Paul McKenna Can Make Us Thin! Thread Number 14 ~ A Simple Title, for Simple Weight Loss and All amongst Friends!!

[Solo]

Welcome to thread 14 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 friendly 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 into your mouth and body, 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 outfits!!

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 and that is a great way to feel when you are dropping dress sizes at the same time!!! so come on in and start living your new life today and make 2014 your year to drop a dress size or several...if we can get those lbs off a few at a time, just think how we could look and feel for the sunny summer time!!!
Some of our thread members are also doing PMK's Virtual Gastric Band and although this thread is not about this avenue, we will still be supportive of our friends partaking of this, so don't think we won't be there for you. I'm pretty sure that the Golden Rules will be just as helpful in this process as the I Can Make You Thin process so get stuck in

Here is a link to Freedom From Emotional Eating which may give some insight into why we do this and help us beat it.

Hello again thanks for the welcome! Lovely to hear your stories of success it's a real inspiration!

I hit a problem on Tuesday evening as I sprained my ankle at exercise class, it's an old injury that keeps recurring so I won't be able to exercise for a bit unfortunately. But good news was that the FFEE book came yesterday!

I have read about half way through and listened to the trance. I watched the havening DVD and only did it the once as my arms ached so much ha ha!

Still following the rules and feeling great, I know it's only been 2 days but I'm feeling good! I haven't weighed myself for a start weight but I last weighed myself about 3 weeks ago so going to stick with that one (even though I prob weighed more than that as had a bad few weeks) and will weigh myself again in a few weeks to see how I've got on.

Right off out now to hobble to the shops and buy some new clothes, have a great day everyone

Hello all!

That sounds generally positive egg! Sorry sbout your ankle. Ouch! I'm still waiting for my vgb book! I want it now

Nice to see you yippee, well don't keeping up the running. It's great when you get into it.

I'm feeling very positive. DH has gained promotion so we can afford for me to drop my hours at work to two long shifts a week. This means I'll work two nights one week and two days together the next. Less chopping and changing between nights and days and more time together as a family. :)

That's brilliant Faith...you sound so much happier than you did six months ago

That's good news for you about work Faith
I got out for my run as it wasn't actually raining when I had a glance out of my window. The new trainers were good - am still getting some shin pain though not anywhere near as bad as with the old trainers, and I think this is in part due to being heavier currently and running, so got to get the eating in gear to start to be healthier overall.
My diet today has mainly consisted of ham stotty (picked some up in Newcastle before we came home!) and apple, but have tried hard to slow my eating down and listen to my hunger - got a bit ravenous after my run, shower etc so may have ate a bit too late on the hunger scale earlier - will try and not do that next time.

When I was able to run *yippee^ I used to stave the hunger off with a yoghurt or two. In those days I was following Rosemary Conley, so they were low fat. Wouldn't do that now though! full fat all the way! :)
Might be worth a try?

thanks solo that's an idea I might have to try as I was fine until we went to the supermarket this afternoon, started walking around and then I just started shaking, nauseous etc, like hypoglycemia. Because of feeling like that I have ate quite a lot in a short space of time - now feeling in a bit of a sugar-daze...I need to make sure I have a snack in my bag for times like this, and also eat smaller amounts more often - tune into my body properly and not fall into the trap of eating all the high sugar/simple carbohydrate foods!
I like to run on an empty stomach whenever possible, but I think I will have to make sure I eat a piece of fruit or yoghurt when I come in to avoid crashes or cravings later. Still, I see it as a learning curve, getting to know my body and getting over eating the things I am used to craving.

Hi everyone

Faith good news about work, that'll be great!

Well I've got myself into a huge pickle and don't know what to do :(
Over the weekend was my daughter's bday and I was looking back at pics of us from the party and was so down about my weight. Mum suggested going along with her to slimming world. In desperation I did on Tuesday and the last 3 days all I've thought about is food and what I can or can't have. I've failed each day and overeaten. I'm regretting joining now but feel it's a difficult situation as went with my mum and everyone will think I'm such a failure.

Miss doing PM and feeling in control :(

Sorry about the ramble, didn't know where to turn :(

Bonnie just tell them that it is causing you to start bingeing and that for you the slimming world causes you to think about food more. Much as they love you sometimes people want you to do the same as them as it verifies that what they are doing is the best way. It may be for them but not for you.

If you carry on doing it you will end up worse in a couple of weeks even if you did lose some weight....at some point you would crash and burn and go back to overeating.

I understand how you feel about the photos. It can be a shock cant it cause you don't see yourself like that in your mind.

Tell your Mum now and then tomorrow start a new day rebooting PM and coming on here every day (if you want to) to get help and support. Im usually around most days as I work from home . Hope that helps you Bonnie.

Thanks Milly, you're completely right!

I just have to bite the bullet and get back to what I know works - Paul McKenna.

Even when I was sat at the meeting it just felt wrong and I had my daughter with me and felt like I didn't want her around it all.

Think hubby thinks I should just keep going with it but the 3 days I've been doing it I've eaten more than I normally would!

I'm going to make a real effort now to make time to do some exercise. I love swimming but never make the time to go. I'm going to go 2 evenings a week and spend the money I would've spent on SW on that.

After finding PM I never want to do a diet again no matter how quick the fix might be!

Going to listen to the VGb trance now.

Thanks for the support, been just what I needed

Well done for coming back Bonnie and for realising that SW is not a good thing to follow.

Thanks Solo it's definitely not a good way of eating.

So glad to be back on PM - so nice to have toast, butter and jam again without feeling guilty! I think all SW does is encourage you to eat a lot of certain foods - it doesn't get to the root of the problem.

What do people do for exercise? I'm going to pledge to swim 2 times per week and I'm also looking at getting Miranda hart's maracattack because it looks fun!

Hi Bonnie, I completely understand why you ended up going to the SW meeting - it all stems back to diets telling you what to eat which in many ways takes the responsibility off ourselves - I was tempted to go back to WW over the last few weeks when I was feeling down and struggling to eat mindfully BUT I know that I would have ended up binging anyway. I tried SW in the past and never managed to lose weight with them because I think they're the worst diet for emotional eaters and people who struggle with feeling satisfied. Well done for feeling strong enough to not continue with it
For exercise I took the crazy/bold step of quitting the gym recently (although stupid notice period rules mean that I am actually a member til the end of March . I wasn't really going much and when I did I didn't enjoy it so have started the couch to 5k again and I am loving it! I just run outside now, try to do it in the mornings so not many people about, and I have just done week 3 run 1 today - should have been a rest day but it was sunny and I never know when I will be able to get out in the week and also with the weather currently. It is only 30 mins 3 times a week (5 min warm up and 5 min cool down walk included in this) and the podcasts tell you when to walk/run (jog!). I love it because I prefer to exercise alone and it's a chance to blast my music at the end as I always go further than I need to so I do 'free' intervals on the way back home with my music on. Sorry to rave on about it but I never thought in the past I would want to run and once I realised that I can do it I am really into it . I have asthma and it really helps to control it strangely enough...
anyway, that's enough rambling from me hope everyone is having a good PM day so far. I had a bit of a hypoglycemic meltdown yesterday so am mindful I need to go and eat something now as my stomach is growling and after the run I need something in my belly!

Thanks yippee I'm glad I've given SW the boot. PM is really right when he says in his book that diets are just a way to make you fat and feel like a failure!

A brave step to quit the gym but if you didn't enjoy it then what's the point, life's too short

Couch to 5k sounds great! I always struggle to fit exercise in but you've just made me realise I could get up early to do it and be back in time for hubby to go to work. I'd love to take up running but have dodgy knees (had an accident on the farm when I was a child which ripped the tendon holding my knee cap in place ) so not sure if I'd be able to without causing damage. Is it ok on your knees? Might do a bit of research.

I don't really exercise in any structured way. I have chronic illness and it can make me really ill. I used to miss my 6-8 hours a week in the gym/classes etc, but I've got used to it now.

Bonnie running is wonderful if you have no previous problems but if you had a knee injury of that magnitude then I personally wouldn't do it. Running is very very hard on your knees. I used to run and loved it but then I got shin splints so I switched to running on soft ground and indoor treadmill which helped but I started to get sore knees and still had aches in the shins. Finally had to give up running when I suffered a slight vaginal prolapse. Then I learnt that running is the worse thing for womens internal bits ever. Wish I had known that years ago. The jolt of the impact as you hit the ground causes the ligaments to stretch and then fail to hold things in place. Of course that doesn't mean it happens to everyone but the more weight you are carrying the more chance there is of it happening.......especially if you have had children or have incontinence already. I went on the threads for running and prolapse and realised that I was not alone and that Gussigrips who is on MN and is a physioin womens prolapses does not recommend it. I really wish I could still run but whenever I attempt it I feel things start to loosen again after all the good work I have done with my pelvic floor exercises, its just not worth it. Sigh.......

So now I use my gym and do walking on the treadmill, weights to tone all over and the exercise bike and then do outdoor walking.....just need to do it more regularly. Why or why do we find it so much of a buggerance to exercise when we know the benefits to ourselves.? I don't know!.

Thanks Milly oh dear, bet the prolapse was horrid! Best to leave the running then, with the knees and especially don't want to encounter and 'lady problems'. I like swimming as it's so low impact and don't get sore knees :)

I know what you mean, feel so good after exercising but it's getting the motivation to actually do it that's the problem!

It was only a slight prolapse and I sorted it by doing my pelvic floor exercises every hour and then some. Its now good but running or any high impact exercise or heavy lifting is not something to be done.
I wish they would tell us more about all this when we are having or had our children as doing your pelvic floor exercises is not to be taken lightly at all.....as I found out.

Anyway, I must try and go to my gym today. Its only in the garden...DH built it about 8 years ago with compensation he got for being attacked. Its brilliant and has everything so I really have no excuse. A good kick up the butt is what I need ha ha.

Im also going to reboot my GB today as I have found myself wanting to eat more just lately and I think its all this bloody cold weather (we have no central heating in our very old cottage).

I have a slight prolapse too Milly :( and I can't seem to rectify it.
I'm definitely green about your home gym!!

solo I bet it was a hard adjustment going from going to the gym that much to not being able to :(

milly wow your home gym sounds fab!

I'm still slightly in the 'diet' mindset today. Instead of eating when I was hungry earlier I waited until lunch 'time' by which point I was starving and ate it far too quickly. I too will be listening to my GB trance later!

Bonnie it was almost devastating to me. I remember it so clearly ~ my last time at the gym. I was in an aerobics class and had a kind of time lapse; my brain was slow to send the movement messages to my body. After 10 minutes of this I walked out and never returned. I had, up until that moment been determined that my ME would not defeat me. It did!

You will get back to it I'm sure Bonnie just believe in it. :)

Can I ask, what have you done to help your prolapse Solo?

Bonnie with a dodgy knee yes better to stay off the running I think, swimming is great as well - I suffer from too much self consciousness to go at the moment but it is something I hope I will get back into.
solo and millie the prolapse sounds awful , at the moment my running is limited but something I will have to be wary off in the future...
I have not had a great eating evening - got too hungry and got carried away with my tea - most frustrating as I had actually made sure I tuned into my hunger signals during the day and had smaller meals more frequently which really seemed to help, then missed the signals in the early evening which meant I missed my opportunity to eat before putting dd to bed, so when I came down I was too hungry! I don't feel really awful as I know I am improving overall but cross with myself for not eating more mindfully tonight and overeating as a consequence.
Is the key maybe to prepare meals in advance? But then, how will I know I will want it when the time comes to eat - arrgghh! Choice is difficult Also I get confused between eating what I want as how do I know it's what I want and not what I just think I want after being conditioned by diets etc. Like I have made a conscious decision today to make sure I eat less refined carbs today and more veg/wholewheat/lean meat etc (when hungry) because I actually feel better when I eat these things - so is that a wrong thing to do or is that ok - as I am doing it to feel better in myself and so I do want to eat them (I think!)...

Not having a good morning so far - couldn't eat when I really wanted to as been doing mass cleaning ready for someone coming round and so then wolfed down the yoghurt and granola I had. This is not really the problem though - I feel tired as dd got up at stupid o'clock and this is affecting my mood big time - I feel HUGE. I know I haven't been doing well with PM, although getting better, and so I think I have actually put weight ON over the last few weeks. Really struggling to get into my biggest clothes at the minute and this is making me feel very self-conscious and uncomfortable. Got to go to a party with dd (a friend from school) later and really don't want to have to make conversation, try and monitor an overexcited 5 year old etc...
sorry for the moan people (and I was feeling ok last night so don't know how I have managed to have such a down turn overnight) just feel like I am NEVER going to get this at the minute and that I will just keep getting bigger .

Sounds like everyone's do