Lansing Author Cat Clark Takes On the Willpower Myth With "Fat Bitch," a Field Manual and Workbook for the GLP-1 Generation
LANSING, MI, October 22, 2026. Independent press UNLIT Publishing has released Fat Bitch: Killing the Willpower Myth by Lansing-based researcher and author Cat Clark, together with its companion, the Fat Bitch Anti-Diet Workbook. Published October 15, on the 20th anniversary of the 2005 cultural phenomenon Skinny Bitch, the book is a science-backed field manual for the millions of women navigating GLP-1 weight-loss medications and metabolic health.
As shifts in endocrinology dismantle the "eat less, move more" narrative, a psychological void remains. Fat Bitch fills it with a forensic autopsy of the "Willpower Myth," the idea that obesity is a moral failure rather than a complex biological signaling disorder.
"The needle fixed the biology, but it didn't fix the shame," says author Cat Clark. "Hunger isn't a character flaw. It is a biological signaling system hijacked by an ultra-processed food industry. We are treating a hormonal signaling disorder with a moral vocabulary, and it is time to change the language."
Start With the Book. Do the Work With the Workbook. The Anti-Diet Workbook is the tactical companion to the book, with daily prompts to deprogram diet culture, planning worksheets to beat decision fatigue, and habit tracking matrices for sustainable follow-through.
Key themes of the book:
- The Willpower Myth Autopsy: How the modern food environment engineered hyper-palatable foods to bypass willpower and erase natural satiety signals.
- The "Bean Dip Pivot": Quick boundary scripts for dinner-table interrogations, diet pushers and medical shaming.
- The Patient as Medical CEO: Blueprints for insurance Prior Authorizations, formulary denials and checking 503B compounding pharmacy standards.
- Reclaiming Dopamine and Joy: Confronting "Ozempic anhedonia" through emotional recovery, therapy renovation and joy mapping.
Availability. Fat Bitch: Killing the Willpower Myth is available now in paperback ($18.99) and hardcover ($34.99) from Amazon, Barnes & Noble and Walmart, and can be ordered through any bookstore. The large print library hardcover ($49.99) is available through Barnes & Noble and library suppliers. The ebook ($9.99) is available on Amazon Kindle and Google Play. The Anti-Diet Workbook ($34.99) is available in paperback. An audiobook narrated by Cat Clark is coming soon. More at fatbitchbook.com.
About the Author. Cat Clark is an independent researcher, author and patient advocate based in Lansing, Michigan. After decades of cycling through fad diets that promised salvation and delivered shame, Cat immersed herself in clinical endocrinology, gastroenterology and health sociology to write the field manual she needed. She is the lead curator of the Her Metabolic Health archive and creator of the Shared Agency Framework.
About UNLIT Publishing. Based in Lansing, Michigan, UNLIT Publishing is an independent press dedicated to unmasking systemic narratives in health, wellness and society. The press publishes research-driven non-fiction that disrupts corporate industries and empowers individual autonomy.
Media inquiries and review copies: UNLIT Publishing Press Office, Lansing, Michigan. [email protected]. Press kit · unlitpublishing.com
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