For myself and the non-Cohen's programmers on this forum, could you folks help us out and tell us what the cohens program entails.

From basic reading I believe it's based in Australia only (so, not only do you folks havea beautiful country you also have your own diet plan and it seems to be low carb as well, and i think there is some blood testing that goes on.

I'd love to know more of your experiences on the plan.
thanks

Hey Mal, Cohens is set up by Dr. Cohen. It is a personalized program based on bloodtests which indicate all sorts of things. It is low-carb. It is designed to make our finely tuned bodies become more finely tuned and efficient at burning fat. The amounts and types of food allowed, trigger 3 main hormones - serotonin, insulin and human growth hormone. When these are triggered correctly, the weight starts coming off. My experience in the past was absolutely the best eating plan I've come across. A loss of 40 kgs in 5 months. Loads of energy, etc etc. 2kgs off goal weight we are given what is termed a refeed program which runs for aprox 17days and allows for foods to be brought in gradually, in such a way that once the program is finished and a few guidelines followed the weight doesnt return - ever!! I know it is available in overseas.
England, South Africa, to name a couple and possible more.
I'm sure others can add to this info. I first came across it in 2003.

Hi Maleficent,
In the US is is called 1st Personal Diet and I think is is only done via the internet, the website is www.1stpersonaldiet.com and in Australia it is Weight-loss and Wellness through Nutrition - Cohen's Lifestyle Clinic
I'm not sure if your allowed to post websites here I'm sure it will be ok as it isn't spam, and people who genuinely want to know can check it out for themselves.

It shouldn't be seen as spam Melly, you aren't promoting your own site, and you are doing it in answer to a question. There's a difference between information dissemination and spam.

This plan is amazing. It's the only way I could possibly see I could lose the 90kg I need to without it taking me YEARS and killing me with excercise.

With this plan, there's no excercise required. That's not that you can't DO any, just you don't HAVE to. You increase your activity naturally as you are able to. Some of us, me included, had trouble walking from the car to the house prior to this plan, not quite sure how I was supposed to go walking to lose weight.

I've never felt so zealous about anything in my life. It's like being a born again religious nut. I just see that this is truly the answer.

I've watched friends (see Chelsea on this board for example) loose and STAY lost.

asy

Hi Maleficent,
Dr Cohen started the plan here in South Africa as part of his research into infertility, he has clinics here, England, Hong kong, US, Australia - maybe even more since I did the plan in 2002. All the info is on the website that was posted by MellyP.

Hi Ladies--

How much does this plan cost? How many blood tests and how much cost for those too.

Thanks

Kathy, you would need to contact the internet program for details of the cost etc. Blood tests are 4-8 weekly and the cost depends on the pathology company.

Lauren

It costs $249 US dollars for 12 weeks plus the cost of the blood tests.
It is on their Web site under registration.

How do I find out more about Cohens? dose my doctor do the blood work and then mail it? And the cost? Thanks

Hi wannabeskinny,
The cost is in the post above your post and the USA website is
Dr. Cohen's 1st Personal Diet
Good luck
Annie Lusion

So had you actually done the plan when you posted this?

No exercise? How do you fully determine you're healthy then? If the only thing you benefit is weight loss, then you havent actually increased your fitness level. You havent improved your cardiovascular fitness at all. Someone please provide some more details. What are the caloric averages?

I would be very surprised if there is one person who is fully committed to this program who will not consider becoming quite active after reaching goal as part of their lifestyle change. Who would want to put all of this weight back on again after all? Being active is much easier when you are not carrying around excessive weight. Personally I won't be pumping weights or going to a gym but am looking forward to bush-walking, yoga, playing with my grand-kids etc. Cheers, Cate.

Whilst I cannot speak directly for Asyoz, she has now lost over 85KG (180lbs) and is healther and feeling better than she has in a long time her diary is there to read, she will be starting the refeed stage of the program soon.

I lost 45KG and have maintained < 80KG weight now for 2months . I feel fitter and healthier than ever. As I mentioned a few times the "no gain without pain" or "diet without exercise is dangerous" is plain stupid B.S. How can a woman or man who is morbidly obese exercise safely? IMHO Diet is 99% of the solution to obesity. After you lose weight I can say that you naturally feel more energetic and as a unforced natural consequence of being and feeling heathier being active and exercise just becomes part of your life again. I did Cohen I dont believe I lost muscle mass, my advise for those thinking to do it is just do it.

The Cohen diet is not easy, socially and emotionally, but the results pay for the negatives 100 times over. I was fat for 14 years. Now I am not and with a changed diet (away from starchy foods) I feel very confident that I will stay that way.

We don't count calories on Cohens, our food plans are weight specific to each individual, everything is weighed within a gram of specification. We are only permitted certain proteins, vegetables, fruits and very limited carbs, again all specified in the plan.

As stated in previous posts, the exercise comes later, health doesn't always equate to fitness. For many of us the priority is getting the excess weight off THEN we get fitter without the stress of lugging the extra kilos around.

Each to their own.

Lonniecee

Since this is the "what is Cohens" thread I am going to ask some questions here and hopefully get positive insightful answers.

Everyone seems to get bad headaches, what causes them and is it known ahead of time?

So you dont calories, but you measure the food? I measure my food to know how many calories, how is this different?

Thanks.