Diet Trials : Paul McKenna

I have a test that I will be carrying out over the next week or so when I get the opportunity to have a MacDonalds meal. Before the diet I probably would have had a MacDonalds every few weeks, mainly if we were out somewhere with the kids at the weekend and we would take them for a Happy Meal. It is certainly not a regular meal for me. One of the main complaints that I always have when I eat a MacDonalds meal is that they would never fill me up. This is something that I have heard a few people say especially men, who may end up having to order an extra burger or some more fries just to feel like they have eaten enough when they leave the restaurant.

So the test will find out whether the rules of the Paul Mckenna diet will change my outlook on having a MacDonalds. I reckon that the reason that the meal does not fill me is because I always eat a MacDonalds really quickly. It’s just something about opening the box up and smelling that juicy burger, you just can’t help stuffing it in as fast as humanly possible. So I will eat my next MacDonald consciously making sure that I smell my food and chew it properly and slowly, taking into account all of the flavours and textures that are part of each bite.

I strongly suspect, knowing that my meal portion sizes have been reduced by eating consciously that the MacDonalds will be able to fill me up if I eat it conscioulsy. I am more concerned to find out what a MacDonalds really tastes like. You are certainly more aware of salt levels in food when you chew it a lot…so I may even find myself being totally put off eating a MacDonalds!