Paul McKenna "I Can Make You Thin!"

Bitsy_Beans

I only have butter at home with the exception of marg for baking (because I can't afford to keep buying unsalted butter ). I had to buy some Utterly Butterly the other day. It was rank - not way that tasted buttery........it was digusting.

Bayblue

My Mum has Clover, well I think that it's my step dad who likes it, my Mum really prefers butter, she just doesn't have it very often, because she thinks it's 'bad'. Anyway, Clover is actually not that bad, I don't mind it, I just happen to prefer butter.

I agree with Serenas post, in general it is better to eat unprocessed food but TBH I'm not always that fussy about it. There are several things which eat and I like which are questionable nutrition wise. I blame it on being brought up in the 70s when stuff like smash,birds eye beefburgers and angel delight were foods of the future.

Bitsy_Beans

Urgh Smash.......only thing good about that stuff was the adverts for it!

gingernutbizkit

Bitsy_Beans wrote: »

Urgh Smash.......only thing good about that stuff was the adverts for it!

heehee! I agree. I used to have to eat that stuff every time we went camping.... definately the worst bit if the holiday :mad:
Ging x

Honey39

Day Nine: It's Tuesday evening here, and I've done well. I've tried a different recipe for tonight: wholemeal dried pasta (bleurgh!), roasted courgette/pepper, creme fraiche, artichoke hearts, aubergine, celery salad. The pasta was kind of bland, so I added chili flakes. It was nice, the sweetness and juiciness of the roasted vegetables kind of blew my mind. I left most of it - maybe 2/3rds? I don't know. It's frustrating as I realise that I'm full...."nooooooooo". Then I had some honey yoghurt and mango. Mmmmm.

So I'm feeling kind of good about myself. I listen to the CD whenever I'm at home eating. It's great, to be honest. It really focuses my mind on my food, and helps me to eat consciously. Plus, my self-esteem has been high lately. I think that hearing someone say how great I feel etc is a bit of a self fulfilling prophecy.

I think I look good too. Obviously not able to tell yet, but just less bloated. Anyway, I like this. I'm finding that it's working well. I need to make sure that I don't look at calories, that I don't work out 'good' food. That's already crept in, but hand on heart, I don't want to be either a calorie or a weight slave. I would like to become fit and lose weight through exercise and doing this.
I have a glimpse into a happy, healthy future, and it's wonderful. I feel so upbeat, despite a terrible year. I love the fact that I forgave myself for my binge on Sunday night, and am just back in the saddle no matter what. Not starting again, this is day nine - woo hoo! 1/10th through the first segment...

Honey39

luc24 wrote: »

Hi iv finally got thru all this thread after 3 days reading it when i can lol, im so happy i've found a forum where this system is being discussed as i've only been able to find really old threads up to this one!

I've been doing the system properly for 5 days, and seriously its almost like an epiphany, my relationship with food has never been so good.
i do have a little problem tho,which appeared last nite and made me not so happy!! for the last 6 years i have done weightwatchers on and off, must have joined about 100 times, and now after reading paul mckenna's book everythin just seems to have fallen into place, no matter how many times i got to goal, i always got bored and all the weight went back on and more because i was basically eating what i was told rather than what i liked. anyway my prob is yesterday i followed the rules completely, and in the evening i started thinking about what i had eaten and then stupidly i thought il just add up the points to see if it would be within weightwatchers points because afterall i do know i lose weight when i follow that.

Well i added them up and it came to 21points which is less than what i would be 'allowed' on ww, but what happens if what i eat today or tomoro is way over the ww points? its hard to explain but im eating what i want, stopping wen im full but because im eating more or richer foods than i would on ww i feel like im going to have trouble eating exactly what i want because in the back of my mind il b thinkin well this is way over ww points so how can i be losing weight?
does anyone know where im coming from?my boyf thinks i shud just completely ignore how many points everythin would be, and forget ww altogether, its just very hard when i'v been on and off it for so long if ya get me?
thankyou for reading all that!
xx

Good for you! I don't think you can combine the two methods, personally. it just doesn't (to me) seem to fit. On the one hand, PM is about eating anything, reducing the importance of food, tackling emotional over eating, getting in touch with your body's needs. W/W (and other diets) is about tight control, calculating what you've eaten, being good and bad.

I'm very new to this, but I have a very strong inkling that the two are mutually exclusive - dieting and PM don't work. I'm having that instinct too, to check calories/fat, but actually, what I want to do is to eat exactly what I want. I find that strongly flavoured food is delicious, and if something is higher in calories, I eat a lot less. And chewing it slowly is to be savoured!!

I'm very curious about what will happen if I stick to this for at least ninety days - it doesn't feel or look like a diet. I am very aware of my needs, and it's weird to think - ooh, I'm hungry, I need to slowly eat something NOW! I find that I graze a fair bit in the afternooons and early evenings, not so much in the mornings or nights. I need to get some brazil nuts as well, but I'm so happy with this at the moment - it's worth it, to me, for the emotional relaxation that's come with it!

Anyway, good luck - keep posting :T

Bayblue

Just a quick update:

I'm doing really well at the moment. I walked to work again today, so that took care of my 12,000 steps- it really hurt my feet though. Just when my blisters are healing they've decided to develope a corn and I had bad cramp, think I need to go to the chiropodists.

It's probably just as well I got my exercise in today because I'm going to a meeting tomorrow in a hotel which means I'm sat on my bum all day and I know that they serve lovely food because I've been there before. Oh well, at least I can have what I want.

It's day 45 in a couple of days so I can weigh myself. I *think* that it will be a reasonable result, it feels like I'm losing weight but it definitely does slow down. I have ordered another book from Amazon, it's one that was recommended in Betond Chocolate about emtional overeating or something. Anyway. it looked really good. I don't want to become like some weird Brigit Jones type obseesed with reading all the self help 'diet' books- I admit I only ordered it because (ironically) I had to get a pedometer like mine for someone else and I always spend extra when I go on there ..naughty me. I'll let you all know whats it's like. We should start swapping books!

The PMK book/ work book still going well. I don't have the time or inclination to listen to the CD every day I'll admit but I think I do it enough. I used to have a real issue with the mirror thing but now I find it quite fun- it makes me giggle, or perhaps it's just that I fell better looking in mirrors now I'm bit slimmer.


I am reasonably confident that things will keep on track, but I'll tell you one thing for sure, whatever happens from now on I am so glad that I took this step to a healthier life, even the changes that have happened so far have made a real difference to my confidence and feelings about myself.

Keep on going, and keep on posting.....

Bitsy_Beans

Hey all. Been slipping into bad habits lately with not concentrating on what I am eating and doing it slowly. Started doing other things again when I eat like reading or watching TV. Need to rein that back in.
Am interested in the book you mentioned Bayblue, you'll have to let us know if it's any good and if you found it useful.
Still despite falling back into bad habits mentally I do feel better about myself. I don't have the urge to weigh myself all the time and I am feeling a bit more happy in my own skin. That can only be a good thing

Honey39

Days ten and eleven: Wednesday and Thursday again went really well. I'm finding this the best thing I have ever done. I've got into the habit of doing a formal little dinner for myself - napkin, glass of wine/sparkling water, eating very slowly and consciously. I've also had loads of small triumphs at work with this, like not eating cakes that were brought in not because I was being 'good', but because they didn't look that nice and when I really thought about it, I actually didn't fancy them.

I had this amazing rum and raisin ice cream last night with a few cherries. Just a small scoop in a ramekin dish, and I ate about half - but it was so so nice to eat 'proper' full fat fat without counting calories, but just eating a very small amount; as opposed to eating a huge amount of 'diet' pudding.

I've also been doing the PMK aversion therapy - I've been doing it for crisps, which are my huge trigger food. It feels kind of final, to be honest, but I'm not entirely sure it's working. Has anyone used this technique successfully? I have the feeling that I need to do it for each 'type' of crisp that I eat. Would be interested in people's views on this!

luc24

Hi :hello:
I can relate so much to yr posts, its so true about the difference to confidence and feeling more emotionally relaxed, I still cant believe the difference!however i dreamt last nite that I was telling everyone (including people I didn’t know, but that wer stood near me!) the wonder of paul mckenna, so I think iv gone abit too far!lol
Thats a fab idea Bayblue about swapping books its my birthday next week so iv asked for beyond chocolate, im very looking forward to reading!
And BitsyBeans I know exactly wot u mean about being comfortable in your own skin, last nite I went out for tea, and had steak, chips and salad, previously if I had ordered that,I would have thought rite im going to have that so I mite aswel eat exactly wot I want for the rest of the nite and go bk on the diet tomoro, which would then lead to a ridiculous attempt to put everything sweet or fatty from my fridge in my mouth before bed!!
But last nite I tasted everything consciously, became full way before I had cleared my plate and felt so relaxed with no feelings of guilt wotsoever.
Iv managed to ignore pointing things for the last few days and stuck really well to the 4 rules Yay! lol However Im still kinda findin it hard to recognise when im hungry! Yesterday I had cereal for breakfast and left some as I was full, and I felt full for ages after, then I was in the kitchen and I suddenly felt abit dizzy, I bit into a biscuit and realised I was absolutely starving so I then made some dinner. I think because im a little scared of eating when im not hungry its makin me find it difficult to know when I am!
I think il av to practice asking myself wer I am on the scale every hour!
Sorry that ended up so long again! its great to have found somewhere for support! keep going everone
xx