Cohen's Lifestyle Geo's weightloss journey

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hey dietgrrl, yea soon i would have to buy new pants..Just hope that coincides with the Dorothy Perkins' sales period! haha...i love pants from Dorothy Perkins and because of my size, i have the habit of buying like 3 or 4 pieces (the same) at one go. it's just so hard for big people like me to get pants in this part of the world...so when i find a good cut, i grab them all at one go.
today's i'm gonna have steamed prawns for lunch and i'm gonna try steaming them in my rice cooker. i love steamed food but steaming them in the microwave just doesn't taste good. alright, i better get moving and do that shopping list for the week. I'm getting sick of celery...
geo
 
Geo, don't be buying three or four pants in one go cuz soon they would all be baggy on you in your new sleek size! :p ;)
 
oh yea, forgot about that dietgrrl. :)

i am so tired. went to the supermarket and bought fish (threadfin!), prawns, chicken...
threadfin's usually $1.50 to $1.79 a gram..today it was $1.18! I just had to buy it. bought 2 whole fish, washed them clean, added some salt and stuffed it into the freezer. My parents are gonna stay with us the following week as their living room is undergoing major renovation. So that's will be sufficient for them and my hubby.
i weighed some of the threadfin for my lunch today. Made some soup with that. Prawns are marinating with some garlic salt. When I get back from church, i'll steam those. Hope everyone is having a pleasant weekend.
 
My husband woke me up at 9.40am...i don't know why but i was so tired i just wanted to sleep in longer. we had to go visit my MIL. It was difficult telling my FIL and MIL that i'm on a special diet. They kept offering me food after food! finally my MIL told me to go prepare my veggies in her kitchen! gosh! i told her i had to weigh my food and she looked at me as if iwas nuts....anyway, glad to be back home now...just had my lunch at 5pm...i'm not very hungry but ate it coz i didn't want to have dinner later than 10pm...just cleaned and tidied up my house...my parents are dropping by...i had better get going
 
geo said:
My husband woke me up at 9.40am...i don't know why but i was so tired i just wanted to sleep in longer. we had to go visit my MIL. It was difficult telling my FIL and MIL that i'm on a special diet. They kept offering me food after food! finally my MIL told me to go prepare my veggies in her kitchen! gosh! i told her i had to weigh my food and she looked at me as if iwas nuts....anyway, glad to be back home now...just had my lunch at 5pm...i'm not very hungry but ate it coz i didn't want to have dinner later than 10pm...just cleaned and tidied up my house...my parents are dropping by...i had better get going
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Hi Geo, Your PIL's are the ones with a problem by the sounds of it. Well done my friend! I needed more sleep on Cohen's too and still do. I think we become more attuned to what our bodies need. Doing well sweets, doing well, xo Cate.
 
Hey cate, thanks! You know what, it was the same when my parents came over...well not that bad. My parents bought me sugar plums because i told them i'm allowed 2 servings of a medium-sized fruit. they also bought me plain crackers...except that the brand isn't recommended on my food plan and sugar plums aren't in my list either...oh boy! I ended up showing her my plan...and she made a mental note of the fruits she could buy me next time! But my husband aint complaining...he's got loads of food to eat now...My parents are more supportive than my PILs in that sense...cate, you are right about my PIL...they rang my husband later and commented that i am being extreme with this diet....and that like all the diets i've tried, i'm probably not gonna follow this through...how nasty! my husband told them that it's up to me and it's not for them to comment and that the choices i'm making are for my wellbeing...how am i feeling about this? I say, less talk and more action...i'm not here to please anyone...i'm doing this for myself. so, good monday morning everyone! :p
 
it's a little strange today...i'm feeling sharp pains in my abdomen...a lilttle like gastric pain only it does not last for long...like a couple of seconds then it goes away and comes back again...
 
Hi Geo,
I am no expert, but I am a nurse and we fast patients all the time and it would be fine for you to have the supplement the evening before or just have it after your blood test.
But just to make sure - why not just ring your consultant?

Good idea not to talk about Cohen's and just share it with us that really understand as we truly want you to suceed as this only gives the rest of us more encouragement.
 
Geo, I think we put pain or anything really down to the diet when it's new but it could be absolutely anything. Wind? A virus? A tummy bug going around? Constipation? Pain is not a part of Cohen's. Constipation is painful. Are you eating cheese regularly? Cut it down & see what happens.:) That may be it.
PIL's can be mentally painful (espec MIL's!) but it's great that you have the support of your husband. I try to be as nice as I can to my MIL, even when she is awful to me because I remind myself that she is my husband's mother. It helps that he is very aware of her faults & very supportive of me. It sounds like you & I are very fortunate to have the love of good men. Sending you my love & support xoxo Cate
 
Thank Daleo & Cate,
well i'm still not sure what it is...but it went off about 1 hr or so after my last post...i was so busy that i didn't call the clinic to ask the consultant..so i just put it down to me being stressed and my body attacking itself to manifest the stress...Daleo, don't take that seriously...LOL! just a monday and having a brain freeze...
cate, i didn't know that consuming too much cheese contributes to constipation..i limit my cheese (Mozarella) to once a week. it's my sunday morning treat...crackers with mozarella and mushrooms....yummy!
today was water day....i don't know why but i was so thirsty...i've already downed 3 litres and it's only 8pm..it must be monday...well, just another manic monday..
 
thanks dietgrrl...i was right about being stressed. couldn't sleep last night and woke up with a tensed shoulder and neck...went to the doc and i have today and tomorrow off..the doc could sense that i am under alot of stress at work. so he gave me a 2 day medical leave so that i could rest well..i'm really counting down till my contract expires...i'm feeling so much better now thus i know that it is work related. if only december would come now...i have that long to go at this place.
anyways, lunch was beautiful...the shop next to the clinic sold some australian mangoes. they looked like the huge indian mangoes...bought one and made a quick mango, cucumber, tomato and chicken salad with my precooked grilled curried chicken breast. it was heavenly...good combination. now i'm gonna get some rest...
 
Hunger
Over the last 2 days, i get hungry often. I've been drinking lots of water to control the hunger pangs...that only helped a little. I feel like as if i'm hitting a plateau..i checked my weight this morning (sorry cate, couldn't help it!) and it crept up to 81. The last i weighed, i was 80.4....I'm a bit sad right now....i've been following the diet dilligently...what happened...
Saladas
I'm getting confused with the saladas now. I have 2 types of crackers. The good old Jacobs low salt hi fibre and saladas. I was told to have no more than 4 small pieces of saladas at one go. somehow, it doesn't quite equal the 2 jacob's crackers...hmm...this morning i didn't have saladas. i had jacobs instead. Off to get some rest now...i get hungry when i'm awake...sheesh!
 
Geo- I have never heard of Jacob's crackers but this may be the problem. 4 squares of Saladas = 2 crackers, without any doubt. Allowed Saladas are Salada Original & Light (97% fat-free only)- not wholemeal or multi-grain. Check with your consultant as this may be the problem (along with weighing too often :D !) If Jacob's crackers are like Vita-Wheat then 1 sandwich-size = 2 crackers. Double check sweets, xo Cate
 
Hi Geo,

I take Jacob's low salt high fibre crackers too, and it's ok to have 5 a day. I couldn't find the smaller crackers here in KL, so had to make do with Jacob's (can't complain since I find it delicious anyway!).

Hang in there, I do know that the weight tends to yo yo within a small band if we weigh too often, maybe you caught it on one of those days? Keep up with the program, am sure you will see much more positive results soon :)
 
I LOVE my Jacob's crackers!! I plan to continue to eat them during maintenance. Thing is that I can't find them in Indonesia (protectionism law), and they don't have their own version of healthy crackers... grrr...
 
hey cate,nuttyprofessor & dietgrrl,
thanks for your kind words, nuttyprofessor. This morning I did not weigh myself. Decided not to. Just to check, have you got any idea what the local names of those fish listed on our plan are? I know threadfin is ikan kurau. what's sole and flounder called in malay? any idea?
Anyway, dietgrrl, how do you live without the crackers? I love Jacob's too!
cate, the saladas i bought were the light ones...97% fat free...yeah!
 
I stocked up whenever I was in Malaysia. For about a month plus I think, though during Cohen's, I had no crackers. :( :( But you get used to it.

Hahaha I wrote to my consultant about the Indonesian names of allowed fish (I asked her whether she could liaise with the Indonesian clinic), and she came back with textbook Malay dictionary names that the Indonesians here don't know! A good trick is to look up photos of these fishes on google, and when you go shopping, you know what sole or flounder looked like. Me, I got too lazy and stuck to calamari (which I really enjoyed because unlike fish, gutting them is not smelly - it's so easy to prepare!) for my fish meals. Will search my emails to get that Malay list she gave me - it would most likely work in Singapore.
 
hey dietgrrl, i appreciate you looking for that email about malay fish names. thanks!
i woke up with a headache this morning...pre-cohen's, i would reach for a cup of coffee...but i don't feel like coffee today...hmm..just applying some ointment. for some soothing relief...
anyways, i got to move my butt to the market soon...i'm getting a little sick of chicken today..think i might wanna go beef and fish this week for a change...for 3 fridays now, i've been having tuna salad..so that's not too bad...but i do miss my steamed promfret...oh, yesterday evening i bought a microwave steaming container...can't wait to try that...it looks promising to deliver a good steamed fish...
today we're attending a memorial service for a grandaunt...it's gonna be tricky...they are serving dinner after the service and its a family thing...i've decided to excuse myself from dinner and say i have an appointment (ha! i'm going to go for a massage)...i hope that doesn't go down too bad on my folks and the extended family...i don't wanna bother explaining to the entire clan....this part of the family doesn't have a drop of good blood...but i love my grandaunt so i'll just attend the service as a mark of respect for her...be back later...
HAPPY WEEKEND!
 
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