OK Well I must say this feels quite strange but here goes!!
When I decided to start cohens it was after my Dad made a comment to me on my Mums 50th bday he said"Crikey for a minute there charmaine I thought you looked like your aunty". Well I took the comment in and put on a brave face as I always had done!! But when I went home I cried and cried and thought how horrible he was to say that, But it was the best thing he could of done because it got me really thinking about it and made me more determined to do something about it!!
Oh I forgot too mention that i got my husband to take photos of me in my bathers, he took front side and back pics and I do have to agree with my Dad that from behind I definately did look like my aunty. I pinned the photo of myself on the fridge to remind myself what I looked liked.
I also had been trying for a year or so to conceive our second child but it was not happening, so I ate comfort food to make me feel better! Then on top of that my husband had been working away and a young missy wouldnt leave him alone even after he moved back home again, so with my marriage in crisis I really did look at myself and say you really need to do something about your health and ALAS that is when I decided to do Cohens.
My sis in law had done it and I thought I can do this too, I really need to do this, in the mean time I had spoken to my best buddy about it and she really wanted to do it too, So we both signed up together and started our wonderful journey to become healthy and happier people.
My start weight was 115kg OMG! I am 164cm tall so my weight range is between 60-63 Which I dont ever recall being that weight in my life, so it kind of freaks me out to get to that weight but I am sure I will be ok!
I lost 10 kilos in the first month which was sooo exciting, i didnt even think it was hard and I never really got any headaches cravings etc, the only thing was I had to deal with my boredom, but that soon diminished when I started back at work after not working for 2 1/2 years after having my daughter.
My next month I lost 9 kilos and I was feeling really great and was looking forward to xmas to see my parents and show them the weight I had lost so it was head down bum up to get more weight off. I also weighed less than when I fell pregnant with our first child and I weighed less than when I married my husband so was very excited.
Well I didnt think Xmas would effect me so much and I caved in but not big amounts of food (no excuse I know) I only lost 4kgs which was disappointing but I knew I had to expect that since I had deviated.
Since then I have had trouble sticking to my cohens, I would most the time but then times when I couldnt be bothered I would just have what I felt like. Anyway since Xmas I have lost another 9 kilos, I tell myself I could be finished by now had I not deviated but I really must focus on the road ahead and NO DEVIATIONS.
I do thing I am strong for staying with it though because had it been any other diet I would have quit because it got too hardor I deviated too many times, but not this time I really really want to get to the end (which sometimes i would think why are u deviating if u want to get to the end) .
So now I have done four straight days of no deviating I would like to say that I am feeling really really great and am actually looking forward to seeing my consultant next week and hopefully at the end of the next four weeks I will be at my goal or close to it and I will be able to start me refeed!!
This has been my journey so far and having lost 32 kilos and must say I am very proud of myself!! I think we all should be very proud of ourselves, those just starting, those who are in the middle, those who have deviated and got back on the program and those who have got to their goal and completed their refeed!!
WOW I dont know where all this came from I think what Fatcat and Minny said is right, if you just start typing something a whole lot blurts out!! I must say I feel much better for doing this and wished I had done it when I had started the program.
All the very best to everyone
Char
When I decided to start cohens it was after my Dad made a comment to me on my Mums 50th bday he said"Crikey for a minute there charmaine I thought you looked like your aunty". Well I took the comment in and put on a brave face as I always had done!! But when I went home I cried and cried and thought how horrible he was to say that, But it was the best thing he could of done because it got me really thinking about it and made me more determined to do something about it!!
Oh I forgot too mention that i got my husband to take photos of me in my bathers, he took front side and back pics and I do have to agree with my Dad that from behind I definately did look like my aunty. I pinned the photo of myself on the fridge to remind myself what I looked liked.
I also had been trying for a year or so to conceive our second child but it was not happening, so I ate comfort food to make me feel better! Then on top of that my husband had been working away and a young missy wouldnt leave him alone even after he moved back home again, so with my marriage in crisis I really did look at myself and say you really need to do something about your health and ALAS that is when I decided to do Cohens.
My sis in law had done it and I thought I can do this too, I really need to do this, in the mean time I had spoken to my best buddy about it and she really wanted to do it too, So we both signed up together and started our wonderful journey to become healthy and happier people.
My start weight was 115kg OMG! I am 164cm tall so my weight range is between 60-63 Which I dont ever recall being that weight in my life, so it kind of freaks me out to get to that weight but I am sure I will be ok!
I lost 10 kilos in the first month which was sooo exciting, i didnt even think it was hard and I never really got any headaches cravings etc, the only thing was I had to deal with my boredom, but that soon diminished when I started back at work after not working for 2 1/2 years after having my daughter.
My next month I lost 9 kilos and I was feeling really great and was looking forward to xmas to see my parents and show them the weight I had lost so it was head down bum up to get more weight off. I also weighed less than when I fell pregnant with our first child and I weighed less than when I married my husband so was very excited.
Well I didnt think Xmas would effect me so much and I caved in but not big amounts of food (no excuse I know) I only lost 4kgs which was disappointing but I knew I had to expect that since I had deviated.
Since then I have had trouble sticking to my cohens, I would most the time but then times when I couldnt be bothered I would just have what I felt like. Anyway since Xmas I have lost another 9 kilos, I tell myself I could be finished by now had I not deviated but I really must focus on the road ahead and NO DEVIATIONS.
I do thing I am strong for staying with it though because had it been any other diet I would have quit because it got too hardor I deviated too many times, but not this time I really really want to get to the end (which sometimes i would think why are u deviating if u want to get to the end) .
So now I have done four straight days of no deviating I would like to say that I am feeling really really great and am actually looking forward to seeing my consultant next week and hopefully at the end of the next four weeks I will be at my goal or close to it and I will be able to start me refeed!!
This has been my journey so far and having lost 32 kilos and must say I am very proud of myself!! I think we all should be very proud of ourselves, those just starting, those who are in the middle, those who have deviated and got back on the program and those who have got to their goal and completed their refeed!!
WOW I dont know where all this came from I think what Fatcat and Minny said is right, if you just start typing something a whole lot blurts out!! I must say I feel much better for doing this and wished I had done it when I had started the program.
All the very best to everyone
Char