Paul McKenna WILL make us thin! Part 4.

[HowToLookGoodGlaikit]

Sparkling new thread

Firstly, the Golden Rules

1. Eat what you WANT
2. Eat when you are HUNGRY
3. Eat CONCIOUSLY
4. STOP when you are satisfied

Here is the book on Amazon which is all you need to get started!

This is the tapping technique explained - this can be useful for cravings.

Please feel free to join us :)

Stay calm, Niecie. Go and do something kind for yourself.

After all the alcohol deliberations I ended up having none!! Instead me and DH had a row and I stormed off went to bed!

at least you didn't drink and then have a row! cause of some horrible ones in my time....

Hangovers are horrid but I think getting tiddly once in a while is fun and so is eating a few too many jam tarts occasionally - forgiving ourselves and learning from our mistakes is what we need to do

I have lost half a stone since starting 3 weeks ago - yay (am naughtily weighing weekly cos I have to check it is working and I don't have a problem with weighing too often - quite the reverse - hence the excess of cuddliness

positive vibes to all

oh dear.... I put away the best part of a bottle of wine last night (very kindly let dp have a glass and a half!) and got the munchies really badly. Fortunately there wasn't any chocolate in the house, but I demolished a large amount of midget gems....

Sigh. I haven't had any wine for a couple of weeks so it hit me hard!

Ah well - back to it today, but feeling silly that I just let everything drift out of my head...

I am feeling sick a lot since I have started Paul mckenna again and hoping it will stop once I settle into it properly. (only been doing it a week). I wonder if maybe I am drinking too much water as I am having about 3/4 glasses a day on top of about 3 cups of tea and a can of coke. Anyone get this? On the up side I had a sneaky weigh in this morning and am 3 lbs off despite a pizza binge yesterday. :)

Joltek I haven't been feeling sick, but have noticed a difference in bowel movements
Well done on the loss, that's great
dotty Nevermind, don't worry about it, just carry on.
I'm feeling a bit peckish so am going to eat a tortilla wrap. Just the tortilla, I love them.

Joltek, are you letting yourself get too hungry do you think? Being very hungry can mess with your blood sugar and make you feel queasy and that can be made worse by having too much water. Do you notice it more before or after you eat?

DingDong - we have 3 but there are 2 more that didn't make it. I feel a fraud as they were lost when very young but there is a part of me that feels I should have 5 children, that I am the mother of five.

Cheese and onion muffins.

Just to say I used frozen chopped onions as that was all I had and I didn't fry them first. If you were using fresh I would think you would need to fry them.

Prepare muffin tins.
Preheat oven to 375-400 degrees F/190-200 degrees C.

Finely chop one small onion. Saute in a small amount of oil until soften.

In a large bowl, sift together (or stir well with a fork): 9oz (250g) plain flour, 3 teaspoons (15ml) baking powder and 1/2 teaspoon (2.5ml) salt. I never add salt. Stir in 2-4 tablespoons (30-60ml) white granulated sugar and 3oz (85g) cheddar cheese. (Set aside some of the cheese for optional topping).

In another bowl, beat an egg with a fork. Stir in 8 fl oz (240 ml) milk followed by 3 fl oz (90ml) of corn oil or 3oz (85g) melted butter.

Pour all of the wet ingredients into dry, add in the onions. Stir until just combined. Batter will be lumpy but no dry flour should be visible.

Spoon into muffin tins. Sprinkle tops with extra cheese if you want. Bake for 20-25 minutes, until tops are lightly browned and spring back when pressed gently.

Enjoy .

Niecie - I think it's more after I eat. It's not awful just a mild nausea all the time really.

Anyway, for that whinge. I was doing OK until Friday but Friday evening it all went pear shaped. I want to blame it partly on a row with my Dad but I thought I had learnt long ago that his thoughts, opinions and beliefs should have no bearing on my life so I can't make excuses. I just didn't bother sticking to the rules which is lame.

Saturday was all bit upside down and there was a certain amount of overeating just because we didn't do what we normally do. I took DS2 to soccer school for the first time and then into town for a haircut and a few other jobs. We also had to go to Sainsburys but by late morning DS2 was knackered so we went to the coffee shop and had drink and cake because I was hungry too after an early start (for a Saturday). That perked him up but then we went home for lunch and I just didn't factor in the cake when eating and over indulged. That was the rest of the day gone to pot. To top it all I ate chocolate and fruit jellies in the evening. The 1lb I thought I had lost seems to have reappeared

Thank god I don't drink - with my willpower I would probably be a complete lush by now and being overweight would be the least of my worries!!

I am trying to be better today but I think to focus my mind still further I am going to start the journal tomorrow and hope that I have 5 days to get journal writing to be a habit and the journal will then help me through next weekend so a similar catalogue of disappointments don't ruin things again.

You have no idea how close I am to doing something drastic like calorie counting just to get out of this rut, even though I know ultimately it is a complete waste of time. I just want to start properly losing.

FAB Those muffins sound lovely. Will be making those in the week
Oh niecie I'm sorry you rowed with your Dad.
Remember PM says that weight will bounce up and down a lb or 2 each day which is why, if we must weigh ourselves he only wants us to do it every fortnight.
Please try not to focus on what you have eaten, but maybe think about what you haven't eaten.
Jut because you've had a bad couple of days with this, doesn't mean it's not working, the odd over-indulgence won't do loads of damage.
Stick with it, we all know that calorie counting is a waste of time. At best, you will get a quick, short-lived high before it all goes straight back on again.
Why not pop onto one of those other threads and see how miserable they all are at not being able to have cakes/muffins/crisps.
Then come back here and talk to us about all that lovely wonderful food we can all eat and really enjoy.

I started the journal yesterday but couldn't think of the one positive thing for the day or what I was looking forward to the following day.
I haven't eaten consciously this weekend.
I'm tired which always makes me think I need food, but I'm not hungry so will try not to eat.

My driving lesson has been cancelled again (2nd week in a row) as someone has pissed over the drivers seat so he had to get it collected and cleaned. Tut. So that's annoyed me.

The muffins are best eaten warm from the oven but are still okay the next day. I had grown some parsley so put some of that in too.

They do sound lovely.
I've got a few air-tight plastic tubs that I can put them in.
Think my ds's will love them

Joltek - I have never felt sick while Pauling (only if I have eate too much!) and I drink 2-3 litres of water a day. Ive no advice, sorry :(

I over indulged whilst watching Eurovision last night I paid for it though - could not sleep all night! Yawn! This happens to me every time I over-eat, I toss & turn all night feeling bloated & yuck.

Fab, thanks for the muffin recipe. Lunchbox-tastic, I can't wait to try them. I like savoury things more and more at the moment.

On another note - Silvery, how the fuck did someone end up pissing on the seat of the instructor's car? Were they really scared of their test?

Fab - totally understand that you want to say that you are mum to 5. We had a girl who died, went on to have another 5 children, but I will always feel like mum to 6. (pregnant 9 times in all, and one of ours is adopted from Russia, too.)
Recipe sounds yum! Will try that this week.
Silvery can I ask a question?? errrr....... harder, or softer???? On the days that I drink lots (when I am at work) I am ok, but I have noticed that at the weekends I am useless at drinking so much and end up a little corked!
As for the car seat - that's awful!!!!

Today I bought a McDonalds for lunch for the DCs. (VEry rare treat here) I could not believe that I was full with just a happy meal for me!! That would not have touched the sides in the past!! I loved every bite of it, too!!

Well done on the weightloss everyone. My 2 weeks are up tomorrow, but I may wait longer.

PA - I am sorry for your loss . DH and I would like to adopt. His mother is not happy about it at all.

Have namechanged as a reminder not to steal ALL the tarts! Thank you all for talking me out of my funk. It's what, an extra 4-500 calories, which when you factor in the crap I would have eaten just a few weeks ago and haven't, is hardly anything. Jam tarts - pah!

Today has gone well. Had a meal out but chose things I really wanted and left loads on my plate as I was satisfied. Also managed a run at 3 mins:1 min walking and found it hard but very manageable. I feel like things are starting to happen. Had a very cute 3 year old stretching with me afterwards which was very lovely.

Sorry you're both feeling a bit underwhelmed Niecie and PA, I hope all the very sensible advice from everyone helps you feel a bit better.

PA and FAB I'm very sorry for your losses. FAB, I would like to say that you should tell M-i-L to butt out but I know how hard an challenging or opinionated M-i-L can be! May I ask why she would object if it would make you and DH happy?

Joltek - sorry, can't help with the sickness but I hope you feel better soon.

HTLGG - I felt Moldova were robbed!

Silvery - PLEASE tell!

Sorry if I've missed anyone!

Glaikit my problems are only eating when I'm hungry and stopping when full and eating mindfully - so only 3 out of 4!! :) but it's only a problem with certain food - mainly chocolate. The weird thing is I'm not normally that much of a chocoholic but then we normally don't have much in the house. so I've decided to stop stocking chocolate for a few weeks. It's only a minute's walk to the shops so I can eat them if I feel I'm hungry and that's what I want but this will stop the mindless shovelling. Or that's the theory anyway. Today has gone well even though I went to a party and had wine. Ate later than others I was with (buffet so easy) and didn't have much. Had to have a nap when home though - can't take my day time drink!

silvery ?????

knaveofhearts who were you before? Apologies if that's eat to tell and I'm being dense.

Just had the most yummilicious tesco finest meal deal - lasagna and cubey potatoes and baby sweetcorn. Was so nice but I was v good and savoured every mouthful and stopped about halfway through ( was a HUGE plateful). I can't really believe that I can eat things like that and still lose weight, even if I do stop but guess I have to keep the faith and see what next week's weigh in brings.

Knave - not me who's underwhelmed, I am loving it and really chuffed with progress so far!

Fab - My in-laws were totally against us adopting! In fact they were against us having any more than 2 DC!! When we told MIL I was pregnat with DD3 she replied, "you've made your bed, so you lie in it, don't expect me to do anything!" I have not stepped foot in their house since we came home from Russia with DD4 (10 years ago!). I now believe that it is their loss, not mine, or the DCs, although when they were younger I would have loved them to be closer to them. They have missed out on 5 adorable grandchildren, who have grown up to be lovely (most of the time) young ladies and gentleman. I wont miss out on my grandchildren if I am lucky enough to be around to see them.

Enough waffle from me, have a good evening everyone.

Obi, please do reintroduce chocolate at some point, dont make it a forbidden food :) Id hate for that to ruin the plan for you. Im no expert though, of course

Just reading the thread about being hungry all the time, and getting depressed at them all trying to ignore hunger or trick their bodies. I did try telling them to EAT if they are hungry, but I dont think I got the message through lol. Why would you want to ignore starving hunger or eat your own weight in raw carrots? Id much arther have a bit of chocolate or some bagel & philly - maybe we are weird though