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I'm calling it a finished book because the last few chapters will require a lot of therapy to truly process
This book is a game changer! I know I'll keep the lessons I've learned from this book for the rest of my life, and I hope I can empower others to change their mindsets about weight and dieting the way this book has changed mine!
This was a very interesting read. It made reexamine many things that I know or beliefs that I've have. Diet culture is so pervasive and can be detrimental on so many levels. The fact that most women begin dieting in high school and never stop due to the societal pressure placed on them is beyond depressing. This book really made me think about my relationship with food and how messed up it is, how much I limit myself, and what effects this can have on my physical and mental health.
I couldn’t finish the book, the first 100 pages were SO repetitive and could have been condensed into maybe 20 pages. Within those first few pages the author mentions how people are reclaiming the word “fat” (as they should be! It’s not a negative thing) then goes on to say she’s NOT fat and cannot speak for fat people. No one IS fat, they HAVE fat, and she doesn’t have a lot of fat. And that’s exactly the vibe I got from the book. It seems that anorexia is the only eating disorder this author wants to recognize. And I kept thinking that when she was speaking, it was to thinner people who feel the need to starve themselves in the name of beauty. I’m not a fan of this book. While I can get behind the message that diet culture is so damaging...this books just seems like yet another diet. There is even a “book club” by the author you can pay $600 to join...kind of like a diet?
Consumed as an audiobook - the narration was very good. This is an anti-diet book.
Pros: A refreshing perspective on dieting culture.
Cons: Lots of anecdotes and few citations.
Summary: In a humorous way, Dooner addresses diets, food, and the more recent psychology around them and our feelings about fat. I didn't expect to walk away from this book with a new perspective on eating, or feelings about eating... but I have. I wish she had been able to include more data and empirical evidence, and the fact that she wasn't keeps me from wholeheartedly endorsing some of her conclusions.
If you have spent any significant portion of your life dieting or trying to lose weight, consider reading this book.
Pros: A refreshing perspective on dieting culture.
Cons: Lots of anecdotes and few citations.
Summary: In a humorous way, Dooner addresses diets, food, and the more recent psychology around them and our feelings about fat. I didn't expect to walk away from this book with a new perspective on eating, or feelings about eating... but I have. I wish she had been able to include more data and empirical evidence, and the fact that she wasn't keeps me from wholeheartedly endorsing some of her conclusions.
If you have spent any significant portion of your life dieting or trying to lose weight, consider reading this book.
This book needs more recognition than it has. It single handedly has changed the way I relate to myself, my body, and my relationship with food. This is a must read for anyone who is in their early, mid twenties, and well beyond- male or female. The book handles the topic of how we relate to food, but it goes beyond that to look at ourselves and how we deal with our emotions. I cannot believe it has taken me 30 years to eat a pint of ice cream and feel zero shame. It was delicious and I said, "Fuck it, I deserved that". Caroline Dooner - thank you.
100 stars. If you have ever struggled with your weight, or body image, or what your “supposed to” eat, or the binge/restrict cycle, or the feeling that your supposed to control your body through food, you should read this book. So, basically everyone.
The author really breaks down diet culture in a way that should be familiar to every woman in our society. It’s SUCH bullshit. It depends on making us feel bad about ourselves so it can sell us their diets/lifestyles/books/products. But she has the science to back up what we’ve known for decades: DIETS DON’T WORK. In fact, they backfire.
Read this and reclaim your life.
The author really breaks down diet culture in a way that should be familiar to every woman in our society. It’s SUCH bullshit. It depends on making us feel bad about ourselves so it can sell us their diets/lifestyles/books/products. But she has the science to back up what we’ve known for decades: DIETS DON’T WORK. In fact, they backfire.
Read this and reclaim your life.
funny, honest, empowering and filled with enlightening science, this was absolutely fantastic.
This book has me seriously rethinking my relationship with food. Its hard to change your eating habits, but the biggest challenge is trusting your body again.
OMG, this book was eye opening for me! I need to go back through and complete the exercises, but I’m hoping this is what I need to change my thinking and to help me finally get to a place where I can love myself as is.
I tend to shy away from self help books, but this popped up either on Facebook or my Bookstagram and the title grabbed me immediately. The premise of this is today’s society and culture are so focused on being thin that people are literally putting their bodies into famine mode. Because of this people’s metabolism slows down, this makes the weight impossible to lose. We are told if we are anything other than thin than we are ugly, stupid, gross, etc., and we tell ourselves this in an attempt to hate ourselves to thin. It doesn’t work.
This book teaches you to love yourself as you are. Everyone is built differently and some people are larger but are still healthy just like some people are thin and unhealthy. This has you learn food neutrality. Eat what you want and soon enough your body will tell you what you need. Don’t restrict food, since that tricks your body into thinking you’re in starvation which lowers your metabolism, which keeps the weight on. When you learn to eat without restriction you won’t feel the urge to binge because you know you can eat whenever and whatever.
I’m still having a hard time wrapping my head around this, but I’m tired of looking in the mirror and hating what I see. I’m tired of feeling guilty for indulging in ice cream, and I’m really tired of feeling like I’m starving myself and working up a sweat but not seeing any results.
Caroline Dooner’s writing is so real. It felt like I was getting a pep talk from a friend throughout the entirety of this. She has included all of her research and a complete bibliography, which gives me some peace of mind that this isn’t just mumbo jumbo.
I tend to shy away from self help books, but this popped up either on Facebook or my Bookstagram and the title grabbed me immediately. The premise of this is today’s society and culture are so focused on being thin that people are literally putting their bodies into famine mode. Because of this people’s metabolism slows down, this makes the weight impossible to lose. We are told if we are anything other than thin than we are ugly, stupid, gross, etc., and we tell ourselves this in an attempt to hate ourselves to thin. It doesn’t work.
This book teaches you to love yourself as you are. Everyone is built differently and some people are larger but are still healthy just like some people are thin and unhealthy. This has you learn food neutrality. Eat what you want and soon enough your body will tell you what you need. Don’t restrict food, since that tricks your body into thinking you’re in starvation which lowers your metabolism, which keeps the weight on. When you learn to eat without restriction you won’t feel the urge to binge because you know you can eat whenever and whatever.
I’m still having a hard time wrapping my head around this, but I’m tired of looking in the mirror and hating what I see. I’m tired of feeling guilty for indulging in ice cream, and I’m really tired of feeling like I’m starving myself and working up a sweat but not seeing any results.
Caroline Dooner’s writing is so real. It felt like I was getting a pep talk from a friend throughout the entirety of this. She has included all of her research and a complete bibliography, which gives me some peace of mind that this isn’t just mumbo jumbo.