Cohen's Lifestyle Prepare for Cohens

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To Prepare for Cohens.

Limit Consumption Of The Following to Zero if Possible

  • Cereals and Grains. Rice, Pasta, Pizza, Breads, anything made of flours of any type noodles, pancakes, cakes, cookies.
  • Starchy vegetables. Potatoes, Carrots, Beans, Peas, Pumpkin.
  • Sugars except in those you eat as part of natural fruits. No Coke, No sugar in your coffee, Fruit juices.
  • Milk, Creams and things containing them (puddings). Except low fat yogurt.
  • Commercial sauces and dressing.
  • Alcohol of all types. Zero!
  • Any drinks containing sugars, Soft drinks, Fruit Juices. Natural sugar or added it doesn’t matter, all sweet drinks!
  • Fats, Oils, Butter, Margarine. No fried anything. No fat on any meats, no chicken skin.
  • Hard rich aged cheeses. Such as Vintage Cheddar, Edam, Gouda, Emmental
  • Chocolate!!!!
  • Ice-cream!!!!
  • Stay out of fast food shops.

Focus Consumption of the Following
  • Lean Meats (no fat), Fish, Prawns.
  • Tofu
  • Eggs (not many not often, one or two per day)
  • Green leafy vegetables. Spinach, Baby leaf, Lettuces
  • Tomatoes Celery and Asparagus, Onions (including leeks and spring onions)
  • Mushrooms
  • Diet soft drinks, coffee and teas are ok in reasonable amounts without milk or cream.
  • Fruits eg Apples, Citrus such as Orange Lemon, Stone fruits such as peaches, Mangos.
  • Natural Vinegars
  • Soft fresh cheeses in limited amounts. eg Mozarella, Feta, Cottage, Phillidelphia, Ricotta.
  • Limited amounts of crackers or flat breads such as pita bread.

Tips
  • Studies have shown that increasing the amount of protein in your diet and decreasing the carbohydrates help you to reduce your weight and reduce your hunger/satiety. An example sized meal for a lady on Cohens may be a 110grams lean steak with 105grams of non starchy vegetables a man may be given a 125gram chicken with 125grams non starchy vegetables...this is not a big meal!
  • Eat a protein breakfest yogurt, omelet with non starchy vegitables, fruit; no starches of any kind (toast, corn flakes)
  • Just have one kind of meat in a meal or one kind of fish or tofu.
  • Don’t eat starchy carbs with proteins (meats, fish, tofu) only eat meats with non-starchy vegetables. Actually just don’t eat starchy food period!
    [*]Cohens program limits carbohydrates of all types, only a 4 or 6 crackers per day.
    [*] I believe following the diet (Australian goverment science labs), would also be a ideal lead into the Cohens diet. On Tag line HIGH PROTEIN + LOW FAT = TOTAL WELL-BEING The TOTAL WELLBEING DIET
 
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Thanks so much for your advice lessfatty just one question, what is the difference between soft and hard cheese?
 
Mermaid_sister said:
Thanks so much for your advice lessfatty just one question, what is the difference between soft and hard cheese?
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Thanks it is a little vauge wasnt it. I changed the description to fresh soft cheeses now such as Mozarella, Cottage as OK and Hard aged such as Vintage cheddar.
 
US vs AU

hello everyone just a quick query-does anyone know why the cohens programme costs much more in australia-680aud compared to 220(equivalent to 286aud) in the US.? A friend of mine lost LOADS of weight on this diet but its quite expensive.
 
mushypeas said:
hello everyone just a quick query-does anyone know why the cohens programme costs much more in australia-680aud compared to 220(equivalent to 286aud) in the US.? A friend of mine lost LOADS of weight on this diet but its quite expensive.
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I understand that the contract for the US/ Internet version is much shorter, and the level of support is much lower.
I think compared to Jenny Craig, and even Weight Watchers weekly meetings, it is reasonably priced considering the speed and success of the program..... So far, its the best $680 I've spent on a diet/ exercise!
 
US vs AU

Thanks for that. i will admit my consultant has been pretty good so far although doesnt always call when she says she will but obviously business must be good with summer coming up!
 
Phillidephia cream cheese "light" is allowed on my American (internet) program. However I understand the Australian program doesnt include light cream cheese. But in other threads light mozarrella is not allowed as it is on my program. I think Australians can eat kangaroo, but I am allowed to eat deer and buffalo. It is interesting the differences in the programs, I have eaten Snapper since I found that Cohen australia plan had snapper as possible fish choices.

However I do feel Cohen personal plan is finely balanced particular with the amount of proteins included each day, so it was my intention with this topic if someone followed the food types in this thread as some kind of 1/2 way state to being on a personal diet plan, particularly if someone wanted to get started before their individual plan arrived. To little protein each day combined with low calories could lead to loss of muscle mass and for those with heart conditions this could be dangerous.

I must admit by posting top this I dont want some who is sick (even if they dont know it eg diabettes) starting and getting sicker as a result so everything in moderation, however I dont think that following the eating recommendations below would be detrimental.
 
Bread

No bread of any kind is allowed on the American Plan....that's stated in the Personal Guide that everyone gets.

So..what is Mountain Bread?

And only some people get to have Philadelphia brand cream cheese in their personal diet....and its usually "Fat Free".
 
yoghurt on Cohen's?

Hello all!
I'm looking at starting on the Cohen's lifestyle eating plan (being 110kgs with a goal weight of 70kgs) BUT I have heard that breakfast is usually yoghurt. I tried Sureslim for a brief 2 weeks before heading off on an overseas trip & it was fruit and yoghurt for breakfast. I'd never really eaten much yoghurt before and it turns out I'm allergic!!!! Can any of you tell me the kind of things you have for breakfast on Cohen's? I'm am REALLY ready to take control & hope this is the program for me. Any feedback would be great!

You guys are such an inspiration!!:D
 
innerslim said:
Hello all!
I'm looking at starting on the Cohen's lifestyle eating plan (being 110kgs with a goal weight of 70kgs) BUT I have heard that breakfast is usually yoghurt. I tried Sureslim for a brief 2 weeks before heading off on an overseas trip & it was fruit and yoghurt for breakfast. I'd never really eaten much yoghurt before and it turns out I'm allergic!!!! Can any of you tell me the kind of things you have for breakfast on Cohen's? I'm am REALLY ready to take control & hope this is the program for me. Any feedback would be great!

You guys are such an inspiration!!:D
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Cheese is OK, so are eggs (one egg for breakfast) each with approximately 80grams of vegetables.
 
G'Day

There is no 'breakfast' meal as such with Cohen's, just a choice of any meal from about 15 different meal combinations, with a selection from three groups labelled Meal 1, Meal 2, Meal 3.

You can eat these meals in any order you like, so if you prefer a choice from the Meal 3 menu as 'breakfast' and from the Meal 1 menu as 'dinner' that is up to you.

If you cannot eat yoghurt, it is recommended that cheese is limited to three meals per week, so to maintain calcium intake you would need to have a cheese meal every other day, or no more than three out of 21 meals in a week.

However, there is quite a variety of cheese including feta. Some people find the cheese not as sustaining as other food choices, particularly the yoghurt which has a high level of serotonin, so you may find that the cheese meals are best left to savoury dinner meals when you will be asleep before you have a chance to get hungry.

Most people are pushed for time for preparation for breakfast, so if, for example, you were selecting a Meal 3 for breakfast, you may need to prepare it the day before and reheat rather than cooking the meal from scratch unless, of course, you are happy with eg 'fried' fish for breakfast. If you are from an English or European background fish is a common breakfast food so this is not as strange as it may sound to someone accustomed to Weet Bix first meal of the day.

By the way, lessfatty, you are doing wonderfully well! 29 kilos down and counting - nearly at the Wedding Weight!

Congratulations, you must be looking quite good and I'll bet all your trousers need braces to hold them up!

Cheers

Chelsea
 
I have been preparing for cohen and in 10 days i lost 10 pds!!! Incredible!!! I can't wait for the program to arrive, should be coming next week.
 
simplyloc said:
I have been preparing for cohen and in 10 days i lost 10 pds!!! Incredible!!! I can't wait for the program to arrive, should be coming next week.
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Hi Simplyloc.. yeah it is amazing isn't it! I had to wait about 6 days for my plan to come, so I did the same.. and lost about 2.5kg (not sure what that is in lbs sorry) but it felt amazing.

Are you going to start up a diary when you begin? Hope so... I'm trying to start one myself..
 
*BUMP*

Thought I'd bump this for all those who might be waiting for their programs to arrive and are just itching to get a handle on the ins & outs of the program!

Blessya
Kannadew
 
What about sugars etc. i know you can't have sugar, but what about the equal/sugarine/splendas etc ?
 
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