Cohen's Lifestyle MrsMc's 40kg Cohen's Diary

[MrsMc]

I think this is going to be an amazing journey. So glad that I've found Cohen's and am DOING IT.

To start with, here are a few of the goals that I look forward to achieving along the way.

* Losing the lower back pain that has come back to haunt me. I feel like i'm about 65yo when I get out of bed each morning. If I wasn't holding an extra 40kg on my front, this would not be a problem. I think this should be gone in the next few weeks.

* Being able to fit normal size 'girl pants' at work.
I was given some mens 105cm pants to wear, they would actually fit me great if I was an extra 6 inches taller. So maybe Garfield was right when he said "I'm not overweight, I'm undertall". The problem with men's pants, is that most men don't have thunder-thighs, so they may fit me in the waist (just), but there is not a lot of room left in the thigh. And when I say normal size girl pants, I even mean a size 18 at this stage.

* Being able to do up my shoelaces without needing a break between shoes, and doing them up with my pants done up

* Looking nice in the dress I'm wearing to the wedding in 6 weeks time.
It's a size 18, and fits a bit ok at the moment. I would like it to fit me great, if not be a little bit big.

* Wearing an even nicer and skinnier dress to the other wedding we're going to in May 2007, that is definitely going to be a size 12, and slinky!!

* Learn to tell MrMc where to go when he brings me home temptations, eg, jam donuts and florentines from McCafe. Not just while I'm on Cohen's, but when i'm slim and fantastic too. Which I think means, to be able to think like a thin person.

* To stick to my plan of only weighing fortnightly. I know what I'm like if I don't see a loss on the scales everytime I weigh.

* To learn how to reward myself without food. I am so motivated by food, I remind myself of my puppy. Whereas the other dog only eats when he's hungry. Must learn to be like him.

 

[MrsMc]

Week One Update

Week one wasn't too bad, even considering I'd just started a new job at Maccas.

I did have a slight headache the first few days, but managed to overcome that with panadol and water. I did make a big mistake one day, and didn't drink any water at work for 5 hours, so I was terribly dehydrated when I got home, and managed to go to sleep and wake up with a headache, but that was the worst of the detox.

I'm very tempted to weigh myself tomorrow, and I know that I am well within my rights to, after all, i've waited out a week, but one of my biggest downfalls on any other diet is that if I don't see a loss everytime I get on the scales I get depressed and think it's not working. Even though I know the scales aren't a true reflection of what is going on in the body. And even though this is not a diet to me, it's a LIFESTYLE.

So i'm going to set myself a challenge and only weigh fortnightly, and change ticker monthly, and if i'm like any other person on Cohen's I'll be seeing the results in my clothing anyway (can't wait to get out of those men's work pants).

I don't know about other people, but I find that I do best if I have only the three meals a day. Meaning, I have my meal one, crispbread and fruit, then meal two, crispbread and fruit, and lastly meal three and remaining crispbread.

I'm so glad that the weather is turning warmer, cos that means I can get my water drunk a lot easier. I used to always struggle drinking enough water in winter. Most days this week i've managed to drink 3L, and I was told that is supposed to help flush out the fat even faster.

cyaz
MrsMc

 

[rjm]

Hi MrsMc, you might find that size 18 dress is way too big in 6 weeks. The last time I did this I had lost 11kg and about 50cm in 6 weeks!! So you might be looking for a new dress for that wedding.

 

[MellyP]

Congratulations!

Hi MrsMc, Congratulations on embarking on this awesome journey to a new you!! You can do it! We all can! Some days get hard but the willpower and persitance will pay off bigtime! You will feel elated every 2 weeks when you weigh yourself, it's such great motivation to see the weight melting away! I was so close to breaking and deviating on chocolates on Friday night, and I fought everything in me to not have one (my biggest struggle so far on Cohens) and I woke on Saturday Morning almost a kg lighter! It felt so good and I was so proud of myself for resisting the temptation!
I too have been rewarding myself with out food, I now have a large collection of fashion magazines - it's giving me lots of ideas on what I want to buy for my new wardrobe when I lose the weight! I tick things I like with a black marker. So far I have found a few items and I have bought them in sizes 12 or 10, so that when I finish this in the beginning of Feb I will have a brand spankin new gorgeous wardrobe! - It's so much more rewarding than putting food in my mouth just for the hell of it! Try it, it will spure you on as well!
Good Luck and support to you! X

Ultimately, the only power to which man should aspire is that which he exercises over himself.

 

[MrsMc]

darn cold

Hi MrsMc, you might find that size 18 dress is way too big in 6 weeks. The last time I did this I had lost 11kg and about 50cm in 6 weeks!! So you might be looking for a new dress for that wedding.

Oh dear, I never actually thought of that Beck. That's going to be a terrible thing to have to deal with, NOT. That's it, I'm changing my goal to have that dress too big for the wedding, and have to buy a new one, any excuse to go clothes shopping right?

MellyP, good work on not caving into the chocolates on Friday, just think what could've happened if you did, but you didn't and then you were down a kilo. It's a trite old saying, but true, being thin DOES taste better. In the many years before Cohen's I must've read 75% of the diet books on the market, and I remember one of them had a few mantras in it and one of them was "I do not take orders from chocolate" so don't let those calories boss you/us around.

I must say, I feel like something the cat dragged in at the moment. I'm pretty sure I've got a cold coming on. Sore throat, headache, stuffy nose, all the usual symptoms. I've taken some echinacea, Vitamin C and multi-vitamins to help beat it off. As I'm now working casually, there are no more sick days for me to use, but luckily tomorrow is a day off for me, so i'll spend it resting.

 

[rjm]

Oh MrsMc, I don't think you are allowed echinacea. Shopping becomes a pleasure, not a chore when you are doing this because it doesn't take long before you are flying your way down through the sizes. Last time I did this, I went from a tight 20 to a comfortable 12 in 4 months so was shopping every few weeks and loving it!!
Sorry to hear you're not feeling well.

 

[MrsMc]

Mondayitis

Yay, it's Monday, the second day of a new week where we can all lose more weight!! (The power of positive thinking )

Anyway, I made it thru the night and woke up feeling yuck, but am not succumbing to this cold.

Thanks for the info on the no echinacea Beck, I'd only taken the one, and i'm now on cold and flu tablets instead. Nothing natural in them that could cause a deviation, surely.

I'm not going to let this day go to waste, I've got my frozen meat packets out defrosting, and i'm going to cook them up with the vegies, and then have them ready to go in the fridge for dinners etc. I'm a good boy scout, I like to be prepared. My plan is to chop up a big bowl of legal vegies, and just weigh out the amount I need as I go, that way it's a lot less fiddly.

I was tempted to get on the scales, but have promised myself to weigh fortnightly, and also, who knows what this cold is doing to my body. MrMc wants me to go to the doctor for it to nip it in the bud, but the Doc might tell me to go off Cohen's while i'm not feeling well, and that's not something I'm prepared to do.

I have done a total clean out of my wardrobe, and have removed all clothes that do not currently fit me, then once a month I'm going to try them on and see if they fit me, if they do, they can go back into the wardrobe. And the old clothes can go to Vinnies or the Cohen's Clothes Exchange that ASYOZ is talking about. I have a few pairs of jeans sizes 20 & 18 that might be suitable for someone else to wear. And it's too hot to be wearing jeans in summer now. Of all the clothes in my wardrobe, i am most looking forward to wearing my mini denim skirts, they range is sizes 16-14, so i should be in them in no time. Then I'll have no more clothes to wear and whammo, it's off to the shops for a big spend-up.

cyaz
MrsMc

 

[asyoz]

Cool MrsMc!

If you have jeans, perhaps you might list them in the clothes swap thread?

I've had a few colds in the time I've been on the programme, no idea what it is, but others around me have had them too, I'm just catchy!

I know I've had to discover Strepsils Sugar Free... They're a mandatory house-hold item now.

asy

 

[MellyP]

Mrs Mac.... Where are you?? What happened to you?? Are you still on plan, if not you can get back on - it is so worth it. Please drop in and say hi and tell us how your going...