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I totally suck at weight loss. I see the tickers of people who started months after me and they are shrinking bby the day, me I just can't do it.... I want to do it, I start out with all intentions then BAM BINGE!

Sorry to dump but I hate myself at times for being the pig that I am. Wish I could find a good weight loss counsellor to sort my head out, but I just don't feel comfortable talking to Twiggies who think being a size 8 is overweight!
 
IchooseLife,

I felt terrible when I read your post! :( You have been so helpful and encouraging to me. Losing weight and breaking the habits that make us that way are incredible hard. Don't beat yourself up. When you make mistakes, just let them go, the next meal do the Cohen's plan. Emotional eating, and cravings can are going to be hard, try to find something to busy yourself when you are feeling that way.
I need to hurry and get ready for a wedding, I will check on you tomorrow.
Lam
 
IChooseLife:
I know where you ae coming from it is so easy to have the best intentions and with in a split second turn it into a landslide of errors. I find it easy to be motivated for about 4 weeks and then have the "what if" I had that and "it wont hurt" come into play. I have just climbed out of the rut of errors and had a good week and thankfully been rewarded with at the scales.
I'm having issues with body image at the moment...I am smaller but my mental attitude hasnt caught up to my physical size. I am still wearing size 20 pants although I can neally fit into 12's OK they have a belt on them but it is just second nature to always grab the bigger.
As for counsellers I gave up when my GP told me that it wa prob a good idea to have lap band and he could find someone to do it for me :) How lovely. The best counselor I had I found through the local hospital not so much for weight but they were "real" people often with a desire to help ....good luck
Bee
 
LAM There are some great recipes on lifestyleclinic.com.au. One of my fave ricotta recipes is Spinach and Ricotta Lasagne - made with crackers instaed of pasta. In fact i am going to make a batch to freeze today. It's delicious. There are also some yummy cheescake recipes on the recipe thread of this forum.
I think the key to this eating plan is definitely variety and planning (sorry, the two keys!!)
This is definitely as much a mind game as aphysical thing. You need to surround yourself with encouragement and reward. If those around you are not encouraging you, encourage yourself. Write out some positive affirmations and read them out loud. You will feel silly at first, but you are reprogramming the tapes (UHHH CDS!?) that have been playing in your head all these years. I have cards that I keep in my car and I read them every morning. Things like; "I weigh (goal weight), I eat the right foods, I look great, I feel great and I look hot in my size 10 jeans!!" Whatever you want to be able to say about yourself and your life, start speaking it now, start visualising what it will be like. Visualise how yur life will be when you have finished Cohens. Shopping for size 8 or 10 and knowing that everything you try on will look amazing.
There is a great film out called "The Secret" It's all about this sort of stuff I'm not sure what the website is but if you do a search on Google for THe Secret you should find it
This program is so worth it. You will feel amazing and you will inspire others around you, not just with weight loss but in other areas as well. People who have told themselves they can't do something, will see you transform in body and mind and will realise they can too. The mind is a very powerful thing.
It's not what happens to you, it's how you respond!!

Love to all
Katrina

Started Cohens 24.11.06 finished 18.4.07
 
I'm one of these people who have been reading your posts, and chose to try and lose weight with Cohen. I just get my application approved today, am hoping for my lab slip soon. Can't wait to start!
Ichoselife...please hang in there.
LAM..I feel so connected, perhaps because I remember your post when you received your diet. You're doing great!
Thanks you guys. You never really know how much your words help others.
 
Ichooselife The others have put it better than I can. A lot of the things that Katrina has suggested I have also done. I have motivational sayings typed up-1 copy in my bag, 1 next to the computer, 1 at work. I have this picture of slim Cate that I can see in my head. I can picture the clothes that I will wear & how I will look. It really motivates me. I figure anything is worth a try & if anyone thinks I'm silly who cares? I don't!
You can do it. Have faith in yourself. We do. If it's taken a lifetime (some of us longer than others-lol) to get to this stage, major changes require a lot of re-thinking. Please try not to be too hard on yourself. Picture that slim, healthy Ichooselife.... She looks good doesn't she? Big hug from me, xo Cate
BeeG I am still wearing my 22's! Folded over, looking like a total dag! I think my brain is saying stay a cocoon for the moment & emerge like a butterfly(ha ha) when I get to goal. It's almost like I don't want anyone to notice just yet as then they'll start with the sabotage-"Don't you think you've lost enough?" etc.Even though I have bought a few smaller clothes I feel like waiting to wear them.
keepentabs A big welcome to you and congrat's for starting the program, joining the forum & changing your life! Any support you need you will find in here. It's great!
 
THANK YOU all for your kind words and encouragement. I came back in to the forum today with my tail between my legs expecting some harsh words but instead there is love and acceptance here. THANK YOU.

I'm back on the wagon. And I've now got my husband on board 100% with instructions to NOT LET ME DEVIATE, not even if I abuse him. He's languishing his new responsibility and whilst he's been supportive in the past he's been far from helpful. He now recognises how easy it is for me to be tempted and slip. So I have him on board and that gives me that extra accountability.

Weight loss is such an emotional journey for many of us, and whilst I'm strong mentally in a lot of area losing my 'comfort cardigan' is much harder than I thought it would be.

I need to take responsibility for me. It's only me that puts crap in my mouth. It's only me who sabotages my own efforts. I am in control of me no one else.

So I've started a 'frree journal'. It's one of those where you journal your progress etc but you also do 'free writing' where you just write and write with no real thought until you have nothing left to say. Usually with a thought or idea in mind example: why do I think I binge? Why do I want to lose weight? or for me Why am I afraid to lose weight? I started today and it was amazingly therapeutic.

Truly, you are all amazing people, and I sincerely apologising for 'dumping' on you yesterday. It was one of my worst days ever :(

But today was a new day. I CHOOSE LIFE! So back on Cohens I went. With the binge and horrors of yesterday behind me. Some new tactics in place.

This journey for me is not going to be easy. Nor does it have to be as hard as I am making it. I WILL get to the bottom of my obesity, eradicate it, and shrink to my ideal weight.

I WILL because I CHOOSE LIFE!
 
I choose life-GOOD FOR YOU!! Cate, falling asleep at the computer, drags herself off to bed at 12.30 am...zz
 
keepentabs,

Thanks, I'm glad you feel connected, I hope I can help! :)

I have been on this diet since Monday 4/23/07, today is Saturday 4/28/07 and I have lost 6.6 pounds(3kgs)!!!! :D
I can hardly believe it. I know I am not supposed to weigh myself yet, but curiosity got the better of me.:eek: The weight loss itself is a motivation, but I really like talking to everyone on this site. I feel we are united by a common bond. I would not have tried this diet if I hadn't read the posts on this site.

I chooseLife,
I am glad you're feeling better, this is such a battle. I love fat free milk...and brocholi...and oreo's, but I will wait and eat snacks in moderation later in my size 6 pants:eek:
Thanks again
Lori
 
I choose life keep your chin up you will get there in the end do not have the tempations in the house. I am an emotional eater to i have been on this now two months and i am going great if i feel like i want to eat i go and do something to take my mind of it.

Lam keep up the good work you will lose a lot of fluid in the first month.

I had to go opp shopping for some new pants last week mine are starting to fall off me my crutch is hanging down around my knees. I am not going to buy anythink new untill i reach my goal weight.

Hope everyone has had a good weekend talk to you all soon.
 
Thanks for the welcome.
You all have lost such a tremendous amount of weight in a relatively short period of time, each of you are an inspiration.
I'm still waiting on the papers to have my blood drawn...so I'm days away from starting. Hopefully, blood draw will happen early next week.
I just can't tell you all how interesting it is to read your words, look at your tickers, (calculate your weight losses) and know that your plans are dropping weight so quickly. I've yet to read about anyone who loses maybe one or two pounds a month like in traditional diets.
Keep up the good work and I'll keep you posted.
 
IChooseLife, I'm so happy you got your husband on board. Even though we *should* all be responsible for ourselves, a supportive spouse is soooo helpful. It's almost like, it our spouse "allows" us to deviate, then we're not really cheating. That's faulty thinking, and we all have to fight it meal by meal, day by day until it's a habit. Good luck to you!

Lam, congrats on your weight loss so far! I'm a scale addict, too.
 
Everyone's doing so great.

Lam that's a great effort in the first week. Make sure you do your measurements too weekly cause that's the real tell and is so amazing to watch how many CM you actually shrink by each week.

It's all good here.. 'cept today went to have my crackers and they are all stale! I don't trust myself at theshops still at the moment so hubby is going after work tomorrow for me so I've had to use Sao's in place of the Salada's. I'm only counting one Sao as two crackers, so shouldn't be too much damage done.

Loving everyone's tickers and coinciding losses.... what a great shrinking bunch.

here's to a healthy week of getting our bodies back in balance xxxoooooo
 
Ichoooselife-It's great seeing you back as your usual positive, encouraging self. I think it took me so long to gain my weight & I had a lifetime of self-sabotage & image issues that I can't possibly just wake up one morning & be slim without putting in a lot of work & changing the way I think about food & my body. I don't know why we put so much pressure on ourselves. I don't know any perfect people.
I am proud of myself for making this conscious decision to change my life & love that I am sharing the journey with so many other strong, supportive, people! xo from Cate
 
BFNM - yep day by day and it definitely didn't go on overnight. I just have to stop comparing myself to others, and just take the inspiration from seeing the great losses from others.

Thanks Cate.... yep it's a day by day battle that is predominantly mental, I think there needs to be more recognition of that all round. It's all good now.. I had my dummy spit, I"m okay now LOL

Thanks KristiB ... I usually keep crackers in zip lock bag but some little munchkin had opened MY crackers and not put them in a bag .. the little gremlins were found, and duly punished LOL

I made Cohen Rissoles last night and added curry powder, for the entire family. They all LOVED them and came back asking for more.. of course there weren't more cause I have put them all on 'limited' amounts. If I can spare my kids teh trauma of the weightloss merrygoround I will do everything I can by starting now even at their toddler years. I'm determined for them not to have this battle.

I put on a jumper this morn that was a little tight last year, baggy this year yayyyyyyyyyyyyy 15 kg loss doesn't seem much to me in 4 months with 60kg to lose, but in the scheme of things it is a lot and is at least one dress size yayyyyyyyy

Happy shrinking everyone
 
Back on Track and Breakfasts

A super warm welcome to the new Cohenites and a hearty wave to all :) Yes I'm happy - because I've lost the couple of kilos I put on during two weeks of deviation and craziness at work...and a bit more :p

It still amazes me how if we stick to the program meal by meal, day by day, the weight just slips away.

Fish
I just have to share this - my hubby's recipe for grilled fish. Mix a small amount of low sodium salt with dried herbs crushed to powder form and coat your slice of fish allowance. Put in the grill on high for 10 minutes and eat with a fresh spinach/arugula salad or grilled veg selection on the side. It's very "restaurant" like and delicious :p

Breakfast
Also, I've added a couple of breakfast options to the recipe thread.
 
I got through day 3 and found my zone again, that is the zone of not starving.

I found there is a lot of people struggling at the moment. We must stop the VICTIM mentality. We choose what happens in our life. Where the mind goes, the body will follow. (if anyone knows Joyce Meyer you will know what I am talking about).

A good way of keeping your self going is to remember that this program is for a short time and it will end, think about the HGH working through your body and releasing all the fat from the fat cells.

Keep your eye on the prize and not on the food. One day at a time.

Every time I don't want to make an effort to make a nice meal or stick to my plan or I feel like I want to eat I think to my self "is this something that I would choose for my own life, a life of misery and guilt, the answer is No. I choose to feel good and look good.
 
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