Think Better, Lose More: Overcoming Cognitive Distortions
🎧 Don't Miss This Episode! In this week’s episode of the Keep the Weight Off Podcast, Dr. Angela and Marchelle dive deep into the fascinating world of Cognitive Distortions—those sneaky, irrational thought patterns that can secretly sabotage your weight loss journey. You'll learn:
- 🔍 What Cognitive Distortions Are: Understand how these tricky thought patterns can derail your progress without you even realizing it.
- ⚖️ The Power of "All-or-None Thinking": Discover how black-and-white thinking might be holding you back and how to embrace the gray areas for long-term success.
- 🔄 Overgeneralization & Mental Filtering: Learn how to avoid the trap of thinking "this always happens" and focus on your true progress.
- đź’ Jumping to Conclusions & Emotional Reasoning: Uncover how these distortions can lead to self-sabotage and how to counteract them effectively.
- 🛠️ Practical Steps to Combat Distorted Thinking: Get actionable strategies to identify, challenge, and reframe distorted thoughts, helping you stay on track.
This episode is packed with insights that can transform the way you think and, more importantly, the way you approach your weight loss journey. Don’t miss out!
🌟 Tune in now and start thinking your way to success!
Episode Highlights:
(05:23) Cognitive distortions are basically the tricks our minds play on us that make us think in negative ways or unrealistic ways; what happens for people is we think that everything that we think that goes through our brains is true, but with cognitive distortions, our thinking is not true. If we're not aware of cognitive distortions, they can really sabotage us.
(12:29) Here you are like "I lost five pounds. It's not enough". You're acknowledging that things are working, but then you're discounting it, you're discounting the positive. That's not a good plan at all, because think about what happens when you minimize your successes. You rob yourself of the motivation and confidence that come from recognizing your hard work.
(16:56) Another cognitive distortion to watch out for is called "emotional reasoning". This is when you believe that because you feel a certain way, it must be true. And this is a tough one for a lot of people. For example, if you feel like a failure, you think you are a failure. But feelings aren't facts. So just because you're having a bad day doesn't mean that your entire journey is doomed.
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