Complete Beck Diet for Life: The Five-Stage Program for Permanent Weight Loss »

Dr. Judith Beck is the daughter of the influential founder of Cognitive Therapy, Aaron T. Beck, M.D. She received her doctorate from the University of Pennsylvania where she is currently a Clinical Associate Professor of Psychology in Psychiatry. Director of the Beck Institute of Cognitive Therapy, she is also past president of the Academy of Cognitive Therapy.

The Beck Diet Solution taught America how to THINK THIN; now best-selling author Dr. Judith Beck presents a meal plan that works with her Cognitive Therapy techniques that trains you how to EAT THIN and lose weight naturally and permanently. Designed to take the guesswork out of dieting, The Complete Beck Diet for Life features a host of Dr. Beck's signature Cognitive Therapy tools needed to learn to eat thin, including how to be satisfied with eating less, stay motivated, immediately get back on track, and ultimately maintain new weight.

Acknowledgments 7

Introduction 8

Part 1

Chapter 1 Begin a New Way of Life 12

Chapter 2 Experience the Difference 22

Chapter 3 Get Ready to Lose 32

Part 2

Chapter 4 Stage 1: The Success Skills Plan 50

Chapter 5 Stage 2: The Think Thin Initial Eating Plan 106

Chapter 6 Stage 3: The Challenging Situations Plan 127

Chapter 7 Stage 4: The Think Thin Lifetime Eating Plan 167

Chapter 8 Stage 5: The Motivation-for-Life Plan 186

Chapter 9 Where to Go from Here 203

Part 3

Chapter 10 Think Thin Formulas & Food Lists 208

Chapter 11 Think Thin Recipes 228

Chapter 12 Success Skills Sheets & Other Essential Resources 263

Selected Bibliography 276

Index 283