“If you don’t love it, don’t eat it, and if you love it, savor it”

“If you don’t love it, don’t eat it, and if you love it, savor it” is a food saying that has been printed on many images. The saying is from the book Intuitive Eating: Reject dieting forever and reclaim your body through guilt-free eating (1995) by Evelyn Tribole and Elyse Resch.
 
 
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Intuitive Eating:
Reject dieting forever and reclaim your body through guilt-free eating
By Evelyn Tribole and Elyse Resch
New York, NY: St. Martin’s Press
1995
Pg. 26:
She eats far less than ever before, and has experienced the benefits of ouv motto, “If you don’t love it, don’t eat it, and if you love it, savor it”
 
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Wealth Squad Nia
@NiaShanel
” if u don’t love it, don’t eat it, and if you love it, savor it” for my dieters out there lol *wink*
12:04 AM · Jun 30, 2011
 
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Aaron Flores, RDN
@AaronFloresRDN
If you don’t love it, don’t eat it. If you love it, savor it!  -  #IntuitiveEating
9:28 AM · Feb 2, 2012
 
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DrSheilaForman
@TameAppetite
“If you don’t love it, don’t eat it, and if you love it savor it.” Evelyn Tribole and Elyse Resch in Intuitive Eating
3:57 PM · Nov 9, 2017
   
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THE SMOODYFRUIT COMPANY
@SMOODYFRUIT
“If you don’t love it, don’t eat it, and if you love it, savor it.”
Evelyn Tribole, Intuitive Eating: A Revolutionary Program That Works
#foodforthought
6:01 AM · Sep 15, 2023
 
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Emad R. Y. Michel
@worldofsemsem
If you don’t love it, don’t eat it, and if you love it, savor it❤️
Photo: @MSASHLEYVEE
5:04 AM · Sep 20, 2025