Lumpy- Don't break the diet, not even for Vegemite! It'll be there when you finish.
At the moment I'm back on 100% so no Vegemite. You can do this!
Seriously though I thought pre-Cohen's that I would not have been able to survive without toast for breakfast but I have only had it once since finishing & it did exactly what my consultant said it would. 2 hours after eating eggs on toast for breakfast I was starving!! Mostly I have had my eggs on toast for lunch when my LH has been at work or at night. Carb's make you hungry.
Funny thing is bread has lost all of it's appeal. It's a useful vehicle for things like Vegemite (I just had to say it!) & eggs & marmalade & jam & lemon butter & butter & all of those things that made me fat in the first place so guess what? I think I'm going to live without bread as a daily thing. It will be an occasional part only of my new 'diet'. I'm now a cracker nut! Crackers without butter or margarine. I had almost forgotten about butter & margarine. We don't really need them. You have bread, you need to put something on it & so on......
Milk I have given up totally. Occasionally I had a cappuchino on maintenance but it made me a bit nauseous so what's the point.
Lumpy you will be amazed at how your tastes will change. Give this program everything you've got. Trust in it & you will not regret it. At the end you will be able to re-introduce your current 'favourite' foods but, like me, you may find they are no longer so. Cheers, Cate.
My daily diary post(copied&pasted-C&P)
Down another .5kg today, so GW+1.5kg. I think I’ll call this terracing. We have a dinner to go to on Friday week ( a buffet) & are going with old friends. These are the ones I went away with last year, took my own food & did not drink any alcohol at all . Even though they thought it was good that I was losing weight I’m sure they still thought I was a bit of a party pooper. One used to work for us & we used to drink champagne together at knock-off time. I hardly see her these days, mainly because eating & drinking out is what I would have to do to catch up. My husband sees her & her husband regularly as he works with them. I really like them both a lot. I’ll see what I weigh next Friday & then stick to Cohen’s during the day, have the night ‘off’ & then re-assess next morning. If I’m still losing & not starving I might continue.
I have a funeral to go to today. One of our not-so-old customers in the pub has died of cancer & emphysema. I must go. My LH was coming with me but he got called in to work today. It’s a good thing really as we have very little income at the moment. The day he was diagnosed his girl-friend came up to tell me which surprised me really. We have hardly seen them since we left the pub. Once again for the same reason as we very rarely go out drinking in pubs. 8-ball is usually the reason for us entering pubs.
Our YS is going to come up to the finals of the State 8-ball try-outs to watch his dad & brother even though he does not need to. I asked him yesterday & said it would be nice & he said he would even if he needed to change his work roster. Nice.
I will have to really rug up for this funeral today as it is a graveside service & the wind will be coming right off the mountains & it is currently snowing on the mountains. There is a beautiful rainbow. I bought a long black woollen coat last year at the op shop & had a buckle added to the belt so I will wear that today. It’s a very impractical coat as it’s heavy but it will do the trick today. Thermals will be worn as well & gloves. Can you picture it? I would have been a wind-stopper for a couple of people once but now I need to rug up for myself! Before I post this I might go ring my hairdresser & see if I can fit an ap’t in after the funeral as I need one & it will cheer me up. Funerals always make me think of my sister & BIL, especially when the person has died of cancer. I still think of my sister daily but usually I smile. Every night from my lounge chair I see a very bright star that I think of as her.
I am meeting my LH at his mother’s when he finishes work so will do some grocery shopping & then we are going to a friend’s who is going to cut his hair. Hopefully he will have been given some more hours.
I have a few phone calls to make. I must ring & say I won’t be attending tutoring classes & I will ring my boss & ask when I can start doing the Aged Care Course. I will make an ap’t to go see her & line up some work in Launceston. What the heck it’s not that far to go- 120k return. It takes 35-40 mins each way. One day a week would be ok so that it’s not too much petrol.
Bye for now, Cate.

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Lost 36kgs 2007(Cohen's),now maintaining.
"Nothing tastes as good as slim feels".Mmm?No!Not even French Champagne!!