Paul McKenna Day #1 - Saturday

As I had said, on Saturday morning I read the Paul McKenna Book from cover to cover before getting out of bed ... after i finished reading it I felt really positive about my ability to lose weight without continuing on this food obsessed state I seem to have got myself into that if I'm honest has been making me quite miserable for the last few weeks. I tried to explain to Hubby what I had read and what it is that I am going to be doing. He didn't appear overly impressed by anything that I said because a lot of what is in the book is obvious, anyway I told him that I am going to be giving it a try for two weeks and asked that if he comes home from work in the middle of me listening to the hypnosis cd then he should not laugh and let me get on with it. He agreed, especially as it seemed that it was going to get rid of this miserable food-hating version of his wife.

Anyway, I had a nice day relaxing with Hubby. At this point I want to tell you that he made boiled eggs and soldiers and that I enjoyed every mouthful, however the whole point of this is to stop being so pre-occupied with what I should or shouldn't have eaten so we'll skip that part. I had to use one of the techniques about stopping when I am full and left one soldier on the plate. I am a fully paid up member of the clean plate club so leaving one measley soldier that I could have easily forced in was quite difficult to do. But I did do it, and I didn't miss it afterwards lol.

Later when I was hungry for a snack I took a marmite ceral bar from my moms cupboard ... it was revolting actually, and I am a marmite lover in general. I threw it away when normally I would have eaten it regardless and ate something else which I enjoyed instead.

Later, when I thought I might be hungry again but wasn't sure I had a big glass of fresh water and gave myself five minutes to check if I really was or if I was just bored. Turns out I wasn't hungry at all. Go figure.

I had a nice dinner and some pudding and had a quiet movie watching night in and I went to bed feeling satisfied, not stuffed (which is unusual for a Saturday night) and had a really good nights sleep.


Gem x