QOTD

Quote of the day from The Beck Diet Solution by Judith Beck, PhD:

Once I get good at identifying my sabotaging thoughts (so I can respond to them), staying on plan will be easier.

Recognize your sabotaging thoughts (or thinking mistakes); common thinking errors:

1.  All or nothing thinking, e.g., either I'm 100% successful or I'm a failure and may as well give up dieting.

2.  Negative fortune telling, e.g., since I didn't lose weight this week, I'll never be able to lose weight.

3.  Overly positive fortune telling, e.g., It's ok to just estimate the amount of food I'm supposed to have instead of measuring it.  I'll still lose weight.

4.  Emotional reasoning, e.g., since I feel like a failure for having strayed, I really must be a failure.

5.  Mind reading, e..g., She'll think I'm rude if I don't try the brownies she baked.

6.  Self delusion e.g., if no one sees me eating, it doesn't count.

7.  Unhelpful rules, e.g. I can't waste food.

8.  Justification, e.g., I deserve to eat this because I'm so stressed out.

9.  Exaggerated thinking, e.g., I have no willpower.

Have a great day everyone,
Kim

I went to the library yesterday, Kim, and got this book.  OMG.....it was written just for me, I'm sure.  Wanted to see if it was worth buying and have decided after only two chapters that I need it to refer to OFTEN.  The paperback edition just came out in February and is only $11 on Amazon.com.  I plan on buying my daughter one too.  Maybe I can save her multiple years of fighting this weight and wondering why she can't stick to a diet and why these diets don't work for her.

I have never looked forward to digesting the info in a book like this before and putting it to use.  I haven't gotten far enough into it for strategies yet, but will be utilizing them.

Sherrie:
It's a great book!  Although many of the concepts are very familiar to all of us, Dr. Beck's way with words is spot on and really makes it seem like the advice is something we can readily apply in our everyday lives.  I wish I'd read it a long time ago!  I hope it's inspiring to your daughter too.
Kim

I'm guilty of all of these, especially 1,2 and 4. I think I'm gonna buy the book today, I'll be at a bookstore later looking for something to read for pleasure, might as well get something to better myself with!

Heather:
I think we're all guilty of some, if not most of these at some point in our life.  I think the book is very helpful and actually easy and fun to read (even though I've never been a fan of "self help" books). 

Girl, the sabotage that goes on around this joint would put the KGB to shame!

I think one of the hardest things for me to get over was crying over my Popeye's fried chicken.  I'm going to have to think on this one a while, but it seems that once I knew I wasn't going to console myself with food any longer, I learned to deal with stress a whole lot better.  Hmmmm

Mary