Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #96631 in Books
• Published on: 2007-01-01
• Format: Import
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 144 pages

Customer Reviews

"I Can Make You Thin" Review
For almost 2 years now I have been handing this book and 'mind-reprogramming' CD to every patient who comes to me to lose weight, or who is caught up in the mentality of diets, scales, cravings, or overeating.

At the risk of making this book seem overly simple, here are Paul McKenna's 4 golden rules...
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 are full stop.

I've seen other "I Can Make You Thin" reviews that dismiss the 4 rules as just obvious common sense. I'm not sure what common sense they can really mean since the rules make a mockery of the majority of get thin / lose weight approaches around. Rule 2 in particular certainly disagrees with the 'common sense' that I was taught as a medical doctor.

Even if the rules are common sense, McKenna needs to be given great credit for showing people HOW to live these habits. Hopefully you are buying this for the results, not just to have a fun read and a relaxing, new-wavy listen.

Yes, the title and the back cover is a bit hypey, but the inside is less so. The book is refreshingly thin :), jargon-free, and entertaining.

McKenna's style also involves techniques such as tapping (TFT/EFT), hypnosis and NLP . Hypnosis is what first made Paul famous, and I've seen NLP Practitioners review this and say they knew all of these tricks before. In NLP terms Paul is saying that the Golden Rules are the "model" for being "naturally thin". Just knowing all the techniques won't help if you have the wrong model as I suspect most NLPers do.

More importantly, you don't need any of these techniques to apply the 4 golden rules and lose weight.

Most people can go the book & CD, discover the Aha moments, and get started on transforming their relationship with food and their weight straight away.

There might be a group of people that could eat according to the 4 rules and not be thin, but I agree with what Paul says. For myself, I'm yet to meet such a person.

I have counseled people who thought it didn't work for them, but it turned out they hadn't gotten the rules into their behavior, so here are some extra pointers...

- Just listening to the CD over and over doesn't seem to be enough. The book plays a big part too. Expect to re-read the book at least once. You can succeed without the CD, so if it doesn't suit you, no sweat.

- Don't add more rules. Extra rules almost always conflict with the four golden rules. Must eat breakfast? No. Just eat when you are hungry. Have to eat only fresh food? Check you really want to eat it, and whether you might want to eat anything else a bit more. Etc, etc.

- Having trouble visualizing? Just act 'as if' you are visualizing, or on the CD just leave it to Paul.

- Don't make exercise the focus. Improved fitness will improve your chances of living longer, but unfortunately the best research evidence is that exercise doesn't help much in losing weight. Keep to the four rules, which are all about food and getting back in control.

- If you have a question or a difficulty, the answer is somewhere in the book. The book alone truly is comprehensive (unlike watching YouTube videos or reading this review.) Indeed this updated version covered the two or three remaining gaps I had found before, including the extra chapter which covers self-sabotage.

In summary, McKenna is not the only person to propose this way of eating, but his is the most accessible version I know about. His is also the most likely to reach out from the page and permanently change your thinking and your behavior, and thereby your weight.

You can buy his measly book just to prove Paul wrong :)

Oh and then come back here and add your own review. Let people know what your results have been, whatever they are. No one book/CD can fit everyone but "I Can Make You Thin" deserves way more reviews here on Amazon from people just like you who have been wondering if this might just be what you need.

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Worked for me
This book is for the emotional eater. I love how Paul McKenna explains that the only reason people aren't skinny is because they eat when they are not hungry and they keep eating even though they are full. Its amazing how some of these habits were never taught to me. I was taught to eat everything on my plate even though I was full. And that is where my weight gain started. Its like everything in the book is the common sense that no one ever taught you, and people are puzzled as to why they are overweight. This book will teach you everything. It is really easy to read and I read it in about 2 hours.

What really helped though was listening to the CD every day. His hypnosis CD really works... I have been looking for ways to change my habits for years but this really gets to you on a subconcious level. Its not dangerous at all. In fact, its life changing for the better. I have been reading about dieting for years and nothing has worked except for this. It brings your self esteem up, changes your eating habits and cravings, and really helps you loose weight.

This book has really changed my life and I'm so happy that I have found it. If you do the CD everyday after reading the whole book, you'll know what I mean.

This works
I was quite sceptical about this at first but willing to give it a try. I don't care for the title but other than that i'm amazed at it - i'm not craving chocolate,sweets or anything in fact. Even though, in the book it says eat what you want and not what you feel you should be eating. You might feel a little foolish when you start listening to the CD but that soon goes. It is very relaxing. This book tries to stop the guilt you feel between yourself and food, and to make you appreciate yourself.