Paul McKenna "I Can Make You Thin!"

boddy

We got weighed today and Ive lost 5lbs. Im so pleased. I think getting more exercise is helping too.

Bitsy_Beans

Hey guys. Been MIA as my head and heart wasn't in it I'd been struggling with my old habits and as usual they were winning

anyway I am back and I am reading Geneen Roth - Breaking Free from emotional eating. Only read a few chapters but I find it's helping me get my head together. ICMYT is good for practical but I don't find it helpful for my emotional eating.
I must confess I think the reason I slipped with PMk was because it became another "diet" with rules to follow. when I failed to follow said rules I felt like I was losing the battle and consequently more likely to give up. However with the other books I've got I am going to use some of PMk techniques along with finding the key to my relationship to food.
Second day of doing this so early days. Not really doing any exercise, too tired after interupted sleep with kids but I'll have to do what I can. No point setting myself up for a punishing exercise regime only to not stick to it and feel like a failure

Well done to you all on your journey to getting slimmer and healthier

Maisie_M

Day 2

Well today was a bit harder to do the 'listen to my body and eat when hungry' as I was on a training course therefore had to eat and drink at the tea breaks and lunch break, which oddly enough didn't really coincide with when I wanted to eat!! But in saying that I didn't feel hungry all day and have not bothered with my dinner yet as I don't feel ready for it. I will have it later when my son is in bed.

Listened to the CD again last night and heard about two thirds before drifting off, the next thing there was an odd squeal and the cd stopped - it had run out of batteries - talk about waking up with a start, although not so sure about the refreshed :rotfl:. Hopefully new batteries in my mp3 player tonight and I will be okay.

Have decided to go and get the books on Thursday as then I will only be 3 days behind in reading and filling out the journal. I was going to order from Amazon but with the impending postal strikes I am not so sure they will arrive.

Minty I think 11lbs in 6 weeks is great. I would be well chuffed with that and its almost a whole dress size. I am aware its 7 weeks to xmas and if I could lose a dress size by then I will be delighted. My problem will be that I can't really do any exercise as I have a problem with my hip and am awaiting an operation, even walking is difficult.

Boddy well done on the 5lb loss. Its great that you are doing a sponsored slim as it must be a great motivator.

Bitsy sorry to hear that you are struggling. I hope you find answers to your relationship with food. I have yoyo dieted for about the last 22 years and I have to say that in a way I am to scared to probe as to why I overeat incase I get answers I don't like but on the other hand I can see that by understanding why I overeat I can do things about it.

Anyway better go and start getting DS ready for bed and then ponder whether I am hungry for dinner.:rolleyes:

Snow_White_5

Hi everyone,

Nice to see we're all keeping at it, one way or another. I'm finding it really hard now with the days being shorter. I just want to hibernate away and eat lots of carbs! :rolleyes:

Maisie_M

Day 1

Hiya, I know I started day 1 a few days ago but I didn't have my book and journal then so wasn't really doing it 100%. So started again from afresh yesterday.

Had a really good day. Listened to my CD on Friday night and bought the books on Saturday. Read page 1 of the journal and up to page 57 of the ‘I can make you thin’ book.

For breakfast I had intended eating two freshly baked rolls but only made one up initially thinking I could have the second one if I needed it. To my surprise I felt full after the first one so DS had two instead.

At 11am I was in town and felt hungry. I went into my favourite coffee shop and instead of automatically ordering a coffee and cake I ordered the coffee and thought I will have something to drink and if I am hungry after 10 minutes I will have a cake. Again I wasn't hungry so I didn't bother with the cake.

Lunchtime was a little more difficult as DS had attended a kids club with a friend and he hadn't been there before so I wasn't sure if they would have lunch so I didn’t have anything til I picked him up. Unfortunately this meant that I got to around 2 on the hunger scale. Went into M&S to get some lunch. Normally I would have picked up a sandwich, crisps and possibly some sweets or cake but I just picked up a sandwich and decided that if I need more when I finished the sandwich then I can have it. To my surprise I didn't want any more even though I had been ravenous.

I then went for a long walk with DS, my parents and my Aunts dog up the forestry and when we got back to my parents we had a coffee and a cake. I was hungry at this stage and enjoyed the cake. Later DS and I had a take away. I ordered my normal chicken tikka masala and naan bread. I have to say I enjoyed this much more than normal as I could really taste the chicken had been marinated in the tikka before going in the masala sauce because I was consciously eating my food instead of bolting it down as I usually do. I ate all the chicken and half the sauce and only two small pieces of naan. I then felt full and put the rest of the sauce and naan in the bin.

I had a cup of coffee in the evening before going to bed and that was me. Perhaps a bit of an extreme days for me yesterday as I was conscious of what I was doing and thinking before I made the decision to buy things to eat, but if that is how this works then great. I was also quite busy yesterday which always helps me take my mind off food.

Anyway filled out my journal last night and listened to my CD before going to sleep. Lets see what today holds.

mintymoneysaver

Well done with your day, Maisie! I had one day this week where I had stuck to it all day and then in the night I just ate! No excuse, no need, but I think we all have days like that now and again. I hadn't listened to the CD for ages so listened to it again on Thursday and I think it's given me the boost I needed. One of the pages in the journal this week said you're not trying to lose 4 stone. You're trying to lose 1lb. Then try and lose another one. That really hit home, I need to lose at least 3 stone but really I just need to lose 1lb 42 times! Yesterday I had lovely fruit toast in Starbucks but it meant I didn't need lunch and then the cake I had bought for after tea I didn't eat till about 9pm as I didn't need it after my tea. I get weighed again in another 8 days or so and I would love to have lost a stone by then but if I haven't it doesn't matter because there is no time limit on this, and no limit on what I can or can't eat.

SilverSapphire

Hello everyone, great posts Maisie M. Well done Boddy and mintymoneysaver.
I have had one of those weeks where I just kept wanting to eat different things even though I wasn't really hungry: chocolate, cake, peanuts, more chocolate! Luckily I didn't eat loads of anything but it would have been better if I hadn't eaten them at all. Still the scales stayed the same which was a miracle really so hopefully I will have got my cravings out of my system and can get back on track. Although that is what I said last week I think ..... !

Maisie_M

Day 2

Woke at 8am and felt fairly chilled. Came downstairs and had a coffee and wrote up my journal but didn’t feel like anything to eat so ended up not having breakfast until 10am!!! Did the same as yesterday, made two rolls but only ate one.

Had the energy to do quite a bit of housework which I haven’t felt like recently as I have been a bit unwell. Was going round the house like a whirling dervish. At 1pm I felt hungry and fancied a muller corner yoghurt and some grapes which I enjoyed. Then at 3pm I took DS to his swimming lesson and went to the caf!. Felt a bit peckish and had a coffee but nothing to eat as I thought I was thirsty and not hungry. Read some more of the ‘I can make you thin’ book – now up to page 85 and hoping to finish it this evening.

Came home and realised that I did feel hungry so had a small bounty bar as tea would be ready in an hour. Only problem was that it wasn’t really that filling and I was extremely hungry waiting on dinner.

Ate all my dinner but it was a smaller portion than I would normally eat, so although I didn’t leave any on my plate I feel comfortable with it as I know its less than I would normally have. I tried hard to chew my food 20 times but it’s a bit difficult with something like shepherds pie as it’s pretty soft to start with, but I was mindful of each mouthful I ate instead of shovelling it in (this also happened when I had my yoghurt earlier in the day although the grapes made ‘chewing’ that a bit easier).

I also waited until after I had my shower before deciding if I wanted my desert (Gu mini chocolate pudding – mmmmm!). I did feel that I was not quite at level 6 on the hunger scale so I had this and thoroughly enjoyed it. In saying that in the past I could have quite happily devoured a second one as they are so tasty but this evening I knew I had had plenty and had enjoyed it so much that I felt satisfied which leaves one for tomorrow night.

Have downloaded the other CD’s onto my mp3 player so will listen to one this evening. Having read some other threads on the net it looks like ‘Secrets of naturally slim people’ is a good one to do so will listen that one first and see whether I want to do another one after.

I love hearing how everyone else is getting on as it makes me feel like I'm not quite going it alone.

Bitsy_Beans

Hi guys. Sounds like you are all doing really well.
I am doing OK After reading Geneen Roth's book it's really hit home about how I eat as I don't want to "miss out" on the taste of something. I remind myself that there will always be something tasty to eat so if I am not hungry there is no need to scoff that chocolate or biscuit that someone might be offering. Strange how I never thought about my eating habit that way Just reading that and realising it applied to me has had such a positive effect. I had lunch out at a cafe today, pannini with salad and crisps. Realised I didn't want to eat all the pannini as I would have been too full. So wrapped it up in the paper napkin and took it with me - ate it later when I was hungry :T
I didn't eat with the family this evening as I wasn't hungry when it was ready. Still sat to the table with H and the kids so had the enjoyment of family meal time and enjoyed my dinner all the more when I was hungry.

Am not focusing on the losing weight aspect as I think I get too hung up on it and end up self sabotaging. I am aiming for changing my relationship with food rather than desperately trying to lose weight.

Keep your updates coming - am enjoying reading them all.

flossiepops

Hello all,

I'm new to these forums (although been lurking for a little while, but with so much good advice being handed out I've not felt that I had much to add) and very new to the Paul McKenna way of eating. So new in fact that my books haven't yet arrived but having read through all your fab posts last night I have been having a go on my own today and feeling very very positive.
Having read the previous posts I think most of us had tried the other methods in the past - I've got so much 'diet' literature in my spare room that I could open a shop yet I still have about 10 stones of excess baggage on my body - how does that work?! I have spent all of this year switching between 'on a plan - off a plan - try another plan - fall off again - try again blah blah blah'. Something about this has really got me excited and I haven't been excited about myself for ages.
I have ordered the book, cd and journal but rather than wait for them to arrive, using your fabulous posts as a guide I have made a start today. Been easier as I have been working from home so I have been free to eat when it suits me. Had a filling porridge & fruit brekkie mid morning and a small ham and philly roll at about 3.00 for a late lunch. The 'full fat' philledelphia (full fat - shock, horror, gasp!!!) was stunning and only needed about a teaspoon to really satisfy.

Bitsy - your comment yesterday about not wanting to 'miss out' on the taste of something really struck home with me. I'm hoping that by making food less of an issue that my brian won't go into that missing out mode - afterall, if I'm hungry I can have it. For me, just knowing that I can is often enough. However, tell me I can't and I obsess about it until it becomes a full on binge.

Anyway, thats probably enough from me, but good luck to everyone and I hope to feel this excited again tomorrow!:j

Cheers, Flossie xxx