Paul McKenna's Successful Eating Thread (part 5)

[SoloIsAHotCougar]

The Golden Rules that will aid you on your journey with our like minded support system:

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

I've C&P'd part 4's links as they are helpful.

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

Those are quite some dresses Solo. Really lovely dream dresses. It must be some do you are going to!

I know the dress is costing you a lot of money but it will be worth it if you feel like a million dollars and you should!

Solo those look lovely, you are going to look fab

I am doing ok. I had my post-natal glucose test yesterday - I was diagnosed with gestational diabetes while I was pregnant with DS2. I am just praying that it comes back clear :( Having it has focused my mind and I've done much better on the food the last few days. I weighed this morning and the scales are just creeping slowly downwards again having been stuck for weeks.

Well done Ali :)

I bought some Primarni gold sparkly sandals this morning; bargain!!! @ £4.80, but walking in them is awful! my feet fart!!! air gets trapped and parp!!! so they've got to go back...not much luck with anything here really!

LOL at farting feet, Solo. I've had that before but I am not sure what the solution is except wear tights which isn't the most appealing idea this time of year.

Alibaba - good luck with the glucose test but also, most importantly, well done with going in the right direction and losing some weight.

We are all a bit flat round here at the moment aren't we? Hope everybody else is moving in a downwards direction on the scales too.

at farting feet!!

I have been to the mainland today for a day of shopping in preparation for holiday in 12 days time. In May I bought 3 pairs of trousers for the summer, are you ready to hear what size they were???........ I am embarrassed to say they were all size 30!! - I tried to convince myself that this was so that they were baggy on me!
Anyway, today I comfortably fitted into size 24 and nearly a 22. I was quite pleased.

Not very good on the eating front today as I have eaten rubbish, dont feel hungry now, but may have some fruit later if I need it.

Have a good weekend everyone.
FAB - how are things with you?
Ali - well done on scales going down.
Solo - gorgeous dresses
hi to Neicie, DingDong and Howto - please come back, I miss you!

Wow PositiveAttitude you must be really pleased. That is quite some loss - you must feel great.

I've had a weird afternoon. I took the boys to Sainsburys as a bit of a treat to get a magazine and on the way out we got accosted by a chap asking us about animals in danger of extinction - he was working for the WWF not a nutter. Anyway, he looked familiar and having run through all the possible places I might have known him from it occurred to me he was probably an actor. I made a mental note of his name from his WWF badge and googled him when I got home and it was [[
unitedagents.co.uk/danny-cunningham this guy]] He's been in a lot of stuff over the years.

Quite what he was doing outside Sainsburys in our neck of the woods, fund raising for the WWF I don't know. It was very strange. At no point did he act like somebody who expected to get recognised though.

Anyway, DS1 got a glowing report from school today (hence the magazine treat) and as usual the teachers all sang his praises and said what a pleasure he is to teach and it upset me today because (apart from being a tad hormonal and irrational) I just wish the other children thought of him the same way. He has mild AS/dyspraxia and I think the children find him odd.

Plus it is his last Junior school report and the thought of him at secondary is a bit scary. And I wish I got a bit of the good behaviour not the hormonal pre-teen bolshy DS sometimes.

Hi everyone, hope you don't mind me gatecrashing! I've just started reading the PM book today and thought it was worth a go, has it worked for many of you?

I weighed myself today (14 stone ), so thought I would give it the two weeks he suggests and see if there's any difference.

PA!!!! wowser!!! that's a great acheivement :) well done to you! I'm very slightly .

Niecie, the link didn't work...??? try again please
Might try talc for the farting feet. Can't wear tights or anything with them as they are toe looped...

Glad Ds got a great report :) that's always nice isn't it? As for Ds being found odd by his peers, I think that's normal/usual in a sense. My nephew is extra-ordinarily odd with his not so mild Asbergers; he's now 18 and I've only just found the ability (sometimes) to converse with him as he's exceptionally morbid/murderous and dark. He gets on really well with my Dd because (I believe) she doesn't judge him at all being so young.

Ds back from summer camp today having had a brilliant time :) and he's grown! in a week, he has grown visibly. I noticed, Mum noticed and my Brother and Sil noticed! Wow!

Tilly!!! :) welcome! You are not gatecrashing as the gate is always open, so come on in and join the fun that is: Eating what you like :)
Lots of us have lost a fair bit of weight. I did lose 2 stones, but have fallen from the wagon and gained a bit of that back, but with PMK, you don't feel guilty (guilt is not allowed) and you just jump right back on board as there are plenty of shipmates to haul you back aboard :)

Hope you are all Ok today. Happy weekend!!!

PA that is utterly fabulous, you should feel sooooo proud of yourself!

Solo the other thing you could try is roughening the sole of your sandal, the topside where your foot goes - then your foot won't form a seal with the sandal which is what is making the farting.

Welcome Tilly We are extremely friendly here, and for a weightless thread we spend refreshingly little time talking about food

Weightless? We bloody wish! Sodding iPhone!!

weightloss

Thanks everyone. I am pleased, but I also realise how much further I need to go. you lot are a million miles ahead of me, but I suppose we can only go from where we are. Quite happy to keep plodding on though, so thats good.

Welcome Tilly

Weather is flippin' foul here!! I might even be forced to do some housework today!

Me too PA :( pouring down here...

Hello Tilly - new people are always welcome. Hope it works for you. Come back any time - we'd love to know if it works for you too and because we are nosy.

Alibaba - LOL at weighless as I now have a vision of me, all Goodyear Blimp stylee, floating around in the sky. Not with this sodding rain of course but on a nice day, a summers day like we used to have in the olden days.

Sorry, a bit weather obsessed today - I am supposed to be helping at the church fete this afternoon but it is miserable. (Alibaba you might be able to work out which fete it is!). I've come home to laminate all my signs because they will sodden mess in no time if I don't and now I am sidetracked.

Solo - Thankfully, when he isn't anxious my DS has quite a sunny dispositions. Everybody comments on how smiley he is. I do think, though, that people with AS are better suited to being adults than children. As you say your DD is OK with your nephew because she is young but between about 7 and 16 is tough and the AS children often get on better with adults who are more tolerant and less selfish (on the whole). I am not looking forward to the start of secondary.

WWF fund raising man - see if this link works

Anyway, I actually listened to PMcK last night, all the way through for the first time. I heard about 50% of it (I think) and then came round when he said come round so it seems to be working as it should. Bit of a weird day today with rushing in and out and doing stuff for the fete so I am not sure what effect it is having on my eating. AF is due so it could be a bit of a test. You might find me face down in the cake stall later, hoovering up cake if this weather continues! Or I might not bother eating anything. Probably having fish and chips for tea though as I doubt I will feel much like cooking tonight!

Hi everyone, thanks for the welcome

The first day is quite odd, it feels strange to think I can eat whatever I want. But it seems that you've all done really well with it

Niecie hope the weather clears up for your fete

Running in (and out again), have had a terrible weekend all round. Ds is in hospital having had an apendicitis...I feel dreadful as I didn't believe him when he started writhing around in pain . He's one heck of a drama queen tbh, and it is nothing new that he has tummy ache as he's been saying it for ages which was probably (in hind sight) a rumbling appendix...I'm a baaaaaad Mummy :(
So, the surgery is done and he said he didn't want me to stay the night, so I'm at Mum's tonight and will return tomorrow morning

Oh Solo, poor DS and you! Dont worry about not taking it seriously, its all done now and over with. Hindsight gives 20:20 vision! I am sure we would all be the same!
Will he be home today? At least he has the summer holidays to make a full recovery. ((hugs)) to you.

How are you now FAB?

Hope the church fete didnt get too water logged Neicie.

Hi to Ali, too and everyone else around here.

Very pleased this morning as I have hit the 2 stone lost mark. I know i only weighed last Monday, but I wanted to check I was still on track to have lost it before my holiday next week and it has all come off. SO that was my large goal before my holiday, achieved one week early.
Now need to march on to my next goal for my nephews wedding in September.
I hope everyone can get back into the "zone" this week.

Oh no Solo. Poor DS. What a horrible thing to happen - it can be quite scary can't it?! I hope he is OK and recovering well. Don't feel bad about not believing him - appendicitis is hard to diagnose for doctors so you weren't to know. My mum did the same thing with my brother - drove her mad he did, with his stomach aches. One minute he would be rolling around in agony and she would end up walking him to the doctors. The little darling would be right as rain when he got there. She only saw the pattern after he eventually had one stomach ache too many and didn't recover.

PositiveAttitude - Congratulations on reaching your goal early! You must feel great. You can show me and Solo how it is done and break the 2st barrier. We have got stuck on 2 stone (although I am sure Solo will have lost this weekend with stress)! I could do with a role model because nobody seem to have managed more than 2st recently but I reckon you are going to be the one to break through!

The church fete was a bit soggy to say the least. It occasionally slowed down to drizzle for a while and once it even stopped and the sun came out for 5 minutesbut it was a bit of a wash out. We still seemed to make over £1k though and I am not sure how. As luck would have it the evening was beautiful.

New week now though. Loads of stuff going on including DS1's 11th birthday. I'm making the most of today because it might be the last day I have to myself for a while. Roll on the holidays!

Am I allowed to cry on here?

Don't know what to do for the best.

Kids being mean and vile to each other and I can't make them stop. Every time I get up I feel dizzy. Have had a mars bar for breakfast (other chocolate bars available). Had a friend tell me I don't look right and very tired. I need my friends but none available. Waiting for A&E to phone me back. Haven't food shopped.

Of course you can cry FAB. I am so sorry that you need to though. You are having a really tough time at the moment, aren't you?!

Have you heard from A&E yet? Where is your DH?

Whatever A&E say you need to see a doctor imo. I know you aren't keen on doctors but you need to get to the bottom of this and tell them everything that is wrong because you really do seem to be struggling and it has been going on too long. You must be exhausted with it all.

Are your boys off school now? Can you chose a DVD or something that they will both like, give them a biscuit or two and get a few moments peace? (You do have boys don't you? You mentioned DS2 the other day so I am assuming DS1 is around too)

I really don't know what to say other than keep posting and we will keep listening. I just wish I could do something practical to help too.

(((((hugs)))))

A&E rang back. The lady there was so so lovely. My son was stung last week and the doctor in A & E wanted him to have a tetanus shot. When I rang the surgery they wouldn't book anything without details from the hospital. Nor would they book anything for ds2 who was very poorly. Eventually after 3 days I rang A & E and they faxed the stuff to the surgery. They then agreed to make an appointment for ds2 but not ds1. They didn't see why he needed a tetanus and clearly the A & E doctor requesting it wasn't relevant. The nurse rang me today and again questioned shy he was having the jab so I phoned A & E. She has spoken to the doctor and has explained why he needs the jab, I am taking him this afternoon and no doubt the nurse will question it.

Kids break up on Thursday and I have to take DS2 in to school to get his mark then back out again at 9.40 to see the GP.

Just had soup and bread. 5 slices which was far too much and I was starving because I had eaten nothing but a mars bar and now I feel bleurgh. I don't think bread likes me.

DH is at work. He was questioning me too but I have put him straight about how stressful it was at the hospital and not easy to remember everything when both boys weren't well and the docs don't speak in plain English some times.

Eating is good, even if you think you have over done it a bit. You don't seem to have been hungry in recent post so having an appetite is good.

Sounds like you have achieved something this morning, getting all those medical people to get their act together. DH sounds annoying though. I hate it when I get questioned and I am somehow in the wrong because I don't have all the answers and haven't asked the right questions. If these men want to know they should sort it out themselves!

I have to go shopping now - I left DH and the boys to do it when I was at the fete and he seems to have forgotten half the stuff. I know I should be grateful he made an effort but there isn't much point if he forgets the basics (or buys too much - we have a fridge full of yoghurt) and I have to go anyway. I suppose at least I didn't have to go yesterday.

I was just going to say can I get you anything whilst I am out FAB, knowing you haven't done your shopping, but then I realised that it might be a bit pointless as I have no idea if you are even in the same part of the country let alone the same town.

I need to get a grip.

Thanks for the shopping offer. I am winging it for tea tonight for everyone.

Just off to do my volunteering now.

DD3 won't go to sleep and I don't know what to do! She is normally really good at sleeping but woke up tonight at about midnight and now just wants to play!!! I have to be up in 4 hours to get ready for work!!!

Oh no MuffinsMum. Hope you got back to sleep eventually.

You know, I keep reading about how sleep is important to weight loss - its hormonal as well as to do with not being able to eat when you are asleep! I do wander some time whether for some of us the weight gain is as much to do with being deprived of sleep by young children as it is to do with pregnancy weight gain. I know I put on a lot of mine after DS2 was born and barely any when I was pregnant.

Anyway, I reckon you are doing a good job to be losing weight with young children and loss of sleep still to contend with MuffinsMum.

Hope you manage to make it through the day OK.