2011 Paul McKenna part two - our final diet

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Welcome etc. blah blah. :)

Hi Solo (waves) Welcome Mary if you google P.M. there's loads of stuff to help (I have never listened to the C.D. and am just loosing the 2nd stone i need to!) It's SOOOO easy (sorry if i sound happy clappy!!)

Just had an egg custard tart for my brunch (never hungry before 11) and some lovely raspberries caught my eye in shop earlier so thinking about raspberries and cream for lunch - well it IS what I want and it's even fruit (well partly)

And pp quite like happy clappy! Tis a beautiful day in Berkshire today x

I haven't been listening to the cd not for a couple of weeks, but I am listening to my body more and feel like I have gotten a grip

Sorry, meant to say hi Mary & I just try to follow the 4 golden rules :)

Thanks arfur how are you? it's gorgeous here in rural mid west france too! I love raspberries too in a pancake tomorrow?

Welcome Mary. I don't listen to the CD. Just following the 4 rules, like Ursula.

But if you are listening to the cd, then yes just lying down in a darkened room and listening to it is right.

Hello ppeat :)

PP - thats an idea! Im very well thanks and you? Actually have been noticing that when people ask me how I am instead of my usual not too bad I do now say very well thanks - think a general uplift in my mood and outlook has ocurred! I have only listened to my cd once in the last fortnight (havent got round to listening to the seminar ones at all yet) I think a part of me wants to rely on myself to sort this out rather than becoming dependent on listening to PM regularly if that makes sense?

It's a beautiful day here in north Kent too :)

Hello everyone, I've just taken myself in hand and gone back to this. I have a question - did you have to really concentrate on whether you were hungry or not at the beginning? Did you find it difficult to tell whether you were ready to stop eating? I'm finding this bit quite hard, although I could be over-thinking it. Is it just a case of gaining ocnfidence in recognising hunger/non-hunger again?

Hi Franke - still do find it difficult with the hungry/full thing some days. Think your right its just practise and confidence

Thanks arfur - that's reassuring.

Saying that I've just eaten far too much

Today is going well so far, I'm doing the imagining myself thin thing whenever I feel like snacking even though I'm not hungry, and so far so good.

franke yes I find it hard, I find myself asking myself out loud, 'now am I hungry?', and waiting for an answer . If you see a mad woman doing just that, it's me

franke, in my experience it's getting easier to recognise hunger/fullness but only when I'm mindful. By this I mean that if I am in a rush (as most days seem to be) I have to pause for a bit before I reach for a snack and ask myself, "Am I really hungry", ditto whilst eating there is a part of my brain that pauses (even in the middle of a conversation or a lunch meeting) to ask, "Am I full right now? Have I had enough food?"

I've only been doing this for a week and a bit and so I still have to be mindful of hunger/fullness signals. But I do my best to pause and recognise them.

If I am in a spectacular rush then I err on the side of caution and stop eating anyway, figuring I can always eat later. In the past I'd simply plough the full in thinking I had to eat. Now I know there is always time to eat later if I need to.

Hello! It's a beautiful day, hey, hey!

I also ask out loud I also have a running commentary in my head while I am chewing saying things like "now taste that - yum, a poppy seed. What's that other taste coming through? think it might be the marmite" etc This really helps with eating mindfully.

This morning I found a piece of toast in the toaster that I had forgotten to eat yesterday Things are feeling good. Am going to restart the 90 day success journal on Wednesday - had started one before the seminar but then didn't want to but think I am going to be making some massive changes over the next few months so might as well stick that in the mix.

If you are ever not sure if you are full, try stopping and saying to yourself, ok I'll have some more in ten minutes. I sometimes set the kitchen timer for this and most times I find I wasn't hungry.

PS Nice to see you back, Solo. I was about to start stalking you

Hello everyone especially MaryDancesTheTango (welcome!)

Well I've had a bloody marvellous morning, I went to the tip and recycled some furniture, I went to Sainsburys and bought some yummy food and then we went to the park but DS had a total meltdown so we got back into the car and came home it looked slightly overcast so we are now at home.

I have ironing and painting to do today but someone has already expressed a strong interest in buying the house and it's not even on the market yet! At this rate I may never have to sully my doorstep with the stench of estate agents

Bloody hell. that was quick WMMC! But it is a beautiful house.

I have found this blog to be fascinating ... here

I went way back in the archive and started at the beginning, some of her posts are very insightful.

Umm, does anyone else get the hots when listening to the CD?

I refer you to the final posts of 28/2/11. No dignity here, mate.

Naughty girls!

My lunch with my SW girls was quite lovely. It was amazing to see how much they put away though, thinking about how that used to be me. I made quite a large buffet considering it was for only 3 of us, which was made up of pasta/rice salads, dips, crudites, scotch egg things, hams etc. I took a spoonful of 3 dishes, half a slice of ham and 2 carrot sticks dipped in tzatziki. They ate everything else lol! But I know, for now SW is working for them and they have said they need to see weekly number drops & the humiliation of WI day to keep them motivated. Was still a lovely lunch though, with no-one at the table worried about what they could/could not eat :)

Going for an hour long walk along the beach this evening, really looking forward to it!