Hey all!

it's 1.5 days into my refeed! I'm left with 13.5 days.

I called up my consultant earlier and she said that I have to eat everything up, no matter how full I am because it will help my body to stabilise the changes I'm making to my food intake.

But I got a few questions here I hope some of you can help me, especially those who have finished refeed:

1) Must I eat up all fruits and crackers prescribed daily?
2) Must I strictly follow to the adding 1 bad fruit?
3) Must I eat all the old and new protein because in my booklet, it says that in the event that I cannot finish my food, I should at least finish the new protein and leave out the old protein.

I was also told that I do not need to eat all my crackers. So I'm just double checking because right now, the regular consultant that I turn to is not in the office. I will have to wait till Monday to get her.

Btw, I weighed myself today and I'm 300g lighter than yesterday! i'm 66.6 kg now... *big smiles*

Somehow, I feel that the temptation is there but I'm going to try to persevere on!

Keep on working hard, Cohenites!

Hey Nonna,

here is what i do....

raw prawn meat (allowance) i get mine from woolies not too bad
pre bagged spring lettuce from woolies
cucumber
tomato
onion
celery
capsicum (all allowance)
garlic powder
balsamic vinegar
low fat mayo

in electric frypan, i spray with oil, toss in prawns and sprinkle garlic powder on and turn over when ready. toss salad. in a little snackcup (tupperware i use) i put 1 tsp of mayo and a dribble of balsamic vinegar and a little pepper. shake it up and toss it in the fridge with the salad. i dont pour it over till i am eating it.

it is delightful...

Tanya

hi ad4ad,

welcome to the crew!! what a great bunch of people you will find on here. newbys like us, half wayers and the lucky ones on refeed or due to be.

i am now on day three and it is much easier than the first couple. still find i get a little hungry but it is normally abut half hour before a meal. i always try to keep something up my sleeve as back up in case i am hungry after dinner. though a cuppa tea helps.

it is great that everyone is open and honest about deviations and good for myself that i want so bad not to deviate as it can be a downhill slide.

i have a wedding to go to on 3rd march which will be a few days after my first weigh in. so as not to be rude i will eat the main but will discard any sauces, carbs and try to portion the meat and veg as close to my allowance as i can.

FRUIT- did we get an outcome on whether you can have one large nectarine or two small???

Lose on friends!!!

P.S. did someone say they were also from wollongong??

Tanya

Hi all,

Just thought i'd pop in to say hi and do a ticker update. I'm really pleased with how everything has gone on Cohen's. I've had one of the worst months, hence my lack of posts, with huge family dramas but have managed to stay on track and haven't deviated at all even though I could have given into comfort eating due to the stress. My best friend congratulated me on the fact that I didn't succumb to a piece or block of choccie or a glass of wine.

Have continued to read your posts and wanted to congratulate newlife on reaching refeed. Its so exciting reading about everyones success and that has helped keep me on track too.

Hope you're all fantastic,

Irene

28 weeks today!
I am down 39kg from my starting weight.
and today I bought my first EVER size 12 jeans! I think sizes have increased over the past few years, cause I didn't fit into size 12 even when I was a teenager and weighed 15 kg less than I do now! (they are a bit tight, but will fit for a while!) But I am a size 12 top now easily.
But I'm not going to complain!
I'll update my photo on the photo thread.
So, I'm off to Europe this afternoon, and that is likely to affect my weight loss for the next 2 weeks, although I should be doing some walking which may help me to control my weight.
I'm not sure what my internet access will be like, so hope everyone has a great couple of weeks!
HL

Hi HL

What an acheivement 39kg down. You must be feel elated with yourself.

And you are quiet right about the sizes I bought some shorts in a size 12 and they are more like the 14's from the 80's I definitely believe they (whoever they are) have manipulated the sizes over the years. I still have clothes from the 80's in sizes 10 & 12 so will check this theory out.

Enjoy your 2 weeks away HL and don't be too concerned, Cohen's has mentally trained us so you may come back with a loss or even just stay the same. Either way we will be here to support you on your return.

Take Care & Bon Voyage!!!
Sam

hey everyone,
well I signed up yesterday...yay! and i collect my program on friday! I can't wait. This time round I know I can make it with the support you continuosly show to each other. I think I will leave starting till the monday, but am conscious of not gaining even more weight while I sit here and go omg! I'm going to be so restricted i better eat this and that LOL. I have a little less to lose than I expected when I went yesterday as my goal weight was more than I thought they would say. So I am happy with that. I have 19kg to lose. So thinner happier more confident me...here I come. I look forward to sharing my experiences with you all over the coming months....cheers and have a wonderful wonderful day

Dear all,

I ended Day 2 with zero deviations! I feel so proud of myself.

Anyway, during the day, after lunch, I had to battle some sugar cravings so I chewed a piece of gum and drank a cup of tea with sweetener. Very soon after, it was dinner time at 530 as I have another work event at 7pm. So as I was eating tuna fish (I hate tuna) in increased amounts, it took me like 40 mins to finish my dinner. I was wondering when I will ever finish my food!

I was hungry again at about 10 plus so then I took my last serving of fruit and crackers. I wanted to update last night but I was so tired out with work that I hit the sack immediately after I came home.

I'm proud of myself for having not deviated at all. Especially so when the office stock of snacks and confectionery is right behind me so everytime when I turn out from my table, I will face packets of chocolate chip cookies, peanut cookies, sweets, sweet drinks, etc. I do get tempted but I have to constantly drill into my brain that I shall not deviate.

Ha... my colleagues laughed when they passed by my office table. This is because I had pasted two notes: 1) 14 days towards a successful Cohen graduate and 2) Day 2 of Refeed: Aim for ZERO deviation. It sounds very juvenile but I'm going to need all the brain power and psycho-ing I can get.

The weekend is here and that is the hardest part because I'm exposed to more temptations. I'm going to work hard here and will proudly announce that I went through Sat without any deviations.

I hope you all do not mind my daily or mid-day postings. Through this forum, this serves as an outlet for me to constantly encourage and remind myself to persevere on and not cave into any temptations.

And yes! I'm down by 0.3 kg today! I'm 66.3 kg now. Yipee!

Take care all, I hope Sat is good!

Hi
I am new in here and was wondering how to get the ticker to show up under anything i write!! i have gone into ticker.com and made my ticker but dont know what to do from there CAN ANYONE help me Please

newlife: of coure nobody would mind! You do whatever you have to to get through your refeed. I'm really excited for you!

itsmytime:I'd recommend against last supper(s), all that food will still be there when you finish - and will taste even better because you've worked for it. And seeing as you have less than you thought, don't add to it before you get started!

hl:bravo! have a great time you lucky duck!

isparkle50good work for staying strong. You should be really proud of yourself.

This week seemed to drag a bit for me. But here we are in February already, so the time (and weight) has gone somewhere!

Have a great weekend all.

Hi Everyone!
What a great job everyone is doing on the Cohen's diet....Way to go Ladies and Gent's!!!! Keep up the good work everyone!

I am just chugging along here still losing weight and shrinking down in size...
I am celebrating going from a size 24 and now I am in some 16's...especially my bra size...just went out last week and bought new one's and they were 16DD's ...what a difference after starting out in a 24DD....Whew! Just didn't realize I was carrying that much weight around.

I have shrunk more than losing the actual weight and guess my body was starving for the water....that I have to drink on the Cohen's program.

Again, A big job well done everyone...Keep it up! I'll check in later on in a month or so.

Cheers,
Bribie IslandJO

Hi char239

Welocme to Cohen's if you go page 2 of this thread and scroll down to ps technical query you will find all the steps to set one up.
Don't for get to add your 4 digit Id.
Hope this helps
Sam

Well people

I didn't plan very well today we had a birthday function to go today and I didn't have time to eat before I left due to painters being (long story) here.

Anyway i ordered grilled chicken on a bed of lettuce no dressing so that worked well but I forgot my crackers. I also drank mineral water.

just got home and had my cracker and fruit allowance. So will need to eat dinner at 8.30pm. That is all organised in the fridge. But it looks like I will have to miss my 5th cb unless i stay up and have it at 11pm.(I don't think so)'

Anyway I did not deviate I just didn't plan well. Anyway tomorrow is another
day.

On a good note I fitted into my size 10 stretch jeans.......yipee.

Happy Losing all.

Sam

Hi all.

good planning Nans. see cohens is changing your habits.

well i have had a hard day 4 on the program. had lunch with girlfriends at a park and i took mine along whilst they had fish and chips. that was easy, so too was the mud cake they all ate but in the afternoon i was so hungry and my mind was startign to try and make excuses for me to deviate. thankfully i am through that and i think it was because i was running around with the kids on the beach. goes to show that a bit of harder exercise doesnt really help.

very proud of myself. it is my utmost hope and dream and mission to lose the whole 25kg and not deviate. tell me does it get easier???

Lose on friends
Tanya

Hi Heyfatty

It does get easier - the more weight I see drop the less tempted I am to deviate. So far I have managed to lose nearly 16 kgs without deviating once. Lets see if the downhill journey is as good - I think when you are down to only a little bit to go the mind might start to say reward yourself - however I am determined not to listen.

Just had friends over for BBQ and they all had dessert/wine etc - I had my mango and it was yum...

Best of luck