Congratulations on your assignments and your continued loss.
You sound bright and happy . Keep up the great work.
Nonna

okay well i am officially declaring my body some sort of warped cohens machine!

i have a day off uni today so i decided to have my brekkie at 7.00am and then go back to sleep!!!!

so i woke up around 11.30, went for a pee, then walking back into my room i noticed the scales....glinting at me....coaxing me to come step on them...
i dont even know why i did it because i was pretty sure i was going to see 72.4 on them or maybe higher considering id had brekkie earlier on.

but i stepped on them anyway....then i stepped on them again....then i stepped on them a third and final time...

71.7!!!

i cant believe i dropped 700grams overnight.this happened last week too!?
well i decided i was going to take that number and update my ticker asap!

needless to say i dare not step on them again until wednesday

happy losing everyone!! xx

You must have been excited Fatcat funny how the body works hey!!
Keep up the great work not far to go now!

Char

okay so i am becoming somewhat of a serial weigher...!!!

i had to check if i was dreaming yesterday.

so ive stepped on the scales before getting ready for uni and im holding steady at 71.7... phew! wasnt dreaming so thats good!
will write more later have a good day everyone x

gym gym gym gym gym gym gym gym gym gym gym gym.

i have been thinking about the gym

can you tell??

I CANT WAIT TO GET BACK TO ROUTINE.

so i was putting on my clothes this morning and as i was putting on my shirt i caught a quick reflection of myself in the mirror....i saw my rib cage!
I SAW RIBS surely thats gotta be a good sign.

now i just cant wait to get to the gym to tone up my thunder thighs, tuckshop arms, and muffin tops!

has anyone else noticed how extremely cold you get when you become slim!

oh and i spoke to my consultant today and she wants me to wait till my repeat blood test next thursday before i order but i simply will not be able to wait that long, ive been noticing the smallest little hunger sign hints and if i wait till the 10th of april to get my refeed i will probably be chewing through these computer cords by then !!

hope everyone had a good day
xx

okay okay this is the last post of the day i swear! i have to stop this is becoming addictive but i just read this little doozy of a thing and had to post it for all you guys to get a laugh at as well!!!!!



DIETER'S PRAYER

AS I WAKE UP FROM MY SLEEP
I PRAY MY DIET I MAY KEEP
BUT IF TEMPTATION MAKES ME SLIP,
I PRAY THE LORD MY PANTS WON'T RIP.


night night guys xx

Hey Fatcat I am not a skinny minny like you but I have definately felt the cold I went and bought a jumper today i was that cold, I am trying to not buy many clothes as I am still losing weight but sometimes ya have to HEY!! My friend who is also doing cohens is nearly finished (she didnt have as much to lose) she is lending or giving should I say her clothes that dont fit so that I dont have to buy as much which is great!!
I reckon if you want to order refeed then do it go with your intstincts and if its easier to concentrate on it while on break then all the more reason to do it!!

Anyway congratulations you are nearly there and doing so well!!

Char

Hi slim kitty and char,
I am only nearly halfway in my weightloss.... not well down the track as you to are however I always have very warm hands and amazingly they are quite cold at times since commencing cohen's..........quite odd!!!!!!!!!!!
Cheers Nonna

so its getting a little bit harder trying to get all my 3 litres in lately...it was
so friggen cold today i drank all my allowed cups of water and a few cups of green tea in between drinking my water and now im just onto my last 500mls (i think) of 3 litres for the day arrgghh

i was doing an essay all day today that i didnt end up having 'lunch' till 4.30pm!! it was weird though because i wasnt hungry or having 'hungry signs' or anything (considering the last thing id eaten was fruit and crackers at 9.30am !!) - which made me think about refeed!! maybe it was because i was too involved and stressed about my essay that my mind was busy on other things?! i must admit i was frantically chewing on a piece of gum for about 4 hours straight - yuk! haha..but maybe thats why i wasnt getting any 'signs'?

BUT THEN AGAIN i have been a bit constipated so i took two senna tablets last night which made me feel bloated and yukky today - which could also be the reason i wasnt getting any 'signs' ...oh gosh the drama of it all.

i ordered my refeed yesterday so i suppose ill be getting a call to come into the clinic either by the end of this week or early next week...im a bit scared now because of what happened today and the no hunger signs...but i really do want to be finished with cohens by the end of my uni break, it will be a hell of a lot less stressfull on me...

i guess we will see how tomorrow goes hey. oh and i dont think i cooked my fish properly tonight DAMN i hope i dont get sick tomorrow AARRGGHHH cohens i am turning into a madwoman!

happy losing everyone x

Hi Caroline

Don't stop posting your post are like a serial which I can't get enough of and eagerly wait for the next.

I loved the bit about the tuckshop arms etc so eloquently put

Caroline how tall are you? I am 173cm. Is the 67kg Cohen's goal or yours.

And congratulations on ordering refeed. The end is finally insight.

And the water thing I'm like that maybe the cooler weather is having this impact - since finishing refeed I am trying make sure I at least get in my 2 litres. But what I am really enjoying is a coffee & tea with milk I find these are my treats now.

Anyway good luck with the assignments and look forward to tuning in for your next posts.

Sam

LOL thanks Nans - yeh sometimes i feel like my life is a bit like a serial :P but then again im pretty sure we all have days in our lives that we can relate to an episode of 'Seinfield' or ' home and away' or maybe even ' desperate housewives' ooohh la la!

Yeah its funny how they say 'oh because your so young (21) your body will just BOUNCE back into shape!...but how can it BOUNCE back when ive been a fatty poombah all my life? oh the irony! so ladies just so you know YES i too have saggy skin it may not be as dramatic but lying in bed today i was facing my full length mirror and noticed all the untoned/saggy skin on my stomach..which is probably the reason why i bought some skin firming cream today oh yes and my bum it may have decreased a significant amount in size but its a little saggy on the bottom cheeks (LOL too much info maybe??)which im positive a good routine at the gym will fix (hallelujah!)

well i personally have always thought i was 175cm but when i was measured at yhe clinic they got 176cm so i am 176cm tall
and the goal weight Cohens set for me (which they recorded in my book) was 67-70kg. why do you ask? (if you dont mind me asking! :P)
i initially thought i would get down to 67 but the way it is looking with refeed and such i will probably be around 70? im starting my refeed on monday so i will see what my starting weight will be then, althought i really would like to be below 70 (i think this is mainly vanity though )

Well i got the call this arvo to come into the clinic on saturday morning to go through my 'refeed' Oooooooooo its 17 days OOOoooooooo i hope my consultant writes all my weights foods in my menu planner that would take so much off my mind in regards to preparing! maybe i should bring her in a nice DARK chocolate easter bunni to coax her into writing everything out for me?

Also im wondering how much im going to register on the scales on saturday in regards to my scales at home....cos if it says anything over 71.7 im going to be going hunting for the kmart employee that sold me those digital scales of mine......


happy losing! xx

OMG....Caroline....That means it's only 4 more sleeps till refeed...and only 21 more sleeps till 'IT'S ALL OVER'. You must feel so great.

I love reading your daily entries...keeps me in my happy place...lol. But don't you dare stop. I want updates every single day until i'm finished my refeed....can you keep going for another 7 months or so????....hahhahahaha.

You can do it babe and your life now will be soooo much better. I'm so proud of you....xxx

Hi Caroline

I was just being nosey.......no really I just wanted to compare our heights and you are 3cm taller then me which means our goal weights would obviously differ.

Well good luck with getting your refeed tomorrow I'll be thinking of you. You also have 17 days like I had. When will you start?

Enjoy your weekend, it will probably be taken up with shopping then measuring and then some. You'll see what I mean.

Sam

oh wwwwooooowwwww!
is there such a thing as falling in love with a piece of machinery? because if there is such a fetish then i hereby proclaim being in love with my cohen clinic scales!!!! i hopped on them today gritting my teeth scared of what id see and what did i see?? 70.5! woooaaaaahhh!!!!! i should of weighed myself when i got home so i could see the difference between clinic and home scales but then i thought if my home scales gave me a bigger number id be pissed so im going to stay with 70.5 and and if i lose about 2 kilo on refeed (which im hoping for!) ill be around 68 kilo PERFECT!!

i went in today to pick up my refeed and talk through it with my consultant, she went through the program with me and talked about the menu...we did 4 sample days and i thought i was quite confident that i could do it and write everything out on my own at home....
boy sometimes i am too arrogant for my own good!!! i have just spent about 3 hours sitting at the kitchen table going over my plan and adding/subtracting annd scribbling away and getting frustrated as all hell
i think ive finally got it and ive written out the whole 17 days but ill go over it tomorrow just to make sure everything is right.
to be quite honest im really really really scared and nervous that im going to stuff it up or even if i go over it ive stuffed some weights up somewhere and ill stuff everything up but the most thing im worried about is gaining weight over refeed!! like when introduce bread im scared ill have to go back two days into my refeed and i seriously dont want that to happen it will stress me out!
also im scared about how im going to organise all my food, i think the best thing ill do is probably go shopping every few days so i dont mix any fish together (as some of the new fish look like the old fish)
gah!!!

Also can anyone whose finished refeed please recommend a nice whole wheat bread?? i dont like white bread and my consultant said i couldnt have rye or pumpernickel gosh this is going to be harder then i thought! im so glad you guys are on here so you can be with me every step of the way, and also give advice! (the people who have finished!! )

anyways ive got to get ready for work blegh! have a nice weekend everyone ill keep you posted!

happy losing! xx

OH and also i know on refeed we cant have smoked or processed fish such as fish cakes etc but can we have tinned salmon in brine as a new protein?? (considering we can have tuna in brine on our original plan)....

OMG I JUST REALISED IM GOING TO BE ABLE TO HAVE TUNA OR CHICKEN TOASTED SANDWICHES