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No Apologies: Ditch Diet Culture and Rebuild Your Relationship with Food
Nutritionist and intuitive eating counsellor Niamh Orbinski shows us how to leave dieting behind and rebuild a healthier, more sustainable relationship with food.Diets don’t work. Over 95% of people who intentionally lose weight gain it back in the next five years.
You don’t fail the diet. The diet fails you.
Why can’t we break free of this cycle? This is diet culture. It doesn’t just sell you a it sells you the elusive promise of happiness, success, desirability and belonging.
No Apologies is a guilt-free guide to help you learn to eat intuitively and leave diet culture in the dust. Live a life free from food and body-image obsession by listening to your internal cues, honouring your hunger, and challenging the status quo.
So say goodbye to dieting, and hello to a healthier and happier you.
You don’t fail the diet. The diet fails you.
Why can’t we break free of this cycle? This is diet culture. It doesn’t just sell you a it sells you the elusive promise of happiness, success, desirability and belonging.
No Apologies is a guilt-free guide to help you learn to eat intuitively and leave diet culture in the dust. Live a life free from food and body-image obsession by listening to your internal cues, honouring your hunger, and challenging the status quo.
So say goodbye to dieting, and hello to a healthier and happier you.
- GenresNonfiction
352 pages, Kindle Edition
Published April 27, 2023
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October 3, 2024
Highly recommend. Very quick and easy but transformative read. It had me hooked! The book provides a very unique framework for approaching relationship with food and yourself as an individual. Do not be put off by the “hippie” vibe it gives off - the advice held within is grounded in research and includes practical tips.
The book is split into three stages that wonderfully fit together. The first stage of the book which focuses on rejecting diet culture and embracing all food may seem counterintuitive to health but that is because it must be read and applied together with the two parts that follow. The wisdom in this book is truly capable of unlocking obstacles in your psyche and allows you to embrace all food without restriction whilst still keeping a healthy body.
The key takeaway I got from this book is that in order to truly be able to live healthy in a sustainable way long term, you must work with your body rather than battle against it. You must be in a position where you choose healthy foods and movement because you WANT to, because it makes you feel good. Not because you feel like you HAVE to in order to meet an external goal (such as a certain body shape). Once you start doing things because you WANT to do them and do not evaluate your success by reference to external cues like weight or shape but rather by how you feel, everything becomes easier. The book also teaches you how not to be angry at yourself for feeling a certain emotions (hunger, anger, fear, anxiety) but to treat these emotions as signals from your body that it is missing something.
The book also provides extremely practical advice on how to choose meals. I particularly liked the “abundance” mindset of asking yourself what you can ADD to a meal rather than exclude to make it more nutritious with reference to the 5 basic. ingredients
(Carbohydrates, fat, protein, fruit/veg, flavour).
Lastly, I highly recommend listening to the audiobook as Niamh’s soothing and kind voice adds an extra layer of ease. However, I also recommend buying a physical copy of the book to serve as a valuable resource. I have tabbed it to remind myself of some key concepts and still refer to it.
The book is split into three stages that wonderfully fit together. The first stage of the book which focuses on rejecting diet culture and embracing all food may seem counterintuitive to health but that is because it must be read and applied together with the two parts that follow. The wisdom in this book is truly capable of unlocking obstacles in your psyche and allows you to embrace all food without restriction whilst still keeping a healthy body.
The key takeaway I got from this book is that in order to truly be able to live healthy in a sustainable way long term, you must work with your body rather than battle against it. You must be in a position where you choose healthy foods and movement because you WANT to, because it makes you feel good. Not because you feel like you HAVE to in order to meet an external goal (such as a certain body shape). Once you start doing things because you WANT to do them and do not evaluate your success by reference to external cues like weight or shape but rather by how you feel, everything becomes easier. The book also teaches you how not to be angry at yourself for feeling a certain emotions (hunger, anger, fear, anxiety) but to treat these emotions as signals from your body that it is missing something.
The book also provides extremely practical advice on how to choose meals. I particularly liked the “abundance” mindset of asking yourself what you can ADD to a meal rather than exclude to make it more nutritious with reference to the 5 basic. ingredients
(Carbohydrates, fat, protein, fruit/veg, flavour).
Lastly, I highly recommend listening to the audiobook as Niamh’s soothing and kind voice adds an extra layer of ease. However, I also recommend buying a physical copy of the book to serve as a valuable resource. I have tabbed it to remind myself of some key concepts and still refer to it.
June 15, 2023
Picking up this book, with an OK relationship with food and body image, I was unsure of how much I would be able to take from it.
Let me tell you I was engrossed - every page, cover to cover. There is so much value in this book that I can implement into so many areas of my life.
Niamhs style of writing made me feel like I was having a chat with her over a cuppa tea. I don't know how she done it!
If there is one word I would use to describe this book it would be 'empowering'.
I loved the section on connecting with our own 'inner expert'. We have this inner expert within us, that holds so much wisdom. The voice of this inner expert may be dulled or dampened due to the external noise of diet culture, social media, advertising etc. The reminder to connect back to that inner expert was so valuable.
Things I liked:
- The style of writing
- Empowering
- Meditation scripts and free online resources
- Affirmations after each chapter
- 'The power of Yoga'
- Real life stories
- Key takeaways
Let me tell you I was engrossed - every page, cover to cover. There is so much value in this book that I can implement into so many areas of my life.
Niamhs style of writing made me feel like I was having a chat with her over a cuppa tea. I don't know how she done it!
If there is one word I would use to describe this book it would be 'empowering'.
I loved the section on connecting with our own 'inner expert'. We have this inner expert within us, that holds so much wisdom. The voice of this inner expert may be dulled or dampened due to the external noise of diet culture, social media, advertising etc. The reminder to connect back to that inner expert was so valuable.
Things I liked:
- The style of writing
- Empowering
- Meditation scripts and free online resources
- Affirmations after each chapter
- 'The power of Yoga'
- Real life stories
- Key takeaways
May 26, 2023
Great book for those who want to embark on a more positive journey with their body and improve their relationship with food!
I was worried the book would be very similar to „Intuitive Eating“ by Resch/Tribole, but while Niamh references that book and practices in line with the intuitive eating principles, her book is a great read in its own right. She places the focus on our relationship with food & body image and provides great tangible and actionable ways to improve both.
I was worried the book would be very similar to „Intuitive Eating“ by Resch/Tribole, but while Niamh references that book and practices in line with the intuitive eating principles, her book is a great read in its own right. She places the focus on our relationship with food & body image and provides great tangible and actionable ways to improve both.
October 8, 2023
If you are thinking about IE or struggling at the start of the journey it is a wonderful help! For others it's worth a read always good for refreshers and new ideas and breakthroughs.
January 9, 2024
I probably didn't do this justice by reading it over Christmas and probably only skimming it.
Decent, accurate information.
Practical too.
Waaay better than the January diet!
Decent, accurate information.
Practical too.
Waaay better than the January diet!
December 6, 2024
[audiobook] 4.5
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