The Diet Trap Solution: Train Your Brain to Lose Weight and Keep It Off for Good

by Judith S. Beck PhD, Deborah Beck Busis

Overview

The New York Times bestselling author of The Beck Diet Solution teams up with her daughter and colleague at the Beck Institute for Cognitive Behavior to teach readers how to think their way thin, offering practical, proven tools for escaping common diet traps for good.

Most diet programs work at first. But then life happens—stress, bad habits, holidays, travel—and we revert to bad habits, and the weight comes back. In this invaluable book, Dr. Judith Beck offers the solution to break free from these common diet traps and keep the weight off for life.

Dr. Beck explains that when it comes to losing weight, it’s not just about what we eat. It’s also about how we think. To consistently eat differently, we must learn to think differently. Diets fail us because they don’t offer effective strategies for overcoming the common traps—emotional eating, social pressure, dining out—that can derail us. Now, she and her daughter, Deborah Beck Busis, share the techniques they have successfully used with thousands of clients, revealing how to overcome the thoughts and behaviors that have held us back. With The Diet Trap Solution, readers on any diet regimen can learn to identify their specific diet traps and create action plans to strengthen their “resistance muscle”—making losing weight easy, sustainable, and enjoyable.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780062301062
Publisher:	HarperCollins
Publication date:	04/21/2015
Pages:	256
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 1.20(d)

About the Author

Judith S. Beck, Ph.D., is the New York Times bestselling author of The Beck Diet Solution, president of the nonprofit Beck Institute for Cognitive Behavior Therapy in Philadelphia, and clinical associate professor of psychology in psychiatry at the University of Pennsylvania. She has written over a hundred articles and books and has served as a consultant for several National Institute of Mental Health studies. Dr. Beck has presented hundreds of workshops nationally and internationally on various applications of cognitive therapy, including weight loss and maintenance. She has a clinical practice, supervises clinicians, and provides consultation to organizations.

Deborah Beck Busis, LCSW, is the Beck Institute's diet program coordinator. She helped Dr. Beck develop the diet program and counsels dieters nationally and internationally. She trains professionals from around the world and is developing a manual for diet coaches. She received her master of social work degree from the University of Pennsylvania and is a licensed clinical social worker.

Table of Contents

Part 1 Escape Your Diet Traps

Chapter 1 Are You Trapped? 3

Chapter 2 Foundation Strategies to Escape Your Traps 23

Part 2 Internal Traps: How I Trap Myself

Chapter 3 Stress Traps 49

Chapter 4 Emotional Eating Traps 65

Part 3 Interpersonal Traps: How Others Trap Me

Chapter 5 Food Pusher Traps 85

Chapter 6 Family Traps 105

Part 4 External Traps: How Special Circumstances Trap Me

Chapter 7 Travel and Eating Out Traps 129

Chapter 8 Holiday Traps 151

Part 5 Universal Traps: How We All Get Trapped

Chapter 9 Psychological Traps 177

Chapter 10 Getting Off Track Traps 197

Conclusion: Stay Free of Traps-for Life 221

Connect with Us 231

Appendix: Template for Escape Plan 233

Acknowledgments 235

Notes 237

Index 239

Editorial Reviews

The Diet Trap Solution is a tremendous resource for people who want to transform their lives through healthy eating. It teaches you exactly what you need to do so you can finally lose the weight you want, and stick to your eating plan for life.

Mark Hyman

If you’re trying to lose weight, don’t let this book escape your attention. It’s full of insights and sound strategies to escape diet traps. Dr. Beck illustrates that when it comes to weight control, watching what you think is as important as watching what you eat.

Thomas A. Wadden

Brain health is the first step in body health. With this book, hunger and cravings become something your brain can conquer and replace with productive, nourishing habits that outlast any diet.

Daniel Amen

The Diet Trap Solution is a tremendous resource for people who want to transform their lives through healthy eating. It teaches you exactly what you need to do so you can finally lose the weight you want, and stick to your eating plan for life.” — Mark Hyman, MD, author of #1 New York Times Bestseller, The Blood Sugar Solution

“Brain health is the first step in body health. With this book, hunger and cravings become something your brain can conquer and replace with productive, nourishing habits that outlast any diet.” — Daniel Amen, CEO of Amen Clinics, Inc. and New York Times bestselling author of The Daniel Plan and Change Your Brain, Change Your Life

“If you’re trying to lose weight, don’t let this book escape your attention. It’s full of insights and sound strategies to escape diet traps. Dr. Beck illustrates that when it comes to weight control, watching what you think is as important as watching what you eat.” — Thomas A. Wadden, Ph.D., Professor of Psychology and Director of the Center for Weight and Eating Disorders, University of Pennsylvania, Perelman School of Medicine

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