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Just Eat It: How intuitive eating can help you get your shit together around food by Laura Thomas
ellenannmary's review against another edition
4.0
I find that some self-help audiobooks really should come with a warning that there are a LOT of exercises that require pen and paper and that actually, getting your hands on a physical copy is perhaps the better way to get the most out of it. For example, there are a few quizzes that ask you to score points out of a total, but it's not entirely clear on audio where the divisions between statements lie. I think I should try and get this in a paper edition to really do the work it encourages you to do.
This book is packed full of useful advice on detangling your relationship with food, all laid out in actionable steps. Whilst Thomas really encourages you to go all in on her method, I do think this might be useful for some people who are just trying to get out of some sticky and problematic thought patterns.
Something I didn't like- and it's probably a sign that I shouldn't listen to audiobooks about food- is the relentlessly tactile food imagery asking you to imagine textures and flavours. I completely get it but over-detailed eating descriptions make me really queasy- so if you also don't go for that, brace yourself.
This book is packed full of useful advice on detangling your relationship with food, all laid out in actionable steps. Whilst Thomas really encourages you to go all in on her method, I do think this might be useful for some people who are just trying to get out of some sticky and problematic thought patterns.
Something I didn't like- and it's probably a sign that I shouldn't listen to audiobooks about food- is the relentlessly tactile food imagery asking you to imagine textures and flavours. I completely get it but over-detailed eating descriptions make me really queasy- so if you also don't go for that, brace yourself.
thesydda's review against another edition
5.0
I found this book immensely helpful and easy to read. Some of the chapters felt long, but the information was really good. There are helpful exercises to do and examples given. I also love how packed full of research it was (but, again, I want to stress how easy it is to read). Thomas is great at encouraging you and answering questions you might have. I also really liked the resources given throughout and at the end.
suitcasecasey's review against another edition
5.0
Like she says at the beginning of the book some will work for you and some won’t. Some takeaways from the book:
Reintroduce joyful sustainable movement into my life. it doesn’t have to be all or nothing. It’s not linear. For me right now it’s walking.
Listen to my body for hunger and fullness cues. Still working on the fullness cues part. I’m going to try the mid meal check in. Ultimately going to give myself unconditional permission to eat.
Balance and variety in food. Quit counting. Quit eliminating food groups No more calling food good/bad, healthy/unhealthy.
Lose the guilt and fuck weight loss. Health and extended lifespan are about nutrition and movement, not weight loss. You don’t have to earn food. Everyone deserves to eat. accept body and respect body. weight fluctuates.
according to cdc 75% of health is determined by socioeconomics. 25% is genetics, smoking, alcohol, drugs, medicine, movement, sleep, stress, nutrition
I will reference this book in the future and recommend it to friends.
Reintroduce joyful sustainable movement into my life. it doesn’t have to be all or nothing. It’s not linear. For me right now it’s walking.
Listen to my body for hunger and fullness cues. Still working on the fullness cues part. I’m going to try the mid meal check in. Ultimately going to give myself unconditional permission to eat.
Balance and variety in food. Quit counting. Quit eliminating food groups No more calling food good/bad, healthy/unhealthy.
Lose the guilt and fuck weight loss. Health and extended lifespan are about nutrition and movement, not weight loss. You don’t have to earn food. Everyone deserves to eat. accept body and respect body. weight fluctuates.
according to cdc 75% of health is determined by socioeconomics. 25% is genetics, smoking, alcohol, drugs, medicine, movement, sleep, stress, nutrition
I will reference this book in the future and recommend it to friends.
redjanet17's review against another edition
3.0
It is probably not fair to the author, Laura Thomas, but I possibly should not have dived straight into this book immediately after reading "Intuitive Eating" by Evelyn Tribole. I think for me it may be a case of information overload. That said, as much as I didn't love the very traditional diet-book structure of the the anti-diet "Intuitive Eating" it laid a much simpler groundwork than Just Eat It. While JEI was a much more fun read, written in a more relatable and modern style, I felt almost as if it delved a bit *too* deeply into lots of facts and information about physiology and nutrition. All of that information is very important when trying to break free from diet culture, but I think for the average reader who just wants the basic guidelines of IE as a starting point, the original book by Evelyn Tribole is probably more useful, but maybe that's just me! Laura Thomas does also have a podcast about Intuitive Eating, called "Don't Salt My Game," which I think is probably more useful to dip in and out of to reinforce the principles of IE. She's a fun writer and is easy to listen to, so I hope my review of this book doesn't come off as too dismissive. It's certainly a worthwhile read if you really want everything about IE explained to you in great detail.
donutcome4me's review against another edition
4.0
A little too self helpy for me but very well written, gentle and grounded and ending on a great call to arms to smash the patriarchy.