The F*ck It Diet: Eating Should Be Easy

by Caroline Dooner

I DEDICATE THIS BOOK TO CHEESE— I WILL NEVER FORSAKE YOU AGAIN.

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BMI takes no actual health factors into account. It can’t tell you anything about your blood pressure, your glucose levels, your hormones, your metabolism, your strength, your stamina, your bone density, your cholesterol,

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your immunity, your cellular respiration . . . nothing. It’s literally just a math equation: weight in relation to height, and it was first published by a life insurance company in 1959 as a way of explaining their rates. This was criticized by scientists because the equation it was based on was never meant to be used for individual diagnosis.

want to empower you. In order to break free from our fucked-up relationship to food and our bodies, we need to start seeing through the bullshit fed to us.

Your best self is probably the one who trusts yourself the most, is able to relax and be social when you feel like it, and is able to seek quiet time when you need it. Someone who is able to be spontaneous when it suits you, and willing to take up space, speak up, take risks, use your creativity, is willing for things to be messy and imperfect—and is an all-around happier human.

How to go on The Fuck It Diet: Stop restricting. Trust your body, appetite, and cravings. Eat deliciously and normally for the rest of your life. Embrace life in a (probably) not-stick-figure body. Do cool, fun things, and enjoy your life.

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You need to eat, multiple times a day, every day, for the rest of your life. If you’re hungry, it means you need to eat.