Well here I am starting my Diary after all this time. For those of you who know me I started Cohens in December 2006 and completed refeed march 2007. I lost 15kg and was estatic.

Last night I was so down with myself that I wrote a very long post in the "LIFE AFTER COHENS" thread.

The reason for opening up my own diary is because since finishing Cohens I have slowly put on.........what was 6kg has now gone up to 8kg yes I have just got back from the gym had a shower and went to put on my size 12 pants from summer and they were so tight....so I hopped on the scales and the horrible shock of that figure now creeping back into the 70's was like a horror movie.

How could this happen? well I know how but i am so up set with myself.

ANYWAY REGRETS ASIDE I AM MOTIVATED ENOUGH AND BACK ON THIS NEVER ENDING JOURNEY OF WEIGHT LOSS. THE SCALES THIS MORNING HAVE DEFINITELY BEEN A WAKE UP CALL.

So here is my weight loss journey part......2. wish me luck.

Sam

Hi Sam

Welcome back!!! And well done on you for catching it when you did and admitting to yourself that you had let go a bit on your control of the situation. Just think it could have been back to the 15kg you lost or even worse - more so dont think so badly of it. Try and spin the positive of the situation (could have been a lot more kg gained) and then use that positive energy to create more. When everything seems down it can be hard to get positivity rolling but if you can get it started it's much easier to keep it flowing.

You were finishing your refeed when I was researching the program and you were certainly an inspiration to me and I am sure you will continue to inspire. Sometimes we are thrown these curve balls just to remind ourselves of what we can do but also what we must do to stay there. Like you said in your post in the other thread it is something you have to continue to manage for your life.

Good luck restarting and we are all here for support!

Lauren

Sam- I just popped over, read your last night's post & came back here. Good for you jumping on the scales. I have been wondering if you had yet & wondering how you are going. I have you to thank for encouraging me when I first started in the forum. I think you have such a positive outlook on life. I am sure you will be back to goal weight in no time, with a lot more knowledge to equip you to keep the weight off for life. Thanks for starting your diary, xo Cate.

Thanks for those encouraging word LifesGood and Cate.

I wake up call indeed and yes I probably needed this to happen to get me to acknowledge that I can't just settled into old habits and stay the same weight for ever.
YOU CONSUME MORE FOOD - YOU GAIN WEIGHT. That is the realisation.
The other thing I had to do was revue my goals of why I needed to lose weight -at that was to be slim and healthy by the time I turned '40" which is next year.

Well yesterday I was so good exercised, ate healthy. I was challenged in the evening though, my older son started futsal (indoor soccer) and he had to play 2 games so we went and had something to eat out after, and I had grilled fish and salad - I wasn't even tempted by the boys hot chips. I drank lots of water through the day, green tea and also hot water, I've been feeling a bit clogged up lately so I am hoping this will flush out my system. I also kept moving the whole day doing the chores around the house and not sitting down much.

The other thing is I won't be following the Cohen's plan 100% only because I have just joined the gym and started exercising on my cross trainer and I don't want to give it up.
So I am having a bit more veggie, and will experiment with the carb's etc. I am not after fast weight loss this time and just want to see it come off.

Off to exercise now - will check in later.

12/09/07 71kg
Goal weight between 60-65kg

Sam Time to start inspiring myself............

Did my cross trainer and cleaned half of the house, then hubby called and he took me out for lunch. I feel great I didn't get anxious about eating out.
I ordered a entree size healthy chicken and salad, but it was enormous, no wonder we are all getting fat in the western countries.......and to think the developing countries struggle for one meal a day. It's a sad set of circumstances.

So that's it for me won't check into night I'm off to see Miss Siagon with a friend tonight.

Sam

Hi all

Just letting you know how my day went. Didn't manage to exercise but did lots of walking all day at the shops. Ate healthy as well.
Tomorrow I will weigh in........at the moment I have lots of stomach bloating and pain, I tried some diet tablets on the weekend and I think they actually made me gain weight and the stomach issues.

Hopefully it will disappear soon.
Does anyone have any suggestions?

Hope everyone esle is doing well.

Goodnight.

Weighed in today a bit of trepidation..........but was amazingly surprised-I've lost 2.2kg

My god it just shows what can happen with a bit of exercise and eating right.

Well I'm off to exercise check in tonight.

estatic sam

Starting weight-71kg
14/09/07-68.8kg

Well here I am back again, twice in one day. Just had my dinner steak and salad.
Busy afternoon with kids and their friends and park visit. I am proud to say I stayed away from all the wines and nibbles the other mum's brought.

Exhausted now and would enjoy a drop of red but will instead have an orange and a cuppa.

Have a wonderful weekend all

Sam

Hi Sam, Good for you! I love your attitude. I'm too scared to get off track so hopefully won't. It is great that we have the knowledge & skills to whip that weight off in no time if we need to. I think Cohen's seem to be right when they say our bodies are trained to lose weight. That steak & salad sounds good. I haven't had a steak for weeks. I will have to make a 40km(each way) trip soon & stock up on some decent steak. I love it! I hope you have a wonderful week-end, cheers, Cate.

Today I woke early after going to bed past midnight - I spent the evening catching up with friends and family over the phone. I love Friday nights the whole family completely unwinds and we have a light meal and just veg out.
Today........well to be honest I didn't do Cohen's at all......BUT I didn't eat any rubbish either.

I made pancakes for the family and the kids helped with cutting up fruit, it made a nice change from our usual bacon and eggs cook up on a Saturday morn, which i must add I did not participate in I normally stick to my yoghurt and fruit, so my breakfast's were most of the time Cohen's friendly. Had lots of water and a big pot of Chai green tea it's my favourite at the moment very refreshing.

The rest of the day I kept busy - even though I didn't do any scheduled exercise I did keep moving with doing the housework,washing and ironing, I only finished about 5.30pm.
I did have some tuna and rice a very small portion late in the afternoon and for dinner I had salmon with salad and 1/2 a portion of Turkish bread with philly spread. Dessert was an orange. I find oranges great for getting my system working after being constipated for long periods. (sorry for the details)!
So that is my day, not too exciting but I am so busy with kids during the week that I love having the Saturday at home with us all not racing off anywhere. Sundays we usually go for drives or visit their grandparents.
So that is me for now.
Chat again later.
Sam

Hey Nans68,

Good work with all the exercise yesterday, you must have been exhausted at the end of all that house work. I know I am. Today my day is like your yesterday. Hopefully I can finish by 5.30 it would be nice to be able to sit down and relax that's for sure.

Don't worry to much about the deviations, I understand that it can add to your weight loss by not losing anything, but as I understand it if you are exercising burning more kj than your eating it's got to move somewhere..

Good luck on today. Hope you have a good Family Day.

Faithie

Hi Faithie

I am not stressing this time it doesn't help anyway. We had a lovely day out at the beach the boys spent ages digging in the sand and I sat in the shade and read the newpaper (bliss).

Well here goes with what i ate yesterday, i started the day off well and had my yogi and fruit, I nibbled on fruit and rice cackers while out.
By the evening I didn't do so well I nibbled on the boys kfc chips and had 2 nuggets,a glass of wine and.......ice-cream.....and I am not finished yet pita bread with jam(I didn't have butter) and cups of tea.

I know it wasn't good but today I am having no carbs and will exercise later.
I had yogi today with fruit,green tea and water.
I should be exercising now but i am looking after a friends little boy unexpectedly while she takes her other little boy to the Doctor's.

So I will report back tonight and let you know how it all goes.

Hope everyone else had a wonderful weekend and did lots of losing.

Sam

Well here I am back, I am so tired after looking after the little boy he was so good though we played games and he entertained himself with my boys toys while I did the washing etc. I think it's always more stressful when it isn't your childanyway By th

Just finishening what I started, well i didn't manage lunch by the time the mum came to pick him up and she stayed for a bit - then it was time to leave to do school p/up's.

Tonight I had a tuna salad with a little pasta I know I said I wouldn't have any carb's but I was starving by dinner time I followed this with an orange. Not stressing tomorrow is another day.
I didn't eat rubbish which I so easily could have.

See ya tomorrow
Sam

Hi Sam,

I wish I could be like you and stick to the program after a deviation. It's taken me 9 months to get back on track, geeze I could of had a baby and guess I probably look like it too! Hence why I'm back. LOL.

Sounds like you had fun with your kids yesterday. Life is about family,fun, joy and happiness. they are the most important things to me.

I've heard that if you get those ketone strips that you can check your level of ketosis and that if it is high then things like pasta etc don't play too much haovic on what we eat, still letting us loose weight. Just think a small deviation now is probably nothing compared to what we used to do. You should be proud that you can stop and get back on the cohen's journey after having a taste of life.

Hope you have a good day tomorrow.

Faithie