Kath- Thanks sweets! I'll visit you, so don't worry! Cheers, Cate

Well.... I FINALLY DID IT! I AM AT 99.9 EXACTLY!

I was hoping it was going to be yesterday but I slept REALLY badly the night before and didn't lose a thing! But I knew that I should be pretty close this morning especially after having Aquarobics yesterday! WOOOHOOO!!

I never used to weigh myself... ever... I just never thought about doing it. I didnt own scales or anything and I never really wondered. I know that in my teens I weighed in the mid-70's because the doctor wanted my mum to put me on a diet, and I think I stayed in the high 70's or early 80's til I was about 21 or so... but then over the next 15 years the weight steadily increased. So..it has been AT LEAST 15 years since I was under 100. I am so STOKED!

99.9kgs!!!!! That's 17.3 kgs in 11 weeks! This program truly ROCKS. Cohens is the new beginning for me... not just a quick fix and then I am done. It is changing everything. I try to make sure I enjoy my food so that I dont go back to the old way of eating. If I had the same meal all the time like some do... I think then at the end I would just go back to eating all the old food and then put on the weight again. So I really need to LEARN to enjoy this new way of eating and decide that this is for LIFE!

The next goal is 85kgs.... and I would love to get there by the end of October. That's 3 months. Thats a minimum of 5kgs a month... which is do-able according to my stats.... so lets hope nothing else goes wrong...

Blessings to ALL
Kath

Hi Kath that is awesome.Isnt it a wonderful feeling to be in double figures...you couldnt stop me smiling for nearly a week. You are going great guns...keep it up and see you at the finish line.
Genie

Kath-
CONGRATULATIONS!!
xoxoxo Cate.

CONGRATULATIONS!!
Its great to hit those double figures isn't it!

I am very happy for you. You are doing a great job and are inspiring others on your way.

keep up the great work.

Thanks everyone! Genie.. I definitely couldn't help smiling ALL day and telling everyone who knew! Cate... you must have spent ages on your message... I know how fiddly those things can be..THANKS. Thanks Moni... for your encouraging words.

HOWEVER... here come the vagaries of weighing Daily... and I am used to this and not upset... I should have waited to announce my wonderful news til it had settled, but today not only was I NOT 99.9 but I was 100.6. I was more than the day before. I think that there are a number of factors involved in this. One is sleep again. Still not sleeping well. No BM yesterday or the day before. The others are food related. I ate my crispbreads way too close together yesterday... wasnt paying attention. But the biggest impact I think... Is that I only had 80g of Chicken for dinner last night instead of 100g...which just goes to show you the very specific nature of this program. I think my body may have gone into panic mode not getting enough food...so it held onto everything. I know for a fact that I am still losing and that this is not really a problem. I love that being able to record everything helps me work some of these things out.... otherwise I might get overwhelmed and give up.

I am pretty sure that tomorrow it will drop again to 99.9 or less (Well I hope anyway!), as it is my weekly weigh-in!

Ok... will keep you posted tomorrow!
Blessings to all
Kath

Kath- I've done the same thing myself. This weighing constantly is hard not to do but is not a good idea. Good for you 'fessing up though! cheers, Cate.

Hey Kath... congratulations

Well done Kath

I cant wait till I can say I am 99....11kgs to go....

Isn't this program amazing!!! Keep up the good work

HI all!

I think my body saw 99.9 and not only didnt like it, it ran away screaming in the other direction! I have been weighing daily since the beginning and keeping track of everything (like Baloo and Peter in NewYou), because I like that approach, being able to see the impact of different things, like Cheese and water etc. Well I did hit 99.9 on Sunday but on Monday morning I had put on .7kg which was the most I had ever put on in the whole 11 weeks (the biggest before was no more than .2kg and usually I just stay the same for a few days). I put it down to all those issues I talked about last time... too little chicken for dinner, crispbreads too close together and not enough sleep etc... I figured that by Wed morn I would have at least got back to 99.9, as I lost .4 on the Tues morn and considering my normal loss it was not a big ask to lose .3 to get to 99.9! But Today I woke up and I had lost NONE... Even though yesterday was a normal day in every aspect.... except I am still not sleeping well at all. I am waking up at 2.30 and then again at 3ish and so on. I might look into taking some Valerian or something..have to see what's in it I guess. So... I was a little peeved!!!! Like I said... I think my body is freaking out about being under 100, cos it has been so long!!!

Oh well! Thats my Rant! I totally understand that this is what I get for daily weighing and am generally ok with it... in some ways it is just annoying and pretty funny that it would happen at one of my biggest goals!!!

Ok.. better be off to have brekky!
Blessya
Kath

Hey Kath

Pity about the numbers, it's playing with your mind though! Try to ignore it Maybe even miss a day of weighing just once to see how you go.

I am finding that (only in my 5th day mind you) I'm waking up at 2am, then again around 4.30am.. It's not bothering me much, because last night when I woke up at 2am, it felt as though it should be 7am - I felt so refreshed it wasn't funny, and to see the time only made it better!

Are you finding it hard to actually get back to sleep again? Has your cohen advisor recommended valerian or something to help you sleep?

Hi All...
Well its my official weigh in day... and boy has this week been a hard one for me on so many levels. My weight has not shifted in over 4 days… which as I have been keeping record… generally doesn’t happen to me. In fact I have not been able to get past 99 at all. It really is like my body is stuck. I have been stuck on 100 or 99 for the last 2 weeks and THAT is abnormal. This week I only lost 0.8! (although a LOSS IS A LOSS!) This is a little distressing, because if it stays at that rate I will be here till the 3rd of June, which will be more than a year. I know that Asy took a year but during that time she said she lost 2kgs a week and she told me that she didn’t know how she would have handled it if it was a kg or less a week, plus she had double what I have to lose. I don’t know if the change is my body setting into a cycle (I cant even blame my TOM, cos that was 2 weeks ago) or if it is other things, like Aquarobics. I only do litepace Aqua twice a week and I have noticed a big improvement on my back and general flexibility, which is fantastic. But I guess means I still have to weigh up the costs and benefits of doing this with or without Aqua. On one hand I could give up Aqua and “maybe” go back to losing a little bit quicker, or keep it up and have a slower loss, or I might consider cutting it back to once a week and see what happens. It really shouldn’t be building too much muscle etc, it really isn’t like going to the Gym… its mainly just moving and keeping your heart rate elevated, with some toning work, which I generally don’t work too hard on…I just keep moving.

I know that I am not deviating. I do read my book regularly and nothing stands out as wrong. I drink 4L of water every day. I have minimal spice on everything. I tried cutting out my crispbreads for a couple of days this week just to see if it changed anything….nothing! I know that some of my proteins have been under weight, by a few grams, but nothing as drastic as the really small portion of chicken I ate last week (which was more accidental than deliberate, I forgot that I had frozen a small serving and didn’t add to it). I have been a bit slack when weighing out proteins for freezing… in the sense that if they are under a few grams (usually no more than 5) then as long as they weren’t over I said “oh well”. I guess I will start making sure that they are perfect and see if that helps.

As you can see I am feeling a little stressed and quite fragile about all of this. Of course it wont make me deviate… I have no worries about that at all, cos I don’t even feel like eating other things. I just have so much other stuff happening in my life. Believe it or not Cohens was actually helping me through some of those things, because I was seeing such great positive results it often gave me the boost I needed to cope with all the other Cr*p! I already write so much in here there wouldn’t be enough room for me to talk about all the other stuff. I think that struggling with Cohen’s makes it harder for me to cope emotionally with those other things and then I start to get more emotional ALL ROUND.

I just am a bit sad that it could take so long and why do I have to be one of SLOW ones why cant I be one of the quick ones….or at least middle of the road. I have been slow right from the beginning and that has been ok… generally, because it was coming off consistently, but the last few weeks have been a challenge. I lost the normal 3.5 in my first week (well that was the week before my plan arrived) and then I lost 7kgs in my first month, 4kgs in my second month (which I figured was due to my holidays, and this month I am looking like it will be about 4 again. 4 is ok I guess. But still I will be here till next May/June.

Weight: 99.4
Weight lost so far: 17.8
Weight lost altogether from my heaviest to now (2004): 41.6
Kgs to go: 34.4
Measurements so far: 66.5cms lost

I think being stuck on 99 is having a real psychological effect on me. Its like my body is saying “Nooooooo, you can’t do this to me”! Normally I would walk more or try other foods… but you cant do that on Cohen’s. So, what do I do from here? I will wait one more week, and then chat to my consultant on my monthly update. It also will be a month of doing Aqua… so that fits in well…. Maybe I will only do one Aqua this week, and see if I can fit in a walk instead.

Well there are all my Ramblings on how I am feeling at the moment. You know…. I am still amazed at this program. The fact that I have no desire to deviate and the fact that I have seen the results that I have is truly remarkable….and generally I am enjoying what I eat every day. I am loving plain food and really loving the full taste rather than covered by sauces and spices etc. ok… I had better go to work now.

Blessings to all!
Kath
PS... Hey Purple... Thanks for stopping by! I do feel like I have slept when I wake up, its more the stress of knowing that I am not getting a full night's sleep and on many a night I will lay there for an hour or so trying to get back to sleep and that is annoying. When I wake up I dont feel stressed or worried about anything in particular and I get to sleep fine every night. I have tried a half tab of Valerian, but I am worried that it will impact my loss even more.. so I will talk to my consultant about it.

Hi Kannadew

In response to the aqua I assume you weren't doing this prior to starting Cohen's? If not then it very well could be. It might not feel like you are building muscle because it is much more gentle than a gym workout but you must realise that you are exercising in water. The resistance of water is much greater than what you would be doing in a gym! It's deceiving because it doesn't hurt or over exert you.

My background is swimming and that's why I love it. I can go and swim a 1km and it's the equilivant to 2-3 hours in the gym! It tones and shapes so quickly and I cant wait to get back into it as soon as my refeed finishes, not that I'm there yet.

If are you enjoying it dont cut it out completely just cut it down as you said and see if it changes thing.

Also, regarding your food - it is vital that you do your correct weights. Good enough is just not good enough. My consultant said to my from the beginning make sure they are correct because you are also looking at the weekly and monthly requirements and if you're 1g or 2g each day then over a week you are 7-14g down and over the month it's 28-56g down on what you body needs.

Just re-group and re-focus on your portions and you will be fine!

Sometimes we just need a little plateu - I hope it gets back to normal for you!

Think positively slimming thoughts!

Lauren

Hi i dont want to sound like a parrot and I dont speak from experience because I am only in my second week. But when I had my first consultation, the consultant told me they had a lady and her weighed loss seemed slower than what they expected. For weeks they couldn't figure out what it was, they then asked her to nring in her scales (From what I understood she was using a non digital scale) and it showed that she was missing out on 5grams of her protein and that was the problem.

Just incase that helps

Thanks Lauren for stopping by and being practical in the midst of all my full on emotion. I need it. Focusing on the practical helps me cope with all the emotion stuff happening in my life... which is why I think Cohen's is working so well for me. You're right... I wasn't doing Aqua before I started. I was walking 3-4 times a week and figured that replacing it with Aqua only twice a week couldn't do too much harm. But I do enjoy it and it has helped alot ... so I will go tonight and then miss the Sat one and go for a walk instead and see if that helps. Your point about correct food weights is also a good one. I knew that every 1g over would make a difference over time...but I hadn't considered the "Under" difference over time... I was more concentrating on not going over. I have been endeavouring to fix this and when I buy new meat I will make sure my portions are correct before freezing. I think the important thing to remember is to not compare with others... with everything else that is happening, I dont cope as well if I start to compare myself with others...I fall into a pit and I dont cope as well. I must remember that this is MY JOURNEY not a copy of someone else's.

HI Suzie. Thanks so much for stopping by and being supportive...Trust me it really does help. You point just reinforces that small differences in my protein add up over time and will slow it up even more than it has been. My issue is that I have been pretty slow right from the start... but I think the positive thing about that is that I get more time overall to practice healthy eating and develop better habits than before... so really maybe my going slow should be seen as a plus in the long-term. I have been this way for 30 odd years its a good thing that it will take me long time to learn and apply new ways of behaving.

Thanks again gals!
Blessings
Kath