The story revolves around the protagonist's experiences with her overly health-conscious mother who had a strict diet and tried to maintain her health through various extreme means. The mother even convinced the daughter to eat a special diet, which resulted in the daughter feeling starved and constantly having to steal food from the garden. The mother's obsession took a turn when she met a yogi friend who convinced her to buy a product that was supposed to be healthy and safe, but turned out to be a scam. This led to the daughter's mother going into debt and losing their home. However, they managed to get a settlement from the scammer, which allowed them to move into a new house and the daughter to start her acting career. The mother still tries to maintain a healthy lifestyle, but in a more balanced way.
1. The speaker's mother tore apart their kitchen and threw away perfectly good food, claiming it was for the girl's own good.
2. The mother's friend, a yoga enthusiast, convinced the mother to throw away hundreds of dollars worth of food.
3. The mother's friend was a seemingly harmless lady with a sweet smile.
4. The mother met the yoga enthusiast at one of the speaker's performances.
5. The mother's friend convinced the mother to invite her over for dinner, where she gagged at the food.
6. The mother's friend explained that she was the CEO of a company that sold safe food, and she convinced the mother to buy a suitcase full of tablets.
7. The mother's friend was a scam artist, and the mother bought all the tablets.
8. The mother's friend convinced the mother to throw away all their food for the next month.
9. The mother's friend convinced the mother to wear a hat made of tinfoil.
10. The mother's friend convinced the mother to pour tablets on the speaker's plate at a meal.
11. The mother's friend slapped the speaker's pizza out of her hand during a date.
12. The mother's friend shouted at the speaker for eating food after hearing about the tracker in the food.
13. The mother's friend forced the speaker to take a new round of tablets before an audition.
14. The mother's friend was caught scamming hundreds of people out of millions of dollars.
15. The mother's friend was taken away by the police.
16. The speaker and her mother received a settlement of two million dollars from the scam artist.
17. The mother's friend invited the speaker and her now boyfriend to a mysterious spa.