koppelwoman's review against another edition
4.0
I resisted reading this book. I bought it when it came out because I instinctively knew that “freedom” from certain foods is something I want. However, the idea that a skinny, super fit woman could understand my struggles with food seemed unlikely. I was wrong. She gets it and she has good advice on how to approach the process of changing your relationship with food. This is not a diet book or a quick fix. This is about understanding how certain foods impact your health and the lifelong process of being more intentional with your food choices.
natalye's review against another edition
2.0
This book could have been maybe 1/3 of the length and gotten its point across. Some interesting takeaways and ways of coping mentally with the "sugar dragon" but so much fluff/repeated sections.
mkduds's review against another edition
informative
medium-paced
4.0
A helpful book to read during and after a Whole30. I did think she was going to pull in Gretchen Rubin’s four tendencies, but maybe I’m thinking of another book.
heeltje's review against another edition
4.0
3,5
Ik ben gek op de schrijfstijl van Melissa Hartwig die precies genoeg humor in haar boeken weet te stoppen om ook de saaie, ja nu weet ik het wel en het is wetenschap, stukjes leesbaar weet te maken. Dit boek was echter wel eentje waar ik in moest komen en pas bij het laatste deel echt mijn concentratie bij kon houden. Dit komt vooral doordat het eerste deel vooral informatie bevat die ik al ken en niet de informatie waarvoor ik het boek heb aangeschaft. Gelukkig komt daar uiteindelijk wel verandering in en dan is die informatie ook werkelijk motiverend en zeer nuttig! Uiteindelijk blij dat dit toch nog een waardevolle aanvulling op mijn Whole30 boeken is gebleken.
Ik ben gek op de schrijfstijl van Melissa Hartwig die precies genoeg humor in haar boeken weet te stoppen om ook de saaie, ja nu weet ik het wel en het is wetenschap, stukjes leesbaar weet te maken. Dit boek was echter wel eentje waar ik in moest komen en pas bij het laatste deel echt mijn concentratie bij kon houden. Dit komt vooral doordat het eerste deel vooral informatie bevat die ik al ken en niet de informatie waarvoor ik het boek heb aangeschaft. Gelukkig komt daar uiteindelijk wel verandering in en dan is die informatie ook werkelijk motiverend en zeer nuttig! Uiteindelijk blij dat dit toch nog een waardevolle aanvulling op mijn Whole30 boeken is gebleken.
cathy1969's review against another edition
3.0
I am a huge fan of the Whole 30 plan and loved the original book that details the reset and has loads of great recipes to get you started. I still only make that Italian dressing and homemade mayo along with other yummy dishes.
With that being said, I was hoping this would get me motivated like the Whole 30 book to get back on the wagon so to speak, but mostly what it told me was to do just that: "get back on the wagon". During COVID and entering perimenopuse, I have put on some unfortunate pounds. I know how to do the whole 30 reset, but haven't had the gumption to do it so I wanted some motivation to do so and this just didn't do it for me.
When I do another reset, it did offer suggestions on how to deal with naysayers and such, but again, it's suggestion for getting back on track is just to do the reset again and again. I'm not actually sure what I was looking for in this book, but it didn't tell me too much new information that wasn't already gone over originally. It also felt a bit repetitive in it's advise.
With that being said, I was hoping this would get me motivated like the Whole 30 book to get back on the wagon so to speak, but mostly what it told me was to do just that: "get back on the wagon". During COVID and entering perimenopuse, I have put on some unfortunate pounds. I know how to do the whole 30 reset, but haven't had the gumption to do it so I wanted some motivation to do so and this just didn't do it for me.
When I do another reset, it did offer suggestions on how to deal with naysayers and such, but again, it's suggestion for getting back on track is just to do the reset again and again. I'm not actually sure what I was looking for in this book, but it didn't tell me too much new information that wasn't already gone over originally. It also felt a bit repetitive in it's advise.
strickvl's review
4.0
Some really useful perspectives on reshaping the way you eat. I did a Whole30 a year ago and it was a great opportunity to reset and rethink the kinds of things I eat, the kinds of patterns I blindly follow around food and the complicated web of feelings around all this. For Whole30 there are already great resources. But now, [a:Melissa Hartwig|5378294|Melissa Hartwig|https://d.gr-assets.com/authors/1474561641p2/5378294.jpg] has written a great guide to what comes after the reset: i.e. the rest of your life. This book came on the back of lots of user feedback that they wanted something to help with the transition into non-reset / non-Whole30 life, and she's really delivered with this book. It's free of the moralising prescription that plagues so many other books of this kind, and she brings a lot of hard-won experience to the table (either her own stories or those of the thousands of others who she's helped through the Whole30 experience). If you've done a Whole30 and need some support, this is the book for you. And unless you live in a cave somewhere, I think it's probably pretty essential since we live in a society and a system which does not reward or promote healthy eating / living behaviours.
P.S. Even if you haven't read Hartwig's other books, this is worth reading since she covers the basics of the Whole30 reset. It's stand-alone, though obviously you'll get more benefit from it as a post-whole30-er...
P.S. Even if you haven't read Hartwig's other books, this is worth reading since she covers the basics of the Whole30 reset. It's stand-alone, though obviously you'll get more benefit from it as a post-whole30-er...
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