October 16, 2024/gbrown
My client, Julia, was having a hard time managing her eating when she dined out with friends. Despite her best […]
September 4, 2024/gbrown
In a recent session, my client, Brie, shared with me that she’s been having a difficult time controlling her snacking […]
August 6, 2024/gbrown
In a session this week, my client Emily and I discussed her upcoming beach trip. During vacations in the past, […]
June 11, 2024/gbrown
My client, Jennie, has been having a hard time when it comes to not overdoing dessert lately. She’s had a […]
May 22, 2024/gbrown
A question to ask when you’re considering buying a specialty item is “Where does this food fit into my meal plan for the week?”
May 8, 2024/gbrown
We can’t artificially manufacture not craving dessert but we can plan for how much dessert we’re going to have and use strategies to stick to our plan.
February 22, 2024/sfleming
Why is it so difficult for us to achieve our health goals? One reason is that our brains get it wrong.
November 21, 2023/sfleming
One of the concepts I talk about with all of my clients is using a Venn Diagram (i.e. two overlapping […]
September 19, 2023/sfleming
Our Fall Weight Management webinar series is coming up in November! Join us for this engaging live six-part series and […]
August 22, 2023/sfleming
As the new class of medicines being used for weight loss, including Ozempic, Wegovy, and Mounjaro are becoming increasing popular, […]
January 12, 2023/sfleming
Our Spring 2024 Weight Management Webinar Series is Open for Registration! Begin your personal health and weight loss journey with […]
December 1, 2022/sfleming
When we first started working together, my client, Gina, was struggling to make healthy eating choices and establish healthy habits […]
September 15, 2022/sfleming
My client, Alyssa, was really struggling to get on track and feel in control of her eating. The hardest time […]
August 2, 2022/emattson
I’ve been working with my client, Jamie, for close to a year. When we first started working together, Jamie was […]
March 31, 2022/emattson
Over the course of our work together these past few months, my client, Jason, has slowly been realizing that he’s […]
March 8, 2022/mhayes
In session this week my client, Katy, told me she was having a tough time. She had a stressful work […]
November 19, 2021/Other
When I first started working with my client Jeff, he was feeling somewhat out of control of his eating. He […]
October 22, 2021/Other
One of the most important skills we work on with all our clients is giving themselves credit. Every time a […]
October 8, 2021/Other
My client Jess has been having trouble sticking to her weekend food plans. She’s doing great staying on track when […]
September 24, 2021/Other
There’s Still Time to Join Us in Our Advanced CBT Strategies for Weight Management Webinar Series! Registration for our first […]
August 27, 2021/Other
A few months ago, my client Jess was struggling. She had a sick family member, a stressful work period, and […]
June 25, 2021/hgrossman
When I first started working with my client Jeff, he was in a period of struggle. He had fallen into […]
June 11, 2021/hgrossman
While my client April was out running errands last week, she realized that it was past lunch and she was […]
May 28, 2021/hgrossman
One of the biggest mistakes I see many of my clients make about exercise is that they display all-or-nothing thinking […]
May 14, 2021/hgrossman
In session this week with my client Tara, we discussed the trouble she was having staying in control on weekends. […]
April 30, 2021/hgrossman
My client Jeff was in the habit of eating a whole pizza several nights per week. While he knew this […]
April 16, 2021/hgrossman
Response Cards are helpful phrases written down on 3×5 cards or kept somewhere on your phone. They are one of […]
March 26, 2021/hgrossman
Now that we have passed the one-year mark since life changed dramatically, I started thinking about habits that some of […]
March 12, 2021/hgrossman
My client Megan had several hard days this past week. She told me that, on three separate occasions, she ended […]
February 26, 2021/hgrossman
Most of the clients I work with have “slippery slope” habits – old habits that they’ve managed to leave behind […]
February 12, 2021/hgrossman
My client Tara helps run conferences (which are currently all virtual), and she is in the thick of a busy […]
February 11, 2021/hgrossman
Thursday Think Tip: Taking care of yourself is a necessity, not a luxury. If you think, “I can’t take 10 […]
February 3, 2021/hgrossman
Wednesday Sabotage: I’m too stressed to worry about my eating right now. Response: Even though I think maintaining control over […]
January 29, 2021/hgrossman
This week, my client Jennifer told me that while her days have been going well, things have been falling apart […]
January 15, 2021/hgrossman
In session this week, my client Lisa told me she was struggling in the evenings. While she found it fairly […]
December 25, 2020/hgrossman
Most of us seem to be in the no-man’s land between the winter holidays and the New Year. If your […]
December 11, 2020/hgrossman
While some aspects of the holiday season are easier to manage this year (no office kitchens stocked to the brim […]
November 27, 2020/hgrossman
I’ve been working with my client Emily for a few months now. In session last week, she told me about […]
November 12, 2020/hgrossman
This morning, I had a session with my client Rob, who has been having a hard time with the scale. […]
October 30, 2020/hgrossman
While this year’s Halloween will undoubtedly be different from years past, one thing remains the same: Halloween treats everywhere you […]
October 16, 2020/hgrossman
In session this week, my client Michael told me that in the evenings he keeps having the nagging thought, “Maybe […]
October 2, 2020/hgrossman
I’ve been working with my client Jeremy for about six months. While it took him a few weeks to learn […]
September 18, 2020/hgrossman
This week, my client Julie told me that she had gotten a little off track the previous night and had […]
September 4, 2020/hgrossman
Right from our first session, my client Ellie told me she always has an incredibly difficult time stopping at a […]
August 21, 2020/hgrossman
One of the most frequent conversations I have with my clients centers around helping them gain control of their eating […]
August 7, 2020/hgrossman
This week, I had a session with my client Sonia, a 45-year-old mother of four boys. Sonia told me the […]
July 24, 2020/hgrossman
One of the most common diet-sabotaging thoughts is, “I’ve made a mistake. I’ve blown healthy eating for the day so […]
July 10, 2020/hgrossman
Like many, my client, Jess, has been having a hard time getting to bed at a decent hour. Once her […]
June 26, 2020/hgrossman
A few weeks ago, my client Natalie’s friend, Lara, broke her leg and has been in rehab ever since. Lara […]
June 12, 2020/hgrossman
Last week, I had a session with my client Sarah, who told me about an experience she had the previous […]
May 29, 2020/hgrossman
Intuitive eating is a great concept, but we find that for many people who have struggled with their eating, their […]
May 15, 2020/mhayes
A big way COVID-19 has changed many people’s lives is that they are grocery shopping far less often than they […]
May 1, 2020/mhayes
Over the past few weeks, I’ve been talking to most of my clients about how to manage their eating now […]
April 9, 2020/mhayes
As I help my clients navigate this unsettling time, one major topic of discussion has been helping people learn to […]
March 21, 2020/mhayes
I’ve had many sessions with clients over the past two weeks who are understandably very uneasy, scared, and thrown off […]
February 21, 2020/Other
In a follow up to my previous blog post, I’d like to return to my client, Jessica, who got off […]
February 7, 2020/Other
My client, Jessica, got off track during the holidays (which is far too easy to do!). When I met with […]
January 24, 2020/Other
This week I had a session with my client, Sarah. Like many dieters, Sarah has been having a lot of […]
January 10, 2020/Other
I recently had a session with my client, Mark, who has lost twenty pounds and would like to lose more. […]
December 27, 2019/Other
In session this week, my client, Rebecca, told me that nighttime (specifically the hours between dinner and bedtime) was hard […]
December 13, 2019/mhayes
This week I met with my client, Lauren. Lauren has been doing well the last few months, feeling very focused […]
November 25, 2019/mhayes
With Thanksgiving right around the corner, dieters should begin to think about how they’ll handle their eating on that day. […]
October 18, 2019/mhayes
Halloween is just around the corner! It’s important to start thinking about what plans and Response Cards you need to navigate it successfully!
October 4, 2019/mhayes
Today I had a session with my client, Melissa. For the past few months, Melissa has been working on not having dessert before dinner. This is a necessary skill for Melissa to implement because, like a lot of dieters, Melissa encounters dessert all day long.
September 18, 2019/mhayes
Dieters get into “off-track mode” when they get off track, the scale has gone up, and they believe they are helpless in the face of their weight problem.
September 13, 2019/mhayes
Friday: Dieters are prone to grazing on the weekend. You’re always better off sitting down with a defined snack and eating it mindfully.
September 11, 2019/mhayes
I can’t believe I gave in to that craving. I can’t do this. I should give up. Response: Learning to lose weight and keep it off is a process and takes time.
August 23, 2019/mhayes
Jen realized that she was sacrificing around 16 hours of feeling good for a maximum of two minutes of enjoying a taste – not a trade she wanted to make!
August 9, 2019/mhayes
Lori told me that two nights ago she had a big work dinner and she was still feeling proud of how well she stuck to her plan. It was at a Mediterranean restaurant, and like all her work dinners, it included a lot of food.
July 26, 2019/mhayes
Usually when dieters are faced with eating something they want to eat, in that moment they’re thinking about how good it will taste and how deprived they’ll feel if they can’t have it, rather than looking at what will happen once the food is gone.
July 25, 2019/mhayes
It’s important to build other means of comfort and stress-relief into your life so you have other things to turn to besides food.
July 15, 2019/hgrossman
it’s important to compare the disadvantages to the advantages of losing weight – better health, improved self-confidence, increased mobility, better quality of life. Focus on the advantages.
July 5, 2019/mhayes
For the last few weeks, my client, Jenna, has been working hard on overcoming emotional eating.
June 21, 2019/mhayes
My client, Scott, has had a really hard two weeks. He’s been dealing with a lot of stress at work and his eating has definitely suffered. He’s struggled to track his calories (something he was fairly easily getting himself to do before) and was feeling too worn out to get himself to prepare healthy dinners at night, and consequently fell back into old habits of ordering takeout.
June 7, 2019/mhayes
Liz realized that a lot of the time she wasn’t planning her extra calories in advance, which ultimately meant she didn’t have as strong a plan for weekends as she did for weekdays.
May 23, 2019/mhayes
When Kate started working on the skill of eating slowly and mindfully, for the first time in a very long time she told me she realized that not all food tasted as good as it looked or tasted as good as she thought it would taste.
May 9, 2019/mhayes
This week I had a session with my client, Lauren. Lauren told me that while she had a good week, one day she ended up going way over her allotted calories.
April 25, 2019/mhayes
In session this week, my client, Tom, told me that over the weekend he’d eaten an unplanned snack in the middle of the day. Tom, like many of my clients, follows an eating schedule.
April 12, 2019/mhagner
Like many dieters, Kim can recall countless instances of falling into the all-or-nothing sugar trap: eating way too much sugar, cutting it out completely, then falling off the wagon and eating way too much again. Repeat.
March 28, 2019/mhagner
Her weight has mostly stabilized, although she’s still losing about a pound a month right now. She’s not quite sure how much more she’ll lose.
March 14, 2019/mhagner
Sharon has worked in an office setting for the last twenty years, so suddenly being home a lot more during the day has been a big change for her. Unsurprisingly, she has had some trouble with her eating.
February 28, 2019/mhagner
When she thinks about eating more sugar, she’s focusing on the taste, not the consequences that follow. This is extremely common.
February 14, 2019/mhagner
My client, Jane, told me she was eating too much bread (which was translating into too many calories per day).
February 8, 2019/mhagner
“Calories don’t count on the weekends.” FALSE! Calories count just as much on a Saturday as they do on a […]
January 31, 2019/mhagner
I was asked a question this week that I often hear from my dieters: Is it okay to have one “cheat day” per week?
January 18, 2019/mhagner
Jen had been doing exceptionally well for months and months, but recently has gone through some hard times in her personal life, and was struggling more with eating.
January 8, 2019/mhagner
Often dieters are hesitant to bring their own food or make special requests because they don’t want to draw attention […]
January 3, 2019/mhagner
Her basic mindset was, “This trip is hard and it’s a struggle.” I wanted her to switch her mindset to, “This is trip is hard and it’s a struggle, but I’m doing really well! I’m triumphing!”
November 8, 2018/beckadmin
Emily, has recently been having a very hard time dealing with the discomfort of having a craving or feeling hungry. When she gets a craving, or feels hungry, and it’s not time to eat, Emily has a running dialogue in her head that goes something like this: “I hate feeling this way. This sucks. I shouldn’t have to put up with this. If I just eat, this will go away.”
October 25, 2018/mhagner
While it’s true that there were some things that had started to really slip (he all but stopped giving himself credit, started eating standing up again, started taking much bigger portions at meals, especially dinner, and stopped counting calories), it wasn’t true that everything was going poorly. In fact, when Mike looked at this list, he realized that a lot of things were still going well – he just wasn’t acknowledging or giving himself credit for them.
October 11, 2018/mhagner
Ellie noted that another thought she often has about overeating dessert is, “I just want the freedom of being able to eat what I want and not think about it.”
September 27, 2018/mhagner
My client, Megan, has been getting off track in the evening hours. She told me in session this week that she’s generally doing really well during the day, but ends up snacking too much in the hours between dinner and bed. I asked Megan what thought she might be having around that time, and she said, “It’s probably, ‘I need something.’ ” Megan admitted that it wasn’t necessarily that she was hungry in that moment (she knew that if she had already eaten all her calories then her body has had enough food), but it was her mind that was feeling unsatisfied.
September 13, 2018/mhagner
Jen hadn’t had ice cream in close to a year because dairy just doesn’t work for her– it causes her stomach aches, inflammation, and swelling in her feet. Jen said that when she got sick, she just wanted to eat the food that was most comforting to her, and that was ice cream.
August 29, 2018/mhagner
Lauren told me that she has felt very off track the last few days. She said that controlling her eating has just felt really hard, and she’s not sure it’s worth it. I discussed with Lauren something I know to be true for myself and virtually all my dieters: that the “Is it worth it?” question is just a product of the off-track mentality.
August 9, 2018/mhagner
This week, I had a session with my client, Grace. Grace told me that over the past few weeks she has been struggling to stay on track, particularly in the evenings. I asked Grace what sabotaging thoughts she was having in the evenings, and it was usually something like, “You’ve been working so much and had a hard day, you deserve this.”
July 26, 2018/slicata
Today I had a session with my client, Jane. I hadn’t had a session with Jane in a few months. She told me she has been feeling somewhat off track over the last few weeks. She also told me that her portions have gotten bigger again and she’s snacking at random times throughout the day, among other difficulties.
June 27, 2018/slicata
My client, Jen, recently gave up all sugar and desserts for a month leading up to her birthday because she wanted to prove to herself that she could do it. She knew that she wouldn’t give them up forever, but she wanted a bit of a reset. I worked with Jen to create a clear dessert plan, a helpful Response Card, and a compelling activity to help her achieve her goals.
June 14, 2018/slicata
Jason started to get off track and stopped counting calories for the rest of the day. This is very common. Often when dieters get off track, they don’t want to face how many calories they’re eating so they tell themselves, “I’m already over for the day. I’ll just stop counting and start again tomorrow.”
May 31, 2018/slicata
In session this week with my client, Maddy, we spent most of the session discussing a new skill for her: no wine Sunday through Thursday. Maddy told me that she had gotten into the habit of having a glass or two most nights of the week, and at 120 calories a glass, she was easily spending 1,200 calories just on wine each week, which is a lot for someone trying to lose weight. Maddy decided it was realistic that she would have a glass or two on Fridays and Saturdays, but that cutting out the rest of the week’s wine would be reasonable.
May 16, 2018/slicata
Especially during stressful times, unexpected food is an inevitable obstacle. These guidelines will provide structure and advice for making smart eating decisions for any unexpected food in your house.
May 2, 2018/slicata
I have found that many dieters I work with initially have a “witching hour:” a period of an hour or two each day where cravings are strong and staying on track feels much harder. For most dieters, this is either the period right before dinner (around 4 PM – 6 PM) or in the hours after dinner but before bed (8 PM -10 PM). Dieters often think that they just can’t get through it without eating, but this is only because they don’t have skills that they need.
April 12, 2018/slicata
When I saw that what we were doing just wasn’t working, I knew we had to try a different strategy. As usual, I asked Katie to describe some of the situations from the past week in which she went off track. She told me that she ate a roll at dinner when she didn’t plan to and she had unplanned desserts in the evening.
March 20, 2018/slicata
My client, Megan, is going through a really hard time. Her mother is facing a major health crisis and when Megan and I met this week, she told me she was having trouble staying in control of her eating. She kept having thoughts like, “I just can’t deal with worrying about my eating right now. It’s too hard.”
February 28, 2018/slicata
A client I worked with a few years ago recently had her second baby and was having trouble getting her eating back under control. Lara told me that during her pregnancy, she let herself eat whatever she wanted and ended up gaining more weight than was healthy. Now at six months postpartum, she’s still struggling to put the skills that we had worked on back in place.
February 13, 2018/slicata
It’s not always reasonable in every situation to lose weight, or even to maintain weight. If the scale goes up, it doesn’t mean you didn’t do well; it just means it wasn’t reasonable not to gain a little.
January 17, 2018/slicata
If you’ve gotten off track with your New Year’s resolution, this is exactly what you need to do, too! Stop expecting yourself to do everything and instead figure out what feels completely doable this week. Recommit to it, do it (and give yourself so much credit for doing so!), and then add one or more things next week.
January 3, 2018/slicata
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December 20, 2017/slicata
Not having a strong plan can exponentially increase the chances of getting off track because of how many spontaneous decisions you’ll have to make all day.
December 12, 2017/slicata
A realistic strategy is the most important thing to bring on vacation. Eric lists the Sabotaging Thoughts and responses to help him stay on track.
November 29, 2017/slicata
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October 10, 2017/slicata
Make a reasonable vacation plan and stay committed to being in control. You’ll feel successful throughout your trip and enjoy new, exciting foods.
September 27, 2017/slicata
Recently, my client Jeff’s mother passed away. While she had been sick for a while, her death was still somewhat […]
September 20, 2017/slicata
Creating a plan allows you to eat a reasonable amount, enjoyed the food you eat, and feel proud of yourself for making healthy decisions. Learn what Kate could have done before attending a potluck dinner to make a helpful plan for her eating.
September 5, 2017/slicata
I use the skills in the Beck Diet Program for myself as well. After I graduated college I lost weight and more or less kept it off in the ensuing 12 years. On January 30th of this year, I had my daughter, Diana, and things changed. You might think that since this is what I do for a living I’d have an easy time returning to my healthy eating habits – and that’s what I thought, too. But, boy was I wrong!
May 3, 2016/beckadmin
What Jenny didn’t know was that our goal was not to make her sabotaging thoughts go away entirely – because we can’t do that. We can’t control her mind. Our goal actually was to have her get really, really good at responding back to her sabotaging thoughts and not giving in to them. I reminded Jenny that instead of being distressed that she was having so many sabotaging thoughts about dessert, she should instead be proud of herself for overcoming all of them.
February 16, 2016/beckadmin
Not enough is written about maintaining a weight loss, and this is a problem because for most dieters, that’s where […]
February 16, 2016/beckadmin
When we first start working with new clients, they often report that they have trouble staying on track when they […]
January 12, 2016/beckadmin
We believe that eating dessert, and for many dieters (ourselves included) eating a reasonable portion of dessert every day, is […]
January 12, 2016/beckadmin
We hope you’re more open to the idea that eating dessert in reasonable portions is an essential component of lifetime […]
December 16, 2015/beckadmin
Yesterday I had a session with Jennifer, whom you read about in our previous blog post. One of the main […]
December 8, 2015/beckadmin
This week I had a session with my client, Jennifer. Jennifer told me about a very troubling email she got […]
November 19, 2015/beckadmin
We asked our Facebook Community for their favorite tips and tricks for sticking to their plan during the holiday season. […]
November 13, 2015/beckadmin
Everyone knows that it’s harder to stay on track with healthy eating during the holidays, and most people assume that […]
November 13, 2015/beckadmin
One of the biggest challenges that makes staying on track with healthy eating difficult during the holidays is what dieters […]
November 11, 2015/beckadmin
I’ve been working with my client, Rachel, for about a month. In session last Thursday I found out that one […]
October 28, 2015/beckadmin
I’ve been working with my client, Joe, for a few months and he has been doing exceptionally well at getting […]
September 23, 2015/beckadmin
This week, I had a session with my client, Joe. Joe has been doing well the last few weeks but […]
September 9, 2015/beckadmin
One of the early skills we work on with clients is the skill of eating everything slowly and mindfully. This […]
July 14, 2015/beckadmin
This past weekend marked my client, Liz’s, 40th birthday and she had a party to celebrate. In session last week […]
June 11, 2015/beckadmin
This week I had a session with my client, Jon. I’ve been working with Jon for about three weeks and […]
May 28, 2015/beckadmin
Like many dieters before her, my client Jill was having trouble sticking to her food plan in the evening. She […]
May 13, 2015/beckadmin
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April 30, 2015/beckadmin
This week, my client, Theresa told me that she was having trouble controlling portions at dinnertime. I asked her to […]
April 22, 2015/beckadmin
This week I had a session with my client, Jennifer, with whom I only meet every few months for booster […]
April 1, 2015/beckadmin
This week, my client, Katie, told me that she was having trouble staying on track during the weekend. She said that […]
March 25, 2015/beckadmin
This week I had a session with my client, Rob. Rob used to struggle with the common diet trap of […]
March 6, 2015/beckadmin
In session this week, my client, Rachel, told me that over the past few weeks she has been struggling with […]
February 25, 2015/beckadmin
This week, I had a session with my client, Jane, who last week returned home from a vacation. Before she […]
February 18, 2015/beckadmin
In session this week, my client, Brian, told me he was having trouble getting himself to refrain from eating while he […]
December 16, 2014/beckadmin
Over the weekend I want to a holiday party. And I got off track. Yes, even professional diet coaches make […]
October 7, 2014/beckadmin
In session this week, my client, Emily, told me that while she has gotten much better at moderating her eating […]
September 16, 2014/beckadmin
My client, Deanna, just came back from a week-long trip and something great happened upon her return: She found out […]
July 1, 2014/beckadmin
My client, Rachel, was having trouble resisting cravings. While she was able to resist them much of the time, she […]
June 10, 2014/beckadmin
This week I had a session with Leslie, a veterinarian in her 40’s. Leslie and I have been working together […]
May 13, 2014/beckadmin
In session this week, my dieter, Jason, and I discussed an issue that he was having trouble with: Getting to sleep […]
March 26, 2014/beckadmin
In session last week, my client, Jeremy, told me that he was feeling worried because he had two events to […]
March 5, 2014/beckadmin
My dieter, Karen, is a well-loved teacher, whose students frequently bring in treats and baked goods for her. Karen is […]
February 4, 2014/beckadmin
My client, Jason, works long hours and isn’t much of a cook. When he gets off work and wants dinner, […]
December 18, 2013/beckadmin
Last week I had a session with my dieter, Joe. Joe works in a large office and told me that […]
December 4, 2013/beckadmin
This week I had a session with my dieter, Audrey, who is having a holiday-themed housewarming party on Sunday. In […]
November 26, 2013/beckadmin
With Thanksgiving right around the corner, it’s high time dieters begin to think about how they’ll handle their eating on […]
November 19, 2013/beckadmin
This week I had a session with my client, Rachel. Historically, Rachel was a dieter who was able to eat […]
October 22, 2013/beckadmin
In my work with dieters, I find that many of them tend to fall into either the category of “Social […]
September 19, 2013/beckadmin
My dieter, Diane, is going through a hard time. In session she told me that, over the past week, it […]
September 4, 2013/beckadmin
A few months ago my client, Susan, went on vacation with her friend, Caroline, and Caroline’s two kids. After the […]
August 21, 2013/beckadmin
I recently had a session with my client, Allison, with whom I’ve been working for a few months. In session, […]
August 1, 2013/beckadmin
Early in treatment we teach our clients the skill of eating everything slowly and mindfully. For many people, this skill […]
July 17, 2013/beckadmin
Last week we had our first two-day Diet Workshop for Professionals and it was so great to spend more time […]
July 2, 2013/beckadmin
I described in Part I how I helped Angie make her Advantages List. This was only half the battle, however, […]
June 6, 2013/beckadmin
The first thing we do with all of our clients is have them write an Advantages List –a list of […]
May 16, 2013/beckadmin
In session last week, my client Joe told me about a big conference dinner he would be going to the […]
May 2, 2013/beckadmin
This week I had a session with my client, Mark. It was Mark’s birthday last week, and when I asked […]
April 18, 2013/beckadmin
Over the past few weeks, my dieter, Jennifer, has been working hard on all of her initial skills, like reading […]
April 3, 2013/beckadmin
Last week, my dieter, Kim, and I spent time in session coming up with a strong Easter plan. This week, […]
March 13, 2013/beckadmin
This week I had a session with my dieter, Rachel, whom I previously hadn’t seen in about eight months because […]
February 27, 2013/beckadmin
Last week I had a session with Edie, who was leaving the next day to go on vacation with her […]
February 13, 2013/beckadmin
In session this week my dieter, Amy, told me about a major triumph she had during a long and stressful work meeting […]
January 24, 2013/beckadmin
Have you made a resolution to eat more healthfully and/or lose weight this year? Have you started to lose motivation […]
January 17, 2013/beckadmin
This week, we received the following letter from Carol, who explains her struggle with weight loss and her ultimate triumph: […]
January 10, 2013/beckadmin
Question: I have read the book, re-read parts, and implemented the techniques but the scale is not budging. I have […]
January 3, 2013/beckadmin
Over the past year on the Beck Diet Solution Blog, we’ve written about many topics dealing with everything related to dieting/healthy […]
December 19, 2012/beckadmin
Q: There are so many treats in my office right now, and although I try hard to resist them, it’s […]
December 6, 2012/beckadmin
This week I had a session with my dieter, Sarah. Although in recent weeks Sarah has been doing well with […]
November 29, 2012/beckadmin
I recently started working with a new dieter named Kelly. One of Kelly’s major concerns was that the holiday season […]
November 21, 2012/beckadmin
If you’ve read our newsletter, our Daily Diet Solutions, or past blog postings, then you probably know that we are […]
November 8, 2012/beckadmin
This week, I had a session with my dieter, Emily. Emily told me that she and her sister are planning […]
November 1, 2012/beckadmin
This week, I had a session with my dieter, Rachel. Although she very much enjoys her job as a manager […]
October 23, 2012/beckadmin
Last week, Dr. Judith Beck and I presented at a Bariatric Surgery conference and we spoke about helping bariatric surgery […]
October 10, 2012/beckadmin
I recently had a session with my dieter, Kara, who is a busy stay-at-home mom to her four boys. In […]
October 3, 2012/beckadmin
An integral part of our work with dieters is having them make and read Response Cards. Response Cards are simply […]
September 24, 2012/beckadmin
Two weeks ago I had a session with my dieter, Jennifer, who has devised for herself a rating system to […]
September 5, 2012/beckadmin
Earlier this week I received an e-mail from my dieter, Rachel. In this email, Rachel described how she got off […]
August 29, 2012/beckadmin
Fact or Fiction: If my weight is up one day, it means what I’m doing isn’t working. Fiction. On any […]
August 23, 2012/beckadmin
In our work with dieters, one of the first things we let them know is this: When they start out, […]
August 15, 2012/beckadmin
When my dieter, Janine, came in to session this week she told me that she had a hard time getting […]
August 8, 2012/beckadmin
My dieter, Mark, came in to see me this week. Over the past month, Mark’s weight loss has slowed down […]
August 2, 2012/beckadmin
Over the past few weeks, my dieter, Karen, and I have been working on strategies to help her stay in […]
July 25, 2012/beckadmin
Question: I always start out the week feeling energized and motivated to stick to my diet, but by midweek I […]
July 11, 2012/beckadmin
Whenever I first meet with a new diet client, I always make sure to explain to them that the […]
June 28, 2012/beckadmin
In my last blog post, I detailed a session I had with my dieter, Amy, in which we focused on […]
June 19, 2012/beckadmin
Earlier this week I had a session with my dieter, Amy, whose birthday is coming up this weekend. Amy and […]
June 7, 2012/beckadmin
Earlier in the week I had a session with my dieter, Jeremy, during which we talked mostly about cravings. In […]
May 25, 2012/beckadmin
This week I had a session with my dieter, Amy. Amy told me that while she is excited for the […]
May 17, 2012/beckadmin
Q: One of my main problems is that I always say, “I will eat what I want today, then I […]
May 10, 2012/beckadmin
Earlier this week, I had a session with my dieter, Mark. Mark had had a hard week and was struggling […]
May 3, 2012/beckadmin
Last week we received the following letter: As a child and through my teenage years I did not struggle with […]
April 26, 2012/beckadmin
Question: I’m in the process of losing weight and have been doing fairly well. However, the one thing that keeps […]
April 5, 2012/beckadmin
My dieter, Jason, had a major victory this week. He was, for the first time in a long time, able […]
April 4, 2012/beckadmin
At the most recent Beck Diet Solution Workshop, Dr. Judith Beck defines ideal weight. This is the weight a dieter […]
March 29, 2012/beckadmin
We recently received the following letter from Mary, a dieter using The Beck Diet Solution program. Like many dieters, she […]
March 28, 2012/beckadmin
At the most recent Beck Diet Solution Workshop, Dr. Judith Beck explains the problems dieters have sticking to low calorie […]
March 22, 2012/beckadmin
My dieter, Jeff, is a police officer and after a long shift he usually feels exhausted, both physically and emotionally. […]
March 15, 2012/beckadmin
My dieter, Lisa, is leaving soon to go on vacation for a week. While Lisa is very excited for this […]
March 8, 2012/beckadmin
I recently had a session with one of my dieters centered on cravings and we came up with a “Cheat […]
February 29, 2012/beckadmin
Question: A couple of years ago I lost 22 pounds mostly following the program in the Beck Diet Solution, but […]
February 16, 2012/beckadmin
Jamie came into session this week and reported that she has a revelatory experience over the weekend. She was at […]
February 3, 2012/beckadmin
Q: The Super Bowl is this weekend and historically I have used this as an excuse to have a free-for-all […]
January 23, 2012/beckadmin
Response Cards can be very effective because they remind dieters of the important ideas they will need to help them […]
January 6, 2012/beckadmin
Q: I was doing really well following my diet and using my skills for a few months and now all […]
December 21, 2011/beckadmin
What’s the secret to holiday success? Having a plan. Yes, it really is that simple. Every dieter’s plan is different, […]
December 13, 2011/beckadmin
Jamie came to see me a few weeks ago and one of the items she wanted to put on our […]
December 6, 2011/beckadmin
Perhaps one of the most commonly heard holiday-related sabotaging thoughts is, “My resolution is to eat healthfully so I’ll start […]
December 2, 2011/beckadmin
We have met with and talked to many dieters since Thanksgiving, and we asked each of them, “What worked for […]
November 7, 2011/beckadmin
The findings of a research study published in the August 2011 edition of the Obesity Journal state that “in comparison […]
October 26, 2011/beckadmin
Jamie came in to see me this week and discussed a situation that had happened the day before. Jamie told […]
October 20, 2011/beckadmin
We received the following letter a few weeks ago from Kari, a woman who read and followed The Beck Diet […]
October 11, 2011/beckadmin
I asked Jamie to think about the week to come and what sabotaging thoughts she might have that would get […]
October 5, 2011/beckadmin
Last week in session, my dieter, Jamie, and I tackled the question of exercise. Should she do it? How much […]
October 3, 2011/beckadmin
This weekend Dr. Judith Beck and I (Deborah Beck Busis, Diet Program Coordinator) presented a workshop at the Beck Institute […]
September 16, 2011/beckadmin
When dieters first come into our office, they have all kinds of unhelpful cognitions (which we call “sabotaging thoughts”) about […]
August 30, 2011/beckadmin
Sometimes the old adage, “out of sight, out of mind,” can be extremely useful for dieters to keep in mind. […]
August 18, 2011/beckadmin
When Jamie came in my office this week, she reported feeling disappointed. Jamie thought she had kicked her emotional eating […]
August 8, 2011/beckadmin
Since getting back on track, one of the hardest things for Jamie has been to try to eat things without […]
July 26, 2011/beckadmin
Jamie came into session today and reported that she had a significant experience over the weekend at an ice cream […]
July 22, 2011/beckadmin
The Emotional Eater is one who eats when she feels strong emotions – either negative or positive. When she feels […]
July 19, 2011/beckadmin
Jamie came into session today and told me about a great experience she had with eating out the night before. […]
July 15, 2011/beckadmin
Here at the Beck Institute’s Diet Program, we don’t necessarily have a firm guideline on how often our clients should […]
July 6, 2011/beckadmin
After dinner and evenings have always been the hardest times for Jamie to maintain her control. She finds that she […]
June 29, 2011/beckadmin
Jamie, 34, is a dieter with whom I (Deborah Beck Busis) worked a few years ago. By following the Beck […]
June 27, 2011/beckadmin
Breakfast is often touted to be the most important meal of the day. Your mother may have told you that, […]
June 23, 2011/beckadmin
Welcome back to the Beck Diet Solution Blog! Although there hasn’t been too much activity on this blog in recent […]
April 1, 2011/beckadmin
The unfairness issue crops up often among chronic dieters. “It’s unfair that everyone gets to eat whatever they want [and […]
March 14, 2011/beckadmin
How often have you noticed that formerly normal weight people have gradually gained weight throughout the years? Or dieters who […]
February 24, 2011/beckadmin
People who have never been overweight and have not had significant issues with their weight eat, think, and behave differently […]
November 24, 2010/beckadmin
Most of the dieters whom I treat overeat when they’re feeling stressed or experiencing a negative emotion such as anxiety, sadness, anger, shame, and so on. They often have one or both of the following unhelpful ideas:
“There’s nothing I can do to calm down when I’m upset.”
“I deserve to eat when I’m upset.”
November 18, 2010/beckadmin
Inside my latest Beck Diet Solution newsletter [click here] you’ll find details on our new Beck Diet Workshop, planned for January 29, 2011 at the Beck Institute in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
August 16, 2010/beckadmin
Jennifer recently shared with me her struggle over whether to eat certain foods, particularly during evenings. Jennifer would finish dinner, and then, it was as if treats and desserts would start calling out to her from her refrigerator.
June 29, 2010/beckadmin
Reviewer Suzanne Farrell, MS, RD praises The Complete Beck Diet for Life for not sugarcoating the time and effort that […]
June 25, 2010/beckadmin
When I introduced the notion of following a food plan inflexibly to Robert, he initially experienced both anxiety and skepticism. Robert asked me why he couldn’t just make substitutions when he felt like it as long as the calorie count remained the same. Here’s what I told Robert:
June 18, 2010/beckadmin
Amy came in this week feeling quite defeated. Although she had previously been doing quite well with making food plans and sticking to them, she had been on a business trip earlier this week and hadn’t been able to write down her food. She viewed the trip as a complete “failure,” which left her feeling demoralized and unmotivated.
June 11, 2010/beckadmin
Cindy has been having some anxiety about the future. She successfully lost 43 pounds and has been maintaining that loss for over 8 months, but she still has negative thoughts and images that pop into her head from time to time. The most common one is that she sees her future self standing in front of the mirror, trying to zipper her jeans, and realizing that they have become too tight.
June 4, 2010/beckadmin
A dieter, Katherine, was recently talking to me about a subject matter I hear over and over again from dieters. She told me that one of the biggest changes she has undergone since starting the program is that now she is much happier and satisfied with less food. In the past, Katherine said she always liked to eat very large portions of food, and didn’t feel satisfied until she had eaten an enormous amount.
May 24, 2010/beckadmin
When did it happen? When did we Americans go from an occasional piece of pizza to having multiple slices throughout the week? When did we go from the occasional soda to drinking sugary soft drinks throughout the day? When did we go from a weekly overindulgence, such as a big dinner on Saturday night, to excess food every evening?
May 18, 2010/beckadmin
I asked Julie what was the hardest part of sticking to her maintenance diet. “I’m just tired of what I’m eating. I want to eat more. I want to eat different things for lunch and dinner. I want to have a glass of wine when I go out with friends and dessert every night. I want to have an afternoon snack, like pretzels or crackers or chips. But I know if I do,” she said glumly, “I’ll gain weight.”
May 5, 2010/beckadmin
Earlier this year, Philadelphia joined New York in requiring that chain restaurants print calorie counts on their menus. Even I was astounded, when I ate out a few days ago. I was fascinated by how high the calorie counts were for almost every item.
April 21, 2010/beckadmin
Joanna, who has been overweight most of her life, lost 65 pounds in the past two years. She told me a great story. This week her husband spontaneously picked her up and carried her over the threshold. He had not been able to do that when they had married four years ago.
March 16, 2010/beckadmin
Lisa, who had had an absolute rule (which she occasionally broke big time) against eating junk food, had recently started allowing herself to have a moderate portion of a favorite food every day. Some of the food she enjoyed immensely, in fact, more than before, because she was able to eat it guilt free. But sometimes the food, for example, certain kinds of candy, just did not taste as good as she had remembered.
March 8, 2010/beckadmin
Lisa was confused. For a very long time, before she started the program in The Beck Diet Solution, she had tried, as much as possible, to avoid certain foods completely, for example, candy, ice cream, and cookies. She was frankly a little astonished when I suggested that she should allow herself to have one favorite food a day.
February 23, 2010/beckadmin
Many dieters and maintainers are mystified when the scale starts to go up. “But I’m doing everything the same!” they usually proclaim. That’s when I ask them a series of questions to try to figure out what has changed:
February 17, 2010/beckadmin
Dr. Beck will appear on the Dr. Oz show tomorrow, Thursday, February 18th, advising a family whose health will likely become compromised if they don’t change the way they eat.
February 12, 2010/beckadmin
Marie avoided eating potato chips, French fries, onion rings, and crackers. Although she loved these foods, they would trigger cravings and once she started eating them, she found it quite difficult to stop. Marie actually developed a fear of these foods. She was sure she would lose control if she ate them.
February 4, 2010/beckadmin
A recently article in the New York Times asks, “Can fast food help you lose weight?” I applaud the restaurant industry for offering healthier food choices. But for the consumer, it’s buyer beware.
February 2, 2010/beckadmin
Carly was really proud of herself—and deservedly so. She, her husband, and kids went for a short road trip for a few days and she was able to stick to her plan, almost completely. On previous trips, she and her kids would have “perpetual snacks” in the car. On this trip, Carly ate only at her regularly scheduled snack and meal times. She occasionally reminded herself, “It’s not time to eat now. I’ll eat when I’m supposed to.”
January 28, 2010/beckadmin
Yesterday I went to New York to tape a segment for the Dr. Oz Show. He interviewed a family who likes to eat—a lot. The mother had not realized the extent to which she is a food pusher, constantly urging her children and husband to eat more and more. She also had not realized the potential health consequences of her family being overweight and potentially obese.
January 19, 2010/beckadmin
I was recently asked for 10 tips for sticking to your diet. I quickly made the following list but I didn’t necessarily include the 10 most important tips, especially because each dieter is different. Which tips (on or off the list) have been most important to you?
January 13, 2010/beckadmin
Okay, it’s 2010. Time to get serious about your health and lose weight for the last time. Do you really want to find yourself in January 2011 heavier than is healthy for you?
December 30, 2009/beckadmin
Laura was bothered by a comment her sister-in-law, Rosemary, made at a family gathering two weeks ago. “Wow, you’ve really lost weight. Well, I don’t know if I can associate with you any more,” she said, with an edge in her voice. Laura knew that Rosemary was probably a little jealous, as her sister-in-law had struggled with her own weight for many years.
December 21, 2009/beckadmin
Andrea, a dieter I’m counseling, was so glad I had prepared her well for a more difficult time. At her second session with me, I asked her to write a response card to read every morning, in preparation for the first day that dieting would seem hard. It said:
October 20, 2009/beckadmin
In her recent article for the Albuquerque Weight Loss Examiner, Marsha Thole provides a helpful guide for dieters on vacation. First, Thole spells out what typically goes wrong for dieters on vacation. Then, using tools and techniques from the Complete Beck Diet for Life, she describes what must be done in order for dieters to remain on track and stick to their plans.
September 30, 2009/beckadmin
A dieter emailed me recently after she had watched a three-minute TV segment in which I suggested putting food in the trash. She was concerned, and understandably so. For this dieter and for most people, the notion of trashing food, instead of saving and reusing it, is absurd.
I explained to the dieter that while the TV segment she watched was three minutes long, I had actually been interviewed for about two hours. So, unfortunately, viewers didn’t get to see the whole story about the Beck Diet program or about throwing away food.
September 25, 2009/beckadmin
Our diet workshop, here in Philadelphia on Sunday, September 13th, was a success! We had over 120 dieters and health and mental health professionals, from 20 US states and 3 countries. We’re excited to announce that Julie Soller, from UCLA, filmed the workshop, and will use part of it for a documentary on The Beck Diet Solution.
September 22, 2009/beckadmin
In the October 2009 issue of SHAPE magazine (see p. 70), a dieter tells readers how Dr. Judith Beck (and “The Beck Diet Solution) is helping her develop strategies to target her emotional eating . . .
September 16, 2009/beckadmin
Sue has made so much progress! She has mastered the art of eating only while sitting down. Once in a while, she legitimately forgets but she never says to herself, “Oh, I don’t feel like sitting down to eat this.” She is now convinced that this positive eating habit is essential to her success.
September 9, 2009/beckadmin
Sue has been weighing herself daily and graphing her weight loss. She has now proven to herself several times that the number on the scale goes down some days, stays the same some days, and goes up some days—even when her energy input and output is the same!
September 4, 2009/beckadmin
On September 2nd, Dr. Beck released her inaugural issue of the Beck Diet Solution Newsletter. This brief, once-monthly newsletter is geared toward professionals and consumers and includes special news and announcements on the diet and weight loss front, helpful articles, and frequently asked questions.
September 1, 2009/beckadmin
Sue has been weighing herself once a week. She was confused and disheartened that her weight had gone up a little this week. After all, she told me, she had stuck to her plan and, on top of that, had done considerably more exercise than usual.
August 27, 2009/beckadmin
Today Sue and I touched on the topic of self-criticism again. She was able to see how “beating herself up” every time she made a mistake undercut her motivation and her sense of self-efficacy. We reiterated how important it is to become problem-solving oriented, instead. “Okay, I made a mistake. What can I learn from this for next time?”
August 18, 2009/beckadmin
Sue is doing so well, but I wanted to prepare her for making mistakes. We reviewed the concept that mistakes […]
August 11, 2009/beckadmin
Sue is still afraid that if she eats something wrong, she’ll lose control and not be able to get back in control. We had the following discussion:
Sue: I’m just afraid that one false step will be the beginning of the end.
August 3, 2009/beckadmin
Sue and I were talking about times in the past when she had started to gain weight. It appeared as though each time started with a small weight gain; then she started thinking that dieting was too hard, then she abandoned her plan.
July 27, 2009/beckadmin
I told Sue that it was great that she has become so much more aware of when she’s tempted to eat standing up. For example, this past week, unprompted by me, Sue made the decision not to eat at her kitchen counter.
July 20, 2009/beckadmin
A dieter emailed me about difficulties she had “arranging her environment,” to keep tempting foods out of sight, out of mind, at home and in the workplace. She’s a waitress and wanted to know if I had any extra advice for someone who can’t help but be bombarded by the sight of delicious, fattening foods for several hours a day.
July 13, 2009/beckadmin
Sue is getting good at giving herself credit—saying “That’s good!” every time she reads her list of advantages of weight loss, every time she stops herself from eating while standing, every time she chooses healthy food to eat. . .
July 6, 2009/beckadmin
Sue did a great job of reading her list of reasons to lose weight twice a day, every day this week. Doing so really prepared her for the tempting French fries on a communal serving plate at lunch with her coworkers.
June 30, 2009/beckadmin
Sue has a very demanding job. She can’t predict when she’ll have time to eat or what food will be served. We talked about the necessity of always bringing a back-up meal with her on workdays, something that won’t spoil. If it turns out that the food that’s served is healthy, she can save the back-up food for another day.
June 23, 2009/beckadmin
I started working with a new dieter today. Sue has already lost 50 pounds on her own. In fact, she has lost 50 pounds several times in her life—and always gained it back. She doesn’t want that to happen this time. She’s committed to learning the lifetime skills she’ll need so that this time, she can be successful.
June 15, 2009/beckadmin
Many dieters have an interesting sabotaging thought: “Because I wasn’t perfect on my diet just now (i.e., because I just cheated), I may as well give up (and start again tomorrow).” It’s a cleverly hidden excuse.
Dieters who have read The Beck Diet Solution (or one of the other books) may also have a sabotaging thought about the program contained in it. “Since I’m not following the program perfectly, I may as well stop following it altogether.”
But these ideas really don’t make sense.
June 3, 2009/beckadmin
People often ask me why I suggest that dieters (without eating disorders) weigh themselves daily, instead of weekly, monthly, or not at all. Here’s why:
April 27, 2009/beckadmin
A new dieter, Alan, consulted me this week. He weighs 265 pounds and is 5’6”. He would like to weigh 100 pounds less. “It’s a mistake,” I told him, “to set a big goal like that. First, we really don’t know whether 165 pounds is a reasonable weight for you to get down to and maintain. Second, it’s too far away.” Alan immediately became discouraged and we had the following discussion (see pages 113-114 of the Beck Diet Solution).
April 20, 2009/beckadmin
Melanie, a dieter who consulted me a few months ago, recently contacted me for a “booster” session. She was doing great, still losing about 3 pounds a month. She was no longer writing down her food plan in advance, nor did she need to. Instead, she was able to decide at each meal and snack what she wanted to have and to eyeball her portions instead of measuring her food.
April 13, 2009/beckadmin
This past week, I met Jon socially, at a party. We had known each other slightly. He told me he had read my cognitive therapy books on dieting and wanted me to know which technique had helped him the most. It had been emailing his “diet buddy,” when he was tempted to eat something he wasn’t supposed to. With his permission, I cut and pasted below an old email he forwarded to me.
April 6, 2009/beckadmin
A number of dieters have come to see me in anticipation of the holidays. Here’s what I asked them:
When Passover or Easter is over, how do you want to feel about yourself?
Proud that you followed your holiday eating plan? Motivated and in control? Pleased with yourself? Confident that you’ll return to your usual eating routine?
OR
Upset that you abandoned your plan, distressed that you gained a significant amount of weight, and unsure that you can get back on track?
March 30, 2009/beckadmin
When Mark sat down in my office this week, he said, “Before we start, can I just tell you how relieved I feel?” When I said, “Of course,” Mark told me:
“I finally get it. I do. Cravings go away. I don’t have to eat to make them go away. When I’m tempted, the more I say, ‘Don’t worry, you’re going to eat again at ______ o’clock, the easier and easier it gets.’ ”
March 24, 2009/beckadmin
Marta was dismayed. After 20 months of maintaining her weight loss with relative ease, she had gone off track and had gained back five pounds.
March 16, 2009/beckadmin
There has been a good deal of research lately on what constitutes the best diet for weight loss: low fat? low carb? high protein? high fiber? I think the researchers are asking the wrong question.
March 10, 2009/beckadmin
It was important for Emilia to learn how to regularize her eating by sticking to three meals and three snacks […]
March 2, 2009/beckadmin
I’ve been bombarded with questions about how my new book, The Complete Beck Diet for Life, is different from my […]
March 2, 2009/beckadmin
If you want to be successful, DON’T START OUT BY DIETING! In my experience, the major reason that people have difficulty losing weight or keeping it off is that they jump right into following an eating plan before they have learned how to diet.
February 23, 2009/beckadmin
Some dieters are so surprised when I suggest that throwing away food is an essential skill for long-term success (pages […]
February 11, 2009/beckadmin
I hadn’t seen Ellie for several months. At our last appointment, she had been doing quite well, having lost 30 […]
January 30, 2009/beckadmin
I’m very excited about my new book, published this month. It’s a thoroughly honest book that helps you how to […]
February 18, 2008/beckadmin
Over the weekend our dieter, Kathleen, received some very good news: her son announced his engagement to his long-time girlfriend. […]
January 30, 2008/beckadmin
When traveling and staying in a hotel, dieters may be tempted by the treats in their hotel rooms. Hotels are […]
January 22, 2008/beckadmin
Our veteran dieter, Brian, came in for a booster session this fall. He had maintained his sizable weight loss for […]
January 16, 2008/beckadmin
Our relatively new dieter, Tammy, came in this week and reported that she’s been feeling reluctant to do several of […]
January 11, 2008/beckadmin
Our dieter, Rebecca, told us this week that she had given in to an impulse and bought a large slice […]
January 7, 2008/beckadmin
During this week’s phone session, our dieter Liz told us how overwhelmed, stressed, and tired she’s been lately, especially since […]
December 31, 2007/beckadmin
Before he started working with us, our dieter Evan had lost a significant amount of weight following an all liquid […]
December 26, 2007/beckadmin
Rose has returned to diet counseling after having been away for two and a half months, dealing with a family […]
December 21, 2007/beckadmin
This week, our dieter Alex walked into his office kitchen to make a cup of coffee and discovered a big plate […]
December 18, 2007/beckadmin
Our dieter Lucinda really wanted to start taking a yoga class but was extremely fearful that she would be judged […]
December 14, 2007/beckadmin
Our dieter Eric was having a tough time committing to making a holiday plan. We went over with him how […]
December 12, 2007/beckadmin
We’ve received questions following our last blog about the nature of the workshops we gave in California last week. These […]
December 10, 2007/beckadmin
Holiday time is here and with it come a whole host of potential problems – office goodies, vacations, celebratory meals, […]
December 6, 2007/beckadmin
You may have noticed that we took a hiatus from the blog for two weeks. In addition to attending Thanksgiving […]
November 20, 2007/beckadmin
We’ve talked before in this blog about the importance of always having a plan, but we think it bears repeating, […]
November 15, 2007/beckadmin
Mark, a dieter that we recently began working with, reported that during the past week he’s been feeling extra hungry, […]
November 9, 2007/beckadmin
We received this letter from a Beck Diet Solution reader and frequent traveler: My concerns are that I travel nearly […]
November 5, 2007/beckadmin
Our dieter Jenny has been going through a rough time because her step-mother (whom she was very close to) passed […]
October 31, 2007/beckadmin
One of our dieters, April, was having trouble this week finding time to get to all of her diet activities: […]
October 19, 2007/beckadmin
How do you suggest to someone that s/he give the program in the Beck Diet Solution a try? We don’t […]
October 3, 2007/beckadmin
A few months ago, our dieter Jennifer attended a local festival in her town. Before she went, she wrote down […]
October 1, 2007/beckadmin
Our dieter Rose has a very stressful situation coming up this week and so we spent a lot of today […]
September 12, 2007/beckadmin
The Advantages List – a list of all the reasons why people want to lose weight – is one of […]
September 5, 2007/beckadmin
We recently started working with three new dieters and, as always, we covered a lot of material in the first […]
August 22, 2007/beckadmin
One of our dieters, Rose, has lately been having a tougher time sticking to her diet and exercise plan. She’s […]
August 16, 2007/beckadmin
One of our new dieters, Sarah, had to go on a week-long trip because her two kids were competing in […]
August 9, 2007/beckadmin
On Monday we had our now monthly meeting of our lunchtime diet group and it was great to see everyone […]
August 3, 2007/beckadmin
One of our dieters, Andrea, has been doing extremely well lately. She’s been working out hard at the gym, following […]
July 25, 2007/beckadmin
Some dieters in our new class are struggling with giving themselves credit (discussed on Day 4 of The Beck Diet […]
July 17, 2007/beckadmin
We have started a new weight-loss class here at the Beck Institute. Our new dieters have just finished the tasks […]
July 3, 2007/beckadmin
About five months ago, Roxanne made the decision to stop losing weight and start maintaining. Since making that decision, Roxanne […]
June 25, 2007/beckadmin
Some of our dieters have been recently dealing with the issue of emotional eating. Diana in particular has noticed this […]
May 30, 2007/beckadmin
In two weeks, Brenda is going on a week-long vacation to Jamaica, which she is very excited about. During the […]
May 24, 2007/beckadmin
During our diet group this week, we wanted to have our dieters benefit from each others’ wisdom. Brenda began by […]
May 17, 2007/beckadmin
We are so excited that one of our wonderful dieters, Maria, was featured today in an article in the Philadelphia […]
May 8, 2007/beckadmin
Roxanne, who was now reached maintenance, recognizes that she needs to use the skills she learned in The Beck Diet […]
May 4, 2007/beckadmin
On our post about Lori’s Busy Week, one reader asked whether she would be able to celebrate special occasions like […]
May 1, 2007/beckadmin
One skill that Maria has gotten very good at is putting herself first – making sure that she continually has […]
April 24, 2007/beckadmin
Diana was tempted by chocolate this past week. She reported to our group that there was a few days ago, […]
April 20, 2007/beckadmin
Brenda has been having a bit of trouble lately with “nighttime demons” – those voices in her head that around […]
April 17, 2007/beckadmin
In the meeting yesterday, Lori talked about what a busy week she has coming up. Lots of meals out, a […]
April 12, 2007/beckadmin
Lots of exciting things are happening here with The Beck Diet Solution. This has been an especially big day for […]
April 9, 2007/beckadmin
During our diet group today, we talked a lot about differentiating among hunger, cravings, and the desire to eat. The […]
April 3, 2007/beckadmin
Over the last few months, Melissa has noticed that she’s experienced a big shift in her thinking. When she used […]
March 27, 2007/beckadmin
We had a special visitor during our diet group today, our colleague from Rome, Dr. Antonella Montano. During the meeting […]
March 23, 2007/beckadmin
Carolyn has pretty much mastered the skill of working any food into her diet. Unlike a lot of dieters, she […]
March 20, 2007/beckadmin
It was Maria’s daughter’s birthday last week, so over the weekend Maria threw a sleepover party for her and her […]
March 16, 2007/beckadmin
Three of our dieters – Roxanne, Charlotte, and Diana – had birthdays in the past 2 weeks, and they reported […]
March 14, 2007/beckadmin
Diana’s birthday is on Wednesday and with it comes a multitude of food temptations – meals out, a party, cake, […]
March 9, 2007/beckadmin
During the group on Monday, we talked about the notion of “slippage” – letting bad habits infiltrate back into your […]
March 7, 2007/beckadmin
One of the topics we discussed during our group meeting is the importance of throwing out extra food. Keeping leftovers […]
March 1, 2007/beckadmin
We asked our diet group to complete the sentence, “If I hadn’t joined the group…” Here’s what they have to say […]
February 27, 2007/beckadmin
Some of our dieters have been noticing an interesting side effect from their own efforts toward healthy eating and exercise: […]
February 23, 2007/beckadmin
Maria had an interesting experience on Valentine’s Day: her young daughter woke her up by bringing her breakfast in bed. […]
February 20, 2007/beckadmin
This afternoon Diana had a really strong craving for something sweet. She knew it was a craving and not hunger […]
February 15, 2007/beckadmin
Diana’s weight loss had reached a plateau for quite a while. We discussed with Diana the fact that this often […]
February 13, 2007/beckadmin
Week 32 of our diet group and the pounds continue to come off! Our meeting on Monday was special because […]
February 8, 2007/beckadmin
This week Brenda ate at one of her favorite seafood restaurants. In the past she would usually order one of […]
February 6, 2007/beckadmin
Charlotte, a 63 year old researcher, is unlike many of our other dieters. She didn’t start dieting until the age […]
February 2, 2007/beckadmin
Lori, a 44 year old attorney, started dieting at the age of 14. She says that she has attempted to […]
January 30, 2007/beckadmin
Susan returned last night from her 10 day business trip and after weighing in today, was so pleased to see […]
January 23, 2007/beckadmin
Brenda loves going to the movies, partly because she loves movie theater popcorn. In the past, she would get a […]
January 18, 2007/beckadmin
In a few days Susan is leaving for a business trip. Knowing that eating and dieting can be much trickier […]
January 15, 2007/beckadmin
Week 28 and our dieters continue to lose weight! One of our dieters, Susan, initially lost 7 pounds. During the […]
January 10, 2007/beckadmin
Week 27 of our Diet Group and our dieters are finally returning to a normal schedule and putting the holiday […]
January 4, 2007/beckadmin
We have now reached the six-month mark for our diet group. Our dieters are all back to work and recovering […]
December 27, 2006/beckadmin
Our dieters are doing well despite all of the added pressures of the holiday season. This week, almost everyone lost […]
December 21, 2006/beckadmin
Another Beck Diet Solution Dieter is Brenda, a 49 year-old self-described lover of carbs. Throughout the past two decades, Brenda […]
December 20, 2006/beckadmin
Our Cognitive Therapy weight loss group has now been meeting for 6 months. In spite of the fact that our […]
December 14, 2006/beckadmin
Welcome to the Beck Diet Solution Dieters Blog! I’m Debbie Busis. Dr. Judith Beck and I run a weight loss […]