Cohen's Lifestyle 2nd Time lucky!!!

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Hi Beck
I think You are right! I've been trying really hard to drink the recommended 2 litres a day but it's really hard! This is the most water I've drunk ever! So it's more water for me! Hopefully I will be able to lose some weight soon. Getting rather demoralized.
 
Hi everyone,
Well no weight loss for a couple of days now but I know I have not been drinking enough water. For the last few days I've only had about 1.2ltrs of water.
I am quite baffled today as to why moderators from the other forum, who have finished Cohens and completed their refeed, are coming on here asking stupid questions about chewing gum. Questions that they obviously know the answer to and questions that I personally have no idea of the answer to. Is he trying to cause trouble or what?? I don't know. I am really quite annoyed as I come on here to chat with what I consider to be my friends and I feel a bit exposed at the thought that he seems to be trying to catch one of us out giving the wrong answer or something. I really have no idea behind the reasoning.
Not very happy tonight and i should probably not have responded to him at all, but I couldn't help myself. People like that are best ignored and from now on i will be ignoring him and hoping his posts just drop out of the forum.
Sorry to be such a whinger today.
Take care

Beck
 
No problem here with me Beck as baffled as you may be ... I am not baffled ....... but just disappointed by your response and comments.

I have been a member of this forum for longer than I have been on the New You Forum ......... and regularly read this forum and very genuinely asked the question .... not to catch anyone out at all ... as you said I don't need to do that and don't need to play games ...little bit past that in my stage of life ..... but to see if any one could help me .... and it certainly wasn't to test your knowledge .... there are more than you who use this forum .........that's what the forum is about and its certainly not about catching any one out or anything like that ....... I am a member on this forum the same as you ....... and just like you can post .......... and its not a matter of what side I am on ......... no problems here and no need to carry on like small children ....... we are all in the same boat ....even if in another location who cares really.

Ignore me as you want to ....... sounds like you really need to maybe !!!!!

But anyway have a good week and i hope your dreams come true for you and you finish your loss on a happy and positive note.

I see you still have a bit to go but you will make it one day no doubt.

Andy
 
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Andy46 said:
I see you still have a bit to go but you will make it one day no doubt.

Andy
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Beck, Please try to ignore Andy. This is just plain nastiness!!
Andy obviously did a Google search & got his answer as he has posted it elsewhere. You make an excellent contribution to this forum. You are caring, encouraging & very helpful to all "newbies". Please don't let this put you off. Take care & keep up the good work, xo Cate
 
Good to hear that you are well meaning Andy and apologies if I have taken your postings the wrong way. The problem with writing and not talking is that some times things come across differently than they were intended to.
Thanks Cate for your concern and your kind words.
Take care everyone
Have a great day
Beck
 
No worries Beck - all good and just re reading what was said - I was really speaking from my own experiences - as i do know that it works and that you do loose the weight in your own good time - I lost over 70 kg so really understand and know that it works ....some day down the track you will find the end of your weight loss ..... so keep at it and best of luck for the future ...... its all behind us know !!

have a good one and I will catch up with you again at the end !!!!!!!!!!

Andy
 
Thanks Andy,

I will be looking for your "Life After" pointers then!!

Take care
Beck
 
Hi Beck, I'm being very naughty, whiling away my day pottering about reading forum posts, googling etc when I should be out and about moving! I feel very lazy today. I'm going to really miss Le Tour after this week-end but my body will be pleased when it gets more good quality sleep! Vive Le Tour, but also Vive le(la?) sommeil(sleep). Please excuse my dreadful French or lack of! Hope you're going well, take care, Cate
 
Hi all,
My weight loss is still moving along but this week has been a bit slow. I have been running around like a crazy thing for the last 3 weeks (school holidays) and haven't been drinking enough or getting nearly enough sleep (I have been averaging about 4-5 hours a night for the last few weeks) and I have also had cheese more than 3 times a week this week and last week (I just love it!!!), so the slow weight loss has been totally expected. The kids are back at school tomorrow (much to my disappointment...I love having my kids home even if it keeps me on my toes) so I should start to get my routine back on track again and will hopefully get back to my 2 kgs a week.
I am now only 3.5kgs away from being half way to goal and my BMI is getting closer to being obese class 1 (moderate) after starting this journey at obese class 3 (very severe obesity) so my health is gradually returning.
I have just had 2 of my sisters and their families and my Dad over for a bbq as it is my Dads birthday tomorrow and my Mum is overseas. I was so tempted to have just one yummy salad but I didn't have anything except my measure of beef and green salad with 2 crackers on the side followed by a lovely juicy orange. It is so lovely to be able to entertain again. In the early years of my marriage we used to entertain a lot but as my ex became increasingly unpredictable I had people over less and less and the girls never had their friends over as they were never sure what state their father would be in. After a couple of embarassing situations we all stopped having people to the house so we now really appreciate having our family and friends around and love having them over.
Sorry, I promised a while ago that I would waste no more time on him so I will go for today and talk again soon.
Take care
Beck
 
Hi Beck, If you loved someone enough to have children with them it would be unnatural, regardless of their behaviour & character, to never think of them nor to mention them ever again.
You are doing well sweetie. Don't ever apologise. You have no reason to. You have taken back control of your destiny & are doing very well. It's all about looking after yourself & nurturing yourself & your children now.Well done for resisting the salad. It is possible to enjoy your Cohen's food while you socialise. The company is much more important than the food. Take care & get more sleep, xo Cate( now I'm sounding like an old!)
 
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thanks Cate,
You're a lovely campassionate and caring person and I'm sure you will be so good at aged care. You should be in high demand!!
Chanty86 I don't do anything special. I just stick to the program and I know I'm not meant to but I weigh myself every morning. If I have a couple of days when I don't lose anything I assess if there is a reason and if there is no reason I can come up with then I will change my diet around a bit, drink more water, eat less salt and hope that this kicks it off again. I tend to eat the same food most days so if the weight loss is slowing down then I will eat something different for a couple of days and this usually shakes it up.
Thanks for the encouragment both Cate and Chanty86 and thanks for dropping in.
Take care
Beck
 
Hey Beck... I just wanted to say G'day! I read your diary right through every time I visit this forum and I always enjoy it. I am very glad to see that you are on track and are focussed on your end goal.

I wish I had more time to write to people more often... sometimes its just so hard to find the time to get on the forum in the first place.


You are SOOO CLOSE to Halfway!I am really looking forward to you getting to goal... and to managing... "the after-life" hehehe.... This is truly the hard bit!

Anyway... blessya
Kannadew
 
Hi Kannadew,
Thanks for dropping by. I know what you mean about time to post. I just seem to sit down to read the posts when one of the kids "desperately" needs the computer for homework (facebook). So I hand it over (like a good Mum) and then I rarely get time to sit and enjoy it.
I look forward to any "Life After" tips that are going. Cate is a great source of knowledge but as I failed terribly at my last attempt I am after all the information I can get my hands on.
I am creeping ever closer to half way and my BMI is also getting closer to that obese class 1 (34.99) and then I will be aiming for the "Probese" stage (25 to 29.99) then just overweight (>25) and finally normal range (18.5 to 24.99). I just realised that I will have to adjust my goal weight to about 66 or 67 kilos (which is Dr Cohens target range) as at 70kgs (my current goal) I will have a BMI of 26 and still be considered overweight. I might just wait and see how I feel when I get there though as last time I completed this I went down to 75kgs (size 12) and was totally happy with myself. Being well over 40 I don't want to end up all pruney and look shriveled if i lose too much weight for my body. I tend to get a bit of excess skin when I lose weight (although it wasn't too bad last time I did this). I think it must come from too many years of yo-yo dieting and my poor skin having to expand and contract so often in its life time.
Sorry a bit of a ramble tonight I must be suffering withdrawals.
Have a great night everyone
Take care
Beck
 
hi all,
I had a very hectic weekend and not a spare minute to scratch myself. My OD had a cheer competition on Saturday after at Pendle Hills which is over an hours drive from home so after running YD to gym at 7am then coming home, running OD to work (at the cafe at the same gym) at 9am, picking up YD from gym at 10.30am and back for OD at 12.30 and also trying to do my work and make a lunch for 60 people in the process and then we had to drive to the cometition and spend the rest of the day there. Sunday was church and looking after my nieces 2 beautiful children for the morning (which we all love) and then we had a break and went to the movies (Mamma-Mia). We have seen the musical and thought both were great but I probably prefered the musical. Today I am trying to finish my final Uni assignment for this study period. I haven't done too much work in this course. I keep putting it off but I just received back my results from my first assignment and I got a Distinction. Imagine what I could have got if I actually studied. So now I am all inspired and I am madly working on my final assignment and hoping for a good mark so i can go into the exam with a fighting chance of passing.
Sorry, rambling again. The weight loss is still moving but it is a little slow at the moment. I haven't been focusing as much on losing weight and although I am sticking to the food 110%, I am still not drinking enough or getting enough sleep and I need to move myself a bit more. As my main job is in accounts I spend most of the day sitting on my butt and I really need to make the effort to do some form of exercise after work as I don't want to be hanging around for ever on Cohens.
It is very quiet here at the moment so I hope some people come back on to chat.
Have a great day all.
Take care
Beck
 
Hi Beck- I thought I felt tired but after reading about your week-end I now feel utterly exhausted! OMG! I'll communicate properly after today I promise. I'm too tired to sound cheerful today, xo Cate
 
I can't chat this morning as I'm supposed to be getting ready for work, but just had to stop in and say... My BMI has gone under 35kg which means I have dropped into obese class 1!! I am also only .5kg off half way!! YAYYY.
Will chat later
Take care
Beck
 
Hi again,
I have had a hugely busy week and it won't be stopping for at least another couple of days. Last Thursday my YD had made it to her zone athletics carnival. As my girls go to a Christian school our zone carnivals can be held anywhere and this one was over an hours drive from home. We woke at 5.30am to get ready, pick up our car load of kids and head off to Rooty Hill. My YD was competing in 100m, 200m, 400m, 800m, high jump, long jump, shotput and discus. She excelled and came 1st in 100m,200m and long jump and second in high jump with minor placings in the other events (I don't know where my girls get their sporting abilities from). This means we now have to attend the state carnival in 3 weeks. Friday was work as usual and then run my YD to gymnastics and my OD to work. I cater a lunch every Saturday for 65 people for a local company who feed their weekend workers and then had to do my shopping for them and cook all the sandwich/roll meats etc. This morning, I cooked the meal as well as running YD to gymnastic and OD to work and then delivered the food and then picked up both girls and dropped OD to a friends party, took YD shopping for spikes (for her running at state) and then picked up OD and home. This weekend my sister (who usually caters the Sunday lunch) is away so I am also cooking the Sunday lunch so tonight I have to get all the sandwich/roll meats etc cooked. Tomorrow morning is cooking the lunch and church and then it is my nieces birthday (the one whose Mum is away) so we are having her over for a birthday dinner. Monday and Tuesday I will be finishing off the uni assignment that I started last week so I can send it in and then I can rest maybe on Tuesday afternoon before I'm back to work on Wednesday!!!
Sorry I don't mean to sound like a whinger. I really enjoy being busy but sometimes it just gets a bit overwhelming.
My weight loss is still going well and I am now down 22.5kgs in 12 weeks and I am still feeling terrific. I am so pleased that I went back on this as before I went on Cohens I had absolutely no energy and would never have coped with a weekend like this one.
Sorry have to go. My OD has just cooked dinner for us all and is just about to serve it up. YUM.
Take care
Beck
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Oh Beck, I don't know how you do it! Once again you exhausted me. Doing well sweety, xo Cate
 
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