146
people found this helpful, as of 2023
ranked #212,512 most helpful
out of 571,544,897 reviews
★☆☆☆☆
Do you want REAL food freedom? = Intuitive Eating NOT WHOLE 30.
The good thing that this book has going is that it teaches you to eat more WHOLE, unprocessed foods, lots of veggies, and it is written well. I have personally read it and tried it. So the reason why I give it 1 star is because it teaches you to eat MEAT instead of beans, lentils, lots of fruit etc...Which goes against what we were born to eat! (Grains, fruits, veggies, and meat sparingly). This whole 30 challenge/diet may have you lose weight in the beginning, but 99% of you will gain all that weight back...it also leads to distorted eating. If you really want to be FREE from food, I would suggest STOP DIETING and instead adapt "Intuitive Eating" by Evelyn Tribole. Intuitive Eating teaches you to LISTEN TO YOUR BODY -with what to eat and how much to eat... Eat what you want when you want... When I started eating this way I ate SO MUCH JUNK FOOD (all the foods that diets like the WHOLE 30 say you must never eat so I was so excited to eat them)... but then I noticed how those foods made me feel... I noticed that they made me feel sick/gave me a headache/bloated etc, and I noticed that I didn't want them anymore. So I chose to stop eating them (I CHOSE - not someone telling me what to eat). "Am I hungry? What do I feel like eating? What will satisfy me? How does this food make me feel? Am I full?" No one is you and can tell you how much you should be eating, when you should be eating, and what you should be eating like this book teaches. We are all born with the innate ability to LISTEN to our OWN BODIES!
I gained some weight at first, BUT have lost the excess weight, am no longer obsessed with food, and I am starting to ENJOY food again since eating intuitively.
I hope this is an answer to someone's prayers out there!
February 2019 · Books · verified purchase