Psychological Techniques For Weight Loss – BionicOldGuy

I just read an excellent book The Beck diet solution by Dr. Judith Beck. I was looking for a book applying cognitivo-behavioral therapy to weight loss, and I found it in research on Amazon. TCC is excellent for improving negative thinking models that affect our behavior. Personally, I notice negative thoughts leading to bad eating habits, especially to snack (like when the little voice of the temptation whispers “What could it hurt once?”) And I thought that others could also, and the CBT could help this. It turns out that Dr. Beck’s father was a pioneer of the CBT and she knows that, and very qualified to write this book.

I went several weeks by avoiding snacking between meals and an unexpected diet at meals, my two falls. The first two weeks, I had to empty it, but afterwards, it became easier due to the application of techniques in this book. For clarification, Dr. Beck means “diet” in the healthy way to eat, not a fashionable diet. Each chapter of the book has a section “What do you think”, on what Dr. Beck calls “sabotage of thoughts” and how to answer them. Very useful.

The most inspiring part of the book was when she described that she had to put her young son in the ketogenic diet as the treatment of epilepsy. Keto is a good success for this purpose, but it is an extreme diet to put a young child. Fortunately, it worked for epilepsy, but he had to bear it for six years! Imagine the discipline required, no treats, no between meal snacks and a strict diet at mealtime, and go to school and watch your friends engage in things that you cannot have. He learned to say “well” to temptation and to move on. If a child can show such a will, I suppose that I can say “Oh well” and say no to the snacks.