My book talk is on today.
So why the heck did I write “So Fat Lah!” – a weight-loss book?
A fellow writer calls me “Horror-man” … so shouldn’t I be writing more dark tales, so that my gnarled fingers can probe the softest, most vulnerable parts of your brain?
In fact, the first book I ever wrote, back in 1991, was a self-help book on how to buy condos. So my start in writing was in the non-fiction arena.
I like to think that I’ve always had one foot in the fiction and the other in the non-fiction world. I think that’s okay, because I haven’t fallen over yet!
About six years ago, then living in Australia, I could literally see that obesity is a huge problem and would be a growing world-wide one. I worked out a lot then and had certain strong views: eat as much as you like, as long as you can exercise it off.
So I started writing a book based on the simple premise of energy in / energy out. But as I began to research the subject, my views began to change and ended up altering quite drastically.
I wrote and re-wrote and researched the book over several years. And when it was finally ready, I hated it.
Yes, it contained all the weight-loss information one needed. But it was boring. It was lecturing and not unlike a text book. I would dread having it published.
So I put it away.
Then sometime last year, I hit on the idea of re-writing it just for Malaysians.
As I re-wrote it, I knew this was the right thing to do. I finished it within 2 months. This was the book that I’d always wanted to write.
“You wrote it for all of us,” a friend mentioned after she had ready it.
Yes, I did.
March 11, 2016 at 5:05 pm
Read the cover of your book on thestar.com.my.
I have followed a very low carb lifestyle for 2+ years and managed to recover from a life of high blood glucose, blood pressure and fatty liver. Am now off all medications with perfect numbers and my latest blood test reports no signs of liver defects too. Will go search the bookstores tomorrow for your book and I hopefully the authorities take note of your writing to make it the de-facto lifestyle for all whom have metabolic related issues before it becomes an epidemic.
December 16, 2016 at 10:39 am
Am glad your health has improved. I hope you managed to get a copy of So Fat Lah! Thanks for your kind comments