Paul McKenna "I Can Make You Thin!"

absolutebounder

Bitsy_Beans wrote: »

IThe tapping is the best tool I've learnt from PMK - managed to stop dead any cravings that I've had

I once discussed EFT with my mate Johnathan Royle and after a short discussion about gary craig and roger callahan (TFT) he then demonstrated that it doesnt natter where you tap yourself. It id probably more to do with the fact a craving only lasts 2 or 3 minutes and you spend that time tapping or distracting so the craving goes over.

gingernutbizkit

absolutebounder wrote: »

I once discussed EFT with my mate Johnathan Royle and after a short discussion about gary craig and roger callahan (TFT) he then demonstrated that it doesnt natter where you tap yourself. It id probably more to do with the fact a craving only lasts 2 or 3 minutes and you spend that time tapping or distracting so the craving goes over.

that sounds interesting...... think I'll put it to the test on my next craving

Ging x

Honey39

Day 20: Well, the Paul McKenna thing definitely survived a few days away - I am besotted with this programme! I went home, and I ate what I wanted, but I didn't binge. Am hugely pleased with this - I went out for dinner one night to Harry Ramsden's, and had fish and chips because that was what I wanted. The portions were *enormous* though, so I could only manage about half and left the rest. No starter or pudding. And you know what? I felt like I had my 'treat', I thoroughly enjoyed it, but it wasn't a case of 'blow it, I'll stuff my face because I've blown the diet'. It was definitely a case of my stomach was used to stopping when it gets full, and eating slowly, and I just felt like I didn't want to push beyond that!

Anyway, am really pleased, because I didn't eat 'heathily', but I didn't overeat, I didn't binge, I didn't really do anything much, but the rules seem to have started to embed themselves quite deep in my psyche. I can honestly see myself doing this for the rest of my life, although it will take practising hard, if you see what I mean. But I get a glimmer that a lifetime of doing this would be absolutely fine.

Anyway, I like this a lot. I've done nearly three weeks. I'm coming up to the worst time of the week: Sundays. So I'm hoping tomorrow won't be as tough. I have an urge to weigh, but I'm kind of realising that it's not really about the numbers on the scale, but how I look andfeel. And I've enjoyed not binge/purgeing for the last three weeks; I've enjoyed people telling me that I look terrific. I've loved the fact that I CAN see myself doing this for the rest of my life. I love the fact that I have done the aversion to crisps thing - really drastic step, but it wasn't something I took lightly.

Glad this thread is going - I feel a bit isolated otherwise!!

knight1_2

becca2008 wrote: »

Living TV is showing the above show, starting tomorrow... anyone else planning to watch it and give it a go?

I read the book a couple of years back and have his CD on my ipod, but i'm actually going to take it seriously and make it work for me. Hypnotherapy has worked for me in other areas (my other half is a qualified hypnotherapist so I get plenty of free therapy!) and Paul's system is basically common sense anyway - we all know what we have to do to lose weight, we just don't always do it!

i'm also intriqued by his weight loss seminars, but think it might be a bit hard to get tickets and it's a lot of money to spend on just one day!!

i'm just so tired of yo-yo dieting... if my previous diets have proven anything, it's that i'm perfectly capable of following the rules of a diet and losing weight (for a while...), but I am not currently capable of maintaining a healthy weight because I can't stick to a diet for long enough. If anything, I am walking proof of Paul McKenna's claims that most diets just make you fatter - i started dieting when i was 18. I'm now 24 and would kill to be the weight i was when i was 18!! I got to my goal weight with Weight Watchers in October 2003... and was back to where i started by Christmas 2003 - it's been down hill from there!

I'm hoping to fix my relationship with food and lose weight slowly and safely and use the time gathering the tools i need to maintain the weight after i've lost it.

anyone care to join me?

I was booked in to see Paul Mckenna in London but it got cancelled and I couldn't go next time it was on. My mum swears by his CD, was the London thing any good and did any one go? I really would lke to go if there is some positive feedback.

Bitsy_Beans

absolutebounder wrote: »

I once discussed EFT with my mate Johnathan Royle and after a short discussion about gary craig and roger callahan (TFT) he then demonstrated that it doesnt natter where you tap yourself. It id probably more to do with the fact a craving only lasts 2 or 3 minutes and you spend that time tapping or distracting so the craving goes over.

I don't tap for that long. 30 secs max. So does that mean my cravings are very short??

Honey39

Day 21: Sundays are my worst day, I have a terrible urge to binge. Anyway, just to give myself a boost and to see how I had actually gotten on after three days away, am delighted that I have now lost nearly a stone (13 pounds) in just under three weeks! Woo hoo. I know, I know that I should not have weighed. But it really gave me a boost on a day when I feel I am my most vulnerable.

I cannot believe I have lost weight whilst eating everything I fancy and absolutely no diet food. It is just so relaxing to not have to agonise about food, and I've been eating a massive range of food. Last night, I had a very high calorie mushroom risotto, olives and feta cheese, humous and a couple of vodkas. That's kind of what my food has been like - tasty and delicious, without guilt. I leave a lot. Usually I put it in the fridge overnight, just to not feel like I'm throwing it straight in the bin!

I have a suspicion that for ME, leaving food is incredibly liberating. It feels odder and harder than I would have thought, and I told my mother beforehand that I was leaving a lot of food, and not to comment. And she didn't, but it did feel odd to leave half a salmon steak, or almost an entire bowl of cheese and stilton soup.

My mum said that she could see weight loss in my face; a few other people have just said how good I looked. I know it's early days, but that gave me a boost.

Anyway, I can't quite believe that I've done this for three weeks without feeling tempted to 'cheat' - how can you cheat if you can eat anything at all? Lol. I find that listening to the CD constantly might have made a huge difference as well; I listen to it most days when I'm eating, and it becomes a way of focusing on food and eating. It's interesting listening to all the key/buzz words that are hooks to get into your mind.

Good luck to everyone following PMK today - I will probably keep adding bits to this through the day because as I say, I do feel vulnerable on Sundays!

Honey39

Day 22: Am thrilled that I got through Sunday without any bingeing - woo hoo! This is so fantastic, because this was the hardest time for me. But it seemed to go okay today; I met friends in the morning, and then had a late lunch of chicken breast/tomato/olives, some warmed up mushroom risotto, rocket, salad etc. Mmmm.... I made a home made soup (carrot and parsnip) which I had later, and that was about it. I did have a penguin and also a mousse thing through the day.

I'm not really wanting to log the food that I eat as such, but I do want to note that I didn't binge yesterday, and am really happy with that. It feels like a huge achievement to me. I can't believe I'm on day 22, this is the easiest thing to do in a way; I don't think about food, I have what I fancy, and it's often very fattening and high in calories, but that doesn't matter! In fact, I have to catch myself out and make myself not go for the diet option, because I think that would stop it working!

I weighed myself again today, and I have got to make myself stop doing that - it's just very very pleasant to see the loss of a stone is consistent and not down to water retention, time of day etc. But I'm going to get back on schedule and only weigh on 'weigh-in' days - which I think are every 15 days according to the journal?

Bitsy_Beans

Well done Honey, glad you got through Sunday OK.
I am doing OK. I did weigh myself today which I shouldn't have done but I'd lost another lb but not putting too much stock in it since it can fluctuate.
Still not drinking enough water (but then I never did) - must make more of an effort with that as it certainly helps my body to be properly hydrated. I just find it soooooo boring though. Just not as interesting as when it's got coffee and sugar added

Still feeling pretty good about things and am not thinking about food 24/7 so that can only be a good thing.

chezabelle_2

Morning everyone!!:j
How are you?

Well, my spangly new PM diary arrived yesterday, so got Day 2 (today) off to a good start by listening to the hypno cd... that thing really chills me out! I think listening first thing in the morning (before I get up) actually works pretty well for me because the ending (i.e "wake up with a bright alertness" and all that jazz whisks me out of bed!!;)) Has anyone else noticed the more you listen to it, the more you can pre-empt exactly what PM is going to say in that strange drawl of his?! i.e. "because the huuuuman imagination is aaalways more powerful than the wiiiill". :rotfl:

Made the mistake of weighing myself at the beginning of the week to see that I've put on a lb since last time, so think I am just going to leave it a couple of weeks now and not worry about the scales too much.

Had a terrible day yesterday for following 'the Rules', as I was still ill at home and so ate a huge amount of *huh-hmm* rubbish... shall we say. :eek:Anyway - back on it with a vengeance today.

Also just had a pleasant realisation - that I am going for a long weekend in Vegas at the end of next week (yessss!!) and whereas previously I would've been worrying about how I was going to carry on dieting over the period (or in fact, whether I would blow the last month's hard work in the space of 4 days), I can now look forward to it in the same way as any other day - that I can eat whatever I want, and trust my body to tell me when enough is enough.

I think for me the biggest obstacle on this journey is alcohol - I do really love wine, and I just know that when I drink it, the famous PM 'feeling of fullness' doesn't really factor in!:D Anyway, a life without nice drinkies every now and again isn't worth living, so it's not something I'm willing to give up.

Looking forward to hearing how everyone's getting on! Going to the cinema tonight with Orange Wednesdays in true MSE-style!

Chezabelle.x

absolutebounder

Bitsy_Beans wrote: »

I don't tap for that long. 30 secs max. So does that mean my cravings are very short??

Probably but try tapping anywhere you like rather than the usual places. we found it quite amusing when playing with clients who thought we were being serious telling them they had to tap their testicles and then their upperv lip but it still had the same effect.
I dont use tapping unless a client requests it these days