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.
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The Paul McKenna Thread Number 12. A Simple Title, for Simple Weight Loss and All amongst Friends!!
Solo · 19/05/2013 11:04
Glad u feel better Faith. I never used contraception as didn't want to put anything in my body. We used condoms. 
hellooo all!
yes i've had a blip (again!) but yey i can hop back on that horse any time i like & that is now! (well, about teatime actually) the kids werny that hungry at all so we waited fir DP to return, & i really enjoyed my 1/2 pizza & chips & MAHOOSIVE salad, because i was actually hungry for them. it would seem that every now & then (being as it's early stages) i need to fall off the wagon: just to remind myself how shit it is!! & then feel the joy of returning. but i'm noticing that over time this becomes less frequent (& helped by kind words on here - thanks rules) & it's easier to go back so don't worry pudding & cammry it comes to us all & if you can expect & recognise it, go "OK that's happening" & then it's easier to get back on track 
i'm looking forward to my 10k walk tomorrow & am chuffed to bits because i made my target £180 sponsorship enough for a full nightshift in someone's home. did a few limbering up lunges... & burst my trousers LOL!!
have a nice w/e everyone
Have a brilliant day today very and keep up the good work with this woe. It's all good and your doing really well cause your a accepting your off days and realising that overeating just feels yuk really....well that's how I feel after a day of overeating anyway. I feel much better when I do this well. 
Yep it's definitely not a quick fix but a work in progress. We'll done.
hello everyone.
faith well done on your self-analysis: i think that's half the battle; if we can stop & look back, more often than not we find the answer ourselves. we all have crises of faith here & there, it's just a matter of stopping ourselves mid-knee-jerk & remembering the truth. thanks my back's much better now, i just need to keep stretching my hips (which is what pulls it) & i'm going for a massage next week, cany bloody wait!! so glad i stopped smoking, that's what i spend my fag-money on now
rules i remember pp saying similar about gluten-free ready-made breads having loads of other guff in them, that's why she makes her own. doves farm organic GF flour just has other starches instead of wheat & i can pronounce it all so i figure that's fine! hope you settle into eating wheat again ok.
pudding just had a neb at your new page, nice work. WRT not trusting yourself now you're "allowed" everything, i totally had that too, it's just your body still has a wee fear that you're gonnae starve it again, after all these years of doing just that. so you just keep on re-conditioning your brain that everything is "allowed" & it'll settle down. i periodically have a patch where i think "OMG i'm eating too much chocolate/crisps" etc but then i suddenly fancy salad & leave the sugary fatty stuff alone by choice. oh, & also i just found i'd lost another 2 lbs in the last week when i'd had a lot of chocolate & crisps (mindfully ), which reinforces the knowledge that this WOE is the way to go!! keep focussing on the four rules & you'll get there!
pp i miss you're cheery chirpy posts! hope you're having guid jolly hols over here
solo thanks i'm glad you're on patrol to re-thread us before this one bursts!
happy to be of help these guys have done it for me so many times
very your doing so well, an inspiration to this woe. I need to get that back. I havnt started overeating or anything but I cannot loose weight 
. I'm going through the menopause and I am finding it very hard to shift anything but you have made me feel that it will work so it's back to the drawing board for me.
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aw bless rules that's rotton luck you're feeling a downer at the moment, big hugs to you girl xox i have heard that the shift in hormones causes metabolism changes, & if i remember rightly you felt that yours was slow anyhoo, so you've a double-whammy there. buggeration. have you thought about reinstalling the HGB (hah! I nearly put HGV there - christ you'd be enormous if you installed one of them! ) as you found that really effective didn't you? Paul suggests slowing down even further if you grind to a halt. How about a herbal remedy that boosts metabolism? not wanting to sound like i'm suggesting pill-popping as a solution, but rather something natural which supports your body through this change (think: homeopathy). i'm quite a fan of green tea, oolong tea & acai berry which are chocca full of antioxidants & are supposed to boost metabolism naturally: i know when i stop taking acai i feel less springy & get cold feet (literally, not metaphorically!) which i take as indication my metabolism has slowed (especially compared to DP who eats 4X as much as me, is lean & always warm!). remember you're on the right path, & though it may need tweaking it's worlds apart from diet hell hang in there!
sometimes we need to have a shit time so we can come out the other side - i've just been in an increasingly sinking pit of unfulfilment for the last year or so, & though it was gradual & i tried a few things to remedy it, they temporarily alleviated it but didny really fill the hole satisfactorily... until last week where i was having a bored/ill nap & i had a wee epiphany: nothing will seem fully interesting or engaging until i get on the path to where i need to be, which is in a job i love (been SAHM for 13 years now, & though i would not have had it any other way - i'd rather be skint and have the time with them because they are my number one job, they're only wee once & i've enjoyed it & them sooo much - but now they're getting bigger & less demanding i need to be giving somewhere else). so there i was, wondering where on earth to start... & i get offered a job!!! happy days. but i wouldny've been ready for it until i'd been in a shithole IYSWIM. so what i'm trying to say is, there's light at the end of the tunnel, & when it seems really bleak you're probably closer than you think. so there's my potted philosophy for the day
bbb where are you? i miss your ramblings enlightened trains of thought
how's everyone else today?
aw good for you rules that's great you've got supportive family around you. sounds like you've found the cause of the problem: trying to change the WOE (even by just limiting/eliminating one thing: wheat) was just too upsetting for you & your system. good for you for finding it. muscle is defo better than untoned flab: i'd rather be a toned size 12 than a no-muscle size 8 any day of the week! (seriously, i've seen some lack of tone that even jeans won't hide! ) it's so nice to hear someone else choosing "mum" as a job (however unpaid & unglamorous!!) we're in a minority but it's been the best! i wouldny trade meeting 'em after school & being there every day to be literally pounced apon for anything my DD1 is now 12 & 1/2 so we appear to be singing from the same hymnsheet! anyhoo, my new job is looking after a gorgeous 3 month old baby for 6 months, 2 & 1/2 days a week. i've got to the point where mines are old enough that i've got a bit more to give, everything's not so neverending & urgent as it was when they were wee. different type of need which i enjoy too. DP's quite happy, says he'll support me fully being "nanny mcB" gets him off the hook as i was gettin broody but my ultimate dream is to have my own massage therapy business: i've trained & am good at it but need to build confidence & experience & learn about business before i can take that step. but this gets me out there working again which i reckon is s good first step. sleep well
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