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baby.. ask u something... previously u were on the interim cos of ur liver problem rite? my frenz juz went for her blood test...and found out her liver was very weak.. is it the same problem that u faced?
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That's me. Babyegg was on interim because of her blood sugar. My blood test shows that my liver was weak and I was advised to go on interim food program and add usana liver supplement. I was on the liver supplement for 2 months and my 3rd blood test shows that my liver is now normal and healthy.

Have not been posting lately but have been reading though. I am still on the regular program and have been successsfully restraining myself from using the weighing machine for the past 2 weeks!

I have not taken my high blood pressure pill for more than 2 weeks and guess what? My blood pressure reading is still normal! Its great! At least I can prove to my doctor that I can be off HBP pill through proper eating habits and program. I can't wait to see my doctor this weekend!
 
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Hi all!

Haven't been around coz I've been busy with family stuff. Mum was here visiting and she broke her arm.

Have read up and everyone seems to be doing really well!

I've hit 1/3 of my way to the end, so I'm happy.

Adding the 6kg I lost before the programme (not included in ticker, it's only the cohen stuff) I'm almost 30kg down, which i think is good.

In any case, at the end of week 9 on Cohens I was 22.6kg down.

Roll on the end.

asy :D
 
Hi all!

I am new to the forum - just got my email saying that it will be two to three weeks before I get my referral to a lab - My daughter, mother, and two sisters all signed up this past week end. I guess we overloaded the system!! We are all disapointed because we areall overly anxsious to get started. I am extra anxsious because I don't know if they will accept me or not. I just had blood work done and my thyroid is barely functioning, my cholesterol levels are elevated, and my liver enzymes are high - all coincide with a recent diagnosis of PCOS - (which causes hormone imbalance) - I feel that if I get on this program it will help balance the hormones and therefor solve some of these problems. I just hope they accept me - anyone else have any experience with starting with these type of health issues? My weight is totally out of control and I am so ready to get it managed - I have tried everything and have only ended up fatter. I am so ready for a solution to this problem!

Waiting to Shrink -
Momma Pajama
 
Okay -

I just read through the last four pages of posts - the liver enzymes being up could be an issue - I just had blood work done before finding Cohen's - but I have not had my blood work done for Cohen's - so I have two weeks to do what ever I can to bring those liver enzymes down - before I have the blood work done for Cohen's - any suggestions on how to do that?? Anyone who had to take care of liver issues first - what should I be doing for the next two weeks? It's worth a shot - anything I can do to get things started in the right direction instead of just waiting -

What are the approved foods for the program? I can at least start eliminating unapproved foods - I've gathered that there is no sugar, no breads, and no milk. What crackers are people eating? Are they a specific brand? What fruits are legal? What veggies?

I need a miracle - but the good thing is - I believe in miracles - I will do everything I possibly can to adjust my body before the next blood test - if any of you can help answer some of these questions - it could make my miracle happen! I am a mom to 13 great kids and I want to be able to be there for them all (my youngest is 6 weeks old) - I have to loose this weight or I'm risking that happening.

Thanks in advance for any and all input!!

Momma Pajama

P.S. We are on the other side of the world where pounds weigh people down instead of Kgs - I think I like kgs - I immediately weigh half as much as I did!!
 
lol... fornight.. guess u could advice lena on it then... she was told that her liver was weak and have to go on the interim if she wanna start cohens...

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That's me. Babyegg was on interim because of her blood sugar. My blood test shows that my liver was weak and I was advised to go on interim food program and add usana liver supplement. I was on the liver supplement for 2 months and my 3rd blood test shows that my liver is now normal and healthy.

Have not been posting lately but have been reading though. I am still on the regular program and have been successsfully restraining myself from using the weighing machine for the past 2 weeks!

I have not taken my high blood pressure pill for more than 2 weeks and guess what? My blood pressure reading is still normal! Its great! At least I can prove to my doctor that I can be off HBP pill through proper eating habits and program. I can't wait to see my doctor this weekend!
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no deviation for me!!

HI All

last night my hubby2b dragged me to a tupperware party that one of the girls from his work was having. I was under the impression that he was going to also watch the demonstration, but no, he got out of it.

I did my bit & bought a few things, but the real reason I'm posting is that of course there was food there, and of course they made a Tupperware Margarita, and I said no to EVERYTHING I'm very proud of myself,

and once I said "no thanks, I won't be eating anything" I wasnt offered any more food after that. Actually, the hostess did offer me a donut from her new donut making machine, 'come on, just one, you can eat it", and I pulled out the oh-no-sorry-I've-got-a-blood-test-tomorrow-excuse and it worked like a charm, although she did try and make me take it home.

ps. ~BAM~ I tried Thorpedo's Premium Tuna Steaks in Springwater the other night, it was quite tasty, better than some of the dry tunas you can get in the can. I got it at Bilo for $3.35. it is in the tuna aisle, but it's in a blue foil pouch. Good to see that you had a ticker update
 
jayce said:
lol... fornight.. guess u could advice lena on it then... she was told that her liver was weak and have to go on the interim if she wanna start cohens...
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She finally make the decision to join? That's great! Its no problem at all. You can send her my msn nick or my phone no and I can talk to her.
 
Clothes too big

Hi All :)

I just got told that my clothes look 3 sizes too big for me.. hehe

This program is the BEST thing thats ever happend to me! Ive been told that i look amazing! What a great feeling :)

Im walking on Sunshine! lol

I love Dr Cohen, he's fantastic!!!!!
 
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Old Me - I can so relate to you, our goal weight is almost the same. It strange that now that we are close to goal life isn't perfect, ie same problems just in a different body. Learning to live life without turning to food is soooo hard. In the past I have never got to goal, I have never ever known what it is like to try and maintain a cirtain weight.

Bam - isn't it amazing that we are losing all this weight without having to kill our selves exercising. The dress sizes keep dropping and the body shape also changes. I have a J-Low butt which seems to be decreasing in proportion to the rest of the body, no other diet or workout has done that for me in the past.

Netski - great to hear that you are doing really well on refeed. I just realized who you remind me of, that is Suzy from the Biggest Loser U.S series (once she lost her weight).

Have a great day
 
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Karol,

I know it is amazing isnt it?.. Im so proud of myself :)

When did you start Cohen's??

Oh my!!! Your nearly finished!!!! 7.5kg's to go, WELL DONE!!!

My body is weird, one week im losing cm's and no kg's now im losing kg's and no cm's... Weirdo! hehe

P.S- I want a J-Lo bum!
 
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cocobrandy

Hi Cocobrandy, I was previously on the interim program due to my sugar level.. but i think the disappointment is the same... I was thinking why other ppl can go on the actual program and not me... But think about it.. if you go on the interim program and get your health back on track and than you start the actual program healthily, wouldnt that be better?? I have also taken 2 months to get my sugar level within acceptable level and now i am on the actual program!!! :D Dun be disappointed just becos you are on interim.. you will lost weight just like anyone on the Cohen program... if you wan can add me on msn and we can chat from there... Take care!!
 
Hello

Hello to all.

L-Jay - I just want to say that you are such an inspiration to me. You are a very courageous lady and thanks for sharing your story. Did you need to get a new program or are you back on your original program that Dr Cohen did for you first time around? (Sorry if you have already been asked this).

Well done BAM - you'll be there in no time.

Welcome to all the new people.

Joysey - sorry this is a personal question, so don't answer if you don't want to but, how do you go when you stop drinking your laxative tea? Are you still "regular" once you stop? Sorry for asking such a personal question.

This is not a very positive post (sorry!), so please don't read on if you don't want to - just need to vent!

Anyway, just to fill you in.....

I was going to start again on Monday, but this week I have been very emotional and I just can't seem to pull myself together. Each morning I have good intentions and always go great until after lunch, then it all seems to go a bit downhill. And the worst part is that once I have slightly broken (eg. one day had a bit of extra cheese), I think to myself now I have completely stuffed the whole day up and eat anything and everything in sight. When in fact I should have just shrugged my shoulders and said, ok oops! back on the wagon. And the most frustrating part of this is ...... I have done this program very successfully before, did refeed and maintained my weight using the maintainence guidelines. But now that I want to restart the program to lose the final 8 - 9 kgs that I didn't lose first time around (didn't want to go as low as Dr Cohen suggested - but now feel I would like to), I am having so many difficulties in starting. Food now seems to occupy my thoughts 24/7 and I have never had this problem before. Ugh! I have identified that after lunch is my danger zone and now know that I need to keep busy (and out of the kitchen) during this time. I have never thought about food this much as I do now that I want to re-start.

I'm not asking for any sympathy or advice, I know what I need to do, but it is just so bloody hard starting again. Sorry that this is not at all a positive post, I just needed to get it off my chest with my fellow cohenettes who understand and have been there. I really should not be complaining at all, I have a fantastic husband, 2 beautiful children, a great family, great friends, a lovely home, live in a great country, really what more can I ask for!?!

SORRY SORRY SORRY, I really have no right to complain, just feeling so frustrated with myself.

I am going out this morning for a coffee with friends (I always have a chamomile tea) and then we are having parents over for dinner tonight - roast chicken with suitable vegetables. As of after lunch today I AM BACK ON THE WAGON AND WILL NOT GET OFF UNTIL I AM FINISHED RE-FEED. THIS IS MY PROMISE TO YOU - MY NEXT POST WILL BE POSITIVE, POSITIVE, POSITIVE.

Thanks for listening. Keep up the great work everyone! No movement on my ticker yet obviously.
Julie xxx
 
YEE-HA! Officially three weeks down. That means three weeks closer to the new happy and skinny me!

Slinkee - Way to go! Well done in not giving into temptation. It is hard - but don't you feel better for it!

More 2-Go - I know you said you didn't want sympathy - but you have mine anyway! Hope things start to pick up for you. You know you can do it.
I too am struggling - well just find that I seem to have really good days and then the next I'm struck with self-pity and the end seems so far away. It is only food but I guess we have loved it for so long the relationship needs to change and it's not easy. We'll pull each other through eh?

Karol - Go J-Lo Butt! Hope you're hanging in there - the end is in sight!

BAM - Doin' well lady! I hope I lose as much as you in my first month. First weigh-in next Friday. Yikes!

Netski - Are you surviving re-feed? Hope you are coping well.

Talk later...
 
What to eat pre starting Cohens?

Momma Pajama said:
We are all disapointed because we areall overly anxsious to get started. I am extra anxsious because I don't know if they will accept me or not.
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I was thinking that this seems a common question. Doesn’t Cohen provide an interim plan to customers (I dont know about it)?

However I was thinking to ask the forum if the following to compile some basic advise on what to eat whilst before (or while waiting) Cohens without giving away Cohens trade secrets and more importantly is safe and is generally considered as safe eating by medical community and dieticians, yet leading into Cohens so to speak.

To Prepare for Cohens.

Limit Consumption Of The Following

  • Cereals and Grains. Rice, Pasta, Pizza, Breads, anything made of flours of any type noodles, pancakes, cakes, cookies.
  • Starchy vegetables. Potatoes, Carrots, Beans, Peas, Pumpkin.
  • Sugars except in those you eat as part of natural fruits. No Coke, No sugar in your coffee, Fruit juices.
  • Milk, Creams and things containing them (puddings). Except low fat yogurt.
  • Commercial sauces and dressing.
  • Alcohol of all types. Zero!
  • Any drinks containing sugars, Soft drinks, Fruit Juices. Natural sugar or added it doesn’t matter, all sweet drinks!
  • Fats, Oils, Butter, Margarine. No fried anything. No fat on any meats, no chicken skin.
  • Hard cheeses.
  • Chocolate!!!!
  • Ice-cream!!!!
  • Stay out of fast food shops.

Focus Consumption of the Following
  • Lean Meats (no fat), Fish, Prawns.
  • Tofu
  • Eggs (not many not often)
  • Green leafy vegetables. Spinach, Baby leaf, Lettuces
  • Tomatoes Celery and Asparagus, Onions (including leeks and spring onions)
  • Mushrooms
  • Diet soft drinks, coffee and teas are ok in reasonable amounts without milk or cream.
  • Fruits eg Apples, Citrus such as Orange Lemon, Stone fruits such as peaches, Mangos.
  • Natural Vinegars
  • Soft cheeses in limited amounts.
  • Limited amounts of crackers or flat breads such as pita bread.

Tips
  • that increasing the amount of protein in your diet and decreasing the carbohydrates help you to reduce your weight and reduce your hunger/satiety
  • Just have one kind of meat in a meal or one kind of fish or tofu.
  • Don’t eat starchy carbs with proteins (meats, fish, tofu) only eat meats with non-starchy vegetables. Actually just don’t eat starchy carbs!

I believe when on Cohens the amount of Carbohydrates (starches, sugars) are severely reduced and your body enters a state of , which means you must have healthy liver and kidneys to cope with the change in metabolism.
Though quite different in specifics take a look at see the

An interest that is relevant to Cohens and other low carb diets.

It is excessive levels of the hormone insulin that makes you fat and keeps you fat.

How do you increase insulin levels?

People tend to forget that the best way to fatten cattle is to raise their insulin levels by feeding them excessive amounts of low-fat grain. The best way to fatten humans is to raise their insulin levels by feeding them excessive amounts of low-fat grain, but now in the form of pasta and bagels.
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more2go said:
I was going to start again on Monday, but this week I have been very emotional and I just can't seem to pull myself together. Each morning I have good intentions and always go great until after lunch, then it all seems to go a bit downhill. And the worst part is that once I have slightly broken (eg. one day had a bit of extra cheese), I think to myself now I have completely stuffed the whole day up and eat anything and everything in sight. When in fact I should have just shrugged my shoulders and said, ok oops! back on the wagon. And the most frustrating part of this is ...... I have done this program very successfully before, did refeed and maintained my weight using the maintainence guidelines. But now that I want to restart the program to lose the final 8 - 9 kgs that I didn't lose first time around (didn't want to go as low as Dr Cohen suggested - but now feel I would like to), I am having so many difficulties in starting. Food now seems to occupy my thoughts 24/7 and I have never had this problem before. Ugh! I have identified that after lunch is my danger zone and now know that I need to keep busy (and out of the kitchen) during this time. I have never thought about food this much as I do now that I want to re-start.
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Can you remember what motivated you and kept you motivated the first time you went on and stayed on the diet? Is it different this time? before a kind of "absolute must" but this time its a "I would like to"? Particularly getting over the first 4 days was really hard for me...food did occupy my thoughts 27/7.
 
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