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!

Easy to Paul when pregnant! Feeling tired and pukey and hardly eating anything!

Looking after DNephew tonight. He hardly ate any tea, been quite cheeky, got hysterical when the shower was a bit too warm and then he pooed in the bath! Baptism of fire! DH called me in because apparently he doesn't know how to deal with it because I do?! He is in bed now! Phew! :)

Oh yuck Faith, I hope DH retrieved the poo from the bath with you in your delicate state. How old is Dnephew?

I remember when I was expecting DS2, about 7 weeks gone. DS1 had a tummy bug, was sick in a bucket in the lounge but managed to kick over the bucket on the way to the bathroom with DH to get cleaned up. Brand new carpet, only down about 6 weeks and I still remember sobbing that I shouldn't have to be scrubbing a brand new carpet in my condition, whilst on my hands and knees feeling rough and hormonal and scrapping vomit off the carpet. Happy days.

Whilst I am very pleased for you Faith, I find myself very happy it isn't me! I think I have well and trully come to terms with the fact that I won't be having any more babies!

Faith we used to have a sieve that we kept for just that purpose! Yet to have that particular fun task with ds2 but I'm sure it will come

Nope he stood there panicking! I retrieved a rubber love thank God they were to hand used a washing up bowl to sieve most of it. DNephew is 3 in September, only recently potty trained. DH should probably have put him on the loo before he put him in the bath but hey ho. DH is not good with things gross or medical. He still hasn't ever changed a pooey nappy - that'll be changing!

Someone at work guessed today - she knows we've been TTC, she has PCOS and DD was a clomid win after 3 years TTC and last dose of clomid! So she has supported me on our journey. She came into the office (about something else) and said I'd seemed much happier the last week or so and was there any particular reason for it?! I knew she'd guess! To be honest BBB, I don't know if we'll have more than one. I don't know if I could TTC again!

DS1 only poo'd in the bath once, DS2 more than that but not often but I remember at the time reading that putting them on the toilet before the bath won't necessarily help. The warm water can encourage them to open their bowels even if they didn't have the urge before they got in.

He's got pretty good but only in the last 3 weeks. I think it's more he was having so much fun with DH by the time he realised he needed to poo - he did say he needed a poo - it was out! Oh well. Worse things happen at sea!

Faith - sympathies. Bath poos are grim at the best of times

We went out for lunch today, and I didn't eat my whole meal. No room for dessert either.
Plodded round town then for hours trying to get various things done/bought/organised - DH is off work this week so we have a massive task list as well as trying to have some fun time with the boys. We picked up DS1's glasses - bless him he looks so cute but I miss seeing his face without them if that makes any sense?

morning all!! REf. BMI index I think we should start a campaign to have it stamped out it's total nonsense.

I must admit to be being very about most medics IM long E I've met one really good doc. I good consultant (including complementary and private) and 2 really good Midwives the rest are divided into or averageish.

Back from holidays. Haven't been consciously Pauling, but swam loads and only put on one pound despite copious . need to read back and catch up.

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Hi Mardy and all!!! BBB How was the carfest?

Morning all. Hope you had a good bank holiday.

ppeat - very wet on Saturday which made it a bit of a drag. DH and DS1 saw plenty of cars but I had to sit through some thing about dangerous bugs with DS2. We couldn't even see and he refused to go to the front to have a look properly. Thankfully it was indoors! He liked the buffalo too but was a bit bored by the cars like me. I do like the sound of a good throaty roar on the car but you can only have so much before the novelty wears off. Saw the preliminary judging of cakes v pies. They all looked extremely edible to me!

The sun shone on Sunday. Saw Mary and Salty Dog but they were on the main stage judging cakes v pies final and nobody thought to film them and show them on the big screen which was a shame. Salty was on the side of pies and chose a chicken, leek and cream affair. Others were booted off for having a soggy bottom (you know what he's like - it was very GBB!) and Mary judged the cakes and chose a boozy fruit cake. In the end they couldn't chose a winner and Chris Evans decided it would be a draw. It was v. funny how all the blokes wanted the pies to win and all the women and children wanted cakes. Certainly our household comformed to type!

More cars, more music and loads of posh food to look at. It was a good weekend and we'd probably go again. We got in no problem as we went in the way local traffic was directed and it was a breeze. I was dreading another Goodwood style queue.

Erratic eating though. We bought fish and chips Saturday night as we couldn't face cooking after being out all day and I went a bit OTT in the evening probably because I hadn't had much all day. Definite Pauling slip up! Sunday I did a roast before we went. We managed to resist the temptation of all the different types of food on offer except ice cream. There was a lot of walking so hopefully an excess was worked off.

Next dose of baking porn tonight ppeat. Looking forward to it!

Sounds like fun BBB! if a little damp! I saw two tickets advertised for Saturday in our local co-op and was tempted but I didn't have the energy to travel.

I am rather proud of myself. I had a bit of oomph last night so I pre-cooked healthy (ish) meals from scratch - cheese & potato pie, bolognese and chilli so I have healthy, easy to heat meals in the freezer for the nights we are too tired to cook proper meals rather than relying on junk food. Good eh?!

Morning all - how are you all. Sorry for absence I just seem to be soooo busy at the mo!

Good effort on your healthy cooking Faith - how are you feeling now? Cheese and potato pie sounds yum - will you share your recipe? Well, the bolognese and Chilli sound nice too but I already know how to make them

Hi Faith - it was a bit of a test of endurance. There was a lot of walking. It was probably best you didn't go this year. You would have been flaked out in the corner before it even got started, if you are anything I was in your condition. It sounds like they will do it again next year if they can so the 3 of you can go and you'll be less tired maybe

Cheese and potato pie sounds like excellent morning sickness medicine. I lived off baked potatoes but only with butter and also tomatoes and pickled onions, which with hindsight sounds a bit weird. Potatoes are great if you feel ropey though.

Actually it wasn't the walking as such (before I sound a total wimp), more the standing around because you couldn't sit on the wet ground that wore me out. That and the big hill to go up on the way home.

Yup definitely wouldn't have hacked it then!

Ok cheese pie - my DMum's recipe - I don't really do measurements with this but basically:
-Boil enough potatoes for the people you're feeding - I usually do about 4 large which does 4 portions - and boil with a chopped onion in the water.
-mash when very soft - use little butter/no milk
-add a teaspoon of mustard (secret ingredient)
-add cheese to taste. At least half a block. I like to use two different types like cheddar and red leicester for colour and flavour.
-stir/mash in.
-bake until getting crispy, add a little more grated cheese on top and melt.
-serve with salad :)

ooooh, wow so it's really like (delicious sounding) baked mashed potato? I love love love mashed potato - that sounds awesome! And you keep the onion in when you mash it?

Sounds delish :)

I really have to get on and do some tidtying!. DS2 is asleep in his bouncy chair and DS1 is being babysat by cBeebies (awesome parent me ) and I am supposed to be tidying the office and filing a load of stuff but here I am MNing.....

Actually your resipe reminds me vaguely of a sausage, bean and cheese delicacy we used to cook at university, Invented by DH on our student budget we affectionately called it Slop . Cook sausages, boil potatoes, mash potatoes and stir in with the sausages and a tin of baked beans, then put cheese on top and cook in the oven. It was lush :)

resipe?

You'd think with about a billion cookery books I'd be able to spell recipe

Thanks BB shame about the rain at carfest (i agree that you can def. have enough of brmm brmm brmm ). I'm 'cos i'm off to Blighty for 3 Tuesdays and GBBO is on at the same time as GD.s bedtime and DIL has no telly; is it repeated on saturday do you know? I just googled it but can't find the info.

It's ok i found out it's repeated on Sunday 11.30 hooray!

Yes and on Saturday if you have access to the HD channel.

Do they not have a computer ppeat? You can always watch it on iplayer but it isn't the same unless you have a decent broadband connection, I know.

How people do without a telly I don't know! I am a weak and feeble woman though. I know I shouldn't be glued to it or the computer as much as I am!!

I'm still here!!! :)

Hello Solo - hope you are OK.