2011 Paul McKenna P3 - the march towards skinny jeans continues

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Well the old thread was getting mordibly obese wasn't it?

Welcome new people and people who've been here for a while, this is the definitive Paul McKenna support thread.

Whether you are dribbling over his Paulness or wibbling over pudding, we're here to listen, slightly mock you and tell you to step away from the scales.

The Paul Mckenna plan is not a diet but a way of teaching yourself to eat slowly and consciously and achieve the body you've always dreamed of.

There will be no diet foods on this thread, no starvation and no beating ourselves up because ^lifes' too bloody short to weigh a carrot and we'd far rather be doing something incredible instead!

Oh Juicy! how is it going? did you trance? did anyone notice?

WMMC, I agree. I've not been here much either really.

Note my positive thinking new Easter name :)

The problem with MN is the time!!! See I need to be cutting the grass and I'm on here! (I'm cooking so the that's my excuse for being indoors) i agree WMMC maybe just one thread, this one! Poor DD juicy.

JuicyOlive send out for pizza - you will be v popular with the other waiting patients

Sorry to hear about your DD.

MN is a v odd at the minute. People are relying on it like it's some sort of lifeline. Perhaps it's just that I've grown out of it!

Hi all. Well we eventually emerged after 4 hrs 45 mins wait. No broken bones thankfully. Great use of a sunny Sunday. My dad took pity on us and brought sandwiches in - some of the others in the waiting room were giving us evil looks. The entrepreneur in me was tempted to set up a refreshments stall. (if we'd gone to the restaurant we could have lost our place in the queue for the doc).

Didn't get a chance to trance in the waiting room as DD developed an addiction to Angry Birds when she tried it on my phone - until the batteries started to fade around hour 4.

Anyway at least she's been seen and is OK.

Glad she's ok, Olive.

Well, my big news is I am really, really, happy. I feel amazing post surgery and I am right back on track with the Pauling and I have spent all weekend outside in the sunshine in various nice locations with various lovely people eating lovely food (mostly only when I am hungry). DS2 has finally shaken his cough from the bronchiolitis he had before christmas and all three Dc have behaved really well this weekend.

I weighed myself today for the first time in over a month and I weighed less than I expected. And I didn't have to weigh myself, it was more like idle curiosity. I am wearing a lovely black and white tunic dress (which is a size 16) and leggings and my new shoes and I feel pretty bloody foxy, I can tell you. Compliments wherever I go at the moment but I think they are largely due to the fact I am grinning from ear to ear all the time! I really do look like this

We have lots of social things coming up (in 6 weeks, 7 weeks, 11 weeks, 14 weeks) and instead of dreading them I am thinking "It would be nice to look better than now, but if I stay the same I will be fine with it and be able to enjoy them all". So rare for me not to dread parties/weddings/christenings. I am really looking forward to my brothers wedding as will see people who last saw me a year ago when I was about 3.5 stone heavier and frankly knackered! Also seeing family from abroad for the first time since my wedding in a couple of months and I will be very nearly the same weight - looked at wedding album with a friend last night and she told me I look better now than I did at 25 and a stone lighter. I agree, actually.

Sorry for babbling but Dh has gone to sleep and I think I am boring him with my inane chatter.

PS I am also going to try and just visit this thread. I think mumsnet is a bit self perpetuating at the moment.....

at Nora's post.

BTW love the name Solo. Maybe we all need to be shrinking people... Or Pauling people?

Almost 5 hours olive ? Poor you and DD! Glad she's okay though!

Nora, your post made me :o !

Okay, this is big news. I made some brownies. With homemade chocolate frosting, and big colorful sprinkles. And I cut them into really small pieces and only ate one . This is a completely, totally, utterly, not like me. I sat down and ate one with no guilt and great fanfare, and I didn't even think of wanting another! This is amazing, and tbh it made me tear up a bit. I love you, Paul McKenna. :o

juicyolive, glad your dd is okay and I would have ordered pizza definatly and you sound like you are doing well!

I on the other hand need a swift kick up the bum please after a fab couple of weeks where i lost wieght and was eating really mindfully, I seem to have come off the rails this weekend really wnat to get back on track as this is the only thing i can see working for me

and cheerful yank, thats fantastic with the brownies, well done - pass some of those vibes this way please!

What reason do you have for not getting back on track, mycat? :) Only you are stopping you! Just do it! You know hwo awesome you will feel when it all sots back into place - and it will, I know, I have slipped a couple of times too. Then I ask myself, is eating more than I need making me feel happy? No. Does eating the Paul way make me happy?Yes. So its a no-brainer really and you know it

Well done everyone else, I love all these positive stories! Im using Kevin Layes book too, and it seems to be giving me just that extra edge to keep at it :)

shrinkingnora what an encouraging post. You have made me too!

CheerfulYank Re: the brownie thing. It feels so good doesn't it to be able to bake lovely things without worrying that you will end up eating it all and hating yourself afterwards.

I have now listened to the mp3 for 3 days running! The combination of that and the sunny weather meant I could not sit still yesterday. I dug the veg patch, divided it up and planted peas, carrots, rocket, rainbow chard and parsley. Then took DD swimming in the outdoor pool - was bliss and I felt really comfortable in myself.

It does toffee ! It feels amazing! Maybe one day I can even buy (gasp) salt and vinegar crisps and keep them in the house for more than a day! :) We never have treats around because I don't trust myself, but I look forward to that changing.

Mycat you can do it! I know you can. Today is a new day and we're all here with you. (Realize I am sounding a bit woo here ) I like on the CD when it says "food has always been here and will always be here." I don't have to eat all the cake or whatever. There will be another time to have it.

Also I read some of Geneen Roth's books (some of her ideas match up with Paul) and per her instructions I put up a sign on the fridge that says "it's not in here, sweetheart." So many of us eat because we're lonely or bored or angry, I think, and it's a reminder that you won't find the answer to those things in your refrigerator. :)

Cheerful even the word 'treat ' is wrong isn't it? It's only food right?

Hi everyone, just a quick stop to say sorry I haven't been around fro a few days, just been really busy, but still Pauling (despite binge incident yesterday... ooooops). Will come back proper tomorrow.

I could not sleep at all last night. 2am...2.30am.... luckily DH didn't mind me staying in bed so slept til 8.15 but I am sooooo tired. Tiredness is usually a real problem for me and food but I feel okay so far. I didn't have breakfast because I had some totally guilt free toast and peanut butter and jam in the middle of the night (although I know I don't need to justify it to you guys!) and wasn't hungry this morning. I have just had an Innocent veg pot (thanks WMMC, you're right they are AMAZING) and am pleasantly full. I realise that I often fancy proper cooked savoury food first thing in the morning but stuck to conventional breakfast foods which is bonkers! So tomorrow if I want a Thai veg pot at 7.30 am I'll bloody well have one.

Dandy - the 3.5 stone was 1 stone breastfeeding, 1 stone 12 slimming world and the rest Pauling. I did lose 3 stone in 6 months Pauling after having DS1 and have never ever felt better. I think I stopped because I lost faith in myself to know what I wanted and was having bad asthma and eczema so cut out wheat and dairy and then the whole thing went a bit tits up. I am now trusting my body to not want things that make me feel crap. I really only want innocent veg pots, fruit, veg, grilled meat and fish and the odd bit of toast and peanut butter. My body is really clever! Now if I could just sort the insomnia.....although perhaps that is due to excessive amounts of Paul energy coupled with having to take things easy post op?

PS When I am feeling guilty for screaming raising my voice at the DC I go back a few minutes later and tickle them. Makes me feel better and usually can sneak a hug in too!

Just running in to say hi! Well done everyone - I'm getting a really positive vibe off the thread at the moment. mycatoscar - you can do it - there's no need to beat yourself up - it's just a blip over the weekend.

Can't stop as off to have a yummy lunch with a friend. In the meantime, for those of you who are avoiding AIBU, just a quick link to an interesting
weight loss thread

Am also running in to say "Hi" and then out again as I don't want to "waste" all my free time on MN. I've found the best way to keep away from MN is not to comment on threads except for the ones I true care about and that are enhancing my life in a major way. So that's this one on my weight and another thread on a personal creative project I'm working on. No more commenting on Chat and AIBU for me as it's too time-consuming and addictive.

See you soon.

Hi all

I'm struggling. The first week of PMing I felt great. Food required no effort at all. I had a positive outlook and I felt the best I have felt in years and I even lost a bit of weight. Then I slipped and can't get back even though I'm still trying. I'm still listening to the CD's and I'm eating mindfully, eating when I'm hungry and trying to listen to the signals. I'm struggling with the signal thing so I'm still overeating.

Then I remember that there's still chocolates left over from Mother's day. I'm I hungry? No...but I still eat them anyway. The subliminal, subconcious messages just aren't getting through! Last night I listened to the exercise CD and today I was still exhausted. Have no extra energy at all. I don't know what I'm doing wrong

I've read all the thread and the previous one. Great tips but it's still no good! What am I doing wrong? Please help me

Sorry. Should have been a not a

Celestial - sorry to hear you're struggling, it can take some time to adjust to a new way of eating. I would say that it's not just a case of listening to the CDs and relying on your subconscious to do the work. When you feel the need to eat chocs when you aren't hungry, you do need to think about why you want them and rationalise why you are eating them. Remember, THEY WILL STILL BE THERE LATER when you ARE hungry and you will enjoy them a lot more then. Some people also find the tapping techniques in the book useful for dealing with cravings although personally I've never really got them (can't remember what order to tap in for starters).

Hope this helps.

Thanks for your good advice Juicy. Sadly I can't find my book anywhere (I bought it a few years ago but I wasn't really ready to use it back then so it's got lost somewhere amongst the trash heap which is my garage ) I really should buy it again and have another read and I should go back to the beginning of the 90 day journal and start over again with that too I think.

As for the chocolates, I've tried to tap into what I'm feeling in that moment that I crave them and have discovered that my emotional reasons aren't consistant. I want to eat because i'm stressed, I'm furious, I'm happy, I'm excited all different emotions yet they make me want to eat. I've tried visualising how good I'll look when I'm slim and how I felt at a really happy time in my life...and then I still eat them! Sometimes I just get the taste for them and can't stop myself...even when I've decided that there is no emotion attached. So I am trying to tune in to my body all the time but just end up being weak and giving in

I'm going to listen to the exercise Cd again tonight to see if it helps with my energy levels. Or should I listen solely to the "thin" cd. What do most of you good PM'rs do? Just listen to one or to a mixture of the 5 cd set? Maybe this is where I am going wrong by trying to vary the cd's

oops put this in thread two totally missing you lot were on thread 3!

slinks in at the back and kicks heels
very touched that some of you have been thinking about me, my laptop got dropped (the guilty party isnt owning up!) and took ages to fix, plus dh deployed last week, its been pretty chaotic!

im getting there with PM still have off days but so much more chilled out about food and weight and all the rest of it. my clothes are getting baggier and thats about all im measuring now, plus we have ttc this month so on the 2ww now and not really worried about my weight as far as pregnancy goes anymore, so things are gettine better and better as far as food and weight are concerned.

I have had 3 people today asking how im doing and 'oh whats that book called again i may have a look'! oddly i haven't lost anything weight or size wise since the seminar so it must be how I'm feeling about things now that's showing through to them!