by Tammy Waldoch
Health & Fitness Diet & Nutrition
/ Weight Loss Humorous
Memoir
Date Published: 07-29-2025
Publisher: BookBaby
Studies have shown that laughter and music are proven ways to facilitate
healing. Author Tammy Waldoch uses this potent secret sauce in her book Plight
of the Pudgy: Stories, Inspirations, and Preposterous Parodies for the Slim at
Heart. From weight loss drugs, chronic diets, and toxic body shame, the book
is an open invitation to connect authentically with someone who deeply
understands the plight. Her own pilgrimage to finding self-love and a place to
“fit in” includes a near-death car accident, a bipolar diagnosis that turned
her life upside down, and a lifelong struggle with poor body image.
Waldoch authentically pours her heart and soul into sharing raw stories and
songs filled with deep faith, side-splitting humor, and a resounding message
that we are all perfectly made in God’s eyes.
Tammy writes this book not only as a testimony of her faith but also to share
her private path of redemption and healing.
Among the pages, readers will also enjoy fiction stories designed to encourage
laughter and reflection, along with some preposterous (and creative!) parodies
that provide a backdrop of humor to lighten the burdens of The Slim at Heart.
Early Review
Heart Felt And Honest – This book will make you laugh and cry. The lament of
women who struggle with body image applies to a good majority of women.
About the Author
Tammy Waldoch is an imaginative author/singer/songwriter/painter with a
degree in Liberal Arts from the University of Wisconsin, Lacrosse, emphasizing
Aesthetic Education—teaching using the creative arts. She did just that
in The Plight of the Pudgy, combining musical parodies with literature to
teach others how to overcome obstacles and rise above adversity. She is
actively involved with the Writer’s Well at the White Bear Center for
the Arts and gathers with other inspiring writers of all ages to explore their
creativity. She also consults with the Springboard Center for the Arts in St.
Paul, MN for further resources.
She and her husband of 38 years share a dynamic love for better for worse, in
sickness and in health, that has endured all things.
She is also a proud parent of two sons and has two beautiful daughters-in-law
who share life’s joys and challenges. Her faith is at the heart of
everything she does, and this book is a testimony of her Lord and
Savior’s incredible loving kindness toward her. Gilda Radner once said,
“Life is full of delicious ambiguities.”
Tammy invites everyone to share those ambiguities with her!
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