Cohen's Lifestyle 2nd Time lucky!!!

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Not much happening at the moment. The weight loss is a bit slow this week but I was expecting that as I had big weight loss the last 2 weeks and last time I did Cohens I used to lose 2kg,2kg,1.5kg and then 1kg in a 4 week cycle. Life is just plodding along and I'm in a bit of limbo at the moment. I have gone down 1 size so far and I am now finding that most of these clothes are starting to get a bit loose. I'm not into the lower size just yet but it shouldn't be too long. I am also slowly getting down to the next mini goal of under 100kgs (2.6kgs to go). That mini goal is probably the biggest mental hurdle to get back into double didgits will be really exciting and a major motivator. Not that I really need motivating. I am enjoying the food and not getting hungry or anything. I am making sure I vary my meals as much as possible as this helps me to not feel deprived, but most nights I make sure I have a really nice piece of juicy steak and I now save my orange till after dinner so I get some dessert to spoil myself with.
I didn't think I had much to say today, but I always manage to say something.
Have a great day everyone.
Take care
Beck
 
I didn't think I had much to say today, but I always manage to say something.
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Sounds like something I would say Beck! It's good to share our daily diaries, even though it feels sometimes that we are talking to our-selves. I'm enjoying reading your diary & watching you support others, cheers, Cate.
 
Thanks cate, it's nice to know there a few constants here. Sometimes people seem to come and go very quickly. Thanks for your support.
Take care
Beck
 
To Cate and Beck,

I don't always contribute but most days I come online for inspiration and support, so keep up the diaries. Welcome to Lumpy, another diary for me to read. I love vegemite so much that I can eat it off a teaspoon, it is good to know that others miss things, even though we are not tempted (well, I'm not with vegemite, other foods, perhaps).

Anyway, wanted you to know that I am usually silently here, keep up the good work.

Trudy
 
Hi again everyone, I haven't been in for a while as I have had a Uni assignment due. I have just submitted it via the internet...Yayy!!!
I have also decided that sleep must have quite a bit to do with weight loss. When I go to bed really late I seem to gain weight the next morning and if I have a really good nights sleep that is when I tend to lose the most weight. Last night I went to bed at 3.30am (I mean this morning I went to bed at 3.30) and when I got up and weighed myself at 6.30am I was up by half a kilo. I haven't changed my ticker as I'm sure it will go again as soon as I manage a decent nights sleep, hopefully tonight. I have no problem sleeping once I get myself to bed it is just the getting to bed that causes me trouble. I have so much energy and don't seem to get tired (Last night I was tired but had left my assignment till the last minute and had to get it finished) I seem to potter around and then look at the clock and its midnight. Anyway tonight I'm going to bed early so I'll be off for now and will talk to you all later.
Take care
Beck
 
Hi everone,
I'm slowly inching ever closer to the next mini goal of under 100kg which will be a big milestone for me. Double digits again will be incredible. I'm a bit disappointed that the weight loss is going so slow this week and also was slow last week but I usually have 2 good weeks and 2 slower weeks so i have to keep reminding myself of this so as not to get too disheartened. I just wish it would hurry up!!!!
I haven't been doing my daughters exercise program this week or last week and this could be why it has slowed down again and I also know I haven't been drinking enough water or getting enough sleep.
I must "make a mental note" to drink more and do some exercise and see if that makes a difference as I want to get the weight loss moving again and be finished with refeed by Christmas.
Have a great day everyone and I'm really glad I posted today as I am feeling much better now than I was when I first dropped in here tonight and more motivated than I have in the last few days.
Take care
Beck
 
Hi Beck. Try not to weigh until after the week-end if possible. I think it helps if you relax a little about it. You know that if you follow the plan 100% the weight must come off. The water & the sleep are so important. I need to do some exercise too. I feel like I'm a hibernating bear at the moment & a grizzly one at that. Come on those double digit figures for you. Almost here!! Cheers, Cate.
 
Hi Cate,
I can't help myself. i am a compulsive weigher and just have to remember that I don't lose weight every day. The last time I decided to stop being compulsive and threw my scales away I was about a size 14. the next time I weighed myself I weighed 110kgs!!! I weigh mainly so if I don't lose for a week or so I can assess if I am doing anything wrong and adjust it ASAP to get the weight loss moving again.
I have had another .5kg drop this morning.YAYYY. I am trying to go to bed at a reasonable time (11.00pm). I am a bit of a night owl which goes back to my previous life. The only time I ever got any peace was when everyone else had gone to sleep and I could sit and enjoy the quiet. Now I have so much energy (from Cohens) that I have trouble getting myself to sleep if I go to bed too early. I am also trying to make sure that I am drinking enough water and yesterday went for a lovely long walk with my eldest daughter along the local lake front. So obviously something has helped and another little loss has appeared. So far this 4 weeks I have lost 2.5kg, 2.5kg, 1kg, and so far this week 1kg which I really can't complain one little bit about. I need to keep my positive point of view in place and not let the negatives take hold of me (I seem to lose much better when in a positive mind frame anyway!!)
Anyway, I have rambled on about nothing much today and will go and leave you all now.
Take care
Beck

PS.... 1/3 of the way to goal today!!!!!!
 
Yayyyyyyy, I have hit 100kg and so my next goal is only 1 gram away. Who knows when I will hit it though. Hopefully tomorrow morning but I bet it will be at least a couple of days, just to teach me patience.
This week didn't end up being that slow in weight loss. I ended up losing 2kgs which is great. That means in the last 4 weeks I have lost 2.5, 2.5, 1, and 2kgs. Very pleased with that and still loving this program. I have now been on the program for 8 weeks and I am down 16kgs!!
I did a little bit of exercise this week ( a walk along the lake and a few gentle sessions in the gym) which definately jump started the weight loss again and I am sure does nothing but help. The only thing you need to be very vary of is just how much you do as you can get hungry if you overdo it and you don't get any extra food so you have to stay hungry. So just a little bit of gentle exercise is good in my opinion.
Anyway, it is absolutely freezing here in Sydney today (I'm sure its nothing on where you are Cate, but definately freezing for us) and I need to go sit in front of the heater. That is if I can move my 15 year old far enough away so I can get near it!!
Have a good night all.
Talk to you soon.
Beck
 
Hi Beck & congratulations. An average of 2kgs a week is amazing! I was told by my consultant that once you have completed Cohen's your body is trained to lose weight. I do believe that when you go back on the program it is almost like your body breathes a sigh of relief & springs back into action. I also agree about the light exercise as it also makes you feel so much better about yourself & life in general. Anything more than that used to make me dizzy & then ravenous. I'm looking forward to hearing about those double figures- GO BECK!! Cheers, cate
 
Hi Cate,
Totally agree about the sigh of relief. When I first went back on Cohens it was like my body was saying "Thank goodness for that!!" It feels like this is the way I am meant to be eating and most of the foods on the program are my preferred meats, veges and fruits. My sister is not doing the program but I gave her a list of the foods and the general guidelines and although she weighs nothing and eats much larger quantities than the Cohens quantities, she has lost about 12 kgs in about 6 weeks. She also agrees that these are the sort of foods that agree with her best too.
I have done a bit of walking today (just around the shops and things) and I am hoping that this helps me to get to my double digits tomorrow.
Have a great day everone
Talk soon
Beck
 
Hi everyone,

LOOK AT MY TICKER!!!!! YAYYYYY!!!!
Under 100kg's:party:
Finally I am back in double digits and feeling sooo terrific. That one tiny .5kg makes such a huge difference to my mindset. I am starting to feel "normal" again. I know I still have a long way to go but going back under 100kg makes me feel that I am really going to get there and stay there this time. Having Cate as such a wonderful help and motivator is definately helping and hopefully I will be able to keep calling on her help as I achieve my final goal and move into maintaining it. I do feel bad that I can't be of much help to her in return as I haven't successfully maintained yet, but hope my moral support is of some help.
For now, I must keep up the momentum and get to my final goal by Christmas. So for me that means stick to the program, religiously, gentle exercise at least 3 times a week, get enough sleep, drink plenty of water!!
Unfortunately my signature only allows up to 150 characters and I can't put my next goal into it. Anyway my next goal is under 90kg.
If anyone knows how to expand the signature to allow more characters can they please let me know as I really enjoy having all my goals and achievements in front of me each time I log in.
Have a great day everyone.
Take care
Beck
 
Congratulations Beck!!!!!!!!

Well, you sure have made me feel good this morning! Thank you. Whenever I see you have typed in my diary it puts a smile on my face :) so please know that you do provide me with lots of support! xo Cate.
:party:
Double digits- Well done Beck!!!!!
P.S Can't help you with adding to the signature. It is really very restrictive so that's why mine is simple these days.
 
Congratulations Beck,

Well done on you commitment to this programme. After reading your diary I have decided to start doing some exercise also, it may speed up what is becoming a slow process.

After a great start (10.5kg in 4 weeks) this next 4 weeks has had moments of deviations and resulted in only another 4kg. I would love to lose at around 6kg per 4 week marker so that I can finish prior to my contract expiring.

OK, keep up the good work,
Trudy
 
Thanks Cate and nomoreweighting,

Glad I can be of some help Cate (but I think you might just be being nice!!)
Nomoreweighting, I am always looking for some way to keep the weight loss going in the right direction (down). That is also one of the reasons that I am so compulsive about weighting myself. If I haven't lost anything for 3 or 4 days I am looking for why (have I drunk enough water, got enough sleep, am I eating too much salt, got my butt into gear and moving enough). If everything is in order then I will occasionally change the batteries in my food scale (just in case they are going flat and not weighing correctly) and if all this is ok then I just assume it must be one of my slow weeks in the month. I know if I waited till the end of the month to weigh and had only lost a few kilos and then reassessed what i had done throughout the month and found I was doing something wrong, I would be kicking myself for losing a month. So I know I'm not meant to , but I do complulsively weigh myself. The exercise does definately help the weight come off and also helps you to feel really good about yourself.
No weight loss today, but I'm going great, loving the program and I have just fitted into my smallest pair of size 16 trousers, so the next size I start trying on is my size 14's...how exciting!!
Anyway, have a great day
Take care
Beck
 
Hi all,
I've now been back on the program for 9 weeks and I'm down 17.5kgs so I am staying close to my goal of 2 kgs per week. Although I don't lose 2 kgs every week it averages out to about that. My sister and I want to be able to go on the new motor bike roller coaster at Dreamworld when we next go to the Gold Coast. we were up there at easter and both loved the look of the roller coaster (we both rode motor bikes as children) and thought it would give us a taste of our childhood. When we went around to queue up we noticed that there was a size restriction and before you could join the queue there was a sample motor bike for your to "try out". we both looked at it and knew there was no chance we would fit into it (although I did try, but it came no where near closing for me) so very disappointed we left the area vowing that if we managed to get back there next year we would definately be slim enough to fit into it. we are both well on the way to fitting next year.
Well the weight loss is still going well and I still feel really good. Some days I get hungry and other days I don't. Mostly I just feel like something different to eat, but I know that it is so not worth it. I will eat plenty of different foods when I finish and I will make sure they are healthy foods at that so my hard work does not go to waste this time.
I get so cold at the moment and just can't seem to get warm most of the time. I rug up but I am still always cold I think it is a side effect of being on Cohens but is a very small price to pay for a slim healthy body.
Not much to say today.
Take care

Beck
 
Hi Beck- 98.5 nice! I froze last Winter but have found that I don't really feel the cold much now, which is a relief. You are doing so well. I never lost weight that fast 1st time around especially- 10kgs first month, 4-5 each month after that. 2kg a week is something else! Keep up the great work, cheers, Cate
 
Thanks Cate,
Down to 98kgs today which means I now only have 5kgs to go to be half way to goal. I think I will make that my next goal, 1/2 way to goal (or 93kgs/ loss of 23kgs). Its a bit closer than under 90kgs and a little bit more attainable. I will make the goal after that to go under 90kgs (maybe-unless I think of a better one by then). I don't have much to say at the moment. Its school holidays so I have my girls home for 3 weeks (which I love) and most of my non-working days revolve around them. I have had to eat not 100% Cohens a couple of times but it doesn't seem to be hurting too much and I think it is really helping my mindset (especially for the future). I am not so obsessive about breaking and I don't now think that if I have to eat non-Cohens food it has to be McDonalds or KFC (which I would definately have done when I was last on Cohens). Today I was at the airport seeing people off overseas and had been unable to make my lunch before leaving so I went to Sumo Salad and just ordered a salad of lettuce, cucumber, red onion, and a little tomato with some cold chicken breast and no dressing. I ate what I thought was a Cohens portion and left the rest. Its all a learning experience and I learn with every day.
Sorry I need to go to bed as I never seem to get enough sleep.
Take care
Beck
 
Wow Becks! You've done so well! I can't imagine having a 4kg weight loss in one week! It's been the 3rd day of my Cohen diet, and I haven't lost any weight at all! I wonder if i'm doing anything wrong?
 
Hi Campari,
Triple check your program and make sure you are doing everything exactly as Dr Cohen says. Also make sure you are drinking heaps of water. You usually lose the most weight in the first week (usually a lot of fluid) and then it stabilises in the following weeks. Also remember that I had a lot more weight to lose than you do, and the bigger you are the faster you fall..LOL!! Just kidding.
Water is usually the problem as I was told last time I did the program that when your body loses weight the toxins (fat) are released into your system and your body can not lose any more weight (toxins) until you flush out what is already in your system, by drinking lots of water and flushing it away. I'm not sure if this is true or not but it seems plausible and it helps me to imagine all these little fat blobs waiting to be flushed away and encourages me to drink more water.
Down another .5kg this morning, so back to moving along nicely. Down 1kg so far this week.
Have a great day everyone,
Beck
 
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