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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All posts about the ‘4 Golden Rules’ will be listed under the ‘Golden Rules‘ category.

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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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Here’s Paul McKenna’s second rule -

Eat What You Want

I checked out TLC’s website and I was directed to Paul’s website -

McKenna

OK, I’ll summarize a few things he said about “eat what you want”

Eat what you want, not what you think you ’should’  -

When we eat what we want, we stop depriving ourselves -

Golden Rule 4 is up next!  Pretty interesting, so far.

I registered for free account at Paul’s website.  It will be fun to see if this program ‘works’.

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Paul’s First Rule is -

When You Are Hungry, Go Eat!

I’ll summarize a few of his statements -

Physical and emotional hunger are different -

Don’t starve yourself -

Stay between 3 and 7 on the ‘Hunger Scale’

1. Physically faint

2. Ravenous

3. Fairly Hungry

4. Slightly Hungry

5. Neutral

6. Satisfied

7. Full

8. Stuffed

9. Bloated

10. Nauseous

Starving does not work - too much guilt - we start ourselves throughout the ‘day’ and then ‘binge at night’

Metabolism is important -

TELL YOUR BODY THAT YOU ARE NOT GOING TO STARVE IT AND THAT YOU ARE GOING TO GIVE IT ENOUGH FOOD

So far, I’m digging this program.  I identify with the ‘habits’ that he’s talking about.

It looks like there’s a website for the show.

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