I Can Make You Thin - Oh, Really?
In the first few minutes of the first episode of the series, I learned why Paul McKenna is one of Britain’s top self-help experts: the guy I watched the show with did not leave the room when he heard it was a diet show, and he even stayed awake as McKenna enthusiastically presented his first four rules to reprogram his audience to eat like thin people. Yes, finally there’s a diet show geared to MEN. That’s because neuro-linguistic programming is science, not hype – or, at least, it sounds a lot like science - and men relate much better to science than to the anguish of not being able to fit into the shirt they outgrew 20 pounds ago.
In the opening episode of I Can Make You Thin, McKenna revealed his four simple rules to reprogram the way you eat. These include:
- When you’re hungry, eat.
- Eat what you want, not what you think you should.
- Eat consciously and enjoy every mouthful.
- When you think you’re full, stop eating.
Of course, there was more to the hour than just that. There were testimonials that his method works. There was a couple the series intends to follow over the next few weeks. They’re preparing for their wedding — her wanting to get into the wedding dress, him needing to lose about 200 pounds so he can live long enough for the raging fires of love to fade to a slow burn. But the rules are what really matter.
