I've been abstinate from junk food and addictive foods
I made it through 1.5 days so far. That's something I haven't been able to say since May of 09. One day may not seem like much, but it is a beginning. I thank God for His help with this. Aside from using Beck's and Kay Sheppard's book on food addiction, I'm also using the Serenity Prayer and the first 3 steps of the OA 12 step program. I really don't agree with most of the others, but this I do believe. I'm glad to have God remove that desire for addictive food. I am very grateful.
As I recall, you haven't had WLS, so you need to be a bit more diligent. For those of us who have had WLS, we simply can't eat the volume at meals that we used to eat.
1 Get the Beck's diet Solution Workbook. Since you have not had WLS, you may want to look at Dr Judith Beck's new book which does contain a diet. For me that's superfluous. I had been using my WLS diet and switched to the Food Addict's Diet as described in Kay Sheppard's book.
Beck's points out that we ultimately fail at diets because we need a lifestyle change and not a short-term weight reduction diet. She provides strategies for following any nutritional diet. My problem has been with between meal snacks. I can use many of the techniques to battle that problem For example, you learn how to distinguish head hunger from real hunger. Like any other lifestyle change, you need to practice what you are learning. Ideally, Beck's instructions take 42 Days or 6 weeks to complete. In reality, some of Beck's "Days" may take you several calendar days while, at other times, you may be able to work a few of her "Days" in one calendar day. You basically follow 1 new strategy on each of her Days.
Contact me directly if you have any questiona about this. By the way, anyone reading this can Contact me directly but I do ask that only Men reply in the Men's Forum. Bob
1 Get the Beck's diet Solution Workbook. Since you have not had WLS, you may want to look at Dr Judith Beck's new book which does contain a diet. For me that's superfluous. I had been using my WLS diet and switched to the Food Addict's Diet as described in Kay Sheppard's book.
Beck's points out that we ultimately fail at diets because we need a lifestyle change and not a short-term weight reduction diet. She provides strategies for following any nutritional diet. My problem has been with between meal snacks. I can use many of the techniques to battle that problem For example, you learn how to distinguish head hunger from real hunger. Like any other lifestyle change, you need to practice what you are learning. Ideally, Beck's instructions take 42 Days or 6 weeks to complete. In reality, some of Beck's "Days" may take you several calendar days while, at other times, you may be able to work a few of her "Days" in one calendar day. You basically follow 1 new strategy on each of her Days.
Contact me directly if you have any questiona about this. By the way, anyone reading this can Contact me directly but I do ask that only Men reply in the Men's Forum. Bob
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