This holistic approach to eating has already improved my relationship with food.
Nothing gets my attention like the pleasures of eating, so I ordered the book and dove in.
Two weeks, I decided, would be enough to get my feet wet.
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I ate half the box and left the rest for my boyfriend to finish.
The book itself is pretty involved.
Getting too hungry leads to eating without regard for how you feel, based on evolutionary biology.
We ordered generously, and I began to eat quickly.
By the end of the meal, I was uncomfortably full.
And so I moved on.
They explain that this is part of an intuitive relationship with food and recommend embracing it.
But as I ate, another of the book’s predictions came true.
I felt really free.
Day 14
On Day 14, I finally returned home from traveling and took stock.
Once again, I realized I had fallen into a trap that the book warns against.
These garments had been making me feel bad about myself without even realizing it.
They definitely had to go.
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That said, the book continuously predicted how I would feel and how to avoid the pitfalls.
That, surely, is worth something.
