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!

Hello, I'm another new Pauler. I'd convinced myself that I didn't have a problem with food and that my weight was due to not exercising enough and being too fond of my beer but I have now come to the realisation that I do keep eating when I'm full and that I do eat when I'm not hungry. I lost 10 pounds in 3 weeks of doing a lowish carb diet but I have another 4.5 stone to lose. I'm a bit worried about switching to this since the diet was working.

Welcome new Paulers :)

Don't worry about swapping QS as if you carried on following you lowish carb diet, you'd only lose weight until you stopped dieting. With Pauling, you can keep it off once you lose it.

Ah good point about not weighing yourself, Positiveattitude. I need to finish reading the book again. I can't promise never to weigh though as it takes a long time for clothes to feel properly looser and I need to know I am making progress even if it isn't obvious.

Solo - it is very apparent why exh1 is an exh - the man clearly has his own issues if he thinks 8-10 is overweight. What an idiot!

Hello Blimey - from a fellow newbie. I know what you mean about one half of your cycle being harder than the other. It seems increasingly true for me as I get older.

Problem is I can't remember where I am in the cycle at the moment so I can't work out if chocolate eating is hormonal or just plain greedy.

Has everybody read PM's book cover to cover? Do I have some homework to do this weekend or can I wing it by just listening to the CD?

The book is really quite short, don't worry! I also have a problem at certain points of my cycle but have started taking oil of evening primrose to stop the homicidal thoughts calm my hormones down a bit. I'll report back.

Lovely to see so many new people on here. Welcome all!

I've had a lovely day out today and am noticeably making more Paul type food decisions without having to think about it. Still need to slow down but it occurred to me earlier that even if I only eat when I am hungry or only stop when I am full I will still be eating a hell of a lot less than I was. And having taken that pressure off, the day has felt pretty easy.

The book doesn't actually take that long to read Niecie - I think most people would be able to read it in about 4 hours (I'm a pretty fast reader and it took me about 2 hours to read). If you got the DVD that comes with the newer edition that covers basically everything in the book and is only 30 mins long.

Has anyone had a problem with not noticing that they're hungry? I've been serving myself the same size portions I've been eating recently and eating about half of it, thinking I might be full and sometimes going back and eating a little bit more 10 minutes later (one meal yesterday I spent an hour eating because I kept having a couple of mouthfuls and thinking I might be full then realising I was still hungry 10 mins later).

Today I spent most of the afternoon feeling quite ill. At first I thought I'd eaten too much even though I'd only had about two thirds of a 300ish calorie portion of cannelloni but then I started feeling quite nauseous. After a couple of hours I started wondering if it was because I hadn't eaten enough and even though I didn't think I felt hungry the idea of some goats cheese and prosciutto was quite appealing so I ate a bit and it did make me feel better so I had some more and the rest of my lunch. Is this a normal experience while Pauling? Should I start eating until I'm sure I'm full or keep doing what I'm doing and try eating something if I start feeling nauseous?

I haven't read the book yet either!

QS, don't mention the C word.

I know the C word isn't the done thing when you're pauling, I was just trying to explain that I hadn't dished out a massive portion - if I'd said I put 2 cannelloni on my plate then that could have been any amount of food really and I didn't fancy trying to figure out how much they weighed.

I have read it before but it was a long long time ago. Maybe I will wing it! I probably won't have time this weekend as we are going to see the PIL tomorrow and staying over in a hotel with no time for sitting round with a good book. On the other hand, if I am going to be stuck in a hotel room with DS2 and forced to go to bed at the same time as him, I might as well have book to a read! And a torch. .

Was paulling your leg QS

Enjoy your weekend away Niecie and take the book and torch just in case :)

QS I also struggle to know when I am no longer hungry and can end up underrating which makes me very irritable and at high risk of bingeing. Any long term paulers got any thoughts?

Wow, I hie for a few days and lots of new people join! Welcome all! :)

*hide!

Dandylioness, I have PMed you.

I would be happy to be journal buddies, I am reading through the book slowly and taking it all in at the moment and will then be starting the journal.

yes howto welcome to the newbies! As an old hand it all really clicked when i followed the 'chew 20 times' idea. Also my belly flattening exercise helps. (see back about 7 pages!).

Talking about female balancing herbs another good one is starflower oil and camomile is good.

What a crazy day I've had regarding eating. We were very busy - Natural History Museum, Science Museum and Hyde Park. There was so much pollen in the air and DH, DD and I all suffered a bit. Both DH and I were ravenous today and I just wanted more and more food this afternoon as if my blood sugar was really low. My TOM is not due until a few weeks. So I suppose it's just a blip -my body must just need more today (didn't feel like emotional hunger).

Let's see how I go tomorrow. Hopefully things will even out over the next few days and I'll not want so much to eat.

I am five days into this now and doing ok in some areas.
I listen to the CD but as it tends to be at night, I keep falling alseep and so I am not sure if the message / ideas are going in.
My portion sizes have decreased and I am really trying hard not to eat unless I am hungry but I am still struggling to eat slowly enough. I have read PPF's idea of chewing 20 times and am trying to chew more and more slowly. I am going to try really hard not to weigh from now until the 2 weeks are up.
I am also interested to hear how the evening primrose goes.
Enjoy the rest of the bank holiday everyone.

Hello everyone and welcome all the new people!

I can't keep up with all of this, but just to say that I do take evening primrose and don't get that 'let me just put the entire fridge into my face' feeling half as much as I used to when I was younger. But I do take 2 x 1000mg giant zeppelins as a dose - mainly because it really helps my dry skin.

I'm still not making progress like some of you lot, and this have had a couple of days where I know I have eaten more than I needed in the evening. But then I 've had some tedious low grade virus (which, it turned out caused the achey legs after exercise, not the cycling) so I think I have been feeling tired and fed up and so eating to that. But that's gone now, or at least given to DH, so I am feeling a bit more in control.

I also realised something the other day, which is that one of the reasons I think I am slightly reluctant to slim is that my fat feels powerful to me (could explain long family background to this but it would take a long time). It is my power, and also my way of making my feelings known. And I'm not sure that I can completely convince myself that thin is better in this respect. I will work on that.

Hello everyone. I wonder if I might join you?

I have 'pauled' before and I really think it all makes sense.

I have been overweight since I went to Uni and have done Rosemary C, Audrey wahtsit, slimming magazine club, slimming world, WW etc.

I'm 43, 5 foot 2 and about 16 stone. Its not a pretty sight.

I have the book and CD.

The rules make perfect sense.

HOWEVER..... I fall asleep when listening to the CD and I cannot visualise anything, never have been able to.... I can tell myself what I should be seeing but I can't see it.

I think day 1 is probably going to be tomorrow BUT we have a BBQ here so perhaps not the right day to start.

The nice thing about this is that you can start any time and still do all the normal social events and meals out. I have found that if I don't say anything, the people I am with rarely notice or comment.

And welcome, newbies!