This is MY choice!

WOW your a beauty adn that dress is beautiful and you are rocking it baby!!!

WOW almost two hrs of yoga, ha i can do tha tin a day if focused enough but not straight, lol, I do 60 mins at a time:)But i do love Yoga, Im working on getting into it more cuz i feel great when i do it:)

Welcome to the challenge and congrats on the weight lost so far:hug2:
 
Oooohhhh yeeeaaaahhh!! You got in on the challenge too!! How fun!
You are looking so good so far!! Im sure you will never grow sick of hearing that!! And I am going to tell you that every time I swing past just to remind you how well you are doing!!
 
Hi girls.

I have some news.

I went to see a nutritionist/dietician/counsellor yesterday. I have so many major issues surrounding food that I have never ever ever said out loud before. So I went, and I said them out loud. And she's helping me. So... to prevent particular things that... happen... (Oh, am I being obscure? ;) ) she has worked with me in adapting a few of my cohen's principles. I know that this is an all-or-nothing programme, but I am beginning to realise how destructive I am to myself in these sorts of situations.

This is the first time that I've ever taken proper steps to sort myself out. I'm proud. And... I have a huge fear of being seen as a failure by you all, which i know is silly. What I'm doing is pretty much the same, but with a few little changes (which I'll explain a bit later).

I feel like I owe you guys to let you know this. You have all been so incredibly good to me. Even though I'm adapting Cohen's a teensy bit for me, I hope I can still be in this forum. :(

xxx
 
I have a big fear of failing in general adn I hate feelign liek I have failed or am failing.

Getting yourself right and straigtening yourself up from inside out is the best gift you can give yourself:)

You are here on teh forum because you are workign towards finding out what works for you and will make this happen for you.Of course you arent going to be going anywhere Silly!
 
Good on you sweety! If you felt that is what you need to do, noone knows you better than you! I have no dramas with you adapting the cohen's and I am sure noone else will either. You will have to tell me one day what you are doing different, chat to me any time!
kc :)

p.s. YOU ARE LOOKING SO GOOD!!!
 
You're an angel, cinderelly :)

I agree about the 'sorting yourself out on the inside' thing - which is why I realise it's such a big deal for me.

Thanks so much. xx:hurray:
 
:)Ive been currently working on the inside even though I already have in the past I thought I was good hahahaha...The stuff im dealign with is more than weight issues and such but it has been hard for me to deal with, lol.So im right there with you:hug2:
 
Good for you, Joh -you need a plan that will see YOU through the rest of your life so good for you for getting that sorted!!
You are gorgeous already -always were anyway - enjoy the long weekend and pat yourself on the back! Del xxx
 
Del - it means so much to me that I have your support in doing this. Of course I would have gotten it, but you know how I worry...

Cind - I think that there are so many of us out there - the weight is just a manifestation of so many more things that are going on... Well done yourself for taking those steps.

x thanks ladies.

ON A FUNNIER NOTE (but painful!)
I have given myself a black eye while measuring my hips. :iamwithstupid:
Yes, it's true. I've never had a black eye before! I am just so insanely relieved - I could be in hospital right now with a popped eye ball, but my eye-lids react faster than you'd expect. So, my little cohen's tape measure has a little hard plastic tab thing on the end. I was pressing the little button to make the tape go back in, and it just flicked up and smacked me really hard on the eye. like REALLY hard. :willy_nilly:Instantly swollen. And there's this imprint of the tape all across my face. It'd be quite funny if it wasn't MY eye :blush5:

I did my weekly weigh-in that I dread, and it's good news! 1.7kg down! yay. only 0.3kg until I'm 20kg less. INSANE! (hehe, maybe I could go to the loo and then be twenty kg down! ha - too much info). I can't believe how my measurements have changed:
Bust 104 -> 91
Waist 91 -> 73
Hips 125 -> 108
Thigh 74 -> 61

V. Happy bout that. :hurray:Things are never as bad as I make them!

xxxx
 
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Fantastic Joh,
Great work! That's a lot of cm's too!!
Off to see War of the Roses part 2 tonight -it was great last night -Cate Blanchett is fabulous!!

Enjoy your weekend , sweet pea,
Del xx
 
Oh, and a black eye!!! That is a funny thing to happen but it could have been terrible. My daughter called out to me in a way that I knew meant she was devastated - she booked her tickets to Dralion 6months ago and was so excited about going tonight. When she checked the tickets they were for last Tuesday!! She was sobbing and I rang them to try and buy her more tickets. After explaining what had happened the lovely fellow spoke to his supervisor and gave her complimentary tickets for tonight. Not as good seats but at least they are going. So a tragi=comedy there too!! People can be wonderful, can't they?

See you on Tuesday -don't work too hard. xxxx
 
Wow wow.. You have already lost 20 kg...
that's the weight i want to lose....... I am just at 8 kg...
the last 10 kg shouldn't be a problem for ya.. since you have already 67% behind your back!
Good luck to your weight loss journey and the challenge! =D
 
Hey Joh!! I am sorry but I couldnt help but laugh at your black eye story!! Because that is something silly that is likely to happen to myself. So to hear it from someone makes me feels quite human!! I am hoping you had a fab long weekend and your students dont give you too much of a hard time about your black eye!!
Big hugs :grouphug:
kc :)
 
Hi guys! thanks for all the support - you guys are great!

I went camping on the weekend and only ate out of tins (we went up on the bike and carried everything up with us - tent, mattresses, cooker, lantern, food, water, EVERYTHING!) so I'm a little scared to weigh. I tried to be good still, but I know that I couldn't control everything.

Also, next week I'm going on year 8 camp. EEEEK - i signed up ages ago, and I'm really worried about the food situation, which i know is a little silly. So I've told the people that I'm diabetic and caeliac, so that should cut out a lot of the junk! ha. So long as they don't just lump me with fish and chips the entire time. I'll just have to make sure I run around after the kids all week :)

I had dinner at the in-laws last night - the critical MIL actually said how good I'm looking! She said 'You've lost a packet of weight. YOU'RE STARTING TO LOOK REALLY GOOD!' - so... kind of a compliment? interesting way to go about it though...

I'm feeling really pretty lately, which is what the whole point of this is. There's something that has changed - I'm feeling confident and proud. I don't feel conspicuous anymore because I'm so big and tall. I feel healthy. It's incredible. It's such an enormous change.

Hope all you lovely epople are feeling great about yourselves as well - even beng on this forum means that things are starting to change!

x:Angel_anim:
 
The compliments are always nice to hear:D:D:DI got some myself this weekend adn it was a nice feeling!!!

Way to go on that camping adn hauling everythign with bikes, LOL!!!WOW
 
Hi Joh, I would love to see a nutritionist. I think it's great that you have done so. I would love to know how you have adapted Cohen's as I am now so much more interested in sound nutrition. We all follow our own path & it's good to get advice along the way. I think I have learned more about myself in the last year & I know that I still need to follow guidelines. I will ask my GP to refer me to a nutritionist to find out what sort of food I should be eating daily. Every book you read seems to conflict with the others. Your photos are just lovely. You are simply gorgeous. Your husband must be very proud of you. He looks sweet & nice, xo Cate
 
Del - you are so funny! hehe. You're so good for my self esteem :blush5:

Cate - Yeah - I'm really glad I made that decision to see a nutritionist. I feel so much better about myself and I'm feeling really confident. Thanks for the compliments on the photos! Yes, my man is just lovely.

CINDERELLY - So great that you are receiving compliments - you deserve them, gorgeous!

GIRLS - This is the first full week that I've been on this adapted cohen's diet, and I was really really nervous to weigh in. One thing she's doing is making me eat a slice of cape seed bread with my breakfast and with my lunch. So... I was really nervous.

But I'm 20 kg down! WOWOWOWOOOP!!!!!!!
Guess what I rewarded myself with? A NEW PAIR OF HOT HOT HOT HOOOOT JEANS!!!!!! They are so nice and my god I can't believe how different I look! I'm so excited to be this new person. I was worried when I tried them on that they were using these strange theme-park mirrors to make you think you look good. And then I came home and NUP! They looked really good! I used the 100$ david jones voucher my friends got me for my birthday. :) :) So they are a size 14, which I don't remember ever being in jeans. WOO!

I have 0.3kg to go before my BMI is under 25. Woah... Next week, people!
 
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Congratulations, Joh!! Well done -20kg is a huge effort isn't it? xx
Cape seed bread -yum...
They had those lovely dinner rolls at the ball last night and real butter and it was hard to resist. Then entree came out and it was an individual vegetable flan/tart with green sals and balsamic -I gave my tart straight to Spriggo and ate the salad -he left his salad which I was lusting after!! Then they had chicken stuffed with brie and turkish apricots on mashed potato and topped with a mushroom gravy (for want of a better word) Scraped everything off the chicken and just ate that. Dessert was choc mud cake and it looked really good but I kept busy on toilet duty and dancing so I wasn't tempted. I was pretty proud of myself. I also had a fantastic time - got Christian and Dante to dance after MUCH objection from each of them -hehe. It was so elegant and lovely - love the ball.
Spent all day at uni today doing my first Masters unit -a bit tired now...(and all that marking to do AND the house is open tomorrow -eek!
Enjoy the rest of your weekend, Joh. Hey let's have a coffee in the staff room next week sometime sweetie or are you on camp?? xx
 
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