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

[Solo]

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!

Hi all. Yes, I was working all BH weekend again!! but to put a cat amongst the pigeons, I've been selected for voluntary redundancy and now I have I am worried, scared and very unsure about it! I have to work and have a good salary or I can't survive

Queen I too have ME/CFS, so you have my support for what it's worth. I'm not here much due to work, but I'm here.

Hope everyone is well and OK. I hope to catch up again soon.x

Hi Solo - That certainly must have put the cat amongst the pigeons 6 mths ago I am bet it would have given you the breathing space you wanted but it is easy to get used to earning again and going to work (I know I have, regardless of the fact I don't like the job at all).

Seems to me like you have the same conundrum you had when you were trying to delay going back to work - what do you do instead if you can't be a prison officer?! Does the prison service offer any careers counselling on what to do after redundancy? Some places do.

But I suppose it wouldn't do for life to run too smoothly would it? Where is the fun in that?!

Hi all, I found your thread from another thread.

I've been doing the 5:2 fast, but as my mum has bulimia, I can feel that the fasting is not right for me.

A question to everyone.... Is this programme done with the cd every night?

What you you visualise as yucky.... I clean the drains and I don't find that gunk disgusting.... I mean I wouldn't eat it obv, but feel I need a different yuk trigger: what do you use?

Can I say QueenOfHalloween, that, and I don't mean to scare you, but you do need to take it easy.

I was very very ill with ME for eight long years.
You have to give in to it to get out of it.

Don't fight the fatigue, and always carry money for a taxi home when you just cannot walk.

Leave 20% in your energy tank at all times, even when you think you could go on.
It important to respect ME, as my doctor told me!

Going on a gluten sugar free diet did me the world of good, as I had a candida overgrowth.
Hope you're feeling well as can be.

:)

Got on the scales this morning and I am the heaviest I have ever been in my life. And believe me, that's no mean feat. Many stones to lose.
Something drastic needs to happen. It's either back to Pauling - and properly this time. Or Weight Watchers. Or a gastric band. Or keel over into an early grave.

I'm massively beating myself up. And yes, I know I have to get rid of that mindset.

I bought the PMK gastric band book a couple of months ago, but have I done anything with it. Like fuck I have.

I'm majorly pissed off with myself for getting in this state. And my fucking knees hurt.

The only rule I have been following is "Eat What You Like".

OOh babes welcome back mardy big big hug and some I'm glad you thought of us you'll be fine once you start back Paul and all of us are here to give you a hand .

Welcome venus it's good to hear from you!

sols I composed a nice post to you and MN has eaten it that's a bugger about your job I don't understand being 'selected' for 'voluntary ' redundancy !! i was going to ask if you are coping with M.E. with your job.

Hi BBB I'm getting fed up with that thread now!

Thanks for the lovely welcome back pp.

Are any of you on the thread doing PMK's gastric band thingie? I think my full signal is seriously delayed. For example, I stopped myself eating lunch before I was full today - probably at around a 4 on the hunger scale. It took me about 20-30 mins for the food to register and for me to feel full up. I was probably a 2-3 when I started eating though, so may have left it a bit late when I started eating iyswim.

I might have a peek at the gastric band thread too.

Hi Ladies.
Mardy....and pptoo....I have to confess, a week ago I decided to do the gastric band. PMICMYT works perfectly for me but decided to see what all the excitement was about and you know what.....lost 4lb in one week, but the most amazing thing is that I don't really think about eating much at all now. And It all seems just so much easier. I easily make all the right choices and usually opt for the healthier option rather than a biscuit. Im choosing bananas or apples. Its like having a little voice in your head that when you eat something it says to you " that's enough now, your full". So would I recommend it.....well yes at the moment . If your struggling to remember to do PM then this gives you the edge so to speak.
BBB did you ever try it?

Solo Support from anyone is very much appreciated. Just need to work out what my base levels are and also master the art of properly resting. I just can't seem to switch my brain off completely. Spent ages on the phone today trying to get through to the CAB to see if there's anything else i can claim whilst i'm on SSP but the line was constantly busy. I've been there with the redundancy. The boss came round and told me that i was being made redundant, but i could choose to go "voluntarily" if i wanted to. Errr nope don't want to at all. Loved my job so there was no way i was leaving of my own accord. Plus the few insurance policies i had didn't cover me if i went voluntarily.

Thanks Venus I have started to look into gluten free, clean living, etc, but just not ready to give up things like pasta and jaffa cakes....

Welcome back Mardy I was going to say something about jumping back on Paul but no matter how i phrased it just sounded wrong!

So anyone have any weekend plans?

My weekend plans are to prepare for an interview on Monday by doing lots of research into the company and its policies etc and doing a TMA which I have already had an extension for so it needs to be in by Sunday night now. Went out to Next to get some suitable interview trousers.
What about you Queen
And pp I wasn't up early and hadn't yet gone to bed. Was preparing for my telephone interview this afternoon. lol.

No specific plans for this weekend. Will just take it as it comes. Hoping for nice weather mind.

Rules You know i don't think i've ever had a telephone interview for a role before. They've always been face to face interviews. Didn't even do a telephone interview for a role in a call centre... You'd have thought they would have wanted to see what i was like on the phone first. But like you i always research the company first before attending the interview. I love it when they ask you what you know about them and your able to list off a load of things

Rulesgirl. I always thought it was solo that wanted to jump on Paul. He does have a certain charisma about him in the flesh.

Me too, me too!! mardy Though he's looking a bit scraggy now

Are you an actor Queen ?

Silly me Rules i didn't look at the time of your post! The VGB sounds good how much have you lost now ?

Mmmm...not sure I fancy him physically, he just helps me really relax like a vodka and coke

hello all, happy weekend!

pp my holidays are gonnae be at st. jean de monts, up the coast fe les sables d'olonne. prob similar distance to poitiers as ile de ré: small world! never been to the vendée before but photos look beautiful, it should be suitable temperature hopefully, (no too hot for us wee scottish frogs - we melt if it's over 25°c!) bearing in mind as soon as it's been 16°c here i've been out in strappy vest & flipflops! & we should be able to drive there off the overnight ferry in one day. so here's hoping! ooh exciting your big day drawing close how's the hair?

i've been GF for a week now & am quietly amazed at how i just feel lighter, & when i've expected to follow my usual pattern of feeling really tired i've just no been quite so pooped, but it's weird it's no like a caffeine i just feel quietly better so i'll stick at it for now & see how it goes. queen GF pasta was quite nice once i added some flavour, an extra dollop of pesto & it was good, just light & not so stodgy as wheat-based...

mardybra hello & just a wee thought reading your post, if i leave it 'til 2-3 on the hunger scale i find it impossible to eat slowly enough & thus overeat, then it catches up with me, so maybe don't wait so long (only 3-4) & then eat slower might help with noticing the full signal.
i've done HGB & it's no worked for me but it has for loads of others on HGB thread & amazon reviews.

venus hello & i don't do the disgustigating one particular food, TBH i don't want to live without anything i like! since starting Pauling i don't go bonkers about any one particular food anymore. i listen between 1-3 times a week & just when i feel i need it...

solo i'm not claiming i know you by any means but ever since i've been looking at this thread you've never sounded happy about your work & the time you can't see your kids... personally i'd rather be skint & mentally happy, than well-off & my head done in: i'm SAHM & can't claim bugger all concessions/benefits, my DP not on big wage but enough to get by; i'd rather have the time with them because you can't get it back... but you should do what's right in your head (even if it's a change from what you're used to).

Very quick reply here.

I am a lone parent, so have no one to back me up so to speak...I am, not terribly happy at work, it's a dreadful job now :( I'm just fearful of the unknown I think.

I have had ME for around 13/14 years now and no amount of rest helps me. I have tried the gluten free and sugar free and mushroom free and it's a hideous diet :( imo.

I'm off to bed now, but will try to come back soon.

Welcome back Mardy!

Solo your life has not been great this year has it. I know voluntary redundancy sounds very scary but it may be just the change you need so you can see your kids and look after yourself more ....maybe???

Rules thanks, but if I told my whole story, it's not been great for 30 years!
I took a career break after my maternity ended, so I was off work for six years; I went back 4 months ago and the job has changed and continues to do so and not for the better. I heard about the vol redundancy and decided to go for it thinking I'd be unlikely to get it...but I have been selected. I cannot go back to benefits for obvious reasons and I personally think it'd be a waste to live off the redundancy so would need a job straight away paying reasonable money. I hate change ~ always have, so it's doubly scary for me...

Mardy I've had the gastric band book for several months too, but haven't read it yet either. I put the cd on a few days ago and it says to read the book first and I just don't have the time! I've never even read his ICMYT book . I'm going to have to set time aside to read the hypno band book I think.

It's getting a bit manic and we're not even over there yet! thanks veryberry My hair is nice i hate the 'just done look' so I've got it sort of chin length with a side swept fringe and layers and I'm lucky 'cos I've got natural waves that go where I want them to usually i don't blow dry or straighten any more it's very liberating!

When over here ( I like Sables d'Olonne but it's more of a 'normal' seaside town IFYSWIM) you must take a drive down to La Rochelle which is an old walled lovely town as well as being just by Isle de Re!

sols and you write such knowledgeable intros to our thread! You can get amazing non wheat foods now I prefer the rice\spelt pastas to the soggy wheat ones. Oh andqueen try eating a jaffacake very slowly and consciously I guarantee you'll go YUCK!! They are so fake!!

solo blimey that's tough circumstance, good for you just getting on with it. i'm a bit of a big fierty when it comes to change too, but i second what rules said, & it may be better for you in the long run if you can just get through the horrible changey bit & then get to a better place (ie. nicer job) where you can stay...

pp thanks for holiday tip! glad to hear reccommendations from a "native" so to speak! i cany wait to get speaking french again, i learnt it for 7 yrs through school & a bit of uni & i loved that i got to use it again last yr when we got a cheapy last minute deal in october (chasing the sun after pisspoor rainy summer here!). your hair sounds lovely, yes i agree it's good to let it bed down & settle in after haircut!

solo you are very brave even though I know you don't feel it. Change is hard but to grow we go through it. Find yourself a job you enjoy. Even if it's less money maybe you can adjust your spending etc. Not that I know anything about your situation so I'm not trying to be patronising ..honest.! You don't seem to have had much of a life in this job so it can only get better.

Solo, do you they give you any help with retraining or changing careers with the redundancy package? i know it wouldn't be ideal but would the redundancy package keep you going for a significant amount of time? What I am trying to say is how much of a risk is it that you will end up back on benefits? If for example, redundancy money will only last you a couple of months then it might not be worth the risk unless you had a very clear idea of what you were going to do and a pretty good chance of being able to do it.

On the other hand, if it would last you a year during which time you could find yourself another job then I might be inclined to embrace the change and go for it. I know an awful lot of people who have found that whilst it is worrying at the time and very scary, redundancy was the best thing that happened to them. The change worked out for them. We live down south though so we don't have the high unemployment levels you might get in other parts of the country which helps but still it is a gamble.

It could be exciting. I'm not saying go for it and jump head first into redundancy without having a plan but it could be good. And you don't even have to stay in the job you go on to - if you don't like that move on again. You might love it though and you know for sure you don't love your current job so chances are things will get better.

pp - yes the other thread is getting a bit silly. I know you are supposed to eat more veg than fruit but the world has gone slightly mad if the best thing they have to say about fruit is that is is better than junk food. I keep thinking I won't go back but it keeps popping up on my threads list. Perhaps I should hide it.

I will just say this though - it does sort of prove the point of the OP!

Hi BBB nice to hear from you. Have you listened to the gastric cd yet? I think you said you had bought it.

Yes BB but let's face it there are probably as many ways of eating as there are people! You tend to find what suits you i thought that hell would kick off when that very militant veggie had a go at Xenia but all continued calmly (very unmumsnetty !!!!)

I think that your right pp there is NO right or wrong way of eating, it's just food and we eat what's best for our own body.