Cohen's Lifestyle What made you join the program?
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My activating event:
I tried on my wedding dress (which i brought on line) and thought i looked fantastic, i then tried it on at my friends house with a different mirror and someone of normal healthy size standing next to me and i realised (yes it was a BIG realisation and one i had successfully denied for a long time) i was really, truely FAT, and that i would look like the Good Year Blimp travelling down the isle.
It wasn't so much the thought of being the Good Year Blimp that motivated me, but rather finally accepting the truth and reality of the size i had become.
(My mother reckon's we have some kind of reverse anorexia which we pass on daughter to daughter - in that we eat and eat and get fat, but think we are still a healthy and attractive size. So my self perception and high self confidence just masked the truth!)
I decided to join Weight Watchers or Jenny Craig and so i googled "Weight Loss" and explored all the different options, i found the actual Cohen's site and read all the success stories.
I then researched as much as i could over the net...Including many hours of pouring over these pages.... Found a clinic locally, rung and asked as many difficult questions as i could possibly think of, and took the jump!
I must add, it wasn't so much of a jump as an educated decision armed with the knowledge that if i didn't do something fast i would regret it for the rest of my life.
I made the choice and am sticking to it. It's time to not just FEEL like i'm healthy, sexy and attractive but to actually REALLY AND TRUELY BE healthy, sexy and attractive!
Previously i had made attempts to loose weight as i found it more and more difficult to haul my big bargey arse up onto my horse.... but after i lost weight i would celebrate with a night out at a fancy resturant, or a weekend away devoring Cheeses, Pate, Antipasto, Crackers and loads of Red Wine.... Basically a Weight re-gaining cocktail!
Iv'e had to wake up to myself, do a bit of soul searching and make the decision.
I will get to my ideal weight which is 57-59kg!
I can't remember when i was that weight, but hey, i'm looking forward to both the journey and the arrival. As Lessfatty say's "Nothing tastes as good as being thin feels!"
I tried on my wedding dress (which i brought on line) and thought i looked fantastic, i then tried it on at my friends house with a different mirror and someone of normal healthy size standing next to me and i realised (yes it was a BIG realisation and one i had successfully denied for a long time) i was really, truely FAT, and that i would look like the Good Year Blimp travelling down the isle.
It wasn't so much the thought of being the Good Year Blimp that motivated me, but rather finally accepting the truth and reality of the size i had become.
(My mother reckon's we have some kind of reverse anorexia which we pass on daughter to daughter - in that we eat and eat and get fat, but think we are still a healthy and attractive size. So my self perception and high self confidence just masked the truth!)
I decided to join Weight Watchers or Jenny Craig and so i googled "Weight Loss" and explored all the different options, i found the actual Cohen's site and read all the success stories.
I then researched as much as i could over the net...Including many hours of pouring over these pages.... Found a clinic locally, rung and asked as many difficult questions as i could possibly think of, and took the jump!
I must add, it wasn't so much of a jump as an educated decision armed with the knowledge that if i didn't do something fast i would regret it for the rest of my life.
I made the choice and am sticking to it. It's time to not just FEEL like i'm healthy, sexy and attractive but to actually REALLY AND TRUELY BE healthy, sexy and attractive!
Previously i had made attempts to loose weight as i found it more and more difficult to haul my big bargey arse up onto my horse.... but after i lost weight i would celebrate with a night out at a fancy resturant, or a weekend away devoring Cheeses, Pate, Antipasto, Crackers and loads of Red Wine.... Basically a Weight re-gaining cocktail!
Iv'e had to wake up to myself, do a bit of soul searching and make the decision.
I will get to my ideal weight which is 57-59kg!
I can't remember when i was that weight, but hey, i'm looking forward to both the journey and the arrival. As Lessfatty say's "Nothing tastes as good as being thin feels!"
Chelsea, a member on here, posted about the plan on another forum we're both members of, then, I investigated a little further and found another couple of friends who were doing the programme. All three are finished now, losing 25, 18, and 40kg.
I figured if they could, so could I.
And thinking about it, and about how my blood pressure etc was going, I've worked too damned hard to hand my kids over to my ex now (if I dropped dead)!
asy
I figured if they could, so could I.
And thinking about it, and about how my blood pressure etc was going, I've worked too damned hard to hand my kids over to my ex now (if I dropped dead)!
asy
Mermaid_sister
New member
Well, this is my story...
I was always the alienated fat kid- and miserable. I went to a co-ed private school with pretencious rich kids and before I knew it I was in year 12 with a bad case of bulimia. I was one of 5 other girls in a class of 270 students with a horrid and noticable eating disorder. people used to confuse me with another girl with anorexia from behind because we were both sickly skinny and had the same hair.
My close friends noticed and told my mum- who thought it was just a phase and did nothing about it- so off to couselling my friends sent me- I got to 60kgs- healthy- but still secretly throwing up. I finished school and gradually stopped doing it consistently. I had found a new way of keeping the weight off- drugs- and lots of them, speed, ecstacy, cocaine- whatever I could get my hands on but I was getting really depressed and started cutting myself. Some of my "friends" went to jail, some disappeared and my boyfriend ended up in a mental institution. And I went on 100mgs Zoloft a day with a side of valium. This is when the weight started to creep on until one day I woke up and I was 40kgs heavier. I since then have tried everything- even duromine which just made me moody and sleepy. The day I found cohens I was very vulnerable. I had been to a dietitian who had taken my money, written up an eating plan hardly different from my lifestyle and sent me out the door- I thought that was it I was going to be huge forever. I was flicking through a magazine at work not ever looking at it and it just jumped out at me. So I got online and found you guys (I never look at the programs website- so many misleading 'cures' out there) I have lost 11kgs in 5 weeks and am amazed of what I myself have been capable of so far. My addiction is not food- it's self destruction. There isn't a time where its all too much where I don't consider hurting myself in one way or another, but when you take care of yourself in one facet of your life you want to look after everything. And for that I stay strong.
I don't want anyone to feel sorry for me... this stuff happens to people everyday and yet it is hard to understand if you haven't been through it yourself. I just want people to learn from it, pick the warning signs up from someone close to you- these things need to be taken care of properly- or they never properly go away.
I was always the alienated fat kid- and miserable. I went to a co-ed private school with pretencious rich kids and before I knew it I was in year 12 with a bad case of bulimia. I was one of 5 other girls in a class of 270 students with a horrid and noticable eating disorder. people used to confuse me with another girl with anorexia from behind because we were both sickly skinny and had the same hair.
My close friends noticed and told my mum- who thought it was just a phase and did nothing about it- so off to couselling my friends sent me- I got to 60kgs- healthy- but still secretly throwing up. I finished school and gradually stopped doing it consistently. I had found a new way of keeping the weight off- drugs- and lots of them, speed, ecstacy, cocaine- whatever I could get my hands on but I was getting really depressed and started cutting myself. Some of my "friends" went to jail, some disappeared and my boyfriend ended up in a mental institution. And I went on 100mgs Zoloft a day with a side of valium. This is when the weight started to creep on until one day I woke up and I was 40kgs heavier. I since then have tried everything- even duromine which just made me moody and sleepy. The day I found cohens I was very vulnerable. I had been to a dietitian who had taken my money, written up an eating plan hardly different from my lifestyle and sent me out the door- I thought that was it I was going to be huge forever. I was flicking through a magazine at work not ever looking at it and it just jumped out at me. So I got online and found you guys (I never look at the programs website- so many misleading 'cures' out there) I have lost 11kgs in 5 weeks and am amazed of what I myself have been capable of so far. My addiction is not food- it's self destruction. There isn't a time where its all too much where I don't consider hurting myself in one way or another, but when you take care of yourself in one facet of your life you want to look after everything. And for that I stay strong.
I don't want anyone to feel sorry for me... this stuff happens to people everyday and yet it is hard to understand if you haven't been through it yourself. I just want people to learn from it, pick the warning signs up from someone close to you- these things need to be taken care of properly- or they never properly go away.
Hey Mermaid, there's LOTS of us here with a history of eating disorders, including me, who had Bullemia in year 12, just like you. I got to the point where I couldn't keep half an icy pole down, and my parents never knew.
We're over that now, it's history, just as much a history as the ingrown toenail I had a few months ago.
The point is, we've changed our thinking. We are no longer the gals/guys who overeat, we're not the 'self sabotaging' ones, we're just skinny, healthy people in the wrong skin temporarilly.
asy
We're over that now, it's history, just as much a history as the ingrown toenail I had a few months ago.
The point is, we've changed our thinking. We are no longer the gals/guys who overeat, we're not the 'self sabotaging' ones, we're just skinny, healthy people in the wrong skin temporarilly.
asy
My inspiration(s)
I am a 43 year old Mum with two beautiful kids (a nearly three year old and an eight month old). I had gestational diabetes with both pregnancies and a family history of diabetes. So.... I want to see my kids grow up without being a medical burden on them.
The other thing that spurred me on was trying to get income protection insurance. I couldn't find a company that would insure me as they considered me too high a risk. How scarey is that?
Dizzy
I am a 43 year old Mum with two beautiful kids (a nearly three year old and an eight month old). I had gestational diabetes with both pregnancies and a family history of diabetes. So.... I want to see my kids grow up without being a medical burden on them.
The other thing that spurred me on was trying to get income protection insurance. I couldn't find a company that would insure me as they considered me too high a risk. How scarey is that?
Dizzy
herm1
New member
I saw the photos!
I, too, have two young children and my turning point was that I saw a photo of myself, my husband and my little girls at their birthday party! OMG! Why didn't someone pull me aside and tell me how I looked Anyway that prompted me to try and get on top of things weightwise! I lost nearly 10kg doing the CSIRO diet myself and seemed to stall at 80kg, for about 6 months I was 80-81ish! could not get any lower!
Then one afternoon I was reading an insert in the local paper and there was Cohen's! I had a look on the website, asked some questions and found this forum and then I signed up! MBF pays for $100 so that was a bonus and I think that I am worth spending the money on myself! (I hope!) My husband has been roughly following an eating plan also and, of course, has dropped nearly 7kgs in 2 weeks! even with the odd "deviation" (read pavolva and black forest cake) it just shows how much other crap he was eating! but I am still very excited with my 4kgs in 9 days and 18.5cm loss! esp. the 6cm from the boobs! It will be 2 weeks tomorrow since I started and will no doubt do a sneaky weigh in then! (fingers crossed )
I am hoping that when I get to my weight range to have a family photo taken with my girls, as I have been noticeably absent from photos recently (well, for a while now)!
Janine
I, too, have two young children and my turning point was that I saw a photo of myself, my husband and my little girls at their birthday party! OMG! Why didn't someone pull me aside and tell me how I looked
Anyway that prompted me to try and get on top of things weightwise! I lost nearly 10kg doing the CSIRO diet myself and seemed to stall at 80kg, for about 6 months I was 80-81ish! could not get any lower! Then one afternoon I was reading an insert in the local paper and there was Cohen's! I had a look on the website, asked some questions and found this forum and then I signed up! MBF pays for $100 so that was a bonus and I think that I am worth spending the money on myself! (I hope!) My husband has been roughly following an eating plan also and, of course, has dropped nearly 7kgs in 2 weeks!
even with the odd "deviation" (read pavolva and black forest cake) it just shows how much other crap he was eating! but I am still very excited with my 4kgs in 9 days and 18.5cm loss! esp. the 6cm from the boobs! It will be 2 weeks tomorrow since I started and will no doubt do a sneaky weigh in then! (fingers crossed )I am hoping that when I get to my weight range to have a family photo taken with my girls, as I have been noticeably absent from photos recently (well, for a while now)!
Janinethe inner me
New member
I spent my teens struggling with fluctuating weight, but still within "healthy range"...then followng an auto accident, in less than a year I packed on almost 100 pounds despite no apparent medical reason. I had gastric bypass surgery and lost 127 pounds (but built up scar tissue inside the area where the surgery was done and had to have it reversed). I still maintained my weight through the remainder of my 20's. When I was 34 I found out I had melanoma and post-treatment, gained 60 pounds in just a few months. I have seen doctors, tried diets, and been officially diagnosed as "hypo-metabolic". My personal physician's offering was to put me on diet pills...I'd lose weight for a couple of weeks, then start gaining again...same as every other diet. Dr. Cohen's group think they can fix this...God Bless 'em if they can!
This is a bit of a ramble; sorry about that. It's sure not the whole story, but I tried to hit the high points!
This is a bit of a ramble; sorry about that. It's sure not the whole story, but I tried to hit the high points!
Starshine
New member
I never had a problem with weight until my 5 year old came along. Then my thyroid went bezerk and weight became my best friend..LOL I thought about Cohen's a few years ago but couldn't justify the money. Boy do I wish I had done some more justifying!!!
My partner and I are also getting married on 14th February so I want to walk down the aisle a shadow of my former self. YAY!!!!!!!
My partner and I are also getting married on 14th February so I want to walk down the aisle a shadow of my former self. YAY!!!!!!!
Hello
My motivating event hadn't happened when I decided to achieve my ideal weight.
I decided in December, 2005 that I would not be obese or even over weight on my 56th Birthday in May, 2006.
I attended an information session in early December where the clinic provided all the blood test referrals. I weighed 85 kilos, but still procrastinated and it wasn't until I peaked at 87 kilos on 17th January, that I decided to commit.
I officially started the program 4th February at a recorded weight of 85 kilos, and my personal goal was 65 kilos on 18th May, which I achieved on the day.
However, my ideal weight at 165 cms is 57 - 60 kilos. I achieved 60 kilos on 24th June, a 25 kilo loss exactly 20 weeks after commencement.
I know this may appear slow, but remember I am very old and slow was best for me!
At date of writing, 4th November, I still weigh 60 kilos. I have continued to shrink, but the weight is now stable.
25 kilos, 4 stone, 60 pounds. Not bad for an old bird who has a desk job and whose idea of exercise is painting houses.
So my definitive event was knowing that my Birthday was coming up and deciding to be ready and in good shape for the next thirty years.
It really is nice wearing 'skinny' jeans with stiletto heels. It is lovely feeling smart instead of frumpy. It is totally joyous to feel proud of myself, my body, my achievement and to know that a few people have decided 'I'll have what she's having!'.
It is good to feel happy.
Keep going, don't give up, don't stop short of your ideal weight. It really is a great place to be.
Nothing tastes as good as being slim feels!
Chelsea
My motivating event hadn't happened when I decided to achieve my ideal weight.
I decided in December, 2005 that I would not be obese or even over weight on my 56th Birthday in May, 2006.
I attended an information session in early December where the clinic provided all the blood test referrals. I weighed 85 kilos, but still procrastinated and it wasn't until I peaked at 87 kilos on 17th January, that I decided to commit.
I officially started the program 4th February at a recorded weight of 85 kilos, and my personal goal was 65 kilos on 18th May, which I achieved on the day.
However, my ideal weight at 165 cms is 57 - 60 kilos. I achieved 60 kilos on 24th June, a 25 kilo loss exactly 20 weeks after commencement.
I know this may appear slow, but remember I am very old and slow was best for me!
At date of writing, 4th November, I still weigh 60 kilos. I have continued to shrink, but the weight is now stable.
25 kilos, 4 stone, 60 pounds. Not bad for an old bird who has a desk job and whose idea of exercise is painting houses.
So my definitive event was knowing that my Birthday was coming up and deciding to be ready and in good shape for the next thirty years.
It really is nice wearing 'skinny' jeans with stiletto heels. It is lovely feeling smart instead of frumpy. It is totally joyous to feel proud of myself, my body, my achievement and to know that a few people have decided 'I'll have what she's having!'.
It is good to feel happy.
Keep going, don't give up, don't stop short of your ideal weight. It really is a great place to be.
Nothing tastes as good as being slim feels!
Chelsea