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I Named My Bellyfat Charlene
Paperback
Publisher Price: $12.99
ISBN13: 9781969564260
Publisher: One Momentum Publishing
Published: May 5 2026
Pages: 208
Weight: 0.46
Height: 0.48 Width: 5.00 Depth: 8.00
Language: English
What if your most troublesome body part could talk?
For Ell, a successful computer programmer who solves her coding bugs with comfort food, life is relatively cozy. She has a great job and a loving, food-obsessed partner who cooks like a chef. But when her best friend dares her to wear a bikini to a public bar, Ell is thrown into a tailspin.
The panic of baring it all awakens a whole new personality:
Charlene. Charlene is the belly fat that's been tagging along for years, and she is finally ready for her starring role. Sassy, unapologetic, and loudly opinionated, Charlene has been there through every late-night ice cream binge and awkward HR meeting.
Written in a hilarious, relatable diary format, Ell's troubleshooting mission includes:
The Dress Code Dilemma: Navigating business-casual minefields where her girls violate company policy simply by existing.
The Diet Disasters: Surviving toxic gym assessments with hunky-but-shallow trainers.
The Sacred Ritual: Embracing the absolute necessity of unbuttoning her jeans immediately after dinner.
Between a partner who expresses love through carbohydrates and a best friend fighting her own hidden insecurities, Ell must decide if she's ready to stop hiding in oversized black clothes. She soon realizes that fixing herself isn't a matter of spreadsheets or calorie counts-it's a matter of self-respect.
From passive-aggressive gym mirrors to the sacred ritual of unbuttoning jeans after dinner, I Named My Bellyfat Charlene is a love letter to every woman who's ever felt like her body was the punchline. It's not, it's the whole story.
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