Second, many parts of the book seemed triggery, from the perspective of someone who went through (successful) eating disorder treatment 25 years ago. And that it is. Good basic advice for those who don't already understand about portion control and healthy eating but not a book I can or would recommend to anyone. In The Writing Diet, Cameron illuminates the relationship between creativity and eating to reveal a crucial equation: creativity can block overeating. It’s a short, sharp introduction to great writing that will help you energize your prose and boost your verbal fitness. It gave me the motivation to start my day in a positive frame of mind. Goodreads helps you keep track of books you want to read. Write yourself out this one is an easy reading story, so I look forward to reading other books in the Samantha Jamison series. How Peggy refers to the reader in the early chapters is certainly captivating. Whatever the reason, this one fell flat for me. In The Writing Diet, Cameron illuminates the relationship between creativity and eating to reveal a crucial equation: creativity can block overeating. While I found the chapter on Morning Pages to be quite useful, as well as some tidbits from other chapters, overall I kept getting hung up on two things. Over the course of the past twenty-five years, Julia Cameron has taught thousands of artists and aspiring artists how to unblock wellsprings of creativity. The book's basic concept is using writing as a sort of mindfulness meditation to help you discover productive and unproductive patterns in your life, diet, etc. If nothing else, I will definitely benefit from the daily. Just a moment while we sign you in to your Goodreads account. ATTENTION USERS: Please note that the WritersDiet Test is an automated feedback tool, not an assessment tool. Of course, I don't apply her advice perfectly, but tools. The god honest truth is – yes I did, I really, really did. One step away from the hunter-gatherer diet Many years ago when I was a young man I followed a diet similar to the one recommended here by Ori Hofmekler. I have to confess I only picked up this book so I could shiver gleefully at the horrifying way Julia Cameron has continued to shill her particular brand of writing how-to. Experts agree: often we choose to eat not because we are hungry, but because we are bored, sad, frustrated, or else we are happy and in the mood to celebrate with treats. As someone who's struggled hard to get her weight under 300 pounds and who, frankly, would kill to be 175 pounds, it was discouraging to hear things like this. (No, sorry, you can’t improve your writing just by clicking a button!) To my surprise I really liked this read. I felt unrepresented in this book, and the further I went, the more it felt like the author would have run screaming in the other direction the moment she saw me. Writing daily, in what Cameron calls "Morning Pages", can really help to uncover hidden links between food and emotions (both negative and positive) as well as other issues we may not be aware of that sabotage our efforts towards a healthier life. But I was wrong. or "So-and-so is 5'7" and weighs 175 pounds!" The Write Diet ©. 1.5 stars. This book belongs to the 'Healing Through Writing' classification and I can see it would be a helpful beginner's book to introduce the idea of linking creative therapy to helping with weight issues, exploring deeper areas of trauma and self-limiting beliefs. Over the course of the past twenty-five years, Julia Cameron has taught thousands of artists and aspiring artists how to unblock wellsprings of creativity. 1.5 stars. The concept of creativity blocking overeating and overeating blocking creativity is appealing to me. For twenty-five years I've taught creative unblocking, a twelve-week process based on my book The Artist's Way. There was so many instances of disordered eating and disordered thought processes, parts of it were like a prescribed eating disorder. Through the online test at www.writersdiet.com and the Can be skimmed for the elements the reader needs. I purchased this book purely on instinct. Write yourself out this one is an easy reading story, so I look forw. This inspiring weight-loss program directs readers to count words instead of calories, to substitute their writing’s “food for thought” for actual food. run the test. First, the author isn't a therapist, doctor, dietician, etc, although she did provide common sense advice: be more aware of what and why you eat, eat healthy things, add exer. Definitely a different concept. This book does have the word diet in it, so I should not be surprised by all the fat phobia inside. The solutions and tools have been informative, encouraging and practically helpful. And time and again she has noticed an interesting thing: Often, in uncovering their creative selves her student, From the bestselling author of The Artist's Way, a revolutionary diet plan: Use art to take off the pounds! I'm a big fan of Morning Pages and Artist Dates, which helped me connect with my creative spirit many years ago, through reading The Artist's Way. Campbell, author of The Artists Way, uses journaling with a few updated ideas and the old standards (exercise, clean foods, balanced eating, hydration, etc.) The Writing Diet NPR coverage of The Writing Diet: Write Yourself Right-size by Julia Cameron. So, I would recommend this book - which uses the same tools among others, but in more focused ways. ‎Julia Cameron, author of The Artist's Way, offers a revolutionary diet plan: Use writing to take off the pounds! Give me a break! It served as a kind of diet devotional. There are some good tools in this book--the journal, the morning pages, the walk, HALT advice, and things like that. There are actually a lot of good ideas in it, and as someone who works with writers a lot, and who tries to be healthy and happy, I say some of he things in here myself.