Re: What if It's All Been a Big Fat Lie?

May 15, 2012

When you realise how much stress makes us crave food, especially fatty

food, it can take a lot of worry out. If you are craving food, do your

best to eat sensibly of course, but if you are working at ACT and

eventually you have some success, your cravings will lower.

Kv

>

> Here's an article in NY Times by Taubes back in 2002. This and the

> response he got for it is what started him to end up writing Good

Calories

> Bad Calories and Why We Get Fat.

>

http://www.nytimes.com/2002/07/07/magazine/what-if-it-s-all-been-a-big-f\

at-lie.html

>

> What does this have to do with ACT.? Well some people talked about

eating

> to much when stress. And some psychological advice was giving

including

> mindful eating. But, like Kaviey points out, it's important to look at

> what is going on physiologically in your body. Kaivey mentions and

posts

> some articles related to how hormone levels, stress and weight gain.

>

> So, I content that physiological stuff and what you are eating be

taken

> into consideration.

>

> I've lost and gained weight for last few years. Every time I've been

> successful losing it has been by restricting carbs. Whenever I think I

can

> mix in some " good " carbs I start gaining weight. So I have to think

that

> for me I have to pretty much severely restrict carbs. A couple years

ago

> while eating a basic standard western diet, I picked up a book by

Judith

> Beck called the Beck Diet Solution and tried to apply CBT to losing

> weight. It didn't work. Judith is the daughter of the father of CBT

> Beck. I learned a lot attempting this. One is CBT doesn't work for me

for

> weight lost. But that also got me to thinking about perhaps the

> limitations of CBT period - not just to weight lost. And I also

learned

> that perhaps looking at only the psychology of weight problem is not

the

> way to go but also the physiology has to be considered.

>

> Now, is there some things about ACT that would make it more effective

than

> CBT applied to weight lost and management. I think perhaps so. I know

> that at the beginning of GOOYM I held my breath much longer using some

> mindfulness that Steve suggested in book. Based on that I think

perhaps it

> can be more effective. But I still think physiological considerations

need

> to be taken in.

>

> Cheers,

>

May 15, 2012

That one article you quoted, Kaivey, talked about at times you lose appetite when stressed. I think I've experience that this afternoon. I'm a bit stressed out about my poor finances and at times I get very upset. Today that hit me again. So, just not hungry, but still wanted chocolate.