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BUILDING RESILIENCEby Richard Weil, M.Ed, CDETransformation Weight Controlwww.transformationweightcontrol.com   Positive Attitude Optimism is strongly related to resilience Maintain a realistic appraisal of the negative Pay more mindful attention to your thoughts and work to insert positive expectations in your thinking (“I can handle this situation”) while filtering out or refuting, exaggerated or irrelevant negative thoughts […]

by Richard Weil, M.Ed., CDEFounder and DirectorTransformation Weight Controlwww.transformationweightcontrol.com No one ever lost weight and successfully prevented regain by beating themselves up. “You can search throughout the entire universe for someone who is more deserving of your love and affection than you are yourself, and that person is not to be found anywhere. You yourself,

by Richard Weil, M.ED., CDEFounder and DirectorTransformation Weight Control                            www.transformationweightcontrol.com Dr. Albert Ellis, founder of Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy, always said that “human beings are fallible”. We all go off the rails at some point. Losing weight and successfully preventing regain doesn’t

Richard Weil, M.Ed, CDEFounder and DirectorTransformation Weight Control “Maladaptive perfectionistic thinkers never feel as good about losing a pound as they feel bad about gaining a pound.”An original quote by Richard Weil, M.Ed., CDE My quote pretty much captures the essence of maladaptive perfectionism. It’s demandingness, all-or-nothing thinking, black and white thinking. Basically, no matter

By Rich Weil, M.Ed., CDE Transformation Weight Control transformationweightcontrol.com Distraction tasks are designed to direct your attention away from, take your mind off of, or decrease negative experiences such as obsessive thoughts, high arousal and anxiety during high-risk situations, overwhelming negative thoughts and emotions (sometimes associated with PTSD), intrusive and/or pessimistic thoughts, and other high-risk

      By Rich Weil, M.Ed., CDE Transformation Weight Control transformationweightcontrol.com A long blog but worth every word! Defining Relapse – Two Approaches (From “Relapse Prevention” by Drs. Alan Marlatt and Judith Gordon. Now with Dennis Donovan in the second edition) 1.     The pessimistic approach. Treatment failure, return to illness, falling back into addiction,

    By Rich Weil, M.Ed., CDE Transformation Weight Controlwww.transformationweightcontrol.com I’ve been an athlete all my life. Baseball, basketball, soccer, tennis, 100-mile bike rides, marathons, mountain climbing, All-American collegiate fencer, and more. I got to thinking about losing weight and preventing regain as an athletic event decades ago. Here’s why. I’m climbing a mountain in

    By Rich Weil, M.Ed., CDETransformation Weight Controltransformationweightcontrol.com Resilience. The ability to bounce back from adversity. An old Japanese proverb puts it this way, “The bamboo that bends is stronger than the oak that resists.” And the psychologist Albert Ellis used to say, we’re all human, and we’re all fallible. He was right, and

    By Rich Weil M.Ed., CDETransformation Weight Controlwww.transformationweightcontrol.com Exercise Myth #1: You don’t burn fat for 20 minutes during exercise.This is untrue. That’s why it’s called a myth! Essentially, it’s suggesting that you are burning all carbs and no fat until you reach 20 minutes. What happens in reality is this: at rest, your

      By Rich Weil, M.Ed., CDETransformation Weight Controlwww.transformationweightcontrol.com In Transformation Weight Control we ask our clients to weigh on the morning of their group session, after going to the bathroom, without clothing, and before eating or drinking anything. Make sure the scale is on a hard, flat and level surface (not a carpet),