Book excerpt: Laura is a fire starter of the revolution in how we think about food, eating and our bodies' Red Laura Thomas PhD shows you how to actually break the diet cycle and free yourself from restrictive dieting and punishing exercise, one step at a time. How to Just Eat It is a practical and interactive guide from bestselling author of Just Eat It and Registered Nutritionist Laura Thomas PhD. This book contains more than eighty activities – from journalling to self-care techniques – to help you reframe your approach to food and eating and find an escape from diets and restriction. Beginning with simple exercises for changing your mindset, Thomas shows how to use easy everyday tools to break free from prevailing diet mentality, understand fullness cues, and nurture a neutral, judgement-free approach to food. Thanks to expert step-by-step guidance and support through the principles of Intuitive Eating as well as other therapeutic practices, the book will prepare you with a range of personalised tools and skills that give structure to a new and better relationship with food and your body.