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Post by bbbearsmom on Feb 22, 2017 23:23:47 GMT
Thursday, 02/23
BBR Introduction
The big thing about the introduction is the author’s statement that it is not our fault that we can’t lose weight and keep it off. The actual problem is we don’t know how to do it successfully. The things dieters don’t know include:
How to motivate themselves
What to do when they are tempted to cheat
How to view slip-ups as mistake not a reason to give up
How to handle the feelings of being overwhelmed, hopeless, or unable to keep going
That they can learn how to manage their weight successfully
Another thing people don’t realize is that dieting has natural ups and downs, sometimes it is easy then it gets hard and then it is easy again. In this book you will learn how to manage all these situations so when things get hard you will know what to do. As you use your new skills things will get easier and easier.
If you get a chance read page 13. There is a list of things people learned from going through this program that they didn’t know before and that we will learn while going through the program.
With all the things that make weight management a success what are you looking forward to learn or what have you learned from previous reviews of the program?
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Post by pbnj on Feb 23, 2017 13:35:05 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Feb 23, 2017 14:18:43 GMT
I have lost my pink book but re-ordered last night so I will be able to follow along better next week.
From the last review I learned I have to put my needs first,I have to make time for diet and exercise and if I don't eat mostly healthy foods I am more likely to eat unplanned food.
I am in the process of learning to use the phrase unplanned food instead of cheating.
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Post by linda72 on Feb 23, 2017 14:22:52 GMT
On page 12, Beck mentioned that dieters didn't know that dieting has many natural ups and downs. This was important for me to learn because maintenance is the same way. Some weeks feel easier than others.
What I liked about the introduction is that she mentions dieters don't know HOW to diet. I love the WW program but this book covers more of the nuts and bolts of successful dieting that I didn't hear from WW. Making lists of reasons to lose weight, sitting when eating, planning for mistakes, making time for dieting and exercise are some of the topics I learned about. I'm encouraged to see WW adding a lot of these topics to their weekly meetings.
Every time I read the book, I learn something new or I'm reminded of something. This is a good time as we begin the spring/summer seasons.
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Post by bbbearsmom on Feb 23, 2017 15:16:49 GMT
Oops! The review starts tomorrow. As I was falling asleep last night I realized I had posted on the wrong day. I will be reposting this tomorrow.
I did stress eating last week and am working on cutting back my eating. While doing that I am using a lot of the skills I've learned through Beck. I am focusing on the specific times I have the urge to overeat and dealing with them. Also I'm not getting over all upset about this but reminding myself that step by step I can correct the situation.
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Post by keshet51 on Feb 24, 2017 1:15:12 GMT
I'm looking forward to gaining more skills in handling sabotaging thoughts. Today I weighed myself and found that I am a pound heavier than I was last Saturday at official WW WI. I have choices - I can stop weighing myself daily (as we've discussed here), or I can handle weight fluctuations in a different way, but I need to practice skills around this. So I went way off track today out of frustration and anger - the thoughts being why even bother when I do everything right and gain weight anyway - and now I have to get back on track without letting days and weeks pass me by. So, that's my biggest challenge that I hope to address through this study.
One of the things Judy wrote above really resonated for me: How to handle the feelings of being overwhelmed, hopeless, or unable to keep going. And I would add to this mad and disappointed...
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Post by Deleted on Feb 24, 2017 1:55:57 GMT
keshet51 Andi,Weighing daily can be really frustrating sometimes.The main reason I keep doing it is b/c of my IBS-C.If it's been a bad week with it I will have a small gain everyday until I get over the current round of it.I do this so I can tell the difference between a real gain and a bloat gain.Regardless it can be disappointing.The hardest thing I think I have had to learn from daily weighing is that not every day will be the same and the most important thing I have learned from weekly weighing is I'm not going to lose every week. Even if you are up maybe you can go by how your clothes feel.This helps me a lot plus the gym I go to measures me once a month in addition to weighing once a month. I hope this helps some.
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Post by Tammy on Feb 24, 2017 5:11:09 GMT
keshet51, Andi, If you are like a lot of people who tend to eat a little more on the weekend, your highest weight of the week will most likely be Wednesday or Thursday. If you weigh every day, you might notice this weekly pattern. Just as reliably as the weight goes up, it goes down. For me the difference from low to high in a single week if I eat like that can be 3 or 4 pounds. Irregular eating like that can help you to lose. However, it can be a little trying on your nerves. If you eat about the same every day, you weight will fluctuate a little less, but still will fluctuate. There is no right or wrong way. It's a matter of how you want to eat and how much the scale fluctuations bother you.
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Post by surfgirl on Feb 25, 2017 19:42:28 GMT
I think the thing I'm most looking forward to learning and hopefully enacting, is dealing with cravings and being able to let them go without acting on them. I think this gets me into trouble a lot in the past.
One thing that struck me in a negative way as I read the Intro was that she refers to us as 'dieters'. I dislike that word a lot because it seems to imply something that people dabble in and usually without success, and it also seems to historically imply that the act of dieting is temporary and once one loses some weight they can 'stop dieting', which is what gets most of us gaining back weight again. I guess I'm surprised she uses this term rather than something that might imply lasting behavior change. I don't know if she changes that word further into the book, but I see she mentions 'WLJ' and I wish she'd refer to people losing weight in a different way, though I'm not sure what that word would be! |
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