The Love-Powered Diet: Eating for Freedom, Health, and Joy

by Victoria Moran

This can be the last weight-loss book you ever read. Finally, make peace with food and have a body you're proud of by drawing on the wisdom and grace already inside you. Replace cravings with calmness. Relate to food as a loving friend, not a feared enemy. In her own quest for freedom from compulsive eating and yo-yo dieting, Moran―once the chubby child of a diet doctor―discovered the power of combining the principles of the Twelve Step Program with the gentle way of eating espoused by yogis and mystics, and now supported by cutting-edge nutritional research. The falling in love―with yourself, your life, and The Love-Powered Diet!

Genres: Health, Vegetarian, Nonfiction, Diets

264 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1992

About the author

Victoria Moran is an inspirational speaker, a certified life coach, and the author of ten books, including Lit from Within; Fat, Broke & Lonely No More; and the international bestseller Creating a Charmed Life. Her articles have appeared in numerous publications, including Body + Soul, Natural Health, and Yoga Journal. Her blog, “Your Charmed Life,” is published daily on Beliefnet. She lives a charmed life in New York City.

Reviews

[Kelsey Grissom · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book contains pretty much the same information that you’d find in any other diet book in the Whole Foods/plant based space, but Moran has such a delightful style and tone as a writer. The early chapters speak directly to food addicts (among whom Moran counts herself), and the book does cover much more than just food. It’s a good place to start for anyone interested in both the why and the how of eating this way. There is a heavily spiritual component to Moran’s perspective (I have heard her describe herself as a yogi who loves Jesus), but Moran is gentle in how she handles those discussions.

[Liaken · Rating 2 out of 5]

If you have a problem with compulsive eating, this book may help you. However, if you're picking it up in hopes of finding a way to have a loving connection with food, it doesn't cut it.

The first few chapters were nice. But then the book got rather, um, dictating. The subtitle is about "eating for freedom"--it's more about eating *her* way. She is very sincere, but she is also a little heavy-handed. But then, see, maybe I wasn't the right audience for the book. I already have my own philosophies about nourishment, and I enjoy eating lovely, healthy foods, so I didn't need someone who lists PETA as a resource to tell me that no matter how you're told those eggs came about (free range, organic, etc.), I would be contributing to bad, bad stuff if I bought and ate them. I am, after all, a gluten-free, soy-free, almost no-dairy vegetarian. And I personally think that milk and eggs from well-treated animals are lovely all around.

I guess, for me, life is more connected than she presents.

Again, the author is very sincere. I just sincerely did not connect with her.

[Veronique Perrot · Rating 3 out of 5]

Was a good read.