Following Fit

A memoir about how Kristen Perillo’s quest to understand fitness and nutrition turned into a series of lessons about her relationship with her body, her relationship with food, and her identity—as a teacher, as a trainer, and as a woman. Based on her blog, Following Fit is the story of a person who came to fitness late—in her thirties, after years of feeling unathletic—and found a passion she didn’t know she had. Her passion for fitness and nutrition takes her through a career change, a descent into binge eating, and an identity shift, but it also leads her back to her self, to a sense of wholeness, and to an understanding of health and wellness that goes beyond physical fitness.