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Well done Less Fatty that is definatley a great achievement. You should be very proud of yourself!!! Keep up the good work.

On a different note, you wont believe it (maybe u will) My bathroom flooded last night and my scales where in there and guess what :eek: They are now dead, kaput, busted absolutely no good:( I was devasted too start with coz i weigh everyday LOL but now I am thinking that I dont see my consultant for 4 weeks so I will get a huge surprise when I go see her.
Oh yea last week I wanted to buy some thing comfy for around the house or even casual to go out with, well I tried on a size 16 and then thought HEY why dont u try a 14 so I did and OMG I fitted comfortably in a 14 I was so excited:D i sent a pic to all my family with me wearing what I had bought LOL.
ANyway 20 kilos to go and I cant wait to get there but I suppose I will have to be patient wont I.
I hope everyone is going great, if you are not then refocus because it will be sooo worht it at the end.
Good luck to all.
Char
 
lessfatty CONGRATULATIONS!

Cant wait to hear how you do on refeed. Hopefully I won't be too far behind you (in getting to my goal)
 
first weigh in!!!

Hi all how we going???

Less fatty - is 80 your goal weight from cohen or just a goal for yourself?? either way you have done great. good on you.

well i had my first weigh in. i lost 8kg. pretty happy with taht. i found i didnt lose much at all in the last week. is this normal???:confused:

:confused: anyhow. great to get into the second month. so hope i have similar results this month. it is my birthday in 2 weeks so my mini goal is to be in the 70's. havent done that in over 6 years!!

anyway. lose on friends!!:)

Tanya
 
Hey Fatty: Good work losing 8kgs. Have you been weighing everday or was it a complete suprise? Is the initial month a higher loss month than the next or can u expect to see a similar result?
Wewll done Less Fatty, I have read your diary and you have struggled in the last few weeks but I am so impressed. I have never got to my goal weight in whatever diet I have been on. I am determined this time though!!
 
Nonna: I was eating salmon steaks for awhile it was a nice mistake;)
As for the poo pellets my Obst who wouldnt let me get constipated told me to eat a thinly sliced kiwi fruit with the skin on every day ( just one slice with the skin) It works:)
Bee
 
Heyfatty

Congrats on your 8 kgs -

I have pretty much lost the same each month, including the first month - I have just clicked over 15 weeks and I average 1.4 kgs a week so by that I should have 7 weeks to go,,,,,,,,,

Its my birthday on the weekend - does anyone know how to make a cracker cake????

Cheers
Sharon:D
 
the wagon

Oh dear I have fallen off the wagon....well actually I fell off 2 months ago and although i eat my cohens meals ill eat a tonne of crap too - im so sad at myself...i was actually down to 68kg at one stage, but now im at 76kg.....ive put on 8kg....every day i keep telling mysel ill do it and everyday i end up stuffing up and crying and getting sad at myself....im really struggling at the moment - i need to get back to the place i was at when i first started and was soooo motivated i did not deviate once for 3 months

feeling like a failure and a frump
pink
 
PinkSultana

Hi Pink Sultana, I have fallen off the wagon also during the chinese new year period... i have gain weight in this period also.. Dun blame yourself too much.. move on... look forward... I am already going through this week without deviation... i am sure you would be able to....
 
heyfatty said:
Hi all how we going???

Less fatty - is 80 your goal weight from cohen or just a goal for yourself?? either way you have done great. good on you.

well i had my first weigh in. i lost 8kg. pretty happy with taht. i found i didnt lose much at all in the last week. is this normal???:confused:

:confused: anyhow. great to get into the second month. so hope i have similar results this month. it is my birthday in 2 weeks so my mini goal is to be in the 70's. havent done that in over 6 years!!

anyway. lose on friends!!:)

Tanya
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No my Dr Cohen goal weight was 90KG, I still felt overweight at that mark so I decided to drop to 80KG. Now I am at 79.9KG :D
 
Pinksultana said:
Oh dear I have fallen off the wagon....well actually I fell off 2 months ago and although i eat my cohens meals ill eat a tonne of crap too - im so sad at myself...i was actually down to 68kg at one stage, but now im at 76kg.....ive put on 8kg....every day i keep telling mysel ill do it and everyday i end up stuffing up and crying and getting sad at myself....im really struggling at the moment - i need to get back to the place i was at when i first started and was soooo motivated i did not deviate once for 3 months

feeling like a failure and a frump
pink
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What can one say? the problem is in yourself, the solution is in yourself, you did it before you can do it again, you have to get yourself back to the place you were 3 months ago, in the Cohen "Groove".

Do you have a plan for each and every meal, do you have foods in the fridge ready? Do you have some fully cooked meals in the freezer for emergencies?

What about tomorrow do you have a plan for what you are eating tomorrow?

Are you feeling "deprived" by the diet, stopping you eating what you deserve to eat? Are you eating because you feel bad and it calms you down? Are you just starving hungry and cannot take it a moment longer? Are you scared of being slim, trim and dare I say sexy (again)?
 
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PINK SULTANA: DO YOU REMEMBER WRITING THIS?

woohoo im over the half way line....I really really really never thought I would actually be doing this, I thought this would be another failure but hard work does pay off.

I HAVE JUST BEEN READING THE THREAD FROM THE START AND THIS IS WHAT YOU HAD WRITTEN. yOU HAVE WORKED SOOO HARD DON'T GIVE UP NOW!! THIS IS ONLY MY SECOND WEEK AND I UNDERSTAND THAT IT SEEMS A LONG WAY OFF, BUT YOU MUST KEEP GOING. ITS HARD TO IMAGINE THAT I WILL EVER FIT INTO MY LEVI'S BUT I HAVE COME THIS FAR NEVER TO RETURN... BEST OF LUCK
 
Hello everyone

Am very excited today as I wore my new size 10 jeans - so much happier than almost outgrowing 14's

Have a good day

Sharon:D
 
Lessfatty - Congratulations!! I just want to let you know that my husband started the program last week. Thanks for your inspiration. He has already lost 5kg. GRRRRRRR:mad: Please continue your diary while on refeed and beyond, as my husband is very similar in size (that you USED to be!) and age and he finds it motivational!

Heyfatty - Well done on your first month you must be pleased. We'll turn the Illawarra state of health around!! I have given details to a few at work already.

Losing - I'm not sure about the cracker cake, but I'm keen. My 33rd birthday is on Saturday, and my husband asked me if I wanted a cake. I said yes, the kids will eat it! I'm too close to RF to deviate now.

My workplace has had casual wear since beg of Summer. we had to go back to business wear today and I realised 2 days ago, I don't have anything businessy that fits! Darn, I had to go shopping! I have always had trouble with work pants, due to chunky thighs. Well, yesterday I purchased a pair of size 10 workpants, straight off the rack!! WOOHOO!! :D Not to brag, but I feel I looked mighty alright at work today!!!!
I go to the clinic on Tuesday for a weigh-in and if I am 69kg or under, refeed here we come!! Question; if my ultimate goal is 65kg, when do I start refeed? Or do I just listen to my body? LF did you feel hungry while losing your extra 10kg? I don't want to start too soon. How normal is life after Cohen's?

Sorry to ramble!
Katrina:D


 
Pinksultana - Please don't give up. You were one of the inspirations for me when I first started!! I know you can do it, just take one day at a time, one meal, one moment. Start from page one of this forum and I promise you will be inspired!! It worked for me!

Katrina
 
lessfatty - hmmm your words are very wise and very true....the problem does lie within myself! I have issues I am currently working on with a counsellor and we are coming to realise the more weight I lose the more emotional crap keeps being revealed, in some ways I think its easier for me to keep the status quo....because Cohens is forcing me to deal not only with my weight issue, but with life issues ive never had the confidence or will power to face up to...its a great thing - but a haaaaard thing and i just need to get past this stage where im wrestling with myself

Carina - thanks so much for that reminder...to be honest I cannot even remember writing that post, but I do remember being elated about being half way....thanks for the encouragment

Hotmama - thanks also for your encouragement, its funny - even though ive contributed to this forum, ive never really realised that there are real life people on the other end (der haha) and so to have the feedback that you had read my posts is a real encouragment

Ok so well as of this moment...10:31pm 1/3/07 I am (and have to be for my own physical and mental health) officially a 100% cohenite once more....tommorrow I have the day off work so I am going to weigh out all my portions and organise a few things to make the meals easier to prepare

I cant say getting down to my goal weight doesnt scare the hell out of me but I know thats where I need to go.
I will fill you in on how i go tommorrow - no doubt I will experience some of the detox yukkiness I had at the start (oh joy)... its also my sisters enagagement party on sat so its good to get started tmoz instead of pigging out at the party....
 
Pinksultana said:
lessfatty - hmmm your words are very wise and very true....the problem does lie within myself! I have issues I am currently working on with a counsellor and we are coming to realise the more weight I lose the more emotional crap keeps being revealed, in some ways I think its easier for me to keep the status quo....because Cohens is forcing me to deal not only with my weight issue, but with life issues ive never had the confidence or will power to face up to...its a great thing - but a haaaaard thing and i just need to get past this stage where im wrestling with myself
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When we are fat we can pretend to be invisible, always in the background.

Work with your counsellor on what is the holding you back, why you cannot reveal your true self. Staying fat is not for you, break out of the Status quo fly with the eagles, challenge those who are holding you back, the life of a grain feed turkey is not for you!
 
Losing (Sharon) Congrats on the size 10 jeans and the big loss on the scales. You're very inspiring to me. I went shopping yesterday and bought myself size 10 jeans. I couldn't believe when I tried on size 12 jeans that they were too big. Never dreamed of that happening.

Irene
 
Thanks Irene

It feels so nice to hear you say I am inspiring to you..as you are to me (you started around the same time as me, I think). These comments and the support on the forum has been a pleasant surprise part of Cohens for me. It would be awful if you had to go it alone - WW has meetings etc. But I think because of the forum I haven't felt the need to go to the clinic to Sue and get moral support.

So for this I thank everyone. It is such a personal journey and can be a rocky one, it helps so much to talk to people who are going through the same thing as me.

Irene you are so close to your goal and I can't wait to hear how your refeed goes. Will you be posting any photos when you are finished??

Have a great weekemd

Sharon
 
Hi Sharon,

I've never been to my clinic, though I do call them once a month and whenever I have a question, so I have been relying on these forums for support and they have helped whenever I felt I would crumble, I would find someone to inspire me to keep going on here.

I started on the 13/11/06 and unintentionally deviated the 1st week by eating salmon and double my cracker allowance and intentionally deviated Christmas Day.

To think 10 years ago I weighed 96kgs and 2 years ago I weighed 86kgs and to weigh in at 59kg is mind-blowing for me. I have never reached my goal weight so hopefully when I do, I will never be fat again.

I will probably post some pics when I'm done.

Good luck over the weekend everyone

Irene
 
I feel crappy

Dear all,

I need someone to talk to but I cannot find anyone whom i feel comfortable to talk to.

Work is stressful and started to crap. And i'm starting to feel depressed. It's like one of those moods again where you feel really sad.

And of course, as what most women might do, they fall into the tendency of emotional eating. And I do not want that to happen to me. I do not want to indulge in eating anyhow because either way, it's going to untame my taste buds.

Also, I'm feeling crappy because i'm just scared that I cannot control my weight, especially now that I have completed refeed.

i'm still trying to assimilate into the real eating world and my weight has been going up and down. It's within a manageable range but I'm just worried that if work is still crappy, i will begin to lose control of everything and thus, my weight will suffer.

I think, looking deep down inside my heart, I just need a solid break from work and its stress. And perhaps mend the emotional wounds inside me.

I really hope i will feel better. Thank you for reading.
 
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