Congrats on starting LAM.

I found taking a good multivitmain helps keep the initial starvation feeling under control. That and making sure you eat everything you are allowed for the first ten days.

This is what I have each day, hope it helps to some degree:

Brekky - Yoghurt. Fruit if I"m still hungry. Water and lots of it. My multivitamin.
2.5 hours later - 2 crackers and a cuppa.
Lunch - Either stirfry or beef salad or Chicken salad or Cohens pizza
2.5 hours later - if didn't have crackers at lunch I have them now. Or piece of fruit.
Dinner - Going through a phase of addcited to Mango Curry stirfry.

I then go and brush my teeth. Have another multivitamin and get to bed before 11.


The first week is horrendous. Well it was for me, I hope your experience is better. Feel free to read my diary as the first week was so hard for me. I won't lie. But it has certainly gotten a lot easier and the 13 or so kilo's I"ve lost is testament to it's power.

Here's to a great week for you LAM xxooxxoo


NX6 sorry I have no idea about the bread. Good luck to your sister and well done on getting to goal.. awesome achievement for her.

Wildskyz where are you girl? How is everything going???

Hello everyone. I just sent off the last of the overseas vistors i've been entertaining these two weeks. I hopefully had my last deviated meal this afternoon and can be back onto my diet.

I know I'm very gung-ho about getting back on plan and losing what I gained through such deviations but I'm feeling a bit discouraged because I feel that the last 10 to 11 kg is so tough to lose. Even though I've been deviating and I know that's why I've put on a kg or so but duh...I still feel lousy.

Anyway, I'm so tired from having only 30min sleep last night. I'm going to clear some work and then get home to grab a nap.

Onwards ho!

Hi everyone well my weekend away was great i did not buy a thing or deviated once. I packed all my own food and ate it.

I went and had my 2month weigh in today i lost another 5kg so all up that is 11kg and 50cm my clothes are getting baggy on me nearly time to go down a size will have to go shopping at the op shops.

Hello to all the newbies and everyone else eep up all the good work.

Hi WB,
I had a month of being semi-off the plan, because of lots of family and work issues going on. I started again just over a week ago, and I've lost over 3 kg since going back on. So, I think you might be surprised by how fast the weight drops off after a period of deviations... if you stick to the plan, even though it is the final stage of the game. and every kg makes a huge difference to your body shape. I am kind of surprised most days by the differences I'm noticing.
HL

Hi everyone!

I'm currenlty on th re-feed and have lost the weight i needed I was just wondering, do you have any tips for what meals to take to school...cos its really hard to eat all the amount of protein given at school?

IchooseLife,

Thanks for the ideas and encouragement. I woke up last night feeling very nauseous, I am still nauseous and have a bad headache. I quess I wasn't fully over the virus I had over the weekend. Boohoo!

Thanks
Lam

IchooseLife,

What is a cuppa? I never new a saltine cracker could look so good!

Cuppa = cup of tea or coffee

Hi Ezzy,
Thats a great result, way to go!! so glad you did great on weekend away.
Keep up the great work, such a great feeling when clothes fit loose and you have to go buy new ones.

Lam, Wish you all the best and hope you are feeling better soon.

WindyBlue, welcome back, the last 10 or so will be gone in no time, hang in there you will be on refeed before you know it.

Everbody is doing so well, hope everyone has a great Cohens Day
Annie Lusion

I just discovered a very extreme way of not weighing myself everyday......... On Monday I was standing on a verandah on the second story of my house (we recently bought it and are in the process of renovating). It colapsed and I fell to the ground. Breaking my foot and will need surgery. So I can hardly get to the toilet at the moment, the scales are not even an option. We are staying with my parents for now, as I can't get up the stairs into our house, and luckly Mum is preparing all my Cohens meals for me. I know I am not getting enough water in but I'm doing the best I can for now.
Luckly this programe dosen't require lots of exercise.

Mytime sorry to hear about your accident and glad you weren't seriously hurt.

Hope you have a speedy recovery

WOW mytime! That certainly is an extremely dramatic way to keep away from the scales, probably not recomended by Dr Cohen though.......... .
Hope you recover quickly. Thank goodness for Mums.

Lauren

Hi All!

Hows everyone going?
Mytime - Really sorry to hear about your accident... at least you are still remaining positive about sticking to the program!

Well Im having some trouble myself! Not major dramas but finding it hard not to deviate from the program! My problem is that I can stick to Cohens 100% when im at home and on my own but not when Im at work or out with friends! I have a pretty active social life which I have cut back to try and not tempt me from Cohens which is fine but work is more of a problem. I work in a group environment where staff bring in cakes, muffins, do Mcdonalds runs and do group dinners/lunches (I work shift work and we are all in a room together) all the time and it is very hard to resist when everyone either side of you is eating nachos and encouraging you to eat bad food! For example tonight I brought in my Cohens food and then someone announced what we were all having for dinner tonight.... I said that i have bought in my own dinner cause im trying to be good but they were all like whatever lets have chinese food and I have absolutly no will power when im with other people!! Arrrrrggggghhhhh - I need to get stronger but I really love food!! I know some will prob say that my colleagues should be more supportive but I dont work in that kind of environment where I can ask them to do that. I am getting better but just finding it very hard everytime I go to work!

Sorry for the whinging but I needed to vent my frustrations somewhere!!

Hope everyone else is doing well with their losings!!!

Cheers
Ness

LAM you might find that's your body detoxing, if not the virus. You go girl. A cuppa is a cup of tea here in Aus. I loathe diet drinks due to their horrific nutritional contents so cuppa's are my only beverage outside of the 4 or so litres of water I drink daily. Here's to a great first week for you xxoo

MYTIME - you poor thing. May it heal quickly and may you be more determined to remain Cohens compliant.

LONIECEE wow you are soooooooooo close... an inspiration to see those numbers.

NESS333 I'm a compulsive overeater too, it takes a LOT of mental strength to do Cohens. It took me several goes, various tactics, and while I'm still not 100% good ALL the time, I am a hell of a lot stronger mentally than I was even a few weeks back. You just have to ask yourself, is that one meal worth it? I worked out, if I was 100% Cohens compliant how long it would take me to lose my 60kg. I then broke that down into days. I now refer to having only so many days left til I am at goal weight. That's what helped me. Hope you find something to help you... it's not just food we're fighting here.


Today I gave in and weighed myself.. couldn't help it.. my skin felt lose, if that makes sense... today I am the lightest I have been since I had kids What an encouragment.