Paul McKenna's non diet. No calories, no syns, no humiliation, just shedding stones amongst friends. Thread 7.

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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 and full

This weight loss system is about re-educating your body; learning to listen to it and in doing so losing weight and inches so forget diets, they may work for a while, but they aren't permanent solutions. The Paul McKenna system works and is easy to maintain.

I've C&P'd our previous threads 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 to combat cravings.

Please feel free to join us. We are friendly, supportive and successful but we're not hungry!!! so come on in and start living your new life today!

Phoenix my goodness what a nightmare, were you all at home when it started? Were you on this thread before under a different name? I've got confused with who has changed and who is just themselves!!

Hi all

Kinky and Solo that's awful about your houses. Our houses should be our safe havens shouldn't they? Awful when things go wrong
I'm trying to buy a house just now and rent out my flat but the nervous eating has got me . I need to find my mojo again.

Welcome any newbies.

DH has a job - phew.

stripy it is hard isn't it? I've been in a state the last few days worrying about our lack of income after next month, fortunately that is now resolved so perhaps I can focus again. I hope you get your house sorted.

I only joined this thread a couple of weeks ago but was around on chat as havealittlefaithbaby before the fire.
DH and I were in, asleep in bed. No dcs yet. Been ttc for two years, recently discovered it was male issues causing the problems. That's my big motivator, now he's on treatment I want to be as healthy as possible cos I might just get upduffed soon!
I felt a bit miffed today. Two women at work said they were on diets/never been so heavy so I said Paul Mckenna and they laughed and said ha I'm going with healthy diet and exercise . Mind you, they were whinging about being hungry and I wasn't. I've tried healthy diet and exercise and I felt deprived re food and unmotivated re exercise. Now I'm really enjoying food and am motivated to exercise. Time will tell who is more successful! :)

Kinky and solo, sorry to hear about the house trouble. Being a grown up with responsibilities sucks sometimes. And kinky, I think of you and your daughter often. Ali, hurray at dh's new job!

I've been a bit busy chasing plumbers and builders, and got a bit fed up at my shoddy pauling. But, I lost more weight!10st2 today, 4lbs less than last week! So shoddy pauling plus couch to 5k is working! Whoop! Would go out and party in celebration but already tucked up in bed having done perilously early dream feed...wish me luck tonight...

Excellent news Ali :)

I have really lost my way today. I went into farmfoods to buy milk and came out with biscuits. I never buy biscuits. Ever!! worse is that I've been eating them. I'm going to be a very fat matron of honour at this rate :(

Blimey pheonix that's frightening about the plugged in food proc. I'll tell DH that .

BTW yr work mates sound ignorant. I've combined P.M. with a very healthy blood type way of eating and it has worked like a dream. Other posters on this page say things like " i don't like mind control" and I reply if they watch ads on telly or drink coffee or alcohol etc. then you are having yr mind controlled without EVEN realising it at least with P.M. you CHOOSE to !!

Oh dear Solo! you never said what you thought about the photos of P.M on the yacht that BB posted.

Many Congrats heynonny and Ali.

Iam hopefully having my very late b\day meal with dh today and tomorrow off to Blighty for nearly 2 weeks for catsitting and GD b\day and sitting.

Yikes DH doesn't have a job after all, the client has pulled the plug on the contract. Back to the drawing board...

Perhaps we need to do a Lottery syndicate on this thread, would solve a lot of problems AND we could pay PMK to come over here and hypnotise us all individually into losing all the weight!

Nonny well done on that weight loss

So I've clambered back on the wagon today. Aiming to make good choices when I am hungry.

Oh dear Ali getting your hopes up is the worst.

Just looked at the pictures you mentioned pp mm, mmm, mmmmmmmmm!!!

I don't think he is married btw.

Bugger!!! Ali I'm so sorry! that's horrible.

No not now solo there's hope for you ]smile] .

Brilliant idea about the lottery Ali then we could afford to convert our back little farm and cottages and you could all come to fr. for yr. holyers!!!

I'm off today so you all soon I'll miss you Keep Pauling and wish everyone happier news.

Ali that sucks. Hope something else comes along soon. My DH works in a builders merchant so the retail side with the self employed, things are slow at the moment. Think we're all still feeling the pinch :(
Good work stripy. Stay motivated!
Went running again last night. Improved my speed/distance. Realised c25k won't get me race fit in 9 weeks so switched to ease into 10k . Ease? ease?! ha! But I can now run 1/3 of the way....

hi everyone,

I started listening to the cd about 1 week ago and read the book. then i felt annoyed that i wasnt even trying to follow the rules. BUT in the last few days i have felt more motivated to exercise, i have been doing the shred for about 6days now.

I have also started logging what i eat on myfirness pal. i know that you are not meant to be using any other type of diet plan but i feel i need to monitor it for now.

Also yesterday and today i seem to feel fuller quicker, i have also started eating my dinner out of a bowl, although it is a full bowl of food.

From any of you that have been successful does tis sound like it has started to kick in to you?

ps - also i dont really get to listen to much of the cd as i go to sleep quite quickly with it, which i like as i sometimes have problems sleeping.

Make me stop.

Emergency trip to hospital with DD last night with nasty pain/not being able to breathe/collapsing/bright white episode. They couldn't explain it, kept us in last night, scanned her today and have sent us away telling me to keep an eye on her.

It was scary.

And now it has settled down, I find myself eating things and thinking about eating. I know it just makes it worse for me, but it's like I need something to console me for the shit 24hrs we had.

Ali I hope he gets sorted soon. I like the lottery suggestion. I could do with my financial worries going away.

Phoenix PMSL at ease into 10k. Hahahahaha

ppeat enjoy your trip. Have you taken PMK with you (on CD, not in person, although I'm sure you wouldn't say no...)?

Hi to Solo Stripy and Nonny. I hope everyone is okay .

moving Xpost. I did feel much more motivated to exercise straight away. I'm finding now it's been 3 weeks I'm drifting, but that's because circumstances are being an arse. Good luck with it.

kinky - thanks, I hope your dd is ok now... Wow that is scary, try not to be too hard on your self and make sure you listen to your cd tonight and tomorrow is a new day xx

Have you been exercising much?

Oh Kinky :( Bigs hugs my love, it must be so frightening for you all :(

In terms of the eating, you need some kind of displacement activity - have you tried the tapping, does it work for you?

Phoenix - that is extremely impressive! I cannot run, and I can't bring myself to try. The thought of my backside wobbling along behind me as I go is enough to make me You go girl.

moving - this has been gradual for me, I suddenly realise that I'm eating less, less often and doing less thinking about food inbetween times. Stick with it and you will get there :)

Have a lovely holiday ppeat

I have had a brilliant day on the PMKing front today. I have started listening to the CD during the day rather than at bedtime, and it is really working. I only have to listen a couple of times a week and it seems much more effective.

Weigh-in for me in the morning.

good luck with the weigh in tomorrow. I am not allowed to weigh until weds next week. normally i am a weighing addict and weigh myself probably 5 times per day, but i have hidden my scales under the bed.

But I did weigh myself at my mums the other day as the scales were just there looking at me when i went to the bathroom.

but i'm not counting that one as its not my normal scales.

moving I'm much the same. Rules make me feel I have control of my food. The cd is played as we drift off and I often struggle to sleep. I've just found myself really motivated to exercise, virtually everyday since I started!
I'm not a runner, really really! But I wanted to do something drastic to challenge myself fitness wise and a local 10k in March was just far enough from Christmas to seem achievable but not so far as to not motivate me. What's funny about running is how actually people seem to encourage you! I had one I assume cheeky comment from a teenage boy once but I had my headphones in so I just shrugged and carried on. But others runners will smile and encourage you. One family with kids in the car waved and gave me a thumbs up on Sunday! Keeps me motivated
I ache tonight though, after a run yesterday, gym today then unpacking (yay!) my stuff from the cleaners who took it away after the fire, I'm shatterd. Had a bath and an early night.
kinky your poor love, how terrifying for you. I'm glad to hear she's stable enough to come home. I think you're amazing how you handle it. Don't beat yourself up, like moving says, start again in the morning.

Kinky really sorry to hear about your scare.

I think that's the joy of PM tomorrow is always a new day and you can start afresh and get back on the wagon...

fingers crossed things strat to improve for you soon.

I'm not being very good at the moment have forgotton to slow doan and focus on the food when I eat it, and goiung to try extra hard today...it's also a run night tonight oh hum, it will be worth it in the end.

Morning all

Weigh in today, and I've lost the vast sum of .2 of a pound, yes not even half a pound
Never mind, it is the right direction and I am finding the rules easy atm so all good.

Hi all

Kinky thoughts and prayers are with your family. You just seem such an astoundingly strong person.

Can I ask a question. For breakfast I have a muesli type cereal with nuts which I live but I find so filling. I can't finish it despite serving smaller and smaller portions.
I think I'm just not hungry yet but it has been drilled in to me for so long that breakfast is the most important meal of the day.

Is it ok to wait and eat later? Usually after nursery run. Or is this ad for my metabolism? I thought you had to eat first thing to get it started for the day.

Hello!

Kinky - so sorry you are having a tough time. I hope your DD is feeling a bit better today and your anxiety levels can drop just a tiny bit. I can't imagine the pressure you are under at the moment.

Stripy - I think you just need to remember to eat when you are hungry and not worry about when that is. I think that PMcK says not to worry about breakfast and listen to your body (could be wrong, it might be somebody else ). It goes against the principle to eat when you aren't hungry. I am never hungry when I get up. It takes at least an hour before I can face food, sometimes longer. There would be no point forcing it. I do have a drink of water though because I am thirsty. Nuts are very filling too - I can handle endless pieces of toast and jam (well probably 3 slices before you get the idea I sit here with a loaf and a jar of jam a day) but I would struggle to eat more than a slice of toast with peanut butter. That can only be a good thing so if your portions are getting smaller and you aren't any hungrier, go with it. That is good news!

Alibaba - Sorry to hear your DH's job offer fell through. Are you going back to starting your own business or is he going to look for a job? The uncertainty is horrible though, isn't it? DH spent several years as a contractor and the change over period between contracts was very stressful. Well done on the 0.2lb - every little helps.

ppeat - enjoy your trip - always seems weird that the closer you are to the rest of us the less we hear from you but I hope you have a good time.

HeyNonnyNo - well done on your loss [smile

Moving and Phoenix - Well done for getting more exercise. I just wish I could follow your example.

Solo - Hope you are OK.

Had a bit of a mad week this week and haven't been concentrating on anything much, let alone proper Pauling but I am slowly working my way through the book again and getting re-enthused. Not stood on the scales for a few days and wouldn't like to speculate on their movement. I have had some really good days and some real buggers as far as food is concerned, as usual tied up with how tired I am. Maybe what I really need is a 'sort the sleep out' thread!