Cohen's Lifestyle Nicole's London weight-loss Journey

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Yeeee haaaaaa... lost 1.4kg's this week and am SO stoked about it. Not only that but I have now lost 100cm or 1 meter off fat off my body FOREVER!!! I cant believe how much that is :O and as I have lost a lot of my sholders and upper chest I know if I was measuring that there would be even more cm gone FOREVER!!!

Ahhh I am so excited about this loss as things have been a little slow for me lately but I am so glad that my body is adjusting now and changing once again. I havee read that a few people go through a stage on the program where there losses are a little slower then they speed back up again so lets hope that's me. Although I am not in a big rush to finish this program and am just enjoying and embracing each day. I find it much easier if you set some time to think about what is happening to your body and adjust your mind to your new self. I actually feel that I am discovering the "real" me that has been covered for so long in a blanket of fat.

My brother put up an old (like 8 months ago) picture of the two of us on facebook and I cant stand it. I dont feel like that person anymore and cant believe I let myself get that way. I have to admit that findding Cohen's is the best thing for me and without it I would have struggled for the rest of my life. I want to share the good news of Cohen's to everyone but I know that most people wouldn't be able to stay commited my family included. My Dad, Mum and two sisters are both over-weight and could benefit SO much from the program, but none of them have the commitment to be able to stay on it or the will to actually do it. They think what is the point of doing it if your going to gain it all back??? BUT that is just the wrong way of thinking. We can blame all our weight problems on this and that forever but when there is an ultimate solution that WILL work for everyone why not try it? Well commitment and mental inicitive and desperation is the answer. You need to get to that point in life where there is nothing more you want than to loose weight. You need to be able to disregard food for life and make it part of survival and not obsession. I so wish that my family could see this and make a change, a healthy change for life.
When I come back from London they are going to get the SHOCK of their lifes and I am going to prove to them you can do the program, loose the weight, AND keep it off FOREVER!!!! Yeee haaa.

Hope your all having the best day! It's a public holiday here in the UK so I am just chilling out- I am going to go for a walk this afternoon down to the High street and go for an iced black coffee at Cafe Nero. Mmmmm and take my Vouge with me and indulge in a fashion fix (minus the husband as he is misrable and sick).

Love to you all xxx
London Darling
 
I don't even have a facebook pic, instead I have one of my kids. Every time I get tagged I start to panic that everyone will see a pic of me. But in a while when I get to goal I will post a pic of me and maybe even get to be in some pics!

Some people are scared to lose weight even if they get shown a method that will work and I know because I was one of them. But I came to the realisation that it doesn't matter how you lose the weight, whether Cohen or something else, if you eat the way you used to, you gonna put it all back on! So unless you make a change to your attitude to food and why you eat, you will be back where you started.

You will get to goal and keep it off. I would love to be a fly on the wall when your parents and siblings see you again! Priceless I am sure.

Keep up the great work.

Sue
 
Hey Nicole,

Welldone in the 1.4kg loss. I'm pleased its speeding up for you!!
Hope your enjoying the lovely bank holiday, and the weather is ok, not as good as it has been but better than it could be...lol

I cant wait to see a before and after photo of you! Your family are going to have the surprise of their life's...lol... When do you go back??


Jim
 
Hey Jim and Will be slim!

I haven't a planned date for when I go back but when I do I am still going to be slim! I can stay here in the UK for 5 years but I think we will stay for about 3- we will see what happens. I guess when I go back if it is before this time is up, it will be when either my brother or sister get's married.

I will definantly post a before and after pic although I dont have any really good before pics as we all seem to avoid the camera dont we. Any picss I have on my facebook are "before" pics as far as I'm concerned as I look so different now. I want to update and get a new pic of me now but I cant be bothered taking a pic for the sake of it.
lol

Your both doing so well so keep up the great work and your tickers will look like mine soon enough!

:)
 
Hello London darling,
Well done on the big loss and losing a whole metre. OMG! Put that way it's stupendous! You have an excellent attitude Nic, one which will hold you in good stead when you are confronted with negativity. Hopefully your family will change their attitudes when they see you keep the weight off. Perhaps you will inspire them. I hope so. Positivity is contagious. It's joyful to hear you so positive & enjoying your life. xoxo Cate
 
You have done so fantastically well Nickychick! Hope you are proud of yourself and can hold that head up high now - you aren't going to care who sees you now!

I've hidden from the camera for years and gag at any pictures of myself that do turn up, but some day I will seriously dig some out and post some on here. Just too busy at this moment till production is over - and - if I'm not dead of all the stress, I will find a hideous "old me" photo and put it up also. I wish my present photos were a bit more glamorous - afraid to say anytime someone manages to snap me I look "tired" - which is unsurprising these days!
 
Oooowww thanks Ladies. I always feel like I have been huged when I come on the forums and read your lovely posts. oowwwwww your all so wonderful and I feel so lucky to have discovered this forum and you all as virtual friends he he he

xxx
 
Wow, your BMI is now so low!

Hi Nicky,
Wow, your BMI is now 25.4! That's awesome. You must be looking hot to trot!
I am so excited to see your pics when you're finished.
Is it my imagination or did you just drop an extra few kilos? Actually, come to think of it I remember you mentioned you'd had an extra large loss last week.

You're such an inspiration, Nicky! And I love your consistently positive attitude. Do you ever feel challenged? You seem to be constantly up. I am impressed.

Take care chicky babe,

28 x
 
Hey all

Sorry I have been a bit quiet I have been SO busy right now and I have been sick again :( I had another minor seizure which was scary as I shamshed my head whilst I blacked out on the door frame. Had to take the day off work but slet the whole day as the seizures make you incredibly tired for some reason. It looks like I could possibly have Epilepsy which is strange as normally you get it as a child or as an older person, but I will find out when I go to the Neurologist next Wednesday. I am a little nervous as I have had a CT scan (an indepth scan of my brain) and will find out the results of it then. I really hope everything is okay and it is just a result of not having enough calories and will return to normal when I finish!
I read in the London Metro newspaper that a women died the other day from the diet she was on- Lighter Life (they take shakes and live on 500 calories a day). They believe that the restricted calories caused her heart to colapse but I guess they are still investigating as there was nothing else wrong with her- this was the second person to die whilst on that diet. I think Cohen's wouldn't cause a problem like that as it is balanced and we dont just drink shakes all day, we eat normal healthy food but it did scare me a little.

Only lost 600g this week.
28+1 I lost 1.4 kg's the week before but have been slowly but surely moving along. I think I am starting to go through "old" fat now so it is taking much longer. The only fat I have left on my body now is on my thighs and lower stomach and a little on my upper arms- the rest is all skin and bone ha ha ha and I keep hurting myself when on the tube (train) as it is very bumpy and my sholder or hip gets bashed around, this time it actually hurts- how novel! lol And yes I am pretty much always up-beat and positive 28, my Mum said that I came out with a smile on my face and a good attitute. To be honest I really want to make the people in my world happy too and it breaks my heart when others are having a bad time in life. I try to turn a negative situation into a positive and look on the brighter side of life- there is always someone else worse off than you or me. Really weight-loss shouldn't be such a big deal as there are so many more terrible things that can happen to us (that are not self imposed for the bulk) in life. xx

I am not sure that I am going to reach my goal by christmas as I still have another 13kg's to loose and it's 13 weeks till Christmas. Never mind I can have Christmas food another time and it is much easier being away from the family as there are less temptations- In just wanted to loose the weight for my 25th Birthday and start the New Year as the new me!

Thank-you to everyone for popping by and I hope your doing really well with your own journies.

xxx nicole
 
By the way... YAY I am nearly a "normal" BMI :) I forgot to have a little victory dance.

Also I think I am getting a little addicted to sugar-free gum! lol
xx
 
Hi Nicole, You poor thing re the seizures. I doubt if they're related to your 'diet' but it will be good to get to the bottom of it. Hope you're feeling a bit better. Take it easy won't you, xo Cate
 
Sorry to hear about the seizures, Nickychick. My son had very bad epilepsy for the first 6 years of his life - finally cured by brain surgery.

I hope they can find out what's causing yours and get some effective medication for it. It's a frustrating disorder - to be OK 99.9% of the time, but then for those few seconds or moments when you are not, it can be so life destroying.

In the meantime, you are still doing so great. Don't worry too much about each individual week, but overall you have made some massive changes to your body which is the best possible thing you can do for yourself. You are still young enough to lose all that weight and have a lovely body afterwards. Well done!
 
Thanks Cate and Niyah!!

Had another strange "episode" yesterday and was really freaked out and scared, they call them partial seizures I think where I feel really strange and know something isn't right with my body. I have also had extreme anxiety this morning at work which is strange as I am not really an anxious person- this freaked me out to as I couldn't make it go away. I am feeling a bit better now and am going to try and get an early night and get back to normal. Seeing the Neurologist this Wednesday and my hubby is coming with to support me, it has been a hard time with the uncertainty of not knowing what is wrong with me. I am hoping all will be resolved on Wednesday and I wont have to fear the un-known anymore. My hubby has really been so fantastic while my body has been going a little mental so I am so greatful I have him to fall back on- I dont know what I would have done otherwise.

Weight-loss wise I have lost 1.1kg's this week which I am happy with and this now brings me to a healthy BMI :) Tick off that mini-goal! I have only lost 3.9kg's in this 4 week period but none the less a kg is a kg gone forever!

Hope your all doing well and are powering forward!

xx nicky
 
Nicole-
Good luck with the neurologist on Wednesday. Hope you can get to the bottom of it & find out what's going on. I think fear of the unknown is almost always worse than any reality. It is lovely that your husband is so loving & supportive. It is what you deserve. You have done well to stay committed to the program through all of this & should be very proud of yourself. Take care & good luck, xoxo Cate
 
Thinking of You...

Dear Nicky,
You poor love. I am so sorry to hear of your health issues.
I would be afraid too. I am glad you are going to get all
of this sorted out very soon. Do let us know what the doctor
says. You are in my thoughts.

And wow! on your BMI. I am so impressed. You must look
amazing at this stage. Has my progress slowed or have you
sped up? I remember when we were around the same BMI...
weren't we for a time? Or is that my imagination?

Anyway, hope you're doing okay, sweetie.

28 xx
 
Oww thanks for your support lovely ladies! I will write an update when I find out something. I am just so glad I slept well last night as the night before was hell :(

28+1- We were the same weight for a while, I haven't been loosing that much lately if you look at the "how many kg's in a week" thread. I only lost 600g the other week but this week I lost 1.1kg's which brings my average for the month to close to 1 kg a week- being 3.9kg's in 4 weeks. I am stoked about the BMI thing, I think it is just a mental boost that you know your no longer clinically classified as "over-weight". I am looking much better I think. The strange thing is if you looked at me before and after you would NEVER think I have just lost 40kg's, as I am tall most people would think I have lost 10kg's or something (which is a bit annoying). Even one of my friends made a comment and asked about how much I have lost, when I told her she didn't believe me!

...ha ha ha, I actually just feel "normal" now I dont feel like I have lost as much as I have. I think the next 12kg's will be the tell tail as I am getting bonie in some places like my hips, sholders and chest. Your also doing SO well!!! Congratulations on the wonderful progress and in the consistancy your going to be finished before you know it! I dont think I will be done by Christmas as it is only 14 weeks away and I in fact want to get to 68kg's but we will see how my body goes as when you get the re-feeding signs there is no loosing anymore otherwise you wont be able to maintain it I have been told.

Anyway you take care of yourself too and I will check in with your progress soon

xxx
 
Hey all just a quick check-in as I am at work and super busy.

Went to the Neurologist on Wednesday and had some further tests. APARENTLY even though the seizures were as bad as they were they dont think that I have epilespsy and I dont have any abnormalities in my brain (e.g tumors or cancer) so that is really positive. I have to have even more tests to make sure that I am not Epeleptic but they think that my problems are from the diet and nothing else. They are calling the seizures that I have ''faintings'' but I know that it wasn't a faint as I have had that before.
I am also feeling very light-headed and dizzy and weak alot of the time and they believe that is from the lack of food that I am intaking. I know that when I am on Cohen's I do get light-headed as my sugar levels are low but I dont think everything that has happened to me is from the program. So really I dont have any further answers and after I have more tests they think they will be able to make a probable diagnosis or rule out Epilepsy- which I would be glad if I dont have it. My neurological team even told me to stop loosing weight as I dont look like I could loose anymore, one of the team members is convinced it is the diet as she fainted whilst she was on Herbal Life- I had to explain it is not a shakes diet but she didn't seem to care.

Anyway's I am not finishing the diet yet just to satisfy them as I am not yet happy with my body although I dont ''look'' over-weight anymore. I am steaming ahead to the finish line be it slowly or not.

Take care of yourselfs and I will try and read some diaries when I get some spare time, apparently I am suppose to be taking it easy and getting losts of sleep and relaxation so I haven't been online as much.

xxx nicole
 
Sounds good if they don't think you have any spikes or bumps in your brain waves to worry about! There can always be weird metabolic things that happen and cause these symptoms, and it could be in some way related to diet, but if you feel OK and are progressing well, I guess you know there's nothing drastic to worry about. It may be a metabolic pathway that's playing up occasionally with altered food regime etc.

Anyway, you are doing so fantastically and look like you don't have that long to go now!
 
Hi Nicole. What a relief! Are you still in touch with your old clinic in Aus & still having regular blood tests? They should show up any imbalances. How much water are you drinking? I wonder if it may be too much. I would email your old clinic in WA(?) & let them know what has happened & see if they have any ideas. I'm so glad that the tests were good. Take care of yourself & get as much rest as possible,xo Cate
 
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