Anybody following Paul McKenna - I Can Make You Thin ?

[Kayleigh]

Have just bought the book & CD after two recommendations. Anyone following his rules ? Is it working ?

I must admit I was brought up to clean my plate and no pudding until it was finished, so of course I have been like that with my own children until now. Although DH is still in the 'clear your plate or else' mode but we will get there!

Hi all. Dinny, sorry to hear that your father is ill. Patkica you are going on the same day as I am, I did wonder whether you had it mixed up as the dates were the same. As TaiTai said doing the book before going on the training will be a bit like swotting up before an exam, you will be better prepared on the day. Hi TheBlonde, the course is about £275 including vat, if you can get three friends to go the fourth goes free so it brings the price down to £220.

I have been giving in to my cravings over the last day or so. Last night I ate rather too many chocolate biscuits but funnily enough I still don't have that gorged feeling that I would have had in the past. I am a bit disappointed with myself because it is this sort of eating that I am trying to control. I'm wondering whether I've relaxed a bit now after the first two weeks. The night before last I put the cd on in bed but fell into such a deep sleep I didn't wake up when PM did his countdown. I didn't listen to it last night so must do so tonight. I think that I will also skim over the book today and concentrate on the cravings part. This weekend will be interesting with all the temptations within easy reach

how's everyone getting on? am amazed as just had some cheese and biscuits (which I usually find really hard to stop eating) and I stopped no prob after two. bizarre.

am going to have choc if I feel like some tomorrow - yay!

Hi dinny, well done with the cheese and biscuits. If you want the chocolate today go for it. I went a bit off course towards the end of the week but got back on track yesterday. I am also exercising, did a little work out yesterday and today (weekends are usually a no no). The main thing is that I am feeling good with no guilt.

Hi everyone. I'm still feeling a bit silly, but I reckon it might well be for the best. I don't need the seminar to make me do this plan: it just seems to be doing itself. I haven't weighed myself, but after one week of CD and plan, 3 people have asked if I've lost weight and I feel so much better. Went to London zoo yesterday (to be avoided in future!) and actually wanted salad rather than fish and chips for lunch. That has NEVER happened before. Despite all my cynicism, it is working. Dinny: sorry about your dad. I hope things are looking up a little. But don't feel guilty about not doing everything exactly per the plan. MK says we all slip and the 90 % good and 10% slip rule is realistic. Anyway, I really think the best part of this is just feeling better about food and life: no guilt, just proper eating, anything we like, just in moderation. Lots of my thin friends and my sister all gorge every now and then and eat things they allegedly shouldn't. It's just that they don't do it all the time and that's what I'm aiming for. My only problem with the CD is that I have to turn it off before he counts at the end because it wakes me up if I'm bed. I think that's ok. Have a great Easter everyone.

Had rather a bad day yesterday! I ate for lunch an egg mayonnaise which I really wanted and it was lovely, however the egg disagreed with me and I felt quite 'bleugh' in the afternoon and started eating everything in sight to make myself feel better! Still feel a bit off today but alot better and back on the plan. If anything it was good as it made realise how feeling bloated was again and how I don't want to feel like that! Lesson learnt.... don't eat egg!

Happy Easter!

Hi, all. Well done for getting back on the plan, Wangle. Half the battle is not letting a bad day send yi off the rails, isn't it? Better a lapse than a relapse.

We had friends round for lunch and I managed to really really enjoy our lunch, finish last - amazing for me. Have had a bit of choc but went for a run this morning so think that should balance out. We're having a nice meal tonight and wine and am determined to just enjoy as much as I want of it without feeling guilty. And then go for run tomorrow!

thanks for the kind wishes re my dad - he's stable atm, just really bored in hospital! Happy Easter.

Hi everyone. I've been listening to the cd more, but just totally crap at remembering to eat slowly & to stop. That's a bit crap isn't it? Not lost an ounce yet, but feeling more active so ho hum. Hope no body (apart from me) has been untoward with the easter chocolate

Hi, Monkey, I keep forgetting to eat slowly - it's really hard sometimes not to throw food down neck!

Weighed myself this morning and have lost 4lb! But have a feeling as pretty dehydrated when I got on scales as drank a fair bit of wine last night... Still, v inspiring!

Well done dinny. That is inspiring. I've been pretty good, though I too find it hard to remember to eat slowly. It's really made me realise just how quickly I normally gulp down my food. It does taste better when I eat slowly though. I just hope that it becomes automtic before too long. Sometimes when I'm hungry, I just want to eat the entire contents of the firdge very quickly. But haven't given in yet. I keep thinking about that bit on the CD when he gets you to think about what we'll feel and look like in a few weeks time. It's good motivation.

Hi everyone. I'm sure you all know this, but have you looked at the reviews of the PM system on Amazon? It seems to have worked for so many people. There have been a few people in the past on mumsnet who said they'd tried PM. If they're out there, please let us know how you've found it. I had a (large) glass of wine with my supper on Fri, Sat and Sun: no guilt at all. It was great and it wasn't the usual 3 or 4 . I am very careful now not to force ds to eat anything more than he wants to. My mum is Italian and our family life revolved around loads of food. We didn't have a very good relationship, but I think she tried to show us that she loved us by cooking loads of fabulous food. When we ate, we didn't argue, but she is overweight at 65 and I think I need to get a grip before I move into my 40s.

hello, everyone,

not having a good day today - have been v careless and not concentrated and eaten too much chocolate. think will put it down to a lapse!

how have you all found Easter?

I have found Easter quite hard as DS is very much into offering chocolate and getting cross when people don't take what he's offered I guess I haven't been arguing with him much!

I did weigh myself this morning and I have lost 2lb in 2 weeks, so that is better than nothing!

Think I will read through the book again today just to reinforce everything!

Hi all. I thought Easter would be hell because my MIL was coming to stay and I find that stressful and usually eat and drink a lot, but it was fine. I'm already finding the whole thing more natural. I've noticed that I now chew slowly even when I'm not thinking about it. My only problem is that I sometimes still think in diet terms so if I am hungry, I have some ryvita or an apple. But I think that is actually what I do want so perhaps that's ok. But best of all, I really do think now that this is it and think of being slimmer in 'when' rather than 'if' terms. It's very exciting.

Hi all, hope you had a good break last weekend. Patkica, I understand where you are coming from. Sometimes when I am cooking food I feel very hungry so I will pick at something. I will eat it slowly but it does take the edge off my hunger. I have had some good and some bad days but on the whole I feel very good about myself. Yes, it is more of a lifestyle now rather than an endless diet. I am positive that with time I will achieve my ideal weight, calculating at 4lbs a month that should be in a couple of months.

Hi everyone. Is everyone still on board and doing ok? I had supper with a friend last night and it was really hard to look as though I was eating everything he had so generously prepared. He had bought a lobster - I kid you not. Luckily he drank quite a lot and ate a lot too so I don't think he noticed that I wasn't actually stuffing my face. It's been over 2 weeks now and I still haven't weighed myself. I'm terrified that the scales will show no change: I know I'm not meant to be, but I am. Does anyone relate to this?

Hi, everyone, yes, Patkica, totally relate to that! I am feeling really off focus - can't get self back into eating consciously (think am pre-menstrual). Feel the last two days have undone all my good work. Need to listen to CD.

Hi all,

Dinny, I completely relate to your last post. I'm premenstrual and in a bit of a downward spiral. Haven't listened to the CD for well over a week and haven't been following the rules. Feel I will be fat forever and don't like myself very much at the moment.

TaiTai

PS: Whoever went to London Zoo on Sat of Easter Weekend - sorry I only skimread posts and can't remember the name, but I went there on Easter Sunday and had a good time.

PS: I've stayed the same weight for the past two months - argh

Hi, Taitai,

Well, since my last post have been for a short-ish run and feel MUCH more positive and back on track (ish). Really helped - was soooo hard to make myself go though. As I'm pre-menstrual and moody I'm going to let my body have stodge on demand - think that's the only way to not go off the rails.

Come on - WE CAN DO IT. Listen to the CD, I'm going to when I get home.

xx

Come on girls we must get motivated. I too have come off the rails but I still feel good about myself. I think that the answer is to listen to the cd as much as possible, PM says on the cd that several weeks later after listening to the cd and following all that he says we should be nearer to the new body we want to be (not in those words of course). One of the main things is not to beat yourself up if you divert from the training. Funnily enough over the weekend I exercised but since Monday I haven't done anything. My dh is on a business trip so maybe I'm into an emotional phase

I'm with dinny and horse on this: WE CAN DO IT. I'm sure the trick is in listeneing to the CD everyday. I missed a day and I felt much more prone to falling off the wagon the next day. It will work, but we have to follow the rules and what have we got to lose? I've been to the gym twice this week, the first time in months, and I loved it. A bit of exercise really does lift the spirits. Think about yourself slim: I keep thinking about all the lovely new clothes I'll get to buy. But being pre-menstrual is hard: some chocolate and a lie down are compulsory: so long as you really want them and you eat slowly

Thank you, ladies We seem to now have a war cry of WE CAN DO IT. I'm so glad this thread has been resurrected.

I've been stressed also because working hard on a project that will be finished tomorrow. On Sunday I will start my running programme again and also listen to PM. I agree completely that the real secret is to listen EVERY day for at least a few weeks - something I as yet haven't managed.

Hello, everyone - what a greta support this thread is (she says about to tuck into pizza and wine). But feel like a treat kind of day so am not stressing. Good tip about the CD - I'd only been listening about once a week max. will try to do it every day.

how's everyone else?

Hi everyone. I'm sitting here with a glass of wine too . The good news is that I finally got the courage up to weigh myself this morning, and I discovered that after three weeks I have lost 13 pounds. Yes, 13. I am thrilled . Now, only another stone and a half to go! But it works. IT WORKS! I have never lost weight before like this: it's been really quite easy. Thanks so much for keeping me going: it's really helped to have thrs thread. How is everyone else going? Haven't heard from Wangle and Monkey for a while. Are you ok?