Paul McKenna's 'I Can Make You Thin' Thread #15...The New Beginning!

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Welcome to thread #15 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

HELPFUL TIPS!
Lots of chewing; at least 20 chews per mouthful.

Ask yourself "am I really hungry?" Listen for your 'full signal' and leave at least a mouthful on your plate at every meal. Eat your favourite thing from your plate first so that if you get to the full signal, but have your favourite food still sitting there, you aren't going to 'make room' for it because you love it, it will have already gone.

Admire something about yourself every day in the mirror.
Try to move more; dance around the living room or walk to school...use the stairs...small things, but good things!

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 From Emotional Eating which may give some insight into why we do this and help us beat it.

Ps. Could we all try to sign in at least every few days so that someone is there? We have established that it's no fun talking to ourselves and also that if there is a new joiner, it's good to say 'hello and welcome' to them too.

Ok! Let's Focus and See Ourselves wearing that body we desire! learning to love ourselves is an important daily step, so let's become LOSERS in order to be WINNERS!!! :)

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I am feeling good, people. Tuesday was an ok day but yesterday was an excellent day. I felt so in control of everything. I can control what goes inyo my body, I am not subject to the whims of my emotions. I've woken up this morning feeling so much better. I always do when I regain control over my eating. Long may this continue!

Happy Thursday everyone!

Still feeling good. It's amazing how taking control affects the whole deal. I'm going to watch a friend in a polefit/burlesque show on Sunday and if it had been last week, I'd have worn something to hide me away. Now I'm thinking of a slinky black skirt with heels and my bright red lippy!

I guess this is what I mean when I say that being slim will be because I am happier, it will not make me happy. I feel better about myself when I am in control like this so I am happier already.

Ok, enough waffling now! Laters.

Afternoon all.

I'm doing pretty well this week. I have been listening to the trance, doing havening and Dosey I have done the 'listen while you eat' track a few times too. I have been in control of my eating habits this week and it feels good.

I just wanted to recommend another book that I've been reading called 'Beyond Chocolate'. It is by two sisters who have battled with yo-you dieting their whole lives and recommend a new approach which is pretty much exactly the same as PM approach. It contains alot of the same information as ICMYT and FFEE but it also contains lots of examples of women who have tried the approach and are feeling much better. I can relate to pretty much everything they say in the book and there are some more useful tips to help us to recognise and address the reasons that we eat when we aren't hungry. It also says that it's ok to eat something just because you fancy it rather than from genuine hunger, as long as you really enjoy it and identify emotion behind the eating.

I'm enjoying the book and feel that it's just adding a bit more to the PM approach in terms of examples and tips.

I haven't had a chance to go to the library to see if my book is there yet.

This afternoon I baked biscuits and couldn't resist trying them. Five biscuits later ...

I really need to get a grip and stop eating sweet stuff.

Hi there sorry I haven't checked in for a few days. JDD. Sounds like you are doing well keep at it. I find listening to the cd everyday keeps me on track. Saying that I have craved chocolate this weeks loads. I have had the odd piece but nothing as bad as I used to. I think my period maybe on its way.

Kazza get out of the biscuit tiin and get yourself to the library now!

I have lost a couple more pounds. Yay!

Well done!

I've done we'll this week. Weighed myself this morning and its gradually creeping down. I haven't binged at all lately.

This weekend will be a test. We are staying at a friend's house tonight. There will be curry, chocolate pudding, cheese and biscuits and wine. I want to just carry on with mindful eating. I'll be really pleased if I can get through the weekend without overdoing it.

Thanks JDand well done to you too ..
I don't stress about eating out or in anymore. I just have what I want and eat it till something in me says..."I don't need anymore, I can stop now". Just keep doing the "mindful" bit and you can eat anything. Have a lovely evening.

Today I managed to get to the library in time and collected the book, so hopefully I'll get reading and listening over the weekend

Ooh enjoy kazza.

Bindi it's really working for you, isn't it!?! JDD that's really positive.

Argh I feel crappy. Went shopping today and wanted new trousers. The 14 fitted but seemed too short around the crotch. 16 fitted and looked nice. Baffles me though - I'm the same weight as I was 2 years ago but since having Faithlet I'm a size bigger! I must, must, must refocus. I have a new phone (severe damage to old one, long story) with all the tracks so will refit gastric band tonight. I need to do the havening too. I think that's where I'm struggling.

Your body definitely changes shape when you have babies Faith. Don't worry too much about what the scales say, try and go by clothes. Keep a pair of old trousers and use them as a guide.

Hi everybody how has your weekend been. Are you enjoying the book Kazza. * Faith I think I need to do more havening. I listen to the trance everyday but haven't done havening for a while. I am also reading the 'I can make you smarter' book and supposed the using havening for that too.

Come Tuesday I will have been doing this a month and I am very impressed. For example my mil bought be a massive bar of dairy milk today and any other time I would have scoffed this until it either had all gone or until I felt sick. I have eaten some, albeit when I wasn't hungry but I enjoyed it so much and I have managed not to go mad with it. I have given a good chunk to dds, something else I would have never done before. I would have hidden in the cupboard and waited until dds had gone to bed and scoffed in secret.

I daren't stop listening to the track in case I go back to my old ways.

That's really good Dosey. I'm also feeling a lot more relaxed and comfortable around 'naughty' foods.

I had a really good weekend. I'm so pleased that I didn't end up pigging out all weekend like I have so often before. I feel like I've made a bit of a break through. Reading FFEE and Betond Chocolate has really helped me to identify all the reasons that I over eat and now that I understand it better I don't feel the need to do it.

On Friday we stayed with some friends. They cooked dinner. It was lovely but I ate really slowly and noticed that everyone cleared their plates long before I finished, and I couldn't eat it all. It was really easy to enjoy my food and eat just what I wanted and no more even though I was pretty drunk.

I've realised what my triggers are and I'm sorry if this is boring but I wanted to write them down (feel free to skip ahead):

1. On Friday night I feel relief that the week is over and after my daughter is in bed and the h

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1. on the weekend evenings I feel relief that the week is over and after my dd is in bed and the house is tidy I feel like rewarding myself by eating something naughty in front on the TV. I'm not hungry when I do this, it's just a way of treating myself and relaxing. I usually fancy chocolate but as I don't keep it in the house I end up eating loads of other stuff to try to get that high. Then, once I've made myself feel guilty and ashamed i eat more to try to make myself feel better. This can carry on for the whole weekend.

Last night I felt the urge to eat in front of the TV but I just reminded myself that I didnt need to treat myself by pigging out as it would make me feel guilty and ashamed and I listened to a relaxation audio from the Beyond Chocolate website. Then I felt fine and enjoyed my evening without pigging out.

2. boredom at work. In the afternoon when I'm a bit bored and frustrated I feel like eating some chocolate to give me a pick me up and help me through the afternoon. This leads me to think that ive failed so i may as well it whatever i want for the rest of the day. Now I know that I'm only trying to distract myself from work with food it doesn't have the same appeal. I keep some dried fruit and nuts with me for if im peckish and can listen to either a PM track or a bound chocolate track and the urge passes.

3. stress and anxiety. I recognise now that I distract myself from negative emotions with food. I also understand that, while it works temporarily, it replaces the feelings of stress with feelings of guilt. Negative emotions pass so theoretically its just a case of pausing and giving the emotion time to pass before reaching for food.

I gave in to this habit a couple of weeks ago when I had job interviews but I'm hoping I will behave differently next time I'm stressed as I understand it better now,

Sorry that was long. I really feel that by using the PM rules and my new understanding of my emotional triggers, together with the PM tracks and the Beyond Chocolate audios and support I can finally improve my relationship with food. Monday morning positivity!

Just wanted to add, Beyond Chocolate has helped me to realise that eating a little bit of chocolate because I fancy it isn't a 'bad' thing to do and there is no reason to feel guilty and pig out to make myself feel better. As long as I really enjoy it I can eat whatever I want. It's only food.

Sounds good JD. I havnt thought of chocolate or indeed any food as " naughty" for many many years. I always have a stack of chocolate in my kitchen. More often than not it has to be thrown as it goes a bit stale. Legitimising all food is the key to success for me.

Ooh I'll have to look up Beyond Chocolate too.

Not had a chance to read in peace yet, but hopefully tomorrow I'll have time

Beyond chocolate sounds good!

Well I found my motivation! Been away for the weekend with DH (left Faithlet with my sister). Ate pretty well, to excess at times but walked loads. Had a swim yesterday and went for a 4.4k run tonight! :) Refitting my gastric bang definitely helped.

Tell you what - I've been thinking...loads of my friends are banging on about juice plus can't really see how it's different to slim fast?! and my Dad is still on the SW and I admit I've been tempted by them as a quick fix. So I looked at my Dad's SW book. I switched off when I saw 'Easy switches' - switch sugar for sweetener etc. It jars with everything I know and understand about food and eating right now. So I decided to refocus on Pauling and get running again! :)

Good evening everyone.

Not sure if it is the time of the month causing it or not eating slowly enough but I've gained a couple of pounds!
Need to play the CD more while I'm eating again.

I always used to gain a couple of pounds when I was due on TooBig but also it could be that you have lost altitude with your conscious eating maybe.

Alittlefaith I've been listening to friends banging on about juice plus too and I'd rather do it the PM way. The other day I was eating lunch in a cafe with DD. there was a table full of women having lunch together. One of them was going on about how well she was doing on juice plus but she was just fitting there drinking water while all her friends tucked into their lunch. Who wants to live like that? Not me, that's for sure.

*sitting there, not fitting