Variance in weight loss..
Hi there ladies, hope everyone is doing well.
Surprisingly enough, yesterday I had planned on having a “non-Cohen” day, so to speak. I had the day off work (and today, yay!), and because I went out with my mother and sister, I decided I’d splurge and get a roast chicken salad from McDonalds for lunch, seeing as I would have had to wait another few hours before going home to fix my Cohen’s lunch. Anyway, because I’d decided to cheat for lunch, I also decided that I’d finally make an appearance on the ‘social scene’ and go out to dinner with my sister and her other half. I figured if I’m going to cheat, I may as well do it all in one day! (Coincidentally, I haven’t had a non-Cohen’s meal in over 7 weeks!). So my sis and mum have gone into McDonalds to grab the order on our way home, while I stayed in the car with bubs. We get home and low and behold, McDonalds got the order wrong (OMG!) and I ended up with a warm crispy chicken salad (something like that). I was SOOOO mad. I had to sit and pick the coating off the chicken, and when I weighed it, it came to a huge 50g. PLUS that chicken is deep fried. And there was carrot in the salad (minimal, yes, but still there!). Even though the roast chicken salad was non-Cohen’s as well, it’s a far better choice over the crispy one. Eating it seriously put me in a bad mood for the rest of the day! Incidentally, when we went out for dinner I took a look at the menu, saw there was nothing even remotely good for me on it, and decided to skip out on the dinner and wait until I got home (and wasted $60 on the pokies whilst the others ate, GRR). I did feel better though, knowing I could have given in and had a big ol’ steak sandwich, a chicken and bacon burger, fried fish and chips or a bowl of pasta. But I just KNEW I’d feel ill if I went there, so decided to tough it out. So I only cheated at lunch time, which is better than lunch and dinner.
ROMPA – Your comments actually make some logical sense to me. I am someone who usually eats well and was not always stuffing ‘bad’ food down my gob. That’s why this program appealed to me, because they were saying there was a medical reason why some people couldn’t lose weight. I felt like someone had finally given me an explanation why two people could eat the same things, and be totally different weight wise. FYI, my sister is 21 months older than me, and we grew up eating the same things, participating in the same activities together etc… and I have always been bigger. She’s just one of those people who doesn’t put on weight, and I’m the opposite. Having said that, my weight was always generally stable. When I reached adulthood, my weight always stayed between about 87 to 95 kilos. 95kg used to be my ‘biggest ever weight’, and it was for many many years. I had never ever gone over 95kg, until just before starting this program (and to be honest, that was when I had started eating bad foods, and a lot of them, for emotional reasons). Before that though, I was very much an ‘everything in moderation’ type eater (but very much a ‘too big’ proportion eater at the same time). So the naturopath’s explanation does ring true for me. At least it’s some sort of logical explanation anyway, which is more than my consultant was able to offer.
But L-JAY, I also understand that this explanation wouldn’t ring true for some. Of course other factors play a big part in why our bodies work the way they do. For you, they are hormonal factors. We’re all obviously very complex in our own ways, and to have at least some sort of reason to our own “why” question makes us feel that we have a better understanding of ourselves and the way our body works. For me, my weight GAIN was never rapid, so maybe that’s why my weight LOSS is not so rapid? Who knows if it’s as simple as that?
All I know is that I wanna keep going, even if the loss is slow… but I’m not going to kid myself, or anyone else, that I’m not disappointed with a small loss from one week to the next. My disappointment isn’t my main focus, my determination is. I just feel that if I suppress my disappointment than I’m harboring negative emotions that might eventually lead to emotional eating again!! At least when I air the small disappointments here and there, I get reassurances from my family or from you guys on the forum that I’m still doing well and to keep it up, cos for damn sure it’s gonna be worth it!!
That’s why we’re all here… to praise each other, to reassure each other, to congratulate each other and to support each other. We all take the time to read through each other’s posts and at the same time can know and feel what each other are going through.
NIRACCA and HOPEFUL1 – Good luck with starting your program. As I’ve just mentioned, we’re all here for you!!
RIDICULOUS – You’re on the home stretch now. I believe that if you can make it past the first week, the rest is a breeze. It seems to fly by and you’ll soon be unable to remember what you used to eat at meal times before Cohen’s!
HAPPYMUMMY – You know you can do it this time. You had done so fantastically well before you hiccup… you’ll be feeling better and looking better in no time. Keep it up!
Take care all, sorry about the long post!!
