What if the greatest transformation of your life has nothing to do with the number on the scale?
Through one woman’s remarkable journey of losing 150 pounds, Half My Size, Twice the Woman offers hope to every woman who feels invisible, reminding her that healing begins within and it is never too late to reclaim the woman she was always meant to be.
Maybe You’ve Been Hiding, Too.
You don’t have to have lost 150 pounds to recognize yourself in this story.
Maybe you’ve spent years taking care of everyone else while quietly losing sight of yourself.
Maybe you’ve carried wounds from your past that still shape what you believe about who you are.
Maybe you’ve changed things on the outside, only to discover there was still healing to do on the inside.
Or maybe you’ve simply reached a season of life when you’ve begun asking:
Is this all there is? Did I wait too long? Is there still more for me?
Half My Size, Twice the Woman was written from my story. But I hope somewhere in its pages, you begin to recognize your own.
Because this book isn’t ultimately about becoming smaller. It’s about becoming whole.
Hiding. Healing. Reclaiming.
HIDING
For years, I learned how to disappear while still showing up for my life. Behind the weight were wounds, fears, old beliefs, and parts of myself I had learned to keep quiet.
HEALING
Losing 150 pounds changed my body. Healing required something more: forgiveness, deeper faith, and the courage to face what still hurt.
RECLAIMING
Eventually, the journey became less about what I was losing and more about what I was getting back: my voice, my confidence, my sense of purpose, and myself.
FROM THE PAGES OF Half My Size, Twice the Woman
“There was one more person left to forgive and perhaps, she was the hardest one of all.
Me.
Realizing I needed to forgive myself broke me open. I had never experienced the depth of sorrow I felt that day. I wept for the years I had wasted, the years I had stolen from my children, the loss of a mother who could run with them, play freely, and show up fully in her body. I grieved the years I had taken from my husband, denying him a wife who felt physically alive, confident, and present.
Forgiving others cracked the door open. Forgiving myself required that I walk all the way through it barefoot, unarmored, and afraid. It was the hardest threshold I have ever crossed.
But this life is a journey, not a sentence.”
Excerpt from Half My Size, Twice the Woman
WHAT READERS ARE SAYING
“Half My Size, Twice the Woman is the kind of book that stays with you long after you've turned the last page. Lorraine Hoving will make you laugh, bring tears to your eyes, and inspire you to believe that your best days may still be ahead of you.”
— Shari Braendel, CEO and Founder, Style by Color
“Half My Size, Twice the Woman is more than a weight loss memoir — it’s a courageous testimony of healing, freedom, faith, and discovering your true worth in Christ. Her journey reminds us all that it’s never too late for God to write a new chapter.”
— Robyn Dykstra, Author of The Widow Wore Pink and Founder of Christian Speakers Boot Camp
“…written to the woman who quietly wonders if it's too late — too late to change, to heal, to become who she was always meant to be. This book doesn't just tell you transformation is possible — it makes you believe it, page by page.”
— Anny Johnson, Vice President/Senior Mortgage Advisor
Your Next Chapter Is Still Waiting.
If something in these pages speaks to a part of your own story, I would be honored to have you join me for the journey.
Half My Size, Twice the Woman is a reminder that our past can shape us without defining us, healing is still possible, and there is no age at which we become too old to begin again.
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It’s Never Too Late to Come Home to Yourself.
Lorraine Hoving
Author | Storyteller | Speaker
