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!

Englishwoman - I listen at bedtime too, it is the only chance I get with two under four

Kinky - I hope today goes well x

I had another good day yesterday, tried a new exercise DVD last night and I ache this morning! Haven't actually tried to get out of bed yet...

kinky I guess after this amount of time you know how DD is before the test results come back? I hope your instinct is right and it's a good day test results wise.

I actually put the CD on my phone. I usually just listen to it through my phone speaker but tried headphones last night which really seemed to impact. Maybe that's a way of doing it without your DH taking the mick EnglishWoman?

Well done on the exercise Ali! Hope you can walk...

Good luck Kinky - thinking of you today

Good luck for today Kinky.

Yesterday was mixed for me, PMK wise.

Brunch and dinner okay, a wee bit of snacking but not ad much ad I usually do, then major hunger pangs at night, cos that's when I normally graze through junk. So I snarfed a quarter of my son's late night fish supper [shame]

Well I need to get on it more. Just been told we will likely warrant ivf to get a baby but they won't refer me at the moment because I'm too fat (my words) or more delicately put 'get your BMI under 30'. Referred to dietitian which is crap because I know why I'm overweight! I guess I need to move more and cook more from scratch. Need to lose about a stone :(

Faith, I know you are finding it tough going at the moment because you are not well, but look on the bright side, a stone isn't a lot. When you are well you will be able to do it easily, I don't doubt it for a minute. Any news on the appointment yet?

Kinky - thinking of you today and keeping everything crossed for the right news.

Wishing everyone good luck. Wanted to say a huge thank you to everyone for your support. I don't know, still don't know if I could stay here because I'm not able to follow the rules. I know it is not possible for me to eat when I'm hungry and not on other occasions because we have family meals and I don't want to upset my family saying mummy is not hungry, carry on and I'll just sit here. So I do eat with my family even if I don't feel like it. I try to eat smaller portions and healthy food but I don't think this tread is about that, the idea is that everything is possible to eat if you eat when your body tells you to. So I'll probably come to support you without making boring posts about me not being able to follow.
Enjoy a nice day and good luck with everything.
Friendly :)

Hi Friendly

Don't be down hearted about it. It is possible to fit this WOE around a family but it takes time to get to that point. You can naturally space your eating to fit in with mealtimes. For example, if your dinner is 2 hours away but you feel yourself getting hungry, have something small to nip the hunger in the bud and then, 2 hours later, you will feel like eating again. You do have to think ahead a bit but with time it becomes a routine and your body gets used to only eating at certain points but being ready for it too.

I also reckon that eating smaller portions is exactly what this thread is about. If you can sit and listen to your body when you are eating (not easy with a family but it isn't something you have to do with great concentration after a while ime) you will stop eating as much as you did before and your portions will get smaller. As for healthy eating, evidence suggests that because you are eating less you will, eventually gravitate towards the healthier food. Not every time, Pauling isn't about that particularly, but enough of the time to make a difference.

Don't give up Friendly, keep posting even if you don't feel like you are getting anywhere (like me at the moment if truth be told but we aren't talking about me ). It will all fall into place if you let it. It is an easy WOE in that the rules aren't difficult to understand or to follow in theory but, like most things worth doing, it does require effort in the beginning because what you are trying to do is changes long standing habits.

You can do it!!!

BTW, has anybody seen Fab about recently?

I thought of her this week when reading an article in Good Housekeeping which was about a woman who couldn't lose weight despite not over eating and actively trying to lose weight by eating less which sounds a lot like Fab.

Turns out she had peri-diabetes (or was it pre-diabetes although probably the same thing). She was basically not yet diabetic but her pancreas was showing signs of giving up. The dietician suggested high protien low carbs for her and she lost a lot of weight and wasn't pre-diabetic any more.

Just wondered if it was an avenue Fab might consider getting checked. It could explain why some people genuinely don't seem to be eating much but can't lose weight but I suppose we can't all make an appointment with an endocrinologist.

Fab if you are lurking, hope you are OK.

I know BBB, I know really. When I started Pauling I lost that in two months! Also I'm not massively keen on rushing into IVF. I know enough of the process to know its not to be done light-heartedly. It was a Locum consultant and I felt like he just wanted to offer us something because it's been 2 1/2 years. However, DH only started being treated in December for the issue affecting his fertility. Since it takes about 70 days for swimmers to mature he's probably only been in normal ranges a few months. Add in that I've been ill since then, I'm not surprised we haven't conceived since! I am still waiting for my op but will start walking in the village each evening while I can't run. Maybe this is the kick up the arse I need!

friendly you can certainly still eat consciously, chew your food, think about when you're eating even if you can't fully apply the rules. Hope you get on well :)

I'm just checking in, as started this on Saturday. So far I have only managed to listen to the CD once! Is it really important to success to listen to it daily? I will make more of an effort.

I haven't really tried all the exercises, although I am finding visualising being slim helping a lot to combat any habit of snacking!

I am managing to stick to the 4 golden rules though, so am pretty sure I will see a result in 2 weeks time when I weigh myself.

I am going to keep lurking/posting in this thread though, as it is great not to do this alone!

Thank you so much for your support. I love this tread!!! I'll try my best, I promise. And I'll keep posting :) Wishing you all good luck. You are all fantastic! Kindness is priceless!!!

She didn't need bone marrow, so that was great news, and a huge relief . However, she does have some iron in her liver and may need treating for that. We had to have more tests and we will wait and see.

The day started not so well with her being very sick in the Xray waiting room, much to the horror of other parents in there. She's 13, and adult sized. Plus she has hair now. I could do with a badge for her saying 'I have cancer', so people might be a bit more sympathetic.

Then, they forgot to take blood from vein when she was under. She usually has it from her portacath, which is a permanent port under her skin into a vein, but it isn't always reliable for certain tests. So, we ended up there for a couple of extra hours whilst they had to take blood from her arm. This is difficult as she is scared of needles, and the steroids she takes have given her 'toddler arms' (consultant's words) so she is very chunky there. 7 lots of numbing cream, 3 attempts, 1 nurse and 1 doctor, and hopefully they have enough for the tests otherwise we will have to go back again.

Fun all round.

Anyway, I managed all of this with a little wholemeal sub with hummous and salad in it (the hospital actually had a healthy option for a change, as it is also generally just cake and chips) and a skinny latte. I am feeling very virtuous!

Great news Kinky sorry you day was stressful but well done for not eating your way thru it! Hope dd is feeling better tonight

And friendly bertha is right! Keep at it and it will eventually 'click'

Well I'm glad the big picture is good news kinky. Especially well done for the good food choices while you were there. I hope they can get the iron in her liver sorted. My Mum was a bit like that with her cancer - I think people only really 'get' hair loss as a sign. They only understand what they can see. Fwiw I vomited copious amounts into a washing up bowl in A&E one time while waiting to be triaged :) I was mostly sitting with football-related injuries. Their parents were horrified!

I've had a bit of a cry and talked to one of my closest friends who just happens to be a dietitian. I am focusing on applying Paul rules but I need to stop pretending cravings are 'what I really want to eat'. It's not doing me any favours!

Kinky that is rubbish about the blood-taking, but very good news on the bone marrow test :)

friendly I agree with everything Bertha said. The trick initially is to keep your portions small and eat frequently, and gradually you will get into the groove with it.
It took me a while to realise that just because I feel a little hungry, it doesn't mean that I have to eat. If I feel hungry but I know that dinner is an hour away, then I have a cup of tea and a very few nuts, or a square of dark chocolate and some dried apricots to tide me over and so that I am not sooooo starving when my meal comes that I eat past my hunger.
This is all about learning to listen to your body again, to allow yourself to enjoy food rather than seeing it as an enemy to be beaten into submission.
I have been Pauling for over a year, and I am still learning. I am so much happier with my weight, my body, myself, my life than I was a year ago - and I'm a lot thinner too!

Faith - IVF would be a massive step, but at least they are prepared to offer it to you if that is what you want. Hopefully once you have your health issues sorted then it won't be needed :)

That's exactly how I see it. Good start, I have not had chips with my dinner and been for a walk with my sister for about 50 minutes. Good in terms of exercise and mental health :)

Thank you very much girls for your support. I've managed to avoid chips and I had fish with canned mashy peas, grapes for pudding, coffee with 1 spoon of honey, feeling hungry now so I've just cooked some frozen peas LOL. It has been a good day :) Good luck to you all!!! And thank you!!!

That is good news Kinky :) I'm so pleased.

Well, the weight is going on and I don't know why really. I've been working like a trojun for about 6 weeks. I'm exhausted. And guess what?! we are going camping tomorrow night until Sunday lunchtime. This is with my brother and a few of (mostly his) friends up near (in?) Northampton. They do this car thing there every year and they've roped me in this year to drive one of the friends tanks cars up there. Not costing me very much which is a blessing, I just hope that Dd likes it under canvass!

Kinky - I'm really pleased for you and your DD. What a relief about the bone marrow! I am sure people realised your DD was ill and couldn't help herself, vomiting in the x-ray waiting room. It is a bit shocking if you aren't expecting it but she is in a hospital and they would be a bit daft not to realise there were sick people there. And besides, who cares what they thing?! Have a good laugh at their expense and their horror if they don't get it!

The blood test thing sounds like a nightmare though. I dread DS1 having to have a blood test. He has AS too and I still remember how he was last time he had an injection - I had to hold him down. 1000x worse for your DD after all the needles she must have had to deal with. No wonder if is an ordeal.

And well done to you too for not over eating. I hope you feel really good about that

Faith - I'm glad your day improved. Shall we go and stand outside the hospital with placards demanding a date for your op. So much depends on you getting sorted doesn't it? Life would be so much easier without it hanging around and holding up your life.

Solo - rather you than me with the camping. I'm afraid you wouldn't catch me under canvas unless I was being paid copious amounts of money and probably it was indoor camping.

Friendly - You go girl! Glad this evening was a success.

Wishing everyone success. Weekend is here but we'll carry on and smile :)

3lb off this week. 6lbs so far. Steady does it. I am now getting excited about supreme holiday next year, so action must be taken to tone up as much as I can without surgery. (I'm not joking, need full body lift.) I want to be able to wear sleeveless tops and sun dresses. I WILL wear them!!!

Is it just me and the tumbleweed? It's very quiet in here!

Well done Kinky! That is brilliant. I hope you achieve your target - you can do it. It is good to have such a happy thing to aim for.

Hope your DD isn't too bad at the moment too.

I reckon though, even if I ever achieve my target I will still want to cover up my bingo wings. They are heritary apparently. My mum lost 4st with WW and mentioned to the doc when she saw him that she didn't know why her arms hadn't strunk too. He said it genetic where you carry your fat and short of surgery she wouldn't get rid of them - a bit drastic when you are 72!

Sadly I have those genes. You can see it - I have big floppy arms and yet I see women even fatter than me with arms half the size wearing sleeveless tops - makes me very

I'm like that BBB, and possible kidding myself that I can change them! I'm always looking for sleeves and always get narky in summer when everything goes to short sleeves/sleeveless. Unfortunately, DD's arms are getting bad too. Steroids have laid fat down lots on her them - consultant says she has 'toddler arms' now, and they have lots of angry stretch marks because it has gone on so quickly. However, in the scheme of things, this is probably the least of her worries. But, it's still not nice.

What a fantastic achievement kinky! That must have boosted your confidence :) hereditary bingo wings eh? I got mine from my Mum. Not til bad currently (I'm 30) but I do reckon they'll get worse.

I went to a wedding yesterday - friend from 6th form college so it's like a reunion when we get together. I couldn't drink which probably saved us a fortune! Still spent quite a bit - hotel, drinks, gift. There was no hen do which I was a bit disappointed about but she had no bridesmaids (I thought it a bit weird but I think since she's got an 8 week old baby she didn't want to and the bride maybe felt weird about having anyone else?) Sad not to have the knees up but guess that's one less expense? Anyway it was a fab day. Sun shone when it needed to, she was a stunning bride but most importantly they're a fantastic couple who are really well suited :) I'm a bit sniffly so I'm having a lie down now we're home!