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A space to talk openly about weight loss journeys and challenges. Mumsnet hasn't checked the qualifications of anyone posting here. You may wish to speak to a medical professional before starting any diet.

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

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Solo · 25/07/2011 10:15

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 :)

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Solo · 26/07/2011 01:03

Ali that title was pp's work, not mine.

Muffins well done you! go girl!!! telling ex to leave you alone! (can't whistle in real life Grin)

LovelyDaffs that's a really good time to listen and if you do fall asleep, it's still going in. We often refer to him as PMK on our threads too :)

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Solo · 26/07/2011 01:09

Pp I appear to have killed that food thread stone dead!!

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MuffinsMummy · 26/07/2011 02:23

solo he told me today that he is happy how things are now. Basically that means he is happy being with her on a day to day basis and coming to mine and having sex when he feels like it, wanker! I then had to replace a flat tyre and then reversed into a wall of tyres on way out of garage smashing wing mirror off!!! At the point I just thought fuck it get out of my life!

Sorry for all the swearing but he has made me soooooo angry! He asked if his girlfriend could take the DDs to the park for a picnic today while I'm working so I have taken day off work!

Right that's the last time I mention him as he is not worth getting upset about!

I'm going to start on the mirror exercises today. Does anybody else find them helpful?

MumPotNoodle · 26/07/2011 10:35

muffinsmummy, we have the same target weight....would love to hit it in the next five weeks.

Niecie · 26/07/2011 11:10

Hi everybody,

Had quite a good day yesterday and managed to listen to the CD in bed. I did hear most of it again but dozed off - not sure if it was sleep or hypnosis (or both) but I woke up when he told me to! Probably years of living with children and their 'mum, mum wake up's' mean even if I was asleep I would have been woken up.

A bit tired and emotional today. Second to last day for both my boys in their schools. DS1 isn't very well - he has a temperature so not at school and I was supposed to be going to DS2's leavers' assembly. Poor DH was supposed to be on a course but in the end drove over to the hotel the course was in, registered for the course and came home. I went to most of the assembly, I at least got to see DS do his bit and now DH has gone off for rest of the course. I feel torn into 3 and not helping anybody as much as I should. I even forgot to buy coffee for DH when I did a last minute dash to Sainsburys between DH coming home and the assembly. Had to get something for the teachers tomorrow and they have all been so lovely they do actually deserve something this year. And then DS1 and I had a bit of a blub about leaving school, he told me he was scared about starting his new one and I can't help with that at the moment other than telling him it will be fine which is a bit lame.Sad

Right, I am pulling myself together now or I will look a state all day and I am not doing the DSs any good either. Not eaten anything today but even though my tummy is rumbling I don't fancy eating.

Muffins - fuck him indeed (I don't normally swear out loud but it is that kind of day and he is that kind of H). Metaphorically not literally of course. You are better than him and getting better. Well done on all that weight loss. Smile

Alibabaandthe80nappies · 26/07/2011 11:32

Morning all Smile

A friend sent me some photos last night that he took when he and his DW came to stay at the beginning of the month. I look ok, but better still is that in some taken this weekend just gone I look noticeably slimmer! Grin

saffy66 · 26/07/2011 11:33

hi guys

I love to join this thread.
I am going on holiday in 10 days time and desperate to lose 6-8 pounds . Is it possible on this method? I have read the book and listened to the CD . It is fantastic , it is exactly about me. However I stopped WW immediately when I read the book and that was about 10 days ago , now I started to feel a bit lost since I am trying to listen to my own needs rather then following a stupid totally unrealistic system . I have lost 1-2 pounds , but now I am so desperate to lose more before my holiday.

Niecie · 26/07/2011 11:39

Hello Saffy - I think you have made a wise choice dumping WW and you have continued to lose so well done!! How long have you got before your holidays?

Alibaba - Grin It's working!!! Yay!

ppeatfruit · 26/07/2011 11:42

Solo I noticed the food thread too! Some people won't listen to sense so i thought i'd give up trying!! Thanks for that and for giving me the 'right' to some of the title Smile Grin

Muffins IIWY i would not only tell him to Fuck Off I wouldn't let him near me he doesn't deserve you. I know how extremely difficult it is when you've got DCs who have to have contact; is he a kind and caring dad?

saffy66 · 26/07/2011 11:47

thanks Niecie
I have exactly 10 days before my holidays. I am so excited about it.But like i said I am feeling a bit lost and tend to go without food or very little food one day than eat rubbish the other day or drink too much wine instead of eating and don't allow myself enjoy food as a consequence of long long years of unsuccessful dieting.

Solo · 26/07/2011 12:29

Hi Saffy, welcome! You can definitely lose weight in 10 days IMO, but you will really need to focus and do some exercise. Not eating is not an option though, so stop that immediately!:) Re read the OP and really follow those rules. Chewing at least 20 times is key to success as is admiring yourself in the mirror as hard as that is for most of us to actually do.
You can still enjoy wine, but don't let it replace your food ~ food that you WANT to eat and I'd like to bet that cutting down on it substantially will help the weight loss as I think you'll be numbing and dumbing down your hungry/full feelings with it. Anyway! Good luck, drop in here often for support as we're really good at that and we are friendly and supportive with other life stuff too.

Muffuns I'm really glad you've seen the light. He's using you (was using you) and would continue to use you all the time you let him...Get tough and stay tough!

Niecie, hope Ds is feeling better.

Pp it was your title, not mine :) mine would've been a tad different! Wink

Dd vomitted last night on the stairs...lovely cream carpet (ridiculous choice of colour!!!) and I've noticed that I didn't quite get all the stain out last night in the poor lighting...so I'll have to start scrubbing again shortly.
She's just had a slice of dry toast as she was hungry...let's hope it stays down.

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MuffinsMummy · 26/07/2011 12:56

mumpotnoodle how much do you need to lose to get to target?

Niecie thank you I brought a new jane Norman skirt today am really excited about my next night out :)

ppeatfruit I wouldn't say kind and caring but he loves them and they love him back.

solo I know he is using me and dragging me down everytime I start to feel strong but it is hard! I'm hoping the mirror exercises will help with my confidence!

I have eaten chips when not hungry enough! The kids said they wanted lunch and I didn't want to not eat then be hungry 10 minutes later! Next time I will just have water!

TheOriginalFAB · 26/07/2011 13:04

Hi everyone

Just had a massive eight legged thing in my kitchen and I feel a bit shaky. Won't eat chocolate though.

Walked for an hour this morning and might do more later.

franke · 26/07/2011 13:37

Hello everyone, haven't been on these threads for a while. I started PMK around March/April. I never had that much to lose and don't weigh myself really. I guess I lost around 15lb but more importantly I am now a smallish size 12 rather than a large size 14. And most importantly the weight has stayed off. In PMK-speak I reprogrammed my eating habits and found my own natural rythmn for eating. I still cannot believe how easy it was. Even after I stopped consciously pauling, I still continued to lose weight.

Top tips: BE HONEST.

If you are following the rules but not losing weight, then there is some aspect of the rules that you are really not following.

If you fall off the wagon, then climb straight back on again - there's really no reason not to, it's not a diet after all.

Don't forget to drink water, but don't overdo it.

If you feel it slipping away, listen to the cd or dip into the book for some inspiration.

I know i didn't have as much to lose as some on here, but I think we all start this with same issue - a fucked up relationship with food which needs to be addressed whatever your starting weight. Once you get to grips with that and, yes it does require a certain amount of obsessing in the early stages, then the weight should start to fall away of its own accord. Keep at it!

Solo · 26/07/2011 13:44
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franke · 26/07/2011 14:22
Grin

I sometimes agonise about writing posts, I really hope I don't sound patronising or too bossy. I just want you all to succeed. Honestly, if I can do it (with willpower and concentration skills of a puppy) then anyone can.

Solo · 26/07/2011 14:29

I do too franke and often write lengthy ones from the heart or my experience and then press the backspace key and delete it all...

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MuffinsMummy · 26/07/2011 14:41

Solo don't delete posts I for one would love to hear what you have to say!

franke thank you that was a very inspirational post!

Solo · 26/07/2011 14:44

I don't mean so much on our thread Muffins but on others I sometimes just think 'I can't be arsed' or that some posters would not read it in the context it was written or that I'd be berated by one or many...sometimes I have confidence issues...

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Niecie · 26/07/2011 15:23

Franke - you're not over stepping the mark at all. We started the new thread early because some of us were a bit demotivated so a bit of motivational butt kicking is welcome - for me anyway. Smile

I have can't be arsed moments too. I sometimes get annoyed by something on another thread, write a detailed, long reply, go over it repeatedly make sure I haven't said anything I can't either back up or accidentally said something unwittingly contraversial that will get jumped on and then think sod it, I can't be bothered to argue, and end up deleting the whole thing. What a waste of time!

MuffinsMummy · 26/07/2011 16:21

Solo and Niecie yes I do that as well. Someone will be asking for advice on potty training or something I will start replying then think sod it someone else will be along soon I won't bother, that's very lazy on me Blush but my excuse is I can only get Internet on my phone at the moment and it is really hard work posting!

Solo · 26/07/2011 16:50

My can't be arsed moments are just like yours Niecie! Grin

Muffins reason not excuse! Blush I don't have a reason except that sometimes I feel stoooopid saying stuff...and I'm not really.

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MuffinsMummy · 26/07/2011 17:37

Was my English wrong then? I have a 2:1 hons degree but still so uneducated :)

Solo · 26/07/2011 18:20

Haha! no, I was giving you a better example. Excuse is so negative IMO, reasons otoh...:)

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TheOriginalFAB · 26/07/2011 19:40

I feel poorly Sad.

I want to eat an ice lolly to feel better.

I might go to bed at 8pm.