Fitness Junkie

A Novel

By: Lucy Sykes, Jo Piazza

Narrated by: Jo Piazza, Susan Bennett

From the best-selling authors of The Knockoff, an outrageously funny novel about one woman's attempt - through clay diets, naked yoga, green juice, and cultish workout classes - to win back her career, save her best friend, and lose 30 pounds.

When Janey Sweet, CEO of a couture wedding dress company, is photographed in the front row of a fashion show eating a bruffin - the delicious lovechild of a brioche and a muffin - her best friend and business partner, Beau, gives her an ultimatum: lose 30 pounds or lose your job. Sure, Janey has gained some weight since her divorce, and no, her beautifully cut trousers don't fit like they used to, so Janey throws herself headlong into the world of the fitness revolution, signing up for a shockingly expensive workout pass, baring it all for Free the Nipple yoga, sweating through boot camp classes run by Sri Lankan militants, and spinning to the screams of a Lycra-clad instructor with rage issues. At a juice shop she meets Jacob, a cute young guy who takes her Dumpster diving outside Whole Foods on their first date. At a shaman's tea ceremony, she meets Hugh, a silver fox who holds her hand through an ayahuasca hallucination. And at a secret exercise studio, Janey meets Sara Strong, the wildly popular workout guru whose special dance routine has starlets and wealthy women flocking to her for results that seem too good to be true.

As Janey eschews delicious carbs, pays thousands of dollars to charlatans, and is harassed by her very own fitness bracelet, she can't help but wonder: Did she really need to lose weight in the first place? A hilarious send-up of the health and wellness industry, Fitness Junkie is a glorious romp through the absurd landscape of our weight-obsessed culture.

©2017 Lucy Sykes and Jo Piazza (P)2017 Random House Audio

Critic reviews

"I laughed out loud reading Fitness Junkie, which serves a heaping helping of hilarious satire, profiling the step-counting, calorie-obsessed New Yorkers who fill the cronut-shaped holes in their souls with workouts." (Jill Kargman, creator and star of Odd Mom Out)

" Fitness Junkie is a deliciously fun romp through the bizarre and cult-like workouts of the superrich, from naked yoga to clay diets to private island wellness retreats. Funny, frothy and delicious." (Jane Green, author of Falling)

So relatable

Hysterically true and sad that it's so real!! Enjoyed every bit of this! Self love is so important

Cute, easy read

Relatable with all the food and exercise trends. Cute story. I like the main characters persistence.

Not as good as The Knockoff

Just okay. I was hoping that it would be as good as The Knockoff, but it sadly wasn't. It wasn't terrible, but I was disappointed.

Loved it!!!

Loved every minute of this book. The voice of the narrator was very pleasant to the ear.

Hilarious realistic

Loved the author’s insight into our sometimes distorted view of ourselves. I would recommend to any woman over the age of 25. Great light read with relatable characters.

Jury is out

I'm only a little bit into this. I have a pretty high tolerance for fluff, but so far the story and characters are so silly, I'm not sure I can get through it. Will weigh in later.

I really enjoyed this book

So far from my life, it was fun to listen to a story about a woman with unlimited funds dive into the world of loosing weight and figuring out her life. I haven't enjoyed an audio book in a while and I enjoy this.

Starts slow but ends well

Really enjoyed this book but it started a little slow while it was building the characters. Really enjoyed the last half of it!

I haven’t had this much fun long time

Wow. In a world filled with ridiculous workouts and fad diets... what an incredibly honest and funny story to surprise you, delight you and maybe even make you think about yourself with a little more gentleness. I haven’t had this much fun listening to a story since I can remember. I wish this book was given to all females, regardless of age.

Mediocre but entertaining!

I'd rate this 3-stars across the board. It had a compelling story that just about anyone could find entertaining and likely relate to. It didn't satisfy the hope for the main character to truly find herself.