The Weight Loss Committee

What if losing weight required a full-scale military operation?When Eoin steps onto the scales and sees 250.5 pounds, there are no excuses, no grand promises and no inspirational speeches.Just one word: Enough.Unfortunately, somewhere deep inside the machinery of his mind, The Weight Loss Committee immediately declares a state of emergency.Led by the fiercely loyal Chairman-and hindered by the spectacularly overreactive Department of Panic-the Committee launches Operation 175, a mission to guide Professor Eoin from 250.5 pounds to his target weight.There are surveillance operations.There are drones.There are classified weigh-ins.There is an investigation into electrolytes.Chicken supplies become a matter of national security.And Eoin's wife, Jennifer, may or may not be a double agent working for Calories.While the Committee argues, panics, predicts disaster and produces mountains of unnecessary paperwork, Professor Eoin does something far less dramatic: He keeps going.Inspired by a real weight-loss journey, The Weight Loss Committee: The Extraordinary Case of Professor Eoin is a funny, unusual story about discipline, self-belief and the madness that can happen inside our own heads when we're trying to change our lives.Beneath the absurdity is a simple idea: You don't have to win the whole battle today. You just have to keep your word to yourself today.And whatever happens...prepare the chicken.