THE ULTIMATE WEIGHT LOSS PLAN EVER!!! COME AND JOIN US AND PAUL MCKENNA !!

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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 5'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. We are friendly, supportive and successful but we're not hungry!!! so come on in :)

HowTo - I opened the link and then got sidetracked! I must listen to the CD more, it really does help me.

I've got a few greys, am 34. I am really vain about my hair, it has never let
me down, unlike my figure!

I am still listening to 2 CDs everynight, the overnigth one really sends me into a lovely sleep! I am waking up feeling refreshed & happy, which is a fab bonus.

Slight wobble this afternoon. My friend is moving house, into something sooo amazing, and more than we will ever be able to afford. I'm ashamed to say that the green-eyed monster reared it's head briefly - not in front of her of course, but the biscuit tin knew about it when she'd gone home.
It is stupid really, we have a lovely house here. We will need to move or extend soon because we are running out of room, which we will, but not into something with 7 bedrooms

That is all, feel much better now I've 'confessed'. :)

I have left some dinner on my plate because I'm full, and won't be snacking on anything this evening.

I have another mini-goal coming up in 2.5lbs time. I've lost 7lbs since I started Pauling, and in 2.5lbs time I will be the same weight I was when I met DH almost 7 years ago. I would really like to do this before my friend's wedding which is in 3 weeks time.

Sounds like you'll have no real trouble doing that Ali :)

Not a bad day for me today. Started off the day listening to PM. Woke up earlier than I needed to (I bloody love school holidays) so decided to use the time for a listen. I have downloaded your link HowTo, but don't quite know where to put it. My Walkman seems to have thrown a wobbler and won't hook up to the pooter for me to download or delete stuff and my phone MP3 is full up of the original version of PMK. I might try getting a new cable for the Walkman, see if that makes a diffrence.

The DSs and I made a chocolate victoria sandwich because they wanted to do cooking and it has been peeing down with rain all day and scuppered our going out plans. It passed the time nicely and the cake isn't bad either. Had some for pudding. Not been snacking or anything though so a bit of cake won't do much damage I am sure.

Alibaba - I reckon 2.5lbs in 3 weeks is a dead cert for you. And a I reckon a bit of the green eyed monster can be motivational. Where would the human race be if it were not for the desire for something better than we have? Still in a cave eating berries and drawing on the walls I reckon.

And on the plus side, if you have a house with 7 bedrooms, just think of the cleaning time!! No thanks very much.

Yesterday was a good day for me too, apart from 1 slice of cake when I wasnt hungry, and because I wasnt hungry I didnt even enjoy it. Have woken up feeling a bit queasy today, but before anyone gets excited its not that kind of sick feeling lol, this is morning churning in my tummy, bug kind of sicky feeling :( Will see how the days goes.

HowTo - I hope you are ok?

Niecie - at cleaning time. Yes you are right, frankly even keeping it tidy will be a full time task!

I am feeling so good about this at the moment, I'm just not having to think about it. I am always spurred on a little by the imminent arrival of autumn because I love autumn/winter clothes and look soooo much better in them than in summer things. Opaque tights rather than veiny blue legs!!

Am fine now, I ate a very small breakfast & felt fine after that.

Glad you are feeling good, I have my total love for Paul & this system back, and I dont want to lose it again! I will be slinky for Chrsitmas!

how is everyone doing?

Not great, but it'll be fine :)

Oh no, what's up?

No, nothing, just not Pauling very well :(

Solo Come on, don't beat yourself up, start again tomorrow

We are at my parents for the weekend. Definitely ate too much yesterday but did have a lovely walk by the sea which will have helped.

Must steer clear of the scales for a few days because all the wine I drank will have retained a few lbs of water!!

But, definitely ate less than I would have done pre-Pauling, it just feels so wrong to eat past that horrid full-up feeling.

See, I've stopped listening. To everything :( . I will start again, but I am feeling very down and although I'm not comfort eating as I usually do, I'm not being good either by listening to my body. It doesn't help that my bedroom music box is in the dining room as the dining room hifi stopped working :( . othing, but nothing seems to go right for me or mine

Can you make time to listen to the CD at least once a day? I totally lose my Pauling mojo if I even skip just one day. During my bad patch, I was using any excuse to not listen, and it was my downfall. What can lift your spirits? There are EFT tapppings you can do to energise yourself, and to get rid of negative feelings. I usethese when I am feeling stressed.

I am not doing too badly. I didn't finish my lunch today as I had enough. I needed a wee actually (TMI I know but I should have gone before we sat down to eat but I was cooking and dishing up so didn't get the chance) and it certainly helped with not eating so much.

Did OK yesterday although I ate the wrong sort of things. In a sense I followed the rules but I know I ate too many calories - too much bad stuff. I didn't make good choices. I know we are not supposed to mention the 'c' word but the fact remains if I eat chips until I am full I am going to be consuming a lot more calories than if I eat fruit until I am full and it will slow the weight loss or mean no lose at all. Speaking only for myself, eat what you want has to be tempered with 'within reason' and a little bit of reason went out of the window yesterday.

Friday was a bit of a downer though. I am looking for something smart to wear to my graduation in 3 weeks and I couldn't find anything. The only thing I found was a dress which I had seen on the internet in purple. The one in the shop was black but I tried it on to see how it looked. Put it this way, I remember why I don't wear dresses.

It fitted alright but it would have needed some serious scaffolding to hide all the lumps and bumps and anyway, I just looked fat even though in theory it should have suited me. I looked so much better when I put my tee shirt and skirt back on that I think I might have to go back to boring old separates and just buy a nice skirt and blouse. I really fancied a dress though.

Niecie, you still seem set in a diet mode, which doesnt go well with Pauling :( Im worried that it wont work for you when you are still worrying about calories and quick weightloss. There shouldnt be "within reason" - if I want chips til I am full I will eat them. Fact is, they dont have much flavour when you eat them concioulsy! I want my food to be tasty, so skip chips most of the time. I honestly never make a food decision on the benefits/calories though, I do it on taste purely. Can you really not let go of the diet thoughts? I understand that maybe this is the only way you can do it though :)

Im sure there is a dress out there that would look fantastic on you! Ive seen huge girls look gorgeous in the right dress. What sort of style do you want? Have you tried asking on the style & beauty section? They are fab at finding lovely stuff!

Niecie - if the scaffolding will make it look good then get scaffolding. I never wear a dress without Spanx or similar, there are just too many lumps and bumps - especially once you've got knicker lines, tights, c-section overhang (yum) etc. I have joked with DH that once I've lost the weight I'm going to get a tummy tuck, but actually I am only half joking because otherwise I will always have the c-section flap. Gross.

I understand exactly where you are coming from in terms of the foods you choose, I feel a bit the same. My compromise is that I will only eat things that I really love but I do try to be mindful of my increased diabetes risk (because of the gestational diabetes) and therefore be mindful of my sugar intake. So a scone with cream and a little jam rather than a slice of chocolate fudge cake, or a handful of roasted peanuts instead of a tube of fruit pastilles or whatever.

But if I just ate whatever I liked, then I could easily eat nothing but sugary junk from morning until night which is not a good idea - even though I might have only eaten relatively small amounts of it.

HowtoLookGood - I knew I shouldn't have mentioned the 'c' word.

It certainly isn't the case of wanting to lose weight fast. I would like to lose anything at all even if it takes months, which at the moment it seems to be . That would be a start. I am not worried about dieting, I have never been on a diet in my life. I won't deny I've bought the books and thought about it but I have never actually done it because I wonder what happens when the diet finishes and having read recently that as many as 90% of people who diet put the weight back on, I would be foolish to start dieting now. What I want is a healthy attitude to food which is what Pauling gives but as well as that, I want to eat healthily and that doesn't mean, to me anyway, living off junk just so long as I eat what I want, only when I am hungry. There has to some change in attitude and the right choices still have to be made.

Alibaba - I think you get it.

Natuarly slim people make the right choices. They follow the Pauling rules without thinking but they don't eat loads of junk when they are hungry, they mostly eat healthily. I need to make the same choices and at the moment it has to be a conscious thing. One day I hope it won't have to be - it will be natural but it take many repetitions for things to become habit and I have a way to go yet.

niecie, have you ever looked at the Gabriel method? Its very similar to Pauling but includes the healthy eating too.

No not hear of that one. I have the Marisa Peer book which is also similar to Pauling, including having a CD. She differs by not allowing negative talk - for example, you aren't allowed to say weight loss because the word 'loss' has negative connotations in all its other uses - true when you think about it. There is also more emphasis on aversion therapy like you with your slug infested crisps.

Can't remember the rest - it isn't so easily encapsulated in 4 easy rules I don't think. It is a long time since I read it. I suspect a combo of Peer and Pauling would be good but then it all gets a bit complicated and what I like about Pauling, mostly anyway, is that is simple.

Humph not having such a good day today, just can't get in the groove! I am thirsty, but I keep forgetting to drink and just eating things instead which is not a good idea, and not like me actually.

DH has gone to get fish and chips for dinner, and I'm not really that hungry at all.
I am going to eat it and enjoy it, then no snacking tonight and start again tomorrow.

Niecie - you should read a book called Potatoes not Prozac, it has much useful information for the sugar addict I am not going to go with her slightly odd food plan, it just doesn't fit my life, but it is a very interesting read and makes you much more aware of your behaviour.

Had a not-so-good day yesterday too, Ive had a headache for 3 days now and I was also on playgroup duty yesterday. That was horrendous :( I came home & just ate & ate, I know I was trying to heal myself with food. At least I knew what I was doing, and still ate conciously, which is way better than my binging past. Im still hurting today, but Im not going to let food take over.

Hope the rest of you have a good day x

Maybe it is the weather. I had a headache yesterday too and have had several in the past couple of weeks. I don't normally get headaches either so it is a bit odd. I suppose I could be dehydrated too.

On the plus side, I didn't feel like any tea last night and just had some soup and toast so that I didn't get too hungry at bedtime and eat chocolate.

Headache here too.