Tips for Success

Has anyone heard of The Beck Diet Solution or cognitive behavioral therapy?  I am currently working through some body image issues using cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT).  CBT is a psychotherapeutic approach that aims to influence dysfuctional emotions, behaviors,  and cognitions through a goal-oriented, systematic approach.
I had heard about the book, The Beck Diet Solution, and was intrigued because the basic premise of the book was that ANY diet can be successful if CBT is applied to weight loss/ maintenance.  I ordered the book and received it this past week.  I haven't read the entire book but I've perused it and lo and behold, many of the steps to successful weight loss/maintenance mentioned in the book are the same things many of us who have lost weight have embraced.
Here are a few quotes that I think are pertinent to the journey of weight loss/maintenance.

If you can identify the triggers that evoke sabotaging thoughts and lead you to eat in unhealthy, unhelpful ways, you can minimize your exposure to them or change your response to them.

Just as the decision to eat can reduce tension, the decision NOT to eat can also reduce tension.

To think like a thin person, you must learn to tell the difference between hunger and the desire to eat.

It takes time to let new ideas sink in and to become proficient at changing your ideas and behavior.

Food can be an effective distractor temporarily but eating doesn't solve the problem that led to your distress in the first place.

You have to deal with distress in non-food-related ways if you want to sustain permanent weight loss.  You must remind yourself that simply cannot sustain weight loss if you continue to eat for emotional reasons.  Take some action in order to decrease your distress when you're upset:  distract yourself, drink a no calorie beverage, relax, take a walk, call a friend, etc.

 

I have been researching this, my dad has been dealing with some eating issues and is using this method for compulsive overeating and has found it quite helpful.  I was very intrigued when I saw the basis of it being cognitive behavioral therapy.  I think that they may have something here.  Very interesting to say the least.

Oh I like it, thanks for sharing.  Let us know if you run into anymore of these. :)  I ran into a website regarding this diet this weekend, but I didn't go any further with it.  Guess I'll have to check it out.  Sounds like something I would like.

Thanks!

I've never heard of this book, but it sounds a lot like what I learned from going to group hypnotherapy.  We did a lot of visualization on choosing the right behavior for different situations.  I think the one that helped me the most was handling the stress of not eating something that was calling my name by putting my focus on something that was non food related.  It took a while to remember to do that, but now it's part of my nature.  Talk about taking time to change behaviors...I a li'l slow!

Great idea to post this!

Mary 

 very interesting, I have used CBT to overcome OCD which was charicterized as pure O, I went through two very rough patches in my adult life where I had terrible obsessive thoughts that brought on terrible anxiety and depression, and learned how to overcome them using Cognitive behavioral therapy! This book sounds great, I have often thought that I could apply the same tool's to help me over come food issues as well! thanks for sharing!

I may have to search this book! I really like those..
so heres the thing..question for you..i have issues with trust..i wonder if theres a book.that does some kind of therapy...i always feel that my husband is going to find someone else..or cheat..or leave me..i have nightmares about it..and it is literally driving me crazy!! i guess i can search it

Sounds like the principles in this book would help you Stacey because your fears of abandonment are a part of self esteem issues.  Have you discussed these nightmares with your husband?  Afterall, he is the only one who knows his plans, no?  Has he ever said anything about leaving or is this something you thought up by yourself.  A lot of women who are overweight have the same issues as you.  A lot of women who are not overweight struggle with the same issues!  I've known women *****cognized the signs that their husbands were leaving, and I've known women who thought their husbands were leaving, but it was only based on their own insecurities.  I know it's driving you crazy, but you either trust him or you don't.  Just make sure you don't drive him crazy!

Mary