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wow - day 3 of refeed and when I weighted myself this morning and have lost more - 0.5kg which is the largest loss in 3 weeks!!! (my weight loss slowed down in weeks 10-12 to 1.1, 0.9, and 1.0)

I know you go up and down on the refeed (Thankyou rjm - for your regular posts on your refeeds last year and this year !! - so I started the refeed well informed) but I'll keep my fingers crossed it's a "real" one - I'd love to be
58. something when I finish this i.e in the middle of my weight range
 
rjm said:
Mumbine,you have to stay on track for a week or 2 and the cravings and the hunger disappear and food no longer becomes an issue in your life. It is just there to sustain you. I was always a person who suffered from such huge cravings that I could eat almost everything in the cupboard and not ever get full. I have been know to gain 5 or 6 kilos in a week!! If you don't stay on the program (without a single deviation) for at least a week (may be closer to 2 though) you will never reach this state, and food will always remain an issue for you as your blood sugars won't stabilise. It's not willpower (because I have none of that) that helped me stick to this without deviating for 4 months, it is purely because you go into ketosis and hunger and cravings really do disappear. Definately get some chromium and take it every day, and if you need to take 2 or even 3 a day. Sorry if I sound bossy, I don't mean to I just know how wonderful this program can be if you just give it a chance. Remove any temptation from your house. Tell your hubby and kids that for at least 2 weeks there will be nothing that is likely to tempt you in the house, and then FOCUS,FOCUS,FOCUS, and don't forget to always ask for help where we know that help always comes from. Good Luck.
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Thank you rjm for such a good post. It is sooooo totally TRUE! I have always been so "un-determination-able" in other diets but I am really different when I am on cohen. In fact, just yesterday, my colleague commented that I have iron determination to follow thru with the diet. I laughed and told her that its because the diet really work and the results really make you focus.
 
Mumbine, don't feel like a whinger or anything. I know exactly what it is like to walk around the house just about ripping your hair out because you are trying to not succumb to a craving. I don't know what was different about this diet that made me stick to it in the beginning except that I knew it would be for a very short time. I had been trying to eat well, but I never really stuck to it. I was just trying to cut out too many sweets etc. I think sugar is the main trigger of the cravings. With my trying to eat well, I lost 2 kg in about 6-8 weeks, and in the same amount of time, my niece, who was on Cohens, had lost 17kg!! I think this really helped me to get focused. I also never focused on the final goal weight they had set for me as I thought, and still do, this was far too low for me. I always just looked to the next 10kg "mini goal" and I always told myself that if I found it was getting too much at any stage I would order, and complete my refeed no matter what I weighed as I saw this as being the "finishing point" of the diet. As I have never previously finished a diet, this was a real achievement for me, and I know it can be for you too!!!!!!!! Why don't you try taking a week or so out, and eat "Cohen style" without weighing or measuring your food, and see if that helps to stabilise your blood sugars enough to get back on track. After I had finished the diet, and then tried to start again (and failed) in February this year, I gradually started to eat more and more sugars, and found the craving were returning (helping me to gain about 14kgs in about 3 months). I think that sugar, for me, will be like cigarettes, and I will always have to remember that I can never touch it again. Sorry I'm rambling. I really want to be able to say something that will help you to get there, because I so know where you are coming from. Your life now sounds just like what my life was 12 months ago. Have a great day, and I hope I have said something that helps.
 
got the blues....

Thanks all for your concerns and thoughts. I know it all, I just need to put it into practice. I'm really down today, my kids are driving me mad and I've been crying all morning. I think I'm 'coming down' off a sugar high from yesterday. I'm very sensitive to carbs and sugar. I'm taking a me day today. I really just need to chill for a bit. I'm not going to focus on the diet I'm just going to try and do everything I can to relax cause I'm so highly strung. I haven't felt this bad for ages. I will start fresh tomorrow and I'm going to make it to two weeks. That is my goal. My bloods are going to be awful but hopefully the next blood test will be okay and Dr Cohen will be able to work out my refeed alright. I'm also going to get some ketostix. If i see i'm in ketosis I might try and discourage myself from breaking it. I know that i'll get there in the end. I've no doubt of that, it's just a trying time at the moment and i'm trying to find my happy place.

My reward for reaching the two week mark will be a night out with my hubby. Buy some tickets for a show or concert or something. Anyway, I'm going to go and try to pull myself together. Glad you're all doing well. 'Talk' soon.
 
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Mumbine, if you're feeling edgy and down, Herron make a "stress relief" formula which I take every day. It is allowed on cohens and makes a huge difference to the moods. It is all natural, containing passionflower, lemon balm and valerian and is available in Woolworths. Give it a try, it might help. Have a good day, and put your feet up and relax. I'm sure you will get there.
Take care.
 
Feeling on top of the World

Good Morning all....

Whoopie.... total 9kg lost

Hopefully i am another kg lighter (make it 10kg)when i go for my 1st weigh-in on Monday 10/7 (actually due date is 12/7)

Was craving for PEANUTS last night, so tempted to buy a packet. Stood infront of the shelves feasting my eyes.... hehehehe
 
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Hi mumbine, I'm pretty sure I havent got anything to say thats going to be helpful to you right now. Just want to let you know this is my 3rd day off the wagon:( . Last night I had maccas and a bourbon and coke:eek: . Damn Damn Damn. Anyway, there are other unmentionables too. Just want you to know you are not the only one having trouble at the moment. Sometimes it can feel like you are. I have been full of positivity in the morning and as as flat as a tack with all motivation out the window from lunch time. I know I have to get it together, but am not sure how or when this is going to happen. Have had a cohen breakfast the last 3 days. Now I just have to make it lunch and tea.
 
Hi ladies - so many posts to catch up on - it's crazy!
I've been pretty good with my diet and have decided that I'm not going to get on the scales for another 4 weeks. It would be great if I could be at an 18 kilo loss by then - I feel thinner so I'm hoping that another month will push me to over my halfway mark by moving nother 8kgs down on my ticker I'm sooo inspired by my wardrobe - I washed and ironed everything that's too small for me that I love and it is all hanging beautifully in my "skinny" wardrobe just waiting for me. DS is driving me nuts today - I just put him down for a nap and I hope he stays in his cot for more than 5 minutes! Fingers crossed!. I cut my work back to just 1 day a week (Wednesday) so I can spend more time with him - it's fantastic, I'm just so happy. And because I'm always so cold on the diet while at work I've found that at home I just continually do housework!!!! It's great. The house is always spotless and I'm warm. Talk about killing 2 birds with one stone and starting to feel a bit more in control of my life!!

Be good everyone
Minxy xx.
 
Finally snapped out of it

I dont know what made the difference, but I'm back on track today. This morning I wasnt sure I even would be.

Its interesting, this afternoon I had a big think about all I've eaten the last 3 days, and this is seriously what I thought, and felt while I was eating: Maccas - wasnt anywhere near as nice as I thought it was going to be. Not even the Cadburys chocolate brownie with fudge sauce and icecream. It was incredibly below average, kind of like cardboard. The biscuits (sniggles) very bland especially the choc flavoured ones. Now I know why my daughter doesnt like them. The bourbon and coke made me feel bloated and sick, not refreshed - BLAH. The only thing I remotely enjoyed was the pork. And I know what sucked me into eating that - the smell. It was marinated in garlic and ginger. No reason why I cant marinade my chicken in that hey?

I also had a hot milo - pretty boring.

This is an incredible turn around for me where food is concerned. The stuff we have on Cohens is much much tastier. It isnt laced with artificial chemicals. Its real food with real flavours. The other stuff does taste bland and cardboardy. There is not one thing I had that I wish I could have more of.

Processed fast food is so not all its cracked up to be. I have been back 100% today and am craving nothing. Usually when I'm off the wagon, the cravings for more rubbish go on and on and on.

I know I'm raving on, but this is major for me. I'm truly starting to believe that after years of being the way I am, I am really changing and becoming "normal" in my attitude toward food. If it took me going off the wagon to realise how far I've come - so be it.
 
So pleased for you L-jay.That is the type of thinking that will ensure that you can keep the weight off when you have finished, to know that you can have a small deviation and then just pick yourself up, and get back to healthy eating again. well done!!!
 
hi beck, i see you are on refeed.
how long did it take you to lose the weight during the program?
our weight goals seem kind of similar so thought i would check, i'm really excited about picking up my program tomorrow. would they have called me if i wasn't able to do the program. (that's my big fear at the moment)
 
Collapsing in a heap!

Hello to everyone :D Gosh it has been so long (so it seems) since I have posted! Thankyou to everyone who missed me or mentioned me :) I have been here and I have read the posts every day in between chaos here at work. I work for a newspaper and we are a journo down so in between my usual duties which take up most of my time anyway, I have had to take up the slack in editorial.... phew, I am knackered!!! Head down bum up. It is just two of us bringing out the paper for a while and boy I earn every single measly cent I am making right now... but it keeps me busy and the last thing I have had time for is feeling hungry which is great!!!

I hope everyone is doing ok today. I have been away more than a week now so apologise profusely for not making individual posts but I have been thinking about you all and hope you are all safe and happy. To those who have family and friends who are unwell I have you in my prayers!

I have been on this program now almost 6 weeks and am just about to crack the 20kg mark - fan'bloody'tastic!!! It has exceeded all of my expectations!

Would you believe... mutter mutter... that for the past two nights I have been for a really long walk, felt like I needed to blow the cobwebs away, well thanks to these gorgeous walks I have put on 2kg ... how can that happen??? I havent deviated at all and am not overly worried considering that I am getting healthier every day but I am curious whether this has happened to anyone else.

Next question - Diet soft drinks. I have never been a huge fan of any kind of soft drink so I am lucky there but I do buy the occasional bottle now just to take with me if I am going out. I have a friend who is a nurse who tells me how bad they are for you and that, combined with all of the literature that I have read about them, really concerns me that those people drinking their full litre a day could be doing themselves harm. So once and for all, are they really that bad for you??

I am feeling fantastic right now, this program is relaly the one for me. I feel so much more comfortable. I get down onto the floor with my kids and I dont have to make it in three stages to get back up again, I have no joint pain and I just feel so much free-er (if thats a word). My clothes are hanging and I was told yesterday that I look 10 years younger... woohoo!!!

It was mentioned in an earlier post that Equal is not allowed as a sweetener... yikes!!! I have one in both of my coffees each day, should I be purchasing a different one?

Last night I had the most delicious meal!!! I had bunless burgers... I made my meat allowance into two hamburger patties, cooked them and put them on top of my two precious crakers. On top of the meat I had sliced tomato and my molecule of mayonaise... the rest of my vegie allowance was made up of thinly sliced onion which I cooked to within in an inch of its life in a speck of spray on oil. I cooked them until they went all crisp and crunchy and there was a lot of it! It was kinda like open air burgers and onion rings Cohen's style. It was super delish!!!!

Anyway, I have to put my nose back onto the grindstone now but really wanted to poke my head in and say hello ... so "hello to you all"

I know I havent met any of you but you, and your support means so much ... you really are all so wonderful and deserve nothing but massive success. :)

Pat yourselves on the back and tell yourself just how special you are :D

Leanne
 
MagicLea, muscle weighs more than fat, so if you have gained a bit of muscle you might have gained a bit of weight, but muscle is a good thing as the more muscle you have, the more food your body burns just by doing nothing.
blondebomb, I actually did the program last year and lost 35kg in 4 months. At the beginning of this year I wanted to lose a little bit more weight, so I went back on the program for 1 week, and then went off it without completing the re-feed again, and I started to gain weight again. I gained about 14kgs and then decided I really HAD to get back on it again, and do the re-feed again. I was back on it for 3 weeks, and lost 8kgs and then was finding it really hard so I thought it better to complete the re-feed rather than break it. I have now been on refeed for 11 days and so far have lost another 2kgs while doing refeed and I am hoping I might have a little bit more loss before I finish. I'm sure they would have called you if there was any problem, so good luck tomorrow!!
Take care, everyone.
 
What a day!

Well, today went out the window! I got up at 1pm (awake at 9 but just layed in bed and had several fonecals) and had an apple and can of diet coke- missed breakie and lunch. I had minimal water (actually about 500ml) and i just had about 250gm of meat with a salad. I guess it is relatively healthy but i need to gulp losts of water tonight. Back 100% in morn. I have still kept the little dignity i have with a healthy of sorts dinner. I just got up this arvo and was out of house in minutes. Didnt even feel hungry and forgot to stop myself from going without. I want to get up in the morning and get off to a good start. I am also going to spend the day cleaning and organising the kitchen in such a way that it is easy to prepare instead of being in a clutter and making it an effort. I want to prepare several meals so i take it out of fridge/freezer and heat. Its just actually doing it.

Also is it normal to have extra energy even with a 3kg loss?? I woke up today and was full of energy and just felt like i could have done millions of things without stopping. Even though it was lunch time, i just got up, showered and out the door. Unusual for me. I also feel happier for it. I went thru depression in Dec/Jan and not really been 100% since but i feel something snapped in my head and everything seems very different and alive! Cert not knocking but just a shock to be feeling so awake and alive- i cant really remember a time i have been this happy and full of life! Even my 82yr old neighbour commented today!! So it must be agreeing with me.

Well, i am getting stuk into the water and just chilling out for the night. The sweetner in the yoghurt might help!!! I will try it in the morning as i wld like some dairy in my diet- i only have the minimal vegies (only a few i eat have calcium). I already have bad bones so i need to preserve what i do have.

Night and hope to get up early tomorrow!!!!! Early to bed, early to rise!
 
Magic Lea

MAGICLEA:
:D You are truly an inspiration. I hope to follow in your footsteps. Starting fresh soon and hoping to get similar results. FANTASTIC. Big thumbs up!:D
 
Hi I'm a new fellow Cohette - been reading the posts for a while - tried Cohen's approx 12 mths ago after only 2 weeks on the program got sick ended up in hospital (ICU) on and off for 4 weeks. Couldn't continue with the programe due to health problems - specialist advised need to get body back in order first.

I have decided to try again now that I am better! My only problem clinic closed and not able to spend another $700 to re join. Giving it a go anyway - I know this creates a large problem with re-feed trying to work that one out ! (wished previous clinic had agreed to refund as I was only two weeks into the programe and even with letter from specialist would not refund or hold open until I was better - tad annoyed - but I guess those are the rules)

I am on day 6 of Cohen's I so far have lost 2.6 kg's. Trying to drink lots of water ! Little grumpy still having cravings - okay though !

Looking forward to being part of this forum - glad to see that people are comfortable to be honest with deviations etc - you all seem like a very positive encouraging group of people - great to find.

Anyway here's to day 6 !

Sorry one quick question I know everyone looses at different rates on average - how much on average do you loose per week (not including week 1)? - Just trying to plan a rough goal date - hopefully in time for my 30th birthday !
 
Hi reissy and welcome. I'd say on average the loss would be rougly 2kgs a week. Some weeks more, some less. You have gotten off to a great start. You will get loads of support here!
mumbine and you will do it.
DeDe Hang in there girl, things will fall into place. Glad you are feeling good. That helps with the motivation!
magiclea great to hear how you are. Rjm is right. Muscle does weigh more, you are on the right track.
minxy its exciting when you can contemplate getting into the skinny clothes.
reload Well done on the loss. And for resisting the peanuts. They would only have made you bloated, windy and extremely thirsty anyway. Who needs that? Not us;)

I've lost some of the excess I put on from my little feast. I was up to 87:eek: (from 83) and am back to 84.5 after just 1 day, thank goodness. So for those of you who stray, I doubt you could put on 4 kgs as easily as I did.
BTW THAT IS NOT A CHALLENGE:D

I think if I manage to get under 83, I'm going to die of shock. That seems to be the point where my body says "Okay I've had enough, time to pig out." So the next week is going to be concentrated on achieving 82.5.

I know once I get past 80, its going to be easier. Thats what I found last time anyway. It seems to be a real barrier for me. So perserverance is the only way to go.
So ladies, drink up the water. We are all in this together. The girls who drink water together, lose weight together (or drown together.)
asyoz keep up the good work on the blog.
lizzi hope you are having a fantastic holiday.
 
Hi all

Hi Reissy! Welcome. :) Its unfort u couldnt get refeed program but its gr8 u are well enuf to get bak onto the program and lose the weight u want or need too. Maybe another member can help out with refeed stuff (im not there yet !!) . Its always a pain when things dont work out how u plan but u know what, ur health at the time was more important (esp to be in ICU) :eek: and if ur specialists said it wasnt a gd thing to do at the time it was prob the best thing. But u are now on track and u just need to make sure u maintain ur well being and remain aware of ur body (sorry- its the nurse coming out of me). Im not sure of average weightloss after wk one (been on it for just over a wk!) so it will be interesting what others say. I have got it set in my head tho that whatever i lose, is my average. I dont think we can compare to another person (for body genetics, body make up and all that jazz) as we are all INDIVIDUAL and we all react different to every thing and every situation u put ur body in and thru. Play it by ear i say. :D

I got up this morn and weighed 88.1kg so i lost about 3kg over night- my scales are dgital and brand new so they must be right. I have been up most night to the loo so i guess that was the reason. I am back on track with breakfast which i struggle with. I have had about 3hrs sleep but i have been up for a couple of hours, had breakie and feel pretty gd! A total of 4.7kg since the 27th June. I have had about 4days not 100% so i think thats ok. Trying to drink lots of water but its difficult. My second weigh in is on the
19th of July so really looking forward to that! I hope to get into low 80's or even under. We will c. I told my 82yr old neighbour that i want to be in a bikini at the end so i have this vision in my head and aiming toward it. I want to be able to show ppl how hard i have worked and strived for!!! Oh its gunna be fun showing ppl. Im not a public person but i might just walk the beach in one if ur lucky.

Im off to the loo again! Later and keep going- the end rsult will be absolutely worth it and we will benefit in so many ways! :D :D :) :D :D

PS: How often do we adjust the ticker things??????
 
DeDe the tickers are adjusted the same way they are set up. You need to go back to the web site, and change the number in the current weight box and then copy and paste the adjusted ticker.
 
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