Cate's Diary

Hi Cate,

I've only been on Cohen's for a little over a week -your journal has been very inspiring to read -so glad you kept it going after you reached gw - never wanted to invest in a programme that wasn't going to work after I'd completed it -good to see you've kept the weight off for so long. Well done. BTW you look amazing in your photos and I'm green with envy over your kitchen.

Look forward to chats over the next few months at least. xx
 
Cuddlebones-Hi! You have about the same weight to lose as I did. Thanks for your comments about my photo. You can tell I felt really happy with myself the day I took that photo. After years of wearing black, black & more black it felt great to wear colour. Our kitchen is lovely. It's actually a pleasure to work in. Even doing the dishes is enjoyable as there is a beautiful view directly above it. I was about to "sign off" & then realised that I hadn't really done my diary. I tried catching up today but didn't. I took our grandson to swimming class this morning & have had him for the day & tonight so did not have much time to spare in here. While I was typing he was asking very patiently but persistently to use the computer to play games(miniclips.) He is such a delightful child!
We went for my usual walk after swimming but he wore thongs so we couldn't walk fast. Bought some shorts(2 pairs-1 size 12) suitable for swimming in today at the op-shop. Now I have to find a top to match either. Oh how I love op-shops. I had tried on bathers(from my favourite sports shop-well the owner is one of my favourite people) but none suited me. I still hate my legs but I am going to get over it & swim anyway. They will never be skinny. They are sturdy! Like Oak trees. Def not Willowy..
'night, Cate.....zzzz bed time zzzz
 
Johanna, Beck, Chelle & cuddlebones-
:grouphug:
I didn't really know what to say about your really sweet, lovely comments in the last week but a big hug to you is my best way of expressing how it made me feel.
I am not anywhere near perfect with this weight-loss thing. I think I am working out just how hard it is & how hard slim people have to work on staying that way.
My best advice for anyone is to get to goal weight & don't go silly. Stick to the maintenance guidelines. Don't ever let yourself put on any more than 3kgs. Get used to the idea that you will have to watch whatever you eat for the rest of your life. That doesn't mean it's bad news. It's just the reality of it all. We have a problem. I have let my weight creep up. It has happened quickly. I'm not sure why but I knw that I haven't even read my Cohen's plan this year. I was starting to think that I knew it off my heart but I don't.
I need to get my plan out and then to follow it 100% until I get back to my lowest Cohen's weight. This is so hard! I don't feel really bad about it all but I really must do something soon.
Beck & Chelle- Is this what happened to you first time around. Did your weight just start to climb quickly? Help! It's a little scary.
I'll come back later. All I can think is that it may be eating cherries. They are probably "bad fruit" on re-feed. Doh! I haven't even looked them up. Bad habits are creeping back. Cate, snap out of it! I've been slacking off obviously. I won't delete this rant as I need you to know that it's not easy. It's bloody hard & I should never have stopped looking at my program. I was trying not to be obsessive.
I'm back up to LW + 7.5kg again!! Aaaarrrrgggghhhhhhh!!!!!
xo Cate.
I'm off to get my program now! Click on submit fast Cate!
 
:)

Well the first time around for my mother and I......My mum kept her weight off for a about a year or more but then... Between shoulder ops for my mum and caring for my terminal aunt then the next year my nan over the 3-4 year period it was hard to keep track but i ended up at about 116-118kg by the time i dicovered i was expecting Aisling... ARGHHHHHHHHH.... mum put back on about 14 kg and just kind of stayed there.... the weight crept back on a kilo here and a kilo there... And i know she tried to get back in the zone doing the plan and the refeed but it was a lot harder after the intial attempt... I dont think i helped her at all either.. because i was always telling her she looked great and what was a couple of kilo's.... she wasnt as big as she was.. you know all that stuff.... So thats why this time we do it together we reach GW do refeed and once that done keep each other in check.... Use emotional bribery and nasty fatty photos if all else fails... ha ha ha....

This time around though i have small credit card sized laminated cheat sheets... in my purse and on my fridge.. i have my meals on the front and on the back i have the allowed fruits, veg and fizzy drinks.. So if i am every unsure and i am not at home i have a back up... and they are discrete too.. i have them on my fridge to for a quick reference... they seem to be helping alot... i have them colour coded so i know which one i want at a glance... My bridezilla is right i am so OTT....:)...

Soon i will be packing my scales.. just in case... that would be pretty funny for the "contents of your handbag" thread...... ha ha ha


Just take a deep breathe and tell yourself...
"I will.. I can.. I am.."

You'll get there Cate...

Catch you later i better log off i have been here for ages..

Chelle
 
Dear cate,
Thanks for your lovely reply to my post. Keep hanging in there, you can do it - remember your motto in your signature. I have a friend who completed cohen's and put on a little but went back on to her programme and lost 6kg in a week so maybe that's the answer.
Yes, an eating disorder is what we have -no full button, as another friend puts it! I've made the decision now that there's more to life than food -it's for nourishment and there are lots of other things to do for pleasure!
Keep smiling and inspiring us all, Del xx
 
Thanks Chelle & Del for your thoughtful replies and support. I do know what to do & I know I can do it but, even so, I'm finding it very hard to make myself do it. I'm so scared of putting all of my weight back on that I know I just have to go back on program 100% or I will be that "fatty boombah" Chelle mentions from time to time & I so much do not want to be fat again. I'll have a talk to my LH tonight & see if I can enlist his help & support again as he thinks I'm just fine as I am now & I know I'm not.
By the way- it's the cherries- "bad fruit" and I have been eating lots! I have the book out & am studying it. I started on the program on the 22nd of Jan 2007. I have a wedding to go to on the 24th & I think I will make Australia Day, the 25th of Jan my re-commitment to 100% Cohen's day. In the meantime no cherries, no chocolates, no sweets at all. Limit fruit to 2 a day- Cate- no cherries!!!
Thanks gals. I feel much better this afternoon. I can do it. It's not easy but I can. I will keep telling myself for the next x days until the 25th. Cheers, Cate. (OMG-7.5kgs-highest post-Cohen's weight! Must do it!)
 
So much for the "no cherries"!
Yesterday I broke the 2009 not eating anything I regret NY resolution. Obviously I didn't think I could keep it up forever but when you eat rubbish you feel like rubbish and sausages are definitely rubbish.
We invited ourselves to our OS's for a barbie & I ate sausages & salad & drank bubbly. Came home & ate cherries & a little chocolate.
Weight this morning LW+7.5kg still. Been on this weight for 1 week.
When we got into bed last night I mentioned tomy LH that I was looking forward to having a day with him on Sunday & he said he had organised to play golf. I was so disappointed as I had really been looking forward to it. He asked me "Why, what did you have planned?" & I said just a day together. It has been ages since we have spent the day together. He is either at work or at golf and at least once a week he does both in the same day & I don't see him from 7.30 in the morning until about 7.30 at night. His one day off a week for the last 2 weeks he has played golf.
He had told me that he would either play golf after work Thursday or golf on Sunday, not both so I had assumed that was what he was going to do. I didn't say much to him at all last night but hardly slept & pretended I was asleep when he cuddled me in the middle of the night. I also felt bad after eating the sausages & just generally felt like crap for the first time this year. I don't think he realises how sick I am of spending so much time home alone as I don't talk about it much to him. I hate whinging.
This morning as he was heading off to work he gave me a good-bye kiss & said he'd ring his friend & tell him that he wouldn't play golf on Sunday. He will still be playing on Tuesday & again on Thurs after work so will play plenty of golf.
I was so relieved. I was barely awake when he left but went to sleep & didn't wake again until 9.40am! I haven't done that for ages. I spent half my night sighing.
I think I could honestly say I'm way out of that "feel good zone" and I'm looking forward to getting back in it again properly this time. I never meant anyone to think I was doing Cohen's 100% & I apologise if anyone thought I was. I soon will be though. I haven't spoken to my LH about it yet but we are planning a trip O/S next year & I plan on being slim when I leave. Well before.
I am going to cash in a Super policy & we are going to go to the Greek Islands & Italy. You never know what's down the track as my sister proved so we are just going to do it. Now I'm going to have a ball planning it.
I'm also doing some research for our YS's trip. I have just compiled a list (Word document) of things to take. His computer has died & he is starting to stress out about what he needs to do so I am helping him. I would be freaking out if I was about to head off for a year on my own too. He is being brave doing it as he so much like me. When our OS travelled he went with his best mate but I helped him lot with buying things to take & even packed him some condoms which he was embarrassed about (only a little) but took. My list looks pretty good so far.
I had better go & do some housework so I don't need to do much tomorrow. We might go for a drive & have a picnic somewhere.
I went for a good walk yesterday but it was chilly. Nice day today-not too hot, about 22oC. Cheers, cate.
 
Hi Cate.

My first thought is: chilly???!!! It was 42 degrees here yesterday! Ugh - I'd kill to be in the land on 22 degrees where you are :)

It sounds like you've been having a bit of a rough time. It's great that your LH took what you said on board and has decided to spend the day with you on sunday. It is such a treasure to have a day with the one you love, with nothing in particular planned. It's important that you let him know how important it is to you.

It must be really hard with him gone all the time - of course you'd be sick of being at home by yourself! I'm sick of my own company already, and it's only been three weeks of holidays! Do you work at all? Or volunteer or anything? I'm not sure what it's like where you are, but my MIL spends a lot of time by herself and hence enlists herself in short community courses like 'spanish for beginners', 'creative writing', 'singing for the soul', etc. I know she did one about natural clothing dyes and has made so many things! For me, it'd be hard to avoid the French and Indian cooking classes... I love doing those things. Just a thought.

I love that you are helping your son out - I giggled at the fact that it was you that had to think of bringing condoms :) Good work, mum!

With the cherries - I totally understand. I was devastated when I found out they weren't on the list of fruits I could eat. I LOVE them. Plus, I started Cohens just as they were beginning to become available. Do you have a 'good' fruit that you really really love? I love mango, and if you chop it in teensy squares and put it on a pretty place, it makes it feel very decadent. Cherries are just too easy to pop into the mouth though... but they don't taste as good as being slim feels!

Good luck, Cate. We all know you can do it!
 
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Hi Johanna, 42o -OMG! I think if it got to 42o here in Tassie most of us would die of shock. 25o feels warm enough for me! It has been getting down to about 10o overnight so have not slept without at least a cotton blanket so far this summer.
We ended up having a lovely day. We didn't go anywhere just spent the day at home. My LH brush-cut, I washed both our cars and we just spent the day pottering about together. I am lucky. He is actually very thoughtful. It is always best to say how you feel as sometimes they just need to be reminded.
I told him today that I had been considering bringing up the idea of moving into our local town as I feel so isolated. I have been checking out real estate for about a month. He was genuinely shocked. It is just lovely where we live but we hardly have visitors as we are tucked away in the bush. Even when I go for a 3km walk I'm lucky to see 1 person.
I will volunteer soon. I have been waiting to see when I'm needed to babysit the grandkids & that looks like it will be Tuesday so I think I will volunteer in the opshop on Mondays, perhaps every second one to start off with, then I have Tai Chi on Wednesdays, followed by a walk and I will go into town again on Friday's to shop I think. That's 3 days a week I will get out of the house. I'm still doing these things alone.
BTW- I adore mangoes! We had one tonight with yoghurt. Yum!
I am not working at all at the moment but need a p/t job soon or I might just go up the wall. Work provides an identity and is usually social & sociable. I'm very much a person who needs other people's company.
I feel much better after having my LH's company today. We both know how lucky we are. We have a very healthy, loving relationship.
I checked out your photos Joh before reading my diary. Very impressive. Your students will be impressed I'm sure. What a difference in 6 weeks! Wow! Hope the 42o does not continue for too much longer. Cheers all, Cate
 
I didnt even realise that it had reached 42 on friday, we were out and about with out the car air con on in the arvo...... ha ha ha.. We had a thunder storm pass through over night and it reached my hubby in Hyden this morning about 7 ish... it was a lovely relief from the humidity we have had here the last 2 days.... today is a bright clear day...very very bright...

Poor Cate, it really is hard to recommit, but i am sure that by the time the 25th comes around you will have mentally prepared yourself and you will get through the first few days... You are tough little thing so i am sure you will pull through it...

rarely see one person... what a life... i might win lotto one day.....

Fruit: I have been having these really yummy SA navel oranges... i will be sad when the fruit and veg shop stops stocking them.. they have been the best oranges i have had in a long time......

any way better go.. Have a great Tassie Day Cate...
I shall enjoy my cleaning over here in Wait Awhile....


TTFN
Chelle
 
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Hi Chelle, I know my life is good. I will just have to make sure I get out & about. I will also make some new friends. I've done it before when my life changed so I can do it again. I have been getting prepared for Cohens today. I went shopping & stocked up so am getting there. Also the cherries will be finished by tonight. I did buy 5kgs as they were so much cheaper that way. $10 per kilo or $35 for a 5kg box!
Weight still LW+7.5kg!
My washing machine is nagging me to go rescue the washing. I have lots of work to do this afternoon as we are having someone come to do a job with a back-hoe tomorrow, getting ready to lay concrete in preparation for a veranda/courtyard. We have been wanting to do this job for the 5 years that we have been living in our home so it will be great to at least get this part of it done. I will be without a clothesline for afew days as it has to be moved.
I had a lovely day yesterday with my LH & I have had a chat to him about wanting to lose some weight. He still thinks I'm good how I am right now & thinks the Cohen's GW was too low. He hates skinny women. Mmmm a bit of a battle. I have told him I won't be able to swim or wear shorts O/S unless I lose about 7kgs. If I go any lower than that I'll have to lie about it.
Housework beckons, cheers, Cate.
 
Well, I didn't weigh this morning because I didn't want to know. We had an impromptu "party" last night with our OS, DIL & the GK's who came up for a bath (they don't have one) and brought their dinner which we combined with ours & had a bit of a dinner party combined with champagne. We followed this with the last of our cherries & some chocolate. Hence the not weighing this morning.
Today I have ridden my exercise bike for the longest distance so far & time, have read a book & am about to go for a walk to get the paper.
I have stocked upon Cohen's friendly fruit & veg, yoghurt etc but still need to buy some free-range chicken. I wish I could trust the label "free-range". I wish they would say "humanely treated & killed".I can't eat chicken without my conscience being pricked. I haven't seen any videos showing the cruelty that chickens are subjected to but I know about it & can't ignore it any longer. So far I haven't been able to find any "organic, free-range" chicken.
I am having a bit of fun with Facebook now I'm used to it but still feel bad clicking "ignore" to friend requests from people I barely know. It's very useful to keep in touch with people that you go to email but think "What do I have to tell them?"
I had better go for this walk. At least I know I'm getting fitter even if I have not yet lost any weight this year.
Day 20 of 2009 & I still have not eaten breakfast unless I have first showered & dressed & I have exercised almost every day. I can't say I haven't eaten anything I regretted as I really regret eating sausages at the barbie last week. The cherries I don't regret but I won't buy any more than 1kg a year from now on when they are at their best. I certainly won't eat them every day for a week, sometimes twice a day!
Paul Kelly is playing in March in Tassie so we are going to go see him again. His concert last year (year before?) was great. He puts everything into his concerts & we are able to see him in a smallish venue. He has Paul "Lucky" Luscombe as his drummer. I love him on RocKwiz!
OK- See you, Cate
 
P.S. I just added the (even cherries etc) to my signature & saw that I had been repped by 4 people. I just wanted to say thank you very much(you know who you are). It's very much appreciated. I only give rep when I really think it's well deserved so will take it as a lovely compliment, especially the comments. Cheers, Cate.
 
Wow!!!! I love it your diary shows what an amazing journey you have been through...

I actually found your diary because I have been looking for people on the cohen diet.. So how does it work? I have asked a lot of people but I think you have lost the most on it...

It seems like I switch diets like underwears.. but I found this cohen one and I like the sound of it.. You lose so much weight so quick, can you explain it to me??

Well I hope all is good and I wish you the best 2009!!!!
 
Hi Ivette, I, too had tried so many "diets" and was just lucky to hear about Cohen's by accident. The best thing for you to do if you are interested in finding out more is to read some of the threads in the Cohen's part of this forum and check out their web-site. The US one is and our Australian one is .
I can tell you that it works. I lost 36kgs in 28 weeks but I stuck to it 100%. It requires determination but is well worth it. I'm a little tired tonight but will "talk" to you again soon, cheers, Cate.
 
I didn't realise that I hadn't typed in here yesterday until just then!
It was a fairly full-on day. I went swimming with my DIL & GKs at 9am, then went with them to the doc's to help out, then Tai Chi, then a walk, then a visit to my MIL then home at about 2'ish, quick lunch, housework, LH home after work. Had 2 young workers here all day. Then I went out to 8-ball last night(went for a walk around a big block) & got home at about 11.30. The 2 young guys are outside now, hacking away at the driveway in readiness for the concrete to be poured on Saturday.
Swimming with the GK's was fun, although very little exercise as I was holding a baby for most of it. They love the water. The feeling you get when they look at you so lovingly is just priceless!
Next week & the week after I have the pool to myself for an hour as they are off to the west coast of Tas for 8 days & will be staying in a house that belongs to good friends of ours who are letting them have it at better than "mates rates". Actually next Wed my LH can come with me as he's not working. That will be different & fun. I wore these little blue & white Hawaiian print, short swim shorts, size 12 (tight!) with a singlet top & didn't feel too self-conscious. Well, not much anyway. Perhaps a little......
It feels really funny being in the house sitting down while these 2 are outside working away hard. Instead of sitting I have been cooking but thought I would quickly pop in here while I'm waiting for something to cook down. I'm making Dendeng, which is an Indonesian beef dish. I didn't realise, because my LH usually makes it, just how much sugar is in it, with Soy & palm sugar. We'll have it tonight & tomorrow night and then next Monday I'm back on Cohen's. I think in future it had better be a rare thing. It's very tasty with tamarind, chilli, etc.
I didn't weigh this morning but I know I have not lost any weight at all. I resisted supper last night at 8-ball thank goodness. Looking forward to being back on track again but am not feeling negative at all. That always makes it easier to focus. Tai Chi is good for me too, I'm sure. I feel very relaxed.
I really don't have much to say today (for a change!) so will head. Cheers for now, Cate.
 
Hi Chelle, I'm lucky to have them :beating:. They are just gorgeous!
Thanks for the visit sweets, xo Cate.
 
Hi Cate,
The Dendeng sounds delicious. Is it Malaysian or something?? Yummm.
I'm also still trying to get myself back on track 100% and was thinking of next Monday too, but if I get motivated I might just do it earlier. I just have to get into the right frame of mind and then its usually all systems go. Its quite frightening just how quickly the weigh goes back on once it starts to go back on again. Its probably got a bit to do with my dreadful habits in my previous life, so I need to work out the exact balance to keep it off.
How about we make a pact to go back on 100% together on Monday, then we can keep each other inspired??
Sorry if there are any spelling mistake. I am sitting in the dark typing as we have just blown our light fuse and we have a jungle to get to the fuse box. It's 12.03am so I think I'll leave it till morning.
Anyway, take care, Cate and good luck getting back on track. I'll be needing luck too!!
Have agood night
Beck
 
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