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jools said:
LIVING IT! are you there. I too cannot get back on. I hate myself. I havent posted for ages for the same reason. Can think of anything positive to say. Like you havent put any weight on fortunately but just cant stay strong. i am weak. I have 21 kgs to go and I know that i can do it. Just cant start. :(

DOES ANYBODY KNOW WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU MISS A BLOOD TEST. i LOST MY BOOK AND NOW I AM A BOUT A WEEK OVER. CAN I STILL HAVE IT???????
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If it is not too strong I can offer you some tough love : "What have you got to lose! your fat arse?"
(I dont mean it in a cruel picking on you way, just a motivational way)

I wouldnt be worried about your missed blood test until you eating at least 99% with plan. Get back on the plan, have your blood test 4 or 5 days afterward, I understand you shouldnt overrun 1 month without a blood test (meaning 2 months between tests), when I got a gall bladder attack and had some olive oil, fresh sardines and some salmon (over 2 days) to help expel some bile, I was told that I dont need to bother about the blood test that month, so next month (means 2 months between tests) I had it and Dr Cohen altered my plan very slightly (very very slightly) the next month.

The question for you is why "hate yourself" ? Gosh it is just some food right? I hate child molesters!

Better questions within yourself will get better answers: Bad is if you always ask yourself "Why do I always fail on diets?" your brain is going to come up with "Because I am a weak loser!", so better questions "What 5 things I can start doing right now to improve my motivation to stay on the plan and avoid tempations ?"

Here is one suggestion to get yourself back on the rails, go shopping and pre-purchase 1 weeks of cohen foods, yogurts, meats, fish, eggs, vegetables, fruits and crackers and 100 ziplock bags and spend 4 hours getting your meals organized for a full week! So you can just be on autopilot mode for what you are going to eat, and can just focus on eating what you have already prepared!
 
thanks mrs clooney...that would be great to have started at the similar time as someone else. i have done the cohen plan before and understand that it can be difficult at times so the support will be valuable. how much weight do you have to lose?
 
hey all.

so we can eat corned beef??? never thought of it but it is definately one of my favs.

bit peeved tonight. my husband bought the groceries in and didnt put my prawns away (i was elsewhere) so they are off from sitting in heat. nothing in the house so i had yoghurt for breaky and stir fry from last night for lunch. but my prawn salad turned into egg salad. is that bad that the egg and yoghurt are from the same MEAL group??

worried tanya
 
HI EVERYBODY! Let me just say that I am toatally loving this forum!:)

MrsClooney- I hate to say it but I don't think that we are allowd to have corned beef as there is too much salt in it I think the best thing to do is ask your consaultant.:(

heyfatty- no we are not supposed to eat 2 meals from the same group but if thats all you have then it is better to do that than a total deviation (speaking from experience). :(

lessfatty- I just love the way you put everything into perspective!:) I love the plan and prep for a whole week. This will be my 1st week back after a long time and alot of failed attempts to get back on my program and I know that the 1st week is the hardest especially days 3 and 4 but I know this will help!:D

Also I'm new to the whole computer fourm thing and I have seen it a few times now so can someone please toll me what lol means.:)
 
Hey winnie, welcome to this awesome forum!! It has been my saving grace quite a few times! When ever I feel like I'm going to deviate I come in here and read everyones posts...it help's keep me focused. I look forward to reading about you and your Cohen's journey. How much do you have to lose?
Oh and LOL means Laugh Out Loud! ;) Have a great night!
 
I just bought a size 8 black dress from Rockmans - and some size 10 & 8 pants and get this ,an XS top (it is a generous looking one) all for the price of $39-00.

How exciting to think that in another 2 months I'll be wearing them.. To go from a L/XL to a XS is a pretty exciting thing. I even tried on the dress and apart from a few bumps still to go I can actually see that I would look good in it......this is a feeling I am not used to and I find that I am still shopping for Fat clothes to cover up - my mind doesn't realise yet that I don't need to hide fat anymore. Anyway the dress is my first adventurous purchase.

Cheers
Sharon
 
losing said:
I just bought a size 8 black dress from Rockmans - and some size 10 & 8 pants and get this ,an XS top (it is a generous looking one) all for the price of $39-00.

How exciting to think that in another 2 months I'll be wearing them.. To go from a L/XL to a XS is a pretty exciting thing. I even tried on the dress and apart from a few bumps still to go I can actually see that I would look good in it......this is a feeling I am not used to and I find that I am still shopping for Fat clothes to cover up - my mind doesn't realise yet that I don't need to hide fat anymore. Anyway the dress is my first adventurous purchase.

Cheers
Sharon
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Hi Sharon,

i totally understand what you mean by your mind doesn't realize that you do not need to hide fat anymore.

For me, I was a UK 26. Now, i'm about UK 10/12. I still cannot help but to feel that i'm fat at some times. I guess i'm still not used to being slim after 26 years of being obese and all that.

so at times like these, i will just snap out of the "i'm fat" syndrome and drill into myself that I'm ok now. I'm slim now. :)
 
hey mrs clooney,
I have 20kg to lose. so we are even at similar losses too! this will be great. i am on my way to pick up my plan right now. just walking out the door. i so hope to have lost it in three months.
have a great day everyone :eek:)
 
Stubborn Seventies Shock Syndrome

Good Afternoon my beautiful slimming friends :)

*WARNING* PLEASE BE AWARE THIS WILL PROBABLY BE A NOVEL LONG POST YET AGAIN!!!!

Okay so i had my 12 week weigh in this morning at 9.15am, i walked in feeling pretty damn good and was ready in my black bikinis so i could strip down and get my truest possible weight, im ultra comfortable with my consultant so i wasnt worried about revealing my wobbly bits hehe

As i stepped on the scales i said a little prayer and out loudly proclaimed 'come on scales be good to me!!!'...in my head i was thinking hoping praying wishing crying out for 76 to appear on that little monitor in front (I promised myself that if i saw 76 i would get a pedicure as well as my refills when i went to garden city after my appointment)...then the number appeared...78 ..

this is how i felt emoticon style..:eek: :mad: :rolleyes: :confused: :eek: :confused: :mad: :mad: :mad:

your probably all rolling your eyes at me by now and i dont blame you!!
i LOST 6.1 kilo.....i SHOULD be estatic...i SHOULD be jumping for joy as the last time i saw the seventies were when i was 16...i SHOULD be so so so so so so so HAPPPPPPYYYYYYYYYYY

but im not.actually wait no thats a lie.i AM happy.im happy that im losing weight..but i think the hard facts are i have a really morphed sense of image.
i think its because when i walked into that clinic this morning my size 14 capris were pretty much slipping down and my shirt was baggy and i thought to myself 'yeah man i could NOT weigh any more then 75/76..just look at me i look great' and then when the scales read otherwise my head started going OMGSH nearly 80 your fat your fat your fat.

Society plays such a huge role in image Versus Weight dont you think?? To think a girl whose 5ft 9, carries her weight well (minus the thunder thighs and tuckshop arms ha! ) wears size 12/14 clothes could weigh 78...

I really dont know where im going with this post, i seem to be all over the place at the moment..but rest assured i AM happy that im finally going to be that girl that doesnt have to wear long sleeve shirts in 40'C weather, that doesnt have to scurry for a pillow to put in front of her belly when she sits down on a couch, that doesnt look around to make sure no ones looking when shes eating in a restaurant, That doesnt have to shove every single morsel of food in her gob thats placed in front of her. i will finally be the girl thats beautiful on the OUTside as well as the in!!

Happy Losing Everyone xx

Caroline x
 
To Caroline

Hey girl,

I'm happy for you! You lost 6.1 kg! This is so good!

Yup, I can understand how you are feeling. You were expecting but you didn't get what you expected. But don't let that affect you ok? No matter what, a loss is still a loss. At least, you didn't gain! So continue to keep up with the happy spirits and lose your weight happily. Treat yourself to something good today!

For me, I experienced something similar to yours today. i'm onto Day 9 of refeed and I weighed myself this morning. Sadly (?!!), I only lost 100 g today. I was just wondering whether it was the banana I ate for two days that caused me bloatedness and a day of constipation. And I was expecting to lose more than 100g. But then again, I should be happy that I did not gain any weight considering the banana I ate. I should congratulate myself for sticking to this program 100% even though I can choose to deviate at the sight of the tempting cookies in my house.

So Caroline, congratulate yourself! Pat yourself on the back. Treat yourself to motivate yourself. I'm going to highlight my hair today so that when Chinese New Year comes, I will look great!

It's just only 6 days left of refeed (excluding today) and I can't wait for it to come!

keep on going strong all of you. We all can do it!
 
FatCat,
Don't be disapointed you have done soo soo well this last month!! I have only lost half that this last 4 weeks and my weigh in with Gaye is on Monday. Please give yourself a pat on the back that really is a fantastic loss. My losing patterns were 1st 4 weeks - 7.5kgs, then the next two were no more than 5kgs now I'll be lucky to get to 3.5kgs by Monday!
Chelsea once said to me when I got impatioent and wanted my weight loss to be faster : 'Don't rock the boat, just sit quietly and keep paddling"
That, even though such a simple analagy really made me reavaluate my journey and know that the weight is coming off and no matter how slowly it happens it is still happening and I am getting healthier everyday.
For so many years all of us have piled the fat on, for all different reasons; eating junk foods, not eating then bindging, diet yoyoing or for simple hormonal imbalances that we have forced our bodies into. I used to just drive by the golden arches and I'd put on a kg on my arse! This program is all about us getting healthy and in balance again, so Don't Rock The Boat, Just Sit Quietly and Keep Paddling! You will get there in no time at all, just think every day you are looking better and better until at the end the ugly outer oyster shell will be gone and the beautiful pearl will remain!
Well done you have done great!! Go and get a pedicure!!:p

Mel
 
Hi fatcat:)

I know exactly how you feel. I just posted a similiar story on Di78's diary.
I felt like I had lost at least 6kg that was what i had lost at 4 weeks, but when I weighed on Tuesday it was only 4kg.

I was down like you and then I found I had time between appointments so ended up shopping and thought should I shoudn't I about trying on size 10's I was already disappoinited with my weight loss(which I know I shouldn't) and also knowing I am only 3kg off goal I was still like Agh!!!!!...........

Anyway I took the plunge the temptation of the sale was too good to refuse so I picked 2 items and gingerly entered the change cubicle thinking this was not a good idea and then I was totally blown away...........I FITTED INTO A SIZE 10. This feeling was so wonderful that it totally made me forget about the weigh in. In total I have lost 10.7kg over 8weeks I had to put this into perspective and look at the big picture this is an amazing outcome after all -and like I have said before the clothes speak for themselves.

More and more people are noticing and they seem to be the friends who are genuinely concerned about my well being where other's have said nothing so like you said before FATCAT friendships are tested through changes and some don't adapt as well.

So Fatcat don't be too hard give yourself a big hug and be proud of what you have lost so far you have been very inspiring in this forum and you know you will get to goal it just isn't when you expected.
I bet if you had tried any other diet you wouldn't have lost the same amount of weight within 12 weeks. Think about it.

Keep positive and get shopping you might be in for a nice "LITTLE" surprise.

ATB
Sam:)
 
Plodding Along

Hi All,
Everyone is doing so well. i am so proud of everyone.

Yes i called my consultant today and NO CORNED BEEF. yes, the salt content is too high. bugger.

FATCAT there have been so many supporting posts for you and i just want to add: i know how you feel but i too agree that weight does not reflect the look entirely. No one can believe i am (was) 90kg. i am 5ft6 but somehow i held it okay. so dont be disillusioned. what you see is what you get. if your reflection said "hot mamma" you take that. Good on you. take that pedicure, you do deserve it.

well at the beginning of week 2 and I caved in to my girlfriends scales. i so did not want to weight but the curiosity beat me. after my 17.5cm loss, i was so nervous that i would be disappointed. I had lost 4kg. couldnt believe it. so very excited about that. i have a goal of 10kg for my first weigh in and i know it is a long shot, but i want it SOOOOO BAD! the thing is, if i dont get it, it is just my body as i am sticking to it 100%.

the only thing that concerns me is my scales. i ordered some digital ones from a store before i started and they are still not in. i have been using just the manual diet scales. i am pedantic that everything is exact but how accurate are these??? does anyone else use these??

Keep up the hard work
 
PS i adjusted my ticker....

i went from what i weighed at blood test to my goal weight. previous i had what i weighed at sign up to refeed goal. dumb ass!!!
 
Hello ladies,

I have not posted for a little while - I actually felt guilty - despite my strength and enthusiasm I caved and had a packet of chips. :( :( :(

I was beating myself up about it, as how could i let that happen so early inthe program, today is my day 8..... but I shrugged it off and told myself that it happened and at the end of the day I didn't enjoy it - so I know I will not do it again..... and I have not :)

My consultant weighed me at the end of the first week and I had my hands over my eyes as I just did not want to know.... I knew I had set myself back by having the snack....... Gaye asked me to open my eyes and after 7 days I had lost 2.2kgs .............

What would the loss of been if I had not slipped???

NO MORE SNACKS for me that's for sure!!!
 
hi ad4ad.
we are pretty much on par with our weight and goal. i am on day 9 so just a day ahead. so your consultant weighed you after a week?? mine just called. i weighed myself.

dont beat yourself up, it was just a speed hump in your road to slimville. you got over it and learnt a lesson. good on you for staying on track. some would have packed it in. it does get easier dont you think?? i was naughty today. i licked the spoon i cooked the kids rice with. i felt soo sooo bad, mostly to myself as that is the first deviation. not a big one but still gave in. bugger. but over it and on with it.

have you found some favourite recipes?? i love pizzas, egg and mayo (tsp) crackers. tonight i made a curry chicken soup. was so yummy.

hope you feeling better and see what this week brings. Bigger weight loss i am sure.

Tanya
 
hey fatcat,
i think we all understand your emotion....that is why we are here! i think you are an amazing person. after all you are caring so much for yourself, your needs are important and by being on the plan you have proven that to yourself. i indeed am proud of you, as i'm sure many other people are. well done you deserve to reward yourself. chin up hun....it's downwards from here (on the scales of course) LOL
 
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