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| Author: Judith S. Beck
Publisher: Oxmoor House
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  86 reviews
Sales Rank: 573
Media: Hardcover
Edition: 1
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 288
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.7
Dimensions (in): 9.1 x 6.3 x 1.2
ISBN: 0848731735
Dewey Decimal Number: 613.25
EAN: 9780848731731
ASIN: 0848731735
Publication Date: March 20, 2007
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| Customer Reviews:
 the missing piece May 17, 2008
So many diet books focus on the mechanical aspects of losing weight -"this is what you should eat, or not eat, and this is how you should exercise," blah, blah, blah.
As a veteran of various diets over the years, I realized some years ago that I often eat for emotional reasons. But, I couldn't figure out how to change that, in spite of being a psychotherapist, and understanding the principles of cognitive therapy. Now I know.
Beck presents the ideas you need to know and the techniques to use along with a diet to combat your tendency to make excuses, sabotage yourself, or otherwise fail to stick to a weight loss plan. As she says, it's about learning how to think like a thin person. And it's not magic.
The book itself is not a diet plan but a companion to any reasonable diet you may choose. If you have a serious eating disorder like bulimia or anorexia, this is not the book for you. If you are a compulsive overeater, using this book along with your diet, and the help of a therapist would probably work well.
One of the first things she said made me laugh because I could see myself in it. It is "Hunger is not an emergency."
Inside the Mind of the Thin May 8, 2008
This book uses cognitive psychology to help you lose weight. Cognitive psychology is based on the concept that the way you think affects how you feel and what you do. Cognitive therapy, then, helps you identify your self-defeating thinking and helps you respond to it so you can feel better and behave in helpful ways. Instead of leading you step-by-step through a diet plan, this book addresses the psychology behind why you can't get yourself to follow one and lose weight. In this book, you pick the diet (and an alternative as a back up), and the book helps you follow it.
The set-up of the book is a six-week plan. Week 1 is laying the groundwork, where you pick 2 diets. Week 2 is getting prepared to diet, Week 3 is starting the diet, Week 4 looks into responding to sabotaging thoughts, Week 5 is about overcoming challenges, such as staying in control when you go out to eat, and Week 6 is fine tuning things.
All-in-all, I'd have to say that its a great resource to address the psycholgical side of eating. There's no magic to it, just a little looking inside yourself and addressing any barriers you have that may be holding you back.
Best diet support book I've read! April 12, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
This is not a specific diet. It is supposed to support whatever diet you choose. But it actually covers what is a big problem for a lot of us - its not the food, its the reasons why we over-eat: the "emotional" eating, the "boredom" eating, the "stress" eating. I've lost 125 pounds and am now maintaining and I keep this book close because the mind games never leave. Food isn't like alcohol, we can't just stop eating, we have to learn to use it for what its meant for - substenance.
Good book April 5, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
This is a book written by a cognitive behavioral therapist so it gives good behavioral techniques to help you deal with emotional eating. The information is helpful and if you use the techniques they will make a difference. Like many things in life, losing weight usually comes down to one question: how bad do you want it. Reading this book isn't going to magically make you lose weight but it can give you some techniques to use when you are struggling to put the cupcake down.
Learn to think like a thin person March 29, 2008
2 out of 4 found this review helpful
I have used this book to very good results with my weight loss plan.
Sunny in MN
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