Resistance Muscle

Jen at http://www.priorfatgirl.com/ recently mentioned a book that she is going to read and conduct a discussion group about.  I can honestly say that Jen is one of the most helpful and inspiring bloggers I read.
At any rate, I got the book, "Beck Diet for Life" by Judith S. Beck, Ph.D. from the library and am currently reading it.

The basis of the book is to use Cognitive Therapy to deal with your addictions, be they eating disorders, depression, or something else.  As I am reading the first few pages, I have learned about something called the "Resistance Muscle".  It is the muscle you exercise every time you find a way to not cave in to your cravings.  It is a logical technique to combat the "red devil"  on your shoulder.  As with anything else, success leads to more success.

 I am going to describe my first challenge since reading about the "resistance muscle".  Where I work, the management provides us with a free buffet to eat at once during our shift.  I usually don't eat there, but carry my own food to work.  ALTHOUGH there are occasions when something special is on the line.  About the only special thing  that appeals to me are desserts.  At work Friday night they had a really cool chocolate ganache covered cake.  Now ordinarily I would have gotten one of those immediately but I talked to the server and he said he had quite a few and not all of them were in the cooler and, if asked, would bring one out.  So I decided to wait until my next break to have one.  During the time between deciding to have one on my next break, I thought about that "resistance muscle" and  how I would define it for my use.  On my next break, I didn't even consider having it.  So, rest assured, I WILL continue reading and studying this book.

Stay tuned for more....so far I like it enough to actually read and think about it.

I can and I will!!