Mark Morgan via Flickr For those of us following Beck, Dr. Beck gives us another invaluable tool to keep us on our plans and not succumb to unplanned eating: NO CHOICE. There’s a lot of beauty in these words. They solve many cravings and triggers for us for the outset, because the decision not to eat is already made. Beck tells us that drawing a line in the sand and deciding NOT to eat relieves the tension and anxiety over the food just as much as a decision to eat does. It’s like having a protective force field around us wherever we go, insulating us from the landmines of unplanned eating that exist in everyday life. Brownies someone brought into the office? Everybody having wine at a party? After a hard day, are you getting seduced by the late night pizza commercials? “No thanks, I’m good” (NO CHOICE) These words can be as magic as you want them to be. Just add them to the list of non-negotiable rules we have in our li...