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Healthy Eating for Life: An Intuitive Eating Workbook to Stop Dieting Forever Kindle Edition

by Cara Harbstreet MS RD LD (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
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Practical strategies for healthy eating habits and joyful wellbeing.

Good health is about finding what works for you—rather than forcing yourself to follow the latest fad diet. The Healthy Eating for Life intuitive eating workbook shows how to improve your relationship with food by listening to your body’s cues instead of stressing over calorie counting and meal plans.

You’ll enjoy mealtime again with the help of written exercises that offer a thoughtful and compassionate approach to forming healthy habits for life. So stop worrying about rules and restrictions, and start discovering the joy and ease of intuitive eating.

This intuitive eating workbook includes:

  • Say no to diet culture—Explore how restrictive diets can negatively impact your life, and why intuitive eating is a better option for your health and mental well-being.
  • Reflect and tune in—Simple and repeatable intuitive eating exercises teach positive habits—like listening to your body, getting comfortable with your feelings, and more.
  • Master intuitive eating—Discover a natural approach to healthy eating that focuses on food as self-care—then find ways to reintroduce nutritional considerations without falling into diet traps.

Change the way you think about food and embrace the benefits of intuitive eating with Healthy Eating for Life.

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"Cara Harbstreet's book is the perfect companion for your diet-free journey to eating well. Her clear and compassionate voice, practical tools, and step-by-step guidance will leave you feeling greater confidence to say goodbye to dieting for good. I can't wait to share this resource with my clients."—Marci Evans MS, CEDRD-S, LDN, cPT

"If you are tired of dieting and want to deepen your understanding of your food and eating behaviors, Healthy Eating for Life is for you. Filled with practical advice and exercises, this workbook gives you the tools needed to discover a new, sustainable way of eating that works for you."—Alissa Rumsey MS, RD, CDN, CSCS, Certified Intuitive Eating Counselor and Owner of Alissa Rumsey Nutrition and Wellness

"Cara's vulnerability, expertise, and enthusiasm shines through in this interactive workbook. If by the end you haven't thrown all your diet books in the trash—read the workbook one more time."—Rebecca McConville MS RD LD CSSD CEDRD

About the Author

CARA HARBSTREET, MS, RD, LD, is a registered dietitian and nationally recognized nutrition expert specializing in intuitive eating and a non-diet approach.

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B07SGZ4SFK
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Althea Press (June 18, 2019)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ June 18, 2019
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
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Cara Harbstreet, MS RD LD is an Intuitive Eating Registered Dietitian and nationally-recognized food and nutrition expert. She obtained a Bachelors of Science in Dietetics and Nutrition from Southeast Missouri State University. She went on to complete her Dietetic Internship and Masters of Science in Dietetics and Nutrition at The University of Kansas Medical Center. Upon completion, Cara worked in community nutrition, corporate wellness, retail settings. She later worked with the Endocrinology Department of a regional pediatric medical center and provided inpatient and outpatient support to children and families in the largest non-surgical specialty department. Her experience working with a wide range of health conditions and patients helped her gain an understanding of the challenges families face when it comes to nutrition and cooking. Many of them had the same questions and concerns about food and wanted to learn more about how to make empowered and informed choices about eating.

In 2016, Cara founded her private practice and began focusing on sports nutrition, intuitive eating, and applying the Health At Every Size model for clients in the Kansas City area. Since then, she has expanded into virtual and telehealth services and serves as a consultant and nutrition communications expert. Cara is also an active volunteer in the dietetics field, serving as a multi-year Board Member for the Kansas Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics. She is also the current Communications Director for the Sports, Cardiovascular, and Wellness Nutrition (SCAN) Dietetic Practice Group.

She is based in the Kansas City area and enjoys exploring the local food scene and running trails. In her spare time you can find her experimenting in the kitchen, spending time with family, and maintaining the Street Smart Nutrition blog, where you can find more recipes and resources for creating fearlessly nourishing meals.

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A different approach for me.
As a life long dieter who has tried and failed at this dieting game, yes I say game because I have yet to figure out how to make it my lifestyle. I have lost lots of weight over the years but unfortunately I have always gained it back. My first success was 4 years. I was so excited I thought I had it finally figured out but unfortunately I gained back 20 pounds and now I'm lost again. I'm currently dieting which doesn't seem to be working so I figured maybe this book will have my answers. I really like the workbook format because I have never answered questions about myself or how I feel about myself. I like that when I get to the end I can look back on my thoughts and hopefully have a better relationship with food. I haven't read the whole book because I'm following along slowly like the author suggested, but so far I'm pleased with what I'm reading.
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5.0 out of 5 stars A wonderful tool for building healthy food relationships
Reviewed in the United States on July 15, 2019
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As someone several years in recovery for an eating disorder and looking to maintain good intuitive eating habits to stay that way, this is workbook is PERFECT. It makes intuitive eating feel very approachable, and even my husband who has had no exposure to good nutritional training has enjoyed learning from it. I highly recommend it. Moms of teenagers, get this and work through it with your kids. If someone had done that with me before my broken behaviors began, I might have never gone down the path of bulimia, food addiction and the heartbreak of disordered eating.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Much-needed and well-done.
Reviewed in the United States on July 5, 2019
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Food. It's so complicated.

I know that in my own circle of close family and friends, there are so many who struggle with poor body image, weight problems, nutrition-related health challenges, eating disorders and SO much drama and stress entailed in something that can't be avoided - namely, eating.

This book has a stated agenda of healing your relationship with food, as defined by several well-articulated markers; namely:
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* ENDING THE FOOD FIGHT: If food is no longer the enemy, you are free to enjoy the experience of eating, whether it's a solo mindful meal, or a boisterous social event.
* CHANGING THE RANKS: If you're able to look at ingredients and meals in a neutral way, gone is their power to control you. Instead, they are there to support and serve you - not the other way around.
* RECONNECTING WITH YOUR BODY: No more questioning your hunger or fullness. You can trust what your body and move through the day with more peace of mind about food-related decisions.
*MINIMIZING CHAOS: Becoming an intuitive eater means that you'll benefit from a non-diet approach, and have opportunities to build a flexible structure that promotes good self-care.
*DISCOVERING A WHOLISTIC APPROACH TO WELL-BEING: "Health" is much more than regular visits to the doctor, adequate sleep, and "clean" living. Without a fixation on food, you'll have space to consider your needs in the areas of emotional, mental, social, financial and spiritual health.
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Here are some things I like about it:

* The book is thoughtfully and intuitively designed, presented in an authoritative-but-not-bossy way that engenders confidence, and a compassionate and empowering voice.
* The book includes a self-assessment to help you gain clarity regarding your attitudes toward food, eating, your body and your emotional postures.
* It includes a cool graphic that helps you reframe/rescript your goals vis a vis food/body in a way that is healthy and practical.
* It's attractive in design, and the graphics, fonts and use of color are excellent for holding your attention, setting apart important information and making it all more attractive and fun to use.
* The workshop exercises concise, and well-formulated.
* It includes resources for counseling and support for the individual and family members
* It has a great bibliography of resources
* It cites its sources

All in all, I think this is a fantastic resources for an individual who's serious about healing their relationship with their body and their eating, and will go a long way toward helping the reader achieve it.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Good, but missing some key aspects of change
Reviewed in the United States on January 31, 2020
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First off, I must say that many years ago,long before the book, "Intuitive Eating," was published, a very similar approach to eating issues virtually saved me from extreme weight cycling and all of the anguish that goes with that. I am profoundly grateful, and feel that I have a pretty good sense of what this process of learning and growing entails.

"Healthy Eating for Life" offers a very good entry into this way of thinking and acting. There are well written chapters that help one to put a hopefully permanent end to wandering from diet to diet as fads change. The ultimate harm of dieting is explained, and there are spaces for noting one's own feelings and experiences. In the next chapter, the hunger scale is introduced, and readers are encouraged to truly explore within, allowing the body's natural feedback system to speak, and listening for its signals, which are sometimes speak in a whisper. Mindful eating, which was a big part of my solution to all of this, is explored and encouraged. Again, this being a workbook, we are often given space to look within and comment on our own experiences.

Then we get to the hard part: dealing with emotions that can be so loud and demanding that they completely override the body's messages about hunger and satiety. Some good information about feelings is given, but to truly recover from disordered habits, way more is needed. I highly recommend to early work of Laurel Mellin (her first, book, The Solution, is excellent if one truly does what it says) in this regard: she offers a cogent system for dealing with emotions, over and over again, though the demands of each day.

The later chapters deal with actual food choices. Good ideas are given, but without the comprehensive treatment of intense emotions, this is kind of a bandaid measure. There is no substitute for dealing with the root cause of so much unhelpful eating behavior.

I can happily say that I did not have to settle for a weight I found uncomfortable, and I was able to find lasting peace through these methods, without restricting eating choices.

Wishing everyone reading this a similar positive experience.
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Vincenzo R.
1.0 out of 5 stars Not a fan of the HAES trend and I am overweight
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on April 16, 2021
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I bought this thinking I could use it to be less hard on myself about food, but there is scientific evidence that obesity is killing us and taxing out healthcare systems, so the HAES trend is dangerous, and this book is definitely written by someone who wants to jump on that bandwagon.

Just wait, when all the people who are extremely overweight die off the trend will change back again to putting emphasis on eating to stay within a weight range, based on the evidence that it is good for you.

We humans are not supposed to be fat. Our organs and skeletal system are not made to carry around 100 extra pounds. Books like this are a lie.
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