MAIN TITLE Book Reviews
Article Title I Can make you thin - Paul McKenna
Since my teens I've always been a little bit overweight. Although not madly upset
by it I have tried all the usual diets, but I've never been able to stick to them
for more than a few days at a time and always ended up binging to make up for my
loss and putting on more weight! Still, I wasn't huge (average size 14) so it wasn't
too much cause for concern past the usual New Year's resolution (we've all been there!).
But anyway, over the past year due to personal and professional stresses and a rather
unhealthy lifestyle enforced by late nights at the office, I slowly put on about
two and a half stone - naturally a big shock and blow when it finally hit me in May
of this year.
I tried the usual things, but as usual they didn't work and made matters
worse. Then I found Paul McKenna's book. I went on amazon, dubious, but after reading
the reviews (the majority of which are very positive, and in my opinion rightly so)
I thought I could at least give it a go.
And I'm really glad I did.
Four months later
I've nearly lost all the extra weight I put on over the past year, and what's more
I'm not hungry, grouchy, unhappy or exhausted from crazy exercise routines and eating
plans!
His method is really simple, and the book and CD really helpful and motivating,
especially in the early days when I needed the boost.
Eat what you want, when you
want, but only if hungry and until satisfied.
If you're not hungry, ask yourself
what you really want - I was shocked to discover how often I ate when actually not
hungry; just bored or wanting a distraction or something to do! Or often - extraordinarily
thirsty!!!
Simple.
Although in the first two months I slipped twice, I was able to
slip right back into the method.
But here's the big thing: it works. While I've been
doing it, I have lost weight and continued to lose weight - the times I slipped (mainly
due to my being exhausted from work and not listening to what my body was telling
me!) I didn't berate myself, I just reread his passage on "You Will At Some Point
Slip" and felt tonnes better and just got on with it.
Now, I do all the points without
thinking. I'm still losing weight, slowly but surely, and it's working. I'm happy,
my clothes fit tonnes better and in fact in a recent shopping trip (my first since
I started) I was able to fit comfortably into a size 10 button-up skirt - a first
for me, ever! And my old usual size 14s were a bit big, and I found I fit better
generally in size 12s!
I don't listen to the CD so much anymore, but that's because
I find I don't need to. The method is fabulous and really works - I eat what I want,
when I want [the real shock was that I genuinely wasn't hungry a lot of the time
when I was eating in the early days] and life is good.
My advice to anyone is go
for it. If it worked for me, someone who has never managed to stick to a diet for
more than a few days at a time and someone who has never managed to lose weight -
then there's a chance it'll work for you.
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