To Prepare for Cohens.

Limit Consumption Of The Following to Zero if Possible

• Cereals and Grains. Rice, Pasta, Pizza, Breads, anything made of flours of any type noodles, pancakes, cakes, cookies.
• Starchy vegetables. Potatoes, Carrots, Beans, Peas, Pumpkin.
• Sugars except in those you eat as part of natural fruits. No Coke, No sugar in your coffee, Fruit juices.
• Milk, Creams and things containing them (puddings). Except low fat yogurt.
• Commercial sauces and dressing.
• Alcohol of all types. Zero!
• Any drinks containing sugars, Soft drinks, Fruit Juices. Natural sugar or added it doesn’t matter, all sweet drinks!
• Fats, Oils, Butter, Margarine. No fried anything. No fat on any meats, no chicken skin.
• Hard rich aged cheeses. Such as Vintage Cheddar, Edam, Gouda, Emmental
• Chocolate!!!!
• Ice-cream!!!!
• Stay out of fast food shops.

Focus Consumption of the Following

• Lean Meats (no fat), Fish, Prawns.
• Tofu
• Eggs (not many not often, one or two per day)
• Green leafy vegetables. Spinach, Baby leaf, Lettuces
• Tomatoes Celery and Asparagus, Onions (including leeks and spring onions)
• Mushrooms
• Diet soft drinks, coffee and teas are ok in reasonable amounts without milk or cream.
• Fruits eg Apples, Citrus such as Orange Lemon, Stone fruits such as peaches, Mangos.
• Natural Vinegars
• Soft fresh cheeses in limited amounts. eg Mozarella, Feta, Cottage, Phillidelphia, Ricotta.
• Limited amounts of crackers or flat breads such as pita bread.

Tips

• Studies have shown that increasing the amount of protein in your diet and decreasing the carbohydrates help you to reduce your weight and reduce your hunger/satiety. An example sized meal for a lady on Cohens may be a 110grams lean steak with 105grams of non starchy vegetables a man may be given a 125gram chicken with 125grams non starchy vegetables...this is not a big meal!
• Eat a protein breakfest yogurt, omelet with non starchy vegitables, fruit; no starches of any kind (toast, corn flakes)
• Just have one kind of meat in a meal or one kind of fish or tofu.
• Don’t eat starchy carbs with proteins (meats, fish, tofu) only eat meats with non-starchy vegetables. Actually just don’t eat starchy food period!
• Cohens program limits carbohydrates of all types, only a 4 or 6 crackers per day.
• I believe following the The CSIRO Total Wellbeing Diet diet (Australian goverment science labs), would also be a ideal lead into the Cohens diet. On amazon here Tag line HIGH PROTEIN + LOW FAT = TOTAL WELL-BEING The TOTAL WELLBEING DIET
  

Thanks so much for your advice lessfatty just one question, what is the difference between soft and hard cheese?

Thanks it is a little vauge wasnt it. I changed the description to fresh soft cheeses now such as Mozarella, Cottage as OK and Hard aged such as Vintage cheddar.

Great! I can't wait to get started!

I'm stocked up ready to go for tomorrow... so excited.. can't wait for first weigh in.

hello everyone just a quick query-does anyone know why the cohens programme costs much more in australia-680aud compared to 220(equivalent to 286aud) in the US.? A friend of mine lost LOADS of weight on this diet but its quite expensive.

I understand that the contract for the US/ Internet version is much shorter, and the level of support is much lower.
I think compared to Jenny Craig, and even Weight Watchers weekly meetings, it is reasonably priced considering the speed and success of the program..... So far, its the best $680 I've spent on a diet/ exercise!

Thanks for that. i will admit my consultant has been pretty good so far although doesnt always call when she says she will but obviously business must be good with summer coming up!

Just lettin you know philidelpia cream chesses is not allowed on cohens.

Phillidephia cream cheese "light" is allowed on my American (internet) program. However I understand the Australian program doesnt include light cream cheese. But in other threads light mozarrella is not allowed as it is on my program. I think Australians can eat kangaroo, but I am allowed to eat deer and buffalo. It is interesting the differences in the programs, I have eaten Snapper since I found that Cohen australia plan had snapper as possible fish choices.

However I do feel Cohen personal plan is finely balanced particular with the amount of proteins included each day, so it was my intention with this topic if someone followed the food types in this thread as some kind of 1/2 way state to being on a personal diet plan, particularly if someone wanted to get started before their individual plan arrived. To little protein each day combined with low calories could lead to loss of muscle mass and for those with heart conditions this could be dangerous.

I must admit by posting top this I dont want some who is sick (even if they dont know it eg diabettes) starting and getting sicker as a result so everything in moderation, however I dont think that following the eating recommendations below would be detrimental.

hi lessfatty,
are you allowed to have mountain bread on the american ( internet program )
Reb

Actual Cohen diet is crackers only eg Nabisco Premium crackers

No bread of any kind is allowed on the American Plan....that's stated in the Personal Guide that everyone gets.

So..what is Mountain Bread?

And only some people get to have Philadelphia brand cream cheese in their personal diet....and its usually "Fat Free".

Hello all!
I'm looking at starting on the Cohen's lifestyle eating plan (being 110kgs with a goal weight of 70kgs) BUT I have heard that breakfast is usually yoghurt. I tried Sureslim for a brief 2 weeks before heading off on an overseas trip & it was fruit and yoghurt for breakfast. I'd never really eaten much yoghurt before and it turns out I'm allergic!!!! Can any of you tell me the kind of things you have for breakfast on Cohen's? I'm am REALLY ready to take control & hope this is the program for me. Any feedback would be great!

You guys are such an inspiration!!

Cheese is OK, so are eggs (one egg for breakfast) each with approximately 80grams of vegetables.