Paul McKenna thread!

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Need t ask Taitai how she fits in 12,500 steps a day!

well done pc, 6lbs is loads to go.

Thanks giggly I've just got back form a long walk. 7000 steps on my pedometre so far today - and I'm knackered. PM mentioned stepping up to 20,000 a day in his book - I think I'd be walking all day if I tried to do that.

Hello Paperchase, Giggly and anyone else doing the PM programme. Well done so far on your progress. I haven't contributed to this thread for a long time but thought I would tonight. I wrote on the last PM thread and on this one earlier in the year. Anyway, I didn't have much weight to lose but was always unhappy about not being my pre pregnancy weight. My dd is almost 5 now and I always struggled to lose those last 12 pounds. Last year this time I managed to starve myself for a few weeks and got close to my desired weight but because of the nature of the way the weight was lost I put it back on with a few extra pounds very shortly after it was lost. I am so pleased I did PM because it is now a way of life. I lost the 12lbs by June of this year after attending PM's seminar and have never looked back. It really does work. I don't do any exercise but I eat far less than I did. PM says at the seminar to just follow the 4 rules and just doing that will make you thinner. There are a few other pointers like not having that glass of wine while eating, you should drink either before or after the meal. Also eating consciously also means not eating in front of the television or while doing anything else such as reading a book. Another tip is to listen to the CD in the morning or afternoon, it isn't good to fall into a deep sleep while listening. I went on holiday to Portugal for two weeks in August and in my mind I felt I deviated from the 4 rules especially with regard to the wine at meal times. I was amazed to see that I had only gained two pounds on my return. I don't listen to the CD at all now, I gave it away to a friend but I do sometimes wish I still had it. My girlfriend who went on the seminar with me lost 7lbs in the first week but has since lost her way. It is hard for me to understand as I found it so easy but she doesn't listen to the CD and always found it hard to. At the beginning I listened every day for 2 weeks.

It is such a sensible way to lose weight. Eat what you want. Eat when you are hungry. Eat consciously and stop eating when you are full.

Great post - thanks Horse.

Sad to hear that your girlfriend lost her way after such a great start though.

I've really relaxed about it over the past week. I want to lose weight so much but I'm so tired of starving msyself and then binging cos I was so hungry. Now I'm just eating what I want and when I want - haven't done that since I was a child probably. If the weight comes off slowly then that's fine with me now - it's a lot better than gaining weight afterall.

Did you reach your target weight btw?

Thats great horse! Thanks for the motivation.

Another 4lb loss this week. So thats a stone gone now. I haven't been sticking to it too closely over the last week. I think I will go back to the drawing board again, see if I can slow my eating down even further.

Paperchaser, yes I am at my target weight and feel that it is easy to maintain. I am terrible with regard to the scales though and weigh myself more often than I should. When I have been at this weight before it has been through some tough regime and it has been a constant struggle to maintain the weight loss. As I am now eating much less because I don't need to the weight stays off. I know that on the last thread there were a few success stories. At the PM seminar many successful people stand up and tell their story so they are out there. Some people tell of their successes from picking up the book a few weeks before the seminar. Keep on going Xavielli, you won't regret it.

Thanks Horse some well needed motivation. I am having some difficulty staying awake throughout the CD as dd insists upon night wakening, it does make me feel relaxed though. I think I am eating less although yesterday I had 3 packets of crisps, boy were they good, I did'nt put my fingers down between mouthfuls nor did I savour each mouthful does this mean I am cheating?

Hi Giggly, the idea is to eat consciously and by doing so you should want to eat healthily although I too eat loads of salted cashews and cram in the chocolate. It's just that where I would have eaten a whole packet of cashews or a family sized bar of chocolate in one go I will now eat much less. I was a binge eater and loved chocolate biscuits - whole packets of them. I don't do this anymore. You just go ahead and eat what you want but you have to follow the 4 simple rules and remember to eat slowly - at least 20 chews per mouthful. You'll lose the weight weight rapidly if you can achieve this or better.

Hello, Horse - just wanted to sy well done! I've kind of nearly got back to where I wanted (well, not quite). PM definitely helped me at one point.

I think maybe I am on track, although I have had a few binges, I can at least can stop now. In fact I used to eat a whole packet of custard creams my all time favourite, now I have one or two each day, biscuits that is not packets.Due to weigh myself on Monday, fingers crossed.

I stopped bingeing and eat 3 proper meals but I havne't lost weight. May be I should go back to listening to the CD which I did for a bit about 6 months ago.

Hi, all I used the PM system a year and a half ago after the birth of my second child and it was absolutely wonderful ... I lost 12 lbs in two and a half weeks without feeling hungry or deprived. But then I found out I was pregnant again. My baby is now 7 months old (only 13 months between number 2 and number 3) and I have to get back on track. I'm not sure how on earth I'll find a "quiet" 30 minutes to listen to the CD, but I know it really, really helps to listen. I look forward to hearing all about your successes and advice!

That was what I was thinking today. There never is 30 minutes when I'm not interrupted and bed time is not a good time as I fall asleep in about 5 minutes always.

i bought the book/cd on friday...and have not read any of the book...but have listened to the cd 3 times...and have noticed some very 'spooky' behaviours....

I have been shopping and not been drawn to choc and cakes...

i have thrown food away that i'd normally 'keep for later'

i woke up yesterday thinking about peeling a clementine!!!!

my tummy actually had chance to 'rumble' today....as usually i am constantly grazing so my tummy never rumbles!

i cooked the kids tea and served it without pinching any of it to 'test'!

i have several times found myself thinking 'how delicious or crunchy' something i'm eating is...as opposed to it simply not registering as i eat.

And....in 3 days i have lost 2lb!!!

then there is a better bonus...which i cannot find any other reason for...and its not to do with diet....
but i also have OCD/anxiety...and i have real trouble sorting out generally what i can throw away/what to keep....so my home is full of clutter...and i cannot ever feel satisfied that i have ever done enough to 'make things right' etc.....
however....since the CD ....well.... i've for the 1st time in years...cleared my kitchen of loads of clutter....and without question put it out for charity collection tomorrow.....
now...hopefully someone out there will know how amazing that is....and i just cannot see it is a coincidence.

my eating has been described as almost a 'binge eating disorder'...and linked to my OCD and all i can assume is that the bit of my brain that the cd is working on...also affects my OCD????

bumping this up...

Well done MissesF!

I have reserved the book from the library to try out. I need to retrain my brain in the way it thinks about food - to be able to clear out some of my clutter would be a great bonus too!

I don't have hte book, just the CD but I think it is really good. I have been following it last couple of weeks and have lost a good few christmas pounds so far.
Agree i do not pick at DS's leftovers, have much smaller portions, gone off bread and pasta and really enjoy what food i do have.

I love Paul M!!

let me know eeyore... tonight i even ate a chocolate button and instantly thought of what i'd visualised listening to the cd/watching him on GMTV website last night..that being to imagine chocolate tasting of something i hate...that being what we call in this house 'stinky ham'..a garlicky/herby ham smell that just thinking of it makes me feel sick...so the paul mckenna thing is for me to imagine meixing the chocolate and ham together...and knowing that i'd not even put it in my mouth....

and though i ate this 1 chocolate button...which didn't magically taste of ham (!!!) but it did taste 'different'.....and usually i would have ate ALL of the pack.

I've just finished reading the book, but havn't listened to CD yet. Not sure about getting rid of my liking for chocolate cake altogether, but am ready to try the 'Craving Buster' tapping when needed.

How glad am I to find this thread!!

I am now persuaded to go out and buy the book/CD. I have been doing the eat when hungry etc but didn't fully understand this 'in's and out' but I lost 4lbs in a few days - BRILLIANT!!!!

Thanks and hope to keep in touch with others out there doing the same

Ok, boughyt book, then walked into the bakery and bought 4 doughnuts.... to share mind....

Just make sure you 'enjoy every mouthful' Longlegs!

ha ha ha ha, now eating a bowl of chilli but I am trying to enjoy every mouthful.... fingers crossed for a svelte figure by the end of month????

Haven't read the whole thread but I bought the book and CD a few years ago on the recommendation of a friend. Tried it half-heartedly for a few days gave up.

I have DD (3.5) and DS (4mths) so my excuse for not losing weight has gone (I always reasoned that there was no point losing weight as I was planning on getting PG again and would be getting fat anyway).

I HATE the size I am, I HATE my flab and overhang and I HATE walking into nice shops and feeling depressed because the clothes don't fit and look shit on me.

I desperately want to lose weight, I can't do the starvation thing and I have no willpower when it comes to saying no to chocolate and cakes.

PM is the first thing I have read that makes sense. I have done WW but just put the weight back on when I stopped 'dieting' and eated what I wanted.

I am so pleased to read all your positive comments, I am going to get off MN and go and find the book and CD and start again. Watch this space...................

FB x

P.S. has anyone done the Davina DVD's??? I am interested in trying them but would like some feedback before buying. Will probably start another thread about this as not to hijack this one

FB - I hope I see you back here saying how you have re read the book and are listening to the CD. I personally hope to shift stones, and have no muffin top any longer.

We can do this!!!!!!

Good luck!