Cohen's Lifestyle Sams weight loss journey part.....2

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Nans68

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Well here I am starting my Diary after all this time. For those of you who know me I started Cohens in December 2006 and completed refeed march 2007. I lost 15kg and was estatic.:jump:

Last night I was so down with myself that I wrote a very long post in the "LIFE AFTER COHENS" thread.

The reason for opening up my own diary is because since finishing Cohens I have slowly put on.........what was 6kg has now gone up to 8kg:flame: yes I have just got back from the gym had a shower and went to put on my size 12 pants from summer and they were so tight....so I hopped on the scales and the horrible shock of that figure now creeping back into the 70's was like a horror movie.

How could this happen? well I know how but i am so up set with myself:(.

ANYWAY REGRETS ASIDE I AM MOTIVATED ENOUGH AND BACK ON THIS NEVER ENDING JOURNEY OF WEIGHT LOSS. THE SCALES THIS MORNING HAVE DEFINITELY BEEN A WAKE UP CALL.

So here is my weight loss journey part......2.:rolleyes: wish me luck.

Sam:)
 
Hi Sam

Welcome back!!! And well done on you for catching it when you did and admitting to yourself that you had let go a bit on your control of the situation. Just think it could have been back to the 15kg you lost or even worse - more so dont think so badly of it. Try and spin the positive of the situation (could have been a lot more kg gained) and then use that positive energy to create more. When everything seems down it can be hard to get positivity rolling but if you can get it started it's much easier to keep it flowing.

You were finishing your refeed when I was researching the program and you were certainly an inspiration to me and I am sure you will continue to inspire. Sometimes we are thrown these curve balls just to remind ourselves of what we can do but also what we must do to stay there. Like you said in your post in the other thread it is something you have to continue to manage for your life.

Good luck restarting and we are all here for support!

Lauren
 
Sam- I just popped over, read your last night's post & came back here. Good for you jumping on the scales. I have been wondering if you had yet & wondering how you are going. I have you to thank for encouraging me when I first started in the forum. I think you have such a positive outlook on life. I am sure you will be back to goal weight in no time, with a lot more knowledge to equip you to keep the weight off for life. Thanks for starting your diary, xo Cate.
 
Thanks for those encouraging word LifesGood and Cate.

I wake up call indeed and yes I probably needed this to happen to get me to acknowledge that I can't just settled into old habits and stay the same weight for ever.
YOU CONSUME MORE FOOD - YOU GAIN WEIGHT. That is the realisation.
The other thing I had to do was revue my goals of why I needed to lose weight -at that was to be slim and healthy by the time I turned '40" which is next year.

Well yesterday I was so good exercised, ate healthy. I was challenged in the evening though, my older son started futsal (indoor soccer) and he had to play 2 games so we went and had something to eat out after, and I had grilled fish and salad - I wasn't even tempted by the boys hot chips. I drank lots of water through the day, green tea and also hot water, I've been feeling a bit clogged up lately so I am hoping this will flush out my system. I also kept moving the whole day doing the chores around the house and not sitting down much.

The other thing is I won't be following the Cohen's plan 100% only because I have just joined the gym and started exercising on my cross trainer and I don't want to give it up.
So I am having a bit more veggie, and will experiment with the carb's etc. I am not after fast weight loss this time and just want to see it come off.

Off to exercise now - will check in later.

12/09/07 71kg
Goal weight between 60-65kg

Sam:) Time to start inspiring myself............
 
Did my cross trainer and cleaned half of the house, then hubby called and he took me out for lunch. I feel great I didn't get anxious about eating out.
I ordered a entree size healthy chicken and salad, but it was enormous, no wonder we are all getting fat in the western countries.......and to think the developing countries struggle for one meal a day. It's a sad set of circumstances.

So that's it for me won't check into night I'm off to see Miss Siagon with a friend tonight.

Sam:)
 
Hi all

Just letting you know how my day went. Didn't manage to exercise but did lots of walking all day at the shops. Ate healthy as well.
Tomorrow I will weigh in........at the moment I have lots of stomach bloating and pain, I tried some diet tablets on the weekend and I think they actually made me gain weight and the stomach issues.

Hopefully it will disappear soon.
Does anyone have any suggestions?

Hope everyone esle is doing well.

Goodnight.
 
I'm a Loser and I feel great about it

Weighed in today a bit of trepidation..........but was amazingly surprised-I've lost 2.2kg:eek2:

My god it just shows what can happen with a bit of exercise and eating right.

Well I'm off to exercise check in tonight.

estatic sam:jump:

Starting weight-71kg
14/09/07-68.8kg
 
Well here I am back again, twice in one day. Just had my dinner steak and salad.
Busy afternoon with kids and their friends and park visit. I am proud to say I stayed away from all the wines and nibbles the other mum's brought.

Exhausted now and would enjoy a drop of red but will instead have an orange and a cuppa.

Have a wonderful weekend all

Sam:)
 
Hi Sam, Good for you! I love your attitude. I'm too scared to get off track so hopefully won't. It is great that we have the knowledge & skills to whip that weight off in no time if we need to. I think Cohen's seem to be right when they say our bodies are trained to lose weight. That steak & salad sounds good. I haven't had a steak for weeks. I will have to make a 40km(each way) trip soon & stock up on some decent steak. I love it! I hope you have a wonderful week-end, cheers, Cate.
 
Today I woke early after going to bed past midnight - I spent the evening catching up with friends and family over the phone. I love Friday nights the whole family completely unwinds and we have a light meal and just veg out.
Today........well to be honest I didn't do Cohen's at all......BUT I didn't eat any rubbish either.

I made pancakes for the family and the kids helped with cutting up fruit, it made a nice change from our usual bacon and eggs cook up on a Saturday morn, which i must add I did not participate in I normally stick to my yoghurt and fruit, so my breakfast's were most of the time Cohen's friendly. Had lots of water and a big pot of Chai green tea it's my favourite at the moment very refreshing.

The rest of the day I kept busy - even though I didn't do any scheduled exercise I did keep moving with doing the housework,washing and ironing, I only finished about 5.30pm.
I did have some tuna and rice a very small portion late in the afternoon and for dinner I had salmon with salad and 1/2 a portion of Turkish bread with philly spread. Dessert was an orange. I find oranges great for getting my system working after being constipated for long periods. (sorry for the details)!
So that is my day, not too exciting but I am so busy with kids during the week that I love having the Saturday at home with us all not racing off anywhere. Sundays we usually go for drives or visit their grandparents.
So that is me for now.
Chat again later.
Sam:)
 
Hey Nans68,

Good work with all the exercise yesterday, you must have been exhausted at the end of all that house work. I know I am. Today my day is like your yesterday. Hopefully I can finish by 5.30 it would be nice to be able to sit down and relax that's for sure.

Don't worry to much about the deviations, I understand that it can add to your weight loss by not losing anything, but as I understand it if you are exercising burning more kj than your eating it's got to move somewhere..

Good luck on today. Hope you have a good Family Day.

Faithie
 
Not stressing

Hi Faithie

I am not stressing this time it doesn't help anyway. We had a lovely day out at the beach the boys spent ages digging in the sand and I sat in the shade and read the newpaper (bliss).

Well here goes with what i ate yesterday, i started the day off well and had my yogi and fruit, I nibbled on fruit and rice cackers while out.
By the evening I didn't do so well:cry: I nibbled on the boys kfc chips and had 2 nuggets,a glass of wine and.......ice-cream:eek2:.....and I am not finished yet pita bread with jam(I didn't have butter):rolleyes: and cups of tea.

I know it wasn't good but today I am having no carbs and will exercise later.
I had yogi today with fruit,green tea and water.
I should be exercising now but i am looking after a friends little boy unexpectedly while she takes her other little boy to the Doctor's.

So I will report back tonight and let you know how it all goes.

Hope everyone else had a wonderful weekend and did lots of losing.

Sam;)
 
Well here I am back, I am so tired after looking after the little boy he was so good though we played games and he entertained himself with my boys toys while I did the washing etc. I think it's always more stressful when it isn't your childanyway By th
 
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Nans68 said:
Well here I am back, I am so tired after looking after the little boy he was so good though we played games and he entertained himself with my boys toys while I did the washing etc. I think it's always more stressful when it isn't your childanyway By th
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Just finishening what I started, well i didn't manage lunch:eek2: by the time the mum came to pick him up and she stayed for a bit - then it was time to leave to do school p/up's.

Tonight I had a tuna salad with a little pasta:confused: I know I said I wouldn't have any carb's but I was starving by dinner time I followed this with an orange. Not stressing:rotflmao::rotflmao: tomorrow is another day.
I didn't eat rubbish which I so easily could have.:)

See ya tomorrow
Sam:hug2:
 
Hi Sam,

I wish I could be like you and stick to the program after a deviation. It's taken me 9 months to get back on track, geeze I could of had a baby and guess I probably look like it too! Hence why I'm back. LOL.

Sounds like you had fun with your kids yesterday. Life is about family,fun, joy and happiness. they are the most important things to me.

I've heard that if you get those ketone strips that you can check your level of ketosis and that if it is high then things like pasta etc don't play too much haovic on what we eat, still letting us loose weight. Just think a small deviation now is probably nothing compared to what we used to do. You should be proud that you can stop and get back on the cohen's journey after having a taste of life.

Hope you have a good day tomorrow.

Faithie
 
Hi Sam

You are doing well and staying positive which is so important!

At the end of the day from what you said first up is you're not going back on to your original plan but are going to try to eat heathily and exercise. So far that's what you have been doing, except for the KFC nibbles but hey - everything in moderation. As long as we're not eating it everyday or even every week there is nothing wrong with having some occasional food occasionally!

Keep up the good work!

Lauren
 
Refocusing my Life

Hi Faithie and Lifegood

I am vey focused this time and for some reason i am making this more a lifestyle choice then just another diet. I think that's where I went wrong intially. When I discovered Cohen's I new this was the perfect weightloss programme(I don't know how)? but after researching and trying so many other diets this was the one for me. And with only 2 weeks into the plan I felt the difference, my clothes became loose and that spurred me on even more no deviations and no exercise and the weight came off - But I think with everything going on in my life during Cohen's and getting closer to refeed I started to waver a bit and I became tired of of the restrictiveness of plan so once I'd finished I didn't conciously start going back to old habits but it happen gradually........so gradual that one day i woke and I had put on 8kg.:flame:

So I think this has made me realise that.....yes I will nibble on the kids chips but I won't eat a whole portion, yes I will have that glass of wine but just one or space it out - I want to enjoy my life and not refuse the coffee mornings or dinner parties any more or worry about food all the time. My life from a young age has been consumed with food and I think it 's time I stopped and started to refocus my life. I don't expect this to happen over night of course but it's a start.

Sam:)
 
Back again. Kept busy with jobs around the house and running errands. Exercised for 30 minutes, cleaned the bathrooms, showered myself and had a lunch of left over vegie pasta and yoghurt. Cooked dinner early made a lentil soup, busy afternoon with kids so won't get in till late tonight so as not to be tempted by takeaway. Dessert will be an orange again and a herbal tea.
Looking forward to watching my ABC show's tonight I've missed it the last fortnight.
Take Care All
Sam:)
 
Hey Sam,

I wish I was as strong willed as you. I find that when I'm on Cohen's I can follow it but when I'm left to my own devices, even though I know that I'm only sabotaging myself I just can't restrict myself. I guess maybe because I didn't get to the refeed and thus know the rules for the life after cohens. This time however I plan on getting there in one piece. Then I too hopefully will be as strong as you and be able to trust myself being able to eat just a few chips and not a whole portion etc.

Thanks for the motivational posts Sam they do mean a lot to me.

Night

Faithie
 
Hi Faithie

You'll get there eventually Faithie, I am by no means perfect and I know at the moment I am very focused but there will come a day where I know I will lose the plot and all my good intentions will sail out the window and that is coming nearer......if you catch my drift.......YES!!!!! that dreaded time of the month, where someone else enters my body and makes me manic and uncontrollable in every possible way.
My hubby cringes my kids must hate me at this time - it doesn't take much to set me off and I find sanctuary in food, especially chocolate.

Hi again I disappeared to the gym there for awhile the vibration machines are so good I and can feel myself getting stronger and the workout easier, the instructor is going to increase my times next time. The other great thing is you only do 15 minutes each time, it's not taking up your whole day.

So where was I ......um yes TOM well this time I am ready and waiting to try and combat their effects. HOPE it works.

Anyway woke up feeling lousy today I think it's because of TOM!!!!! approaching.
I am very anxious at the moment and I am finding it hard to relax going to bed late has not helped either. Ever since I took those diet pills my whole system has been screwed up, and it feels like I have constant heartburn. I only took them for aobut 3 days. Lesson learnt here check woith your Doctor first before doing anything like this.

Anyway will catch up with the rest of the forum tonight.

See ya
Sam:)
 
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