Paul McKenna WILL make us thin! Part 4.

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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 :)

Silvery;'don't give anyone the power to make you so angry' i always say that to myself if I'm upset with someone it works to calm me. Also P.M. is a big change you can't expect it to work immediately.

Thanks Ppea.

Well I just weighed myself, 16st 3lbs. Whicj is what I thought I was, so we'll see next month if there's much difference

Hello everyone,

I am feeling a bit low today so in need of a hug but also wanted to share this with you. DD and I had lunch together and I counted my chews as much as I could, only managed 13-15 but still ate much much slower than normal and then realised I felt full so stopped and then saw I still had food left. I have covered it in case I feel hungry before tea but that feels like huge progress to me. My period started 2 days early yesterday so am wondering what to look out for so it doesn't derail me even though I have only just started.

Hi Fab - mutual Hug??? - I am feeling crap today. Not physically unwell, just emotionally very low and bleugh! Its far harder when I feel like this .

Tomorrow is another day. Roll on tomorrow!

Definitely.

DH has just come home and is going out again and I just feel the need for him to cuddle me for about 5 hours .

So I have learned that if I drink alcohol the next day my ability to tell if I am hungry is rubbish.
Also it is surprising how little I need to eat not to feel hungry.
I find it really hard to eat slowly but am getting better.
I have stuck with doing my best at this for 2 weeks now which is a record attempt for me! I don't usually do trying to lose weight (whenever I think about it I eat more usually!) so thanks to all the lovely paulers on this thread.

and big hugs to you FAB

Thank you. I am feeling better.

Big hugs to PA, SilveryMoon and FAB.

Okay, so after my weigh in this morning I looked at my stats. I've hardly ever weighed myself but before I got pregnant I was weighed by my GP (at 37) and then when I was doing my post-grad I was weighed at my gym (at 30). From 30 to 37 I'd put on 1.5 stones and since I've had DD I've put on 2 stones (am 40 now).

Right now I am officially back at my pre-pregnancy weight, having lost 2 stones. My goal now is to hit my university weight, - which is now around a stone off. That's my goal now. After that, who knows.

I'll be very very happy to reach the weight I was at 30, ten years ago.

So, a stone to go to hit my 2nd goal.

Okay, that was confusing. The long and short of it is this:

Goal 1: Lose 2 stones and reach pre-pregnancy weight. DONE.

Goal 2: Lose 1 stone and reach the weight I was 10 years ago. IN PROGRESS.

Goal 3: Not bothered after this, but will try and lose another 1 stone to look my optimum for my build and height.

Ultimate goal, eat like a naturally slim person for the rest of my life!

BsshBossh - you sound so upbeat, it is fantastic.

I have just comfort eaten about 4 mouthfuls. I need comfort. The barber has just cut DS1's really quite long and trendy hair far too short the stupid cunt . 3 weeks til my brother's wedding. It isn't going to grow back and I can't stick it back on. I did go round to the barber and shout explain how I felt.

FAB Hope you're ok {{hugs}}
Bssh Loving the goals. Sounds good. Mine would be just to get rid of the bulge over my size 18's. That is my goal for now and then after that? Who knows. Keeping it realistic for now.

Am having a rotten day with the kids. All I have done is shout. All day. I hate shouting, and I know it doesn't work so I don't know why I still do it. I am so so stressed. I need children who understand the words stop and no. I really want to stuff my face with chocolate and down a bottle of wine!

Dinner was good. We had chicken wraps with salad. I ate a few chuncks of cucumber, a tomato, and 1 chicken filled wrap. I left a bit of it on the plate thoguh which was really hard.
I started to fill like I didn't want or need any more food, but it is quite hard to just stop isn't it? I kept thinking, maybe just one more bite, but I was good.

We have a pack of chocolate mousses in the fridge too which would have disappeared the minute we got back from the shops, and although I keep thinking about them, I have only had one. Very proud

Oh nora

I know it's really not that important but he is kind of well known for his hair. But I am not feeling the urge to eat five pounds of chocolate, so something is going well!

I have had my first 100% perfect day in weeks! I am feeling very good about it, and very positive.

Huge hugs to all those who need it, but remember the answer isnt in a bar of chocolate :) eATING MORE THAN YOU NEED WILL JUST MAKE YOU FEEL WORSE AFTERWARDS, so treat yourselves kindly & pamper yourselves (without food!) :)

I am planning a long bath tonight, followed by a very early night as I am shattered and tiredness and eating are very entwined for me.

I want to graze. On a massive bar of chocolate. I really want chocolate. I'm not hungry, but want chocolate.
Might try a bit of tapping. My craving is 25 out of 10

Yes, do the tapping! Do it twice or 3 times if you have to!

Nora, enjoy your bath! I quite fancy a long soak with a good book myself!

Maybe we could list things we like to treat ourselves too, that dont involve food?

Quick fix treats - I paint my nails, or have a relaxing candlelit bath, watch a girly film by myself, chuck a frisbee about with the kids in the garden, play a puzzle game on my DS or tend to my new vegetavle patch.

Treats I buy now instead of food - a nice new book, a lovely smelling new bubble bath, new make-up, take te kids swimming (tires us all out!) or new clothes fo rteh kids (for some reason, this pleases me more than buying clothes for myself).

That is a good idea........Will have to get back to you about what I like. I like chocolate.

I love buying clothes for my kids - I think it is because they are totally beautiful and I live them unconditionally. Whereas I place huge conditions on my love for myself.

I promised myself this as a treat when I had lost two stone. I should really go and do it!

You know what? I will have a glass of wine and a fag now (yes, another habit to bust PM style maybe) and some chocolate if I get hungry later

I am currently having a hot chocolate. It's definitely very yummy, even though it is an options one from the slimming world days. I do prefer them though.

oohh, I could have a hot chocolate instead couldn't I? That's not food so doesn't count. Right?