kerrynicole72's review against another edition
4.0
I read this book in one day -- I liked the author's style and related a lot to her setbacks early in life. This book is part memoir, part health-lifestyle advice and it all just worked for me. I am looking forward to trying some of the recipes. She really likes yoga and pineapple and I thought, hey, wait a minute, so do I. So I went and bought some to have for my morning snack and set my alarm earlier so I can do yoga first. I'm over simplifying -- In other words, I think a lot of her advice is approachable and easy to implement.
kelli7990's review against another edition
challenging
informative
inspiring
reflective
fast-paced
5.0
Here’s what this book is about:”In enLIGHTened, Jessica shares the core principles of yoga philosophy—not the poses and postures, but the ancient system of ideas that lies behind them, drawn from a 2000-year-old text called the Yoga Sutras. The inspiration for this memoir-driven diet and health book is studied by devout yoga students and teachers, and offers answers to eating smartly, living right, and losing weight. Jessica goes beyond yoga's merge into mainstream—beyond trendy diets, unsustainable exercise routines, and the quest for the perfect figure. Using spiritual philosophy, and personal stories everyone can relate to, she sets the reader on a journey to self-acceptance, personal peace, and long-term health.”
I listened to this book on Audible. I got this book for free from Audible recently and I enjoyed it. I found it very interesting. I wanted to read this book because I’m overweight and I like doing yoga. I also like how I feel after doing yoga. I was practicing yoga a lot for awhile by watching yoga videos on YouTube and then I got out of the habit of doing it. I find it hard to stay motivated sometimes but I also know that I can be really disciplined about doing something when I put my mind to it. This book didn’t inspire me to change my diet and exercise more even though my doctor has told me many times that I need to exercise more but this book has inspired me to get back to doing yoga again.
I listened to this book on Audible. I got this book for free from Audible recently and I enjoyed it. I found it very interesting. I wanted to read this book because I’m overweight and I like doing yoga. I also like how I feel after doing yoga. I was practicing yoga a lot for awhile by watching yoga videos on YouTube and then I got out of the habit of doing it. I find it hard to stay motivated sometimes but I also know that I can be really disciplined about doing something when I put my mind to it. This book didn’t inspire me to change my diet and exercise more even though my doctor has told me many times that I need to exercise more but this book has inspired me to get back to doing yoga again.
piepieb's review against another edition
Being a beginner yogi myself (and a dog lover!) this book was fun to read. All the info about yoga and healthy food was very informative.
hipstamom's review
3.0
This is a quick read. I could have finished in one sitting if I wanted to.
This is a good overview book for yoga newbies! The formatting in the Kindle version was wonky (yes, I used that word.) Sometimes, the line breaks were crazy. In other spots, the illustrations were split and/or cut off. The recipes were difficult to read because of formatting and font issues.
I did enjoy the resource list. This is more like a memoir than self-help or a guide. I liked her relaxed chatty style until we got to the vegetarianlecture I mean chapter. It got so preachy that I couldn't finish that chapter. I'm a straight-up carnivore. For this to be a more comprehensive guide, the personal story should've been condensed. She wasn't really clear on the specific step-by-step "how to lose 40 lbs;" but perfectly captured the thought patterns of disordered eaters.
The section Warning: Fat is Contagious put me off so much that I stopped reading it for two days. Like other reviewers have mentioned, there is an undercurrent of fat phobia. Advising people to ditch their fatty friends or "take under your yogic wing" is obnoxious. It's not going to go over well but you can fit into your lululemon pants ;)
This is a good overview book for yoga newbies! The formatting in the Kindle version was wonky (yes, I used that word.) Sometimes, the line breaks were crazy. In other spots, the illustrations were split and/or cut off. The recipes were difficult to read because of formatting and font issues.
I did enjoy the resource list. This is more like a memoir than self-help or a guide. I liked her relaxed chatty style until we got to the vegetarian
The section Warning: Fat is Contagious put me off so much that I stopped reading it for two days. Like other reviewers have mentioned, there is an undercurrent of fat phobia. Advising people to ditch their fatty friends or "take under your yogic wing" is obnoxious. It's not going to go over well but you can fit into your lululemon pants ;)
plexippa's review
1.0
The "how" in the subtitle can be summed up as "I ate less and moved more," which is not exactly groundbreaking news. Gross meanders through her past - a childhood in the suburbs, several months during college in Nepal, life as an adult in the city and the rural Berkshires - looking at her history of yo-yo dieting and couch potato habits. Between the repetitive prose and the muddied timeline, there just isn't much to hold the reader here.
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