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Hi Sal,

Wow - look at you!!!

Your loss both cm's and kilos is absolutely fantastic after two weeks.

So sorry to hear that you have not been well.

Re: Not feeling it yet (comment made in Esthee's diary ) You will start to feel it in your clothes very soon, I remember when I first started at my heaviest at 108 kilos, it took at least 10-15 kilos before I was getting comments and actually started to feel it in my clothes. Give it another fortnight or so. Once you do start feeling it and seeing it (actually seeing it is something I struggled with - I could never see it, others could, I couldn't, very strange.)

Your dinner party sounded lovely, good for you for not being tempted, it's great when that switch flicks on and you are totally in the zone huh?

Have a great weekend Sal.

TTFN

Annie Lusion
 
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Sal... you are doing so well! Congrats on the great results!

I really empathise with your back issues. I too struggle and have for years. Now that I have pretty much lost all the weight, I am booking into see the surgeon next month and I am gonna get it sorted out.

It is Amazing to think that I could be THIN and PAIN FREE by the end of the year!! I cant tell you what the sense of excitement is like!

Remember to keep taking your Vitamins too cos that can make us really tired if we dont!

Blessya
Kannadew
 
Hi Sal

Thanks for your support in my dairy (and everyone else). Sal you are amazing and I can see so focused....posting your measurements means "serious business" to me.
Having a dinner party and making all the scrumptious meals and not even having a taste is very brave.
I like Annie even after the weightloss still didn't see it...but that is probably because we have been a certain weight for so long that our whole mental outlook needs adjusting to the new you. I mean we all still get those so called "fat days" and for me that is near TOM. But when you do feel those clothes loosening that really is the life changing moment...for me that happened after 2 weeks as you know I had 15kg to lose so it is all relative to how much you have to lose.......Esthee said she and others can tell the difference and her clothes are getting looser on her as well. So don't panic as long as those scales are heading in the right direction and so are your measurements so will the rest. It sounds like you have alot on your plate with your health so give yourself time and don't put to much pressure to do too much...Cohens is a very mentally challenging diet but it is all worth it in the end. YOU WILL SEE.

I have posted the Jennifer Marnell story with photo's so go into the general cohens forum for the web link. It shows change can occurr with effort and perserverence.

Sam:)
 
Sal, You are an inspiration to everyone! Be proud of yourself. You are going to hear those comments very soon. It took about 4-6 wks for many to notice the difference with me but I could feel myself shrinking which was the main thing. You are the important one. Good for you not tasting any of your delicious sounding dinner. You're "in the zone!" Cheers, cate
 
Hi Sal!

So sorry to hear that you aren't feeling well. :( But I am SO glad to hear that you are able to stick to your diet eventhough some comfort food would probably be welcome :) The two of us will definitely keep walking this road together :)

Your measurements and weight loss up to date is AWESOME! I'm really proud of you and if I could I would be giving you a huge bunch of pretty flowers. :)

Good luck for the coming week. And I hope you start feeling better.

Esthee
 
Hi Everyone

Well it has has been a very busy and exhausting week. Still struggling with the pain, but also very busy with my business and trying to get the sales back up again. I took about a mth and a half off just before xmas and into the new year, and closed my online store down, so it has taken a bit of time to get the sales back up and get all my stock relisted again.

I am also expecting on my easter chocolate moulds in next week, which is going to be a massive job trying to get them all photographed, detailed and listed in time for Easter sales. I order very late as I didn't realise that Easter was a few weeks early this year, so I don't sales this time round will be as good as I would like, but next year should be much better as I will already have the stock.

I have also been in negations with a new supplier for the Jamie Oliver cookware, and I am having a meeting tonight over the phone to hopefully get an agreement arranged for pricing and shipping finalised.

On the Cohen front, I have stuck to it again 100%, but I have to say I have been very tempted to stray.

Tues my husband went to melb for metting and usually when he gets home on those nights we get pizza, and my brain was very tempted, but my husband held my hand and got me through.

On Wednesday night we had a meeting with our 4WD club and we usually go out for dinner before hand, but I packed up chicken patties and stopped and my parents for a chat and ate them.

Thur was Valentines day, and what is better than going out for a romantic dinner, but we stayed at home and I made steak and veg. And dreamed of Scollops and prawns in mornay sauce.

Friday we had a social night at our 4WD club and they searve baked spuds with all the trimmings. I had to feed Shai and it was so hard not to have a taste. I packed myself some chicken patties and snuck off to the car and gobbled them down, because I still have not told anyone that I am on a diet.

Tonight Shai is going to her aunties for the night, so it will be a nice relaxing night resting with hubby, but not food treats for me :angelsad2:

I must say I am finding a bit hard mentally at the moment to stick to it, but still at 100% no deviations. It is just so strick, :reddevil:I would be nice just 1 night a mth to have a nice dinner out or get pizza, not be stupid about it, still small and healthy or with pizza instead of eating a whole pizza maybe have 1 slice, I know that it will slow me down, and i will probably regret it afterwards, it is such a mind game. And I am trying to be as mentally strong as I can. As i know that the reward will be great. I will look forward to when I start to feel the difference for what I am doing and when people start to notice. It is feeling alot harder now tho than when I first started especially when there are so many temptation and reason to deviate just for 1 meal:willy_nilly:

Thanks Esthee, Cate, Kannadew , Sam & Annie for all you wonderful comments and support, I really love coming here and seeing a message in my diary from you all, it keeps me motivated knowing I am not alone.

Kannadew back problems are so draining arn't they. Pain free is a dream, however I will never get that as I have fibromyalgia syndrome is which is a chronic pain illness, but to get rid of the pinching nerve pain that constantly runs down my leg and pins and needles will be fantastic, I can deal with all the other stuff as I have done since a was in primary school, but the back prolapsed disk it just so intense 24/7. Oh here I go again complaining about my pain, sorry about that, I hate that.

Esthee you are doing so well, congratulations, we are sure on our way now.

Anyway better get Shai's stuff organised as I am about to head out to drop her off for the night, only the 3rd time she has ever been away for the night and I will be able to sleep in tomorrow, I am looking forward to that.

I will be back later to post my stats for the week.
 
Week 3 - Weight & Measurements

End of Week 3 - 15th Feb 2008

Weight Start - 119.1kg
Wk 1 - 114.5kg
Wk 2 - 112.0kg
Wk 3 - 110.2kg
Wkly Loss - 1.8kg
Total Loss - 8.9kg

Arm Start - 50cm
Wk 1 - 50cm
Wk 2 - 49cm
Wk 3 - 48cm
Wkly Loss - 1cm
Total Loss - 2cm

Bust Start - 120cm
Wk 1 - 119cm
Wk 2 - 119cm
Wk 3 - 119cm
Wkly Loss - 0cm
Total Loss - 1cm

Waist Start - 123cm
Wk 1 - 119cm
Wk 2 - 114cm
Wk 3 - 113.5cm
Wkly Loss - 5cm
Total Loss - 10cm

Hips Start - 141cm
Wk 1 - 141cm
Wk 2 - 139cm
Wk 3 - 138cm
Wkly Loss - 1cm
Total Loss - 3cm

Thigh Start - 80cm
Wk 1 - 79.5cm
Wk 2 - 76cm
Wk 3 - 75.5cm
Wkly Loss - 3.5cm
Total Loss - 4.5cm

Neck Start - 41cm
Wk 1 - 40.5cm
Wk 2 - 40cm
Wk 3 - 39cm
Wkly Loss - 0.5cm
Total Loss - 2cm

Upper Bust Start - 118cm
Wk 1 - 115.5cm
Wk 2 - 115cm
Wk 3 - 112cm
Wkly Loss - 0.5cm
Total Loss - 6cm

Under Bust Start - 112cm
Wk 1 - 110cm
Wk 2 - 106cm
Wk 3 - 106cm
Wkly Loss - 0cm
Total Loss - 6cm

Wrist Start- 20cm
Wk 1 - 20cm
Wk 2 - 19.5cm
Wk 3 - 19.5cm
Wkly Loss - 0cm
Total Loss - 0.5cm

Calf Start- 49cm
Wk 1 - 49cm
Wk 2 - 45.5cm
Wk 3 - 45.5cm
Wkly Loss - 0cm
Total Loss - 3.5cm

Belly Button Start - 120cm
Wk 1 - 116cm
Wk 2 - 115cm
Wk 3 - 113cm
Wkly Loss - 2cm
Total Loss - 7cm

Total Start cm's - 974
Wk 1 - 959.5cm
Wk 2 - 938cm
Wk 3 - 929cm
Wkly Loss - 9cm
Total Loss - 45cm

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Sal, Thanks for your post in my diary. It was nice. If I could help you be strong I would be very happy. Cohen's does seem strict but personally I think that is one of the main reasons it works so well. We must stop thinking of food as a "treat." Food is fuel. We need it to keep alive & to be healthy. Sweetie, you have the rest of your life to have those things you are missing the most. Ignore the temptations. If you give in to the temptation of "a little bit of this won't hurt" you will have so much trouble sticking with the plan & losing the weight you want to lose.
When I first started I spent hours in here reading squillions of posts. Everywhere I read of people lamenting having deviated from the program, how hard it was to get back "in the zone" etc. It was good for me because I had seen how hard it made it so I just did not go there.
Trust me. You will feel so much better about yourself if you can be so strong as to stick with the plan until you get to goal weight. Imagine how proud of yourself you will feel. You can do it!! By the way is your signature photo your daughter? If it is she is just so cute!! Cheers, Cate.
 
Well today I thought that I would help my husband out in the yard with a little bit of gardening before my back stopped me, as I use to love getting out in the garden with him at our old house, and new house need so much work. It was quite a warm day here in geelong and it was a couple of hours before I was due for lunch. I found that I must have done just a bit too much and drank heaps of water cause I was so hot, but then started feeling very light headed and a bit shaky and hungry, so I went and had a lie down, and was feeling very ordinary. I though I might try a nectarine but could only get in a couple of bits then Next thing I know the nauseous feeling was so over whelming and I just threw up about 1.5lts of water and the fruit. I was massive, my husband made me some steak and salad for lunch, but could only get the steak in and couple of bits of cucumber and then I fell asleep for a couple of hours. Not completely sure if it was because I did too much with not enough food, or maybe a little to do with the pain killers I'm on for my back.

I still am not feeling very good, but better than I was this afternoon. Just a bit drained. So I would recommend not to much exercise in the future for me, even though most people would consider what I did to not be much, but I have not much due to my back and with the heat today that would not have helped matters either.

Anyway looking forward to dinner. Making chicken and vegies in iceburg lettuce wraps for dinner. I love using the iceburg lettuce to make wraps, I can put so many different things in it. Very Tasty!
 
Hi Sal

So sorry you ended up not feeling well. Like you said it could have been a number of reasons but I hope you are feeling better by tomorrow.
Even though you had a rotten day you still have the enthusiasm to make sure you are eating right. You give the rest of us the encouragement (especially me) to keep at it - and not cave into the dark side.

Hope you have a restful night and get well soon.

Sam:)
 
Hi Sal!

I've been very busy this past week and I'm catching up on everyone's diaries etc. I've been feeling somewhat alone lately, which is my own fault as I've not been here as often as I should have been. :) Just wanted to say that I feel EXACTLY like you do about the 'one night' thing. I would really love to be able to just go out to dinner, even eating healthy, a salad or something. It being Valentines on Thursday didn't help either :) he he Me and the WF have a tradition of going to a very nice restaurant on Valentines and this year, we spent it at home. The WF did give me some lovely earrings. I told him this week that I would sell my body for a pizza that would not hinder my diet. :D only joking but I would really like some pizza :d

But we're going to be strong and by November the two of us will look back at this craving for food and we'll be comfortable in our own skins and it will be soooooooo worth NOT having the pizza :) Or so I keep telling myself anyway He he he

I'm sorry to hear that you didn't feel too well today. I hope you feel better tomorrow.

Good luck for the week :jump:
 
Feeling better today just a little tired. Today was a very hungry day for some reason. I have felt so hungry most of the day, at least 2-2.5hrs before I was due to eat. Had plenty of water and all my fruit and biscuits, but still wanting more. I hope that it passes by tomorrow.

Tonight I made the first receipe from this website - Spinach Chicken Roll but I added garlic to it. Was very hummy tasted a little like a mini roast. Hubby liked it to. I did cook some up for my daughter but she ended up having dinner with the neighbors kids over the road so the dogs will get hers.

Esthee I hope you start feeling better soon. You know you always have a friend and support here with me. I too would sell my body just for a couple of bites of my favourite pizza... lol...joking:willy_nilly:, but i know where you are coming from.

Sam, thankyou for those lovely words made me feel quite proud of myself as usually if I am having a bad I do resort to food, but not this time, stuck to plan :hurray:

It has been a very hot day here in Geelong and my hisband is now out helping one of our neighbours fix up his frount yard and my daughter is still playing with the neighbours kids and making a mess through the house, might start to organise her for bed and send them home.

Will be a warm night tonight and hot again tomorrow, I don't do well in the heat, so I will be inside all day tomorrow with the aircon on. And I don't have a car tomorrow and hubby is in melb for meeting and the other car is in getting fixed (and that is just another long story)

Have a lovely night to everyone and I will try and catch you all tomorrow.
 
Sal, You have got over one of those big hurdles that get put in our way. You've done it. Next summer you won't struggle so much, if at all, with the heat. You'll be able to tackle the garden without feeling sick & exhausted. It will all be so much easier & more enjoyable. Well done on getting through the last few days successfully. It's not easy! You did it!! Cheers, Cate
 
Thanks Cate for the wonderful words of encouragement. Made me realise what I have done and that I did actually stick to it even while unwell, which is normally when I would resort to food.

Well today is another stinker in Geelong, Still 37deg out the back so my thermometer is telling me, not sure how hot is actually got to. I have not been outside all day. Only answered to do to talk to my neighbour and give a coffee mug to a customer who came to pick it up. And both times were dreadful with the heat.

Been working on few design jobs and a DVD cover and CD for 4WD TV. I had nearly finished the DVD cover and my stupid computer crashed and corrupted the file, so I lost all my hard work and had to start all over again. I hate that. My computer is in such a bad state at the moment, really desparately needs a format. Lucky I am married to a computer genius, the only thing is I have to be without my computer for him to format it, as it is so hard with running my businesses and I am just so addicted. But it really is less than a day. It would save alot of headaches and yelling at the stupid thing. Felt like just giving it a bit of a kick today tho or maybe thought that it might like to see what it was like to fly. :ack2: lol

On the Cohens front, I am finding that I am hungry after breakfast the yogurt just isn't doing it for me. I tried thinking very positive about eggs so that I could have something different, and cooked them up this morning, but I started gaging and threw some up when I tried to eat them:puke:. I use to like an occasional egg, until that was all I had for breaky for the first 2 weeks and now for some reason just can't handle them:ack2:. It is starting to get a bit that way with the yogurt and mango smoothie in the morning too. And I am really not into the cheeses that you are allowed on Cohen's either. All the other meals are fine, I am just really really struggling with breaky. Any suggestions would be really helpful. I just wish that I could have a piece of Toast and Vegemite every morning or even vegemite on a craker, I would never get sick of that. I lived on it for my entire childhood and I just love it. I kissed my daughter yesterday morning with her Vegemite lips and had a small taste....mmm made me smile and I started drooling, my husband just laughed at me. I just keep telling myself that this breaky thing is not forever, however when I can stop this breaky thing and have something I actually like will be fantastic, it is just far away. I hope I can make it.

Anyway other than that, I am heading to the end of my for 4wks this friday, so very excited to see what the first mth's work as done for me. Bring it on!!!
 
Hi Sal,

I'm glad to hear that its going well on your program. :) I understand your frustration with the breakfast completely. Why not try and have some meat and veggies instead? Something else is to eat the egg with balsalmic vinegar over it, that helps for me. But then, in the past I was on a diet where I had to eat tuna for lunch everyday. In the beginning it was fine, but I did this for 2 years :willy_nilly: and now I can't touch it. I hate tuna now. No amount of mayo can make me eat it. So you'll just have to see how bad the eggs are? I eat a different meal each time. One morning I'll have yogurt mixed with coffee (I love this :) ) and one morning I'll have mushrooms with melted mozarella cheese over it. That is really yummy too. Otherwise I'll have some imitation crab sticks with stirfried veggies and some mayo lite with that.

Good luck with the 4 week mark. I went for my bloodtests yesterday and I've got an appointment with my consultant Thursday.

Take care
 
Hi Sal

You are doing so well. I am so proud of you. With regards to your breakfast I have to admit I was one of the lucky ones who didn't get sick of yoghurt. I did have the occassional egg to add variety. Esthee just mentioned mozzerralla melted over mushrooms. Well this was one of my favourites I would grill tomatoe, mushroom and melt the cheese over it and have it on a cracker allowance a sprinke of herbs....viola!!!! I loved this dish and probably ate too much of this dish...I say this due to my weightloss slowing down.
Cohens is restrictive in so many ways......but it really is worth it in the end. Would you be able to handle prawns or chicken in the morning???? cause if you can maybe you should have that for brekkie.
Hope you work it Sal.

Sam:)
 
Well today is 1 mth since I started on Cohens and
I have lost ....9.6kg for the mth
I am pretty happy with that.

The last 2 weeks has been pretty slow however last week was a loss of only 1.8kg and this week a very tiny 0.7kg. Not sure why this might be. Maybe not enough water? I was also sick last week a little so didn't eat much. Who knows, but it is a loss non the less. I was hoping for a nice round 10kg for the mth, but 9.6kg is close enough.

Thanks to Sam and Esthee for the advise on Breaky. However I don't like balsamic vinegar, mozzarella, mushrooms. This is the problem that I am having with breaky I really don't like any of it. I am finding it hard to swallow the yogurt, but it is only thing I can get down, just. Eggs are a no go, I tried them again this week and just brought them up and I was trying to think so positivly about them before I started eating telling myself how yummy they were going to be, until they hit my mouth and I just could not swallow. I might try having meal 2 or 3 in the morning with meat and veg, however I still need to eat meal 1 sometime throughout the day, and I am stuck with mango in yogurt. This is going to be a really struggle as I have such a long way to go. I am not sure what I am going to do :-( I wish I was like my husband, he can eat anything at all and there is not 1 thing that I have found that he cannot or will not eat. I would so love to be like that.

Anyway got a busy day will try to catch up on everyone diaries and update my stats later on today.
 
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Well today is 1 mth since I started on Cohens and I have lost ....9.6kg for the mth
I am pretty happy with that.The last 2 weeks has been pretty slow however last week was a loss of only 1.8kg and this week a very tiny 0.7kg.
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9.6kgs in a month-fantastic!!
Included in that 9.6kgs was a 2 week loss of 2.5kg, meaning an average loss of
2.4kg per week -WOW!!
Congratulations Sal!!
:party::party::party:
You're a star!!
To quote (accurately I hope) an old song...
"You've got to accentuate the positive,Eliminate the negative......................."

Try your yoghurt, but with different fruit later in the day. I still often have fruit & yoghurt for lunch. I used to make a fruit salad out of my fruit allowance. I would often mix honey dew, mango,kiwi fruit & orange. I would always weigh my fruit so might be 1/2 mango allowance etc but would = my fruit allowance for the day. It makes it easier to keep tabs as well.Cheers, Cate.
 
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What an amazing result Sal. How do you feel?????
You have shown alot of strength and resilience through this month and WOW!!!!! hasn't it paid off.
And your slow down in weight was mostly due to you not feeling well and not consuming all your meals.....but do not dwell on the negatives, you have reached your first month loss....... so give yourself a great big hug.

Have a wonderful day.

Sam:)
 
GREAT JOB SAL!!! WHERE IN GEELONG ARE YOU? i AM A GEELONG-ITE TOO! HOW BIZARRE!

I reckon that's an awesome result. Be proud of yourself! :hurray:

That must be hard with breakfast, I have no ideas cos I am loving the smoothies at the moment but it's only been two weeks... good luck!

I have to go cook my ravinous children dinner but I'll be back later... we should meet for a herbal tea sometime! :cheers2:
 
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