The Paul McKenna Thread Number 12. A Simple Title, for Simple Weight Loss and All amongst Friends!!

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Welcome to thread 12 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. After all, eating a meal is not a competition, it's about enjoying what you are putting in your mouth, but not feeling bloated and uncomfortable (or guilty) afterwards!
Many people have issues around food. Many of us have been brought up by the 'clear your plate' parents of yesteryear which leave us feeling guilty if we leave even the smallest morsel of food, but we are working through this guilt or any other hang up we may have, and we are learning to leave a bit on the plate; return to it another time if we really want to or even feed it to the dog or the bin!
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!! Let's get lighter for those summer clothes!

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 ~ NO we're not!!! so come on in and start living your new life today and make 2013 your year to drop a dress size or several...if we can get into a smaller size for summer, just think how we could look for next Christmas!

Yes it is pp , no being unwell though :(

I do, I have the train tracks! with the brackets. Pretty awful really.

Ah solo my sympathies! It gets easier honest and its totally worth it when you can with straight teeth!

We are on a little holiday at the coast in a caravan, only an hour from home but its nice to be away! Here with my Dad, sister and nephew. Will catch up properly soon.

Hi Ladies, Faith have a lovely break!! I'm on the beach at this very moment.....it's only seven minutes from my house though...lol! It's lovely and warm here , hope it is for you and everyone else solo braces.....bit painfully at first I believe.
.pp omg...did your trousers actually fall down .

Oh lucky you to be so close to the beach Rules No the jeans didn't ACTUALLY fall down they just felt like that !

That sounds lovely Hada is little Abby enjoying the break?

Thanks for the advice all, I think "secrets" might be the best for me. I see some of you don't listen anymore, I'm finding it useful to help me relax (lots going on for me at the moment) and keep me on track so I'm trying to listen regularly but haven't had chance for a few days. As a result I broke a few rules last night. Maybe braces are the way forward for super quick weight loss Solo - lovely teeth and a great slim figure (sounds painful to get there though, poor you). My best weight loss recently has been through a tummy bug and I'm still deliberating if it was actually worth all the nasty symptoms for the eventual payout (of course if I was back there now I'd say "NO"! )
Faith- simple holidays are the best and lovely places are often just around the corner if you forget the "must travel" expectation. Hope you have a great time and the weather holds out for you.
Pp- you must be doing really well for your pants to be falling down, wear those baggy pants with pride!

pp she's sleeping through most of the exciting bits! She was awake on the beach yesterday gazing around. Her big cousin is 3 1/2 and he's loving it!

I don't think I'm Pauling very well. I feel quite wobbly, especially round the middle! I need to dig my book out when I get home!

I have images in my head of your jeans round your ankles pp!

tin I only have the ICMYT CD.

Anyone heard from kinkydorito lately?

Could I please join you all? I've been Pauling on and off for the last 5 years but determined this will be my new way of life from now on. Although I'd love to lose weight (according to the delightful wii I need to lose 2 stone) for me, this is really about taking control of my body and sorting out my horrendous relationship with food (complete and utter emotional eater). After analysing where I've gone wrong in the past with Paul, one of the main things I've realised is that I don't trust my body at all and I think this is one of the main reasons I've always gone back to traditional diets because then I don't have to listen to my body, I just eat what I'm told. I also think I need the support of other paulettes, despite numerous attempts to convert family and friends I have yet to convince anyone to see the light and I know this new woe is going to be a real battle for me and without the support of others I'll just end up going back to my old destructive habits. So here I am...

Hello, can I join too. I have read the book once, just starting to re-read properly. Have listened to the CD a few times. Want it to work, want to believe but I just don't see how it will fit in with my life. I need to eat breakfast and lunch at 'proper' times at least 4 days a week because that is how my working day is set up. I simply can't break from work to 'eat whatever I want whenever I want'. If I don't eat breakfast before I leave the house, hungry or not, I'd have to wait until 1pm. I could manage not to eat in evenings until I feel hungry (in theory at least). But I soooooo want this to work.

How do you manage with the randomness? Do you ever cook meals anymore is it all instant gratification food? What I mean is how can you eat anything that takes a while to cook if you don't know when you'll be hungry enough to eat it? So want it to work but so confused about how you can make it fit into real life

Hi nappybag I think the key to this is making it work for you because otherwise you'll just slip back into old habits. I think firstly rather than worrying about eating whatever you want, think more about not eating what you think you should eg not having ryvita with fat free cottage cheese for lunch just because you think this is what you should eat. Paul says in the book to only have food you genuinely like in your cupboards. We're on a really tight budget so I have to plan all our evening meals for the week ahead and then only buy what we only need, but I make sure I plan meals I enjoy rather than dull 'diet' meals if that makes sense?

Secondly, in terms of eating at set times, why don't you start Pauling (love that term!) on one of your days off so you can get a feel for when your body naturally wants food? You might find your hungry around the times you can only eat at work anyway. But if they're totally different times, the main focus is eating slowly and consciously so you may find you're eating a lot less at breakfast and lunch, then if you get hungry later on is there anyway you can sneak in a snack at work, even if it means going to the bathroom (slightly minging I know, but needs must!). I work 5 evenings a week (6-10 over 4 nights and 4-9 on Sunday), so I'm the same with work getting in the way of your natural mealtimes, but like I said, if you want this to be your new WOE for life, you have to adapt it slightly and find ways to make it work for you, at least that's my theory!

Good luck!

We're here to support you NoGoodAt you're very welcome as are you nappybag Though it seems that you're very good at supporting too NoGood

When i was teaching I'd take a snack pack (an apple, some chewy nuts and dried apricots etc.) also a bottle of water (that's important because I sometimes feel hungry when I'm thirsty IYSWIM) and ate them when i felt hungry;I still do it when travelling or going out because I don't fancy the crap food that most snack places sell!

Hi Nappybag and Nogood! Hello to everyone else too

I'm relatively new on here too and have had just the same issues! I think the advice given just now is very wise, especially "fit it around your lifestyle so you CAN stick at it". Having thought about it, the basic principles are 'eating like a thin person who enjoys but isn't fixated on food would' and there are certainly slim people who work in similar settings to mine with varied lunch breaks so I need to study them!
I think maybe we need to lower our "hungry enough to eat" levels a little so we eat something when its lunch and maybe we're only a BIT hungry (so wouldn't normally eat if given the choice) and watch our portion sizes especially (so if over riding the hunger cue, only eat what you remember is a normal lunch or less). It's not an issue to be a little over-hungry by your next meal time when you get home as long as you eat mindfully and don't over indulge. Then get back to eating when you prefer to as soon as you can. Over time I think it's right that bodies will adjust if forced to keep set hours (unfortunately my lunch break varies each day so I'm sticking with portion control and mindful eating).
I also have the same issue with eating what I want. I cook lots of different meals each night for the different family members so last thing I want to do is cook another meal for myself. I can't only have food I love in the cupboards cos've everyone else's preference too. My main plan is to not pick at their food mindlessly and not keep eating if I don't want it. If I'm hungry then I'll probably enjoy the usual family foods (ie not special treats just for me)
On a different topic I'm going to try the Shred plan. I've not done exercise per se since before my babies so I think it'll be horrible at first but my husband gets up early each day to go running so I'm hoping that will inspire me to get busy while he's gone. Anyone else done that?

BTW nappy ref. cooking; I'll cook maybe while eating an apple and a drink of green tea whatever (i know it's not conscious eating but there are breaks in cooking when you can sit down and be more conscious IYSWIM) to take the edge off the hunger but also when you've recently eaten it's easy to cook for later or the freezer.

Tinwe I keep my food stash in a cupboard especially for me. It has all my lovely green and blacks chocolate in, Nine bars, kettle crisps etc. I do my exercise in my gym in a shed in the garden and see it as ". my time".

Hi all, hope you're having a good weekend. How're you all getting on? Seems quiet here lately or is it just me?

I've not lost much if anything this week but hormones are probably playing their part. Feeling a little disheartened as I've found it hard to stuck to the rules for a few days this week too. Can you please talk me out of doing a shake diet (Lighter life, Cambridge etc)? I've done LL before and did well on it but that was ages ago. I know I've got the will power and am tempted by the quick weight loss but "feel" like I shouldn't IYKWIM!

Don't do it Tin! You'll be hungry all the time and as soon as you stop you'll gain again!

Well I wanted something to kick start me Pauling again but d&v with a 10 week old baby wasn't exactly what I had in mind! Yuck. Ah well, it's likely to reset my appetite as it were.

Thanks Faith! Just the type of comment I was looking for

Sorry to hear you've been poorly, hope you're feeling much better now/soon. On the plus side you're right, it does make it easier to eat smaller portions. I had a bug recently and lost quite a few pounds which I didn't put back on as my appetite was still reduced the following week not for long though! Now THERE'S a new fad diet idea...

im de-lurking to say hello and ask if i can join you all .

i must say, reading some of your posts is very inspiring. im itching to give this a go. have a stone and a half to lose, well 2 stone would be the stuff of dreams but would be very happy with stone and half.

i bought 'i can make you thin' a few years ago and sort of flicked through, but never really gave it the time or attention. im literally in the midst of moving house this week so i know i wont be able to focus too much on a new way of eating, but i think i will order the gastric band book and dig out ICMYT to refresh myself and read in the meantime.

The idea of hypnosis generally really appeals to me. I just think it makes so much sense and I had great success with using hypnobirthing. So I'm hoping the fact that i'm receptive to the idea will help as I will be prepared to try my best with it.

Welcome Howi!

Being committed to the idea is v important so I think you're in a great position. A friend of mine lost over 3 stone of post baby weight with ICMYT... enough to feel frisky so ended up getting pregnant again! You have been warned

Noooo Tin !! I agree with Hada You KNOW that Pauling makes the most sense not eating crap "DIET" food. If you want to speed things up drink nettle tea (or take the supplements) and give up your daily cup of coffee or tea (that works especially if you drink a lot of the aforementioned beverages !!!!)

Glad you made it and welcome to the best thread on MN!!!How it shouldn't take you long to lose the weight

Oh Tin Another weight loss tip I forgot to mention if you eat and drink alcohol late at night; stop !!!

Hello how and welcome! Some of us here do the gastric band but many of us are happy doing ICMYT. Sounds like (after you've moved!) you'll be in a great position to start. I'm post baby too - DD is 10 weeks old today! I didn't gain much during pregnancy so I'm back to what I weighed before pregnancy but stick have a good 2 1/2 stone to lose.

I've decided this is the day I properly restart! The bug seems to be on its way out but my appetite has depleted so I do feel like its been 'reset'. I'm determined to listen to the CD - I realised I can always do it in the day when DD is snoozing since I struggle to find the energy at night when she's settled.

Don't do it Tinwe think of all the lovely food you'll have to give up again, no Sunday roasts, no ice cream, no bacon sarnies, no chocolate....!!! You can so do the rules, what makes you think you can't?
You mentioned about doing 30 day shred, I love that DVD! It is hardcore but you can literally feel yourself getting stronger and at only 20 mins its fab for fitting into your life (especially if like me you've got little ones in the house!) I've never seen the amazing results people are always going on about ie dropping 2 dress sizes etc but it definitely tones me up. Good luck with it anyway!

Haha Tin thats a scary thought -2 DSs who prefer our bed to their own alot of the time should act as pretty good contraception for the time being though!

I dusted off my shred DVD the other day, I am secretly hoping it gets packed at the bottom of a box in our move and I dont find it for a while so I have a valid excuse not to think about it for a few weeks! Iagree though NoGood, it really does give good results, and quite quickly too if i remember rightly

btw Faith im impressed youre even thinking of baby weight at 10 weeks - I have just started thinking about emerging from the baby induced frump and DS is 7 mo!

Well it's not really baby weight! Within a couple of weeks of having her I was back to pre-pregnancy weight but not shape! My weight is fairly stable with breast feeding but I'm eating for eating's sake so I want to get back into good habits.