Sorry to hear you are not feeling the best at the moment......I bet that has alot to do with your work. And I can relate totally about getting the weight issue under control after losing, I also can not get back into that strick regime of Cohens and yet if i did i know i would lose....my plan is actually sitting here on the table and I've looked through it and re-read bits but......ahhhhh!!!!!! hard to get back there.
Moving along because hubby is hasseling me for the computer.....I weighed and have lost 300grams this week so now I sit at 69.7kg.....I know i won't reach my 63kg goal weight before my birthday but I will perservere the best I can. I must look at the big picture and i have lost 4kg since xmas so I am very happy with this but it is definitely harder and slower to shift those last 5/6kilos.
Anyway I will come back tomorrow and type more......I am making too many mistakes due to hubby breathing down on me and I will follow up with everyones elses posts.
Sam, I hear ya on the noisy neighbours. We have a young couple with a sub wolfer on wheels that drives us nuts.
So your more maintaining than on the program right now.
All the best with finding a balance.
My Mum is doing Tony Ferguson and is sitting at a certain weight and not budging. I told her to watch what additives are in her sweetener etc and see if that helps.
I tried the TF as well but buy the end of the day I was starving, I've also tried the cambridge as well same thing happened......I think your right about the sugar.
I just thought I would mention that I would not update my ticker till I have achieved a substantial weightloss it doesn't seem worth it to move down a 100grams.
Going Grocery shopping soon and I have my ys with me today.....he had unsettled night so this will be FUN (not).
Sam
This post is for me because I totally subotaged my day......I know I haven't been following the Cohens plan but I have not been eating any rubbish either, I've been cooking healthy for the family and only consuming small amounts.
But today that has all changed......we got back from shopping and i planned to have chicken and salad but unfortunately I was so hungry and tired by the time I got home I ended up eating 4 chicken and salad sandwiches and also bought these lowfat latte sachets which i made up with hot water and drank with a some chocolate so now I feel like a really iggy:.
WHY, WHY WHY.....did I do this????? I lost the plot in a big way and these are the reasons why:- 1. going to bed late
2. interrrupted sleep due to my gorgeous ys son waking me with nightdreams (not mares) and coughing &
3. Not drinking enough water....I usually drink a couple of class fulls after shopping but today I didn't.
Each time I read through my past post and recent ones I realise that I have roughly just over 6kg to lose.....but why are they so hard to shake off. I revisted the cohens web page I did the ideal weight quiz and my weight should be between 65-62kg. In my first 4 weeks of Cohens I lost 6.4kg if I could acheive this again I would be quiet satisfied, but like Cate said to get back into that full Cohens vibe is another story.
I think I'll go have a rest before I pick up my os from School.....tiredness has alot to do with it.....and I hope by tonight i can redeem my wicked ways by choosing something healthy maybe just yoghurt tonight and lots of water.
Sorry to hear about your bad day. I've been struggling to have my dinner before 9 each night and haven't been eating my fruit correctly, no apple and one LARGE mango instead. It's difficult to stay extremely disciplined. But we are here on the forum to keep ourselves in check. Good luck and I'm sure you'll be at your goal again very soon.
Thanks, and yes Mozambique is the correct spelling Its strange, last week this time I was sitting on a tropical beach and today I'm sitting snuggled in a blanket with hot tea to keep me warm while its pouring outside. I've made one of my beach photos my background on my laptop, so at least I'm able to remember Good luck with the weigh in Monday and enjoy the weekend
Hope you are all having a lazy Sunday. I wish I was, my weekends are more work then the week days.....what I want to know is how you working Mums do it?????? I sure do take my hat off to all.
Yesterday was spent shopping in the morning for my os camp which is coming up after easter break.....even though I chose the cheaper items of clothes and so forth it still came to over $200.00!!!!!!! and this was K-mart the camp cost is $200.00 and my kids are in a state School!!!!!.
Today is spent doing my os school talk which is on a art piece. His chosen a Van Gogh piece and I have done all the work.....it's due tomorrow.
I have been grizzling about it since yesterday, my son is in grade 4 and this is what they expect the kids to write on.....ARE YOU READY?????
TITLE OF PIECE, ARTIST, BRIEF BIOGRAPHY, REASON FOR CHOICE, MEDUIM & TECHNIQUE USED AND STYLE which is IMPRESSIONISM. He has no idea what most of this means...I said to hubby I was doing assisngments like this in senior not primary.
My stress levels are not good today, I'm tired I had a restless night from an upset tummy and then my ys was up early wanting breakfast....can't budge him out of bed on a School day normally.
Sorry to sound winy...but since starting these evening primrsoe tablets (YESTERDAY) i have been experiencing shooting pains in my lower abdomen...like mini contractions. I hope it sorts itself out.
I think I'll try and have a rest I am feeling pretty tired......before I know it it's Monday which is a very busy day during and after School. Dare I say it roll on easter and the school holiday.
No stress eating even though it's been a crazy emotional day....so there's a positive. Sam
Weighed in and lost 100grams.....it's a lost....what else can I say. Trying to budge from 69kg is a real head spinner at the moment. I wish I was like Sal and did my measurements because I definitely feel my clothes loosening even though i am not losing mass amounts of weight.
I wore a top on the weekend that was quiet a snug fit after xmas but it was loose on Saturday.....the exercise I'm doing must be accounting for something.
Oh by the way...I"m still doing my swimming and I swam a lap today....I just love this sport I have not said this about any other type of exercise except aqua aerobics.
I'll check back later to see how everyone else is faring.
Sam...
Again thanks so much. You seriously made my day! I had tears in my eyes from your lovely thread/message! It really meant alot to me that you did that!
I have often felt a bit invisible over there and to know that you guys check it and keep up with my diary really makes such a big difference!
Thanks again! I like keeping up with this forum ... well as much as I can anyway.... my work keeps me really busy. But I love knowing what people are up to and offering support where I can. I am so grateful to people like you and Cate and others who have completed also that have stayed on to offer encouragement and support to people. I hope that I can do the same for people after I am done.
I too will face a bit of the same dilemma you are facing because I am finishing about 7kgs short of my final goal so I can go to NZ... and so when I get back I will have to go back on the program! So it will be good to have everyone's support again to do that!
COLOR="Red"]Kannadew you sound like such a warm and giving person and now I can put a picture to that person. I have to admit I am still in awe of what you have accomplished and like I mentioned in that thread to you It really does put my weightloss issues into perspective.
I think everyone is inspired by different things that make that impression on them, whether it be a picture or comment or story it's that "BOOM" moment that connects you with that story and for me that was you.
I think after reading your diary in the other forum and seeing how much encouragement you still have to give to others and then just seeing those photos of how far you have come (well for lack of a better word), I was just BLOWN away. [/COLOR] It has also brought the realisation that you and I are basically at the same weight now you 300grams lighter to be precise and you have a goal weight of 62kg and I 63kg....and I can't help thinking that all this time I have been complaining how hard it has been for me, you have been steadly accomplishing these losses over a long period of time.
Well I think I need to reassess my life it seems and get thing into perspective and I think you have shown me that.
WOW Sam... Im a bit speechless! Thanks so much. I am so glad that you got something out of my journey and my pictures. I really was quite reluctant to post them... but another friend of mine encouraged me to post them... and I am glad I did now.
I am sure you will get back to you goal in no time! You have a family and a full on life as well! Dont forget that. I dont have the family issue to deal with. And remember when I get back from hols I too will have to start up again!
You can do this and I totally believe that you will be able to work out what works for you in your routine etc!
I am in the proecess of lying low till after easter...taking a break from my daily routine will help me unwind and get my head around getting rid of these 6kg. I hope that is all it will be after easter!!!!!!
No going away plans this year....looking forward to just being at home and doing some day trips with the boys....I think they are looking forward to the short break aswell.
Well i'd better head off to bed - busy day at School tomorrow (again).
And Kannadew I am absorbing every little bit of info you pass my way.... thanks for that.
I hope you have a wonderful holiday.
Happy Easter Everyone!!!!!!! I hope you enjoy your long weekend.[/SIZE]
Yesterday was another busy day....all involvoing the kids of course.
Excursions, grandparent day for my ys grade one class and then a party for one of their friends birthday and then dinner with the grandparents!!!!!!
I made sure I was in bed by 10pm the latests after cleaning up etc... and hubby let me lie in till 10am!!!!!......it was lovely. I also had an amazing dream of me swimming lapse of a pool and I was doing it effortlessly.
Today I am dedicating to doing absolutely "nothing". Also my toms arrived yesterday which really took me by surprise and I counted back the days and I must be on a 21 day cycle. The evening primrose tablets I started last week, well I am not sure if they have taken full affect yet....but all i know is I am not feeling my usual manic self.
I mean the house is a mess and I have washing overflowing from the basket and irioning to do but I am not feeling that tension I would normlly get.....but like I said it is early days on the evening primorose, I think i will able to better judge next month.
Food wise I admit to straying the last 2 days - but today i have started the morning with yoghurt and green tea and lots of water. I will enjoy some chocolate and hotcross bun (maybe) on Sunday.
Hi Sam & a Happy Easter to you too. Thanks for your caring words in my diary. I'll be ok thanks. I've got it off my chest a bit in my diary. I just had to wait until I calmed down a bit so that I could explain it a bit more clearly.
What a great dream! Go Sam! I hope you have a lovely easter! You also sound like a great mum, xo Cate
Thanks so much for your kind words Cate Sometimes being a parent can be a thankless and unrecognised job....so those words meant lot.
Moving along - foodwise!!!!! - I don't know where to begin, I'll just say i have not been good we have chocolate pouring out of the fridge and hot cross buns so need I say more. I just said to hubby I am over all this indulging now and my bra has been bothering me already. I am sure I have put on a kilo in these 2 days of not eating well.
Yesterday I started really well but it didn't end the same way....I did have a healthy grilled fish and veg for dinner but dessert was peaches and cream and I was snacking on choccie throughout the day.
I feel yuk and bloated and I will need to jump on that wagon of weightloss again!!!!!
THAT SEEMS TO BE MY WAR CRY!!!!!.
I am not sure what to do I have two diet plans I can go back on, one being Cohens....I have had success with both, Cohens for my majority weightloss and the other for shifting those smaller loses.
Going back onto the full Cohens plan is a struggle for me due to the strickt regime...but I know it would work. Kannadew's before and after shots have really spurned me on to lose those last few kilos and reach my goal weight.....which by the way I know I will not acheive for my 40th in 2 weeks...disappointing I know, but I have to look at the big picture if it wasn't for Cohens I would still be overweight and dressing in track suits and trying to be invisible....Cohens has brought back my confidence and self esteem..so there is so much to give thanks for since completing refeed and even though I would like to lose a few more kilos I know I am not over weight anymore and can wear fashionable clothes and take pride in my appearance and know I am healthy.
Be prepared!!!!! (winge alert) I am having a very irritable Easter Sunday.
The kids were up with one thing or another last night and hubby was up late as well and it seems the only person interested in sleeping wasn't allowed to (me).
But as we all know kids have no idea about time and they wake at their usual time and carry on with their antics except they are noiser and naughtier (so it appears).
So here i am having my rant....I've had toasted hotcross buns for breakfast with green tea and have so far resisted the chocolate.
Not sure what is on the cards today it is overcast and rained alot last night and i had planned to take the boys bike riding but my os was up with a sore foot last night and he goes on camp Wednesday and I don't want to risk anymore injuries.
I might just let hubby do something with them....he's in my bad books at the moment due to last nights carry on......men!!!!!agh. He's in bed by the way - while I've been up and done a load of washing and given the boys breakfast.....but I've made sure he can hear me though...lol.
I love this forum for unloading.
Enjoy your day and hope you have a Happier Easter Sunday then I.
Sam
Hi Sam, I hope your day improved & that your husband had a hangover!(why should I suffer alone?) I was a total hermit & buried myself in a book. Easter has come & gone & I haven't had a clue which day is which. We might write this Easter off hey? It's the only way. Put it behind us & get on with life! xo Cate
Hi Cate
yes my day did improve slightly. I just don't know what it is at the moment but I find it very hard to switch off...it may be that tom but I am going to bed late and then I'm irritated by the kids waking early and then my mine is racing about what I should be doing. And to top things off I was greeted by ants all over my kitchen bench tops....ugh!!!!! so I've spent a good 1/2hour cleaning.....these ants have just turned up out of the blue, I've got the pest man coming tomorrow hows that for hindsight.
Back onto the weighloss issues I am trying organise myself to start losing these stubborn often talked about kilos of mine. So fingers crossed.
Check back later.
Spent the afternoon at the bay with kids they rode their bikes and played at the park.
Nice spot lots of families out and about. I am so looking forward to the kids going back to School....I was exhausted before easter break and now I'm doubly so.
Well I have decided which weightloss plan I will do and I am sorry to say it won't be Cohens I did mention a few post back that I have had success with Cohens and another plan. The reason for this choice is that I don't have alot of weight to lose and this program has lots more variety and flexibilty to some extent.
I will stick around and let you know how I progress but I won't discuss the other plan only the loses and my day to day events. Just a memory jogger for everyone (Newbies) I completed refeed successfully March 2007, this is me trying to lose and maintain post Cohens.
I am planning to start tomorrow and weigh in 10 days....I know I have gained over this easter break, but I am reluctant to weigh and will not change my ticker until I weigh. So here goes again not looking forward to the detox process again.
and also bought these lowfat latte sachets which i made up with hot water and drank with a some chocolate
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