HI hi Luvbug!

Hows things going? I hope alright! Im so exhausted and very happy that its FRIDAY! YAY! Still have to suffer at work till 5pm so no relief for me anytime soon!

Did you recieve something at Res last night? I droppes something for you at reception but the girly that was on phone -duty was a bit lost! I hope you dont mind and recieved it well-- just thought Id surprise you! Saves you the throuble! I was in the area

I hope you get through the weekend and also get some partying in! Im looking forward to it!

So here is to week 3 and on to the First weight in---ITS NOT TO LONG NOW!

Have a FANTASTIC DAY!

HAPPY COHEN'S AND HANG IN THERE!

GREETS
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Omw! Starfish! You are an angel, my friend!

I wasn't at res last night, but I've just received my gift as I got into my room..!!! You are truly so sweet! Mwah!

I'm so surprised hehehe!
THANK YOU SO MUCH

You really are a star(fish)!

My day was gloomy till now hehe. I have a workshop at 3 (how boring) and i'm soo not in the mood. Who organizes workshops on a Friday afternoon? Seriously! Lol
But you really made my day - thank you friendy

*massive hugs*

As long as you smiling girl then Im happy! That was the intension!
Small things in this world makes a difference!

I remember my varsity days and I was also rather stranded for 4 years! Its tough! Im just glad you recieved it otherwise I wouldve run over there and smack the phone lady!
(JUST JOKING)

Have a super duper day! Every girl deserves a little spoils every now and then!

WHOOO HOO its weekend!

LATER ALIGATOR!

*mwah*

Feel like comfort food? Then try this! It's..amazing!!

Cheese Veggie bake

Ingredients:

• 1/2 ricotta allowance
  1/2 mozzarella allowance
  2/3 cauliflower allowance
  1/3 spinach allowance
  salt
  pepper
  herbs/spices

Method:

Steam/cook the cauliflower to al dente. (I just pop them into the microwave for 2 minutes)
Mix the cheeses, adding spices to taste.
Spray a light coating of cooking spray in an oven safe dish.
Put 1/3 of the cheese/herb mixture on the bottom of the dish.
Layer all of the spinach on top of that.
Add the cauliflower.
Cover with remaining cheese.
Bake at 180C for 15 minutes.


Try it Starfish, it's soooo nummy!!

Hey hey Luvbug!

Hope you had a good weekend! So glad that its only a 4 day week again! Shoe! Realy going to suffer next month with no breaks!

I am deffinately going to try your recipe-- you are popping out to be quite the Cohen's cook! LOL! And so far you have only came up with delicious things -- Im keen to try!
Im in the mood for comfort food!

Lemme know how you doing k! (Still no weight-in hey???)
MWAH
Greets
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OOH Luvbug -- I wanted to ask you--- where did you find Ricotta cheese! I have been looking all over and cannot seem to find it!
Actually I have never had any before-- where did you buy yours?

Hi Starfish!!

I had a great weekend thanks! How about you??
Yeaaaaahh!! The public holidays rock!! And Wednesday is Voting Day -- I'm so excited, cause it's the first time that I'm allowed to vote LOL

Hehe, I bought my Ricotta at Pick 'n Pay. Just ask someone if you can't find it, cause they definately stock it.

I'm doing great, I think! I still get those random strikes of hunger..but then I just control myself and it passes fairly quickly. How about you?

I haven't weighted yet! LOL
I'll just keep my weight a secret till the 4 week weigh-in day. I hope I can manage that! But alas, I think it's for the better.

I'm in the pc labs on campus and damn it's full. Who am I kidding, it's ALWAYS full. lol
I'd like to chat to you sometime about your job. My sister wants to study what you did here at RAU, but she's scared. She doesn't really know what's the pros and cons. If you could answer a few questions for her it would be awesome!
It's scary for a matric girl to suddenly decide on a career that's gonna last them the rest of their life!

Have a great day!! I'll pop in a bit later again

*mwahhh*

Oh great! Thanks I will go check at PnP!

Weekend was great, went to party on Saturday but left early-- It was getting to cold and I was hungry LOL! I struggled the weekend-- was so hungry on saturday and sunday and ended up eating more crackers than my allowance-- my bf also doesnt exactly make it very easier-- eating steers and kfc right under my nose! But I just stuck to the crackers-- I sure wish I didnt though-- the crabs cant be to great!

You more than welcome-- tell your sis also! I might not be the best 'current' candidate to ask as I have been out of circulation for a while now-- Im not to clued up about the silybis and maybe somethings has changed with the subjects-- but if she wants to know where you end up after studying-- then sure-- I have info! I know that scary feeling-- I also didnt know what to study when I got to the decition time!

I cant believe you havnt weighted yet! GOOD FOR YOU MAN! Curiousity got the better of me-- I dont do it every day though but just a little peak! LOL!
Im so eager to know how you have done in 4 weeks! But DONT weight-- you have been so good till now so dont spoil it ok!

Have a great day! Good luck with the comper labs I hated that place!

Have a great day!
mwah!

So excited for your weigh-in ,eeeee!!!!

Good morning

Last night was a bit bad for me...

My boyfriend visited me and asked me how I was doing with the diet and whether I'm still positive. He says that he KNOWS that the diet will work and that he's so proud of me for sticking to it like this. But then I had a bit of a breakdown when we started to talk about the diet. I'm very motivated and feel very positive about it -- I just feel unsure whether it's working/I'm doing something wrong. I can't feel any weightloss yet..

I KNOW it's stupid, but all of us just need that initial "boost" when we see results. (no matter how small)
(Come on ladies, didn't you feel sceptical till you had that first meeting with the scale??? or felt it in your clothes???)
And it kinda feels like there's no results yet. *stops ranting* lol

I'm positive though, waiting for my 4 week weigh-in and I'll take it from there!
Maybe I'm just too blind to it yet.

We all have our little moments of weakness, I guess.

Hope you all have a stunning day!! ****

Greetings, Luvbug

Hey hey girly!
OH Im feeling like giving you a little hug!

Sorry that you are feeling a bit down! Girly, there is no way that Cohen's isnt working for you! I cant believe how strong you are- not weighting AT ALL!

And if you were wondering whether you have determination to stick to something- that alone- must show you that you can and you doing it! For sticking to Cohen's 100% for the past 3 weeks needs a reward on its own!

ITS WORKING I PROMISE YOU! Believe it also in your mind! I know it sound crazy but just keep going! Remember that small things make up a whole and every day is a small piece to the end! YOU'LL GET THERE! THATS FOR SURE!

Seeing that you dont weight--(and dont start) maybe look for a pair of pants in your cubboard that you havnt worn for a while, and see how that fits now? (i have loads of those) Its like rediscovering your stuff!


I also have my fat days-- still get them and I also look for some reasurance every now and then! Thats what our support system is there for!

You over the bulk of the first 4 weeks and in 2 days we can celebrate the fourth week! AND ALSO YOUR WEIGHT-IN!

Stay strong Luvbug! I know you can!

Huggs again and again!
Starfish1

Hi Starfishy

Awwww, thank you girl! I really needed that hug and support
You are a little angel!

I know it must sounds stupid, but I'm fine again now
I'll go and fish out those pants tonight hehehe

I can't believe how time flies! In 2 days we start week 4 -- it's crazy.
I'm only gonna weight after 4 weeks (start of week 5) to see the "real" results. So I'll just stick it through. hehe
But it's sooo close, I can almost taste sweet victory.. lol!

Damn, I'm sooo cold today. I'm thinking of treating myself after the weigh-in with a nice coat at Woolies
And maybe I should get size 8 jeans? To measure my weightloss with that! So that I can see how it fits better each week.. Sounds like a plan! Whoop whoop!

What are you up to Starfish? :P

Ya those coats at Woolies are also one of my 'goals'!! They are soooooo nice!

Was just out for lunch : My boss is getting married on the weekend and we took him out for a last single lunch! (I only had tea) But hell its cold outside!

I dont mind if they think that Im being weird by not eating-- I know what Im up to and couldn't be happier! Plane tea is actually not that bad and Im getting the hang of it! Im looking forward to gym tonight!

You right, time did fly and I cant believe that we've been on the program for so 3 weeks! Whats does your measuring tape say-- do you do your measures every week?

My weight-in is on the 5th May! YAY! Its a little over the 4 week mark!

The day that I fit into a size 8 is the day that I do a cartwheel naked in the middle if the street! LOL! nNaaah only joking but I will have to do something extreme if i ever do fit in a 8! lol! For now I keep my sights set in a 10 first!

Im also voting for the first time tomorrow-- not that I have any idea what to do with my vote!
Going to go visit my parents on the long weekend! Looking forward to that-- but wil have to stay clear of mother dearest cooking! She always cooks up a storm!

Hope you having a nice chill day! Not to much varsity!

Keep up the good work girly! Its going to pay off BIG TIME!

MWAH!

I Knoww!! So hot ;P

Shame girl, but I totally agree with you -- I don't care what people think -- I'm doing this for myself and the results will speak for itself!

I'm also getting the hang of the tea thing now, it's actually quite nice. My bf only drink black tea and I always thought "yuck", and now's he's like "told you so!" lol
Speaking of tea..I bought myself the nicest tea! It's Twinings Indian Chai Tea. It's has only natural ingredients (Cohen's friendly, I think!)

It's a rich black tea with cardamom, cinnamon, cloves and ginger.
It's quite expensive, but it's so worth it! MMmmmmmm!

I did measure myself after the first week..well, my sister did it. But I think she did it wrong, cause some of the measurements that she wrote down are smaller than what I am at the moment! lol
So I can't really go with them yet hehe

The 5th of May! Cool! I should also book myself a date with my consultant.. I'll email her now

Hehehe, maybe we'll even surprise ourselves with the size we finish with

I love visiting my parents! You must enjoy it and good luck with your mom's cooking.

I'm just gonna vote for the party that I've always believed could make a change in our country. Hope it can make a difference

Hope the rest of your day is smooooth sailing!
Thanks for being here and good for sticking even though the crackers are attacking you!

mwah!

Luvbug, just believe, believe, believe, believe, believe!

Honestly, I've been on this diet twice now (very long story so won't bore you). BOTH TIMES I have dropped significantly over the first month - a couple of dress sizes.

But stop worrying if you can't "feel" it, and remember that end of month is a time when our minds play tricks on us and make us doubt and feel sorry for ourselves. If you are having a bad day or two, ask yourself where in the cycle you are - I nearly always find I'm coming up for last week of the month, I retain a bit of fluid etc, so feel lousy. BUT... the measurements will keep going down I promise you!

There are tons of other stories better than me - I haven't been a super-fast loser, but I'm very happy anyway.