Paul McKenna "I can make you thin" support thread

[Breathmiller]

I found out about this book and audio this week from another thread and poster (thanks @ppeatfruit) and am finding it useful.

I found an old support thread from years ago but I dont think its still active.

Does anyone who is interested in this want to chat and support?
Or anyone who has used it in the past with good results want to give hints and tips?

I have tried every diet going and have had real issues with yoyo dieting but my big aim this year has been to make food not such a battle.

I feel this might just be the way forward for me. But I'm aware I'm in very early days.

I had a good first week (caved and weighed myself, lost two pounds, which I was pleased with). I’ve found it a little harder the last couple of days, I think I’m still eating less but I’ve found myself feeling hungrier than I did initially and so I’m worried I’m now eating a little less but not enough to sustain weight loss. This is against the spirit of the programme and I shouldn’t care, I should be eating mindfully and trust it’ll work, but it basically feels like cutting calories at the mo and a bit more of a struggle than it did. Not sure if that makes sense. Maybe a dip is usual before I settle into this as an ongoing habit! I am also getting a bit bored of listening to PK every night!

I’d love to join this. I’ve used this app on and off the past year and had success so want to commit again. Be good to share thoughts and encourage each other. I did it February half term while on holiday and lost 2lb despite drinking and snacking. It really helped me curb overeating and I enjoyed my food so much more. I have to remember they when I’m opening the fridge!

I’ve just turned 50 and peri menopausal and it’s tough!

Hi @Menomum3
I kind of dropped off it last week.
I didn't listen to the audio or really think about what i was eating. A mixture of a mad last week of work and having my period and getting major work done to my house.

But I still have had thoughts of... I'm full so I will stop ,more naturally than I would have done before.

I started c25k (again) today as I should have more headspace now I'm not working so much. So i will take time to listen to the audio for this again too.

Also turned 50 here and perimenopausal. It's a bundle of laughs isn't it?

I'm much more likely to keep this up with support so if you want to keep posting however it's going that would work for me.

Hi @Breathmiller. It’s never easy to stick to and I always get bored of listening to him every night but yes let’s support each other. The app works well for me because it’s easy to access.

We can do this together. 👊🏼

Yay. I did listen to it nearly every day for a fortnight but you're right it gets hard to sustain. Maybe every second day to keep it in mind.

I'm on a support thread on here for not drinking and it's so much easier with someone else.

Let's do this!

@Breathmiller great! I did the daily tip this morning so on track to get one day done! X

What's the daily tip?

@Breathmiller do you have the app? There’s a daily exercise. It gets repeated every few days. There’s also a panic button. The app is only a few pounds and a one off fee so worth getting.

I too have also fallen slightly off the wagon but have also been more aware of being full so that’s a positive. Am determined to keep it up. I guess I found the first few days SO easy that I thought I’d just automatically stop eating so much without a second thought - he’d be a billionaire if it were that easy! Am all for joining in for the support on here

@Breathmiller yesterday was my day 21. I never finished it the first time round 😂. I didn’t have the best food day yesterday. Homemade mince pies. 2! And 3 Ferrero Rocher. 2 glasses of wine. But listened last night and have woken up feeling positive. So even if the day doesn’t go as planned it certainly feels better mentally. I’m happy with that. It’s Christmas and not going to be easy so being mindful some of the time has to be good news. I think also it’s good not to beat yourself up if you can’t face listening to him some nights. So we are on track my lovely. Mindful eating does work. ❤️

Thanks, I'll look at the app too. I've just got the book.

The biggest thing I've got from it is that food isn't such an issue.
Definitely not beating myself up.

I went out for a treat day with my son yesterday and didn't go crazy like I'd normally do.
We went to the cinema and i only had a water. Not because i was denying myself but i checked in with my hunger levels and realised i wasn't hungry just thirsty. And really didn't want a sugary cold drink. It's little things like that the help. I usually feel having crap to eat is part of the cinema experience. But the film was that. I really wasn't hungry so there was no need to fill myself with unhealthy food.

I've just downloaded the book on Kindle on the back of this thread.
There is a bit where it says you need to spend half an hour somewhere undisturbed and I did think if we had that, wr wouldn't be overweight. Carers put on weight because the aren't focused on their own needs. I'm not a carer,just a parent, but I put on weight when my kitchen and my office became the same place.

Hi everyone. I've used his principles for years and it's been great for me. I've fallen off the wagon a few times but always got back on! It's about changing habits for life so don't worry if it takes a while to get into the swing of it. I'm very glad I did.
Good luck everyone.

@Breathmiller the app is worth it because everything is there for each day including daily videos. One cost up front and sure it was only about £6? Night time thing is on there too so easy to plug my earphones in at bedtime and fall asleep!

Hi Duckdown
That makes sense, that's how feel. This isn't a mad dash to crash diet. I want to change my eating habits and attitude to food for the long term.

Finding it really hard to motivate myself to follow it at the moment. Think I will draw a line and start again on 26th so that I am well on it by the new year

I hear you love51 busy stressful lives don't help with weight issues.
I'm trying to think that i will listen when i have time but not best myself up if i don't get time every day. Like menomum often that means listening in bed when I'm going to sleep

I did this in the spring/summer and lost about one size/1.5 stone (I think, don’t weigh myself much)... loved the approach and found it very freeing - and effective!

I have mostly kept it up although have found the impulse to stress eat/overeat at meals creeping back again lately, so think I’ll do the course again to remind myself and get back on track. Great to have this thread!

I think it would work fine with Xmas, in response to a PP - there’s nothing out of bounds. Might actually help to enjoy the food more by tasting every mouthful

Thanks yellowtaxi that makes sense. I realised it need to keep it up. I'll listen later today to the audio and let it do its work.

After falling off the wagon for a few days, i listened more intently to the app the last two nights and today I’ve had one coffee so far and feel stuffed still. So I am keeping the faith that this a long haul and a little slip up isn’t the end. Feeling so much more positive today

I've noticed I struggle eating slowly because I can't focus on the food. I'm constantly fielding questions from the family. I'm not finding this as easy as I thought it would be.

Interested

@Breathmiller thank you for keeping this going. Like many others (i suspect)... I'm waiting til Xmas madness is over.

The bit about having no time to do the fist 30 min is so true though!! The only time I have alone is when I'm driving and that's clearly not appropriate!!!

I've started already, with the hope that it stops me putting on more weight over Christmas! I think I might have been understanding "full" wrong though. I think his definition of full might come s bit before mine when I'm eating. I need to stop binging when I'm stressed, I hope this method can be help with that. Work is closed tomorrow till Jan so it will be a while before I know for sure!
I've just listened to the hypnosis now. Interested to see if it works.

Welcome everyone.

Lovely to see people on this thread.

I haven't had time to listen to it again but it is in my head more than it used to be.
The main thing for me at the moment while I'm silly busy is not mindlessly eating masses of crap as much as i would just because I'm bored/it's Christmas/I'm tired etc etc etc.

I am still having treats but definitely checking on whether I am really hungry or whether its boredom or expectation that i should have a treat as its Christmas. Haven't weighed myself again but my belt on my jeans is comfortably at its tightest hole.

I've also had a bit of a revelation about some foods. When i was counting calories i would avoid fruit a bit. Whereas now I am enjoying fruit again. It seems madness that I have denied myself something as healthy as fruit because its too calorific or sweet then done the inevitable binge on much more unhealthy sugary foods. I have had such a messed up attitude to food for years.

I had honeydew melon, a few dates with pistachios and some cashews in a nice bowl for breakfast yesterday. I enjoyed every bite until I was full then left a little bit. No stress over it.

I am also thinking much more about how food makes me feel. My dh bought vegan fruit pastilles the other night and i thought "oh good- i love fruit pastilles" and nothing is out of bounds so we sat and ate them mindlessly while watching a movie. And then I felt rubbish. Far too much sugar. Why on earth do i feel that I want to 'treat'
myself to feeling sick from eating too much processed sugar but would deny myself a healthy banana. Madness i tell ya!

I feel I'm being much more aware around food and how good , natural healthy foods make me feel well...good and healthy.

I'm going to 'treat' myself to a beautiful bowl of melon again soon. May add some sprinkled cinnamon on top and some berries. Now, that feels like a treat.

It also helps that I've stopped drinking. Not sitting of an evening ploughing through a bottle of wine means I'm also not ploughing through masses of snacks to go with the wine.

Happy Christmas Eve everyone. I also plan on being back here after Christmas with a bit if renewed vigour. I'll also have a bit more time and headspace.