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If you've ever been addicted to dieting, or have chronically failed on diets, you know how frustrating a life of dieting can be.
But what many folks don't know is that binge eating, compulsive overeating, diet addiction, and other eating disorders all arise from and are exacerbated by distorted thinking.
If you have food issues, you might believe such things as:
1. You MUST lose the weight right away
2. You are not acceptable as you are
3. You lack willpower, which normal eaters seem to have
4. You are too dysfunctional to eat normally like other folks
5. You will always have to eat diet food in order to be thin
6. I must count fat grams or calories in order not to overeat
But if you take a close look at each belief, you'll see that each is faulty. The truth is that there's a normal, more natural way to eat small amounts of every kind of food, and be satisfied. Dieting is unnecessary.
Hard to believe? That's where cognitive therapy comes in. Diets actually make it harder to ever quit them, because, like a cult, they demand allegiance to certain beliefs.
See below for more information about normal eating and cognitive therapy resources. There's a wealth of reading material for free on the web.
Free Reading
And speaking of free, there's a wealth of free cognitive therapy help available on the web.
All you have to do is click on a link or two, and print the materials to your printer.
No catch.
- ABCDEF method
- The three minute exercise outlined by Dr. Michael R. Edelstein.
- ABCDEF method--start your life now
- Is your life on hold until you lose the weight? Find out why this won't work, and moreover, why you can have a more fulfilling life right now.
- Cognitive Therapy and ditching the diet
- Many folks approach normal eating, also known as non-dieting, with some fears and faulty beliefs. Find out how to use cognitive therapy to help you restore your rational thinking and learn the hunger & fullness method.
- Cognitive Therapy and distorted beliefs
- View Linda Moran's cognitive therapy page on her web site.
- Cognitive Therapy introduction
- A simple explanation of how you can incorporate cognitive therapy into your thinking.
- Diet Survivors Meditations
- Free subscribeable blog is written by Linda Moran to help you with your food issues by applying some cognitive therapy techniques.
- Diet Survivors message board
- This Yahoo! group is led by Linda Moran. She helps folks ditch the diet in favor of normal eating. Here you will receive personalized help in applying cognitive therapy principles to weight control and self-acceptance.
- Diet Survivors lens
- A summary of Diet Survivors resources
- Diets are like cults
- A trait common to cults is the suppression of critical thinking. Does this remind you of any diets you've been on?
- How to Survive Your Diet explanation
- Find out more about the book, "How to Survive Your Diet" by Linda Moran
- Chapter 1 of "Three Minute Therapy"
- Read Chapter 1 of the cognitive therapy book by Dr. Michael R. Edelstein, titled, "Ending your self-inflicted pain."
Books on Amazon
Three Minute Therapy: Change Your Thinking, Change Your Life
Dr. Michael R. Edelstein simplifies cognitive therapy.
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How to Survive Your Diet and Conquer Your Food Issues Forever
Linda Moran applies cognitive therapy to non-dieting.
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Diet Survivors meditations
Linda Moran's meditations blog just for you
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Cognitive therapy techniques involve replacing old, worn-out words with new, more rational and life-giving words.
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Linda Moran has combined the power of cognitive therapy for problem-solving with the diet alternative that has come to be known as non-dieting. Moran...
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