Re: thursday: hungry/ books

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Darcy, the Beck book is hilarious. She has a great sense of humour, and a light touch. It's not really written for people like me, but since I took alot of psych classes, it interests me.

Fiona, Beck goes into that situation of not being able to have something to eat, and how it backfires. If I tell you not to think about, say, blueberry pie, for the next 10 seconds, you're going to have a difficult time distracting yourself. Very interesting stuff.

In fact, I have a whole pile of good books from the library right now! Strength for Life, by (brother of the Body for Life guy), which is nothing new, except for his good suggestion of dividing the year into different fitness focuses. I'm thinking of doing this, but I need more time to let it run around my brain. I'm both drawn to spending 3 months on yoga/stretching (with strength and stamina in there, but in lesser amounts), and worried by what would happen to the fit of my jeans. He makes a good point though - athletes aren't at the top of their fitness level ALL year round. And I've just started In Defence of Food, by Pollan. Good discussion of how real food has been replaced by artificial, uh, stuff. He's amazed that a book about what to eat even needs to be written...certainly humans have done a fine job on their own, until recently. I need to get further in to the meat of the book (sorry) to know if I agree with his theory.

, taking a rest day, but planning to walk around at least one plant nursery

-----Original Message-----From: exercisevideos [mailto:exercisevideos ]On Behalf Of Darcy LedmanThanks for the heads up Fiona, it looks like a good read.. that Beck one also looks good that comes up on amazon.Darcy

Another book on the psychology of overeating is "Shrink Yourself". I got it from the Library and it's definitely worth reading by anyone who tends to overeat or binge; to stop and think about WHY you're doing it when you're NOT hungry (e.g. frustration, unhappiness, boredom, punishment).Certainly the thought of doing without sure causes me to want to eat, eat, eat (note to myself, DON'T think about chocolate - shades of Ghostbusters)! (I used to be the same way back when with smoking - I'd think about quitting and start chain-smoking. Well - I did get over that a long time ago now, thank heavens!).

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A-ha... so did you like the Beck book? Learn anything?Darcy

Darcy, the Beck book is hilarious. She has a great sense of humour, and a light touch. It's not really written for people like me, but since I took alot of psych classes, it interests me.

Fiona, Beck goes into that situation of not being able to have something to eat, and how it backfires. If I tell you not to think about, say, blueberry pie, for the next 10 seconds, you're going to have a difficult time distracting yourself. Very interesting stuff.

In fact, I have a whole pile of good books from the library right now! Strength for Life, by (brother of the Body for Life guy), which is nothing new, except for his good suggestion of dividing the year into different fitness focuses. I'm thinking of doing this, but I need more time to let it run around my brain. I'm both drawn to spending 3 months on yoga/stretching (with strength and stamina in there, but in lesser amounts), and worried by what would happen to the fit of my jeans. He makes a good point though - athletes aren't at the top of their fitness level ALL year round. And I've just started In Defence of Food, by Pollan. Good discussion of how real food has been replaced by artificial, uh, stuff. He's amazed that a book about what to eat even needs to be written...certainly humans have done a fine job on their own, until recently. I need to get further in to the meat of the book (sorry) to know if I agree with his theory.

, taking a rest day, but planning to walk around at least one plant nursery

-----Original Message-----From: exercisevideos [mailto:exercisevideos ]On Behalf Of Darcy LedmanThanks for the heads up Fiona, it looks like a good read.. that Beck one also looks good that comes up on amazon.Darcy

Another book on the psychology of overeating is " Shrink Yourself " . I got it from the Library and it's definitely worth reading by anyone who tends to overeat or binge; to stop and think about WHY you're doing it when you're NOT hungry (e.g. frustration, unhappiness, boredom, punishment).Certainly the thought of doing without sure causes me to want to eat, eat, eat (note to myself, DON'T think about chocolate - shades of Ghostbusters)! (I used to be the same way back when with smoking - I'd think about quitting and start chain-smoking. Well - I did get over that a long time ago now, thank heavens!).

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Okay, now I have to find the Beck book. I had an uncle one time who taught me a silly little trick of the mind making things happen. He simply asked, "Where do you itch?" Normally, my reply would be that I didn't have an itch, but within minutes, I'd be itching all over. Sorry to anyone who is now itching like crazy. LOL It's all a matter of where the mind is focused and even if you aren't thinking of it consiously, the subtle introduction of a thought can change what your mind and body is doing unconsiously. It's a very interesting subject that I hope to one day learn enough about to use for clients.

Tonya

RE: thursday: hungry/ books

Darcy, the Beck book is hilarious. She has a great sense of humour, and a light touch. It's not really written for people like me, but since I took alot of psych classes, it interests me.

Fiona, Beck goes into that situation of not being able to have something to eat, and how it backfires. If I tell you not to think about, say, blueberry pie, for the next 10 seconds, you're going to have a difficult time distracting yourself. Very interesting stuff.

In fact, I have a whole pile of good books from the library right now! Strength for Life, by (brother of the Body for Life guy), which is nothing new, except for his good suggestion of dividing the year into different fitness focuses. I'm thinking of doing this, but I need more time to let it run around my brain. I'm both drawn to spending 3 months on yoga/stretching (with strength and stamina in there, but in lesser amounts), and worried by what would happen to the fit of my jeans. He makes a good point though - athletes aren't at the top of their fitness level ALL year round. And I've just started In Defence of Food, by Pollan. Good discussion of how real food has been replaced by artificial, uh, stuff. He's amazed that a book about what to eat even needs to be written...certainly humans have done a fine job on their own, until recently. I need to get further in to the meat of the book (sorry) to know if I agree with his theory.

, taking a rest day, but planning to walk around at least one plant nursery

-----Original Message-----From: exercisevideos [mailto:exercisevideos ]On Behalf Of Darcy LedmanThanks for the heads up Fiona, it looks like a good read.. that Beck one also looks good that comes up on amazon.Darcy

Another book on the psychology of overeating is "Shrink Yourself". I got it from the Library and it's definitely worth reading by anyone who tends to overeat or binge; to stop and think about WHY you're doing it when you're NOT hungry (e.g. frustration, unhappiness, boredom, punishment).Certainly the thought of doing without sure causes me to want to eat, eat, eat (note to myself, DON'T think about chocolate - shades of Ghostbusters)! (I used to be the same way back when with smoking - I'd think about quitting and start chain-smoking. Well - I did get over that a long time ago now, thank heavens!).

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I like it, but I'm not finished yet. I've learned quite a bit already, though. I don't do all the exercises she suggests - for instance, I don't binge, so I skipped over that chapter. I do like the idea of the Four Day Win, and ridiculously easy goals. Tracking food can be a pain for me, but I can do it for just 4 days. Then taking a day or two off is my reward. Plus I likely eat more on those days (oops, a couple of gummie bears appeared in my hand!), so I use those days as the 'shock' days to keep my body from getting used to a set amount of cals.

Sometimes I just need a kick in the pants to do what I know works. Dr. Beck knows that we know what to do, but is pushing people to dig a little deeper. So far, so good. I haven't read anything odd in her book, so that's a good sign.

The Strength for Life book, on the other hand, prescribes a weight program that doesn't change up the exercises, and that's another thing I HATE about these types of books - they are professionals (usually), and they probably know that you have to mix it up, but I guess when you are writing a book, it's just easier to list off the exercises and say do these, over and over. Oh please. Isn't that one of the first things we learned about lifting weights? I especially hate it when a book says you MUST do these exercises in this precise order. (this is the physical side of the one-calorie-range-fits-all annoyance) LOL

That's why I love having a ton of dvds - just by using different dvds I'm automatically mixing it up. Order of exercises change, reps, sets, weight, even different exercises appear on different dvds, so I'm never doing the same thing twice. Honestly the best thing about the Strength book is the one chapter on changing your fitness focus over the year. I'm still working on figuring out how that would work best for me. If at all. :-)

-----Original Message-----From: exercisevideos [mailto:exercisevideos ]On Behalf Of Darcy LedmanA-ha... so did you like the Beck book? Learn anything?Darcy

Darcy, the Beck book is hilarious. She has a great sense of humour, and a light touch. It's not really written for people like me, but since I took alot of psych classes, it interests me.

Fiona, Beck goes into that situation of not being able to have something to eat, and how it backfires. If I tell you not to think about, say, blueberry pie, for the next 10 seconds, you're going to have a difficult time distracting yourself. Very interesting stuff.

In fact, I have a whole pile of good books from the library right now! Strength for Life, by (brother of the Body for Life guy), which is nothing new, except for his good suggestion of dividing the year into different fitness focuses. I'm thinking of doing this, but I need more time to let it run around my brain. I'm both drawn to spending 3 months on yoga/stretching (with strength and stamina in there, but in lesser amounts), and worried by what would happen to the fit of my jeans. He makes a good point though - athletes aren't at the top of their fitness level ALL year round. And I've just started In Defence of Food, by Pollan. Good discussion of how real food has been replaced by artificial, uh, stuff. He's amazed that a book about what to eat even needs to be written...certainly humans have done a fine job on their own, until recently. I need to get further in to the meat of the book (sorry) to know if I agree with his theory.

, taking a rest day, but planning to walk around at least one plant nursery

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Glad you found something good about the Strength book, even if it sounds like a bust otherwise. Personally, I thought with a book by the best thing about it would be looking at his abs. LOL From what I saw of him in Body Of Work, he seems like the annoying little brother that is best seen and not heard. I don't know why he annoyed me so much, but that's just the impression I got of him.

Tonya

RE: thursday: hungry/ books

I like it, but I'm not finished yet. I've learned quite a bit already, though. I don't do all the exercises she suggests - for instance, I don't binge, so I skipped over that chapter. I do like the idea of the Four Day Win, and ridiculously easy goals. Tracking food can be a pain for me, but I can do it for just 4 days. Then taking a day or two off is my reward. Plus I likely eat more on those days (oops, a couple of gummie bears appeared in my hand!), so I use those days as the 'shock' days to keep my body from getting used to a set amount of cals.

Sometimes I just need a kick in the pants to do what I know works. Dr. Beck knows that we know what to do, but is pushing people to dig a little deeper. So far, so good. I haven't read anything odd in her book, so that's a good sign.

The Strength for Life book, on the other hand, prescribes a weight program that doesn't change up the exercises, and that's another thing I HATE about these types of books - they are professionals (usually), and they probably know that you have to mix it up, but I guess when you are writing a book, it's just easier to list off the exercises and say do these, over and over. Oh please. Isn't that one of the first things we learned about lifting weights? I especially hate it when a book says you MUST do these exercises in this precise order. (this is the physical side of the one-calorie-range-fits-all annoyance) LOL

That's why I love having a ton of dvds - just by using different dvds I'm automatically mixing it up. Order of exercises change, reps, sets, weight, even different exercises appear on different dvds, so I'm never doing the same thing twice. Honestly the best thing about the Strength book is the one chapter on changing your fitness focus over the year. I'm still working on figuring out how that would work best for me. If at all. :-)

-----Original Message-----From: exercisevideos [mailto:exercisevideos ]On Behalf Of Darcy LedmanA-ha... so did you like the Beck book? Learn anything?Darcy

On Sat, May 24, 2008 at 8:20 AM, Stuparyk <stuparyksympatico (DOT) ca> wrote:

Darcy, the Beck book is hilarious. She has a great sense of humour, and a light touch. It's not really written for people like me, but since I took alot of psych classes, it interests me.

Fiona, Beck goes into that situation of not being able to have something to eat, and how it backfires. If I tell you not to think about, say, blueberry pie, for the next 10 seconds, you're going to have a difficult time distracting yourself. Very interesting stuff.

In fact, I have a whole pile of good books from the library right now! Strength for Life, by (brother of the Body for Life guy), which is nothing new, except for his good suggestion of dividing the year into different fitness focuses. I'm thinking of doing this, but I need more time to let it run around my brain. I'm both drawn to spending 3 months on yoga/stretching (with strength and stamina in there, but in lesser amounts), and worried by what would happen to the fit of my jeans. He makes a good point though - athletes aren't at the top of their fitness level ALL year round. And I've just started In Defence of Food, by Pollan. Good discussion of how real food has been replaced by artificial, uh, stuff. He's amazed that a book about what to eat even needs to be written...certainly humans have done a fine job on their own, until recently. I need to get further in to the meat of the book (sorry) to know if I agree with his theory.

, taking a rest day, but planning to walk around at least one plant nursery