The book ”I can make you thin” by Paul McKenna changed my approach and has served me better than any diet. I had tried everything over the years- Slimfast, Forever Living cleanses, Weight Watchers, soup diets, Special K diet, intermittant fasting, low carb. If it’s been a trend in the last 20 yrs you can bet your life I’d tried it. I was a diet junkie- always very good at losing weight, but just as good at putting it back on.
I was recommended the book by someone who had lost weight and kept it off, but I was really sceptical and purchased it thinking well it’s a way of putting off going back to Slimming World for a week or two while I read it!
It’s not brilliantly written (felt a little patronising at times- I’m probably a bit of a literary snob though!) but honestly.....from someone who has no vested interest in flogging you the book (and was kinda laughing at myself even reading it, like ‘ducks sake, I’m educated, why am I reading this drivel.”) it’s the best £10 I’ve spent on myself in years. I read the book twice, listened to the accompanying CD, did the exercises, used the techniques he gives you, and I lost 3 stone over 2 years ago and have never looked back.
The essence of the book is to eat whatever you like, when you like. You can only eat food that you absolutely love (yep cake for breakfast is fine if that’s what you want), only ever when you’re hungry, really savour it, and stop when you’re full. Sounds easy right? It taught me so much about why I overeat eat, and that I probably hadn’t felt genuine hunger in about 20 years (
).It’s also given me a freedom around food that I never thought I could have- nothing is off limits.
It was emotional and difficult at times. One of the exercises asks you to put a post it note on your most visited kitchen cupboard that reads ‘What do you really need.?” and that got me for a while....made me tearful a few times. I realised that I genuinely used to eat because I was sad, or bored, or unfulfilled, or stressed, and what I needed was friendship, or a bleeping break from my kids, or a hug, you know? There ain’t enuf biscuits in the world to sort that tit out, and until you fix those root causes, you will always turn to food!
Honestly, I’ve recommended it to so many people- Paul should send me a bloody royalty cheque or summat
Read the Amazon reviews. Brill!
Good luck xxx
I was recommended the book by someone who had lost weight and kept it off, but I was really sceptical and purchased it thinking well it’s a way of putting off going back to Slimming World for a week or two while I read it!
It’s not brilliantly written (felt a little patronising at times- I’m probably a bit of a literary snob though!) but honestly.....from someone who has no vested interest in flogging you the book (and was kinda laughing at myself even reading it, like ‘ducks sake, I’m educated, why am I reading this drivel.”) it’s the best £10 I’ve spent on myself in years. I read the book twice, listened to the accompanying CD, did the exercises, used the techniques he gives you, and I lost 3 stone over 2 years ago and have never looked back.
The essence of the book is to eat whatever you like, when you like. You can only eat food that you absolutely love (yep cake for breakfast is fine if that’s what you want), only ever when you’re hungry, really savour it, and stop when you’re full. Sounds easy right? It taught me so much about why I overeat eat, and that I probably hadn’t felt genuine hunger in about 20 years (
).It’s also given me a freedom around food that I never thought I could have- nothing is off limits.It was emotional and difficult at times. One of the exercises asks you to put a post it note on your most visited kitchen cupboard that reads ‘What do you really need.?” and that got me for a while....made me tearful a few times. I realised that I genuinely used to eat because I was sad, or bored, or unfulfilled, or stressed, and what I needed was friendship, or a bleeping break from my kids, or a hug, you know? There ain’t enuf biscuits in the world to sort that tit out, and until you fix those root causes, you will always turn to food!
Honestly, I’ve recommended it to so many people- Paul should send me a bloody royalty cheque or summat
Read the Amazon reviews. Brill!
Good luck xxx
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what I find strange is that no matter what I eat I don’t put any on either, I binged on Doritos, pizza, chocolate etc during lockdown yet put nothing on, then when I ditch the crap and eat healthy it doesn’t shift either!
