Paul McKenna's No Pain, No Pain, Non Diet for those who really want to lose weight. No calories, no syns, no humiliation, just shedding stones amongst friends. Thread 8

[Solo]

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 CONSCIOUSLY
4. STOP eating 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 are the book choices on AMAZON which is all you need to get started! they aren't compulsory, but they do help! it's something to refer to.

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!

Hey! Where is everybody? Don't tell me you all have a life and are off doing other things. [buwink]

Hope you are all OK and eating your eggs consciously and with enjoyment.

I'm around, still too ill to have much of a life! I had a really bad night's sleep so I've spent this morning sleeping off a blinding headache.
Welcome to the thread egg. I agree with BBB, sometimes it takes a little time for the scales to agree. Another thing could be if you were dieting before, your body may have been in starvation mode - as you start to eat normally it hangs on to it because it expects to go back into starvation mode soon. That will settle as you stick with this. If it's that you were still gaining, imagine it being like a car - if you were going forwards at speed and decided to go backwards, it doesn't just start reversing, it takes some time to change direction first. Does that make sense? I quite like that analogy!

Oh no, HaveaLittleFaithBaby. Is this normal recovery or something to worry about? Hope your headache has gone now after the morning in bed. Have you been out much and got some fresh air? Not that it is fresh air weather here - lashing with rain and windy. Typical bank holiday.

We have just been to Homebase and bought some garden furniture that we have been looking at for about 3 years because that is all we can summon up for exciting things to do in the rain. Guaranteed to rain from now until September now I would have thought.[buhmm]

I remember your car analogy now you say it again too. Better than my wibbling on about ups and downs.

Hi BBB and others!

To answer your questions, it's not TOTM but I did jump straight from WW to this and I was up and down like a yoyo before this. Also when I first weighed in it was at 8am and this time was 2pm just after lunch so I'm hoping that had some bearing.

I could just kick myself though for getting on the scales, it was going so well and I was feeling brilliant, now I feel guilty and a bit of a failure especially since my DP has lost about 8lbs on it in a flaming week!! I have started today as a new day and trying to be positive but the urge to go and stuff myself with Easter eggs is so strong (and no I'm not actually hungry so I know it's wrong!)

I am tempted to not even get on the scales again this Friday as I don't want to risk feeling like this again if it doesn't show a big loss! I guess I got cocky and thought is had it sussed so quickly, should have known it would take much longer to break my bad habits

On a positive note though I did go for a or mile run this morning in the rain, my first bit of exercise since starting this and I plan to do it again tomorrow morning before work.

I think without this outlet I'd have caved by now, thanks so much for your welcome and support.

BBB to be honest I think it's the meds. I took 3 doses of oramorph liquid morphine yesterday and it did give me nightmares in hospital. Headache is easing off but I think my blood sugar got low cos I ate so little yesterday evening. DH has made me brunch and I'm drinking so I think I'll be ok!
eggs I think it's easier for chaps. I don't weigh myself much at all now. I take photos after I've run and can see the difference. Since I've been discharged from hospital I can actually see that I'm slimmer. After weekly weigh-ins, you'll find it hard not to weigh yourself but actually the scales aren't a brilliant indicator of your progress. Try to.focus on the big picture. This isn't an instant gratification weight loss that doesn't last think slim fast it's a gradual, long term programme for sustainable weight loss! I lost 13lb between New Year and March. Then I fell ill and couldn't exercise, on a typical diet I'd have gained but actually my weight just plateaud.
You'll get there if you stick with it!

I'm still here :) and desperate to find my blasted discs!!!

Hi Solo!

Egg - that's probably the problem then. You aren't measuring like with like. Apparently, you should always weigh yourself at the same time of day, preferably in the morning with as few clothes on as possible so the weight isn't affected by what you have eaten or what you are wearing during the day. I bet if you did decide to weigh yourself Friday morning you might well get a pleasant surprise.

I reckon men lose weight quicker because they have more muscle and burn off calories quicker, at least to begin with.

HaveaLittle - You sound like you are having a rough time of it. Hope you are feeling a bit better tomorrow.

Still not had any chocolate or sweets.

Hi everyone

Welcome to the thread egg! I agree with everything the others have said, stick with it and you will see results.

We have had a lovely Easter. Yummy food and not too much chocolate, and I seem to be well again, for now at least. Until DS1 goes back to preschool in a week and catches the next bug - grrrrrr!

Faith I find oramorph bungs me up, so beware that!

Solo - hope you find your CDs, where do these things vanish to???

Ali yes I've been on codiene and oramorph since I went into hospital and it has been a bit of an issue. I bought some not from concentrate juice before the weekend so I'll pop to the shops and get some more!
Glad to hear you're well now Ali, here's hoping it lasts!
BBB yes the last few weeks months even haven't been easy. I'm really hoping I'll be well enough to go back to work next week. I had to stay up a bit later and let DH sleep but I got to sleep in the end so I'm feeling brighter this morning!

hi all and welcome Egg
i slipped off the wagon a bit - chocolates and hot x buns at the in laws over the weekend. I worked on say "no thanks" to offers of food that i didn't want or need and it worked!

Back on the wagon today
Have caught a cold - just like that! I was at my brothers house and he has just recovered from a bad one that turned into a chest infection and i felt a tickle throat and runny nose after i left them!

Hi guys. I'm back after a bit of a long absence. Nearly a year in fact. And I think I am ready to do this

but

I am scared that when I lose the weight (because if you do this, you do lose weight) that I won't be me any more. Sound really silly, doesn't it?

I intend to start from right now this minute. Not tomorrow, not Monday, not the first of the month but RIGHT NOW. The beauty of this plan is that you can do this. I have noticed that I am feeling overly full about 50% of the day recently - I've had gastritis since November and it does cause bloating but I have become aware that I am feeling 'poisoned' by my over-eating and eating junk.

Anyway, enough waffle. Let's do this thing.

PS Hi Solo, told you I'd be back soon!

Bugger. DS1 just shoved a piece of Easter egg in my mouth. I'm starting now!

Yay! Nora's back. Sorry to hear you haven't been well - but I remember you were doing so well this time last year, so it's great to have you back.

Had a bad weekend with too many roasties and alcohol but back on track as of today.

Am on a mission to swim lots at the moment as I'm trying to get rid of my bingo wings.

Thanks Mardy! I am a bit more settled with work (have started our own business) etc so hopefully now have the head space to do something for me - if not the time! I am also getting fitter - went for a run last week and did 23 days of Shred in Feb. Still doing the Taekwondo too - love it and we incorporate lots of boxing into our training. I still like myself a lot more - I think pauling is very good for that.

Hi all,
i'm starting this tomorrow. Just got the book and have almost finished it , will listen to the CD tonight for the first time. It came with a free DVD so i watched that yesterday. I'm an emotional eater. I don't need to lose much weight ( 1 stone) but the impact it would have on my emotional wellbeing will be huge. I recently had a MC and put on some more weight due to comfort eating and keen to turn things round, have had problems with weight and body image all my life ( i was never a skinny child, though i have always been well within the healthy weight guidelines, think my Mum fucked me up there with her constant criticism ) . Anyway no need to blame , am in my 40s and should have learnt to take control by now. Sorry I don't have time to read all the previous posts but shall try and keep up from here on in !
So good luck to everyone !

Hello black. Sorry to hear about your mc and welcome to the thread.

When you do listen to the CD, you might be a little put off by Paul's slightly weird voice, but I can recommend sticking with it. I'm also an emotional eater, and this is a great programme for tackling this problem. Slightly that you only have a stone to lose though!

nora "I still like myself a lot more"
That made me feel quite emotional.

Hope the new business is going well and welcome to the ranks of the self-employed. The only problem with being my own boss is I spend too much time on here since I discovered MN.

Mardy thanks for welcome. actually just realised i had a stone to lose before , with the extra its closer to 20 pounds, though doubt i'd ever get down that far. I am very short though! I suppose that cuts both ways, a few pounds on shows badly on me but a few off makes a difference too. Nothing worries me yet but we shall see, not sure about the tapping exercise though...

actually one thing is weird, i'm feeling a bit anxious ,i usually feel like that the day before i start a diet or heathy eating plan or vow to turn a new leaf and i tend to binge, partly due to anxiety, partly so the bad food is no longer around ( i cant bring myself to throw it in the bin) . I've been hoovering up a few things today but not too much as of course i can still eat anything i want to. Feels odd, anyway off to finish book and shall report in tomorrow with how i've done.

black - there is no such thing as 'bad food' when you are Pauling, you can eat exactly what you like :)

nora it is lovely to see you back, I remember you from when I first started doing this when DS2 was tiny.

Today has not been a good day. No indeed. I've eaten far too much and felt revolting doing it. Going to get the boys into bed and then be really honest with myself about whether I need anything for supper.
The answer ought to be no, but there is cold, rare roast beef just begging to be made into a sandwich...

black don't chuck out the "bad" food. If you fancy it, eat it, just follow the rules though.

"i tend to binge, partly due to anxiety" that's the beauty of this system. If you want it and you're hungry, you can have it. I'm a "sod-it-i'll-just-binge-instead" type dieter, but I rarely binge with Pauling. If I'm doing it right.

And if it goes wrong, forgive yourself and move on. Good luck.

Wow, what a lovely welcome! I'm really excited about doing this again. I keep remembering all the good things about this.

It is far better to keep plugging away at this than to keep plugging away at any other diet/eating plan I can think of.

If I lapse I can start again that minute - I don't need to write off a whole day.

I get sooooo much energy when I eat the right amount.

Everything tastes fantabulous when you eat it properly.

I save loads of money on snacking when out and about and on my weekly food shop.

It takes no time to prepare or meal plan.

I smile a lot more.

Just a few off the top of my head!

And I know I still feel better about myself because I have been on TV and in the press for work recently and I have quite liked seeing myself!

Welcome blackcatdancing. Sounds like you are primed and ready to go. I am sure the anxiety won't last long when you start getting results and still get to eat the things you like.

Shrinkingnora - how on earth can you have been gone a year. That can't be true. Welcome back, even if you are being force fed chocolate by a small child. I can imagine DS2 doing that to me when he was younger. Not much you can do because he would have forced in my mouth even if my lips were clamped shut.

Havealittlefaith - glad you are feeling a bit better today - long may it last!

Well, I still haven't had any chocolate despite having a small hillock of the stuff, and I am not sure what it going on! I feel slightly scared of it actually, like if I start eating it I might not be able to stop. Really don't want to put those precious 4lbs lost back on again. Can't work out if this is a good thing or slightly screwed up thinking.

Just dropping in :)

Welcome! welcome! welcome! to everyone new and returning!!!

Hi all, BBB and others thanks for your words of encouragement. Shrinkingnora your last post has inspired me to really give this a go starting again today. I haven't had my breakfast yet I'm waiting for the hunger. Going to get the book out and re-read. I can trust myself lol! Have a great day everyone