Cohen's Lifestyle I may be young but I realize what I can accomplish

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Yukio, You will find that your tastes change & you will learn to like new vegies if you give them a go. It's better than getting tired of eating the same old, same old, all the time. I find if people don't like you because they think you are not like them then they are not worth worrying about. It's their loss & their bias. Keep up the good work Yukio. You're doing well, xo Cate
 
Yuki, best way is to mix a few with different soups you make - you ultimately learn to accept all sorts of new tastes. And just a tip - nothing stopping you browning up onion etc in a frypan BEFORE adding to soup - really adds to the flavour! Browned onions, browned onion, stir-fried capsicum, even stir-fried cabbage - all taste really, really good!!!

Keep being creative. Cohen's only becomes boring and hard to do when you stop experimenting and just eat same old same old all the time.

But... glad to hear you're finding it all relatively easy now. Enjoy the next 3 weeks or so!
 
Gonna try. Im wondering wether or not the next meal plan will add more food. Can anyone tell me. Im just wondering wether more food is added.
 
Cate- Your right. Just makes it lonely here mainly because its such a small area and with living in the middle of nowhere without family its hard. I have always lived near my family and my husbands moving here has made me crazy. I think I have changed since moving here. Im not as nice. Or should I say I dont let people push me around anymore.
Well I hope someone will answer my question about the food plan >.<
 
I'm confused re your mention of the next meal plan. I only ever got the one then things were added in re-feed when you get to GW. Cheers, Cate
 
Yuki, once you get to refeed, you will introduce more vegetables back in. But make friends with the "Cohen friendly" vegetables first because if you learn to eat these mostly, and the others in moderation after the diet, you will have the key to keeping slim for life. It's all a question of balance.

Maintenance Land will be all about managing yourself and being aware of what and how much you can eat of what, but they key will always be the basic foundations of Cohen's to get you back on track if your weight should ever start to climb.
 
Have a great weekend, Yuki, and look after yourself - we're off for a few days. Hang in there! It's definitely, definitely worth it!
 
Cate- I was under the impression that when you have the blood test you get another meal plan. Was I wrong?? Not sure but ok.
Niyah thanks again. I did a bad thing today But I will bounce back. Well Im off. Laters all.
 
No Yukio you get your initial list of the allowed vegetables, fruit, protein, spices golden rules etc & a meal plan with various combinations of protein to vegetable then when you get to your goal weight & order re-feed you are given a new list of things to re-introduce to your 'diet' plus maintenance guidelines toensure that you don't regain the weight that you have lost. Cheers, Cathy
 
Yuki, the blood tests tell them (a) whether you are on track with the diet - they can see if there's a "deviation" from the expected results by the levels of your various hormones and so on, (b) whether your medical condition is coping well with the diet. If there were any significant problems, then they WOULD vary the diet, but I have heard of this happening only in rare cases. Eg if someone's cholesterol were still too high, they might have to knock off the egg allowance etc. But the vast majority of people go well on the diet they were given originally, and stay on that all the way through. If there's any reason to vary it, it will be a GOOD reason.

They have many years of collecting this kind of info from all their customers, so they know the desirable outcomes they are looking for in the blood tests. For those who don't vary the diet and stick to it 100%, this is very consistent in the vast majority of cases.

But - don't despair. Just keep experimenting. If you can only get apples or whatever in Alice, get good at varying how you do the apples. I eat them mostly raw, but occasionally cooked or stewed is a very pleasant change. You can use plain crackers as "crumb" topping too if you want a change of dessert. Zucchinis can be grated into an egg fritter, fried in a pan, baked, whatever you want. Same with most veg. Marinade them in a little balsamic vinegar, salt and a bit of spice, and bake.

Mostly I just stir-fry for lack of time - but if you have time, have fun and get creative!
 
Ahh ok no worries. I was under the wrong impression. Thanks for explaining it out. I dont think I will have such a hard time if I take it little by little.
 
Ok so im back on track. I fell off but now im back and ready to continue. It took me seeing that so many people just went off the program to realize that I dont want to be like them so I am going to get it on with this diet and show people I "is awesome" lol.
I will have to say that my anniversary/birthday was awesome and had a great time. I may have deviated but Im ok with that. I just dont want to beat myself up over it.
Well here to stay and lose the weight. Be back with updates.
 
Welcome back here! You already lost a lot, it definitely works for you!! And don`t beat yourself because of small deviation, I think it is happening all of us sometimes...we are just people, not a weight-loss robots! :)
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LOL thanks for that. Your right Im no robot lol. But yes im back and still trying to be good lol. I will do it and stick to it. wow that rhymes. Well hope your having a good one. Laters
 
You've already lost 7kg which is SOOOOooooo good!!! Just keep doing whatever you are doing because it's sure working.

It really is worth it. For everyone who says it's too hard or drops off, they have nothing at all to show for their impatience or lack of will to continue.

If you just get up every day determined to do another day of what you did the day before, the time passes before you know it and the clothes get looser and looser. I just try and think in small blocks of time. I don't think ahead to how much I have to lose, how long it will take, when I can start eating "stuff" again or any other thoughts like that. Every day is just another I get up, get my yoghurt, and pretty much do what I did the day before.

If ever I've eaten off plan, then I just make sure the next day I'm back on track and doing it the way I know it should be done. I sure haven't been perfect this time around, but I know that every day I make the endeavour to do it right is another day I reclaim for my own health and peace of mind.

All the people who ever told me in the start it was "too strict", or "didn't work" or "impossible" or a bad idea, are still all fat with various health problems - and guess what, NOT HAPPY!!!! They haven't done ANYTHING BETTER!!!! So I just get on with what I know works every day.
 
Day 18

So Im sick. And well I deviated at lunch time thinking it would make me feel better but I was wrong. So tomorrow will be another day that I will try and get back on track and not deviate at all. I find its hard to do when your sick. I dont want to get up in time to make sure I stay on a good time plan. I have decided to make a couple copies of my diet plan and post it in the kitchen as well as put it in my purse. I think that will make it easier. I do find it hard right now because I have deviated but I will tell my husband so he can prove to me he will smoke so I will stick to it. I think he wont because it will make me sad BUT i think its necessary for me to get my a** in order. So I am getting back on track.
I dont know if its allowed but I have taken some headache medicine. It was unbearable so I am really happy about taking some meds.
Oh well another day gone. But ready to get back to the business of losing weight. I know I have slowed it down a bit but it will be better.

Niyah- your right. I wish that I would have just been strong about it. But I will try my best to get back on track and just take it one week at a time.
 
Yuki, don't be too hard on yourself. Of course you will feel bad if you deviate, but just try and get straight back on the bandwagon.

I always tell myself - "nothing is broken except my peace of mind". In the past I have fallen off diets because if I've deviated, I have felt it useless to continue. If you were sick, things weren't going well, you were not able to get the right food, too tired to make it, then just recognise life wasn't perfect but you can do better.

All you have to do is just get up and do the right thing for 24 hours and all that will be behind you! It really isn't hard to get back on the bandwagon and start feeling really good again.

I still have a baddish day here or there. I never "intentionally" deviate - it's just bad choices due to circumstances or busyness or something. But once I do the right thing for 24 hours, I'm seriously over it! There's no raceline to the finish. It's always best for your peace of mind, your self esteem, and for the diet to work, to do it perfectly. But we don't live in a perfect world, so pat yourself on the back, get up and do it again tomorrow. That's really all you have to do!
 
Thanks so much Niyah. I really need that to feel better. Im sick right now But im going to do my best. Im feeling better already knowing I do have someone to support me through my rough patch. Thanks again. Off to bed with me.
 
Day 23

Ok. So today is Day 23 and I am back on track of no deviations. I have made some different food and im pretty happy about that. Im feeling pretty happy about the diet so far. I am down 7.5 kilos and my goal is to be down another 20 kilos before my vacation. Everyone seems so surprised that I look so good and I am still losing. Alot of the people here dont seem to keep the weight off and stick to the program. Im happy to say I may fall off the horse once or twice but I will continue to get back on the horse.
Ook well hope everyone is enjoying there weekend. I shall write again soon. Some questions though.

1. can we use like chicken stock??
2. would buying peaches in fruit juice and then washing them be ok??
3. has anyone had trouble losing centimeters around there arm??

Ok those are my questions. laters >.<:Angel_anim:
 
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