Excited!

For the first time I really feel like I can do this... And it's all wrapped up in CBT... I'm a dork, I know. But that's how these things work sometimes. Dieting has always been super hard for me because I get very defeated... I cheat, I go off. I don't lose weight anymore, I go off. And I always seem to go for the diets which require huge changes all at once and it's rough when someone is sitting there telling you you can't have something you really want ever again... I think I read once where someone hit the nail on the head and said that denying yourself some foods really feels like you're losing a friend. You're losing what you've always relied on to soothe you when you're having a rough day, something that's always been there for you. Hey, if it makes you feel better, that's what you're going to go back to time and time again (ask any number of people who deal with an addiction.) BUT! I was turned onto a weight-loss frame of mind by a professor yesterday and decided to check it out. It's Judith Beck, who is the daughter of Aaron Beck (the founder of CBT). Now for those who don't know, CBT is Cognitive-Behavior therapy... And also my favorite theory because it makes the most sense to me... It's all about correcting the erroneous thoughts we have which in turn changes how we behave. So today I looked into it a little bit, and low and behold were the answers I've been searching for. I always knew my frame of mind when it came to dieting wasn't "right", but I was never given any alternative solutions to those thoughts! Sometimes simply having someone else validate thought patterns and responses is really all you need to change how you approach a problem area. So so so, I decided that if I'm going to really get serious about losing the weight through changes in my eating, I'm going to have to buckle down and get involved in this! I ordered her book and workbook from amazon, and it should be here within the week! I also have her webpage tabbed which provides daily support for problem areas (http://www.beckdietsolution.com/daily-diet-solutions/). I couldn't be more excited about it, I needed a boost, and now I've got it from an unlikely source! Who woulda thunk that the very line of work I want to go into would help me this much in a seemingly completely unrelated area? :)