Diet Trials : Paul McKenna » Inspiration

4 Weeks of Paul McKenna

diettrials — Tue, 07 Feb 2006 11:11:03 +0000

The last 4 weeks have gone quite quickly for me, which is surprising as normally when I am on a diet it seems like time almost stands still. During the 4 weeks I have been able to do normal things like go out for meals, which if I was on the Atkins diet would be very tricky to find a restaurant that is carb free. It almost feels like I am not really on a diet at all.
One thing I forgot to do was to weigh myself. Well more like I got the scales out of their hiding place in the wardrobe… but couldn’t get on them. Not too sure why….scared I suppose of failing and I know that I have slipped up a bit. Being able to put my thoughts and feelings about my weight on here has really helped me, but I really want to be able to say that I have lost a decent amount of weight. I will tomorrow weigh myself and post it up, fingers crossed that I haven’t put any weight on….that would be disasterous. I think I am now worried as I really do believe in this diet and if this hasn’t worked then I am going to be really lost as to what to do next. I know there is no miracle weight loss programme, and it does require hard work and motivation, but I really do just want to lose a few stone. I suppose there is always liposuction if I get really stuck!

Day 24 – Getting back on track

diettrials — Fri, 03 Feb 2006 10:02:32 +0000

So it’s now Friday morning and for the last few days this week, after the final Paul McKenna show on Monday, I have slipped a bit with the diet and the Golden Rules. When I started the diet I was so motivated about the diet, and was so inspired by the Golden Rules that I was able to visualise myself losing weight and reaching my goal. I think it is so easy to slip back into old habits and revert back to eating quickly and when you are not really hungry. When I eat I know that I am starting to eat quickly again without doing it consciously and slowly. A few times this week I have found myself getting to the point of feeling too full and just eating because food was there. I will get back on track as I can see that it is working for me and this is the best way to lose weight that I have found.

I am now totally against dieting in the form of stopping certain food groups, whether it is stopping fatty foods or cutting out carbs… I think we all know now that this only works for a certain period and the weight loss isn’t permenant. I have to get my mind set as it is in a naturally thin person and treat food in a way so that my body gets what it needs and not what I think it might need. For instance the jam doughnuts I ate at work the other day… I wasn’t hungry when I ate them, I’d only just had my lunch, but I must have had a craving to eat them. I should have stopped myself, either by a tapping or spinning technique, or just asked myself whether I was actually hungry.

I am going away for the weekend, next weekend, with my wife to meet up with a group of search engine guys like myself, so I could do with really focusing myself this week to shed a few more pounds. Then while I’m away I will have to remember the Golden Rules. As this week is nearing an end, I am definately going to make sure that this weekend is planned to involve good, healthy proper meals and some extra exercise.

Paul McKenna is Making me Exercise

diettrials — Tue, 31 Jan 2006 17:31:35 +0000

Paul McKenna in last night’s show was focussing on increasing our exercise levels. During the diet I have felt myself get more motivated to exercise, even to the point of thinking about dusting off the exercise equipment that I bought a few years ago and never used. The exercise that you do during the day doesn’t have to be strenuous, just enough to make your body need extra energy and therefore speeding up your metabolism. Paul McKenna presents his show in such a good, down to earth way and doesn’t set goals for people that are unrealistic. The best exercise to do that is simple is just walking. Aslong as you increase your exercise to do more each day than you were doing before you started the diet the better it is. He suggested that a pedometer is a good way to analyse how much or little exercise that you do in your normal life. I know that for instance my wife does more exercise than me, just in the amount of times that she runs up and down the stairs after the kids.

I started today a new regime. At work I will go outside for a quick cigarette and normally stand around chatting to whoever is around. But today I thought that I would use this time to fit in some exercise. So instead of just stood smoking, I decided to walk and smoke, walking to the end of the car park and back. It’s not very far, just far enough to smoke a cigarrette, but it is about 200 strides for each trip. So yes, even though I am combining smoking with exercise which don’t really go hand in hand, I have done an extra 1000 strides so far today and this has increased my normal daily total.

What Can Paul McKenna do?

diettrials — Thu, 19 Jan 2006 15:35:21 +0000

As I was consciously eating my lunch today and reading Sky News, to keep up to date with the latest world events I came across a story on Manuel Uribe, Mexico’s fattest man. He is one of the fattest men in the world. Only surgery can help him now but there is a risk that he could die.
He weighs a whopping 86 stone, so I don’t feel too bad at only 18 stone. Well I should be less that that now hopefully, but without my scales I’m not too sure. You can check out the story on Sky News.

If you have a strong stomach there are also photos of Manual, but these should come with an advisary warning as you might just loose your lunch. If I ever got to being this big… just shoot me or better still don’t give me any food because I’m certainly not going to be able to go and get it myself.

So that leads me to my initial question… would Paul McKenna be able to help? Is there a limit to how big you are before the only answer is surgery?

Week 1 Nearly Over

diettrials — Mon, 16 Jan 2006 11:16:31 +0000

I can’t quite believe that the first week on the Paul Mckenna diet is nearly over, it’s now Day 6. Normally on a diet, and most recently it has been the Atkin’s diet, I have found that the first week is normally the hardest. This week has been surprisingly enjoyable and relatively easy. It certainly helps writing about my experiences and hopefully sharing what I am going through with others in a similar situation.

I’m looking forward to the second Paul McKenna show tonight that i’ll have to watch once I come back from doing my radio show, StrikePoint. Hopefully Paul McKenna will fill me once again with inspiration and teach me some new visualisation techniques.

Conclusion from the Show

diettrials — Wed, 11 Jan 2006 17:00:21 +0000

Wowâ€¦. how inspiring.

Canâ€™t wait to get started and give it a start.

The points that Paul McKenna brought up on the show really made sense. Very simple ideas that I can see working for me.

He is either a really great showman and is actually really brainwashing the general public so that he can control our minds in the future or he has just produced the first guide to losing weight and staying slim that everyone can stick to and achieve the desired results.

Only time will tell…