Paul McKenna's Successful Eating Thread (part 5)

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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

Solo - glad DS is ok :)

Niecie I laughed so loud reading that

DS1's bad dream that woke him up was about a man coming up the stairs in our house - are you sure it wasn't your DH trailing loo roll??
Poor little mite though, that is something horrid to be scared of when you are still not quite 3.

I made a birthday cake for DS1 today (his birthday is Saturday). It was only a little one, am making a huge Gruffalo cake for Sunday which is his party. I did it wrong though - eggs weren't fresh enough and I used too big a tin so that cake was too flat and a bit overcooked. Decided to make another one - and so I ate half of the one that I had rejected, with jam spread in it. WTF :( It was nice, but jesus wept what was I thinking.
Have had a very little bit of dinner, and will now have no evening snack in the hope of compensating a bit. Bollocks.

Decided to weigh myself this morning.

Lost the grand total of................................................

0lbs.

I weighed myself too and it wasn't quite as bad I thought it would be. Still not good though.

COME ON NOW GIRLS WE CAN DO THIS!!! IT'S NOT THAT BAD IS IT? not gaining is much better than gaining and even if we gain we can loose it can't we?? SO LET'S GET BACK ON TO PAULING PROPERLY !!! Good morning BTW

Good morning pp :)

Of course you are right. I still haven't re listened to the cd's and I haven't read the book at all...I must do both as I feel like the spinning has ground to a halt. I will get back to it. I will!!!

Yes come on I need you all to be positive and back on track fro when I need to be kicked up the mahoooosive behind when I return from holiday.
We are off next week, a week of sun on a Greek Island. Cant wait!! But I know that I will probably put on and will struggle to get my head back into the "zone" when we get back.

0lb on is good!!! Fab. Its not a +!!

Have a glorious holiday pos When i know it's going to be difficult like going to a restaurant I try and eat the paul way for breakfast and lunch and have a main plate while out.

ALSO REMEMBER TO LOVE YOURSELVES!!!

Oh and if anyone's got the time I'm on a thread on the Food page battling about being tough with yr toddler at meals I need support !!!!To be fair there are a few others who think like me!

Morning all.

Solo - glad your DS is feeling better. It is such a short stay in hospital these days isn't it? My brother spent 2 weeks in although every time he was due to go home his temparture went back up again so maybe it was just him and his poorly healed wound and not the norm. It would be just like my bro to make a drama out of a crisis though!

FAB It isn't a bad thing not to lose. It will happen eventually.

We do seem to need a bit a collective boot up the backside don't we. I wonder if it is worth relaunching ourselves and starting a new thread now rather than let this one run to the end - there is only about 60 posts to go anyway. It might give us a mental clean slate and we can leave any negative stuff behind. What do the rest of you think?

I dunno - my head isn't in the right place at the moment. I know what I should be doing but I'm not doing it. It isn't helped by a small cake mountain I seem to have accumulated. Not sure how it happened. Probably the result of too much shopping recently, in places I don't normally shop so there is a novelty value and also too much birthday cake. And eating out and take aways. We've had 2 this month which is 2 more than we usually have plus going out for DS's birthday.

Morning all :)

Fab - staying the same is still good. For too many years I was completely unable to keep my weight stable - it would just keep going steadily up unless I was actively dieting. So if you are managing to stay level then that is good - I mean if you don't put it on in the first place then you don't ever need to try and lose it do you! :)

A new thread is a good idea, although I will wait until after the weekend to post on it. Tomorrow is DS1's 3rd birthday, and we are having family dinner and a cake with my parents who are staying and then on Sunday we've got more family and a couple of friends coming for a BBQ party to celebrate. We are having takeaway tonight so that I can get on with cake baking instead of cooking the dinner.
In short - I fully intend to eat too much over the next 3 days!!

PA - Greece can be pretty ok, lots of fish and salad, lean meat etc. Just need to try and steer clear of all the yoghurt and honey and baklava!! Have a fabulous time :)

I suppose it is disheartening when I felt I hadn't eaten badly and only had soup for dinner to discover I couldn't even lose a pound. I have have even put 0.2 of a lb on.

Have a great holiday PA

pp I have added my thoughts to that thread, tried hard not to appear your bosom buddy though!

Looking forward to a new thread/attitude/body!!!

Fab don't be hard on yourself. Your body does funny things when you are poorly and hangs on to all possible calories. Things will move inthe right direction once you are properly better

Thanks Ali. I am under so much stress atm I can't see that ever happening.

Perhaps we should have a new thread on Monday then. New week, fresh start and all that. We can have a weekend of stuffing our faces not worrying too much and be ready to go monday.

I'm a bit tired and emotional this week too which isn't helping. Went to DS1's school's 40th anniversary this afternoon. It was my old school and I was there from the 2nd term after it opened. DS1 leaves next week and it is all a bit poignant and weepy, listening to the children singing songs from the 4 decades and looking at old photos. Anyway, not good for those of us (me) who are prone to emotional eating, especially when I feel really old, old enough to have been going anywhere 40 yrs ago - it seems unbelievable!

PA - have a great holiday with your new smaller wardrobe.

I think I'm putting weight back on :( I have been really stressed for a couple of weeks and not eating very well! I haven't had a big fail but am gradually getting worse!

PA have a really good holiday

I really want to lose some more weight before DD3s christening in 4 weeks, 7lbs would be great but probably not realistic! It's DD3s 1st birthday the week before and DD2s the week after so not going to be a good time for Pauling!

Fab I really hope you feel better soon feeling stressed makes everything so much harder!

Solo glad your DS is on the mend it is always worrying when the DC are poorly!

Have to go as my delightful DD2 is having a tantrum for some reason! No doubt DD1 has done something wrong!

Morning all!! ARE WE IN DANGER OF FORGETTING THE PAUL RULES? YOU CAN EAT CAKE!!!! BUT ONLY IF YOU'RE HUNGRY AND EAT SOWLY AND CONSCIOUSLY AND STOP WHEN YOU FEEL FULL!!

Thanks for your support Solo A good idea to start a new thread on Monday which title?? How about THE ULTIMATE WEIGHT LOSS PLAN EVER!!! COME AND JOIN US !!

ppeat - great post

Morning all

ppeatfruit thread title sounds good to me.

Fab chocolate muffin for breakfast will probably stick to peanut butter on toast

I built up the courage to weigh myself this morning and have actually lost nearly 2lbs since last time! I'm really as I was convinced I had put some on!

Exh is coming over this morning to bother me see the DDs so might use a few calories trying to fight him off! Now he thinks I've moved on he wants me again! Fucking men!

Sorry for rant I have felt so stressed last few weeks with him telling me about his girlfriend and how they deal with her DS! Grrrr! I think I'm boring everyone in RL with it now so thought I would start on you lovely ladies

Better get sorted he is due in 7 minutes!

ppeat - My problem is not I haven't forgotten the rules but I'm just not following them for reasons I am not clear about but are probably to do with the self sabotage we talked about a while ago.

The reason I am not following them is because I have too much cake in the house because I have made too many bad choices when shopping.

Actually that is my small gripe about Pauling - it assumes you can eat anything you like so long as you eat it slowly and when you are hungry but for me it has got to the point where that isn't working and I have to make better choices rather than just eat what I want all the time. That doesn't mean give up cake (heaven forbid) but give up some cake in favour of something that would cure the hunger, that I like but won't necessarily add as many calories. Woman cannot live on cake alone but Pauling could allow that if you just followed the 4 rules.

Has anybody else got the same gripe or am I totally missing some finer point somewhere? I really do need to read the book again properly.

I am sounding a bit negative I know but I need to get this sorted out by the time the new thread launches or it will be more of the same which is very unsatisfactory!!

Muffins - I hope you managed to fend off the ex and you are surviving. What is he up to then? Is he making a play for you whilst still with the gf? The man is an idiot - what woman in her right mind would want him back whilst he is still seeing somebody else?!!! Sounds like he has a problem with cake too - he wants his cake and wants to eat it too!

Me too Niecie. I know the rules, I'm just not following them right now which is stoooooooopid of me.

More later...I left both Dc's with Mum last night under the umbrella of 'I really need to sort my house out Mum' and I've done bugger all...it will actually take me several weeks of 14 hours a day to actually do it all which is why I think I can't get going on it. It's too big a job!

Niecie that is exactly it! While he thinks I need him he isn't bothered, actually said to me last week "I've got a new girlfriend get over it!", but when he thinks I have moved on he comes around again! It just gives me strength to forget him! I got the court date for the divorce hearing so hopefully it will be done soon!

Can we all decide to have a day where we wait until out tummies are rumbling before we eat anything and then chew 20 times? Do you think that would help?

As you all know or maybe you don't I have lost the weight i wanted to and am maintaining by eating according to my blood type like Kim Cattrall and Cliff Richard. I was doing that well before pauling so am totally used to it and WANT to eat healthily (i even make healthy cake!!).

I had a piece of 'normal' cake at my mum's party and it was disgusting which is supposed to happen on Paul. i tell you what i'm also taking now which seems to be helping me maintain is starflower or borage oil, it's amazing it helps you sleep and balances female hormones as well!

Muffins my DS is a similar situation his ex wants him back after kicking him out of the house he loved and chose. Now he has a new partner who actually loves him and is happy, terrible isn't it? Especially as our beloved GD is caught between them.

Also that chew 20 times really DOES work good idea!!!

The problem is he is the one with the girlfriend but he seems to think it's ok to still come over here and have sex with me! Oh well she will learn eventually!

It's 4 weeks til the christening so I am making a pact to get back on track from today! I am going to re-read the book and make myself do the 30 day shred DVD!

Muffins, as long as you have leaned the lesson, that's the important thing :)

Tummy rumbling, so I'm going to eat breakfast.

ppeat - you talk much sense. I think the problem is getting to the point where I have actually made those lifestyle changes and for them to have become the norm rather than something I have to think about and make an effort for. I am fed up of making the effort even though I know I need to and it is good and easy and it has so many positives. I want it to be just how I am or who I am, not something I have to do - I have enough things to do. IYSWIM.

Muffins - have you tried laughing in the ex's face when he starts on about moving on? Point out the obvious, which has probably passed him by, that he is the one coming round, looking for sex and thinking nothing has changed. I know you don't owe her anything but boy, would I be tempted to tell his girlfriend how he is behaving, if only to get him to stop being such a knob. Probably immature but really he is living in cloud cuckoo land if he thinks he can string you both along at once.