Thanks guys You are all doing so well too!

Well nothing major has been happening, I am still losing (yep, scales havent gone to hubby yet, )at a nice rate, dont know whats happening cause I have probably been the most tired since starting the program these last coupla days...This weekend I have alot on socially, a dinner party on Friday night, a picnic with old work friends and their bubba on Saturday and my BILs wedding on Sunday!!! Thats alot of times that I am going to be around alot of food that I dont have control over what I am eating. I have decided for the dinner (there will be heaps of other guests there) I am going to eat before and just busy myself feeding my son, they probably wont even notice On Saturday, I will tell them what I am doing and I know that these particular people will be supportive and on Sunday, its a buffet so again hopefully noone will notice!!!

I feel like an awful mummy, but after six weeks off, I am excited for my 4 year old to be restarting pre-school. With a new baby, I feel that Im not doing anything well - her or him, I am still getting the hang of having two...But with him back I get to spend some time getting to know her and straightening the house from under the Ben tornado and eventually I may get some time to try something a bit different than stir fried chicken

Happy Cohen-ing people!

Hi Kimmy,
It seems everytime I visit this website, you have lost even more weight.
Down over 12 kg now - that is so awesome!!!!!
Super big congratulations.
Sounds like a tough weekend coming up - I wish you lots of luck. I think you will be fine.
And I know just what you are talking about with school/kinder. My six year old goes back to school tomorrow (no longer the littlest in the school - she is a big grade one-er now!) - and not before time. She really needs to be back there - her attitude in the last week or two She is a wonderful, gorgous, loving little girl most of the time, but the only way to describe her over the last week is SUPER-BRAT!!!!! We are all looking forward to her getting back to school - her included.


Lily

Hi Lily

My baby girl started grade 1 yesterday too - she all of a sudden looked so grown up. Its so nice to have so many mums on the forum - I think as mums it is harder to put ourselves first - but is something we need to do.

I went to a lingerie party last night and was confident enough to show the other ladies what I looked like in a great bra and little singlet top, which is something I never would have done before. It is these little things that make this so worthwhile.........

Thanks Lily
I had a great run there for a while, but it is that time of the month and the loss has come to a big fat halt! I have promised myself that I will not weigh again until next week, but well see! How is it all going for you? Is it getting a bit easier now? Are you still weighing daily or are you being strong? Your little girl sounds gorgeous, its cute to know that they have there own needs for independance!!!
Hey Losing WOW, you must be feeling great...It is nice to have other mums on here isnt it?

Well cruising towards my busy weekend, not really worrying but a little apprehensive, I guess. I also have my little boys 4th birthday on Tuesday after pre-school, I will have to steer clear of the cake as cake is my all time favourite!!!

Cheers,
Kim

Hey guys a great big congrats to you all!!! I have a 7yo a 6yo and a 11 1/2 nearly 12 month old. I know it is hard when all seems to go wrong. I think the big picture is the one we need to look at and to stop torturing ourselves when we make mistakes. In all reality it is us only cheating ourselves. When I was on the program the first time before having my youngest, I worked so hard and I always focused on the negative and what I had done wrong. I think we need to look long term and that we are all doing our bodies a great big favour by lessening its load it has to carry and helping it to function properly. I am a reflexologist and can really tell my poor body is suffering at the moment. But I am happy I have made the decision and the first big step to make a difference. Maybe we need to think of positive rewards for when we have had a great loss or we have done the right thing.

I think we should all employ our partners in this and get them to do some pampering for us. As truth be known they reap the benefits of a skinny you as well!!!

Hi there

My partner has been great - my weight had been an issue between us for a number of years. But I kinda surprised him with cohens and he has been there measuring me, watching the scales and even weighing my dinner and cooking for me. He even reads over my shoulder on the forum sometimes.

It really helps to have that support and I guess I should have given him the chance to be that way before - he didn't know HOW much I weighed as I would never speak of it. Really glad that I will never have these feelings again..........

Well hi ya strangers!

To quickley bring this up to date, where have I been the last 5 weeks or so? Well I had one deviation, which led to another bigger one which led to a whole day then the next thing I knew it I was in Fiji, land of no fresh veggies (Cohens approved). We even went to the local markets trying to scout out some salad veggies to no avail...beautiful sweet potato, watermelon, coconut but hardley a zuccini in sight. Needless to say, I let this situation be my ticket to eating really badly for over 2 weeks...No mushrooms? No problem, I will just eat Carrot cake instead!!!
To cut a very long story short, I will come to the depressing and embarressing truth. I have put on 6 kilos!!! So, I am wearily trying to pull my once newbie enthusiasm together and start this journey for the final time. I am going to post daily as I really believe this helps, plan my day/food and not deviate - not even a tiny bit.

Hugs to everyone.

Kim

Well here I am again...I can see why, after reading my last post that I am back to where I started! I just didnt have the commitment to stick to the plan and kept deviating and in the end just gave up! I happily ate myself stupid and now I feel really stupid that I am almost back to my start weight...
I am not going to beat myself up, but I am not going to make excuses either. I just think that for the last few months it was more important for me to eat rather than diet and I just have to get on with it now! I am going to go off and read all the inspirational posts...

Well Day 1 is down and I am feeling great. Feel so good about myself for sticking to it even if its just for one day! I am proud to say that I had a major urge/craving to eat junk this morning and I beat it! I was walking home after dropping my boy at kindy and was a little sleep deprived from a hungry bubba last night and my bad-girl voice started trying to convince my good-girl side that I was tired, that I would start Cohens another day, that one more day wouldnt hurt. I knew that my craving was stronger than my reasoning so I just shut the whole thing out by thinking about what I had to get done today (pleasant things) and the next thing I knew I was over it! A good excercise that I am sure going to be practising! So today I had all 7 crackers, water, fruit and I had yoghurt for brekkie, chicken strips for lunch, mince (sooo yummy) for dinner and I am now going to bed because nighttime in front of the computer is one of my deadly danger zones!!! night night

Woohoo!!! I get to update my ticker - 2.6kgs lost already!!! This diet is just the best!!!