The Beck Diet Solution. How to think like a thin person.

Another day and more to do. Today I was wondering why I am even doing this. It is a lot of work. Reading my list of advantages helps and I keep remembering Dave Ramsey saying a child does what feels good an adult makes a plan and follows through. So my plan is to follow this book. Time to prove I am an adult and start living my plans instead of catering to whim and desire. Today is find a diet coach day. I am still sticking with all of you. Just having that expectation of my edition out there makes me more likely to write and complete the challenges.  Speaking of which  I have decided to start taking smaller bites to slow my eating. It's working so far although I  have yet to eat without distraction. I have also realized that as long as I put food on a plate I will wait to eat until I am sitting. If I am holding a food I automatically put it in my mouth. Sitting is going well too. So anyway. More tomorrow!!

Thanks for the reply. I found this quote this morning. It seemed very appropriate: Many people say, “I’m trying to think positively​” but behind those words I get the feeling of struggle, it’s hard, a lot of work, I’m in a battle… those words don’t feel good. They’re also a command to the law of attraction​, which must give more trying! “I love weekends” - was that hard, a battle, a lot of work, or a struggle to say those words? Do you get what I’m saying? Activate positive words! - Rhonda Byrne

I got this movie called the inner weigh. It says that if you lose something you automatically start looking for it, that is why you gain lost weight so easily. Changing how you think about it, so I am getting thinner, eating healthy that sort thing avoids that subconcious thought process. If you think of weight you think of something heavy, if you think of thinner or getting lighter....I am sure you get the picture.

All right Day seven. Arrange your environment. Do you have issues with see food?? I sure do. I see food, I eat it. Even if I am not hungry. I find myself now taking something and finding a place to sit so that I can eat it. So today's challenge is to "prepare your home and your environments by putting tempting foods where you can't see them--and by putting wholesome foods...in plain view" This won't be that hard of a change, it is just putting it together. I have a cupboard that all the snacks go into already. The real challenge is to put everything away. I already have fruit on the counter. So the next step is to clear everything off so that I can get to it. I am also going to not buy anything tempting--if I want a treat bad enough I can make it!!

I have a major confession to make. I allowed my thoughts to get away from me today and went on an eating spree. All my rules went out the window, I forgot about the book and I wasn't caring. I did really well this morning but 4 o'clock hit and I lost it. Part of me is scared of hunger, I was starving at 4. The other part of me was stressed and wanted solace. I also noted a loss on the scale this morning. I am about to throw the scale out the window. It seems that whenever I see a lower number I lose my drive to continue. I am excited about it but somehow it gives me permission to eat what I want that day. So tomorrow is another day. I will finish Day 8 tomorrow. I have already thought about schedules, but have yet to write it down. Tomorrow is the day. You will see it. If not--I will do 50 jumping jacks. So feel free to check up on me. :happy:

So I have a major confession. I have been procrastinating this challenge because I don't want to do it. I don't like it. I will be a child now and have a mini tantrum. All I could hear in my head yesterday after reading it was "I don't wanna!" This is crazy but I realized that I was in a bit of a funk yesterday because of it. Really this isn't bad, I am just letting my thinking get away from me. You are probably wondering what today's challenge is...Well it is differentiating between hunger, desire and cravings. I have a major problem with this. I have always enjoyed my see food diet--I see it I eat it. Well this is going to change things up. My inner child doesn't want to change things up and is wanting me to rebel. You see I started wanting to quit yesterday. I just didn't want to write an email, I didn't want to read anymore. I wanted to just throw the book out and forget about it. I am glad I started this email from the beginning because that is why I am sitting here right now typing because I don't want to let you down. Letting myself down is easy, But I can do it for you right now. I watched this show called addicted to food and in it they said that they knew you were making progress when you wanted to quit. Well I must be making some progress then because that thought sure went through my head!


The big problem today is determining whether you have true hunger(where you have fasted for several hours and your stomach is empty) , a desire to eat(not really hungry but eating because there is food around, sound familiar??) and a craving (a physiological and emotionally intense urge to eat). According to this, 90% of the time I eat is because of desire. and I have not even filled out the hunger chart for today. I just already know. I frequently have the desire for sweets after dinner, for the food sitting on the counter, to the point where I don't really ever feel hungry. I have to admit that sometimes I forget to feed my kids because I am not hungry--they remind me so you don't need to call child services...besides this is something I want to work on too. Today I am going to take a chart and monitor my hunger

So to do this as you are sitting down to eat you think on a scale of 0-10 how hungry you are and write it down, then during the meal about halfway you do the same thing, and again right after you finish and then 20 minutes after eating. You also write your thoughts and how your stomach feels throughout.

The point today is that if it has been only 20 minutes and up to 3 hours since eating last the urge to eat is probably a desire, not hunger. So wish me luck today. I am off to start my day filling out my hunger chart and fighting the hunger demon--which I really am scared of, so I am going to conquer him today. The book says to do this chart as often as needed until you can differentiate between hunger and desire. I hope that only takes one day but I will probably be doing it again tomorrow as the title of the chapter is practice hunger tolerance. (Ahhh, I don't like that one either!)

Are any of you scared of being hungry? I don't like that uncomfortable feeling.

Thanks Kat and Mama! I am loving the book. I don't follow it 100% as I should, but any little bit is making a difference for me. Kat thanks for the idea of putting the response cards in your phone. I hadn't thought of that, I am going to make an alarm to remind me to read them, and if they are in my phone I'll always have them with me! Awesome! I have felt such a difference in my eating today, just from yesterday's hunger trial. I now know that I can be hungry and it actually doesn't bother me. I have changed my approach to food so much in the last few weeks it is amazing! I would love to hear more about how you are reacting to the tasks....Keep up the great work! (I bought the book too, more than worth it!)

Today has been a good day. I didnt follow my plan exactly but I did stay within my calories and followed my basic idea. Today's task is to take the meal plan that I made and check off the foods I planned and ate, cross out the ones I didn't eat and circle and write the foods that I ate that were not planned. My plan changed a bit through the day but as I changed I changed what was written. 

Today's task is all about ending overeating. This one just makes me nervous thinking about it. You are to purposely put extra food on your plate with the intention of not eating it. Then use the anti-craving techniques (no-choice, distraction, distance) to avoid eating more than what was planned to be eaten. I don't always clean my plate, but the thought of purposely putting a whole extra serving of something on my plate is very disturbing to me. Really though, this won't be a big dael the worst thing that could happen is that I didn't need to do it. I might not learn anything from this, or maybe I will learn a lot. The suggestion is to make a response card that reads, When I feel anxious about having extra food on my plate, I'lll remind myself that even if I want to eat it, I can use anti-craving techniques.



So I am going to try this tomorrow. Today I bought an extra sandwich for dinner and ate half of it. I didn't have a set plan today so everything changed eating wise, and I did sneak a few extra treats that I wouldn't have otherwise. But tomorrow I will be better.



Tomorrow I will purposely put more food on my plate and if I am tempted I will tell myself that it is great that I'm not eating this, II am getting closer to my goal, I am strengthening my ability to resist. I can always save it for another meal. Wish me luck. Its not going to be the easiest task!