My best friend had tried many times to get me to beleive in the Paul McKenna weight loss system but I wasn’t convinced. I’d tried hypnosis a couple of times before to stop smoking but it hadn’t worked so doubted anything he could offer me. However, I bought a copy of his weight loss book when I saw it on at half price.
The main guidelines of the plan are four rules. The first rule is to eat only when you feel hungry. McKenna explains in the book how starving the body actually makes you put on weight and also what the secret of thin people’s success in maintaining their weight is – they only eat when they’re genuinely hungry. Pretty obvious no, but easier said than done of course.
The second rule is to eat what you want, not what you think you should. This is a pretty difficult to take in especially after a lifetime of calorie counting. However, the point behind the guideline is that as soon as you deprive yourself of something you upset the natural balance of your relationship with it. It controls you rather than you control it.
Next, eat consciously and slowly so you taste every mouthful. McKenna makes a good point about overeaters – you obsess about food constantly until the second you are eating it when you wolf it down without even tasting it. If we take time to really slow down and eat slowly without distractions you help your body to break down the food and so you feel fuller and more satisfied after each meal.
Rule 4 is that once you think you are full, stop eating. Another very obvious thing, but we’re so used to having to clear our plates and only believe we are really full when we feel bloated that we regularly carry on eating way after we’ve actually had enough. McKenna explains how to measure your hunger on the hunger scale, to avoid waiting until you’re ravenous to eat and how to feel whether you’re full or not.
So, does it work? Yes. I’ve lost weight and I haven’t gone without or felt deprived. It feels good to be more relaxed around food after a lifetime of worrying about calories, over eating, dieting and then feeling guilty about that piece of cake. Give it a go – you won’t be disappointed.
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