Cohen's Lifestyle IChooseLife's.... Cohens Diary

Prefix for Cohen's Lifestyle
The last couple of days I am so unbelievable tired. Sleeping my way through the program. I am eating everything I am allowed, in only the proportions I am allowed. So tired and light headed yesterday I had an Arnott's Milk Arrowroot with a cup of tea, and within 5 minutes felt a lot better. Dizziness had subsided.

Will give it another day and if no improvement will take myself off to the docs. Perhaps my thyroid is chucking a hissy, although that was only tested a month ago. I can't sleep my way through the program, as much as I'd like.... who would cook, clean, do the dishes, do the washing, vacuum, shop, do the kindy run, etc etc etc ? hmmm on second thoughts ;)
 
Icl, are you taking all your vitamins???

I have no answers, I'm tired too, but that's maybe because I go to bed at obscene hours :(

asy :D
 
Thanks asyoz... guess all our bods are different and react in different ways. I"ve been going to bed earlier. Sleeping an hour or two during the day and crawling out of bed at 8am. HOpefully that will soon pass.

Still tired, but spoke to my consultant and will try taking double vitamins and calcium supplement for a few days first.

Have started to explore the Cohen recipes and have been enjoying some lovely meals. It's such an easy program to stick with once you get over the initial mental stage of the first 10 days ... give or take. So glad I stuck with it.

I can feel myself shrinking as the day passes.

Have developed a blinking thing tho.. got no idea what that's about... perhaps it's another side effect of detoxing.

Will try having a fruit in teh morning too.

105kg here I come... get ready :)

Then 101.5kg.. then 98 kg.. and UNDER 100 wooooooo hooooooooooooo
 
What a bizarre weekend. So good for so long.. okay 2.5 weeks seems llike a long time... but then being overtired, a family day out and I blow it.. .I still stuck to the one protein, we had roast chicken and chips from the Chicken Shop on Saturday Night... and boy it was gooooooooooooooooood. But I did weigh my chicken, only had the breast, and had a handful of chips.

I could have done so much worse.

I could have done so much better.

My renewed mantra will be chanted OFTEN: "I stick to Cohen's easily and lose weight quickly".

As the scales are broken I have no weigh to obsess about the kilograms dropping off, so will wait til my Cohen's check up on the 1st December to weigh in, and will continue with my weekly measurements.

Haven't been as tired this weekend, so perhaps that phase too has passed. Let's hope so.

Been reading loads of motivational books and that seems to be helping with weightloss as well as other parts of my life, which is a great thing.

Had some bad news yesterday and rather than run for food, I ran for a cuppa and was satisfied with that. Things ARE changing. If only I weren't so impatient.

Instead of kilos or cm as my goal this week, my goal is no 'major' deviations... I just can't live without my scrimp of bbq sauce on my pizza so that's staying!

Bring on another week of fat cell shrinkage :)
 
Can a handful of chips really stop any shrinkage in a week? :(

No measurement loss this week, which is very discouraging, considering what I now eat compared to just a few weeks ago :(

I get too disheartened too easily.

A new week, new possibilities :)
 
ICL i'm really excited by your thread because it was a real insight into what I can expect when i get and start my program. I'm going to start my own diary thread as well. YOU INSPIRE ME!

I think I read someone's post that said any deviations set you back 5 days so i guess that fits in with what you're experiencing now. But I know that won't be a problem for you because YOU CHOSE LIFE instead of lard.
 
posting this hear for future reference.. I read it almost daily to keep me on the straight and narrow:

DIETING ISN'T DEPRIVATION:

Don't be a Mary! Mary is a typical dieter. She is 36 years old, married with 3 kids and weighs 90 kilos. SHe's been dieting on and off for ten years; but never loses weigh. Why not? Because she keeps making one big mistake.

Mary thinks that detiing means depriving herself.

So when she's dieting she does nothing but think of all the lovely things she's missing. Things like donuts, cakes, popcorn and chocolate. Every time she goes in to a shop she gazes at them and thinks to herslf:
NO! I mustn't have any of those nice things because I"m on a diet. I must suffer.

So she suffers. And gradually her suffering drives her insane. After three weeks of dieting she is ready to cut her throat. She can take it no logner. So she gives up in disgust and goes on a binge. Result? She regains all the weight she's lost more besides.

Poor old Mary. She'll go on dieting fo the rest of her life but it won't make the slightest difference. In fact, she could diet afor a thousand years and still not lose weight.

As long as she continues to believe that dieting means deprivation, she'll get nowhere.

Are you a Mary? Do you think that dieitg means depriving yoruself? If so, here's some advice. Stop kidding yourself and be honest for a change!

For example, ask yourself this question: What exactly are you depriving yourself of?

1. A fat butt?

2. A pair of fat thighs?

3. Constant tiredness?

4 Indigestion?

5. Heartburn?

Is this what you miss? or are you worried that you'll miss out on the chance to develop a gall-bladder probelm? Diabetes? Etc.

You see we forget about these things dont we? We are so busy worrying about giving up lollies, cream and peanut butter, that we forget about giving up the tiredness and discoformt and all the other nasty things we put up with when we're fat or obese.

That's why we find dieting difficult. We think it means giving up nice things. We think it means suffering. BUT this is nonsense!

The truth is, DIETING MEANS FREEDOM. Freedom from embarrassment, freedom from tiredness and freedom from discomfort. A sensible diet is a papssport to a new life.

So, if you are on a diet, don't see it as something negative. See it as YOUR PRIVATE ESCAPE ROUTE TO A NEW SLIM WORLD. Because that's what it is. FOr example, just sit down for a moment and imagine yourself 10kg lighter than you are now. How do you think you'd feel? 20kg lighter? How would you feel? 30kg lighter? how would you feel? 40kg lighter? Your goal weight?

Would you feel the pain? Would you feel deprived?

Of course not! YOU'D FEEL FANTASTIC!

So girls and guys, it's time to change! Stop worrying about giving up things and START LOOKING FORWARD to bouncing out of bed in the morning and then bouncing all through the day. Because this is exactly what will happen when you get slim.

Poor old Mary. Meanwhile, spare a thought for poor old Mary! you see, she won't change. Sh'es too stubborn. She still thinks that dieting means depriving herself. She still spends her time worrying about giving up things. She never thinks about the good things she can look foward to. So as usual she'll stop dieting in a few weeks time and not long afterwards she'll be even heavier than she is today :(

Don't be a Mary!
 
After three sets of broken scales then a week with analogue ones that eventually somewhere lost 10kg, I got my new electronic one's today. AND I'm so disappointed.... instead of having lost 12kg like I thought i had I've only lost 5kg. Which is still a decen amount (thanks Less Fatty for the 5kg of Pork picture) ... so down was I I sabotaged myself! :( I had Sprite Zero, half a small block of Cadbury Lite low carb chocolate then raided the cupboard and found BBQ chips and half a pack of them :(

I instantly felt guilty, shamed and FAT! Not sure what happened but I spent the next half hour on the loo as my body tried to get rid of the crap I'd just ingested!

But I'm determined this WILL work for me. 5kg is a lot of lard. 47cm lost is a big drop, my white blouse is not tight anymore and now I only have 55 kg to go instead of 60. So in 5 kg increments we go.

So tonight I'm reading my COhen's program from front to back, and in the morningwhilst I have my Cohen's breakky I will read it again. And again and again and again and again day after day after day. It will be part of my medicine too! It has to be.. it's the rudder!

Down days come along to show us how great we really can be!

Next goal: NOT TO DEVIATE THIS WEEK AT ALL! NOT ONE ML OF BBQ SAUCE!
 
Wow who knew moving would be so much physical and mental exertion, and exhuastion.

I fell off the wagon this week for three days. Well really it was for 7 meals. I didn't put on any weight, but I know the damage I did to my plan and I'm ready to make up for it with complete devotion to the program and exercise added three times a week.

The new pool will be a great place for aqua aerobics and laps.

Our new stairs will give me buns of steel in no time flat!

Not beating myself up over the wagon falling incident, life happens, and this program is not a quick fix, it's a long term solution to a problem that took a long time to develop.

I did find though, that although I deviated, I am unconsciously now making much healthier food choices than I would ever have imagined I'd make, and have noticed I am eating MUCH LESS quantities than I ever thought I would.

Wednesday night, move night, we went to sizzler, I normally polish off a plate of pork spare ribs in no time flat. I found I ate 3 ribs, my salad and about two tablespoons of ice cream, with two glasses of water and was as full as a goog. Couldn't believe it.

Changes are happening, and they're ALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL good :)

Cohen's is teaching me how to LIVE!
 
WOW has it really been a month since I last journalled in here? where does the time go.... the age old question I guess.

Well a few days before Christmas I decided the anguish trying to stay on Cohens program during the once a year festive season was not worth it, and I was happy with the fact that it would add another two possibly three weeks to the end of my program.

The fact is I have 60kg to go, so it's going to be a long process, and if I am to make it at all, 'I' have to feel that I am in control, and choosing to deviate for a fortnight gave me that. Each to their own.

Having said that, I found I didn't deviate nearly half as much as I thought I would. The foods I craved, after a few bites, it was all good and I moved on. I even found Low Carb beer to get me through the festive season drinkies.

Two days ago I got back on the wagon, with renewed vigour, determination and a few tools in place to help me.

I'm not one for cooking, I loathe it and the end results show. But I took the time to print out recipes from the Cohen's site, put them in a book and decorated the book with loads of motivational quotes. I then cooked a dozen egg muffins and a dozen chicken rissoles, all on hand for when I have a lazy day so I can just pop them in the microwave and wola, Cohen's meal on tap and no deviation temptation!

So after two days back on I've lost 2.1 kg... VERY happy with that, and that has DEFINITELY got me motivated to take it one meal at a time, one day at a time, one week at a time, until I reach my goal weight in roughly about 30 weeks time ..... bring it on!
 
Don't know what it is but I'm so motivated and ecstatic with my weight loss and the new recipes I"m trying, I'll be at goal before I know it.

Tried the Tuna Mornay recipe today, I had to add my lowfat mayo allowance, and it tasted DEEEEEEEEEEEEELICIOUS! I can't believe how experimental I'm getting.

This is the last time I will ever diet! Goal weight, here I come!
 
Hi ICL,

Your enthusiasm is contagious. Way to go, keep up the good work. I think if you can keep the big picture in the front of you, you are able to do anything you put your mind to. Did you get the recipe from the forum or off the Web sit for Chohens. I love tuna mornay.
 
Thank you Lost4eva.

From the Cohens website. V V delish for the Tuna and from here the cheesecake recipe another YUMMO.

Well thanks to a kick up the butt from Chelsea on the main thread I have changed my focus away from the 55 odd kg I have to lose and have printed out a photo of an elephant.

As a title I wrote: How do you eat an elephant? One bite at a time. How do you lose an elephant, one meal and one kilo at a time. I divided said elephant up into 12 boxes. Each box represents 5kg (5x 12 = 60kg to lose ..less a little). So each goal is broken down into bite size manageable pieces.

After only 3 days I'm almost the first box down yayyyyyy me lol

I have up days, I have down days, but every meal is now a choice rather than a habit. Make enough right choices and the rest all falls in to place :)
 
great going IchooseLife.
Small acheivable goals - way to go.
Love your (or should I say Chelsea's - she is full of great advice) elephant idea. Maybe you could have a picture of a svelt woman in a swimsuit under the elephant (you of course!) that is slowly revealed as the elephant pieces are discarded.
Keep up the great work.
:)
Lily/Pumpkins
 
WOW has it really been that long since I was on here.... how time flies and if I hadn't had time out and gotten sick I'd be about 20kg closer to goal.. but then Utopia has always been a great place to visit LOL

I've decided to start weighing daily. I have to for ME. It's theonly way 'I' can get through the day. One day at a time and with that comes the knowing if how or what I ate the day before effected me. Gotta do what works for me.

Bit down in the dumps today, not sure why. Been back on Cohens about 10 days now, I'm down almost 4kg so it's all good, I should be on top of the world... not sure what the go is. Think I need some happy pills lol
 
Still feeling a bit flat and only down today... I feel bloated too. Drank 4 litres of water yesterday, going for the same today to see if that gets the weightloss moving along a bit and preps me up a tad.

Got my elephant cut up into Kilo bite chunks, most food in house is cohen friendly what's not is for the kids lunches.

Wish i could go to sleep for six months and wake up at goal LOL
 
Welcome back Ichooselife

You have made the right choice for so many reasons. Now that you are back on the wagon we are not letting you off.........heheheh.

Goodluck
Sam:)
 
Thanks Nans xxoo

Had a good day today. I've also started listening to a weighloss hypnosis tape. I find that helps keep me on the straight and narrow with Cohens.

Keep running out of time to weigh myself in morns.. or rather it's lunchtime before I remember to weigh msyelf.. so don't.

I'm shrinkingggggggggggggggggggggggggggggg hehe
 
I need help. I'm not talking motivational inspirational pep talks but psychological counselling. That's not easy for me to admit, but I feel like I have two completely different personalities. Both last about a fortnight.

The first is eager to lose weight, does everything she can, counts her cohen's program meals to the gram, is a self motivator and does amazing things.

The other is this undisciplined self-sabotaging piggy who can't stop stuffing crap into her gob!

The first one gets a fortnight in and then the second one takes over to undo all the first has done.

I want to know why? So I'm in search of a GOOD therapist.

Today is a good day. Cohens all the way. I need t ostop drinking about an hour before bed cause I'm getting sleep deprived getting up to pee LOL

I have 49kg to go.. I've already lost just under 13. I KNOW I can do this. I KNOW I WILL do this. It's just going to take a lot longer letting two sides of me take control. I dont' know how to kill off the second nor why I give her so much power.

There's no shame in seeking help. It's taken me a long time to realise that! We must do what we must do to get where we ultimately want to get.. which for me is perfect health at goal weight.

Stay tuned ....
 
HI ICL,
I had the pleasure of reading your posts, and had to say that I found my emotional twin! Wow, I thought there was something seriously odd about me. It seems like most everyone on these boards follow the program so well, just doing what they gotta do. But for me, its an emotional and mental battle of the wills that I lose every three weeks or 15 lbs., whichever comes first. I too, start off soooo well in the beginning. I'm all prepared with my foods and water, just humming along, no hunger whatsoever, with icy determination, then bam!, 15 lbs/3 weeks in, I'm getting weaker. The scale stops moving. My hunger and cravings become overwhelming and I start to rationalize in my head, "Just one bite. Come on, you'll be fine." or "All this deprivation and nothing moves on the scale, I may as well eat what I want. OK, just for today." It's all down hill after that.

Since I can't give you advice yet on how I lost 100 lbs on Cohen, I'm going to advise you on where I went wrong the last time I was on Cohens: First, weigh yourself only 1x month. It's exciting and motivating to see the scale drop the first few weeks, but its also a big weight on your psyche when the scale stops moving as fast. Second (and I wish the opposite were true) but I'm an all or nothing person, and once I sidestep Cohen's by eating one morsel of food thats not on plan, forget it, I'm on a 4 week binge. I see that you fell into the same pitfall. Just one bite and its hard to get back on track. Third, stop feeling sorry for myself. I'm a spoiled brat and I dont like to be uncomfortable, and being on Cohen's makes me very uncomfortable. I have to eat only certain foods during certain times of the day and everyone gets to eat till their hearts content. (I know this isnt reality, but its what I tell myself). Last and most important, ignore that little voice in my head. I don't know why but she sure does like to eat. Even when she's not hungry! She just does not want me lose weight and be healthy, active and beautiful. She wants me to stay fat and miserable. I think that if I stay on Cohens, she will see that I am much stronger than her, and maybe leave me alone once and for all.

So, don't give up on yourself. You can do this. Most importantly, don't give into yourself. Hang in there. Stay strong. Remember we are all here to support each other.

Keep me posted.
Gina
 
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