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

got really bad indigestion today....hope that's not going to be a common occurrence - I think I was a bit hungry after breakfast. Hmm - still trying to work it out this time round!

I did overeat a little today so I'm hoping to try BsshBossh's technique tomorrow... Only thing is that I have an exam in the morning, it's only an hour and a half so I guess if I'm not at all hungry when I go in I won't be that hungry when I come out. I can't take food in unfortunately! Hopefully if I get a rumbly tummy it won't distract anyone

I love taekwondo, me

We did a bit of boxing tonight as well and it was excellent. I am so relaxed and calm now!

Food has lost its power over me so I still don't seem to want to talk about it much. This is still a gradual process for me, but every day I feel that I have made a step towards liking my body a bit more. Need to follow all the rules though, not just two at a time....

Bssh - I have tried to follow your technique today, and managed it mostly apart from a bad patch in the middle of the afternoon.

I am struggling to find the time to sort myself out with this tbh, but then perhaps it is unrealistic to expect 'me time' with an 8 week old!

Congratulations to Fab and others who have lost :)

nora - your attitude is so wonderful, I hope I can be where you are one day :)

Whoop, whoop!!! Well done flo!!! I know you've done most, if not all of that without PMK's assistance, but I reckon you can probably do a repeat of that in time for the new school year with Paul's help. And Christmas?!!! you are going to look extrememely, bloody fabulously good my dear :)

Nora, you are a star

Well done everyone else too!

My tastes have changed this past couple of months too. Sweet stuff just tastes sooooooo sickly!!! Yuk!

My breakfast portion seems too small to feed a sparrow on now ~ seriously. Lunch today was 2 slices of wholemeal bread and spread as I didn't fancy the cheese and pickle (unheard of!)...left the crusts from half/most of the bread too.
Small dinner, but ate slightly too much I think.

My two Dc's have throat infections and I am as yet undiagnosed.

Keep up the great work ladies. :)

Well done Flo! Dotty - v brave listening on the bus!!

Haven't been so good here so am trying BsshBossh's idea today. Must also get back into completing the journal. Prob is I have the app and it won't let you fill in a day after midnight. Also won't let you see what you wrote the next day so entries just disappear instead of staying there as motivation for the future.

Complaint about app over. Starting a good day today!

This method is proving to be quite hard

Dotty i meant to tell you that inspired by yr. sesame recipe I made them but with melted dark choc. and less sugar ( i didn't boil it either) they were fab.! Thanks

Well it worked for me yesterday - as I mentioned in my post I skipped breakfast (as I wasn't hungry enough for it) and waiting until I was properly hungry and that my stomach was feeling hollow and was growling and that meant I was hungry for lunch at 12.15. Well, it worked for dinner too. I waited again until I was genuinely physically hungry - waited for my stomach to be properly empty and feeling hollow and ate dinner at 8pm. Honestly, my food tasted so so so good because I really wanted it. It is the Pauling way, afterall.

I actually enjoyed the empty sensation in my belly. And guess what, I didn't feel faint or anything as I didn't leave it too late that I was ravenous. The other thing I noticed was that I didn't think about food much yesterday as I was 100% relying on my stomach to tell me when to eat.

So I hope to do the same again today. Let's see how I go.

Ever get the feeling life conspires against you?
Yesterday's plans were for DD3 to be with Grandparents for the day and overnight. My plans were dressmaking and an evening out with DH and a burger for tea at the pub. Well after my hungry lunchtime I get a call, DD has had a fall, ride in an ambulance - sent home with sore arm but told she's fine. She still insisted on going to Nanny's so the plans resume - jacket on for a bike ride when the call comes again. DD is very upset wants to come home and is in severe pain. Straight back to A&E, no food consumed as yet. 4 hours later my poor baby is xrayed and her broken collarbone is obvious! She is 2 for god's sake - the original consultant saw her in the corridor asked her to raise her arms and sent her home! So by 1am my 'tea' had been half a bag of toffee crisps chocs and then a scotch egg out of desperation! Clearly didnt quite get a chance to listen to the cd last night either. And it was all going so well. :(

Your poor DD, flo. How is she today?

I am back with the program today :)

I listened to the CD last night, and then I've had a decent night's sleep. Woke up feeling properly hungry, and really enjoyed my breakfast. I have planned lots of lovely, delicious food for over the bank holiday weekend while we have plenty of time for prep and cooking. One of the issues during the week is that I'm often grabbing things on the run while juggling DS2, so it can all end up being a bit snacky rather than the proper food I find I am craving.

flo - I didn't say yesterday, but how utterly wonderful about your dress! So, so inspiring
DH has just got a new job, and there will be some social things that I will be expected to go along to. I am determined to enjoy choosing outfits, rather than just thinking 'what makes me look least bad' which has unfortunately been rather a theme over the years. What a waste :(

solo - thanks for the tip re. comments to self. I just cannot find time to do the full mirror exercise, but yesterday I did a quick once over and admired my cheekbones and my arse (unheard of, the arse bit).

Alibabaandthe80nappies, my DH is also starting work in a new firm (in July) and he's told me that the partners/associates are an incredibly social bunch. Rather than dreading it, I'm looking forward to it all now that I can get back into my lovely pre-pregnancy dresses. Great motivation to keep going with PMcK .

She is still asleep poor baby! Unheard of to be in bed after 7.30! Have to keep popping up to check her.

Poor BabyFlo . Sleep is the best thing for her as her body will heal while she rests. A quiet day with Cbeebies and ice cream I think.

Florence - so sorry to hear about your DD. I hope she is feeling a bit better today. How do you explain to such a young child to take it easy though? What a nightmare! And for her GPs and you too. Will she have to wear a sling?

I am beginning to wonder what the hell is wrong with me at the moment - I took DS1 for a tour of his new school (he has SENs so we are starting transistion planning early), walking down the stairs and then caught my heel on the step and nearly went down. Somehow managed to really hurt the underside of my arm on the handrail I think and I reckon the bruise will be impressive. After last week hurting my hand quite badly, plus walking into a door handle and leaving a whooping great bruise on my fore arm and now this, I look like I have been in a fight and have had to use my arms as a shield.

Overindulged in peanut butter this morning(I had some on bread but then had some without bread too) but at least I won't be hungry for ages! I might skip lunch altogether as I am seeing a friend at 1.30pm and won't have time between then and the school run to fit lunch in.

Hope everybody has a good day.

Haven?t posted for a few days but have tried to catch up with our fast moving thread.

I totally agree with the mouth hunger problem. It is proving to be the hardest thing to crack. It gets worse when I see food that I love e.g. I go to buy a sandwich if I am hungry at work and see a cake in the shop. My mouth tells me it is soooo hungry for the cake. So I have been buying the cake and not the sandwich as that is what I really want- is that OK?

I wish I was at the point that some others have reached where previously loved foods like chocolate have lost their powerful grip. I still love chocolate and cakes and when I am hungry they are what I really want so I am giving in sometimes. Perhaps I am taking the rule ?eat what you really want? too literally? Can anyone tell me if they think I am doing this bit wrong. Also if anyone can pinpoint how they have started to have less cravings for ?bad? foods when they are hungry I would love to hear about it.

Congratulations on your anniversaries Nora and Tommy.

Caramel I hope you are feeling a little better.

Welcome to all newbies (still pretty much a newbie myself). Somebodynew do stick with it if you can so many people have found it to be a brilliant new take on ?dieting?. I think it will work given a bit more time.

Solo I hope you are feeling better. Thank you for answering my questions on the last thread.

Olive thank you so much for taking the time to post about the Seminar that you attended, it was really helpful. I really wish Paul would reconsider doing some more seminars- or maybe bring out a DVD.

Congratulations on the weight loss Fab and Flo. Hope poor DD is not in too much pain today Flo, Cbeebies and icecream sound like a great plan.

Green I hope your exam went Ok and you didn?t disturb everyone with a rumbly tummy!

Niecie sorry to hear you have been in the wars. Sounds like a horrid thing to happen after hurting yourself last week. At least you saved yourself and didn?t fall down the stairs.

I hope everyone is having a good day.

I have had 2 pecan croissant type things things for breakfast and nothing since. I still don't feel hungry but I do feel a bit weak. Have been drinking water but hasn't helped much.

The pecans and the butter in the croissants would have filled you up, FAB, but the sugar may have caused feelings of weakness/lethargy? I always feels better when I eat more protein or if I balance my carbs with protein - but that is only my own experience/preference...

I have to leave early today so had a small granary roll, some cheese, smoked salmon and beetroot. I have felt tired at this time for a long time but it had got better so I hope it isn't coming back. I would love a sleep now though.

Silvery - are you ok? What in particular is hard for you at the moment? Can we help in any way?

Oh flo Your poor dd! How is she? Can't believe they missed she had a broken collar bone
nora I'm ok, stressed with life and my ds's are driving me bonkers!
I'm just really struggling with all of it tbh.
The not eating if you're not hungry is hard.
The stopping when you're satisfied is hard.
Leaving something on the plate is hard.

If I get up in the morning and am not hungry, I can sit down with just a cuppa and then distract myself with something else, and then I can crack on with our normal routine, that's fine, but then later on when I start to feel hungry and have something to eat, it all goes really wrong! It's almost like that little bit of food has awakened something and for the rest of the day I can't stop.

I'm listening to the cd everyday, but gave up on the journal because I kept forgetting.
Maybe I should get back to that.
I also made the mistake of weighing myself this morning and, shock horror, I've put the little bit that I'd lost back on again.

Now I am hungry, physically hungry because I'm feeling a bit sick, so off to have a yogurt or something.

Silvery - I have had food issues all my life but I won't bore you with them. What has helped me is sorting out my emotional eating. I read the Pig to Twig book and it basically said one was only hurting oneself when you eat crap/eat when not hungry. I related to this a lot more than usual due to my issues. It did help and I did lose weight but when I stopped the P2T I put weight on as I couldn't stick to it.

I used to eat when I was happy.
I used to eat when I was sad.
I used to eat when I was bored.
I used to eat when I was lonely.
The thought of food made me happy, much more than is healthy.

Then i read 4 lines and in a very short space of time

I eat when I am hungry but only after really thinking about if I really am and having water before hand.
I eat a lot slower and consciously.
I stop when I am full.
I enjoy what I eat and never feel guilty if I have an ice cream or some chocolate and because I am not fighting myself I enjoy it much more and eat less of it.

So far I have lost 5lbs.

If I can do it with my fucked up head then I have faith that you can do it too.

Hello all, been stalking the pmk threads for a while, I'm not creepy, just a bit shy. Have about 3.5 stone to lose, have been doing vcld's with shakes soups and bars and it's making me crazy, wondering if anyone has changed from a vcld to pmk with much success?
Really wanna get started but nervous about putting on loads of weight cos if I followed the eat what you want rule properly I'd be eating cheese all day!

Excellent post fab.