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Hi Ethee

I haven't been around as much this week and I haven't been feeling that good either but that pales into insignificance after reading your diary. I'm with Cate when it comes to the pregnanacy bit.....your time will come and when it does you will be a super fit Mum who will be there to face all the challenges that children bring along with them.
Well done on reaching a 10+ days milestone keeping adding up those days and in no time you will be a slim and healthier Esthee.

Take care

Sam:)
 
Hi Ethee

Sorry to hear you were not prg, but you will feel so much better when you do become prg with your new healthy slim body.

I totally understand looking at yourself wondering how you let yourself get to that weight, but at least we are taking action now and set ourselves some goals and going to be looking and feeling fantastic by Nov.
 
Hi Esthee,

Congratulations on your loss thus far - 49.5 cm and 3.2 after week 1 is awesome!! These kind of results just want to make you keep going and going...that is so cool!

Enjoy your day

TTFN
Annie Lusion
 
Hi Esthee

This is the whole reason for having a diary I think! The ability to think out loud… and SEE what you are thinking. And it really is useful sometimes having others to come and support, encourage and sometimes redirect some of that thinking!

Thank you for sharing some of your journey with us! Its funny how quickly sometimes you can develop a sense of knowing someone just through this style of communication!

I look forward to hearing the results of your next weigh in!!

Blessya
Kannadew
 
Day 14

Hi,

Thanks for all the messages. I decided to be 100% honest with myself and the world while doing Cohens, so I'm just writing everything thats happening etc. It's really been a tremendous help having all of you share and encourage. I don't think I've ever felt such a sense of community on any diet I've ever been on. And it has made these past 2 weeks (ALREADY!!! :D) so much easier!!

Well I can't believe its Sunday morning and that tomorrow I've been 100% for 2 whole weeks. In just another 2 weeks I'll be having my blood tests done again. It's amazing how time actually flies. I got on the scales yesterday. I've decided that I will do a weekly weigh in for myself. I'm a serial weigher, so I think coming down from weighing 5 times a day to one time a week is ok.

I have lost a total of 5.5kg Woooo hooooooo

I am soooooo proud of myself and I think Dr Cohen's diet is amazing. I'm getting to the point where I'm eating because I have to not because I'm hungry and I was able to make Lasagne and Pudding for a couple of friends last night and not even taste my cooking. I had the WF taste to tell me when I needed more salt etc. And there I was munching away on some steak and zucchini and being perfectly happy.

For the last couple of years I have really started to believe that I would never be able to loose weight again. Its terrible when you do something like an Atkins and you end up gaining weight, the same with dieticians etc. This Dr Cohen effort was really my last one. I thought that if this didn't help, the only course for me would be to get a gastric bypass. And now I have faith in myself again, my self respect is probably through the roof and I'm loosing weight.

I am so happy today :party:
 
Hi Esthee

Congratulations, you are doing an unreal job. 5.5kg is fantastic.

:party:

I too are at the point where I am eating because I have to, not because I am hungry. I still however look at certain things and think "Ooo that would be nice" but I tell myself what I am doing is much more gratifying than 2 mins eating something I shouldn't.

Anyway you are doing so well, and I hope the next 14 days are just as successful.

Have a healthy week and I am sending you skinny thoughts :)
 
Congrat's for me too Esthee......that is an amazing amount of weight to lose.
Keep up the great work. And glad to read you are doing well.

Sam:)
 
Esthee- Well done! I was also contemplating a gastric bypass.:)eek:) I am so glad I found Cohen's!! You are doing really well & sound like you are "in the zone" :biggrinjester: It's a great place to be! Cheers, Cate.
 
Day 15

Not in the mood to write a lot, just letting you all know that I'm doing well. Thank you soooo much for all your friendly replies :) I was so proud of myself yesterday. We went to a motor show which was hosted by the guys from Top Gear... LOTS of fun! :) I'm a Top Gear fan, don't know if you know it? But the WF and a friend were having mini donuts, hotdogs etc and I was munching away on my cracker bread drinking water. Did tell the WF that I was going to be mad at him for a while :D he he he. My clothes are really starting to sit loose. :party:

My only complaint at the moment is that I don't really have a lot of energy. Just being a bit active makes me extremely tired. Then again, I haven't been on a diet this long for the past 5 years, so maybe its normal... And I feel completely helpless and overwhelmed. But that is definitely not because of the diet. Current events in our country has had me and the WF feel frustrated, powerless and sad. The WF and I have a plan and hopefully we'll look back in 10 years after all the trauma and know we've made the right decisions. But the next 5 years is definitely not going to be a walk in the park. I know South Africans are getting a reputation for always moaning. So I'll leave it at that. :(

Enjoy and hope your days are wonderful!
 
Day.... ?

Hi,

I've been a bit busy lately, so I haven't posted in a bit. I'm really in the zone with my eating plan and I'm losing weight like crazy. I am so happy today. People at the office is starting to comment that they can see I'm losing weight and that I look more healthy and rested. I'm starting to get into smaller clothes and my normal clothes are sitting either more comfortably or aren't fitting at all. :svengo:

I'll have been on the diet for three weeks on Monday and I can't believe I'm doing so well. I'm getting to a point where I'm struggling to eat everything. Especially my fruit. I'm just not hungry. So I end up eating my apple at like 9 at night, just before going to bed. I hope this doesn't affect my weight loss negatively.

Other than that, I'm doing well, I'm losing weight and feel better than I have in a long long while.

:party:
 
Hi Esthee

I am so happy for you that you are doing so well. Congratulations on the great effort.

I am not noticing it in my clothes yet, and no one has commented, but I don't see alot of people with working from home.

I too don't eat all the fruit and crackers, but my consultant told me that that is o.k.

How great is this feeling not being hungry while on a diet, never had that before

My husband and I have all the top gear episodes on DVD, havn't seen them all yet, but will like it, gunna snuggle up in bed soon and watch a couple of episodes.

I too have been tired, but I am blaming my new medication, will see how I feel once I get use to the new meds.

Anyway well done and I will check up on you soon. .
 
Hi Esthee,

You are doing so amazingly well, such a great result after two weeks or so.

When I was on plan I ate all my fruit and all my crackers (I eat crackers with my meals never as snacks) even though I was full , I just thought that if I stopped eating fruit and crackers and my body got used to that then I re-started eating them again, would that slow down weight loss? So I just always ate them and got my body used to those few extra carbs and sugars. Not sure if that made sense, and I am no expert on this plan but that was my logic...doh!

Really happy that you are feeling great and that people are starting to comment... that helps alot it just keeps you going and going.

Have a wonderful weekend

TTFN
Annie Lusion
 
Well done!!!!!!!

Well done Esthee!!!!!!!!When you feel those clothes getting looser after 2 weeks....well you know you are onto a good thing.

Sam:)
 
Congrats Esthee...Sounds like things are going really well for you!! That's awesome!

If you are feeling a bit tired... just remember to take your vitamins, cos I know that I still often get tired if I dont take them.

Blessya
Kannadew
 
Esthee- You are going great! Well done! Thank you for being so helpful & supportive to us all as well. I found if I ate an apple during the day it made me hungry but it's very good fibre so your idea is probably a good one I think. Cheers Cate.
 
Quick update

Hi all,

My weekend was really really nice. The WF and me spent yesterday just staying in and watching lots of tv. We can really be some of the most lazy people on earth if we want to :) Watched 'Guess Who' again and I still think its a very very funny movie.

Spent the whole day with the in-laws who are more my family than my own family (except my sister). We went to a very nice restaurant and just enjoyed each other's company for the whole day. It was such a nice day. I phoned the restaurant last night and asked them to prepare my Cohen's meal for me and they did it ok. Will take my scale with me in the future though. It seems they think vegetables does not need to be weighed, so I had to go by my gut to 'estimate' what a 100gr of veggies looked like. They did get the fillet right which I'm glad about.

All and all a very nice weekend. My weight has been standing still lately but I think its just my body getting to grips with the weight loss.

Well, I'm dead tired and I think I'm going to bed now.
 
Hi Esthee

Nothing wrong with a lazy weekend....before hubby and I had kids we had them quiet often....but once you have the littlies those weekends are far and inbetween. We are just enjoying our time until soccer starts so take the time and enjoy.

It sounds like you are super organised with the restaurant and all.....good for you.
Also give yourself time with the weight loss...the first month always shows an incredible loss, then it get a little slower......but it does come off.

Keep well.

Sam:)
 
Hi Esthee, Thanks for your "visit". I would love to be going to Mozambique! I hope you have a ball. I will have to hear about it- please! Cheers, Cate.
 
Day 23

Hi everyone,

Well I've just finished day 23 of my journey and its going well. I spent the whole day dealing with governmental burocracy. Me and the WF had to go to home affairs to get our passports and other documentation and stood in a line for 2 and a half hours. At least we met a lot of nice people. Then I had to get our car licences renewed which took another 2 hours. But I feel like I accomplished something today.

I do however have the following remarks on myself:

1. I am extremely aggressive lately. I've never been a person to stand up for myself, admit that I'm angry or actaully get angry at all. I went for therapy a while back and the psychiatrist told me that I've never learnt to deal with anger and that I have a lot of pent up anger. Which I've always laughed at as I'm not really really not aggressive. To paint the picture a bit clearer... I started doing kickboxing, but hated the feeling of aggression that was needed to kick and punch. But this past week, I'm angry at everyone and everything. Any ideas on why????

2. I'm extremely forgetful. I drove an extra 15km to the licencing office today because I forgot where I was going to. I'm forgetting conversations I had, I'm walking into the kitchen to get something and 2 hours later I remember I wanted to do something in the kitchen. This is not like me at all. It's like my mind has left the building. :)

3. I'm depressed. I wrote a while back that I'm fighting it, but its back. I wake up every morning with an extreme sense of sadness. I haven't resorted to taking my antidepressants yet, I'm hoping that it will pass quickly. But the urge and physical need for Carbs is overwhelming.

I have Major depression and one of the main symptoms is the unreal craving for very high carb foods. like pasta, and bread. It has become unreal. I fight myself 24/7 at the moment to stick to my plan and to not deviate. But it is really difficult.

4. I've started to feel hungry again. I'm really really really hungry. But I think its linked to my craving for carbs. Don't really know. ?

And then I haven't even started on the weight. :( I've not lost a gram since the last time I updated my ticker.

Overall, it looks like my honeymoon period with the diet is drawing to a close and I'm starting to have to really stay strong. I won't deviate, nor will I give up. It helps to write my feelings here :)

I hope you are all doing well.
 
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