Cohen's Lifestyle Geo's weightloss journey

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i rang the clinic this afternoon to arrange for my 4 week weigh in. as of tmr, it'll be a month since i went on cohen. i only realised it this afternoon...so i'm going in for my blood test hopefully on friday and then i'll get to the clinic for my weigh-in. my colleagues peered over my shoulders to see what i was having for lunch today. it was indeed challenging to maintain that i was not torturing my body. they wouldn't buy it. not my loss. so here's my update:
brekky- yogurt (oh soo good to have my usual brand back!)
lunch- grilled chicken with tomato and cucumber
dinner- chicken soup with cabbage.
 
Hi geo!!!

Oh wow... almost a whole month on Cohens?? And you've already lost 6.5kg's?? WAY TO GO!!! :D

Keep up the good work, lady! Yay to the teachers!! ;)

*hugs*
Luvbug
 
thanks Luvbug!
Today's officially one month. and my total weight loss is 6.7kgs. I'm impressed. Looking back, it is worth all the fried chicken and cakes i stayed away from! LOL! It's the time of the month and i'm feeling hungry the last 2 days...When it's the TOM for me, i usually get headaches and terrible hunger pangs. I haven't experienced the heaaches. so that's really good. hunger pangs, i hope will subside....i've been filling myself with water when i'm hungry. I suffer from PCOS hence i'm always delayed. This time, it looks like I can expect a normal 30 or 32 day cycle. That would be great. Anyway, keeping my fingers crossed. Over to a menu update,
BF - Yogurt
Lunch - Grilled black pepper beef with mushrooms
Dinner- Garlic prawns and green leafy vegetable soup
Fruits- Mango and an orange.
 
guess what? i can already fit into that dress my mum tailored just ard my wedding! whoohooo! and i am wearing that to work today! :p so so happy! woohoo....i've got another dress to fit into...that'll probably take another month i think...we'll see...can't wait to fit into that one...it's a lovely shade of pink, like an onion pink.
 
Wee Hoo geo! Well done! I can't wait to see some pics! Hope you have some befores kiddo as it's great to look back at where you have been & we will want you to share them with us down the track. You are going really well! I love your get up & go outlook, xoxo Cate
 
re pleased to be a member here, determined to lose weight, or else the summer do not wear nice clothes.
 
hey cate, i do have before photos hidden in the house...haha...i didn't wanna look at those...but i will now that i know i am in control of myself. i'm sure i'll be taking loads of "after" photos...i did that the last time i went from a 72kg to 50kg....

hello, model. welcome to cohen's programme. have you started on the programme already?

today
The hunger pangs were mellow today. I could handle them with water. I guess my body just got accustomed to it. strange that a colleague mentioned that she ate alot today and attributed that to TOM. I would have done that too..but these fews days have taught me that it's a matter of mind over body.
i'm throwing a dinner at my place this saturday. I'm happy to do it. Went shopping for some baking stuff as i'm gonna do a chocolate pudding. my hubby's gonna help me by being the official foodtaster. My guests are gonna have roasted chicken, couscous, grilled prawns, greek salad and gooey chocolate pudding. I went shopping for the dry ingredients after work today. I know i'm not going to be tempted. I'm motivated by the dress, my good friends here and the scale. :p my dinner's gonna be huge prawns and salad.. in that way, i don't stick out.

tomorrow
I'm gonna get my blood test done and then my appointment at the clinic is on Monday. tomorrow's friday and it's tuna day for me. I'll probably have cheese for dinner. I'm craving for mozarella.

It's been a long day. I'm gonna read some diaries and then hit the sack. sleep tight, folks!
 
Sunday
We went to our niece's birthday party yesterday and it was such a mess! I hate myself for even going to that party! everyone cornered me and forced to eat! i had already told MIL that all i needed was just an apple and mango. The only fruits available were dragonfruit and guava...both of which i can't eat. so there was nothing cohen friendly. and i wasn't gonna complain about that since I had a late lunch and i was full even at 7pm. But why can't people just LEAVE ME ALONE WHEN I DONT WANNA EAT!!!! everyone was forcing me to eat, the PILs, SSIL, BIL and their guests. I was looking like a spoilt brat and I HAD TO give in to stop the scene from getting uglier. I took a plate and took a piece of curried chicken, the smallest i could find. and ladies and gentlemen, there you go, deviation number one! i was at the verge of tears! came home and drank loads of water trying to flush out that mess. I didn't wanna discuss it with my hubby cause he had nothing to do with it, thank God. He stood by me but we were cornered by the entire army of idiots. yes, IDIOTS.
and guess what? this morning, i had the runs. my body doesn't like sinful food anymore! I am angry with myself and everyone at the party! WHY CAN'T PEOPLE TAKE NO FOR AN ANSWER?? the world's not gonna end just because i didn't tuck in to that sinful dinner. I've decided not to visit my PILs until i am done with my programme. They asked for it. After all that explanation, they cornered me to eating! CHEAP!
 
Sigh **hugs** geo, that sounds very unpleasant. So sorry to hear that.

You may be right, and avoiding such future events until you finish the programme may be best. I hope you feel better today

**hugs**
 
Ohh Georgina, That is terrible. How awful that they should put so much pressure on you to eat something you really did not want. Would they do that if you had a diagnosed medical problem? I should hope not. I know it is probably too late to say this to them but if you say that your doctor has put you on a specific diet for health reasons then others should respect that. I say should but, of course, that does not mean they will. Stand up to them Georgina. This is your body, your life & your health that is at stake. Be strong but try not to be angry as it will only hurt you my friend. Sending you a big hug with a little shoulder massage thrown in, xoxo Cate.
 
hey cate, i spoke to my husband and told him how affected i was. I can't tell the outlaws that i've been put on a medical diet coz then they'll think i can't bear kids because of this (and not that i've not planned for kids YET). they are PESTERING me to have kids... Long asian story.
Anyway, i got back on my diet yesterday itself. I'm not weighing myself for a week. I know that'll break my heart to see that the junk food haunt my scales. But i'm feeling much much better today. I did alot of self talk.
Today 2 of my colleagues commented that I had lost weight. I was happy to hear that. so that's keeping me moving, plus the LBD (little black dress) that i'm aiming to get into by July. I bought this LBD when I was like 52kg in 2005. Only wore it twice. It's a toga top dress...so i wanna fit into that by July. Not gonna give up.
Thank you so much cate and dietgrrl. Just felt better reading your posts. So here's the cohen update;
M1: Yogurt
Snack: crackers
M2: Grilled chilli chicken with tomato and mushroom
M3: Gonna have to figure but i'll probably like calamari with spinach.
 
Hi Geo, Whatever pressure or bullying your outlaws put on you you need never have to eat something that you don't want to. I hope they don't try bullying you again. I don't understand such negative pressure. Just a thought- Cohen's was designed to help women with their fertility by getting their hormones in balance. Perhaps if you told your outlaws about this & that you are following a program to both lose weight & that will also balance your hormones they may back off a bit. Te he. It would probably get their hopes up about you having a baby any time soon but may be worth it.
Good for you being straight back on Cohen's. Say no, next time, even if they are offended. You are equally as important as anyone else Georgina, xoxo Cate
 
Hey cate, I'm gonna take whatever precautions I can just so this never happens again. I'm really not gonna visit them till i'm done with the programme. That'll get them to think about the bullying issue. I want to get my point across silently. It'll kill them that i'm not visiting them. Hubby said it's fine with him. He'll visit them on his own. Like I told my hubby, I went for a wedding in april while i WAS on the programme and didn't touch anything except fruits and plain water. On my own, I have the willpower.
Anyways, i'm back to where I was last week friday 77.7kg. I mustered the courage to step on that scale this morning.
this morning I had a change of breakfast. The yogurt was getting a little too acidic for me I thought coz i got hungry like an hour after brekky the last couple of days. Today I had mushroom omelette. Last evening, i prepared caulis and tomato stir-fried with some chilli powder. so that's going to go with the grilled chilli chicken for lunch. Dinner is gonna be chicken and asparagus.
 
Hey, geo, glad you're feeling better and taking precautions to make sure that it doesn't happen again.

I mean, it's so ridiculous... I understand the Asian culture of wanting to feed you to show you that you 'care' but sometimes, I think it's more about their own egos, rather than your well-being. These days, the typical Asian diet isn't as healthy as it was for our grandparents. It's steeped in oil, curries, salt, MSG, deep-fried, tons of rice. And if we worked in the rice fields like our grandparents did (but even they ate mindfully and not like this!), maybe it would be ok. But we don't. The fact remains that pretty much all of us are sedentary office workers. I can't believe how much rice my colleagues eat at times, and then for the rest of the day, they're sitting down in front of their computers. And then they complain about their weight. Crazy much?

I would absolutely hate to be in that situation you were in - I hate HATE peer pressure. I think you are doing the right thing, and that they have to realize that what they did was hurtful.

p/s I've noticed that people in general are TERRIBLE listeners. I've explained about my diet so many times - and how I'm not starving myself. But they still come back with the same inane questions. So I do agree with the others now about it's better to just stay mum. The more information you give them, only adds fuel to their misguided opinions.

***hugs****
 
hey dietgrrl, what you said is so true and i couldn't agree more. Told my colleagues at work that my doctor has put me on special dietry supervision and I have to follow accordingly...so they have backed off.
As for relatives, I'm not even gonna bother explaining coz i've made up my mind not to come into contact with any of them (except my parents as they now truly understand what i'm doing is for my own good and are happy to see me happy). Just bumped into that colleague who commented on my weightloss last week. I only told her about how rice is not healthy and i have stopped having rice. This 68 year old woman has cut out rice from all her meals ever since. That's the only thing she's doing for now but she's lost weight too. She thanked me for sharing that tip with her. She told me her new carbo are crackers and she finds that she is energetic now! haha...
 
I had a good lunch. Did a cauli and tomato dish yesterday with just a tad bit of curry powder (checked for fillers). it was beautiful. the tomato added flavour to the caulis together with the hint of curry powder. Yummm! I didn't know caulis tasted so good. My mum hates caulis so she doesn't cook them and that explains my ignorance. I think i'm gonna do that dish again tonite.
 
Georgina, I really had little idea about cooking until I did Cohen's. It made me more creative with my food & much more appreciative of every little morsel. You don't want to eat poor quality anything. A little of the good stuff is the go. You're doing well, xoxo Cate
 
hey cate, i had interest in cooking even before i started cohen. however, i used to rely on the ready made, processed garbage (yes, now i use that word as i've been enlightened! haha). Actually feel guilty now for feeding myself and my family those ready made stock cubes, sauces. What I discovered from cohen's is that a little salt goes a long way and food has its natural flavours. I don't need to jazz it up with salt and sugar. I'm enjoy the natural goodness and taste of everything i eat now. simplicity is best. Now when I cook separately for my hubby, i'm mindful of what I add in and I keep the marinates simple and natural. He's lost 4 kgs so far and he's not even on the programme.

Today
Aunt Flo is here! hooray!!! You folks must be wondering if i'm nuts to be happy about that. Even in the pain and fatigue I'm happy to have Aunt Flo. As I suffer from PCOS, my periods are as unpredictable as the weather. This time it's on the 34-day cycle. That's a huge improvement! Whohooo! Okay, now for a food update

Brekky: Mushroom, tomato omelette with crackers (I'm so full!)
Lunch : Chicken with tomato, caulis & mushrooms
Dinner: Garlic prawns with kai lan (green leafy vegetables)

alright folks, I wil be back later..
 
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Hi Geo, welcome (a belated one). Your tomato and cauli recipe sounds yum. Also, that's a great explanation you gave your colleagues for doing Cohens. The last thing needed is people asking questions, then trying to sabotage. Yes, it is a prescribed plan from our doctor.
 
Hey thanks L-Jay! yea once we tell people we are on a medical diet they back off. the only thing is i can't tell my inlaws that. otherwise they would think their son married a sick lady. haha..
 
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