calstar 's review for:

The F*ck It Diet: Eating Should Be Easy by Caroline Dooner

4.0

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This is the best book on intuitive eating I have read yet. It provides practical steps for unlearning of a lifetime of diet culture and family and social pressure to make your body smaller than it wants to be. I had so many "YES!" moments listening to this audiobook and I plan to go back and read the paper book as well so I can slow down and take my time to do the writing prompts. Caroline is so relatable, her experiences mirror mine and SO MANY women I know. I wish I could make every woman read this. I feel like this is the book that finally changed the game for me. Already, I look at myself in the mirror and it's the same body it's always been but instead of looking for things to pick apart or cringing at the way my body has changed, I can honestly say FUCK IT. My body is a body, it's doing what it was made to do. It wasn't made to starve, it doesn't deserve punishment or criticism for keeping me alive, keeping me healthy and making me ME. The perspective, science, and tools that this book provide are so liberating, it's almost hard to believe. I know that my brain will never be the same. Knowing what I know now, I will never diet or restrict again. My perspective has shifted so drastically that it's hard to even describe but I see it as a gift. I am so grateful for this book and I can't recommend it enough. Read it, please.