Food for the Journey by Jill Davis

Food for the Journey by Jill Davis

Many of us have spent years or decades overweight and have lost hope. We've learned that diets not only don't work, they set us up to fail. But what is the alternative? I didn't know until I learned to use food as nutrition, not to stuff my emotions. I realized that food is not good or bad; it doesn't have mortality and I am not good or bad based on the foods I eat.

After losing 135 pounds and keeping it off for many years, I discovered how to offer unconditional love to my body and myself. I want that for you, dear reader.

This book will help you move past yo-yo diets and learn to listen to your body, to eat when you are hungry, and stop when you are full. You will learn to trust your body and rely on your intuition to guide you. You will move from food obsession and learn to relax around eating and food as you rebuild your self-esteem. Most importantly, you will learn that it is you who matters, not the number on the scale.

Move into your soul size, embrace the journey, and truly fall in love with your body and your life as you meld your body, mind, and soul, and become the Brave, Beautiful You that you are.

Jill Davis was severely obese for the bulk of her adult life. She shed 135 pounds and reclaimed her identity along the road. Jill recognized that moving from body shaming to body acceptance is only possible when we let go of the assumption that we are innately good or terrible based on the foods we eat and instead trust our bodies to tell us what they need based on her own path, research, and dealing with thousands of women in transition. We can explore the possibilities of who we can become and discover the finest in ourselves when we embrace ourselves. Jill helps individuals stop fighting their weight and start finding their way through seminars, keynote speeches, and one-on-one coaching.

Jill is pleased to have been asked to appear at TEDx with her talk You Are Not Your Diet Brain. Jill lives in the lovely Rocky Mountains with her four children, her boyfriend, and the rest of the world, where she adores her granddaughter Maggie.