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IamSlim

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So... I've been looking around this forum now for a few weeks.. and since I started my Cohen's journey on Monday (13/8/07) I thought it was time to put down some of my thoughts and introduce myself...

I'm sooooo excited to be finally in control of my eating and feel as though feeding my body the right medicine is the best way to nuture and love myself... That may sound funny, but I've done a bit of personal development stuff lately and found that, for a confident person, it was extremely difficult to look at myself in the mirror and say "I love and accept you exactly the way you are".... try it - it darn hard! :rolleyes: In fact, since I've put on weight I've noticed that I avoid the mirror at all costs... Not any more - I'm embracing every part of me and learning that now that I love myself enough, there is no sacrifice I'm not willing to make to heal myself. And that means Cohen's and a healthy body and mind!

I'm getting married to the most amazing man on 1 March 2008. My dream has always been to look amazing in my wedding dress and to be able to take my man's breathe away as I walk down the aisle! So I'm on my way... Actually - I'm already there - one of the tools I was recently taught in my personal development course is to act as though you have already acheived your goal, because then your mind believes that you have and so you do!

I'm now on day 4 and, aside from a bad headache at 4am (!?!?!?) on day 2, I've been feeling great... which is pretty good considering I started my TTOTM on day 2 as well! I figure if I can get through week 1 with withdrawals and my monthlys and still be strong then the rest will be easy! And the best thing is I'm not hungry at all... :)

Anyway... just wanted to introduce myself and let you guys know that I'm glad you're all out there. To have a support team will be invaluable - and the amazing successes that have been documented are so inspirational.

Until next time!

Jackie
 
Jackie- Welcome to the forum!! I'm sure your husband will have a slim & gorgeous bride in March'08. You have made an excellent decision beginning Cohen's. It seems that you are half way there already with your attitude. Good for you! Ask any questions you like. We all do our best to help one another & it's a very supportive forum. Cheers, Cate.
 
End of week 1

Thanks Cate and Lauren for the welcome!

Well today marks the end of week one on Cohen's...I feel pretty darn good too... No hunger, no cravings (oh except when I saw a tim tam ad on the TV last night LOL :rotflmao: ). And best of all - I've shed 4.8kg unwanted of unwanted weight! Which is unbelievable... I'm sooo happy with the initial result, its just fab!

Today, though, I asked Gav to take the scales to work with him so that I can't weigh myself again until 4 weeks... I'm getting him to take them to work, cause the last time he hid them, I found them and I don't want to do that this time!

The weekend was a bit of a challenge... I don't know about you guys, but I find that the rountine of a work week makes its easy to stick to the eating plan.. I have my yoghurt and stewed apple by 8.15am... then lunch at 1.15, then dinner after I get home (about 6.30pm)... On the weekend though was a bit different - I have a part time job which I do on a Friday night until 2am (took some chook and cauliflower that I had cooked up the night before)... so usually Saturday is my sleep in morning :sleeping: This weekend I knew we were going out for dinner on Saturday night for my DF's (darling fiance) mum's b'day at 7pm - so that meant that I had to have breakfast before 9.30am, so that I could have lunch at 2.30 and then dinner at 7.30.... Let's just say I had a lot of trouble waking up considering I had not got to sleep until 3am...

But I'm really proud of my dinner performance - I had worried all week about going out for dinner.. not because I thought I would deviate, but because I was concerned that there wouldn't be cohen friendly food on the menu... and also I didn't want to act like a princess in front of DF's family (I already get teased by his brothers!). So I called the restaurant earlier in the day and set it all up... They specially prepared my meal for me with an eye fillet (small) and salad with no dressing or sauce.

So whilst the family were eating the likes of quail on mushroon risotto, prawn parcels, fried mushrooms, crusted veal, chicken with prawn and prociutto centre - I was eating my steak and salad! And then while everyone was eating tiramisu and chocolate souffle and lemon and lime tart... I had a long black coffee (which I could only get halfway through.. but still ok)..

So I would say that I triumphed :jump:

Anyway... week one down...

Time to get some work done!

Jackie
 
Congrats on your decision to start Cohen's Jackie. You will love the results you see...and you will see them quickly.

I'm sure you are going to be a knockout on your wedding day.

You did well organising your meal for your dinner out. It will become second nature to you soon, and I find it easy now, not to be tempted by non cohen's food when dining out. You do pay for it if you deviate....your tummy won't like you.

This forum is great for support and advice.

Skinny thoughts to all.

T
 
Week 3

So ends week 3 of my journey...

I've had a great week this week - it's funny... someone said to me (when I explained to them what I was doing) that I need to "make sure you stick to it"... I laughed at them and said "what are you talking about, I've been doing this for so long now that its now just a habit - I couldn't deviate if I tried"... and then I realised that I had only been following Cohen's for 2 and a bit weeks! Weird the way your mind becomes so reprogrammed!

Had a father's day lunch and dinner to go to yesterday... took my own lunch to the "out-laws" and asked mum to prepare me a special side salad and steak... My brother made a lumberjack cake (which smelled delicious) and I wasn't even tempted to have any!

My DF has, at my request, taken the scales to work with him so that I am unable to do the daily thing... he brings it home on Monday's for me to do a weekly weigh in though and so this morning I got to weigh in and measure... Great news - I have dropped even more weight... so at the 3 week mark I am 84 kgs (down 7.6kgs from 91.6kgs) and I have also shed 48 cms! Woo hoo...

I am aiming for 10kg down at the end of 4 weeks so this week I'm going after 81.6kgs! In no time I will 60kgs and looking wonderful in my size 10 wedding dress...

Better get back to work now though

Jackie
 
HI
What a great acheivment for everyone.
Its been 3 weeks for me and have lost 12.9kg, its been hard but once your in a routine its easy.
Good luck on the 10kgs Jackie im sure you can do it.
Cherie
 
Thanks Cherie...

wow you're going great guns. That's excellent!

Tomorrow is my 4 week blood test and "official" first weigh in! I'm pretty excited - really aiming for 10kg loss... that would be awesome :D

I'll let you all know how I go tomorrow....

Jackie
 
Hi Jackie

Tommorrow is week 4 blood test for me too, im excited.
I was wondering if the clinic gets back to you on the results, or if the test is for there purpose only?
I was going to try to weigh monthly but i could not wait, then i decided weekly but no daily now it's a habit in the mornings.

Good luck
Cherie
 
Week 4

So ends week 4....

I was very excited to get my scales back from the DF on Monday morning... and then kinda a bit scared - I suppose I had a last minute attack of nerves, especially since I was going for the big 10kgs.

Anyway, jumped on and am delighted to say that in my first 4 weeks I have dropped a massive 9.2kgs!!!!! :jump:

I am so happy with my effort. And what's even better is that my clothes are starting to fall off me :) My black pants that I wear to work are so big that I can pull them down without undoing the buttons and zip.... lol

People at work are starting to notice as well which is really nice! Have to say though that I am a little disappointed with some of my friends. Last night I was chatting with a couple of the girls and they asked how much more I had to go. I said that since my goal is 60kgs I had about 22kgs to go. They all said no that's too much - that I would be anorexic if I got down to 60. I said no I wouldn't be and that one of my goals was to fit back into the gorgeous Marianna Hardwick dress that I wore to my 21st (which is a size 10-12). One of the girls said "yes but that was when you were 21, you can't expect to ever be that size again" - like I'm now 50 and 21 is a far distant memory...

I suppose I shouldn't be surprised - most people don't really know how to be supportive (ie just support you rather than judge you). I am, however, a little surprised with these girls - they are all very overweight as well and know what its like to struggle with these issues. The inference they give off is that I may "take it too far" or that I'm obsessed and won't know when to stop.

In reality, I'm not stupid. I like being a woman and having curves in all the right places. I don't want to be waif thin or skinny even. I want just to be the right size for me - which means that I am comfortable in my own skin in any situation. I want to be able to walk into any shop I want and buy clothes of the rack. I want to be able to go swimming or to the beach and not have guys call out "hey fat mumma" (which has incedentally happened to me before). I want to look at myself in the mirror and be able to smile at myself and say "Damn you look good today girl!". I know you all know what I mean...

So in the end I said to these girls - how 'bout I worry about me and you guys just worry about yourself...

My mum, on the other hand, is so brilliant and super supportive. She called me the other week when I was to go over for father's day dinner and asked what I could have so that she could make me a dinner especially. I would really love her to do this program - she talked about it with me, but said that she didn't want to spend anymore money on weight loss efforts. I have been hoping that with my great results that she will do it - and I know she wants to be slimmer by the time of my wedding. Do you guys think I should pay for her to do it? or is this something she needs to come to on her own?

Anyway... I hope you are all going well and the weight is melting away.

Back to work, I suppose!

Jackie
 
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That is fantstic. That feeling like your clothes are stretching is so exciting. The reality is that we are shrinking! Keep going!
 
Congratulation Iamslim

You must look and feel great. Keep up the good work and don't let other's side track you. It's a shame our fellow female clan can't be more supportive at times.
Isn't it a wonderful feeling when your clothes get loose though.

You mentioned that you had another 22kg's to lose to get to 60kg's. That was my goal but I could only reach 63kg after refeed. So don't be disappointed if your hunger increases in the top 60's, I still lost a further 3kg whilst doing refeed to achieve the 63kg.

Well done once again and happy losing.

Sam:)
 
Congrat's Iamslim, what a tremendous effort to get 9.2kg in 4 weeks!

I'm so pleased to hear that your family are supportive of you. Its a shame about your friends though, maybe they are a little jealous, I know after loosing 35kg with 11kg to go that when I seen my friends that I hadn't seen for over a year their jaws dropped and they both got pissed off, big time. They keep asking me for the Cohen's details and I keep directing them to the web site but neither of them want to pay the money to do the program. They just want mine, I've told them that following my program wont necessarily offer them the great results I have had and that they need to go to the clinic for their own health and safety. They just think that I'm being nasty! Funny how those who you love and care for think such silly thoughts! One of them has said to me that I don't want her to be thin, I've told her if thats the case then why I give her the contact details!

Congrat's again on the great loss. Great work!

Faithie
 
Week 5

Thanks Sam, KGB and Faithie...

This week I'm so rapped... I've dropped another kg and my grand total is now 10.2kg!!!!

This is soooo easy.... not hungry, not tempted going full steam ahead and loving the results.

Yesterday my DF and I had a 1st birthday party to go to... they had a jumping castle and so much food it wasn't funny. It was a BBQ so there was you're usual meat and salad (although nothing I could have) and then there were bread rolls, spanakopita, chips, nuts, dips, cheese, biscuits etc and then for desert there was a massive brithday cake, cupcakes, rum balls, jelly, trifle, sponge with cream and fruit, donuts, chocolate.... you name it, it was there!

I didn't even feel tempted - I had brought my own lunch with me (salada's with tomato, onion and mozzarella cheese) which I toasted under the griller with a sprite zero as my treat... It was easy....

When the brought out the desert, my DF and I stood against the wall and kept chanting together "skinny tastes better!!!". I'm really so lucky to have such a supportive fiance..

Anyway.. the upshot is that I am easily resisting temptation and I'm thrilled with the results I'm getting... It's all about being organised - last night I needed to go the supermarket to grab some items which I needed for the week - the supermarket I went to didn't some of the basics (like tomatoes, cauliflower or the mozarella cheese I use) and normally I would have just gone home and said I'll get them tomorrow coz I was tired... but last night i drove to another supermarket to get the stuff... now that's dedication :)

Better get back to work... hope you are all doing well!

Jackie
 
Jackie- Congratulations on being so focussed & committed. You are doing really well. Your DF sounds lovely & supportive & that also really helps. Your friends reactions I can relate to. I really appreciate the positive reactions that I get but notice that some seem jealous & negative. I am just going to ignore the negativity. True friends should be happy for you. Keep up the good work & you will be at goal in no time at all, cheers Cate.
 
Hey Jackie what great news another KG down!! hooray... and excellent will power you must have.. skinny definately does feels better and looks better... what a dedicated DF you have and how nice that he supports you whole heartedly, Luckily you... :)

Have a great night

Faithie
 
Hi Jackie

WELL DONE TO YOU!!!

It's such a great feeling when you can look at all of that food and not actually want any. When that desire is gone it's just like a weight lifting off!

Keep on chanting!

Lauren
 
Week 6

Thanks Cate, Faithie and Lauren... your support and positive feedback is great!

So... week 6 is at an end... And amazingly I have dropped another 1.2kgs. I say amazingly because this week was TTOTM, so to still drop over a kg on a week which usually puts weight on is phenomenal... That means that in 6 weeks I have dropped 11.4kgs!!!! :jump:

I'm getting very excited about the wedding now... on the weekend I went to see my dressmaker to design the wedding dress and choose the colour and fabric for the dress... I'm going to look amazing! It's weird really - I've been dreaming about this for years and now its a little over 5 months away. And my dream of being slim and beautiful on my wedding day is so close too... I'm also so excited about the honeymoon - we are going to France and Italy for 4.5 weeks and then stopping over on the way home in Malaysia to lie on the beach for a few days before heading home!!!

All I have to do is continue the way I'm going at the moment and my goal will be met so easily!

I hope you all had a great weekend and are going as strong as ever...

Better get some work done :(

Jackie
 
Hi Jackie

What an amazing result. Well done!!! You will definately be there before you know it.

The best feeling in the world is putting on your clothes and feel them falling off you. I love that part.

Looking forward to seeing how you get on in the weeks to come.

By the way i'm in week5, and only lost 4.8kgs at the 4 week mark, so just shows how wonderfully you are doing.

best wishes leila
 
Week 6

Thanks Leila... you are doing very well though - I've read your diary and know that you've got some challenges and to have dropped the weight that you have is amazing!

Well... week 7 has drawn to an end and its seems that at the moment I can do no wrong!!! This week I dropped another 1.6kgs... which means that I have dropped a grand total of 13kgs! Yipee :D

My cm loss is pretty astounding too - 95cms!!!

Woke up a bit grumpy today :( - I think its because I hate my job soooo much. Really wasn't looking forward to coming into work this week. I'm a lawyer and I work for a Alternative Dispute Resolution scheme where I draft decisions concerning complaints from consumers about life insurance companies, financial advisers, managed investments etc... Today (and for the last week) I've been drafting a decision which hangs on the proximate cause of a man's death... I have to say I'm over it... I so don't want to practice law anymore. Everyone says that given the length of time I studied (6 years) and the struggle to get admitted (the Articles process in Victoria is very competitive and it took me a number of years to get my final qualification) that "you should continue in the law" and "don't waste all that study" and "you'd be a fool to give it up"...

Truth is though - what I "should" do and what I'm passionate about are two different things... and the reality is that any person who does what they hate for 30 years just because they "should" is the fool...

I suppose I'm just waiting for the wedding and honeymoon to be over with and then I'll make my move... I want to start my own internet business and a friend of mine has offered me a job - wait for it - driving cranes! The other option open to me (which another friend of mine is doing and loves) is to be a 000 call taker for the police or fire brigade...

Anyway... today I'm grumpy and the most likely reason is that I am impatient... to get through this week though I need to make the choice to have a good week and make the choice to be in a good mood...

I have a lot to be grateful for... an amazing fiance, fabulous family and friends, an amazing wedding and honeymoon to look forward to - and in no time at all I will be 60kgs and slim... if I focus on these things that I will be set...

Hope you all have had a great week...

Jackie
 
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