You Are Not a Before Picture: The best-selling inspirational guide to help you tackle diet culture, find self-acceptance and make peace with your body

You Are Not a Before Picture is a guide to rejecting diet culture and making peace with your body, written by body confidence and anti-diet advocate Alex Light. Many people view themselves as 'before' pictures—unhappy versions waiting for weight loss to bring happiness. This perspective is not innate but has been instilled by diet culture, which teaches us to see our bodies as collections of problems that the diet industry can solve. The book provides a step-by-step framework for changing how we view ourselves and the world. Drawing on expertise in psychotherapy, fitness, and nutrition, Light helps readers examine their underlying beliefs, challenge the forces holding them back, and find lasting freedom in their bodies.