u201d under the sun. From Spanx mishaps and gym disasters to awkward doctor visits and scuba diving in a rigged contraption, Amanda shares her journey with raw humor and zero shame. Part memoir, part stand-up set, this book is for anyone who&#8217;s ever cried in a dressing room, quit a diet on a Tuesday, or wondered if laughter counts as cardio. Spoiler alert: it does. Because losing weight is hard\u2014but laughing about it makes the load a whole lot lighter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-white-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/authorwebservices-gem2.net\/WestBowPress\/785736\/excerpt-2\/\">Read an Excerpt<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-white-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.balboapress.com\/en\/bookstore\/bookdetails\/785736-lighten-up-with-amanda\">Buy the Book<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Weight loss books usually come with meal plans, calorie charts, and some perky fitness guru who claims they \u201cjust love kale.\u201d This is not that book. Lighten Up with Amanda is a hilarious, brutally honest look at what it&#8217;s really like to live in a plus-sized body while trying every diet, fitness trend, and weight loss \u201chack\u201d under the sun. From Spanx mishaps and gym disasters to awkward doctor visits and scuba&#8230; <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/authorwebservices-gem2.net\/WestBowPress\/785736\/about-the-book\/\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"template-full.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-50","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/authorwebservices-gem2.net\/WestBowPress\/785736\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/50","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/authorwebservices-gem2.net\/WestBowPress\/785736\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/authorwebservices-gem2.net\/WestBowPress\/785736\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/authorwebservices-gem2.net\/WestBowPress\/785736\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/authorwebservices-gem2.net\/WestBowPress\/785736\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=50"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/authorwebservices-gem2.net\/WestBowPress\/785736\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/50\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":230,"href":"https:\/\/authorwebservices-gem2.net\/WestBowPress\/785736\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/50\/revisions\/230"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/authorwebservices-gem2.net\/WestBowPress\/785736\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=50"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}