Berg writes for Every Woman, penning chic lit at its best. Her latest, The Day I Ate Whatever I Wanted, is a collection of short stories. The first in the collection, and the one for which the collection is named, describes the rather surprising reaction of a woman after a visit to her Weight Watchers group. Fed up with the endless cycle of dieting and the never-ending series of support groups meant to help achieve that elusive svelte body, the heroine diverts from her calorically restrictive path and begins a binge that would make a sumo wrestler proud. Freed from the shackles of fake sugar and fat free rules, Berg's character thinks outside the (donut!) box for one day indulging in whatever strikes her fancy. Perhaps only a fictional character can indulge in such a tremendous variety of fat and sugar-laden foods without experiencing serious sugar shock, but the reader can vicariously taste the fun -- minus the guilt and the calories!
The rest of the collection is similarly interesting to half the population with women of all ages throwing off the confines of convention, even if just for a day.