Intuitive Eating Book Review

HI Team,

I will become an Intuitive Eating Coach by end of this year, and would love to explore the book with you

If you are interested in making peace with food (and your body) and practice English simultaneously, this meeting is for you!

Americans are known for being obese (yet our diet industry is huge), serving huge portions at restaurants and eating while distractd (driving/walking).

Reading the book is not necessary to join the group.

### Core Idea

Intuitive Eating is about rebuilding trust with your body—listening to internal cues (hunger, fullness, satisfaction) instead of external rules (diets, meal plans, calorie counts). It’s both a self-care framework and a rejection of diet culture.

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## 🔟 The 10 Principles of Intuitive Eating

1. Reject the Diet Mentality
   Let go of the false hope diets offer and the lies of the weight-loss industry.
2. Honor Your Hunger
   Trust your body’s natural signals. Feed yourself adequately and regularly.
3. Make Peace with Food
   Give yourself unconditional permission to eat—no foods are off-limits.
4. Challenge the Food Police
   Silence the inner critic that labels foods as “good” or “bad.”
5. Discover the Satisfaction Factor
   Enjoying food is a key part of healthy eating. Pleasure matters.
6. Feel Your Fullness
   Learn to pause, listen, and respect when your body has had enough.
7. Cope with Your Emotions with Kindness
   Recognize when you’re eating for comfort or stress, and find non-food ways to care for your emotions.
8. Respect Your Body
   Accept your body’s natural shape and size. Body diversity is real and valid.
9. Movement – Feel the Difference
   Shift focus from calorie-burning to how movement makes you feel—energized, strong, alive.
10. Honor Your Health with Gentle Nutrition
    Make food choices that support health and taste good, without rigidity or perfectionism.

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## 🌟 Why It Matters

• Diets Don’t Work: Research shows diets fail 95% of the time long-term, often leading to weight cycling.
• Healing Relationship with Food: Intuitive Eating replaces guilt and shame with curiosity and self-compassion.
• Whole-Person Health: It prioritizes mental, emotional, and physical well-being over the number on a scale.

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## 🧩 Key Takeaways

• Food is not the enemy—diet culture is.
• You already have the tools within you to know when, what, and how much to eat.
• Intuitive Eating is not a quick fix, but a lifelong practice of tuning in, respecting, and caring for yourself.