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Anybody following Paul McKenna - I Can Make You Thin ?

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Kayleigh · 09/04/2005 16:40

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

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lilibet · 18/04/2005 11:26

Kayleigh - so glad you sadi that about feelin gold - I thought that for ages - it was only a week or two back that it clicked. I think our version is better!

I'm 42 in a couple of weeks.

but the eating is going well - I am eating so much less. Yesterday wasn't really a typical day as I had a hangover .

The thing that is different for me is breakfast - I am never hungry in the morning and in the past have 'forced' myself to eat something, but now I am just waiting till I feel hungry.

I still can't listen to the 'notice noticing' bit without smirking!

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Kayleigh · 19/04/2005 09:49

lilibet, really glad it's working for you.
I am still plodding on! I listen to the CD once a day, usually at bedtime.

Am really finding this easy to stick to, and enjoying everything I eat so much - anyone else finding that everything tastes much better ?

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Kibby · 19/04/2005 13:13

kayleigh, I bought the bookand the CD yesterday on your recommendation and so far - only a day, I know but I'm feeling far more positive about everything actually. Like you I'm comopletley giving up ciounting points checking the back of every packet, tin bottle everything and am just going to enjoy my food and stope when I'm full and only eat when I'm hungry. If it doesn't work I will of course sue you for every penny... Ha!

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Kayleigh · 19/04/2005 13:17

Kibby, good luck. Keep posting. Interested to see how it goes for you. I wish I was on bloody commission for this. The man must owe me a fortune already

oh, and I am ignoring your "sue" comment as I would of course draw your attention to the "works for 70% of people" disclaimer on the book

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lilibet · 19/04/2005 16:49

I'm enjoying the taste of things but really hve to try to remember to eat slowly. Dh is under instructions to tell me to do it!
Last night the rest of them were having roast chicken, dh had carved everyone elses, we were all sat down and he was just carving another bit for himself and when he came into the dining room mine was half gone!

oops as I said - move over in the trough!

But I did still get full before the end

lilibet · 20/04/2005 10:24

The thing that I can't get over is like Kayleigh said, how i am no longer obsessing over food. My crunch time is when I get in from picking the boys up from school, I would either binge, or agonise over what was 'free', how many sins/points I had. And now I don't. It's really strange.

and something I noticed last night is that I went for a lie down and to listen to my cd and I noticed that it was 19.01. I dozed off as I always do and when I woke up I looked at the clock and it was 19.31. So I must have woken up when he told me to - I think that's spooky!!

What number do you manage to count to?

marj · 20/04/2005 14:38

I want this cd/book, but I cant find it. I looked in my local tescos who didnt have it. I have also been to woolworths but nothing there either. Is it stocked with the cds or the books as I have just realised that I only browsed the cd sections in both shops.

Please help me!!!!

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Kayleigh · 20/04/2005 15:04

marj, you need the book section honey. It is a book and the CD is tucked in a plastic wallet at the back.

Out you go again

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crunchie · 20/04/2005 15:04

It is in the book section

I bought it yesterday and listened to the CD last night - fell asleep too. I am trying to remeber what number I got to, somewhere about 267 before it became too much effort

Anyway I am starting on this one, since I am off to France in 5 weeks and I was already stressing becasue I KNOW I'll want to eatthe yummy bread and cheese and I didn't want to ruin all the work I'd put in. How sad is that I haven't even lost the weight I wantto before the hol, but I was already worrying about putting it back on on holiday and feeling guilty

Anyway I'll go back to my thread as well as keeping up on here, as I still want my personal food diary

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Kayleigh · 20/04/2005 15:10

marj, you need the book section honey. It is a book and the CD is tucked in a plastic wallet at the back.

Out you go again

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Kayleigh · 20/04/2005 15:12

oh crunchie, we were going to be slim this summer remember ?

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crunchie · 20/04/2005 15:26

Kayleigh, hold on it isn't summer yet!! We've got at least 10 weeks to go Plenty of time My probelm is although I wanted to be slimmer by this summer I am fatter than I was LAST summer

But Once I have lost this first stone I'll be about what I was then, so another stone and I'll feel great

I really liked the book I have to say and think that it seems to make sense. I would like to be able to enjoy my food again, and not eat as if the world will end tomorrow so I must just eat one more chocolate (or whatever) I don't know how fast i'll lose weight, but lets wait and see. I will be weighing in on Thursday however as that will be 3 weeks in to my diet and I had a personal goal of 7lbs (only 1/2 lb short on Monday)

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Kayleigh · 20/04/2005 15:37

Just wish I could be as optimistic as you honey

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crunchie · 20/04/2005 16:25

Kayleigh, hold on a minute, read this thread through - tell me how you are feeling? You are doing great, you sound like you are on the road to something, hence I bought the book. Knowing you in RL means I can trust you

Seriously even if we both lose a stone by the summer, that would be great, particularly if food has stopped being the enemy. That is what I want from this, I want to break the cycle. I never used to diet and I think I have mucked up my mind by doing so. I am the sort of person that will eat a whole loaf of bread in a supermarket car park so no-one sees how bed my eating habits are. I hide food packets from DH and When I lose control I REALLY lose control I am getting fatter no thinner, despite diets, so I need to try to change my mind. I have willpower about 95% of the time, but I cannot seem to stop teh 5% ruining it all.

Anyway we will do it

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Kayleigh · 20/04/2005 18:31

Crunchie, you are right. I feel happy that something is working and I am happy I'm not obsessing. But I keep waiting for it all to go pear shaped (a bit like moi!) as I am so used to failing on diets.

Feeling a bit ropey today as have been hungrier than normal for last two days, but probably just due to period as I came on this morning. It's those voices in my head. The good voice says "It's only natural to be hungrier, it's your body, just go with it and eat a bit more today" the evil little voice is saying "ahhh look, you can't stick at anything, you're going to fail again"

I think I'd better go and listen to my CD !

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lilibet · 20/04/2005 20:20

Crunchie, you don't know how plesed I am that you said that about the bread. I do things like that. I'm not going to say 'used to do things like that' yet - it's only been a week and I started just after I came on so I haven't had the real challenge yet.

You have done really well tho', when is your wedding? dh and I are going to one on Friday and I'm in my usual 'I'm too fat to look good in anything' mood

TinyGang · 20/04/2005 21:02

Kaleigh, you said yesterday you should get commission. I think you should do your own weight loss plan - you're so encouraging and lovelyThanks for all your help.

Marj - I got my book in Asda for £5 something!

Lillibet made me lol saying that collecting her ds's from school was a bad time of day. Me too! I have been known to finish dd's leftover lunch fgs when we get home, whilst admonishing her for not eating it. OMG so embarassing!

I think I need to take this a bit more seriously and listen to the cd more often; it gives me weird dreams though!

I do like the idea of it, but find it very hard to go 'under' with the 'notice noticing' and all that. Paul McK should just stop by and wire my mouth shut and confiscate my corkscrew; now that would work! Must try harder! Keep going ladies

dinny · 20/04/2005 21:29

can I join? was given this book in jan and since then have had a spate of bad luck so losing weight has happened without needing to read it before now. still some to lose though and am feeling out of control around food. it sounds excellent - have read most of it and tried to do it but find that when I am tired and doing tea for the kids it all goes out the window and I grab whatever and shove it in any tips on how to stop losing it???!!!

TinyGang · 20/04/2005 21:44

Come on in dinny! I'm hoping some of Kaleigh's success will rub off on me

God, you're so right about tea time. In fact anytime after 4.30 onwards is not good for me. I don't nibble too much till then, but after that is a red alert.

Acually, re-reading that, it's obvious to me that then is when I should try any listen to the cd. I think I eat/drink at that time beacuse it's the most stressful part of the day. I'm getting tired/hungry and ratty and so are the children; I'm doing 100 things at once with tea, baths, homework etc and it all goes haywire and my control goes out the window.

dinny · 20/04/2005 21:50

Thanks, TinyGang. Good idea to listen to CD at tea time - but how, just in the background?
I completely lose focus at that time of day and go in a trance where I eat bits of whatever is around

TinyGang · 20/04/2005 21:54

I know! - It's the worst possible moment to find half an hour to relax in the mayhem.

Lol at 'going into a trance' - I do that with tubs of coleslaw with the fridge door open.

crunchie · 20/04/2005 22:10

What about earlier before tea time?

Anyhow I was really good this evening had some pasta - yummy - but was totally full after 1/2 the portion I would normally eat I still feel stuffed now I am off to listen to the cd again, although last night I zonked totally with it

lilibet · 21/04/2005 00:09

Tinygang - that is so true!!! What about doing the chocolate spread with the fridge door open hiding from the children?

dinny · 21/04/2005 08:17

can you listen to it without lying down, you think?

fairyfly · 21/04/2005 08:33

I was told that if you pick your childrens dineer you should chew gum for all that time and then wont have the urge to put anything else in your mouth.