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Newlife, sorry to hear of your bad time at work. Have you got holiday time accrued that you might be able to use to have a break? Are you in a position to look around for a new job? Maybe you need a new job to go with the new you and your new life! :D

As for controlling your weight - perhaps now that you are finished refeed, it's time (if you haven't already) to think about getting some structured exercise in your life. Maybe look at joining a sporting team, or joining a dance class or something. Something that gets you out with people that you enjoy so it isn't so much about the exercise, but more about the social interaction.

Once you get a routine of structured exercise happening, along with reasonably good eating habits, your weight should become an issue that isn't an issue (if you know what I mean!). Perhaps also you should cut back on weighing yourself so often also. It is EXTREMELY healthy for your weight to fluctuate. This is not necessarily a reflection of food you have eaten etc. Don't forget, as females we grow a uterus lining every month that adds to our weight :p So perhaps it's time to put the scales away, keep an eye on how your clothes are fitting, and weigh yourself monthly (or start with weekly if you have to) to keep yourself in check.

Do you have a hobby at the moment? Perhaps you could look at starting something up to help relieve the stresses of your work?

Anyway, I hope things pick up for you soon. You've done the hard part of getting your health back on track, now it's just a matter of putting all the other pieces of life together!

Keep smiling,
Linda
 
Hi,
I hit 40kg today! Yippee! Its been a slow month due to my little sojourn in Europe, but I'm finally at the 40kg mark. Thats 40kg in 32 weeks, so the weeks are beginning to catch up to the kilos! But hopefully at least 3 weeks of this month will be OK. I have one week in Beijing, which will cause me some headaches.
after Beijing, I have minimal travel planned for a few months so I can get into a groove again.
I went trying on clothes again today. I tried on size 12 pants at Cue and they fit comfortably! But size 12 jacket was WAAAAY too small, which I was surprised about, because I have always been a bit of a pear shape. (I ended up with 2 jackets from Wombat, which I need for meetings this week with our Regional Presidents from work).
No photo update this month, cause its not much different from last month!

HL
 
Help!!!!!!!

Hello everyone,

Not sure if you remember me as its been at least a month since I was on last. I went overseas for 19 days. Went to Wisconsin in the US where we experienced weather 55C below zero. Bloody cold. Im guessing I used the weather as an excuse not to drink my water, and the fact that it was too much of a nuisance to cook my own dinner whilst everyone around me ate wonderful meals. Especially as we dined out most nights.

I have stood as solid as a rock throughout my journey on Cohens since Oct 2nd 2006. Didnt even faulter during Christmas, my birthday, my sons 18th etc. I was sooooo proud of myself. And now, I lower my head in shame. Im so devastated that I deviated, and not just a little. I was so close to my refeed weight, and have gained over 4kgs in that time, bringing my weight up so much. I had just on 11kgs to refeed, having lost 31kgs on the first day of my vacation. Now it has gone up to over 15kgs. Im so disgusted in myself.

I thought once I get home, Ill be fine, I wont beat myself up over my decision to eat what I wanted. That I would come home and everything would just go back to the way it was before I left. NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! Ive been back 12days, and Im yet to complete a full day on Cohens. I seem to be fine till after lunch. Then I end up having a salada with ham and cheese. Im craving candy like crazy and worst of all, Im hungry again. I havent really felt hunger since before begining Cohens.

What have I done??????? I refuse to ever be fat again, but Im so terrified of becoming like that again without Cohens. And, most importantly, it has allowed me to see just how important refeed must be in teaching us how to really eat correctly so as not to ever return to our old eating ways.

I didnt eat large amounts, in fact, rather small, and basically no carbs at all. They were my down fall pre Cohens. Havent had any cravings for carbs in quite some time. But I did it sweets and candy. That was my undoing, as well as a little take out foods. I did notice that the lack of water intake made me lerthargic and effected my daily toileting. Since returning, Ive been drinking the 3ltrs I was drinking previous to my holiday. Feel much better just doing that.

Anyways, Ive basically been to frightened to come on to here, or even read, as I am so ashamed, but I know, after reading a few letters again, that you wont judge me, (at least I hope not), but will offer me some hope and suggestions. Please, Please, Please help me get back on track. I know its ultimately up to me, but knowing I have support here, will be such a big help to me.

Thank you for listening to me and my self indulgence. Im really so happy to see how well everyone has managed to do in my absence. Im really proud of you all, and also very envious and angry with myself, but hey, I only have myself to blame.

Thanks so much guys, and hope to hear from someone with some wise words.

Cheers, and hope you are all having a lighter day.

Regina:)
 
wildskyz

Hello Regina :) I don't have many wise words but I would certainly like to show you support. If you've done it before, you certainly can get back 100% onto the program.

It won't take you long to lose that 4kg u gained if you get back onto Cohen's again - at most a month if you're 100% on the program? I just got back from a holiday not long ago and the first couple of days back onto Cohen's was tough, especially the hunger pangs since my appetite expanded during the vacation. But here's what I did to keep the hunger at bay - see if it works for you:

7am - Breakfast: Meal 2 or 3 type of breakfast, i.e. meat and veg
10am - 2 crispbreads
12noon - Egg and cabbage omelette followed by an apple.
3pm - 2 crispbreads
6pm - meat & veg dinner; with remainder of crispbread allowance if I'm still hungry
8pm - another apple

This helped me managed my hunger and basically had me eating the whole day with very little interval in between.

I hope this helps. I have another 15.8kg to refeed, more than you do. Chin up Regina :D We can do it together!
 
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Hello everyone,

Not sure if you remember me as its been at least a month since I was on last. I went overseas for 19 days. Went to Wisconsin in the US where we experienced weather 55C below zero. Bloody cold. Im guessing I used the weather as an excuse not to drink my water, and the fact that it was too much of a nuisance to cook my own dinner whilst everyone around me ate wonderful meals. Especially as we dined out most nights.

I have stood as solid as a rock throughout my journey on Cohens since Oct 2nd 2006. Didnt even faulter during Christmas, my birthday, my sons 18th etc. I was sooooo proud of myself. And now, I lower my head in shame. Im so devastated that I deviated, and not just a little. I was so close to my refeed weight, and have gained over 4kgs in that time, bringing my weight up so much. I had just on 11kgs to refeed, having lost 31kgs on the first day of my vacation. Now it has gone up to over 15kgs. Im so disgusted in myself.

I thought once I get home, Ill be fine, I wont beat myself up over my decision to eat what I wanted. That I would come home and everything would just go back to the way it was before I left. NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! Ive been back 12days, and Im yet to complete a full day on Cohens. I seem to be fine till after lunch. Then I end up having a salada with ham and cheese. Im craving candy like crazy and worst of all, Im hungry again. I havent really felt hunger since before begining Cohens.

What have I done??????? I refuse to ever be fat again, but Im so terrified of becoming like that again without Cohens. And, most importantly, it has allowed me to see just how important refeed must be in teaching us how to really eat correctly so as not to ever return to our old eating ways.

I didnt eat large amounts, in fact, rather small, and basically no carbs at all. They were my down fall pre Cohens. Havent had any cravings for carbs in quite some time. But I did it sweets and candy. That was my undoing, as well as a little take out foods. I did notice that the lack of water intake made me lerthargic and effected my daily toileting. Since returning, Ive been drinking the 3ltrs I was drinking previous to my holiday. Feel much better just doing that.

Anyways, Ive basically been to frightened to come on to here, or even read, as I am so ashamed, but I know, after reading a few letters again, that you wont judge me, (at least I hope not), but will offer me some hope and suggestions. Please, Please, Please help me get back on track. I know its ultimately up to me, but knowing I have support here, will be such a big help to me.

Thank you for listening to me and my self indulgence. Im really so happy to see how well everyone has managed to do in my absence. Im really proud of you all, and also very envious and angry with myself, but hey, I only have myself to blame.

Thanks so much guys, and hope to hear from someone with some wise words.

Cheers, and hope you are all having a lighter day.

Regina:)
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What a shame you are feeling like that, 4KG isnt that much, do you remember how much you lost the first week on the program? You will lose that 4KG quickly and easily once you get back on the wagon.


Here is my getting back on the wagon plan.
  1. Decide absolutely the at you will stay on the Cohen program for a full 7 days. No try, if you are not sure you can then you need to take a good hard look at your self naked in the mirror and get motivated! You did it before you can do it again. If you know that there will be some event in the week then have a plan to cope with it, in advance. If your doctor told you you will drop dead tomorrow if you deviated would you wake up in the morning motivated to eat 3 cohen meals?
  2. Come up with a weekly menu of all your fav Cohen meals. If you like mangos and steak plan plan lots of meals with those things. Have a hourly plan for when you eat fruits, when you eat crackers, how much water you will drink at breakfast!
  3. Now just go out shopping and get everything you need for one week, meat, fish , vegetables, fruit, yogurt crackers, buy 100 zip lock bags
  4. Make 5 or 7 lunches for the freezer.
  5. Have you dinners meats in ziplocs and fresh vegetables in others.
  6. Get your crackers into snack sized correct portions into other zip lock bags for easy picking up.
  7. With a plan you can say well I will just be patient another 90 minutes and I can eat 1/2 an apple or have my allowance of crackers...just to keep you moving through each day.
 
Hi Regina

Please don't ever feel as though you should be too ashamed to come on the forum - we are all here to help and support each other. You are brave in admitting that you have gone off the plan and need to get back on.

As you said there is nothing I can do to get you back on 100% but I am here to cheer you on when you do.....My consultant suggested to me if you stray write down why you are doing this and what you hope to achieve....What are some of the things that you don't want in your life e.g. thighs that rub together making it uncomfortable to walk.

Regina you can do it - have a look at some photos before and some during and realise the difference the plan is making in so many ways in your life.

I think it would be harder when you travel - but you are home now and the focus needs to go back on yourself - YOU DESERVE TO BE YOUR PRIORITY.

Best of luck and like I said we will all be cheering for you.

Take care
Sharon
 
Re: Help - WildSky

Hi Regina

Please don't beat yourself up about this - put it behind you and just think about today and the future ... :)

Something I do - which might sound a bit, well, ok, a lot, strange .... is when I'm tempted to (eg) eat a piece of chockie, I just visualise/imagine actually putting the chockie in my mouth, eating it and enjoying it - I even say a silent 'YUM'!. This literally just takes seconds to do - but is enough to take your focus off actually weakening and having that piece of chockie ... and importantly ... you demonstrate to yourself how quickly the enjoyment would've been over had you deviated (ie in seconds).

Eating a piece of chockie (or whatever your weakness is) and the enjoyment that brings is over so quickly ... but we know the guilt hangs around for ages ... it really isn't worth it, hey?! :)

As I said - very strange ... but it works for me ... :rolleyes:

You'll do it!

Kind regards

Taffy
 
Regina!
glad to see your back and at least not in denial about deviating!
okay so 4 kilos right? EASY.you can do it... i know you can do it, you know you can do it.and the first step is always the hardest..

okay so you say you always have ham and cheese crackers? easy..put the ham in the bin..or better yet!! what you should do if u ever find your self in that situation..and the cheese and crackers are right in front of you..you should walk over to the bin..and wipe them in the inside of the bin..thatll put you off wanting to put it in your mouth! and it could also give you a future image of bin/germy ham and cheese crackers whenever u feel like it!

thats all i can think of now, but for the meantime...CHIN UP! and get on the godamn wagon already women!
:)

Happy losing everyone!
Caroline xx
 
Hi all
thanks heaps for all the congrats re the loss. wore the hot dress to the wedding. it was pretty good as the food was all small portions, luckily entree was a vege stack, main was beef and veg but desert which i devoured was not healthy. but very much enjoyed. back on the wagon today.

hot mamma - when did you start cohens?? we have around the same starting point and finishing point and just curious how long it has taken you.

hang in there everyone. doing sowell.

and regina- we are also still living so things like these holidays etc, are meant to be lived and enjoyed. you done it, leave it where it is and move on with it. at least you have cohens. many out there want something but too scared to commit....

take care

Tanya
 
Hi all! Just have to share something my gorgeous husband did for me on my birthday on Satrday. He had offered to make me a cake, (which I said the kids would eat), and had done that late Friday night. When I got up on Saturday, he asked if I wanted my cake now, for breakfast. I thought, ok, I guess the kids could eat cake for brekky! He then went to the freezer and produced this 'cake'. The cake was a mixture of yoghurt, mango, sweetener and saladas!! He had mixed the yoghurt and mango in the blender, then layered it with salads in a container and frozen it. I have to say it was very yummy, tasted like a fancy dessert from a patisserie. So I did get to have a piece of my birthday cake!!

Heyfatty - I started on the 24/11. It will be 15 weeks on Friday 9/3. I was 69kg this am so I'm confident that I will be able to order refeed on Tuesday. How exciting, and nerve racking!!
 
.5 til I'm healthy

I am very excited as I have .5kg to go to get into the healthy BMI range for my height.

Mum surprised me yesterday and took me to DFO to buy me some clothes for my birthday. A bit of power shopping and I came out with 2 pairs of pants, 13 shirts and a pair of shoes - all in 1.5 hours.

I seriously had no clothes in my wardrobe as I gave them all to vinnies. I am never wearing fat clothes again. But I am not very good at knowing what I want to wear as my mind still looks at clothes that will hide the fat. When I look at clothes they seem too small to fit - but happily they do. I'm sure I will adjust - it's a matter of time.

Have a great day
Sharon
 
Wildskyz, if you wanna go back onto the bandwagon, go back to it now. Make small goals for yourself and set your mind to achieve it. As what lessfatty had said, if your doc told you that you would die if you had deviated, would you still deviate?

As for me, i just realized that eversince i'm off from refeed, I have always been feeling that I'm fat. Besides gaining some kgs within manageable limits, I realized that I do not feel healthy because I'm just feeling quite grossed out from the unCohens food that I'm eating.

I'm still eating Cohen type of food by the way and it's enough to fill me up.

But I realized that while I'm able to handle carbos, I'm totally unable to handle sweet stuff well. If I were to eat too much sweet stuff, i would definitely gain at least 1 kg overnight. And I realized too, that I shdn't mix too many proteins together as well as overeat on proteins. That would cause me weight gain too...

Anyway, CNY is officially over. And I'm going to try to lose the remaining kgs till I feel it's "healthy" to me.

i wanna reach to 63 kg. I can do it...

I'm feeling better now, by the way. Just hope work will take on an upswing. :)

Hope everyone is having a better week!
 
Hi All cohenits...
I am also comin on board with you, started today the cohen diet.....
Hope can reduce fair amnt of weight.
currently I am at 80 kg and my goal weight is 55.

Hope i will get there.

Cheera
ans_ans
 
WILDSKYZ - you get back on there girl. I have just been through the same ugle scenario and you just have to do it. Just wake up in the morning and tell yourself that you are going to stay on track. My son is partnering a friend in a debutante ball on the 20th April. When I feel a bit week I just say to myself "20th April" and I can stay strong. Try it, it works!!:) You have done so well. Dont beat yourself up, I tried that and it doesnt work only makes you feel worse and doesnt acheive anything. To fix it get back on!!!

I had the pleasure of organising our cricket ckub ball, along with a few others and it was on the weekend just gone, I bought this really nice red dress ( normally I wouldnt have worn red in a pink fit) I was getting comments left right and centre - I even got called a yummy mummy. WOW!

and I have just realised I AM OVER THE HALF WAY MARK - NEVER TO BE FAT AGAIN!!!
 
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Oh My Goodness

Oh my, I dont know what to say. After reading these amazing responses yesterday, the tears streamed down my face. Might sound silly, but just getting the responses I did made me feel like I knew you all and that you guys do care. Thank you sooooooooooooo much from the bottom of my heart!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!:) :) :) :) :) :)

I thought Id let you all know that because of all the positive encouragement and great suggestions from LOSING, LESSFATTY, WINDYBLUE, FATCAT, HEYFATTY, NEWLIFE AND JOOLS. Im really touched and so appreciative of you all taking the time and effort to respond to me and help me through this very challenging time. You will all be pleased to know that I started back today and stuck to Cohens 100% and have the old drive back. And I know I owe it all to YOU!!!!!!!

THANK YOU ALL.

Will keep you all posted on how Im going. Its all down hill from here.

Congratulations on all the amazing goals everyone is reaching. Its truly very inspirational to hear what you all have achieved.

Hope everyone is well and having a lighter day.

Cheers,

Regina:D
 
Great news Wildskyz that you have your Cohen's Mojo back!!! You go girl!! Just think Head Down and Bum up - Zero Deviations and you will be there in no time flat!!!

I'm just dropping in to update my Ticker... Woohoo only 1.6kgs to Goal... So hungry though!!! I ordered and recieved my refeed and I'm starting it on Wednesday!! - It is pretty complicated and you really need to sit down for quite a while and calculate all the different size portions and be really meticulously planned and organised!
And damn there is a LOT of food that you need to eat easpecially in the last few days!!! I'm happy to say it's only for 15 days and on the last two days I get to have a Wine!!! Woohoo! Can't wait!
Anyways happy losing everyone and I will keep you updated with my refeed!
 
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ans_ans said:
Hi All cohenits...
I am also comin on board with you, started today the cohen diet.....
Hope can reduce fair amnt of weight.
currently I am at 80 kg and my goal weight is 55.

Hope i will get there.

Cheera
ans_ans
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Hi ans_ans -

I have not started cohens yet, but i had my blood work last Friday. I'm just waiting for the results and my plan. I hope you do well. I'll be looking for you!

Dee
 
Hi dee
My day 1 went with success, I wanted to eat things , and in the afternoon my stomach was aching and headache but I managed to get over that.
Today is my day 2 starting......
I am getting lots of inspirations by reading these posts and the time passes by..
thanks everyone for inspirational post.
 
ans_ans said:
Hi dee
My day 1 went with success, I wanted to eat things , and in the afternoon my stomach was aching and headache but I managed to get over that.
Today is my day 2 starting......
I am getting lots of inspirations by reading these posts and the time passes by..
thanks everyone for inspirational post.
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How's the food? Are you feeling hungry? I'm worried about being hungry. I'm going to be posting here a lot to stay focused. Each time I want to eat something I shouldn't I'm going to post a message. I think I'll start my own diary thread. That might help.

I hope day 2 goes or went well and day three is even easier!
 
ooooooh melly P im so envious! :)
i seriously just want to be finished with cohens its getting frustrating!
this stupid perth heat is making my willpower go down the toilet! (ALTHOUGH NO DEVIATIONS THUS FAR!!! :D)
this friday is 16 week weigh in...and i keep telling myself 'only 6 more weeks only 6 more weeks' when in reality ive no idea how much i weigh atm so i dont know how much longer HOPEFULLY NOT TOO LONG arrghhh!

question for the forum : Has anyone started doing some light exersice in their program? eg:weight training or walks?? has it helped in any way shape form?

happy losing! xx

Caroline x

PS:Im really loving cinnamon at the moment..had some in my yoghurt this morning and also i find its AWESOME in my black coffee with 1 sugarine tablet, tastes like a desert coffee!!

ALSO - i remember someone posting on this forum a long time ago that paprika was not allowed on the cohens program because they could not have it...and i must say PLEASE EVERYONE READ YOUR OWN BOOKLET because mine says i am allowed (even though in limited amounts) but i cannot stress enough even though people think we all have identical programs there are some things we can have that others cant!
 
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