Losing - LOL at skinnycat the reason i came across the whole desert thing was i was reading alot of posts about cohenites weight loss slowing down and plateau-ing into their last 10kg or so before refeed...well me being the worrywort and impatient kitty that i am i definately did NOT want to still be on cohens for another 3+ months so i started experimenting with my menu.
For some reason the yoghurt/apple/ryvita thing fills me up i think its because i eat it slowly because i really savour it and enjoy it spoonful by spoonful which probably takes me longer to eat

For the first 12 weeks on cohens this was my typical meal

Breakfast: Yoghurt
Lunch:Fish with Vege
Dinner:Beef or Chicken with same vege as lunch

some days i would have my cheese option for lunch and fish for dinner but would only limit this to 2 times a week (paranoid about the full fat cheese )

Now my menu will consist of the same as above but i will have fish or chicken or beef for brekkie (just cook it the night before and reheat in morning)
sometimes i will have yoghurt for brekkie but i have been trying to mix it around alot so my body doesnt get used to the same stuff day in day out.
Ive also increased my cheese option to 3 days a week which in turns means i eat alot more fish now.

I only weigh myself monthly at cohens clinic so i wont know how this experiment will have gone until i step on those scales on the 9th of march!!

At first it was really weird having fish/chicken/beef for brekkie - i pretty much scoffed it down and went back to bed for another nap before i truly got up but now im really used to it - i actually think this has been a big learning curve as i used to treat my food as a comfort and now i just eat what i need to and get on with the day - although at times i will sit and enjoy what im having. I think this will be a great advantage to me after cohens and willl give me the respect i need for my body not to just put ANYTHING into it and sometimes to sit and enjoy the meal instead of eating it just because 'it tastes good'.



LOL dont you just love that? I went to get milk the other day and walked into supre across the road and bought myself a nice summer dress as well

xx

How about eating spinach for your veggie allowance... and the next meal use cabbage... both veggies are known for the laxative effect.. Having one and the other for the next meal along with your Metamucil...should keep things going.

Also, be sure there are no carbs in that Metamucil you are taking.

You're right... by the end of the week ...you'll probably have a big drop...which is why they say don't weight yourself all the time..even tho I do...I know it will drop by the end of the week.

I struggle during that woman time of the month....wanting xtra portions especially my fruit but stop myself and do not deviate...also feel a bit lethargic or anxious like during this time...does anyone else feel like this or can offer suggestions????

Fat Cat: Years ago my aunt lost a lot of weight purely by having main meal for her breakfast. She did not diet in any other sense only changed her meals around so that she was burning the main meal all through the day. May make you loose weight faster even on cohens!! Well done by the way.

Slimny: Thank you for your suggestions, did not know that spinach had those properties, I was not a spinach eater before. Now I eat whatever is on the list!! I have been haviang the psyllium husks in with my yoghurt and cinnamon for breakfast and its not too bad either, saves my fruit for later when I need it.

I have told some other people I know just starting cohens about this site. I find it so encouraging reading everyones comments, keep up the good work!!

Hello

Just finished doing my weekly measuring of body parts - sounds a bit gruesome doesn't it?!

I am so pathetically anal that since starting on Cohens, I actually chart my weekly measurement progress in Microsoft Excel - I have bar charts for Combined Body Area Measurement, Total CM Loss and also one for Total Weight Loss.

It's actually very motivating seeing the results visually displayed! As I said - I'm very anal.

Well - I go for my monthly weigh-in on Tuesday. As I've said in earlier posts, my clinic likes to weigh fortnightly, but last time I was weighed, I actually asked to go a month (as per Cohen's own weigh once a month rule!) before my next weigh-in. I have found it much less stressful having the month between official weigh-ins and am looking forward to Tuesday to see how I've gone ...

In the month since my last weigh-in, I've managed to lose another 17 cm (bringing my total cm loss to 94.50 cm) ... so I'm hoping to celebrate a nice kg loss too ...

It's great reading all the posts - very interesting reading the challenges post-Cohen's re-feed ...

Kind regards

Taffy

Hello all!

My name is Felicity and my mother and I are on week 2 of Cohens.

I have a quick question, I'm 21 and when I started I weighed 81kgs. In the last two weeks, I have gone down a whopping 10 kilograms to 71. My goal is 56 - 58, but I am worried this is too rapid an amount of weight loss for so early on.

Could it be due to my age? Or am I just lucky because I started Cohens at the beginning of my weight loss cycle?

Wow Felicity that is an amazing weight loss. I am up to day 11 and have lost 5.4kg. I am not sure but I know when I was younger I did loose weight more quickly than I can now, has your mum had a good loss as well?

Just a ticker update.. 10.3kg in the first month, with one involuntary deviation. We went out on Saturday and it was meant to be for 4 hours or so, but ended up being more than 10, so I had to eat something. Ah well.
Still not having any trouble, I still love the food and experimenting with things. By the time I'm done I'll be an awesome cook hehe.

hi everyone

thanks frangipani - i have stopped eating the gum and the pains have gone. was quite bad for a while and i wondered whether the program was making me ill. thanks for the tip.

i have a bit of a problem with constipation from the program and you just need to hang in there, it will settle a bit. i find that i have to eat the full daily fruit and veg allowance and have at least 3ltrs water. xtra water may help those suffering. i also switched to tofu when it was really bad and did not feel as heavy as when i was eating meat.

babyegg - how are you now? doing well i hope.

congratulations for every little success you are having. have not measured myself, have been so busy can't get around to buying tape measure.

have a good week all.

Mrs Clooney, thanks for asking.. I have promised myself to really good.. and I must say it would be a while before i would go back to the original 70.9kg... I have come to a conclusion that I would not be that harsh on myself on the deviations that I have had but rather move on from here... no more new year goodies... just food allowed on Cohen program... and to stick to the food 100%... I am going to take it as a lesson learnt and will never do that again....
Its been tough but I am the one who wanted to go on this program, its up to myself to complete it...

Hello

Just updating my ticker ... now down to 65.8 kg and a total cm loss of 94.5 cm to date.

Keep well!

Kind regards

Taffy

Hello! I'm back in Singapore.

Firstly - sorry for getting identities mixed up in an ealier post! I meant to praise Less Fatty for resisting chocolate but wrote HeyFatty instead. Anyway, after Cohen's, there shouldn't be any "fatties" left BTW FattyBomBom was my childhood nickname

And secondly - I feel quite embarassed freaking out about deviating in Bali. Weighing myself this morning, I had gained a grand total of...300g! And that was after one week of deviations every meal!

I think here's what worked:
1. I took HL's tips and exercised a bit more (swam and walked a lot), ordered salad instead of veg
2. I avoided mixing proteins
3. Where possible, I approximated to my meal plan. E.g. I ate a sunny-side up or one-egg omelette with veg every morning as there wasn't plain, low-fat yoghurt on the menu
4. Skip the cripbreads if I ate some rice.

My husband who's also on Cohen's is still in Bali for his conference. He has been naughty - ate a small slice of cheesecake between meals and half a slice of chocolate cake the other day. I'm waiting to see how he does

Anyway, I'm very glad to be back on the program and eating Cohen's stuff again - no need to wonder where to go for lunch, what to eat or stuff like that. Eat to live!

Hi all,

good on you windy for doing so well overseas. everyone seems like they are very focused at the moment and that is great.

i was going to not talk about how i am going as i had a bad day. yes a whole day. but i have moved on with it. was good in the sense that i am as focused now as i was in the beginning. bring on the weightloss.

well i have my first weigh in on weds and excited but nervous. i really wanted to hit the 10kg mark but due to my bad day, i think it will hold me back a kilo or two. anyhow. will still be happy with 8.

went shopping to day for a dress for a wedding i have on the weekend. i tried on a size 14 and it fit!!! with room!! it was probably a big make but i was pleased as punch.

keep focusing peoples.

lose on !!

Tanya

Hello everyone!

just checking in to see how we are all doing and really it is so nice to see everyone bright eyed-bushy tailed and soaring through this program!
Also just wanted to say a huge congratulations to kirby for her amazing loss (its really paying off isnt it!!) and to Tanya for getting into that dress!!
I have started to become a size where me and my other friend are now able to share dresses (she has big boob syndrome lol) - we bought two the other day and without knowing they were the same size! i was ecstatic because when i started cohens we would gossip about how cool will it be when we can finally ' share clothes'!!

Also just a thought - ive noticed that ever since ive started changing my meals around and eating all my fruit and cracker allowance i have not needed any 'help' in the form of senna or psyllium husks!thats gotta be a good sign

AND ALSO - i just want to say that for the first time on saturday night when i was working i was asked for my number!! and NO he was not drunk LOL (hahaha the first words that came out of my mouth were 'YOU HAVE HAD WAY TOO MANY DRINKS TONIGHT MISTER!") hes a super cute friend of my girlfriend and she introduced me to him

So im pretty stoked...im soaring this week and i only hope this keeps up for my 21st birthday this thurs and i see some fantastic numbers at my 16 week weigh in next week!


Happy losing everyone!

Caroline x

HL

Did I read somewhere that you are having two tablespoons of a fibre with water per day?

If you don't mind me asking, what brand are you taking - is it Metamucil?


Many thanks.


CD