Hi All,

Jewls - Id appreciate you letting me kno when the next one will be. Thanks.

On the weighing theory, my Dr has always told me the best time to weigh for a consistancy is in the morning, which Im sure we all agree upon.

I really find when the weather isnt the best, which is the case here in Melbourne, that I have a tendancy to want to eat more so as apposed to in the warmer weather. As well as drinking the water is more difficult. Does anyone else have that problem? I came very close to having another apple today, which would have meant none tonight, or maybe a third. I dont want to go there, as reading what some of you have written, indicates that that is where the deviation starts. And that AINT gonna happen with this little black duck.

I was shopping with a client yesterday, and she was so excited when she saw the difference in my body shape. So much so, that when I was telling her I was about to start Cohens a few weeks ago, whilst passing shops that "regular" women buy clothes in, I would tell her how I was going to be in one of the dresses she was admiring, a size 12, she basically ignored me. (It was quite evident that she didnt believe I would manage to stick out the diet and that it would be quite some time before any real results were visable). Yesterday however, she was pointing out size 12 dresses, telling me that I was going to be wearing them soon. Quite amusing I thought. A reversal of roles. LOL

I really am astounded at the speed of the results. I have NEVER EVER witnessed anything like it. And I have done everything that was ever put out there. Gloria Marshall, Jenny Craig, Nutri-System, Herbal Life, (That wasnt too bad, but not anywhere as good as Cohens) Natropaths diets, Beverley Hills Diet, CSIRO Diet, Weight Watchers, Injections from Drs with secret herbs and spices proclaming amazing results etc.........AJeans that I just tried on 2 weeks before I started this new way of life, and they were so tight around my thighs and calves that they looked idiotic so threw them back in the cupboard in disgust, that now, 3 wks later, (first tried them back on on Tuesday) are so lose around the legs and butt that they look baggy and I need to wear a belt to keep them up.

Well, busy time of day for me now, as kids are home from school, Ive come home from work, and time to do those lovely daily chores. Enough of my dribble.

Hope everyone is well and you have had a lighter day.

Cheers

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i've been playing around in the different threads relating to this forum.... how cool! we have seperate areas for information... i've just finished writing about what prompted me to join Cohen's (I will imagine in a few days/weeks there will be heaps of amazing "Seeing the LIGHT" and "Activating event" stories for new and old Cohen's people to read! can't wait! and the Average weight loss poll! how cool!, i throughly reccomend keeping this post as the "chat" and "Update" room (which is what we used the last one for anyway!) and utilizing all the other great areas!
Have a fantastic weekend every one

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Started cohens 2nd Oct 2006. Goal weight 57-60kg

Hey 8-2 much!

the difference is, now we have a whole FORUM to play in. Before, all our replies were in the one thread, all in line, now we can break things up into topics, and have much more indepth conversations. It's also much easier for new people to come in, and not have to read 320 PAGES of previous stuff to feel they can join in!

asy

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Does anyone mind if we create a recipe thread "Recipes for Cohen Lifestylers" and cut-n-paste some of the recipes from the old thread...some great stuff in there but it is hard to find?

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Hey LF,

That's the really cool thing about a forum of our own, so long as you're a good boy, you can do whatever you like!!!

If you have the time and the inclination to go through 320 pages of posts, we'll all be really grateful!

May I humbly suggest that you do it using the "add-quote" function?

That way you retain the poster's details and the old post link with the recipe. Only cut out all the superfluous stuff from the posts and only post the actual recipe, otherwise it'll be unweildy.

asy

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Well lets just consider it a group project without a clear end date. This thread

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hi everyone

thank you all for the lovely messages of support. You guys are great....

And thanks for the imagery lessfatty!

i am feeling better today. I am getting there.

Got some scales and weighed myself. Couldn't belive it! if they are accurate, i am weighing in at 96kg..... but i have my reservations about that.

thats like 11.8 kg loss in 19 days? if that is the right calculation.

no, it can not be right!

how are you going briezel and wildsky?
i will be on cohens a month on 6.11.06. Not sure what my official weight loss and weigh will be by then.... but i am getting a bit more positive about reaching that goal after all.

i want to get to 85kg by Christmas. That would be just amazing. But that is like 11 kg away and i have my reservations about getting there.

i know i am cynical... but i am getting better.

wanna hear something funny.

i bought a bottle of johnsons and johnsons's holiday skin cream, thinking it was nice body lotion. Been applying it for two days without reading the packaging. It turns out to have a tanning lotion in it and now i have become an orange person, complete with orange fingers! and it is so noticable, i have had three showers scrubbing it off with no success.

I am going to see my mum tomorrow. I am sure she will piss herself at my funny colouring!

Less fatty - my husband not only has to come home to a woman crying into a peice of chicken..... this woman has become orange over night.

i really should move to hollywood. I would fit right it there (maybe when i have lost the weight) hehe

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hey everyone, a ticker update for me

Living it- beleive the results! alot of the loss would be fluid and glycogen from the muscles, but the rest is fat! you will never ever be over 100 again! do you feel better for it

I haven't posted for a while, words cannot say how stressed I am, everything is falling apart- uni is full on I don't know how I'm going to get everything done and my parents criticise me so much I really am beginning to feel like I am kidding myself and I will never get anywhere and I should just get a full time job at a call centre or something. My housemate I loathe, shes a spoilt spoon-fed uni brat and shes disgusting and messy and selfish (all of this I can't confront her because she's a cow and its her house), I'm ready to live on the streets because my lovely parents won't let me move home, instead they buy me a benz I can't afford to run. So all in all I am feeling sorry for myself and I am finding it incredibly hard to eat anything at all- sorry by the way just getting sh@# off my chest anyway I'm supposed to be happy i get the car tomorrow and my weight loss is happening but at the moment I just want a stable home not a skinny body don't know what to do

hope everyone else is better than me, but don't worry I'll pull through (somehow)

congrats lessfatty on being double figures thats excellent news

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Sound like you need to buy a nice secure unit near uni more than a Benz! I hope it is the SL500! A young guy in his 20's (I am 39) drove past me today in a brand new one whilst I was riding my bike home, quite envious.

Nov is Crunch time at Uni, when everything you avoided for so long come due and you cannot avoid it any longer. But come summer vacation and your results are back (and if you pass) you will feel pretty pleased with yourself, losing weight reaching your goals, looking a feeling better driving around in your new car.

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less fatty- dare to dream! its a 1987 something and It is only mine because my Dad is a head honcho for BEA australia, he got it cheap, fixed it up etc. I am considering selling it tho! I have a family meeting tomorrow (translation- lets all point out how much of a failure I am!) so I really am going to have to put all that drama training to good use to be able to get my old room back at my folks until something else and yes secure comes up.

There is just no uni work happening at this time- its amazing how everything goes wrong at the worst possible time!

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Mermaid Sister

OK - when i was going to uni i use to live in the library during the day where i would get most of my work done without any interruptions. They are usually open till 10. After that, i would go to a cafe and sit and drink tea over another 2-3 hours where i would catch up on all the reading. That meant i went home, showered and slept. Perhaps it can help you avoid the housemate.

More over, perhaps you can sell your car and use the money to move into a place of your own? that would really tick your parents off. You could also but a less expensive car if you need one to run around in?

If i were you, i would totally not worry about the housemate. Just concentrate on your exams and make sure you keep eating healthy.

And Less fatty is right. When you have passed, made some cash and lost all the weight you can look back at your days at uni with fondness (as i do now).

Best of luck with it....

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Hey guys!
Can someone please answer a couple of questions for me by any chance? I received my plan in the post yesterday afternoon and there are just a couple of little things I would like to clarify. Firstly, it says for meals that you must keep the 'whole line together' for eg. 95g tofu and 100g veg. Now if I was wanting a slice of tomato on my daily allowance of crispbreads is that not possible? Unless I eat the crsipbreads at the same time as my meal? I was hoping to have a meal for breakky, then a piece of fruit at m.t, then meal for lunch, then crispbreads with tomato for a.t then meal for dinner but I can't see that I am allowed to do that. Also, it says that meal's must be 5 hours apart? Does that exclude your crispbreads and fruit? Can I have these in between main meals still? Sorry if these questions seem blatently obvious but I just really want to make sure I am doing this program 100% correctly.
Any answers would be most appreciated! Thanks guys!

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Beautiful Bride (to be...)

Starting Date: 30th October, 2006



Wedding Date: 27th January, 2007
(Hope to be under 75kg by then!)

Beautiful Bride- you can't have tomato with your crispbreads unfortunately. Just plain old crispbreads in between meals. You can also only have two at a time and once you have had some you have to wait 2.5 hours before you can have anymore. Fruit you can eat whenever. The crispbreads you can have with your meals so that way if say you have tomato with lunch, you can have your crispbread with it. Also as it says 'keep the whole line together' it means that 95gms tofu with 100gms veg is the exact amount of protein and vegatable combination to acheive the optimum chemical balance in your system to promote fat burning. This is why no veggies allowed between meals because they have to be complimented with a protein... does that make sense? I hope I'm not going round in circles here some one else may explain it better if ur still confused. Good Luck!

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Thanks Mermaid Sister!
That makes sense... I thought that may have been the case but I really wanted to double check! I have decided to start the program on Monday so I look forwrad to the kilo's dissapearing!!
Keep up the awesome work everyone! You are all so inspiriational!

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Beautiful Bride (to be...)

Starting Date: 30th October, 2006



Wedding Date: 27th January, 2007
(Hope to be under 75kg by then!)

Hi everyone, SoonToBeSkinny checking in...since my frustrating weigh in Monday ( and going out of town) I have been off the diet. I will need to restart Sunday when I arrive home.

I am sure I will have gained 5-10 lbs in the week off when I get back on the scale.

This time around I am eliminating crackers...and if I can fruit. If I need the fruit maximum 2 a day not the 3 suggested.

Has anyone who has been a slow loser elimanated fruit and crackers and seen better results?

I think I am one of those people who cant have carbs, even if its the semi healthy kind!

Hopefully this try will be more successful.

SoonToBeSkinny