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BAM: I was told by the consultant that you can only have one oil capsule/supplement a day, that is one in total not one of each listed in handbook. If you are taking more than that you maybe boosting your calorie intake. As already mentioned on the forum your weight loss too date is great, do the measurements and try and have some tuna (pouches are moist) for some meals or any allowed fish and if you are having trouble with bowel movement I have used herbalax (consultant suggested it) one night and it was good. I have a slow week each month but find that it speeds up and dramatically eg 1.7kg over night sometimes. I have noticed that the left and right ovary have there own personality one slows weight loss down more compared to the other (or so it seems, I am no medic). Stress can upset the bodies balance try some meditation or yoga to get your head back to that happy place as quick as possible. Believe it will happen and continue to do everything by the book to give your body the best chance to do 'its magic'. :)
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Hi! Just learned about Cohen's and am waiting to get my bloodwork - does anyone know what reason's will keep them from allowing you to do the program? I am scared they won't accept me - does this happen often?

Anxsious!
Momma Pajama
 
Welcome Momma Pajama. I dont know exactly why some people are not allowed to do the program. But I do know its not a common occurence. It's usually to do with health issues.

Karol and Bye Bye Blubber you will both get there. You are not alone in finding it difficult to get back on once you've fallen off the wagon. I know how hard it is. But its helped me to realize that although I had fantastic success the first time around, it happened so fast, I wasnt really on a learning curve. I didnt have time to adjust mentally and emotionally to my new way of life. This isnt for a few months, its for a life time. Its taken us our lives up to now to become what we are. Its going to take time to root out the habits some of which we dont even realise we have. Try and look at it as a positive learning curve which will serve you for the rest of your life, and Never, Never give up. We CAN DO THIS.
 
Hi everyone,

Welcome Momma Pyjama. You've made the right decision to get your life in control. Unless you have some serious health issues I can't see why you would be rejected. As you will catch on from the rest of my post - it can be tough, but I do believe it is the best thing you can do for yourself. Good luck.

I need a pick me up!!! I am suffering a little this morning - just that deep heavy feeling. Tired and wanting to sleep for days without a 6 month old and 2 screaming toddlers at my heals! I guess I am feeling a bit sorry for myself and hence this makes everything feel so much harder. Any ideas to pull myslef out of this rutt? I don't think I am going to digress from the diet but I am looking at the next few months and they honestly feel like a lifetime. I feel as though I am not going to maintain it. I had my first 'major' breakdown last night when I stuffed my mouth full of steaming hot mashed potato with lashings of butter, cream and salt...it was only one mouthful - hardly going to kill me but it just tasted so good and I felt very deprived and left-out! I guess not helping is being the only cook in the house and my continually busy social calendar - I just wanna be normal!

Anyway, I could bore you all endlessly...just needed to vent.

Thanks for your time.
 
Momma Pajama said:
Hi! Just learned about Cohen's and am waiting to get my bloodwork - does anyone know what reason's will keep them from allowing you to do the program? I am scared they won't accept me - does this happen often?

Anxsious!
Momma Pajama
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Many illness's eg diabetes, kidney disease, liver diseases such as hepattis, cirrhosis etc, show up in the blood tests. I think this is 50% of the reason for the blood test to make sure you are not so ill that the diet would cause you problems. Of course to Dr Cohen doest want his business branded as a some kind of killer fad diet should people die on the program, the media would quickly find some "expert" to say that the diet is crazy and risky.

So unless you have some major illness I wouldnt worry about it. Did you see your blood test results ? Normally the Lab's report highlights any abnormallities.
 
Hi Everyone,
great to read through the forum. I started cohens on the 3rd october 2005 and had lost all my weight (35kgs) by the 15th of Feb, 06. If I can help anyone please let me know.
JOY
 
Well today is my 33 birthday and for the first time in over many years I am happy with my weight. I wanted to get on the scales this morning but I know that no matter what the reading was I wouldn't have been happy with there is a loss i would probably want to eat and if I didn't change I would beat my self up. There is a little voice in my head that says its ok to eat its your birthday. I just so know that it is a lie!!!!

Bye bye blubber – I can so relate there is something about that 71 kg mark that just is a stumbling block. I always thought size 12 would be enough, now that size 12 fits I think well I can go further beyond something I ever thought I could be.

Netski – how are you going with reefed?

Joysey- what an inspiration you are to loose all that weight. How did you find life after the diet?

Eleni – I come from a similar background, my mum says its in our genes, we will never be skinny (now she says I am thin enough don’t loose anymore weight). I never wanted to give in to that lie and so my life mission has been to prove that we can be skinny if we change what we eat.

L-Jay I know you have been going around the merry go round, never give up girl (This is also for me).

Bam - Reread your booklet and see if there is something that you missed. The fibre really helps get rid of the kgs.
 
Hi 8-2much,
Well I started on 3/10/05 and didn't break once. I weighted in at 90.3kgs, I felt terrible by xmas day I was 66.35 and my goal was 60. I had decided that on xmas day I would eat and drink what ever I wanted and I did but because I hadn't deviated once until then it really did me a favour and kick started my metabolism so by the 1st of Jan I dropped down to 64.25 which is 2kgs in a week. I then stuck to it again after xmas. All I can say to everyone is to be SUPER STRONG. On the 27 of Jan I hit my goal weight, 60kgs and then started the refeed and continued to loose another 3kgs so I got down to 57. I then had to go overseas for work and that is where I find it hard and have just recently returned after being away for 1 month so I am back on it dedicated to loose the extra few KGS I popped on. I also have green slimmers tea ever night to detox my system, this just ensures there isn't any build up of yesterdays food, it is the best.
I also, like many people on this forum used it every day to chat to people in the same situation and it really does help. There are many forums out there but trust me this is the best.
Hey KAROL - happy birthday - stick with it and you will be even happier.
Speak to you all soon.
JOY
 
Thanks Josey!

Thank you Josey - your story has come at the perfect time for me - I was feeling flat but you have inspired me with your success. Good luck with the few kilos to go - you'll do it with your eyes closed! And when you say you didn't deviate once - does that mean not even a single chip or lick of a spoon? I don't know if you read my last post but I'm feeling guilty over a tablespoon of mashed spud! I admire your resolve.:p

Happy birthday to you, Karol! Hope you have a wonderful day!:)
 
OhMyGod Joysey

You never deviated once!! that is such a huge achievement. I wish I had your willpower and strength of determination. I started about 2 weeks after you and had been going great guns, then Christmas hit and it was all downhill from there. I'm a restarter, and going great again, this time I seem to have it straight in my head, and I don't let food boss me around anymore, I eat what I should, and that's it.:) Everytime I want to eat something bad, I'll think of you, and how you never deviated. (this is 100% sincere)

On another note, i was saying yesterday I have a few occasions coming up where I might need to deviate, well, I've found a great excuse, I'm just going to say i can't eat, cos I have to have a fasting blood test, and i'm not allowed to eat after 6pm the night before. Sure, it's a lie, but I promised myself and my consultant that I would be a 'good girl' ;) I'm still doing what I want on the wedding day, but after that, it'll be straight back on the wagon.

I just had vegetarian lasagne for lunch, well, that's what it tasted like.
i melted my mozzarella cheese with my vegies, and had some dried herbs in it. very yummy :)

hope you're all good and staying strong, you especially ~BAM~ :D

cyaz
slinkee
 
Thankyou Everyone!!!

I dont even know where to start..

I have been overly busy at work today, and have just found 5 spare minutes to write something back to all you wonderful people!!!

I cant begin to tell you how grateful i am to have all of you, you guys have lifted my spirits higher then expected.. i am so happy!! THANKYOU!!!!!

I went down a kg overnight.. and i was so happy this morning, then i thought of all the whinging i have done over the past couple of days, and it seriously isnt worth it..

I cant remember what everyone has asked me, but heres one thing i can remember being asked:

1. Im 167cm tall- My sister is a size 12 and she looks fantastic, the size really suits her and thats what im going for as we are the same height, build (under all of this) :)

Best be off now, do more work.. Mwwwah, thanks again everyone!!!

P.S- HAPPY BIRTHDAY KAROL!!!!!
 
Dun give up!!

BAM, I was looking at your post and was thinking that sounded like me days/weeks back when my weight lose stop... Its demoralising but I am sure all the ppl here agree that it just a phase.. maybe some of the fats in my body is so stubborn that takes a while more to be burnt away.. dun worry too much and just concentrate on your program!!! I am sure it will pay off well..
I will getting my actual program today which makes me so excited.. Although the only main difference is the amount that we will be eating but I am really looking forward to it.. not only does this program slim me down, it also make me much healthier... :D
 
BAM its so great just to see that scale shift hey, especially when its been awhile. Well done for not giving up.
Karol i know very well that little voice in your head. Just try and remember your birthday is ONE day. I'm planning on what I'm going to do when I've finished this summer. I also know what you mean about stepping on the scale and not being happy. I have come to realize that we can fool ourselves very easily into thinking we can get away with eating a bit of this or that, and if it doesnt show up on the scale, its easy to do again. Eventually it does catch up. A positive way of looking at it is that if it never eventually caught up on the scale, our hips thighs etc, it would show up later in serious health problems. The scales are a warning for our future health. You will have plenty of time to reward yourself later ;)
Slinkee on those occasions you have coming up, that is a great idea to use the blood tests as an excuse. Another one I used very successfully is " I'm finding certain foods are making me sick lately (this isnt lying, being overweight is not healthy), so I'm eliminating certain things at the moment to detox." I found this works much better than to say "I'm trying to lose weight" or " I'm on a diet" . People dont tend to take that seriously, but health issues they do.

I have posted my experience on here before, but thought I'd do it again, because it may help someone so here goes:

I started Cohens in November 2003. I was 108kgs. The highest I had been was 122kgs after the birth of my daughter. The lowest I'd managed to get to was 91kg with weightwatchers, (from about 96kgs, which I got to on my own) but put it all back on, and some. Plus I never had any energy. After being on Cohens for 1 month, I weighed 99kgs - 9kgs lost. After the second month I weighed 94kgs. I only drank water and black coffee through most of this. By the beginning of March, I was 80kgs - 4months, 28kgs lost. About a month or so after that I was 70 kgs. Then it all went pear shaped. Up until then, I had been 100% dedicated. Even on our 10th anniversary, we had about 20 or so friends together, for a bbq. They all brought the most amazing desserts and salads, but I stuck to my Cohens, and didnt have alcohol either. I had so much energy, and everyone was talking about how great I looked. One day, I was so tired, I couldnt get off the lounge. That night, I felt chronically ill, with severe stomach pains. Then I found out I was pregnant. I immediately rang my consultant, who obviously said I would not be able to continue on Cohens. She arranged for me to receive my refeed early, so I could finish after having the baby. What I didnt realize was I was actually supposed to do the refeed. I just introduced what I wanted when I wanted. At the end of 7 weeks into the pregnancy, I suffered a miscarriage, after continuously going to have scans, blood tests and experiencing shocking pains. I was then 77kgs. It took me 6 months to be determined to stick to cohens 100% again. At the beginning of the pregnancy I was only 7kgs off goal. In September, after 2 weeks (starting at 74kgs) I managed to get to 68kgs, but I blew it. I think the fact that I fell pregnant, and couldnt finish after doing so well after 5 months, and not having a baby at the end, screwed me up for a time. I had to move on. For some reason I have never fully got it together again. My weight is now, 90.5kgs. Mostly I managed to keep it under 80. Then last year, it started going up into the 80's. It's been the last 6 months I've allowed it to go into the 90's. 93 being the highest. I fall into the trap of getting too complacent when I lose about 9kgs. I can blame PMT, whatever, but the buck stops with me. I want to do this. Things are really good at the moment. But one reason I really want to do it, is so any of you who doubt yourselves can gain confidence that if I can do it, you can too. For those taller girls out there, I know for me, I carry my extra weight well, and its easy to fool myself and others that I'm not that overweight. I remember when I was around 70kgs years ago, even my doctor didnt believe my weight was that high, until she saw it on the scales for herself. Everyone on this forum needs each other and has something to offer someone else. None of you are alone.
I have to say it really sucked being that close to goal and not being able to get there the 1st time, but that's what life is about. Not everything goes our way. We need to rise above it and be thankful for what we have got, and make those things work for us. The longer you stick with this without deviating, the more determined you will be. Take it from someone who has done it both ways, along with a few others who post here.
WE CAN AND WE WILL DO THIS
 
omg...not hungry!

Wow...I'm on day 9 on this program and for the last 2 days, I haven't been hungry......I guess my body has adjusted! Might have to get some of that slimmers tea that some of you talk about though...what's its real name?

I think you'll all agree that motivation is the hardest thing....what's keeping me going is the fact that my happy weight is only 7kg away...my goal weight is 15.8kg away....I know that I'll keep going when I get to my happy weight cos it's all good from there on!

I went to a course in Perth last week and one of the sessions talked about self esteem...this quote was mentioned:
Fear of success is the No 1 reason why people fall short of their goals
...so don't be afraid...be the person you want to be!
 
L-Jay - Thank you so much for sharing your story. You are a strong woman and have been through so much. I admire you for not letting the lows beat you - you're up and running again. I often wonder how I would cope with such a tragedy and I am afraid I would crumble. People with your strength help so many of us in more ways than this forum will give me space to record! Thank you again. And I sincerely wish you a successful journey. You deserve it!
 
Just ME!

Hello Muffins!

Hope you are all working hard at being good. So many new people welcome!

Refeed is going well so far.
Today i had a piece of bread - just sandwich wholemeal bread. Nothing nice like german carroway bread, sourdough or linseed and soy. You are only allowwed boring bread. Which was fine. I split it up over breakfast and lunch. I had to substitute it for 3 crispbreads though! Wasn't easy...i'm also allowed a piece of "good fruit"
Good fruits are the first new thing they introduce:

Rockmelon
Lychees
Plums
Blueberries
Mulberries
Blackberries
Pineapple

Yesterday i had rockmelon, i will have that again today but tomorrow i've treated myself to blueberries!

You need tohave your head firmly screwedon while you do this program , preferably in the forwards direction . Hold your head high and dont look back or to the sides, just look forward!

Stay strong people , trust me it worth it!

Start weight: 96.5kg
Goal weight:64.0kg
Current weight: 63.5kg
 
Netski: Glad you're doing well on the re-feed.

I've just got my re-feed but I plan to start on Mon as I'll be away for the weekend and I hope I can stick to being good.
You're right about needing to have your head screwed on right when doign the re-feed. I almost fell out of my chair when I looked at the plan. So much food and MATH! ;)
Anyway, re-feed here i come....

weekends almost here
 
I lurve L-Jay!

Hi all!

L-Jay - you are an INSPIRATION, thank you so much for sharing your story and I totally agree with your previous post regarding the mental and emotional adjustment phase... it is sooooooooooooo true!

8-2 Much - you're going great guns... just remember - it's only food! The potatoes will still be growing when you finish the "strict phase" of Cohens but once you finish that you probably won't even want them!

Karol - HAPPY BIRTHDAY! I completely understand you! Sounds like you reward yourself with food once you achieve short terms goals (I do the same - although trying to put an end to it!)... we both need to adjust our mindset and aim for long term goals - because this is for life and it will make our lives more enjoyable not to mention healthier!

Joysey - what is the Slimmers Tea? Is that the name or brand? Is it actually called Slimmers Tea?


I had a funny thought today (actually rather disturbing) I was peeling an apple so thaqt I could grate it and I really did wish for a second that I could just use the darn thing to peel off my fat!

Night night all... stay strong! My head is feeling good so I'm trying to reinforce in myself that "I will survive... hey hey!"
 
Thanks bye bye and 8-2much. As I said, we all have something to offer each other, and I appreciate very much hearing how you girls are going. Dont ever under estimate your strength in the face of hardship. Its all relative. We all have things which we cruise through, yet for someone else its a major obstacle. Eg. someone else in my situation would have jumped straight back on the wagon and finished the job. Yet there would be something they find hard that I could cope with. We all have our strengths and limitations.
This has been said before, but it is so important: On this program you need to pamper yourself with things you love (obviously not food) I know what tastes I have with color, furnishings etc, and it matters to me to surround myself with things which inspire me. There are other things, which are so small but make a lot of difference to how I feel about myself. Eg. bothering to take my makeup off at night so I dont wake up with panda eyes (very lazy habit) Taking time to do my hair nicely and my makeup. Doing my nails. I go through a phase of doing these things, then get bogged down with living, and put them off. We cant comfort ourselves with food, but we can care about ourselves to make an effort with our appearance now, not just at the end of the journey. If we arent interested in ourselves enough during the journey to bother, we are making it harder to last the distance. Spoil yourselves as much as you have to. Its not the time to deprive ourselves of other comforts.
Hope everyone gets a really good sleep tonight. :)
 
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