Hi Everyone!

Well I am back from France! Am sure I have put on a few kilos but have been off the carbs for a few days and am feeling lighter already. Will weigh myself in a few days, can't quite face it just yet!

Confident that I can get on track though! However I do wish I did not go quite so crazy in France, wine, crepes, chocolate, ice cream!! It has made me realised how sensitive I am to carbs though.

Also, the tricky thing for me is that I have not been able to develop a routine post-cohens as I went away straight after the refeed, so after I have lost the few kilos I put on in France I have to try and sort this out.

In terms of which meal I have carbs, how many times I have sweets etc...Also getting back into exercise.

Has been a bit of a pain, getting out of a routine but am thinking of the following for me.

Breakfast: Muesli, fruit toast, coffee (no milk - my refeed said to stay off it)

Lunch: Chicken salad (or fish or other kind of protein), with fruit for dessert

Snack: Macadamia nuts or yogurt with fruit or a piece of cheese

Dinner: Fish with vegies or other meat.


If I feel like carbs at another meal I might switch it but I love my carbs in the morning. So if I wanted bread at lunch or was going out for dinner, I would just have a big bowl of fruit and yogurt.

Am going to keep bringing my lunch in, that helps alot, removes the temptation.

Anyway, will start all this once I have gotten rid of these kilos, hopefully should be done by this weekend.

My consultant said that once you have done Cohens, it is really easy to lose the weight if you get onto it right away, just by cutting carbs, doing the program for a week, or just eating the foods from the program and not weighing.

She said she can put on 5kg in a week and lose 5kg in a week when she is on holidays or has a bad week.

Anyway wish me luck for this week.

Hope you are all going well!

Kathy

Hi Kathy,
Did you received the "Life After Cohens" guidelines? Mine say to only have carbs for one meal a day, but to never have them for breakfast. It says that if you eat carbs for breakfast it can increase your cravings for the whole day. Not sure if this affects you, but just thought I'd mention it.

Beck

Yeah, my consultant did mention this, but she said that if carbs did not make me hungry for breakfast not to worry about it.

They don't seem to, but still I might mix it up a bit anyway, and not have carbs for the same meal all the time.

thanks for thinking of me though!

Kathy

Hi everyone,

I am new to the forum.

Has anyone lost weight with cohen's, put it back on and then gone back to the eating plan to lose again.....

I lost 35kg 2 years ago, and have put most of it back on. I have my eating plan and was wanting to give it another go. I can't afford to pay the big bucks again though. Just wondering.

Kath, MOneypenny, Netski and all the graduets of this program where are you at??? Would really like to hear how you are going.

Karol

Well I always said that when I had finished refeed I would come to this thread and post - so here I finally am!! However, in doing so, I realize that no one else is posting, so maybe no one will even read this. But if there is a Cohen's graduate out there, especially one I have chatted with before, hello to you.
I lost 55 kilos and weigh 54kgs, so I can literally look in the mirror and see what I have lost then add 1!!! Amazing.
Today has been a feast of small tastes - my first in 15 months - and I have sampled so many things, but don't care. Tomorrow I can balance it. The simple things in life can be great - a slice of camembert, a few slithers of avocado, a semi dried tomato, a capuccino. So so good! Still looking forward to my yoghurt and fruit tomorrow for breakfast.
Would love to hear how others are doing, so if you are reading this, pop on a short note,
lizzi

Hi Lizzi can you please post some photos?

Hi Lizzi,

So thrilled that you have finished. WELL DONE. You must be so proud of yourself. 55kg's is an amazing amount of weight to lose, and I'm sure you must feel terrific. I, unfortunately, have gained back a bit of the weight I lost (again) and may be again hitting the program soon. Not quite sure yet. I'll see how I go with increased exercise and healthier eating first ( I have been hitting the junk a lot lately). Talk to you soon.

It's Been SO long since I posted!!!!

I have been on the straight & narrow pretty much since I finished the refeed program. Only munch out every now & then....but have a few "Cohen's Style" meals to equal it out. I have put on about a kilo (give or take - the monthly cycle, if you know what I mean!) I have stayed true to cohens in the morning, I LOVE my Vaalia Yoghurt & wouldn't like the idea of giving it up...I think I'm addicted!!

SO proud of you Lizzi!! Way to Go!!

I have been meaning to post for ages...but always busy, busy!! No excuse I know, but my goodness how the popularity of this wonderful program has grown!! I don't really recognise any of the poster's on the forum!! That's great news, more people taking control of their lives BRILLIANT!!

Ok, this was just a small post to get me in the swing of things again!!

Congrat's to all !! XXOO

Can everyone please keep posting in here - although I still have 11 kilos to go I am fascinated about life on the other side.

Hi! Just wondering how all you "life after Cohen's-ers" are going? Have you been keeping the weight off? What's your diet like now?

Looking forward to hearing how you're all going!

Hi Everyone,
It has been sooo long since I've visited this forum...I simply can't believe how many more people are on it- it's fantastic, and I think it's great that you've all decided to be proactive and change your life!!

LIZZI - Well Done!!! It's been so long since we've chatted, and I can't believe that you have halved yourself!!! You must be feeling fantastic!!!

Well, Life After Cohen's seems to be the question everyone's asking, I finished refeed in about April after losing about 15 kilos, and ended up weighing around 67kgs.
Over winter I put back on about 5 or 6 kilos, and a few weeks ago I weighed myself at 71.5. Must admit I was a bit pissed that I'd gone back over 70, but have gone back on it for the last three days (not even that strictly!) and am already back to 69. So I figure I'll stay on it for probably another week or so to get back to about 65.(My goal weight was 64-67, however, when I got to 64 before refeed, I found that I was too thin!)
The whole issue of weight becomes so much less daunting now that I KNOW exactly how to lose it, and quickly. And putting in on did take a bit of effort by me....I'll admit that I was eating a hell of a lot of take-away, carbs (potato bakes, creamy pastas etc) and having lots of snacks and sweets between meals...oops!! But if I could eat all that and only put on 6 kilos I figure that's pretty good!! (Although I am determined to give my body a bit more respect from now on!!)
Anyway, there is life after, and it's fantastic, controllable and food again becomes enjoyable...rather than a means to a guilty conscience!!
So, stick at it, you can all do it, I have since inspired three of my family members to go on the program, and they have all lost nearly ten kilos in the past month!!
Good Luck!!!

Tash*, aren't you meant to do the refeed process again if you return to Cohens and lose more than 4KG?

Do you weigh yourself each day since finishing?

I will be soon to start the refeeding process, I will be at the Cohen guideline weight in another week or 10 days so I am very interested in refeeding and maintainance. A bit scary actually, I dont want to be the labled as the guy who "put it back on as fast as he lost it" (tut-tut, no self control).

Hi there Lessfatty,

Sounds like you are doing well...and I'm sure that you will easily maintain it once you have finished the refeed....don't stress, there is life on the other side!

I probably would have to do refeed again for losing more than four kilos, however, I'm not really sticking to it that strictly, tend to do anywhere up to a week on, and then have a day or two of normal eating, and I really can't be bothered going through refeed again (it's quite complicated...so make sure you do it at a time when you can really focus on it!!)
I want to get down to less than I was at the end of refeed anyway, weighed myself this morning and already back to 68.5....I think my body seems to recognise what I'm up to, and responds pretty quickly by dropping the weight.
As for weighing myself everyday, I probably weighed myself quite regularly (at least every couple of days) in the first month or so after I finished (mainly cos I liked seeing those numbers!!), but after that I could tell if I'd put any weight on, and would really only weigh myself to check.
Anyway, you will come through the other side, and for the first month or so it will feel very surreal to think of yourself as a 'skinny' person!!
Good luck....

Just thought I'd bump this back to the front page again...