CD02 – A Cognitive Behavioral Approach to Weight Loss and Maintenance
Location: Regency Ballroom
Difficulty: All Levels
Most individuals have difficulty either losing weight or sustaining weight loss. A significant reason for this is that they never learned the cognitive and behavioral skills they need to be successful. In this live event, I will demonstrate how to help dieters make fundamental changes in their thinking so they can maintain fundamental, and long lasting changes in their eating behavior. Skills include setting achievable goals; creating an accountability system; building self-efficacy; consistently using good eating habits; managing hunger, cravings, and the desire to eat for emotional reasons; solving eating-related problems; staying on track and getting back on track immediately when they make a mistake; and continually motivating themselves through their lifetime.
- Describe how the cognitive model applies to weight loss.
- List techniques to deal with hunger, craving and emotional eating.
- Utilize strategies to motivate clients.