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thanks nonna!
and diane :) yes yes looking forward to keeping up to date :) hope little madi has been well and letting you have a good nigths sleep :)

its really hot in perth today, like 40 degrees or something.and i had uni :(
which was okay cos some lectures were in icy cold air conditioned theatres whilst 'tutorials' were in normal classes with crap fans.

i wore a skirt and a singlet today, all well and good BUT my skirt was still a size 14 (it was an old skirt i had pre obese-ity) and my top was an XL..i really hate those sizes..i just want to start seeing 10's and 12's already...does anyone think i can reach those sizes in 6 weeks? thats when ill hopefully be off cohens!!

i
seriously want to be off cohens in 6 weeks,i noticed the other day im beginning to get a bit more complacent and frustrated with this diet...i havent deviated or anything but for example i will weigh out my yoghurt..and if its over by a few grams ill think 'meh its only 2-3 grams what would that do!'..but then i think again and take out the 2-3 grams so its correct,then i get really angry and start calculating if i lost X amount of weight a week how long will it take for me to finish COS I JUST WANT TO FINISH!!!!!then i get scared cos i think 'well what if i DONT lose X amount of weight, then ill be on cohens forever!!!!
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oh gosh...sorry for the rant but its only a few days till my weigh in and around this time i always start getting really critical and antsy about everything, and i dont think this weather or the bulking uni assignments are helping either!

oh another reason i want to finish cohens asap...i get light headed on cohens and this really sucks when i have assignments and research, doesnt matter how many vitamins i take etc etc my body just deals with it this way.

hrmmmmmmmmm..

caroline x
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Belated Birthday wishes Caroline (21) you are are so young hope you had a wonderful day.:)

I know exactly what you mean i am in the same boat as you and have not been as vigilant with my measures and I have deviated during our move and it is hard to get back on track but I have, I enjoy fitting into my small clothes far too much to revert to old habits but it is a struggle.

Try and hang in there I am into day 8 of refeed and even though it is more food it is the same food:( and i am getting tired of it I want to eat out again I don't mean silly like before but even to just have a coffee with friends......sorry about the winge I should be cheering you up:( .

At my 12 week weigh in I only lost 2kg due to the house move I deviated and this is the outcome - but since refeed I have lost over 2kg so I am hoping that will inspire me to make it through my 17 days of refeed.

So take care and stay with it Cohen's is still the quickest and best weight loss I have ever achieved with any one.

By the way I haven't been posting as before and my ticker has disapperared and can't seem to get it up again I have lost 15kg and want to display it any suggestions:confused:

Sam:)
 
Hi sam!
thankyou very much for the warm wishes :) and dont worry you didnt depress me at all! anyone can have a rant with me in my diary hehe its what its here for!

the only thing that angered me with my 16 week weigh in is that if i had known that eating my cheese option so much would have that effect on my weightloss then i wouldnt of done it at all! it was just the easy option because i didnt want to bring fish or chicken to uni with me, but now i do and i guess the scales will tell us tomorrow and next friday! (weighing weekly from now :) )
as with your ticker...maybe you should edit your signature so its all clear (nothing in the box) then try to copy and paste the bb code once more? other then that im pretty computer retarded so thats the best advice i can give!

As for whats been happening in my world this week, well i bought snazzy new digital scales from the big target home sale this morning...it was 44.99 REDUCED FROM 89.99 :eek: :eek: so i had to get them! when i came home my mum was 'oohing' and 'aahing' over them, then said 'well lets see if they work then shall we??' (she has a set of tanita solar powered digital scales that i dont trust hence the reason i bought new scales for me- im such a paranoid kitty!)
SO ANYWAY seeing that im not weighing myself till tomorrow morning i wanted to check them out and mum was all for it.....she got THREE DIFFERENT READINGS ARRGHHH wtfff????? :mad: :mad: first the scales read 97.6...then she hopped off.then on again...this time 98.0...then she hopped off..this time 97.5...ARRRGGGHHHH what is going on! i am really pissed off now...and to make things worse she started rubbing it in that her scales didnt go up and down. so now i dont know what to do :(
im still going to have my weigh in tomorrow morning...but if it gives me different readings im going to hop on my mums scales to see which reading that one gives me and whether it is the same as the other...oh boy those scales better work or ill be well pissed off and march straight into target for a refund :(.. CUSTOMER SATISFACTION PEOPLE!!!

on the otherhand my eating habits this week (cutting out my cheese options and my crackers) hasnt made me hungry in anyway! initially i thought without the crackers id be starving but i havent even felt like touching them! and considering ill be getting 'time of month' next week i thought id be pulling my hair out and reaching for any food whatsoever!

so yesssss...i think i had something else to say but ive totally lost my train of thought and im off to watch the biggest loser (TOTAL ADDICT) so i guess if i remember ill post later tonight, if not ill be sure to post tomorrow with my weigh in and hopefully a lower ticker!

Happy losing xx
 
Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh i should have known i should have KNOWN those scales would be jumpy...:mad:
woke up this morning before breakfast, had a pee and prepared for any result that those little scales were going to give me ..

well...i didnt just get three different readings..they were all OVER the joint!
im talking three kilos up then down then up etc etc any way i didnt it i got different readings everytime.HOW FRUSTRATING.and i couldnt use my mums solar powered ones beacause it was still dark damnit. gosh i was so so mad.

so off i toddled into target for a full refund and turns out the lady said that shed had a few people come in with refunds on the same scales! well at least i know it wasnt my paranoia setting in!...on the way to uni i stopped off into kmart and bought some cheapy digital scales, i thought enough is enough! if these scales jump im going to throw them into a KFC window!

considering id had brekkie and heaps of water by the time id gotten home i felt it was no use to do a weigh in today so i will just do it tomorrow!(sorry to those of you who were looking forward to seeing if i lost weight hehe :p )

but on the plus side mum tried out the scales against hers and they were the same - three same readings each way (my 29.99 compared to her 69.99 scales :D ) so im assured of a accurate reading tomorrow morning!!

woa what a novel ive written just on some godamn scales! hahaha.anyway hope everyones having an awesome day, ive got work tonight so im going to go for a nanna nap later on (my favourite time of day :))

Happy losing everyone xx
 
okay so ticker update! wow only 500grams in one week thats not much is it!
im getting my TOM this week.could it be because of that?my consultant did say the last bit of fat is always the hardest to shift but jeepers i was averaging a 1.4kilo a week loss before! i guess it all had to start to slow down somewhere damnit :confused: oh dr cohens i just want to be finished with you!

ill still weigh in this friday even though ill be on my TOM but meh! want to keep updates so i can look back on this!

oh and so much for me cutting out my cracker allowance! hehe :eek: i had saladas today..mmmm not having them for a week really made me appreciate them more haha. i thought i wouldnt be getting munchie feelings this time around on TOM but my bloody hormones think otherwise ;)

My boss bought this new snazzy popcorn machine at work and plans to sell it in little circus paperbag packets (popcorn in a bar me thinks will end up very messy!) so all the girls and glassies and my two bosses was eating all the nice hot salty popcorn last night :( i felt left out as per usual! its getting so hard when your friends walk up to you with a huge jug of popcorn and your always refusing arrghh and as we were cleaning up the bars at the end of the night one of the other bar girls (skinny little minni) was complaining she had to go on a diet because shed gained 3 kilo (and she was saying all this in between mouthfuls of popcorn!)..

oh and i really seriously cannot wait to get back to the gym! SERIOUS! i miss the gym so much. ive already got my plan worked out for when i go back :eek: weight resistance 3 times a week (toning) and cardio 2 times a week (fitness,maybe lose 1 or 2 more kilo off cohens)

today is officially the 4th month (according to calender dates) that i have been on cohens.
4 months without Milk,Rye or Pumpernickel Bread,Vegemite,Doritos,Lindt Mint Intense Chocolate,Mums cooking,Bacardi and Diet Coke,KFC,Nandos Grilled Chicken Tenderloins,Salmon Sushi and Miso Soup from my favourite restaurant,Brie Cheese, Bubble Tea,Broccolli,Peanuts, Pickles,Strawberry Milk,Coke Zero,Stir Fries,Pork.
oh d-d-d-d-d-d-d-deaaarrr

hope everyone is having a beautiful saturday afternoon!

happy losing!
xx
 
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OMMGGGG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
i knew there must of been a reason why i was so hungry and unusually irritable last night!!

i thought i would hop on the scales one last time today before my TOM (pretty much spot on comes on tuesdays) and before my weigh in on friday...

well it read....

it read......

IT READ 73.4!!!!!

i dropped like 800 grams overnight!!


this has given me like 180% more determination and motivation to finish cohens :D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D

(if you cant tell im pretty excited right now :p )

xx
 
Yay Caroline....way to go. Not long now, huh! BTW - I love reading your diary. Very inspirational...xxx
 
Way to go Caroline

I am with you all the way and feel your pain and exhilaration.
Yes those last steps of Cohen's are definitely the hardest and at least we can all empathise with you here and feel for you.

Keep up the fantastic work.

Sam:)
 
Thanks isparkle50,Minny + Nans68 for your encouragement :D its exactly the words i needed to hear this week being the toughest in the month :p

Minny - ive also been reading your diary :) you are so descriptive and very feeling your words do touch me and i truly hope that cohens brings love and little footsteps into your life (cohens is a specialist in fertility and we were told SPECIFICALLY in our information session that if we dont want any 'bumps' we should be extremely careful!) i myself am on the contraceptive pill! you will have ups and downs along the way but come online and vent, i find this forum really helpful (as youve probably already noticed!) in dealing with my issues and hopefully i can look back on past posts and see how far ive come!

Nans68 - way to go me>? WAY TO GO YOU!!!! how are you faring on your refeed?! i have been told it is seriously tricky, and am thinking of starting my refeed in my uni holidays (starting the 1st April :eek: TWO WEEKS AWAY ) as i have mid term papers and exams the weeks after holidays :eek:

AS FOR ME!
well today i woke up bloated which means the start of my TOM angry week hehe.
oh i forgot to include in my previous post that the night i dropped 800g i was dreaming i was in Red Rooster and i was ordering 'Portuegese Skinless Chicken Pieces' - now this is really weird as before cohens if i was in red rooster i would of been ordering hot chips and a flayva...fattening as all hell, and in the dream i was choosing the healthiest options on the menu! HILARIOUS!!
ALSO i dreamt LAST night that i was eating my brekkie yoghurt out of the tub whilst watching a movie...now previously i would of been having icecream or doritos or choccie during a movie...but in my dream it was my margaret river 99.7% fat free yoghurt!!!! ooooh la la maybe this is a sign ?? hehe mind you i am completely in love with my yoghurt i wish cohen gave me my yoghurt option in all three meal plans i would defiantely be a happier kitty!

So before i get real depressed and bloated and PMS all over the place this week i thought i might make a little list of the gifts that Dr Cohen that little special man in my life has given me throughout this journey.:rolleyes:

1.The ability to look at food in a healthier perspective
2.The gap between my legs and thighs that seems to be getting bigger by the day (hence no more chafing WOO HOO!)
3.Realisation of my Strength, Patience, Determination and Integrity!!!
4.Diminishing Gut
5.Collar bones,Hip Bones,Bones showing up in places that i never knew existed (and they are sexy not anorexic looking!)
6.More Confidence in Myself / My Body
7.Attention from boys i never thought i would have a chance with
8.The Ability to Plan/Prepare my OWN food (so i can make healthier food choices in the future)
9.No double chin/chubby face
10.NOT BEING A BIG FATTY POOMBAH EVER AGAIN!

i thinks that all for now...hrmm i might update later if i think of something more!

Happy losing everyone xx
 
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Hey fatcat(slim kitty)

I love reading your posts!! I sit here thinking what a character you are and how well u have done CONGRATULAIONS You havent far to go so keep up the great work you truly are inspiring:) I wish i could keep a diary It would probably help me more if i could, I just find it hard to put it into words (kind of sort of) i have it in my head but i just cant seem to get the words out. Does that make any sense!!:rolleyes:
Anyway hope TOM isnt to bad for you, i know that for me I have the hugest craving for chocolate God knows why coz I never really liked it before i started cohens (might have to do with my deviating maybe).

LOSE ON

Char
 
LOL thanks for that char :D
yeh id been a member of the forum since beginning cohens but i never started my own diary cos i thought it was a bit stupid and i wouldnt keep up,plus being lazy was probably a contributor yep add that one in. But then as the weeks went by i was asking all these questions on the forums and reading everyone elses diaries (which helped me answer some my questions and through the times!) and the thing that struck me the most was there wasnt a consistent journal of someones ending and refeed and life after. like there were posts here and there but alot of them got me confused so i thought of 'F*@! it, yeh ill do it!' so i could give other people a chance to see what life really is like on the program and also i could vent all my feelings etc without venting on the wrong people ie:my poor mother god bless im getting her a bottle of her favourite perfume when im finished to show her my gratitude of putting up with my sh!!t and boyyyy has there been a lot haha. (BTW i am not knocking ANYONES diary they ALL helped me in one way ever step of the cohens way).
my advice is if you think you can just go for it! even if you dont think youve got 'the words' to make sense who cares its YOUR diary itll make sense to you!

looking forward to seeing how your progressing over the weeks!!

caroline xx
 
Hi Caroline, thanks for the kind words. It means so much. I just wanted to jump in and hi-jack your journal for a second and say to Char that I never thought i would have anything to write in my journal either, but i figured that i can always just do a weekly update with my weigh in's, but if you read it, you'll see that i've said so much more. This all comes down to just writing that first line. The rest just seems to come spewing out. Just start with 'Hi, my name is Char and i started Cohens on ..... and my starting weight was ....... It's now been ...... weeks and i've lost .........kg. I started Cohens because ........... !' Once you get going all those thoughts in your head will come rushing out....Go for it Char...you can do it! And i for one would love to read your journal too, as we have a very similar amount of weight to lose and i'm only just starting - i wanna see where i'm headed, and you can show me that!!

Sorry Caroline - keep up the good work!!! xxxx
 
dont worry about it minny- just as long as you dont start using my journal as your journal..there just canNOT be two hot kitties in one thread! *shakes fist*
joking!!! :D


Im supposed to be at uni all day today but im at home :( i have had the worst pains i literally couldnt get out of bed i felt so drained and achy.
then when i was on the computer my stomach started cramping up and all of a sudden i had these really REALLY bad shooting pains go through my abdominals and up my sides. i seriously couldnt move or even breath! it was really scarey :(
no ones at home and ive tried to call my mum but shes in the surgery so no help there :( i refuse to go to the doctor he is just so bleepin stupid he thinks that antibiotics are the source of all the worlds fixes - id rather take a more natural approach to my well being!! just got to wait till mum gets home so she can fix me up (shes got a diploma in natural medicine)

This means i miss two tutes and a lecture today :eek: :(

oh the positive side the pain has subsided :) gotta be happy about that:cool:
 
I hope it isn't anything too serious Caroline, but if it's subsiding, then it should be all okay. Maybe it was all that old fat loosening up inside of you..lol. I'm sure your mum will be able to help you out anyways.

And you're right, there couldn't possibly be 2 Hot Kitties in the one thread. Need to spead ourselves out...hehehe
 
Thank you Fatcat and Minny for your motivational words. I think I might start a journal today!! As i have been deviating, I wonder if i got all my frustrations and stuff out of my mind maybe It would help me to stay tough mentally:rolleyes:
Fatcat I hope u are ok now, Dont know about u but I reckon my period pains have been worse since being on cohens and I reckon I am more cranky and I crave chocolate really really bad (doesnt help that i work in confectionary dept) One day I think my husband thought I was gonna kill him coz I made him go get me a choc :( naughty I know! it felt like the cravings ya get wen ya pregnant LOL.:D But I am gonna stay strong and beat this!!!

Thanks again for your words of wisdom

Char
 
*Checking in for today*

well yesterday was certainly a weird one. First i had those really weird stomach cramps...and then half and hour after i had the sudden 'urge' to 'move my bowels' :eek: if you know what i mean...which im pretty sure you all do since were not stupid hehe.. so anyway yeh i had the big D-i-o-r-e-a (spelling?)...and then an hour later i had it again..i mean wtfff?? i had some peppermint tea and that seemed to calm things a bit, plus i kept my fluids up, i think i must of drank about 6-7 litres of water yesterday!!! not two mention 3 cups of coffee with sugarine, one can of caffeine free diet coke, and one can of sprite zero, all my cracker allowance, all my fruit allowance, all my gum allowance. it was totally weird. it really confused me cos i thought ' oh maybe these are the signs that i should be ordering refeed???' and then i went to bed, woke up this morning, and im fine.
totally fine.

maybe it was just my hormones?

sometimes i wish i was a man. :p

So anyway today is my day off uni and i really should be starting an essay on Peak oil due next week but i really could not be bothered as im feeling bloated,lethargic and feeling like im wearing an oversized nappy (yes...its heavy this time around :rolleyes: ) so ive been reading other peoples diaries on the forum. Not the cohens forum mind you, the general ' weight loss' forum section.

its so amazing to see how many people count calories!!!and how many people eat that lean cuisin/slim fast/jenny craig/south beach/presevative/chemical/sitting in a plastic container in the freezer for god knows how long stuff... its crazy!!!! Im not bagging these people as they are losing a lot of weight and good on them too!! but what has the world come to when we cant even prepare a simple healthy fresh sandwich ourselves? and instead of relying on fruits/nuts/crackers for snacks we rely on meal replacement shakes and bars?!

Maybe these people feel they just do NOT have the time in their lives to incorporate these strategies...but here comes the question...what about when you lose all the weight? will you continue to eat this way, forever spending your money on 'fast food' (not necesarily restaurant stuff, im talking about ' fast' as in = buy the prepared product=open the packet=put it in your mouth).

needless to say im grateful im learning about food THIS way. cohens way. where i can SEE,WEIGH,CUT,PREPARE,COOK and finally EAT. where i can see the effects each thing does to my body, and in time, with refeed, i can SEE what effect different foods or proteins or carbohydrates or sugars do to my body. where i can see HOW much is TOO much...or how much is not enough.

im glad i wont have to count calories.evil little midgets.
im glad i wont have to rely on replacement shakes/bars
im glad i wont have to DIET!!! cos we all know that to DIET is to DIE.

stay classy cohens people...and happy losing!!! xx

ps:i would like to mention this post was in no way shape or form intended to provide malice...its my diary and i felt the need to express myself today :)

xx
 
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Love your posts Caroline.

There is a tummy bug going around as well at the moment.
take care of yourself.

Sam:)
 
well it has been a very up and down day today!

this morning had to put my little doggy into the vet to have stitches on her paw poor thing so i was late for my tute and got a talking to by my teacher in front of the whole group :mad: grrr i was only like FOUR minutes late and hes like ' rah rah common courtesy to be on time' and id alrady been feeling shitty cos of LaLa (my kelpie X laborador) so i go ' look i said im sorry ive never been late before and my dog split her paw open this morning i couldnt leave her bleeding all over the joint could i', i think he could tell i was pretty stressed out so he let go of it ARGH hes actually a really nice guy i think he was just having a bad day too...
but yeh so after that happened we were supposed to get our assignments back and i was like ' F#$%(*@# ive already had a bad morning i bet i get a shitty mark and the days just going to go to god from here' so i flip through the pages to the end page ( marking sheet ) and see a big fat D...i could of cried. i sat there going WTTTFF!!, then the girl next to me goes ' oh wow Distinction, i only got a pass, well done champ!'
i totally forgot Uni grading was different to high school grading LOL stupid me hahaha (uni grading is High distinction,Distinction,Credit,Pass,Fail..SO I DID GOOD) :D :D
so after uni i went into town for a bit and decided to hop into myer and check out the last of the 75% off racks...and i bought two of the most STUNNING dresses, one was $180 reduced to $30 :eek: and the other was $150 reduced to $20 :eek: :eek: :eek: can you believe the luck!!! they were 'cooper street' and 'wish' brands (designer stuff oo lala) and even though one was a little too big im pretty sure i can get mum onto it and take it in a little.
so other then stepping out of myer and getting drizzled on as it started raining the day turned out pretty well. looks like even when youve got your period things can turn out just right :)

Im changing weigh in day from tomorrow (friday) to saturday) purely for the fact that saturday i will be adorning no nappies and most of my bloating from this week would have subsided! and then depending on what the scales say i might have to start weighing every couple of days to keep track of when to get refeed ordered - the next journey ahh!

i hope everyone is going great guns :D happy losing! xx
 
Hi Caroline, Congrats on the Distinction!

Hope LaLa is ok and good luck for your weigh in

Irene
 
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