After watching I Can Make You Thin With Paul McKenna Sunday, I started following the 4 Golden Rules yesterday -

As a reminder, here are the four rules - with links to Paul’s website -

1. When You Are Hungry, Eat

I had four ‘meals’ yesterday. I was never ‘really, really’ hungry - but I did feel like eating. I ate at 10, 2, 6, and 10.

2. Eat What You Want, Not What You Think You Should

For supper, I wanted a steak. So, I went ‘big-time’ and purchased some fillets. I grilled them with a little salt and pepper. After bringing them inside, I cut one in ‘half’ and put about 4 ounces on my plate. I also had a small portion of potatoes and some corn. Read rule 3 for what happened next! Here’s a hint… It was amazing.

3. Eat Consciously And Enjoy Every Mouthful

The idea for this rule is that you ‘think’ about what you are eating - and that you eat slowly. So, at each of my meals, and especially for the meal where I had the steak, I would take a bite of food, and slowly chew it. After swallowing, I would simply ’sit-there’ for about 45 seconds. And, amazingly, after 10 minutes, 8 bites, and 2/3 of the steak, I was FULL. I’m telling you - under ‘normal’ circumstances, I’m eating that much steak in 3 bites and I’m ’starving’ for more. But, with this plan, my stomach, apparently, has a chance to tell my brain - hey, I’m cool - and then I can just stop eating.

4. When You Think You Are Full, Stop Eating

Later, I felt a little ‘hungry’ - not starving, but I felt like I wanted something to eat. I drank a glass of water and then I fixed a plate of chips and salsa. I used ‘rule 3′ and - after eating EIGHT bite-sized chips - I was full.

So far - and I realize that it’s only 1 day - I’m LOVING this program.Click here to read my summary post about the 4 Golden Rules

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After watching ‘I Can Make You Thin With Paul McKenna’ last night, I started following the ‘4 Golden Rules’ this morning -

As a reminder, here are the four rules - with links to Paul’s website -

1. When You Are Hungry, Eat

I wasn’t hungry until 10AM.  So, I didn’t eat.  I have a feeling that I will BE hungry earlier, once I’ve been on the ‘rules’ for a few weeks.  But, late last night, I ate a bowl of ice cream, and I woke up ‘full’.  So, I waited until I started to feel hungry - and I had a big glass of water - fixed some food and sat down to eat.

2. Eat What You Want, Not What You Think You Should

This felt ‘funny’ - but I did it anyway.  I had some turkey bacon, a dill pickle, a banana, some sunflower seeds, and some banana peppers.  I like all of these foods.  So, that’s what I ate!

3. Eat Consciously And Enjoy Every Mouthful

I sat down at the table.  I used a knife and fork.  I chewed each bit 20 times.  I took the ‘extra’ time to pray and think about my day.  My wife called.  Our little baby girl is doing ‘just fine’ and she’ll be born in a few weeks!  As I was enjoying the food, I noticed something…

4. When You Think You Are Full, Stop Eating

In less than ten bites - I was full.  Not ‘busting-at-the-gut-I-can’t-breathe’ full, but, ‘hey-I’m-not-really-hungry-full’.  So, I quit eating.

I have no idea if these ‘Golden Rules’ will actually help me lose weight - but I DO know that I am full.  And, I’m NEVER full.

Click here to read my summary post about the 4 Golden Rules

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I had never heard of ‘Paul McKenna’ until tonight. I was flipping through the channels - and thinking about getting another bowl of ice cream, even though I was already ’stuffed’ - and I saw his show -

I Can Make You Thin

I have decided to give his ‘4 Golden Rules’ a shot.

Here they are - Click the links to go to Paul’s Website - McKenna.Com

1. When You Are Hungry, Eat

2. Eat What You Want, Not What You Think You Should

3. Eat Consciously And Enjoy Every Mouthful

4. When You Think You Are Full, Stop Eating

Paul has a website here - I signed up for a fee account and joined the forum.

I’m going to do my best to follow the ‘4 Golden Rules’.

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Here’s the final rule  -

When You’re Full, Stop Eating!

I’ll summarize a few of Paul’s thoughts -

The more you listen to the ‘full’ signal, the better you’ll feel -

We decide how much we want from what we see, not from how we feel -

Our stomach will tell us how much to eat -

My thoughts -

I’ve NEVER felt full, but maybe that’s because I’ve eaten too much, too fast, and never ‘listened’ to my stomach.

I’m excited about trying Paul’s rules.  Let’s rock!

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Paul’s third rule is -

Eat Consciously!

Again, I’ll summarize a few of the points he makes -

People who overeat ‘think’ about food all the time, but, when it comes ‘time’ to eat, they ’shovel food’ into their mouths -

Eat slowly, think about each and every food -

Chew the food and think about it -

Like when we ‘drive’ on the freeway, when we get ‘on an on-ramp’, we realize how fast we’ve been driving -

Eating consciously - slowly, no distractions, enjoying the food - allows us to actually feel ‘full’ when we are -

Eat at a quarter of the speed that you normal eat at -

My thoughts -

This makes a lot of sense.  Of course, the part of me that ‘loves’ the way I ‘feel’ when I overeat is SCREAMING at me - no, no, no, no, no…

But, eating slowly, putting the fork down, taking my time - being a human being about it - makes a ton of sense.

If you join his site, you can see a list of the ‘Golden Rules’ and I think there’s a forum, too.  Hmmm….

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