Paul McKenna would be so proud of us on THREAD 9...No Pain, NO PAIN!! The Non Diet for those who really want to lose weight. No calories, no syns, no humiliation, just shedding stones amongst friends.

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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 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. This is a new way of living for your brand new life!!

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 and listening to the cd's can really focus you.

This is the tapping technique EXPLAINED - this can be useful to combat cravings.

Please feel free to join us, whether it's 10lbs or 10 stones you want to lose.
We are friendly, supportive and successful, but we're not hungry OH NO we're not!!! so come on in and start living your new life today!

Oh solo I have no idea what to suggest, except that if you do have to call someone then try looking on the Checkatrade website. I have found a plumber and a decorator on there, who are both v.reliable and very good value (no call out charge for the plumber for example).

Feeling really focused this morning. Doing so well yesterday has got rid of that horrid full feeling and I feel so much better.

Rosylee

Solo good luck with the blocked pipes. . We have a pump thingy that pumps the waste up a slight incline away from our house that regularly gets blocked. We can't put anything down the loo apart from toilet paper! Last time they came to unblock it, it was due to a baby wipe! We are the only ones with young children (as its shared between four houses)

Update on the iAphone app. It is basically the book in electronic form. It looks good, but I wish now that I'd bought this first and not bothered with the book. It has the CD in there plus various short tutorials. It also has a panic button which may come in handy. It also has the journal, which I started last night. I'm more likely to write on this than in the book, so that's good for me.

Good PMKung everyone.

I've now made PMK into a martial art!
Should be good PMKing

Oh yes definitely a martial art (nearly typed marital there and really had to think about that) - one that is heavy on the meditation. A state of deep meditation is only to be achieved with the help of Grand Master McKenna

DS2 still has a temperature. He is OK and very perky after the ibuprofen and I was reduced to playing Monopoly with him yesterday. I wonder what board game delights are in store today.

Ali - HWI is a good school so I hear and if it is your catchment school it is a bit of a no-brainer. StM I hear mixed things about mainly like you say, for their general lack of ambition although their last Ofsted wasn't so bad. They don't give homework either except reading which I don't like even though I moan on a regular basis about the homework my two got/get at K - it isn't that much but at least you know what they are up to when they bring home homework. KI is very like HW - they offer so much over and above literacy and numeracy. I loved that school and am a bit that my two have got too old for it.

Weighed myself this morning and it seems I have lost another 2lb although I haven't felt particularly great this week so haven't been very hungry. On the other hand, I have eaten 'bad' food and have still lost. What a joy to be able to eat what you like and still lose weight.

I have lost 5lbs in the last couple of weeks.

And that was before I had a big poo, so it might be more.

hello everyone.
welcome egginabap, i too only have about 1 stone to lose- ideal would be 18 pounds but for now i think 1 stone. I've always been a bit chubby- literally since my teens and am now in my 40s . The problem i have is i cannot mention weight loss to anyone as the inevitable reply is "you don't need to lose weight" or "just do a bit more exercise". I find it frustrating as though i'm being vain and should be happy with how i am. At just over 5 feet 1 stone makes a big difference. I am near the upper end of the healthy weight band and just want to move to the lower end, i don't want to be underweight. I have extra flesh that i don't like, it bulges just the same as someone with more weight to lose.

Anyway yesterday was bad day. stressful day and food all over the place - not a full on binge , just overate and snacked without thinking in the evening, felt awful at bedtime far too full and uncomfortable. I've got to go back to being more mindful at every mealtime and to listening daily to the CD with my total concentration.

Mardy and well done on the 5lbs!

BBB - well done on 2lbs down :) That is exactly the word for SM, lack of ambition. I am surprised at how many people we know have chosen SM, and I will be really interested to see how happy they are a term in.

Ate breakfast mindfully, despite the boys making a racket, and I have done some exercise.

I think the people who chose StM are either those who are of the 'let them play they are only children once' mentality which I am to an extent but not to the extent that they miss out on learning some interesting stuff or they want to go to a C of E school. I also think there are a fair few people who just don't do their homework.

BBB - yes that is true, some friends who have picked it do attend church - it put me off though, the amount of work that they do in the 'juniors' that was about prayers and so on. Made us wonder what they miss out to get that into the curriculum. Also, the first thing in the prospectus was about how the parents are expected to make up the 10% shortfall in government funding when I thought that was supposed to come from the CofE?? Isn't that the whole point of being affiliated?

Anyway, when I picked DS1 up from preschool there were a couple of other Mums who said their boys have got into HW and I know DS plays with them so that is good that he will know a couple of people. His preschool is in K, so lots are going there which was our 2nd choice.

Just had a lovely butternut chicken curry. It was so good, I had a few extra bites I should not have had, although I would say I still ate less than pre-Paul.

Feeling knackered though so off to bed to watch some telly.. chat tomorrow..

BBB hope your DS gets better soon

Mmm, that sounds like a fab curry Rosy.

I've general had a rubbish day food wise but am taking solace in the fact that despite being hacked off with DH, having a fussy baby and a choc bar within reach I decided that eating wouldn't fix the baby or DH and would justness me mad at myself so I resisted and I haven't snacked all evening :) a small victory but still a victory!

Back tomorrow... tired!!!

just caught myself in the mirror and I was unusually kind to myself.

Excellent Mardy :) and I have big poo envy!!

Morning ladies!

It is bright and early... I just can't sleep later no matter how hard I try :( Never mind, I have a cup of java firing up the old brain cells...

Well Done Mavis on your small victory. It is those small victories that keep us going and they add up to big successes.

I am so excited that I get another day to Paul. As it is Saturday, there is no work to distract me this time, so I can really do well today.

I was a bit disappointed because last night as I put the MP3 player on to get my nightly Paul fix, the battery died. Oh well, I will get it charged today. I do think it is key to helping me.

Being nearly 23 stone is very scary. And I have a very long way to go. But as long as I keep losing, even if it's a pound at a time, I will be happy. I want to encourage all of you that a loss, even 1/2 lb is fantastic progress because it means you are not staying the same and you are definitely not getting bigger. So, no, though I can't see movement in my clothes yet, I know it will come. I just must not give up. And neither should any of you...

Rosy x

Rosy - I love your attitude!

Mavis - a small victory but an important one. You now know you can resist and that you understand what makes you eat.

Mardy - You deserve some kindness - especially from yourself.

Solo - How's your blocked pipe? I would have thought a large poo was the last thing you wanted!

It really hit home today (even more than usual) that my weight really affects me and my family. I tried to apply for life cover online and was rejected! I know that it must be weight related as I am only 36, a non smoker, drink very rarely,(and in moderation) and have no specific health issues, thank goodness. But it really depressed me. It has made me more determined to get to grips with this weight.

To aid me, I had a thought! I was just about to wash the dishes when I noticed we have chop sticks! I am always looking for ways to eat slower and so voila! I plan to give them a bash tonight. It will indeed force me to take smaller bites and eat less. I wonder if thats why the Chinese are so small LOL

Hi all.

BBB I'm not sure but I think there may be a slight improvement! and the big poo envy was because I dread needing/doing one because of the blockage! afterall, if I had no blockage, the Solo household could take delight in its toileting

Rosy that, my dear! is a bloody great idea!!! think I will do the same!

Rosy, great idea!!!
I have to say that i eat with chop stick early this week. i was worried that i'd get carried away over eat, with it being a chinese. However with my terrible chop stick skills i was amazed at how little i ate! I'm having pizza for tea but am not sure how i'll cope with chop sticks!?!
i feel strange today, like something has changed! i've been pottering around the house and where I would normally reached for a mid morning/ afternoon biscuit my head has just told me, no your not hungry. i think the CD is working.
how does everyone else find Pauling at the weekend?
x

The weekend is easier for me as my time is my own. When I am working, I am on the road a lot going from one home visit to the other and can't always eat slowly or even at all. So if I am over hungry when I get home, I usually go overboard, eating too much and too fast.

Em2905 I see your problem being able to eat pizza with chopsticks :o I doubt it would work for every meal but no harm in using it when I can. I intend to do so now. About to have my tea.

Blimey, I look away from this thread for a few days and when I come back it's all smut and blocked poo pipes !!!!

Loving the positive attitudes ladies and fab ideas, chopsticks is a good one.

I have been struggling with being a bit picky at food during stressful times with the kids over the last few days, although only at non-indulgent foods, but even so it's irritating. I am wondering whether I need to start having my evening meal at 5 rather than my usual 7.30, but will really miss my peaceful evening meal time. I'm a single mum so that time is precious .

Anyway, another PMK revelation just now. Was eating a very typical meal for me, a massive portion of 'finest' soup which I normally do enjoy, especially for it's large quantity for the calories. But it just seemed so tasteless and pappy tonight that half way through I gave up and made 3 crackers with cheese which tasted fabulous in comparison and have left me feeling really full up. Have lost 5 lbs in 10 days so am quite pleased with that, although I can feel myself getting frustrated that I want to see physical changes sooner, and I need to slow my expectations down a bit.

Just finished my meal and though I tried the chopsticks, it did not work as well as I would have liked. I found it hard to eat the rice. My hands ached trying to hold the chop sticks so I admitted defeat with this meal and used a baby spoon instead. I have a cute metal baby spoon from days gone by and I used that instead. I felt like a right idiot using this spoon but if it accomplishes the task, I don't care.

Now, I am somewhere between pleasantly satisfied and full, but I would really like something sweet. I don't get cravings for sweet things, but I do enjoy them. I guess if I follow the GR's expressly then I should not eat this as I am no longer hungry. But is a mocha / hot chocolate allowed?

LaWobble, 5 lbs in 10 days is a fantastic achievement. I completely understand how you feel though. I desperately want to feel a "loosening" at the waistband just to know the weight is coming off. It is hard to be patient, but we just have to focus on the fact that we get to eat really well, with no guilt. The changes are more than physical, its mental too. Recognising that food does not control us or define who we are is equally as precious and from your post, I can tell your body and brain is getting that message. So, WTG. I can well imagine that you don't want to give up your "me" time in the evening. I am the same, although I choose to get up early so that I can have my own private time with my cup of java. My sanity requires it. And I bet yours does too. Perhaps a hot drink to tide you over?

ARGHHHHHHH!!!!!! I just remembered that I have some sweets in the cupboard (a rare occurence in this house!) and I just stuffed down a ton of strawberry laces into my gob as fast as I possibly could. FFS what an idiot . Don't even know why I did that. Will have to do a DVD workout now. Urgh, feel sick .

Lawobble - you are doing well don't worry about the laces (yum). I seem to remember a while back and many threads ago, discussing a definite craving for something sweet after the full feeling. Hot choc or similar seems a good idea or something small and sweet like one really nice chocolate (altho for me stopping at one is a major challenge). Keep up the good work and don't let a little slip-up get you down xx