2011 Paul McKenna part two - our final diet

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Welcome etc. blah blah. :)

i've discovered celery. I've always hated it.

I've also discovered that kids cereal is horrible.

Hi nevergoogle! i LOVE celery it's fab with dips or with pnut butter in it! Calling all chocoholics chuck out the cheap sugary sXXX and have 2 squares of the best dark stuff now and then.

The main problem with the cheap choc is it is mainly made of sugar which is highly addictive. If you look at the ingredients of most packaged stuff the manuf. LOVE it.

Hello again

Well I've been doing this for a week and it was going pretty well till yesterday when I fell off the wagon a bit.

I'm really struggling with the knowing when I'm hungry thing and it's making eating all a bit haphazard. I know I asked this a bit further up the thread, but did anyone else have the same experience? I didn't have much to eat yesterday but even by dinner time I still only managed a small amount and grazed throughout the evening. Today I had lunch, then a chocolate biscuit, then dh came home with a tray of doughnuts. I've eaten less than half of one, but I still feel a bit empty. But I don't know if I'm imagining it as a clever ploy to have more doughnut . Sigh.

Sounds like you are feeling like something is missing and it's probably not food Franke. If you aren't sure whether you are hungry, you probably aren't. You may be thirsty or fed up or bored though.

My only advice would be to ask for what it is you really want, whether that's a hug from your DH, a five minute sit down without being interrupted or whatever and see what happens. If you are still hungry when you have answered all your emotional needs, then eat!

Thanks wmmc. Actually this week I've felt more motivated and less bored than I have in a long time. We have just been given an allotment which is huge and needs loads of work, so I've been there every spare minute clearing it and feeling very positive about everything. But I probably haven't been drinking enough the last couple of days, so I'll reach for the water bottle instead of the doughnut. Thanks

Another fab day here I have really got into the swing of this now, its becoem natural :)

Hi all, this thread is really positive at the moment!
I have had bad and good days, although today was a good one - had very little to eat all morning, just wasn't hungry. Then DH decided to make a gigantic mixed grill with steak, mushrooms, tomato, potato cakes, the lot. It was ridiculous - I did eat very consciously - and although I over ate a bit, I could really tell when I was full. He just came back from the shop with a toblerone I didn't ask for, haven't the heart to tell him I probably won't eat it!

Got to get ready for my last run of the first week of couch to 5k - cannot believe am actually contemplating a jog at 9pm on a sunday! Did a 4 mile walk yesterday as well!

Hope everyone has a great week - I am really going to focus on only eating if hungry this week, I need to stop eating out of boredom, or just because its there in front of me.

Well, what a weekend. It was my DD's Christening on Saturday - we had 20 guests attending and 3 guests staying over and there was a lot of food - cake, Christening lunch and dinner, Sunday lunch at a restaurant... I have eaten to fullness rather than satisfaction this weekend (though not to "stuffed" as per the old days) so still proud of myself but will get back on track (eating to satisfaction, not fullness) tomorrow. I don't feel guilty as it all balances out in the end: I fully believe I won't be as hungry tomorrow so will instinctively eat less. Fingers crossed.

How is everyone doing with the compliments thing.

I had a weird one today and I'm trying hard to embrace it.

DS2(3): Mummy, you have lovely arms, (arm rubbing) I love them!
Me: Thanks. What is it you love about them?
DS2: They bend.

Well done Bssh! And I love that compliment nevergoogle!

Good day today, progress I think. Light breakfast; lunch out was interesting as the thing on the menu that appealed most was the butternut squash risotto (not diet food, but not what I'd normally go for esp on a Sunday). Didn't eat all of it but enjoyed a few of the DDs' chips. No desire for pud. At home, peckishness returned and DD1 had made a chocolate slice thing so I had some of that - perhaps too much, but not a binge. Not hungry again till bedtime when I just couldn't think what I fancied (note: still plenty of choc slice left in fridge) so had a banana. Still felt the same so had a satsuma. Still hungry and fancied some dried fruit and nuts (I genuinely offered myself crisps and chocolate!) so had a few handfuls.

Very different pattern of eating. I think the main thing for me is decoupling sweet things from main meals - ie disrupting the reflex of main-then-fruit-then-sweet - rather than giving up the sweet stuff altogether. If I'm full after a meal I can have something sweet later - or not, if I feel like something else. I think I'll need to use tapping to help me with this but am feeling positive about it.

Pp, try celery with peanut butter and raisins...yum!

I like you 'embracing' the arm compliment nevergoogle!! Also I like the way P.M. removes ingrained unhelpful habits franch embrace change everyone!!!

I am getting a lot of compliments over here. Which is nice. Although DS has complained my hip bones stick out so I'm not so cuddly now.

I haven't been on this thread since page 2! How embarrassing. I had only done it for 3 days and stopped listening to the CD. Went away this weekend with friends, took the book to read on the plane. Couldn't finish any meal afterwards. Such a strange feeling!
I usually hate my body but gave myself a critical evaluation- my tummy is fat, I am fat BUT I am not ugly and my body can do amazing things, like carry me around all day I want to feel healthier and obviously be slim. So listened to Paul this morning, I am just about to do a shred. Can't bear the thought of unhealthy food (which is not like me at all)

Your stories have inspired me, I am annoyed I wasted the past 3 weeks not doing PM, but it doesn't matter because I am doing it now.

Went out for nice meal last night and had 3 courses but didnt finish any of them so enjoyed it all. DD actually said to me halfway thru her main course 'mum if I eat anymore then I wont have room for pudding and I would really like some ice cream is it ok if I leave this?' I said yes of course and felt a little bad at the waste but felt good to be giving her such a positive message about eating. Got back from pilates this morning and felt a bit hungry and the thing in my kitchen that most appealed was (drumroll please) an apple! Am feeling really good about this and it is almost second nature now. Also was affectionately stoking my belly this morning and suddenly thought blimey wheres it gone!! Well not gone of course but definitely noticeably smaller

Fantastic arfur! welcome back leverkusen sounds like you're doing well again that's the brilliant thing about Pauling you can do it when you're ready.

Good luck Leverkusen!

And well done everyone with there positive stories. This is encouraging me after letting it all go to pot last night. Going to concentrate on the stopping emotional eating CD. I also think I often eat when I'm just tired. I should go to bed earlier.

also I think I fancy PM a bit, do you think he puts that onto the CD too?

I've heard other people say that. You are not alone.

Just dropping in - very busy in RL at the moment so not time to post much. wmmc - congratulations on your amazing results. It's slowly but surely for me - I think I'm losing about a pound a week - which is absolutely fine by mean, because that will be 52 lbs by the end of the year - or nearly 4 stone. Maybe it would be faster if I could give up the odd glass of wine, but frankly I'm happy going for the slow and steady Pauling route.

Well i'm enjoying my arms that bend.
They are great!
Really.

I've bought a pedometer.
On friday i made 6000 or so steps.
But on saturday and sunday the bloody thing reset itself.
And this morning it fell off my pocket before i left the house.
Anyone else doing a step count?

Hi all! I just caught myself thinking like a SWer :( I was eating my dinner of gammon & carrots in cheese sauce, and I felt my "satisfied" feeling (I let out a tiny burp haha, its quite accurate too!) but I still had some carrots on my plate. I found myself thinking "oh I can just finish thes ecarrots off, as they are good for me & healthy!" NO NO NO! I stopped myself I realised that this Pauling not SW and left the bloody carrots

Even though I am finding this method of eating natural now, it goes to show that the little dieter is still there inside!

I've finally stopped hurting after last week's aikido class and I have another one on Wednesday

Oh well, it's a weapons class so that's always a good larf (nothing like hitting men with sticks to cheer a girl up ).

Took the kids on a short stroll today which ended up being a four mile walk (oops). But they were annoying me and needed some fresh air to blow away the cobwebs.

Came home to a For Sale sign outside my house and a call from the estate agents saying she already has someone who wants to view so can they please get the photographer out post haste.

Nevergoogle not doing the stepcount, instead I'm doing the 'counting to ten before screaming' count as the kids are being very trying.

JuicyOlive - the next 20 pounds may well take me a while. My body seems to like being this weight but for me, I think I need to go a bit lower. Not least because there are some pink leather jeans in my wardrobe (sounds bad, they are lovely though) which I've never worn and want to.

HowToLookGoodGlaikit I do that too, think how many syns are in something and so on. Well done on leaving them carrots.

Good luck with the viewing WMMC

franke - what you going to grow?

Juicy Olive 1lb a week sounds good to me too.

Nevergoogle, I can't get on with a pedometer, the 2 I have bought don't seem to be able to count. I have a heart rate monitor which tells me how many calories I use and I find that very motivating.