Maintaining a healthy body weight is essential to a good quality of life. But how do you get there when nothing you have tried has worked? Choices; doable choices unique to you and your life. The first step is usually the hardest - honestly accepting responsibility for the unbalanced choices of your past and readiness to move forward to a healthier mind, body and spirit. The next step brings permanent results with small, consistent changes and realistic, healthier habits. This lifestyle approach frees you from dieting and focuses on living a more balanced life - a life in which you can even enjoy an occasional piece of cake. I Want to Have My Cake and Lose Weight Too shares what finally worked for Gretchen on her personal journey to find balance and inspires us with stories of others who reached a point of self-acceptance and learned manageable solutions for everyday life.