Cohen's Lifestyle 2nd Time lucky!!!

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I did a big long post earlier on and then lost the whole thing. Very frustrating!!
I have finally hit half way...Yayyy!! This means that from now on I will always have less to lose than I have already lost. My days are very routine and so I don't have much interesting to talk about on here but my YD is going on a gymnastics tour to America next year and so my OD and I have put in a chaperone form to go. We still have to wait a while to see if we get to go, but it is a great motivator. Most of the other gym parents are fitness fanatics and super healthy and although none of them would ever comment on my weight (they are all just lovely) I will feel much better in myself if I am not the odd (fat) one out. It will also be extremely demanding (physically) as the whole tour is programmed. When they are not competing they are sight seeing and Disneyland, Cirque de Soleil etc. The chaperones have to ensure the kids are up and fed, hair done (competition style) and they are dressed, competition gear is washed every night after competing (one set of competition gear costs about $600-$700 so the kids don't get any spare gear). Much better for me if I am healthy and long flights are always a lot more comfortable if you fit in the seats!!
Not much else happening here, so I'll go for now and "see" you all later.
Take care
Beck
 
Sorry, 2 posts in one day. I have just been reading over my old posts and thought it was very funny that when I started Cohens I only had one pair of trousers that fitted me (and I washed them every night). These were a big size 18. I am now back to having only one pair of trousers that fit me (and washing them every night). These ones are a size 14!! I have shrunk out of all my 18's and all my 16's and I only had 2 pairs of 14's and one of those is too big!! I refuse to buy any new clothes as I know it will be a very short space of time and I'll be back into those size 12's!!
Sorry, I was just chuckling to myself and had to share.
Beck
 
Hi everyone,
I've had a bit of a hungry, bored day today. I feel like something different to eat today. I went and bought myself a nice piece of scotch fillet which has helped a little bit but I am still feeling like something. I won't have anything though as I've come to far now and there will be no turning back. I had yoghurt for breakfast today and then cheese for lunch which is probably not the best combination as these are my 2 smallest food quantity choices. I'll remember in future not to combine these 2 meal choices. The other thing I did wrong is for the last 2 days I have been a little heavy handed with my mayonaisse. Don't know if this could have caused the problem but I will get back to 110%.
Its so good to have some new faces here and some old faces back. Its just like old times.
Take care
Beck
 
Hi Beck

I thought it was about time I jumped over to your diary and say hi. So Hi!

You seem to be blaring along. Going through clothes like crazy. Its so exciting isn't it? I have a whole heap of clothes given to me and I cant wait to fit into them.

I just can wait to get under the 100k mark. I see your close to getting under 90g. WOW!!! Good for you. I remember when my sister did it and she was so excited.

Cant stay and chat as work is calling me back to it.

I just wanted to say thanks for popping into my journal and leaving lovely kind words. Its always encouraging to read new posts.

Have a great weekend. Keep inspired!!!

Best wishes

Vicky
 
Hi Beck. Just got back from Melb tonight & am dreading the scales tomorrow. I am so glad to be back home. I hope you get to go to the US as a chaperone. You must be a very proud parent. Well done on being half way there! Catch up properly soon, xo Cate.
 
Hi Cate and Vicky, thanks for stopping by. Had another hectic weekend with cheer competition and nieces birthday but I really love being busy. Vicky it seems like only yesterday that I went under 100kg and now I'm getting close to hitting the 90kg mark. You'll be under 100kg in no time at all.
Cate, You have all the knowledge and seem to be very well able to get your weight back under control even if you have gained a little in Melbourne. You have to let your hair down sometimes!!
This morning I have hit 91.5kgs so I'm getting close to going under the 90kg mark. Sometimes it feels really slow but I keep track of my weight loss on Calorie King and each week record my weight and I have lost 2kg since last Monday when I weighed in which really surprises me this week as I didn't think I had lost that much. I'm not complaining though.
Not much to say today. I have to get studying as my Uni exam is in 2.5 weeks. Madly cramming :banghead:
Take care
Beck
 
Hi Beck, I did let my hair down & it was good. I am quite relaxed about it all now which is also good. I've lost the 2 kgs now. I love Cohen's! Congrat's on the 2kg weight loss for the week. I used to find some weeks I lost cm's, others kg's & I never knew which it would be, just that I always lost something. The 90's will soon be a thing of the past for you. Take care & try to get your sleep even(especially) with the exams coming up, xo Cate.
 
Hi again,
I don't have much to say, but I am supposed to be studying and it is so boring. At the moment i'm supposed to be reading page after page about the Accounting standards for company acquisitions and it is nearly putting me to sleep so I thought that I would drop in to say "hello".
I signed on to a sight that reunites old friends and I managed to make contact with a girl who used to be my friend when we were in Primary and the early years of high school. Unfortunately I went off the rails a bit and ended up with a different group of friends and she stayed sensible and stayed with our old group of friends. Consequently I now have many regrets and I'm sure she has none. She is happily married and living in The States, working as a teacher and appears to travel around the country in their huge RV and rides a motor bike (we used to ride motor bikes together on family camping trips) and seems to have a lovely life. It was great to catch up with her and chat and I look forward to keeping in touch. Don't get me wrong, I also have a lovely life and have no current regrets, but I do have quite a few from my teenage years. Even my marriage is not a regret as if I never married that person I would never have given birth to the 2 amazing kids I have, and without the hardships they lived they may never have become the wonderful strong young women they are today.
Sorry, see I'm rambling. I told you I was going ga-ga.
I'll get back to my company acquisitions and leave you all in peace.
Take care
Beck
 
Hi all,

I had a nervous breakdown yesterday. When i tried to go onto this site it wouldn't work. It just kept saying there was a problem with the web site and wouldn't let me in. I thought the site had disappeared!! Anyway, its good to be able to get back in again and "see" everyone.
Chantale, I have been on the program for 14.5 weeks and now I am down 25.5kgs. It has been a bit slow last week and this week but I know this is my fault. I must confess I have become a little heavy handed and my teaspoon of mayonaisse has increased and seems to be overflowing the teaspoon a fair bit. I have been piling salt on to my food and drinking almost no water (mainly diet coke). last week I only lost .5kg all week and so far this week I have only lost .5kg. I really have to get myself totally back in the zone and get under 90kg. I always seem to get like this when I am close to a milestone (under 90kg) and don't know if I am self sabotaging. Need to re-focus and I know if I do i will be under 90kg by the weekend. Thanks guys, you're really good at motivating me. I am all inspired now so I might go and jump on my mini tramp for a while.
Take care
Beck
 
rjm said:
Hi all,

I had a nervous breakdown yesterday. When i tried to go onto this site it wouldn't work. It just kept saying there was a problem with the web site and wouldn't let me in. I thought the site had disappeared!!
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Oh I felt the same way! You're the first I've seen mention it, I thought it was maybe just my comp. With the site being down, I knew I could start a paper journal and continue where I left off, but that just wouldn't be the same and it really showed me how much this site has prepared me and motivated me. It's nice talking to people that can relate and I have picked up many ideas that I try to incorporate into my plans.

Good Luck and let's hope that never happens again! lol
 
Totally agree LillyTame,
I would have been heart broken to have lost all of my progress so far. I might need to copy and paste it onto word documents just in case.
How long have you been on the program?? Are you just starting out? If so, good luck. You won't regret the decision to start. It is the most amazing program i have ever done, and the only one that has ever really worked for me. I saw my sister this afternoon (its only been about 2 weeks since I have seen her) and she has decided to knickname me "The amazing shrinking woman". I'll be quite happy with that name.
Anyway, welcome Lilly and I look forward to seeing you around.
Take care
Beck
PS. I decided to have a ticker change. I have noticed a few similar tickers to mine so I thought a change is as good as a holiday.
 
I've been trying to get started for awhile but just lately I've been getting better at sticking to it for longer periods of time.

See you around Amazing Shrinking Woman lol :cheers2:
 
Hi Beck, A.K.A. Amazing shrinking woman. I like that! Get your little a...e into gear kiddo & get strict again. Remember Summer? It's coming up again soon. Seek help about the self-sabotaging if you can but feel free to pm me if you want to talk about it to me. I had my reasons for self-sabotaging but I can now deal with them & never ever want to be fat again. I'm going to knuckle down & lose a few kilos before the 8-ball Nationals & Summer. YOU CAN DO THIS BECK! I know you can! Thanks for your visit in my diary. I tried typing in the forum before I left for Melb but couldn't. A year ago I would have torn my hair out. Know that you have it within you sweety to do this- with or without any forum, xoxo ASW, Cate
 
Hi again,
Thanks Cate, I needed that. A good swift kick up the backside always helps. I have modified my mayonaisse and no salt today. Drunk 2.8ltrs of water so far. Its very easy to let yourself get heavy handed and although on most diets it doesn't make a difference, on Cohens it makes a huge difference. Sometimes I just need to realise that I am doing these things and then it is easy to re-focus. Thats when it really helps to have all of you who can relate to me and who it is so easy to talk to.
LillyTame, remember this program is much easier to do if you stick to it 100%. The hunger and cravings go if you do it properly. Good on you for sticking to it for longer periods of time, but try to stick to it for an indefinate period of time and you'll be at your goal weight before you know it.
Tomorrow I'm off to Homebush as my YD is in the State Athletics carnival. We didn't even realise she could run but she started to do sprint training classes (for her gymnastics vault) about 5 weeks ago and she has just powered along. Very surprising and I hope she does well as it will be great for her confidence. My YD doesn't have great self confidence although she is a fantastic gymnast and also quite an athlete she just doesn't seem to see it herself. My OD has never had any problems with confidence. She is quite the actress and doesn't think twice about getting up and performing in front of a crowd. Anyway i am very proud of both of them and would be regardless of what they achieved. They are both just perfect!!
Have a great night everyone.
Take care
Beck
 
Hi again,
Well the weight loss is moving along nicely again. I ended up losing 1.5kg last week and so far I am already down 1.5kg this week. I do always have slow weeks when doing Cohens but they seem to drag on for ever. I thought I had had about 2 or 3 slow weeks but it was actually only 1.
I have a uni exam tomorrow so I am supposed to be madly cramming. I ended up getting a HD for my last assignment which I was thrilled about and I really don't want to waste the good assignment marks I have received by failing the exam. My mind seems to go blank in an exam situation so i need to cram right up to the last minute to try to make the information stick.
I am feeling fantastic and just love this program. I am hoping to be at my goal of 70kg and finished refeed before Christmas so I now have 16 weeks to complete everything. I have now been doing the program for 15 weeks and I am down 27.5kg so I am hoping that I will definately be there but the second half of the program is usually slower than the first. I'll just have to stay motivated and get myself moving.
I'd better go for now and get some more work down.
 
Hi Cate,
Exam went well, thanks for asking and everything else is also going well. I am feeling quite positive about the exam and hoping for a pass. If I just pass the exam I should get a good mark for the course as I got a Distinction, a Credit and a High Distinction for my 3 assignments which should bump up my overall mark.
Life is so hectic at the moment I don't get time to scratch myself so although I regularly check in to see how everyone is going I don't often post...Sorry!!!
My weight is still heading in the right direction and I have now hit 88kgs and feeling really positive and energetic at the moment. Things are looking quite positive for the trip to the USA as the gym owner has said he thinks there will be 2 seats for myself and my OD. I can't (don't want to) leave my OD behind and I wasn't sure if this would be a negative or a positive for them (to have an extra pair of eyes and hands). Lucky for me they all know my OD and they know how sensible and responsible she is. Now the final hurdle is that both the girls passports need renewing which means I have to get the ex to sign the applications. I think he is probably in a "mood" at the moment as he was supposed to call us about Fathers Day (but didn't) and the girls both sent him a text message to say "Happy Fathers Day" and have had no response from him. I think he was in a bad mood because we asked if we could take him out for dinner on Fathers Day and he said he had hoped to have the girls for the day. He, of course, waited till the girls had got in the car so they weren't able to say what they wanted and it was left up to me to say I would check with them and that he should give me a call to see, but he never called so we spent Fathers Day with my Dad who we all ADORE, and we had a lovely day. But now I dwell on what is going through the ex's head and why he didn't bother to call?????
Sorry, he always seems to come into the stress conversations.
Hopefully he just got a better offer and all is still as usual and he will sign the applications.
Hope all is going well with you too, Cate. I'm just going to read your diary now so will see how you're going.
Take care
Beck
 
Hi Beck, Trying to work out what is in the head of any man is not easy but your ex sounds impossible! Please don't ever apologise for not posting as I know you're very busy. I think you are doing a wonderful job coping with him and still trying to consider him when you must feel like having nothing to do with him at all. I understand that you are probably doing it for your kids and I admire you for it. Hopefully he won't stand in the way of your daughters passport extensions. Surely he wouldn't risk putting them totally off-side? It sounds like he is being sooky. Thank goodness you are no longer living with him.
I hope you sort it with him soon & get the trip all organised. Take care Beck, xo Cate.
 
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