Hi everyone
Well I haven't written on this one but have been reading all of the threads. Well I need help. I started my diet the end of June and went well until half way through October, then I started having things I shouldn't. I got back on track sort of, as the weight really started to slow down, and then yesterday I lost it and ate and ate and in the end I thought well "get it out of your system" and had all of the things I wanted to eat. I felt sick!! So this morning I have woken up 2 kilos heavier!! but am just going to start again. I don't know where my will power went!
I am also a scale junkie, I can get on it every time I walk past it, which is silly as you get heavier as the day goes on.
Oh my weight this morning was 74.4 and I have to get to 50, I started at 101.6.
I am hoping that all of you can help me?
Talk to you all soon
Carolyn

Hey Sweetie its hard to get started for alot of us I had the darndest time but once I did It wasnt so bad. Just think about how good you felt before when you lost weight and know how good that feeling would feel again. You can do it Hon. I find that the easiest thing for me is counting calories but everyone is different I did this and have lost 40 pounds since August so its working for me. As far as being addicted to the scale, cant help you with that one as Im just as bad. Many of us are. Just keep your chin up sweetie and you can do this. If you need anything everyones here for you.

danpoll - hello to a fellow Canberrian. I am with you.. since breaking and going out to dinner with some mothers from my kids school I have broken every day.. It has been two weeks. Yesturday I ate about 15 morning coffee biscuits. I hated myself for doing it but couldn't stop it.. Why is that. I was soooooooo strick before that and didnt break once. I need to refocus.

I started at 106, now at 94 and need to get down to 50 also. I look forward to hearing from you and welcome to the forum. I am going to put a dress on laybye for the school reunion and hang it up where I can see it I think.

Well talk soon. Everyone have a great day!

Love Kim

Hi Ive got a good idea!!!Why dont all of us on here from Canberra meet up every so often for a cohens get together,it looks like Kim,Rajah and Carolyn and myself are all from Canberra. I live in Gilmore so maybe we could meet somewhere central for everyone and have a chat,ive got my refeed that I could show you what it entails and we could motivate each other. Only a suggestion, take care and keep away from naughty bickies or in my case jumping freddo frogs.

Have just been told by a relative, that is it worth joining up as I may not stick to it and so what a waste of money, and that if i really wanted to loose weight, i would have done it years ago !!!! This would have to be said on the eve of me joining up and forking over the cash ! Agh Agh.

Casey dont let your relative rain on your parade wont they look stupid when in 4 weeks you have lost 10 or more kilos and have your clothes falling off you,pay no attention to them they obviously are not very caring or supportive so stay away from them and just refocus and be excited that you are doing something that will change your life. People like that are just jealous and probably dont like themself cos if they did they wouldnt discourage others or say negative stuff. Stay happy keep smiling and forget what was said,its not a waste of money its for you. see ya

Hi everyone
thank you for your support
I do like the idea of getting together - I am in Gordon. I am not sure how we would arrange this???
It is a shame that we ALL don't live near each other, I would like to meet everyone
Carolyn

Casey,
I am with Kaseysmum - what your relative did was mean. Who cares if you have never stuck to a diet before. I never have!!!
Embrace the diet and you will have them eating their words. It is not as simple as 'getting rid of the weight' when everyone else thinks you should. The point is - you have made the choice to do this diet NOW.

They always say the best revenge is living your life to the fullest. Go for it and turn up at your family chrissy do looking sensational!

A tip for the scales - is they aren't in the house, you can't stand on them. Get a hubby/partner to hide them and only let you have them once a week.

Danpoll - don't let the break get you down. Focus on the new day
Missysmum - how exciting! I bet you look sensational. Well done!

I have had a good couple of days. No cravings as I am back on Centrum.

Myshy

Hi all.

Missysmum, down 2 sizes is fantastic! Congratulations! How good did you feel when you had to exchange your layby for a smaller size! That's a positive sign that your son-in-law's tumors have reduced in size.

Casey, only you know what's best for you, so don't listen to any negative comments you receive. Making the decision to do Cohen's is a difficult one to make, but you've made it and no doubt you'll stick to it. As soon as you start seeing the results, it will keep you motivated to keep on going.

rjm, how exciting to have lost 2 kg on the refeed and to be on your last day of it! Congratulations! I still can't believe that nearly 5 months have passed since we started this diet.! The time has absolutely flown by. I picked up my refeed today and I'm starting it tomorrow. It goes for 16 days, so all going well, I'll be finished by the 9th December. It looks very complicated though. One question - when you get to the stage where you can start mixing proteins, does that mean you can swap the proteins on the original program, eg. in my Meal 3 at the moment, I can only have fish or chicken, so can I swap one of these for meat?

After my shopping spree on Saturday, I had the bug so I went again on Sunday. I returned a pair of BIB sz 20 jeans that I'd bought before I started this, but hadn't worn them (thank goodness they let me take them back seeing as I had then since May!) and I bought 2 more tops - one from Club Petites!!! Today I received a skirt that I'd bought through mail order but that had been on backorder for about 6 weeks. It's a size 12 and it's too big - yet when I ordered it, I was worried I wouldn't be able to fit in it. I used to hate clothes shopping - now I love it!

Keep focused everyone and you'll be feeling (and looking) good for Christmas!

Hi Everyone!

Gosh- I dont look for a couple of days and so much happens!

Casey- Your relative was very mean and selfish. Your relative is not thinking about the cost being overweight can have on your health. And saying that you would've lost the weight years ago if you wanted to is unfair. There are times in life when a 'switch' just goes on and the time is right, the willpower is there. If that time is right now then you should go with it. And yes the program is costly but its YOUR money and you can invest that any way you want- even in your own weightloss. Find people who are supportive, like your mum or us and go for it. Avoid your relative if he/she is unsupportive. But dont be too hard on him/her- she probably believes she's doing the right thing. And exact your revenge by losing weight, looking fab and proving your relative wrong!

Phew! That was a bit of a rant, but I think I am like this because I know the reaction you got from your relative is what i would get from my mum. I can also be a bit over protective...

No major news from me. Still waiting for my program to come through. I really hope its this week...

Thanks to those who had some advice about the Christmas season- I wil be taking lots of notice.

lmr- you have got the shopping bug havent you! You've worked hard for this. Enjoy every moment- you deserve it!

Missys-mum- it must be terrible to watch your son-in-law go through this. Its great that the tumors are shrinking! My thoughts are with you.

Welcome to all our newbies! The more support the better!

Till next time
Nat

Hi Everyone,
I am new to this thread, and have just been so inspired by all your successes. This will be my second attempt at the programme and I am really finding it difficult to get back on the wagon. Today is my first "official" day back on it 100% without putting something in my mouth that should not be there.....and I have to admit I am struggling a bit. I am finding it even more difficult to do, because I know that my mother in law who put me on to this diet has done it, and I feel like such and idiot for not sticking to it in the first place. I have so much pressure on me at the moment to get through this that I feel like some days just telling them all to go to hell!!!! I am just so sick of fighting a loosing battle with myself. I get motivated and do well for a while, and then something will happen, I will sabotage myself. Why do I do this???
Well, this time I am going to do this and I am going to beat this. I have not been on the programme since June, which pretty much has made my contract expire, but I still want to loose the weight. Does anyone know if the clinic will still do a re-feeding program even though I have well and truly died in the bottom?
Here are the vital Stats:
Starting Date: 22/11/2005
Starting weight 111.2kg
Age 31
Not sure of the rest of the measurements but will attempt to get that done in this week.
Have to get something to eat for dinner, talk to you all soon.
Take care and congratulations to you all, I hope one day I will be there too.
Suzie.[/FONT]

Kaseysmum

I am soooooo totally in.. I need all the support and help I can get to stay on track. We will have to meet somewhere baby friendly as I have 2 babies under 16 months.

Suzie - A big welcome.
My private email is kimpietrini@bigpond.com. If you want, you can email me and I will give you my home number and you can always ring me if you are going to break. I am in the same shoes as you. I broke about 2 weeks ago and now I am finding it hard to stay on track. Its more the picking through out the day and I get so disgusted in myself for doing it. The only problem is, I live in Canberra so it will be a long distance call for you.

Just a quick message I have a friend in WA doing cohens and I just spoke to her and she has lost nearly 38 kilos in 14 weeks what an effort I think she says to me but I have so much to lose she still has 100 kilos to go but she has started so well.

Doesn't that inspire all of us she should feel so great about herself and this is the first diet she has stuck to as well.

My day went lousy good for breaky always then blew it as I was out and we had prawns too many though and no salad.

Missed my fruit and biscuits and didnt have much water so I had a cup of soup for tea.

Anyway just wanted to share my friends weightloss. cheers Di

Hi everyone.
Missys mum, your friend must be so thrilled with herself, and congratulations on losing 2 sizes. I told you that layby would be too big!! Good to hear the tumors are shrinking, and as always my thoughts and prayers are with you.
Lmr, I think I am also becoming a shopaholic. I think I might just send my husband broke!! I also can't believe that almost 5 months have passed, and we are both almost at the end of our journey. I am so proud of myself (as you must also be) that I have actually finished the whole program, and succeeded at it. I have never before stuck to any diet right to the end.
When you get to the protein mixing stage, it means that you can swap half your chicken allowance for meat, so if you get 100g chicken, you can have 50g chicken and 50g meat. You didn't get many choices for that meal did you, I think I got meat, chicken or fish in about 5 different quantities.
I worked out my next days food the night before, while on re-feed, and wrote it down in a little book. It is a little confusing, but you get the hang of it soon enough. GOOD LUCK.
Suzieq, don't let people put pressure on you to do this for them. It was very nice of your mother in law to put you on to this diet, but you really have to want to do it for yourself. Just focus on the fact that in 4 or 5 months you could be so close to your goal. I started 4.5 months ago weighing 110kg, and I now weigh 75kg and am a size 12. I just love being me now, which is a totally new feeling for me. I was previously humiliated just to walk down the street as I thought everyone was judging me, but thanks to Cohens I now hold my head high. Anyway, remember that it is only a short amount of time and you can do it. If I got really hungry, i would make a cup of black tea or coffee, and put in a couple of hermasetas to make it nice and sweet. It seemed to help.
Well I am officially finished my last day on the re-feed, and have as such succeeded ( for the first time ever) on a diet. I ended up losing another .5kg this morning, so I lost 2.5kg on the re-feed, and was surprised to find that most of this loss happened towards the end of the re-feed, not the beginning, so as the quantities increased I lost more weight, so don't anyone worry about gaining weight on the re-feed. I am a little concerned about not having to weigh any of my food tomorrow, but I think I have already worked my menu out for the day (habit). Nothing too different, but just a little more variety. I am looking forward to the rest of my life, and I am so glad I found Cohens, because, as I have said before, I am sure it has saved my life!!
My little sister is also about to start the program, so lets hope she has heaps of success as well.
Take care everyone. Talk to you all soon

thanks to those of you who responded to my first post a little while ago. as i said in that, i am a uni student and, thus, doing cohen's for me will take sometime. it's going to take me quite a while to save up enough money to afford to do the program. i must admit that i wish they didn't charge a $100 administration fee if you want to pay the cost of the program off over six months. i think that's a bit of a rip-off, to be honest.

i wonder if anyone here might be willing to share their diet/program with me via e-mail? before you ask, no: i am not going to try and lose weight by using somebody else's program, not at all, i am just curious as to what their suggested diet/regimen consists of. i know that i will have to get my own prescribed regimen in order to be successful, but i really would be grateful if anyone would be willing to share theirs with me.

warm wishes to you all.