Paul McKenna "I Can Make You Thin!"

gingernutbizkit

I had by fortnightly weigh in yesterday and since stopping dieting three months ago I have now lost.......

:j:j:j 2 Stone :j:j:j


For me though this is just a by product really... I feel so much more in control and my relationship with food and myself is definately better. I'm loving have my cake :bdaycake: and eating it too!:EasterBun

Must admit that I am moving away from PM in favour of BC. I find the PM is more rules to follow which I wanted to get away from. BC is much gentler and is encouraging me to think for myself more rather than rely on someone else.

Ging x

luc24

Wow Well Done gingernutbizkit!!!!thats fantastic!!:T:T:T:T
just checkin by BC do u mean beyond choolate? would u say it is alot different to the mckenna system?

xx

Bitsy_Beans

Well done Ging (if that isn't too personal ) that is a fantastic achievement. I too am leaning more towards BC rather than PM because it focuses more on the emotional side (or perhaps thats just my interpretation) rather than following rigid rules.
BC is very similar to PM but whereas he deliberately made his book very short and to the point theirs is full of before and after stories and comes across more as the personal journey of the two sisters.

absolutebounder

Bitsy_Beans wrote: »

Well done Ging (if that isn't too personal ) that is a fantastic achievement. I too am leaning more towards BC rather than PM because it focuses more on the emotional side (or perhaps thats just my interpretation) rather than following rigid rules.
BC is very similar to PM but whereas he deliberately made his book very short and to the point theirs is full of before and after stories and comes across more as the personal journey of the two sisters.

I havent read every post here but I think the problem with PM is that his message hasnt got across and many of you are being too rigid in thinking its about strict rules. Maybe thats the way PM writes but it is about where the mind is focusing. All you have to remember is that good old brain doesnt do negatives so if you think I cant eat that what have you done you have just concentratyed the mind on unconciously wanting it. that is why if you concentrate on not eating cake you end up wanting it so bad you give in. same with weighing yourself. if you focus on losing a pound or two it makes it very difficult. If you focus on winning the school mummies 3 legged egg and spoon sack race your unconcious mind will help you get there by losing weight so that you can fit in the sack at least.

Honey39

Day Twelve: I must admit, I am very apprehensive about the weekend and having another binge. That's what happened last Sunday, and I've really tried to analyse what were my triggers, why I did it, how to avoid it this weekend.

And yet, here I am on Friday night, I've been so focused on eating consciously etc, I'm full, I don't need food because I'm not hungry, but I can feel this tug to stuff 'comfort' food down, because food is what I do to comfort myself, to celebrate, to show that I am relaxing. It's hard to break this habit psychologically - I've done it for twenty plus years, so I suppose expecting me to feel free of this on day 12 is a bit optimistic.

The good news is that I have really stuck tenaciously with ICMYT this week; I've eaten so many different foods, and I've passed on a lot because I just don't fancy it. I've not binged or over-eaten, and apart from Monday (when I needed a boost after Sunday), I've not been tempted to weigh myself to get the cheap and easy reward. I've filled in the journal, I've written here and on my blog, and I suppose the challenge for me is to explore these feelings rather than panicking and using food to block out this anxiety, if that makes sense.

I think I'll do some house cleaning now, to get my flat lovely and clean for the weekend, and to make it nice for me. I'll also use this place I think to try and write in to make me accountable and conscious of my binge urges...!

boddy

gingernutbizkit. Well done. I have nearly finished reading BC. Have only been putting the principles in action for a few days though. Its been difficult specially at work but Ive managed to work round that. Its a strange effect as I know I can have chocolate but not wanting any at the moment. Honey29 Well done.

Bayblue

I'm not going to gain any house-points or be very encouraging tonight because I kinda slipped off the wagon today. I had a meeting at a hotel, which meant driving there, parking directly outside, walking to the meeting room and being parked on me 'arris all day. So, very little walking, I'm glad that I don't work sitting down in an office, I'd be terribly lazy. Also, this place shoves food at delegates like they're preparing for a famine, and I was chatting to people over lunch. So yeah I did rather, not break the rules so much as not concentrate or focus. Tonight I feel about 8 on the hunger scale -stuffed- and I can honestly say that that's the first time for ages, and it's not comfortable. I am genuinely looking forward to getting back to normal tomorrow.

I would love to say that some people noticed that I had lost weight, but to be fair, I don't know many of today's group well, and ...if this doesn't make me sound too catty:p, they are not the friendliest group of ladies (most of them are women). Myself and my colleague usually work with a different district, ours is based in London. We only attend in this town as it's easy to get to sometimes, but they do have rather a 'this is a local training meeting, for local people' vibe about them when they meet us IYSWIM. Sometimes, I do kinda prefer working with men- sorry, sorry ..I know..that does sound sexist.

I am looking into some sort of exercise to tone up. I would like to try yoga and I noticed that there are classes in a church hall which I walk past on the way to the car park, so I'll give them a call on Monday. I did Pilate's a couple of years ago which was quite good but I did find that I couldn't do some of the things, so I'll have to have a chat with the instructor to see if it's suitable. It's difficult, because the walking and eventual running is all very well but I also I need to do something to tone up. However, I have some physical limitations which make me different to normal. I noticed in the Pilate's class that as I couldn't do certain poses I was not keeping pace with the rest of them and consequently I started to lose interest, but I don't have enough problems to make me qualify for a disabled yoga class. I need to be rich enough for one to one instructions, that's the answer I think!

Anyway, am tired tonight after all that eating! It's day 45 for me soon, that's half way through the workbook- woohoo! :j

Keep pressing on folks...

luc24

absolutebounder wrote: »

I havent read every post here but I think the problem with PM is that his message hasnt got across and many of you are being too rigid in thinking its about strict rules. Maybe thats the way PM writes but it is about where the mind is focusing. All you have to remember is that good old brain doesnt do negatives so if you think I cant eat that what have you done you have just concentratyed the mind on unconciously wanting it. that is why if you concentrate on not eating cake you end up wanting it so bad you give in. same with weighing yourself. if you focus on losing a pound or two it makes it very difficult. If you focus on winning the school mummies 3 legged egg and spoon sack race your unconcious mind will help you get there by losing weight so that you can fit in the sack at least.

yea i c wot ur saying here, mayb i am thinkin too much of it still being 'rules' which i think is alot to do with being on weightwatchers atleast 4000 times in last 6years lol i couldnt wait til my bday next week, i bought beyond chocolate today and so far so good!
i have stil been going on ww forum boards just to read thru and im starting to really find them horrible to read,sometimes painful listening to people say about their latest binge or the fact they have only 1point left for their tea because theyv been so 'bad' throughout the day. i cannot believe i was exactly the same only a few weeks ago, and wot a startling difference there has been.
x

Bitsy_Beans

I was talking to my friend who is doing the Cambridge diet. Her daily calorie allowance amounts to 600. I find that shocking TBH. That's the sort of daily allowance they'd stick kids with Prader Willi syndrome on. And she's paying the best part of £40 for this priviledge.
Thank goodness I am not torturing myself with something like that.

gingernutbizkit

Awww!!!! Thanks you guys