Hi Jenark, Congratulations on starting Cohen's & for losing 29kgs. That's a great achievement & you should be very proud of yourself. May I suggest that you start a diary & type in it as often as you can. Just start a new thread from Cohen's Lifestyle - Weight Loss Forum from the orange link near the top on the left "New thread" & name it whatever you like but so we know it's your diary & we will come in & offer you support. You can do this, with or without clinic support. It's so worth it!
Cheers for now, Cate.

Hi Everyone

Not sure about the last two posts, but welcome Jenark to our little Cohens family.

Only lost 900 grams last week. I am totally frustrated with the scales. I have not deviated at all and weigh my foods to the letter and have mixed it up last week too. I am so close to being under the 100's too. UGH!!!!!!!

Frustration Plus!!! I go on holidays in 8 weeks and at this rate I will have hardly moved. The only things that I can think of are not taking vitamins and maybe I have to start exercising. I walk a couple of times a week but maybe will have to look into taking fitness classes. I feel like I need to kick start my metabolism again. I was hoping to be 85k in October and then pushed it to 90k and now it looks like I will be 95k when I go to Phuket. Meanwhile my sister is blaring along. Another 2k loss last week. She does hotel cleaning for a living, so am guessing as she is so much more physical than me, thats why the weight is dropping off her. We used to be around 20k apart now she is 25k lighter than me.

Thanks Cate for the advice on vitamins. Will go and buy some today.

Can anyone suggest a cold lunch that doesn't involve Tuna? I have to go to an all day footy carnival next Sunday and want to take lunch. If I have cheese for lunch I like to nuke it and have it all melted as normally I dont eat cheese.

Well, last week has ended and I must pull up my socks and get on with it. Hopefully the weather will hold and I will try and walk everyday this week and see if that helps.

Think thin, think thin, think thin.

Till next week, take care.

Vicky

Hi Vicky,
You poor thing. It can be so frustrating. All you can do is keep doing what you're doing and I'm sure some exercise wouldn't hurt. Just watch that you don't get too hungry.
The only other cold lunch I think of is a chicken salad. I get a bit sick of tuna too as I find either that or cheeese and crackers seem to be my staple lunches.
Take care
Beck

Hi Vicky, I sometimes switched my meals around so that I would have a Meal 2 for breakfast & then I could have yoghurt & fruit for lunch as it's so easy to take & eat out. If my weight-loss slowed I sometimes found this helped too. Chicken salad was a big favourite of mine. I slice the chicken breast up & cook quickly in some olive oil spray with some garlic salt, dried coriander,ginger & a dash of balsamic & have either with a salad with lettuce, tomato, spring onion etc or just with some celery & tomato. Soup is great if you have a little thermos suitable for keeping it warm.
Keep heart as .9kg in a week is still good. I know how frustrating it can be but you will get there and you are doing really well. A friend of mine has long plateaus, even on Cohen's, & would be very grateful to lose 900g a week. Her journey has been a long one!Cheers for now, Cate.

Hi Everyone!

I didnt get a chance to log on last week. Just as well as I would have been quite annoyed. I lost another 900g. HOWEVER, this last week I lost 1.5k ending yesterday and then I jump on again this morning and I have lost another 400g.

All this makes me now 99.9k

I am so thrilled to finally have made it under the 100k mark. FINALLY!!!

I know it feels like forever, but it was only been just over 4 months and now I have lost 25.9k.

I think my problem and also my sisters is that we started trying out the food in the cookbook and I dont think our bodies adjusted very well. So we have both gone back to our regular menu and bam, the weight is moving again. Stoked!!!

I went out Friday night with friends and didn't drink. Its the first time ever I have gone out clubbing and have not drank. And it wasn't as bad as I thought. The next morning was great. No hangover and no feeling sluggish.

The footy went well last Sunday. I ended up making soup and keeping it in a thermos. It was hot enought at lunch. It was funny not to eat at a carnival. The old days would have seen me graze through the day as it can be boring waiting for our games to come up. We got there at 8.00am and left at 5.00pm with an hour drive each way. It was a very long day. I felt like i should have lost weight just by not eating everything. My sister and mum ate the whole day and I was surprised by how much it didn't bother me. There were a few times when I would have liked to indulge (hot donuts...its the smell) but kept strong and am now under the 100k. Thank God! I was starting to think I would never get under it.

I still have a long way to go, but I am in it for the long haul. I go to Phuket in October and it will be nice to eat different things while away. I keep thinking of all the things to eat, but I bet I pretty much stick to cohens food, just wont be weighing it.

One of the Cohens girls in Lincoln weighed over 145k before Xmas. She is early 20's I think and is now her goal weight and done her refeed. I see in our newspaper that she is going in Miss Tunerama Quest. I hope she wins. She comes to our meetings and is an inspiration. I bet she thought she would never be able to do something like that.

Anyway, back to work I guess. Until next time, have a great week everyone. Special shout out to Cate and Beck.

Vicky

I heard that! I was about to scoot off to watch tv but couldn't resist checking out your diary. B....y fantastic that you are under 100kgs sweets. Congratulations!!!!!!!!!!
I'll come back here tomorrow & post again in more detail. Good for you Vicky. You're doing well, cheers, Cate

Hi Vicky. I just read my last post and hey, better late than never! I hope you are still boot-scooting along and still in the zone. I'm reading posts and forums all over the place tonight as my LH is away for the night. I'm not used to being on my own. There's no-one about (again!) and I feel like I'm chatting away to myself(again) so might try to get an early night(for me). Hope to hear from you soon. Take care, Cate.

Hi Everyone

Well its been ages since I have had a change to come to the forum and say hello. I was off work last week and with so much to do this week catching up, its the first time this week that I can pop in quickly.

I am down to 97.2k as of yesterday. Moving along. Everyone says they have noticed again how much thinner I am looking, ever since I got under 100k.

One of the cohens consultants rang me Wednesday evening and said that I had had two borderline deviations for my blood tests. I couldn't believe it. I am so strict with myself and weigh everything and have not deviated at all. We talked about it and worked out that I was eating too much cheese. I was having it nearly everyday as its only recommended that its eaten 3 times a week. I seemed to be losing weight on it to. And I was also using mixed herbs and she said not to as it has too many starches in them. I guess that must be what it was. So I am back to egg in the morning. Hopefully I continue to loose weight. I was dropping good numbers with the cheese and its so yummy.

My sister is cruising along and I am jealous of her being near the end. She is buying and wearing size 12 now, with a couple of 10's thrown in if they are a bigger make. Lucky her. I am down to an 18 and pretty happy with that. I will be even happier when I hit the 16's as they seem to have so many more choices in clothes. Especially being in the country, I am limited in what I can buy. It will be nice not to have to go between the little and big section. I dont know how I would have coped this year. The stores over here have bought in their summer ranges and it seems like 2 isles of bigger clothes and 50 million of teeny clothes. So glad it wont be an issue this summer.

On another positive note my other sister who had the gastric banding is also motivated to lose weight. She stopped for a while and was eating junk food too much and just maintaining her weight. She is eating a couple of the cohens meals as she cant eat very much, but its funny how she can eat bags of chips. She says they just melt and dont make her full.

Its funny getting used to this new body. Its fun to shave the legs now. Doesn't take so long

I am still single but have been going out to the pubs a bit. Easing myself into it. I haven't been in years and am out of practice but am having fun re-introducing myself to all the new people out and about.

I am off to Thailand in less than a month. I cant wait. I am not dieting while away, which will be naughty, but I will get back into it the day I get back. I wont be silly, but so want and need to enjoy myself.

I must go, have loads to do. Have a great weekend everyone and I will pop in on Monday to check out everyone elses journeys. Need to keep inspired.

Take Care

Vicky

thats great, 97.2kg's cant wait until i get under the 100kg mark myself, its been a few years...

i watched my mum shrink before my eyes i was so excited for her and myself, but all i have done to date is self sabotage its criminal i couldnt sleep for thinking i was finally going to be thin, i couldn't save my money fast enough yet here iam... but we will complete our plans and be thin, confident and oh so HOT to trot .....

Well i am glad your cohens advisor called you and let you know. I will take rellio and cates advice and try not to eat my meals the same way or with the same things, I will try and mix it up a bit more...

Are you on the forum alone or is your sister here too?

You have come so far, almost 30kg that is B#%*dy brilliant. You keep going.. I think if some people are only just noticing your slimming down they are blind, very blind.....

take Care and be proud
hope to see a posting soon
Chelle

Hi Everyone.

Its been ages since I have been on the forum. Just updated my weight and while not as low as I would like to be, am still on the diet and still battling along.

I have been on my trip and ate everything!!! And i mean everything. The food was so good and so fresh that we made pigs of ourselves. It was so good not to be on the diet for three weeks. Thailand is beautiful and so different from what I have known. I definately want to go back again. Those all you can eat buffets were so good. The desire to eat everything is still with me unfortunately. I thought I wouldn't be able to eat much, buts amazing how quickly my stomach grew. Although, i must admit that by the end of the trip I was feeling so guilty and over food that it was a good thing that Cohens was waiting for me at home. The last day I only had a peice of toast for breakfast as the tummy was so full it was sad.

I put on 6.5kilo in three weeks. Which wasn't so bad considering how much I did eat and the alcohol I consumed. I am very happy to report that in the first week back I lost 5.5k and the second week lost the final kilo, so am back where I started. Actually I am 400 grams less than I was.

I felt huge though. Only now am I starting to feel a bit better and more confident. Was wearing my bit bigger clothes, but am now switching back to my 16's.

I have not deviated since starting back on the diet two weeks ago Sunday. Its so much harder than last time. The novelty has worn off and I guess because the weather is warming up I am so anti social now. Everyone is going out for dinners and things and I want to eat, but know that I still have so much further to go. I am going to eat Xmas day though. I have to have something to look forward to. Its so tough this time around.

My sister is really struggling. She has 12 kilos to refeed, but is hating every moment of it. She still has 3 kilo of holiday weight to go, but is finding it slow and painful.

I am sad that I have lost the enchantment that I used to have with it. The weight is slow to go and these days I average about a kilo a week, which for this kind of extreme diet is not that quick. Everyone said its so fast, but not for me. I am only half way there and its probably going to take me another 6 months.

Still I try not to think about how long its going to take and just take it day by day. For me its the social aspect that I miss. Some people are emotional eaters, I am a social eater.

Anyway, work calls.

Till next time

Vicky

Welcome back Vic261...
Glad to hear you enjoyed your trip abroad.. Just a quick hello tonight.. will post more in the morning.. hubby home and is making much fun of me posting.... nasty so and so......


Good luck
TTFN
Chelle

Hi Everyone

Well another week has gone past on Cohens. Down to 90.9k now. Lost 1.8 last week so am feeling much better about it all. By Sunday I should be under the 90k mark which will be exciting. It feels like the 90's are taking forever, but I know its because I went away and had to take it off again. Still three weeks of eating and only two to take it off was quite good.

Am fitting back into my bit smaller tops again. I went through my clothes again over the weekend and was happy to donate another lot to charity. It feels so good to feel a little thinner after being bloated from my holiday.

A special Hi to Chelle. Thanks for dropping into my journal. I will have to find the time to read yours one day. Work has been very hectic.

Till next week, take care.

Vicky

Vicky, Hi! Good to see the seratonin is kicking back in & you are sounding more positive. When I first started Cohen's I read in here about the pitfalls of deviating & saw the struggles most people had re-committing to the program afterwards. Basically I decided to stick to it 100% for that reason. It is easier to learn from other's mistakes than it is from ours. Well, it's a lot less painful. You can do it though I'm sure. 1kg a week is still much better than almost any other program and you know, from experience, that it works. I'll catch up again soon, take care, cate.

Hello,

Hope everything is going along smoothly now.You seem to have slipped back into the program with ease.
I am still fitting into quite a lot of my fat clothes.. though some of them are now very baggy..my hips seem to hold lots of pants up and i get them on and off with out undoing zips or buttons.. my in-law pile is growing.. they shall soon appreciate my fatty clothes... ha ha ha...Revenge...

90.9kg i am green.. very green...
I am sure you enter the christmas holidays in the 80s... Oh so very green Iam...

Take care of yourself and post soon...

TTFN

Chelle

Well Vicky, I was just looking through your posts again and I cant believe how far you have come.. It is amazing.. You have reached about half way that is so fantastic… how are you finding the kin thing and body shape? I know they do tell us that the skin seem to lag behind a bit after we have completed it still shrinks for a couple of months… my boobs seem to have shrunk a bit.. Almost time for new ones.. I can’t wait to fit into some pretty little (C/D) cup bras with some lace and colour… well enough rambling.. Hope to see a post soon.. Take care and good luck

TTFN
Chelle