LightRaven
What doesn't kill me.....
Hello everyone.
I decided to take Ayleigh to the bookstore on Friday night.. I needed to pick up a book for the book club in one of the other subsections on minimins and Ayleigh loves books. So as we are walking by the front window, I see a book called " I can make you thin" by Paul McKenna. i've seen his name thrown around in a different section before and thought, "Oh, I know that name" but I really didn't read the thread.
So we are in the fiction section looking for "Sea Glass"... and of course they don't have it... but a rather large woman had entered the isle and Ayleigh goes "Look Mommy... it's... Mommy!" And I knew that what she saw in this woman, she saw in me too. :cry: And just the night before, she was patting my tummy and said "mommy's got a big tummy!" That's my fault, because I always used to tickle her belly saying "Look at this big tummy.. look at it!!"
So i said to her, "Is that your mommy?" and she looks at the lady and goes "Nooooo, you're my mommy!" and gives me a hug. I know she wasn't trying to hurt my feelings and she loves me for who I am. But it really took my breath away :cry:
So... we are walking around the book store and I stumble upon this book again.. "I can make you thin" and I decide to buy it.
I've almost finished reading it, and have started the "hypnosis" CD last night. There are 4 golden rules so far... to eat when you are hungry.. because your body is telling you it needs fuel.. to eat what you want.. not what you think you should eat... to eat conciously and slowly.. and to stop when you are full. He's got alot of interesting research as to why diets don't work. One in particular was a study done during one of the world wars.. where there was food rationing.... it was basically a semi starvation diet and this study found that people would horde, steal and lie to get more food. And even when the food rationing ended and people could eat freely... people still horded and binged on food... and ate 8 times as much as they normally would and continued to do so for a long time.
The thing is....during the food rationing period, they rationed out 1500 calories a day.. which is more than MANY diets out there.. including slim fast.
Much of this book makes sense to me. Especially the constantly thinking about food all the time part. I have obviously has success with slim fast.. I lost 3 lbs this past week... but I am always hungry. And I am constantly ... CONSTANtLY thinking about food. I get so hungry during the day that my brain gets fuzzy.. I make mistakes at work.. and sometimes i get dizzy.
I would like to try this "non-diet".. but I am feeling alot of confliction. It's making me anxious. I don't want to abandon slim fast.. or this forum,... you guys are so great.. but I am really sick of being hungry... I'm wondering if I could combine the two? i dunno.. I need some guidance please....:cry:
LR
I decided to take Ayleigh to the bookstore on Friday night.. I needed to pick up a book for the book club in one of the other subsections on minimins and Ayleigh loves books. So as we are walking by the front window, I see a book called " I can make you thin" by Paul McKenna. i've seen his name thrown around in a different section before and thought, "Oh, I know that name" but I really didn't read the thread.
So we are in the fiction section looking for "Sea Glass"... and of course they don't have it... but a rather large woman had entered the isle and Ayleigh goes "Look Mommy... it's... Mommy!" And I knew that what she saw in this woman, she saw in me too. :cry: And just the night before, she was patting my tummy and said "mommy's got a big tummy!" That's my fault, because I always used to tickle her belly saying "Look at this big tummy.. look at it!!"
So i said to her, "Is that your mommy?" and she looks at the lady and goes "Nooooo, you're my mommy!" and gives me a hug. I know she wasn't trying to hurt my feelings and she loves me for who I am. But it really took my breath away :cry:
So... we are walking around the book store and I stumble upon this book again.. "I can make you thin" and I decide to buy it.
I've almost finished reading it, and have started the "hypnosis" CD last night. There are 4 golden rules so far... to eat when you are hungry.. because your body is telling you it needs fuel.. to eat what you want.. not what you think you should eat... to eat conciously and slowly.. and to stop when you are full. He's got alot of interesting research as to why diets don't work. One in particular was a study done during one of the world wars.. where there was food rationing.... it was basically a semi starvation diet and this study found that people would horde, steal and lie to get more food. And even when the food rationing ended and people could eat freely... people still horded and binged on food... and ate 8 times as much as they normally would and continued to do so for a long time.
The thing is....during the food rationing period, they rationed out 1500 calories a day.. which is more than MANY diets out there.. including slim fast.
Much of this book makes sense to me. Especially the constantly thinking about food all the time part. I have obviously has success with slim fast.. I lost 3 lbs this past week... but I am always hungry. And I am constantly ... CONSTANtLY thinking about food. I get so hungry during the day that my brain gets fuzzy.. I make mistakes at work.. and sometimes i get dizzy.
I would like to try this "non-diet".. but I am feeling alot of confliction. It's making me anxious. I don't want to abandon slim fast.. or this forum,... you guys are so great.. but I am really sick of being hungry... I'm wondering if I could combine the two? i dunno.. I need some guidance please....:cry:
LR