Thread 10 already for the Paul McKenna's Paulettes, losing lbs with No Pain! No Pain!! and Definitely No Calories, No Syns, No Humiliation. Come and Join In To Lose Weight With Supportive Friends!

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Welcome to thread 10 of the Paul McKenna's I Can Make You Thin weight loss system.

The Golden Rules that will aid you on your journey with our like minded support system are:

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 really 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.

You don't have to buy the book and CD, but we have found that they do help and somehow they keep you on track, so it would probably be a good investment and will cost you far less than a couple of trips to WW or SW meetings, so do consider having them in your life.

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!

pp thanks for the ideas :) I know that about eating very little not working long term - I lost weight at 18 when I spend 9 months backpacking around Asia - I never got food poisoning or anything (though for some twisted reason my mother told people that was how I'd got slim ) but I ate a lot less - usually 1 or 2 meals a day and not a lot between - I was busy and happy and also saving money to stay away as long as possible, which were the reasons for not eating much rather that any deliberate attempt to diet. I kept it off at uni by swimming a lot and living almost exclusively on jacket potatoes with beans and pasta with tinned tomatoes (and a lot of wine...) although I put about a stone back on due to exams and essay deadlines causing me to eat chocolate :o After uni I lived in Japan, found it easy not to over eat, when I moved back to the UK and lived alone in London I found everyone was REALLY thin, so I joined a gym and lived on soup, frozen peas and white wine - interspersed with a few full restaurant meals a week! In my lunch hour I used to window stop and try things on to stop myself eating...

I piled weight on again when I had some insane notion that I wanted to career change and became a secondary school teacher - dumb idea, not just because I started piling on weight due to stress. I had also moved in with now DH which was also a factor.

Weight issues weren't new though - my mother had always convinced me I was "the chunky one, like me, you'll have to watch what you eat" and my next sister "the slim one, like your dad" - only recently I saw childhood photos of me and realised I was nothing of the sort - broader in the shoulder than my sister but slim until I reached my teens.

I know the not eating much was in no way sustainable, and it was unique to a few years in my late teens and 20s! The weight has been going back on ever since, but I feel like it was always there waiting to come back!

DC3 is ridiculously active already - he is a climber and climbs everything, all the time (dancing on the dining table, climbing onto DD's top bunk) he has just spent an hour and a half at DC2's football training session running about and kicking a ball (he can dribble very well for not quite 15 months ;) ) When he gets a little bit bigger I'll be able to take him for walks with him walking, which helped a lot when the others were this age, but atm he is too all over the place and intent on going down people's drives or into the road, and it's too frustrating for him being stopped - he doesn't get just walking down the pavement/ cycle path yet, but it will come in a few months I expect! He goes down fine at bedtime (is asleep now) it's just that he starts waking any-time from about 9pm, and then wakes anything from twice a night to every hour, til he's up for the day at 5am.

Oops got to get the big 2 to bed, lost track of time, 7.15 here, shocking!

BB you could be onto something - I hope not sleeping doesn't utterly sabotage weight loss as there is not a lot I can do about it, esp if, as in your experience, the sleep is never going to get back to normal!

I never know if I'm asleep or not! I never think I am. But I wake up when he starts saying wake up and counts down from 10 even when I do it as I go to bed. I figure if my brain is sensitive enough to respond to him saying wake up it must have taken in some other stuff too!

EnglishWoman - sympathies on the non-sleeping child. My 16 month old has slept through the night maybe 2 or 3 times in his life. He will sleep for about 7-8 hours once settled, but he has had to be fed or rocked to sleep every night for his whole life which really eats into our evening! He sounds very like your boy, totally full on, climbs on everything and everyone and is totally fearless.
DS1 was the one who woke every 2 hours until he suddenly started sleeping through at 20 months old. Thank god he did else I might have cracked!

Better day again today. I've been listening to the CD before bed again the last few nights, and even though I fall asleep almost straight away I am sure it is going in.

Morning everyone (well according to DC3 it has been for a while) :)

Faith I definitely felt that I was asleep, I worried that I had been snoring or something, as there was somebody else in the room when I "woke" who hadn't been there when I shut my eyes... We'll see what happens next time I guess!

Ali your 16 month old does sound similar to my youngest, though I wish mine would sleep a 7 hour stretch! The daytime climbing etc. sounds the same though! Hope your littlest gets to grip with falling asleep on his own soon - does it take ages? (I cuddle mine to sleep too but it only usually takes 15 minutes max, so not a problem, it's the waking once down for the night that's our problem... I tell myself that once he can talk properly we'll sort it out if it's still bad by then´- my older 2 don't get up in the night unless they are ill or have the occassional bad dream phase).

Hope Friday goes well for everyone - I have to have a housework morning this morning as I've been neglecting it for the gym in the mornings, and afternoons are trickier to "get stuff done" with all 3 kids home! Can't do everything and it shows!

Englishwoman I know that feeling, not enough time for it all! I had to make DS1's birthday cake last night so there was no time for exercise. Rather ambitiously I decided to make an Octopod cake The cake is made, just need to ice the thing now which is not going to be easy!

It can take up to an hour to settle DS2 at night, and he weighs a ton!

Oooh like the sound of your cake Ali - will you treat us to some pics?

I'm considering attempting a fireman Sam / fire engine one for ds1. I just briefly considered octonauts when you mentioned that but having googled, it looks too hard!

Yes I will upload a pic, if it is successful! I have done a normal round cake, and then made mini-sponges in my muffin tin to be the pods. Icing is going to be a nightmare...

Morning all non sleepers and cake makers! has anyone heard of oil pulling? cos' i sleep REALLY well since doing it in the morning (google it, I'm no good with links!) It's just swishing an oil of your choice (I use almond oil) round yr mouth for 10 mins while showering or whatever just after getting up. Then you spit out out down the loo and clean yr teeth it makes your teeth soo clean and white as well!!Then drink 2 glasses of filtered water.

I am still here! just very busy. Catch you all soon I hope :)

Are you off on yr. holyers Sols? how are you keeping?

No, not yet a while pp but I'm trying my best to sort my house out and I have to source some roses to make pew decorations for my friends son's wedding next week and make them. And I'm knackered!

Ali that cake sounds brilliant - I stick to round or tray cakes with decoration since I made a right pigs ear of a Thomas the tank engine for DS1's 2nd - not only was the cake a bit of a mess (despite my home made swiss roll turning out surprisingly well - you can't buy them ready made here) but not only that kids here won't eat blue icing... I made DD a mermaid on a rock in a blue sea the same year, for her 4th, and her friends asked if the blue icing was poison and would only eat the choc icing on the rock! I have to make a cake this afternoon for DD's end of season football training party (like you do...) but I have decided to do fairly cakes in football illustrated muffin cases instead - easier to get right I think, especially given culturally different expectations of cake!

pp I don't think I can get DS3 to swish oil around his mouth - don't think he'll get the concept at 15 months - I sleep fine given a chance, fall asleep in seconds, sleep through anything, any light, noise etc. except the sound of a crying/ shouting toddler!

Good luck with the pew decorations sol - how did you get roped into that? I guess it must be a talent you are known for among your friends, or are/ were you a florist?

Time to get DS1 from Kindergarten now, have had DD home today as well as she successfully convinced me she was ill, but it became clear she was faking so I made her help with the housework and attempt a bit of babysitting of her little brother once he woke from his brief nap (actually she rather enjoyed it and kept making me admire every teeny thing she did), still I didn't get the mountain of clean washing put away, but at least got downstairs clean and tidy, for as long as that lasts - DD and DS2 have already somewhat trashed it...

My friend just asked me...I may have mentioned some years ago that I make silk bridal stuff ~ y'know, bouquets, head dresses, posies and the like, but I can't think why I would've done as the last wedding I did was in 2004 and the woman I did them for took the right royal p out of me and it put me off.

I taught myself and charge(d) little money. People just took the mick though and I didn't have the energy for them anymore.

Cake done! It has taken me all day, actually all day. I haven't sat down and I've hardly eaten!
However I am pretty pleased with it, and glad not to be up messing about with it at 11pm

Good effort Ali - pictures....

~waves to everyone else>

Not much to post about - not much going on here. DH going to start reading PMK tonight - should be interesting.... He's dubious to say the least

Congrats on the cake Ali. Solo yr. silk flowers sound nice there's a lot of ignorant people around just ignore them! I hope your pew dex go well.

Biscuits If yr.dh is anything like mine he's a cynic and HE'S the one with a lot more weight to loose than me plus health issues which would be better if he lost his belly! Even after I lost the 3 stone he doesn't take much notice, no that's not completely fair, he does sometimes it just depends on his mood! I have a feeling looking at a lot of men; English and french that they would like to have the babies they look 6 months or more preg. all the time anyway!!

I will post some pics some time pp. They were gorgeous if I do say so myself!

Happy weekend girls. Good luck to us all with all the temptations!!!

Hello ladies.

I surprised myself this morning by having lost a tiny bit more weight this last week or two. Not sure exactly how much but I was surprised as I shouldn't really have weighed this morning. It was DS1's birthday yesterday and we went out to dinner. I had lots of lovely things but it doesn't seem to have done any damage.

Mind you I was up half the night with DS2 who couldn't sleep, going up and down the stairs, as he spent the whole night pestering me about it. He ended up with me in the spare room windows open/shut, duvet pull up/pushed down, various stages of undress until about 3am when after the second attempt, DS1's relaxation CD finally did the trick. The little bugger darling was awake again at 7.45am I suppose I should feel a bit sorry for him as he banged his ankle at school yesterday and it is quite swollen. It looks sprained so I strapped it up. The way he was rolling around the bed, like an incapacitated old man, perhaps it hurt more than I gave him credit for. On the other hand he is a drama queen so if it was hurting I would know about it. He is still hobbling today.

Hope it improves for the rest of the summer hols!

Alibaba - your cake sounds impressive. I hope your DS has a lovely time on his birthday. And you too after all that effort!

I made DS1 a couple of birthday cakes. The first one was a pirate ship. It looks like the Marie Celeste and was keeling to the left rather alarmingly. Tasted great though and DS liked it. The next year I made a castle. However, it had shop bought towers (swiss rolls) and I think, some of the icing. It looked OKish (alright, it looked like it had been subject to a long siege or had Sleeping Beauty locked up in it for 100 years and was very neglected) but it didn't taste as nice as the ship. Needless to say we are all happier if my friends Mr Marks and Mr Spencer make them these days. Much less hassle.

Solo - that is horrible about the woman taking the p out of you over the flowers. Do you think she was trying to get out of paying? Why would you be so rude about something you were using in your wedding? If she didn't like them, fair enough, don't use them. But for them to be good enough to use and then to be rude. I don't get it. I bet you did a lovely job.

solo I had silk flowers for my wedding bouquet and bridesmaids. I have awful hay fever and didn't want to suffer at the wedding. It also meant I could get the exact colour purple for the roses that I wanted! And we could all keep them afterwards :)

Good effort BBB! My weight is unclear since AF came this morning. Didn't expect to be diffed this month but still not a pleasant experience! So I'm water retaining. I think I'll wait til next Saturday to weigh myself. I'm really pleased to say I totted up all my walks in the last week and it adds up to nearly 30k!

Well done BBB! IKWYM about yr friends Mr. M&S we liked their dark chocolate fudge cake (when I used to eat shop bought cakes!). Morning all BTW anyone going away soon?

Hi all! I listened to one disc today! I was very surprised to hear 2 little tales he tells on it as I guess I've always been asleep by the time it reached that point before! .

Well, she was really happy with the bouquets and head dresses, she used them and then told me she'd send a cheque after return from honeymoon in The Maldives , she had a gorgeous car, posh golf club reception and all made to measure dresses for 4 adult bm's one child and a paige, plus her own. It was a no expense spared occasion except for the flowers. Anyway, I had to keep emailing her for the balance of £250 and the entire and total cost including postage of the head dresses before hand was £400. I delivered her bouquets myself to Wales and stayed 2 nights in b&b so actually, I made about £60 after all expenses...she eventually paid me telling me that she had to borrow the money from her mum. I still wonder if the other services allowed to to pay afterwards!
So you can see why I was put off :(

solo Money and friendship can be difficult things. I fell out with one of my oldest friends 'cos she assumed dd2 was working for her for nothing (it was in town and DD worked hard without even expenses so I had to ask my fr. for money for her which was paid 6 months later after me asking 3 times it's horrible having to ask isn't it?We don't speak now sadly.

solo that's awful! I'd expect to pay before receiving them to be honest - I did with mine!

I'm going away next Saturday to Weymouth - got tickets for Olympic tickets :) I'm hoping the weather with stay like this!

It isn't a good mix is it?
I hadn't ever met her in person before, so I suppose I was taking a chance anyway, but both she and her man were in extremely well paid jobs as she kept telling me. She knew my financial situation because of the 'place' we met...she was very good at telling me how much she and he earned! I stopped communicating with her too; I'm just not interested in users!