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Hi All!

Well after virtually NO loss in 4 days...I lost 100g. I lost 500g last night! That was nice to wake up to! I drank 4L yesterday.... and as I am now tracking absolutely everything it will be interesting to see if that was part of the success! I have reached 5.5gs lost in 3.2 weeks. That's not TOO shabby at all. I am happy if I keep on this pattern. 9kgs lost in 4.2weeks. :)

I have been a bit more open with people at work about what I am doing and a couple of the "girls" have expressed an interest, with one actually ringing the clinic! How cool is that! :) It will good to have some one to do it with here at work, cos then I wont feel bad talking to them about it all the time! hehe:rolleyes:

Ok... Well I had better get back to work! :rolleyes:

Bless ya
Kath
 
Hi Kath

7 kgs in 4 weeks - WELL DONE​
You've done a brilliant job.

Where do you find the time to track eveything.!?! But I agree that it would be interesting to see the ups/downs based on the intake, etc.

Hope your trip goes well. You've got a strong personality so I'm sure you won't be swayed. But then you aren't going on a food holiday, your going to catch up with friends and talk.

Have fun
Stef
 
Well HELLOOOOO!!! Its been AGES since I last touched base in my own diary! Today was my weigh in day... and as Stef noticed I reached 7kgs lost for the month! Which is not too bad! Not as great as some others (Congrats to Toni for the 8kgs in 2 weeks!!!) but I am happy with it. I have lost a total of 10.5 kgs in the last 5 weeks.

Weight: 106.7
Weight lost so far officially: 7
Weight lost altogether from my heaviest to now (2004): 34.3kg
Measurements so far: 46.5cms lost

I had my blood test today... and i have had absolutely NO deviations that I have known about... other than the mistakes that I made at the beginning of the program... so hopefully it comes out ok. I have been sooooo happy with how I am going and so proud of myself and all my friends have been sooo impressed with how I have stuck to it no matter what. I have not eaten when they have had bad stuff. For example we all went out for amazing meals tonight and everyone was getting some pretty awesome stuff... and I looked at them and thought that it would be sooo nice to eat them but I had brought my chicken and had ordered a garden salad, and I enjoyed it (apart from the fact that I had to pull out all the olives and cheese etc from the salad and so it was probably under grams!) As a friend said later tonight... I AM IN THE ZONE... I am... I am in the COHENS ZONE! I am so stoked that I am losing weight so easily and that I have lost 46.5cms so far. If I lose the same amount of weight next month then I will be in Double Figures by the end of July! THIS IS JUST AWESOME!

I think this might be my last entry for a while as I am about to head off on holidays on Thursday! But thanks to all you lovely people who check in and keep me company... it has really really helped! Please keep it up!

Blessings to all!
Kath
 
Kath-Fantastic!! Good for you! Isn't it great when you know you're in the zone. Don't let anything or anyone get in your way. Slim Kath is on the way! Enjoy your break. Cheers & congrat's from me, xo Cate.
 
Well done Kath!!! You are being so strong, especially when going out with friends. I have to be tougher in this department and make smarter choices.

I do understand now why they don't recommend you to weigh yourself everyday....I have had no loss this week....infact a gain...Sat morning I was 119.4 (which was 8kg...was thrilled). I'm back up to 120 at the moment. Oh well our bodies have our ups and downs....I guess I was aiming for 10kgs in my first month.

So I have been very good this week. I just need to drink a bit more water...so thats where I am off to now...to fill up my bottle.

Have a fantastic time on your hols Kath. Look forward to hearing about it all when you get back.

Toni
 
Hi Kath,

Hope you're having a fantastic time on holidays. Looking forward to hearing about it.

Stef
 
I'm back!

Well I am back from Holidays… although I still have about a week off before going back to work. I am home and able to get back into routine!! Yaay.

Well..Adelaide was pretty bad, weatherwise, the entire time I was there…but I didn’t go there for the weather I went to see some friends…which was Great. It was soo good to see them as we had not seen each other since 1994. Unfortunately, one of my friends Dad died while I was there… so it ended up being quite a solemn time. The day I was to fly back to Perth, one of my close friends in Perth had a miscarriage at 17 weeks. So it has been pretty sad all round.

It was, however, great to see friends that I hadn’t seen in a very very long time. Including people in Perth. I got to spend 3 days with my friends who have just moved back to Australia after living in Indonesia for 4 or 5 years. They are super wonderful and I love them heaps. They were totally supportive of my choice to do Cohens and never made any comments about how much food I ate etc.

Overall I am pretty happy with how I went with Cohens while I have been away. The only planned deviations I had… were chocolate, and a tiny piece of Pavlova while out to dinner to celebrate our birthdays. We went to visit some chocolate factories while in Adelaide which were great and I allowed my self some treats on those occasions…. However I did notice that I started to crave the chocolate even more after having it and on one occasion ate more than just a few pieces. I didn’t eat any where near what I would have eaten before, but I felt a little out of control and so I threw the rest of the packet away so that I would not be tempted. I have brought some choc home with me, but it has gone into the freezer for when I finish. I was not always able to control my quantities, nor the timing of my meals and I was served certain vegetables such as carrots and Broccoli on a few occasions, which I only at tiny portions of. So like I said I am actually pretty impressed with how I went. I am glad to be home though as the temptations were definitely getting harder to resist the longer I was away, doing so much social stuff!

I still lost weight while I was away. 2kgs. Which again is pretty good. I was going to be happy if I didn’t put any on… so losing is a bit of a bonus. I haven’t lost any centimetres though, for a number of weeks. (even before holidays). I am hoping that will start to change again soon. I have bought some new clothes in size 18 and 16 and some of them fit. I already had a bunch of 18's that fit already, but they were Big Girl 18’s. The ones I have bought now are Normal 18, and they are starting to fit FINE! Woohoo.

While I was in Adelaide… my wonderful friend, gave me all her old clothes. She has recently lost 15-20 kgs (I think!) and she had clothes ranging in size from 18 down to 14. I was so stoked. I probably wont have to buy anything for the entire time I am losing. AWESOME! :jump: I can save my money for my shopping spree in Perth in January, at the after Christmas sales and at HarbourTown! I brought home about 17kgs worth of clothes! How awesome is that!

So… I am home now… and quite happy to be back in a structured routine/environment, where I can control nearly everything. I kept track of just about everything while I was away, which I think is great. I wasn’t able to weigh myself as often though. I think it would have been good to be able to weigh myself after eating chocolate etc, so that I could see the immediate impact on my weight, but still its been good. I am very happy with how I went. I know that I can do this and I WILL. :)

While I was in Perth I went to see some friends, some of whom I had not seen in couple of years… and for them I would have been at my biggest, 141kgs…their reactions were fantastic! Coming from people who did not know what I had been doing….it really meant a lot for them to notice such a big change and actually comment.

Its my birthday next week and I am going to make myself a ricotta cheesecake for myself so that I get some sort of cake. The best present of all is being my lowest weight in 10-15 years!!!!

Ok… I had better go… have stuff to do and I have written heaps!

Hope everyone is doing really well!
Bless ya
Kath
 
Kath- Welcome back!! I've missed you. It sounds like you have done really well with a 2kg loss, considering the temptations. There's nothing much better in this world than good friends! I'll catch up soon as I've been in here too long already & it's not even midday! xo Cate
 
Welcome home Kath. Well done on losing 2kg while away....now you are back home you can back into your routine and watch those cm's melt off.

Look forward to hearing your updates.
 
HI ALL!
I decided to take the advice of my consultant and change my start date to the 21st May. That was when I started eating only Cohen's foods (I just didnt have the quantities right)..cos I lost 3.5 kgs in that week before officially starting with quantities on the 29th. So all in all I have lost 12.8kgs on Cohens in 8 weeks and 40.1kgs since 2004! Thats pretty impressive!

Thanks to all who have stopped by my diary over the last few weeks. It really is a great thing to be able to share my journey with others and know that they understand and actually share some of theirs with me.

Ok.. I'm off to read other's diaries!
Bless ya
Kath
 
Happy Birthday to ME!! (hehe) 36 today!

Hi All!
Well Today is my official weigh in day for the month and the week as well as being my Birthday! (woohoo!) I like my birthday... I like getting older... believe it or not! It means I have survived another year and I never thought I would make it past 21!

I started back at work yesterday after 3 weeks off. The funny thing was that it was mostly the blokes at work that had the most to say about my weight loss (even though I had only lost 4kgs since they had seen me last)... I think it was the new clothes in the right size that made a difference! It seems that the girls were afraid of saying the wrong thing whereas the blokes just said .... "wow you look great...you look like you have lost heaps of weight" and other comments like that. It was really nice!

Weight: 102.7
Weight lost so far: 14.5kg (only 2.8kgs away from my first goal!)
Weight lost altogether from my heaviest to now (2004): 38.3kg
Kgs to go: 37.7 (In the big picture I am now over halfway!)
Measurements so far: 50.5cms lost (only losing 1 cm a week at the moment!!!)

Today... I am officially into Normal girls Size 18 Jeans! This was a big moment for me! Not Options Plus or any other larger sizing.. but normal size 18! It was fantastic.

I have been able to say no to all temptations today. There was a 'drug lunch' (a lunch put on by a drug company) and I didnt go but there was some really yummy homemade sausage rolls and mini quiche's left in the kitchen afterwards... I was so tempted to have even Just One Cos its MY BIRTHDAY and surely I DESERVE SOMETHING NICE AS a TREAT! I turned around and walked out and said No.... I DESERVE to be thin and healthy and I will be having a really nice Ricotta Cheesecake for my Birthday cake tonight... (Even though I will be celebrating on my own..haha!) I am really proud of myself for not having just the One temptation! (Im sure it may have led to others!)

My mother has often forgotten my birthday for the last 6 or7 years and she always gets really upset when she does. She nearly forgot again this year and did in fact forget to send a card etc (it was still sitting on her kitchen bench). She did remember to actually call me though so this made me feel a little better. I have found it quite difficult to deal with in the past but now that she is getting older (she just turned 70 and has become alot more frail in the last few years) I can use this as an 'excuse' and it helps to deal with the pain.

Everything is going so well with Cohen's! I really LOVE this program. It truly has changed my life! I really do hope and pray that I dont get to within sight of the end and lose my focus as others have done..... it scares me to think that this might be me and that I might have to do it all over again. I dont think I will. I have some great support and I just love the way Im learning so much about healthy eating and how I feel getting into smaller sizes!

Unfortunately I am not feeling so great in other areas of my life and I find that sometimes being an older single in a community that thrives on Families and couples to be really challenging. Most of my really good friends are married (or in long term r/ships) and this makes you always an extra... and it can be painful at times... People dont call and it seems as though I am Always the one who has to call them to organise stuff... simply because their lives are so full (with each other and their in laws and then kids and their activities etc... there often isnt time to think about calling and organising something with the single. So...if I want to see 'em I have to organise it and after awhile it gets tiring. Dont get me wrong... I do it. I often spend lots of time with my friends... but it can be a bit painful when you are thought of 5th or 10th on someone else's list rather than 2nd or 3rd. (I hope that this makes some kind of sense!). I have tried making single friends... in the hopes that this would change... and for a while it does... but unfortunately the inevitable happens and they get in a r/ship and you are all but forgotten... Oh.. I sound all Woe IS ME! I'm fine... I am actually enjoying the opportunity to write about some of my thoughts.

Anyway.... I guess being my birthday I am being a bit reflective. I am also a long way from my really good friends in Perth who I miss dearly! I cant wait to talk to them tonight! Ok then I had better get on an Do some Work!

Blessings to all
Kath

PS... I will have a look round others diaries later.
 
HAPPY BIRTHDAY KATH

Hope you're having a wonderful day.

Don't you love how guys give compliments so easily. I was the same one of the younger guys at work has been a way for a couple of weeks and he gave me a big compliment yesterday. Like you I have got a few differents bits of clothing as my work pants were hanging off me, so its nice to have a few items that are actually flattering.

Good girl for resisting the sausage rolls. I was the same on my b'day, slightly tempted but then I realised its not worth it. Even though mum kept trying to get me to eat some cake - I know she means well, she just wanted me to have something nice for my b'day.

I totally understand where you are coming from re being single with lots of friends that are married or are in relationships. Do you find its worse in winter, everyone stays in and does the vd and couch thing or 'couples' dinner?? My single friends are very rapidly disappearing...either finding a partner or moving overseas.

Anyway Kath, keep up the good work and enjoy your ricotta cake tonight.

Toni
 
Hi All!
Well... Another fracas in the Main Thread! I think Good on Asy for sticking up for herself! Enough said!

I am a bit bummed today... I was on my way to reaching my goal of DOUBLE FIGURES by the 31st... JUST... literally... just. I had worked it out that if I continued to lose at the minimum of what I lose every day then I would just make it... hahah. But then I forgot to consider that I ate Cheese this week in fact I think I ate it twice within a 7 day period! D'oh. (Cos I made Ricotta Cheesecake for the Bday! I followed someone else's recipe who must be allowed way more cheese than me... cos it was WAY too strong coffee wise.. hahah.. I will try a fruit one next time!) Anyway... as a result of having cheese this week and having it twice no less, I have had a day of no loss... which happens and I am not normally bummed about at all...it was just sooo close to the first goal!! arrgh... oh well.. i will still get there it will just be later next week now.. maybe on the 3rd. The other thing that has changed is that I have started Aquarobics twice a week. My back has been incredibly bad and I knew that doing Aqua would help a lot, it has in the past. I wonder though if that will slow down my rate, as it might build up muscle too... The good thing is that I have not been hungry or extra tired at all from doing it so thats fantastic!

Hi Lukey! Thanks for understanding about the whole "being single" stuff! It can be really painful sometimes. I am about to start a new craft class so hopefully that will open up some new opportunities for new friends.

Anyway... best be off to work!
Blessings to all
Kath
 
Kath- I'm so sorry I missed your birthday!
Happy Birthday!
I experienced being a single amongst a bunch of marrieds/ partnereds before my marriage. We had been a part of a very large group of friends who partied together, dined together, etc for many years. My boyfriend (now husband) decided he wanted to travel with some male friends & left me to go O/S. He was away for 4 months & neither of us knew if we would get back together again. Do you know how many of my so-called "friends" contacted me while he was away? ONE! I think that was only because she thought I would sympathise with her as she had a fight with her husband & thought I would have champagne in the fridge! (I did)
I had to make new friends & when he returned from his trip I had to be wooed. We then eloped. We didn't tell any of our "friends" until afterwards. I have never forgotten that feeling of abandonment. Women in couples seem to see single women as a threat. It's ridiculous! I wish you lived closer & I'm very sorry that I missed your birthday. I love birthdays & I've had 54! Having a birthday is a lot better than the alternative! :eek: xo Cate.
 
Thanks so much Cate for your VERY BIG WISHES! They really bought a smile to my face... Thanks for understanding about the Singles stuff... it can be so hard sometimes. If I dont make a concerted effort to call people.. I can literally go for weeks without anyone calling me... Oh I sound really depressing and depressed... Just so you all know... I am not... Just hate the single life sometimes.

I haven't had such a great week. So it was nice to have a bit of a laugh about something. You know i figured that going away on holidays would help me to feel refreshed and ready to get back into work... but it hasnt! I guess part of it is my Holidays were pretty sad, as I said earlier, so I guess it wasnt really refreshing! I just hate the fact that I have come back to the same place where people really dont like each other and they gossip and "b!tch" and complain and look for the mistakes that people make. It really is quite disappointing at times. Most of the time it doesnt really affect me because I work on my own... but still listening to everyone else ALL the time about how much they dislike everyone else is exhausting! I think the things I have been feeling about being a bit isolated in my personal life is probably effecting how I am feeling at work too. Its also a few days away from TOM! So... I guess it will be ok... in a about a week or so.. well maybe my outlook will have changed.

I start my new craft course in about 2 weeks unless it gets canceled for lack of people. (I HOPE NOT!) I am really looking forward to it! I already do a lot of different things so this is just another thing to have up my sleeve! Should be fun!

Anyway... better go... got Aquarobics in the morning!
Bless ya
Kath
 
Hi Kath,

Just reading this last couple of posts... Hope you don't mind...

With the cheese you had fro your B'day...Oh HAPPY BIRTHDAY.... You are allowed cheese 3 times a week so it should be ok.

But just from my experiance Aquarobics twice a week my be it. I was on 5 kg's from goal and started going to the gym 3 day's a week. in that week I put on 2 kg's but eating the same foods.... I was building up muscle....Maybe try it only 1 day week to start!...I 'd know everyone is different and losses weight different....sooo maybe it's not that at all.

Only trying to help

talk again soon,

Christie
 
Kath- Other people's negativity can drag you down! I've been too scared to tackle exercise but am looking forward to it soon. I'll start with Tai Chi & move on to walking & maybe gypsy dancing later. I get dizzy with too much activity on the program so take it easy won't you, xo Cate.
 
Well its that time again... on a number of different levels! Its my weekly weigh in and its the stupid T.O.M! haha...no its not too bad... just annoying.

So... no weight loss in 3 days... actually only one day of loss in 6 days (600g)... but I am totally ok with that considering the TOM. I know that everything is still going along absolutely fine and dandy and the weight is slowly creeping off! Unfortunately I didnt quite reach my goal of 99.9 by the 31st which I thought was a fairly realistic goal... but oh well... Hopefully sometime in the next week.

Weight: 101.3
Weight lost so far: 15.9kg (only 1.4kgs away from my first goal!)
Weight lost altogether from my heaviest to now (2004): 39.7kg
Kgs to go: 36.3 (In the big picture I am now over halfway!)
Measurements so far: 55.5cms lost (lost off my bust and hips this week, but still NOTHING off arms and legs for 5 weeks)

Talked to my consultant yesterday. I had to ring them... was a bit annoyed by that. I have paid my money and was told that yes they would be checking up on me, at least once a month... which they haven't done... and then they didnt even reply to my email, so I had to contact them, again (its happened before). Yes... I know people get busy etc... I just was a little annoyed... (You know its a good thing that I get all my support and most of my questions answered by being on these forums). Anyway... I was chatting to her about a number of things... one of which was exercise. She was fine with me doing Aquarobics... as long as I didnt overdo it.. and agreed with me that, as I keep good stats of everything, if I notice a change in the rate of my loss etc then I should probably drop back to once a week, but as it is so beneficial for my back etc I have to weigh up the balance between fast loss and no pain. I was bending over this morning and realised that I often use my stomach as a support when bending. IF it is not there... then what am I going to do? I really need to get to work on it now! So I will pay close attention to the rate of loss and decide as I go.

I have been getting lots of really positive comments from people which has been really fantastic. I have even had some friends and colleagues decide to give Cohens a call and order a package. Thats really exciting.. as it means I might have my own little support group happening right here in my own town. How awesome is that!

Hi Moni: Welcome to my diary! Of course I dont mind people dropping by and offering helpful support!:) Thanks! I have found that if I eat too much cheese then the weight does not actually come off as easily... so I decided early on to only try and eat it once a week. I think this has made a big difference for me... as I rarely have days now where I actually increase. I may stay the same, due to no BM or TOM.... but I generally always have a loss even if it is only 100gm. So I will stick to it for now... I do use cheese as a back up if I cant make something else... or I am out with others etc, but I like to use it as a treat to make Pizza or Ricotta cheesecake...mmmmm.

CATE: HAVE I TOLD YOU HOW EXCITED I AM FOR YOU?!!! Every time I read your diary I keep thinking...oh I need to say something... but then something happens and I never get around to it!! arrghgh... trying to keep up with my own diary at the moment is proving to be a challenge!!! I really am so very very excited for you and cant wait for that FINAL announcement! YOU GO GIRL!!! :jump:

OK... I think that's it for me at the moment! Like I mentioned I am finding it hard to keep up with communicating in everyone's diaries as well as my own... so lots of blessings to you all! I do follow all your journey's and hope that you will get through all your challenges, (I'm sure you all will)... its just ... sometimes I just dont get around to actually telling you all!

Blessings
Kath
 
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