Thinking Thin

Training your brain to think like a thin person, and other psychological techniques for healthy weight loss.

by Dr. Judith Beck

Bombarded by food?

By Dr. Judith Beck on July 20, 2009 in Thinking Thin

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. Read More

2 cents

Submitted by Terry on July 21, 2009 - 1:25am.

Dear dieter, here is my two cents worth...

Home:

- Don't keep junk food in the home
(i.e. don't grocery shop when hungry)

- don't watch TV commercials. Use Tivo, or
only watch HBO, or only rent TV shows
or movies, or even more radically just
don't watch or watch very little TV.

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/07/080731173121.htm

http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/2005-10-31-tv-weight_x.htm

Work: (the waitress job is an extra challenge)

- get a job as a waitress at a very health conscious
restaurant, so that you will at least be tempted
by healthy food. Or get a job working in a restaurant
where the food is so unappetizing that you
aren't temped at all.

- sneeze on the food so that it doesn't temp you
(ha, just kidding, probably a very bad idea).
Or visualize a co-working sneezing on the food
so that it is a lot less appealing

- one good thing about waitressing is all the
walking. walking is very important for good health.

Good Luck, and hope this gives you some ideas!

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Dr. Judith S. Beck, Ph.D., is President of the Beck Institute for Cognitive Behavior Therapy and author of The Beck Diet Solution (Oxmoor House).

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