The Beck Diet Solution - Final Results

I'm so done with The Beck Diet Solution by Judith S. Beck, Ph.D. In fact, I haven't even followed the daily writing exercies for the last week. I thought the idea of this book was to deal with emotional eating but I don't think it really gets to the heart of the issue. Every time you have a sabotaging thought in regards to dieting, you are to write a positive response on a card - know as your Advantage Response Cards. You are then supposed to read the cards back to yourself when you have more sabotaging thoughts. If I did this each time I had a negative thought about dieting, I'd be spending by whole day reading these cards.

Dislikes - Daily writing exercises of a sentence or two on a new topic each day were not enough to reinforce new behaviours. The book didn't really get into great detail as to why some people are emotional eaters and how to deal with the root of the problem. Yes, some of us eat because we're stressed, angry, sad, frustrated, etc. but why do some of us turn to food under these circumstances and others don't? Perhaps I'm looking for too deep of an answer but I think emotional eaters hide behind their food and fat and I was hoping to find out why.

Likes - One writing exercise I did find helpful was writing down the advantages to losing weight and posting them by my bathroom mirror so I could read these advantages to myself several times each day. Doing so made me excited about the possibility of being lean and fit. Who doesn't want to have more confidence, self-esteem, be able to buy fashionable clothes and feel good about yourself when you look in the mirror?

I think I would have prefered working on 5 or 6 concepts in this book and spending a week on each one. I think new behaviours would have been reinforced then. I really can't remember what exercise I did on any given day.

Stats for the The Beck Diet Solution
Weight - lost 3 lbs
Bust - lost 1"
Waist - lost 1"
Hips - lost .5"
BMI - 32.39

Totals to date
Weight - lost 15 lbs
Bust - lost 2.5"
Waist - lost 4"
Hips - lost 2.5"
Initial BMI was 35.22 - down 2.83 to 32.39

I've had to make some changes to my diet choices. One of the books had outdated information and another book was not clear on food choices and amounts. The third book, The Devil's Diet by Anita Lover really is sinful. I was hoping that the title implied I could eat chocolate and ice-cream but instead the author encourages you to cheat on your spouse for weight loss motivation. Well, I no longer have a spouse bit if I did, I wouldn't cheat anyway! My next diet choice is The Eat Clean Diet Recharged by Tosca Reno. I may do some cheating on my diet but not on my spouse...if I had one!