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Just Eat It: How intuitive eating can help you get your shit together around food by Laura Thomas
smitchy's review against another edition
informative
slow-paced
3.5
I have heard lots of people mention intuitive eating and wanted to know more about it - this book was clear and informative. I feel I am not the intended audience so take my rating with a grain of salt. This book has solid info and if you have a history of eating disorders, dieting, or exercise disorders then this book will really be for you. I am fortunate that I have not experienced those disorders but this book did make me aware of how much diet culture has permeated my mind even though I am not an active participant in it. Intuitive eating has its roots in eating disorder treatment so it makes sense that those issues are the focus of this book.
Overall this is an interesting listen and even if you don't consider yourself influenced by diet culture, "wellness" gurus or "health" culture, as I didn't, you will still find a few things that you were not even aware of that have flowed into your head that has come from out of those mentalities.
I found the pacing of the audio a little slow and listened on 1.25 speed.
Overall this is an interesting listen and even if you don't consider yourself influenced by diet culture, "wellness" gurus or "health" culture, as I didn't, you will still find a few things that you were not even aware of that have flowed into your head that has come from out of those mentalities.
I found the pacing of the audio a little slow and listened on 1.25 speed.
kjethomas's review against another edition
2.0
Super repetitive, loads of unnecessary swearing, not that I'm sensitive it just made for boring reading. Ended up skimming towards the end.
abkelseybrooks's review against another edition
5.0
Honestly a bit life-changing. As someone who has struggled with an ED for a loooong time, this was such a validating reading experience. Also a great "fuck you" to diet culture, fitspo, and unhealthy body relationships, and a deep dive into how women are expected to conform to some very fucked up norms. Very cathartic. Highly recommend.
jessby's review against another edition
5.0
This book essentially calls out dieting as a load of BS. Dieting does not work - if it did we'd all be lean, ripped, instaworthy, whatever. Dieting does far more harm than good, eroding our self-worth and perpetuating the cycle of hunger, misery and then shame when we "slip up". When the diet fails, as they inevitably do, we blame ourselves for not being strong enough to adhere to a ridiculous set of external rules that were written by people that are often either unqualified or have no idea of our energy needs.
So what's the alternative to dieting? Eating intuitively. Trusting that your body can make it's own decisions about what and how much to eat. I imagine that's not easy to do if you have struggled with food and your relationship with your body for as long as you can remember. But Thomas argues that once you get rid of the food rules and restriction mentality, you will naturally gravitate towards foods that will promote your health and and make you feel good, as opposed to the extremes of starving or overfull. She talks a lot of about honouring your hunger and eating for a feeling of comfortable fullness. We eat not just for physical hunger, but for emotional reasons too (happy, sad and everything in between) and that is OK as long as you are mindful of this (we're only human afterall) and it's not your only coping mechanism. If you aren't constantly counting calories, macros, carbs etc you will have a lot more time and energy to direct towards more important issues!
I feel fortunate to have a good relationship with my body. I enjoy a wide variety of food, usually without over-analysing it and I exercise in ways that I enjoy. However I have not always felt like this and diet culture is certainly all around me. I 100% believe that society over-emphasizes physical appearance and neglects that health is far more than a number on the scales.
So what's the alternative to dieting? Eating intuitively. Trusting that your body can make it's own decisions about what and how much to eat. I imagine that's not easy to do if you have struggled with food and your relationship with your body for as long as you can remember. But Thomas argues that once you get rid of the food rules and restriction mentality, you will naturally gravitate towards foods that will promote your health and and make you feel good, as opposed to the extremes of starving or overfull. She talks a lot of about honouring your hunger and eating for a feeling of comfortable fullness. We eat not just for physical hunger, but for emotional reasons too (happy, sad and everything in between) and that is OK as long as you are mindful of this (we're only human afterall) and it's not your only coping mechanism. If you aren't constantly counting calories, macros, carbs etc you will have a lot more time and energy to direct towards more important issues!
I feel fortunate to have a good relationship with my body. I enjoy a wide variety of food, usually without over-analysing it and I exercise in ways that I enjoy. However I have not always felt like this and diet culture is certainly all around me. I 100% believe that society over-emphasizes physical appearance and neglects that health is far more than a number on the scales.
maybezed's review against another edition
5.0
I’m not sure I’ll ever be able to say enough about this book. It’s made me cry and scream and laugh, but most of all it’s made me recognize the diet culture soup I’ve been living in all my life and finally given me the courage to truly reject it, love myself, and spend my time on the things that truly matter to me.
I want to buy a copy for every person in my life, especially the women. It is truly life-changing.
I want to buy a copy for every person in my life, especially the women. It is truly life-changing.
sonjaharrison's review against another edition
challenging
hopeful
informative
inspiring
medium-paced
4.75
ingridboring's review against another edition
4.0
I am trying an audiobook! I think non fiction is okay because it feels like a podcast. I am not sure whether this book is what I hope it will be, so far it seems to be aimed at people who are currently immersed in diet culture. I will see if I get anything out of it.
... I wrote that when I was about to start it. I didn't listen to the whole thing, though the last few hours were actually podcast episodes and I really enjoyed the one with Sofie Hagen whose book I am now reading. Buy this for that colleague/relative who engages in diet talk.
... I wrote that when I was about to start it. I didn't listen to the whole thing, though the last few hours were actually podcast episodes and I really enjoyed the one with Sofie Hagen whose book I am now reading. Buy this for that colleague/relative who engages in diet talk.
samsteer's review against another edition
5.0
A great catalyst to want to know more. The way forward for me and food.