I can make you thin

Okay, granted by most people's standards I'm already thin. As I am right now I could probably fit into a size 5/6, although I used to wear a 2 and sometimes a 4.

But, I found the book "I Can Make You Thin" by Paul McKenna at my library.

The basis of the book isn't a diet. It just reprograms the way you eat and think about food.It even comes with a hypnosis CD which I put onto my iPod. So I'll have it after I return the book.

I haven't gotten very far. All I've learned so far is to eat consciously and slowly (eventually he programs you to not want your weakness foods). So for the past few days that's what I've been doing with only a couple of slip ups while finishing a class project.

So instead of working on what I can and can't eat - though I hope to get rid of the sweets craving soon! - it is now time to eat less by eating at a snails pace.

1st - put down the fork/spoon after every bite. This means not using the fork in between bites to gather more food.

2nd - no touching the fork/spoon until my mouth is empty. I must chew and swallow everything in my mouth before picking that fork/spoon up to take another bite.

3rd - do something else while the fork is down. Take a drink of water, talk to whom ever I'm eating with, wipe my mouth with a napkin etc.

For snack items and food w/ out utensils:

4th - Put the item down, or take you hand out of the bag and do not have another piece waiting before my mouth is empty.

It's been four days and I'm -2.5. The book says not weigh every day, but I can't not weigh every day. The first few days I didn't go down or up. Which, considering I wasn't exercising isn't a big surprise. But then the third day I was -1.5. I wasn't even consciously picking "healthy" foods. I just picked what looked and sounded good. But with this method, I actually ate about 1/2 my normal serving size.

So, I think with this new plan I am going to forgo the food journal. I haven't been keeping up with it like I used to. But if I keep eating slower and eventually get to just healthy foods I won't really be consuming that much fat anyway. And on Monday I start going to the gym every day immediately after work. Tuesday, Thursday, Sat and Sunday I will be running as training for a half marathon.