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

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Hi Sam, Those small steps are in the right direction. I don't think any of us can imagine when we have been on Cohen's 100% for a while just how hard it is to get back on again after a break and the freedom that involves. Even eating healthily but without strict boundaries it is still really hard to re-introduce strict boundaries again. I am so carb intolerant! I need to re-commit too so will join you next Monday. I'm trying to work my way up to it mentally as well. Getting that head space in the right place is the biggest battle! We can do this Sam!! Cheers, cate.
 
I'm sure you'll retrain yourself in the days to come, Sam. I find that first bit after TOM like a "Golden Week" where I can really get on top of myself. Once I'm back into it, I can tighten up to 100% again and then it's easier to stay like that once the bad time of month is back again.

I hope the coming days are a bit easier for you. Take one day at a time and only deal with the load of that one day - we can all carry it for just 24 hours at a time.

I have a very busy fortnight coming up, but will read your diary and post when I can. After that, I should be able to "collapse" for a little while and get my head back into the right space again.
 
Hey Sam. Hope day 2 goes well for you. It's great that you are headed in the right direction. You will get there. I keep coming back to Cohens too because it is the only thing that works, and when you give it 100% you get the quickest results. You're so close, and when your head is right, you'll grab it with both hands and run with it. :waving:
 
Thanks Cate, Niyah and L-Jay....thanks for all the encouragement I really need it atm to get me motivated. I had a good day today aswell so day 2 down.
Have a bit of a headache today but not as bad as last time....alrighty then I'll bid you all

Goodluck with your plan and Goodnight now.

Sam:)
 
Hey beautiful, hope you have a wonderful day. The headache isn't as bad as lst time hmmmmm good sign. That last little bit of weight ( you know, the 10 kgs,) will be falling off real soon, real soon.
 
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Hi L-jay your very sweet, thanks again.

Well tomorrow I want to get back into so wish me luck...."again"

Hope everyone is doing well.

Sam:)
 
You Go Girl !!

Sam, I am very excited for you, and wishing you great things. This is going to be the last time we do this.
 
Hi Niyah and L-Jay.

Doing fine so far. Very tired though.....Here's hoping this week goes well for us all.

Thanks again.

SamXO:)
 
Hi Sam, Glad to hear you have re-focussed. Me too. Today is day 1 back on Cohen's only food for me. So far so good. Will be better when I stop thinking about food most of the time though. I think I have drunk 4 litres of water already today. Cheers Cate.
 
Hello Cate and Diary...

I've been MIA for a bit...not deliberately...just been busy with kids and end of School functions and then I had a weekend away and i've also had a sinus infection which I'm on anti-biotics for. Still not back into the Cohens swing of things and will not do so now until they go back. I also have my sister and niece visiting and there is no way I can do Cohens because we will be out and about alot.

Cate the obsessing with food is how I get as well. And I'm currently reading a book called I can make you thin by Paul McKenna. It's about how all the yoyo dieting we do is actually making us fat becasue we become obsessed with it...that's it in a nutshell. I'm a true testimony to his theory actually. But in saying all that I am going to go back on Cohens once everything is back to normal....it is the only plan that I lose with but I sure wish it was easier to get back on.

I hope everyone else is doing well with everything....I do a quick check in soon.

Sam:)
 
Hi Sam, Enjoy the school holidays! I'm giving up the yo yo dieting from now on & staying on Cohen's maintenance forever!!!! xoxo Cate
 
AAAAAgggghhhhh SAM. You sound so much like me. Sometimes, when I haven't been in Cohens frame of mind, I've said to DH "Do you think I should just try and eat healthily, and cut out junk, exercise etc, because I need to eat things other than Cohens"
What a joke. I know I can't be trusted to choose wisely, whether it be food or portion sizes. I've been at both ends of the spectrum. A total control freak, where I would eat once a day, and exercise my butt off. Yeah, look great, but damn hard work, and the other end of the spectrum, 124kgs highest weight - twice. I remember the days when I freaked out if my weight got over 70kgs.
When a little voice in your head says you can do it your own way, and you doubt the program, and the ease of it once you'r in full swing, slap it down girl.
If your head isn't in the right place, and you are out and about a lot, visitors, etc, no don't try it. You'll be mad at yourself and frustrated and obssessed with everything you're doing wrong with it.
Sometimes I've said "But Cohens really is too hard, it can't be done blah blah blah". Well have you tried living on a Vanilla thickshake and a mars bar, while working 8 hour days, and going to gym, aerobics etc 2 hours a day EVERY DAY? That can be done for a few months tops, before a binge breaks out, then all the hard work is undone.
Cohens gives you actual real food you can eat. And on maintenance as Cate is doing, yes, you monitor yourself. You eat real food and occasionally have something different.
If anyone tries to bag the Cohens program to you, saying it's not healthy, it's too restrictive, reject these comments. You know it's right for you. You know there is no other way.
Just get your head sorted. Do what you have to for that. For me, looking at pictures of skinny people is what always helped me stay in control. When I gave up on that, I lost the plot. Now I can stay in control, but do it in a healthy way. I wish I could help you, because I know exactly where you are at. But you have to be ready to do this - for you. Make a list of the pro's and cons of doing Cohens or not doing it. Sometimes this helps with perspective. The rewards far out weigh the sacrifices.
I know you will get there, when you are ready.
x
 
Hello L-jay:waving:.....thank you so much for that. I haven't been recieving my emails from here recently...not sure why otherwise I would have come in earlier.

Anyway I thought I would pop in and update my weight loss woes:willy_nilly:
The irony of this post is that I made a weight loss goal of 70kg by the end of September and it has actually resulted in me going the opposite to this goal:blush5::blush5:.....I am now up to 80kilos!!!!!!:blush5:.

I ate and drank too much over the School holidays and I am paying for it now.
I actually started a detox program today which is part of another diet plan but I want to get back into Cohens......it is the only plan that kicks in for me straight away and I see results pretty much immediately. I do find this dieting business very hard to understand. There is so many diets and so much information of which ones you should be following and it can all become very confusing. But I do know I have tried a multitude of diets through the years and the one program that came through for me when all others failed was and is Cohen's......I think I need to reaffirm this to myself regularly....I think you mentioned to do this L-Jay in one of your post. Even typing this is giving me a buzz in knowing that once I get back on it and stick with it 100% I will see the results by seeing my clothes fit comfortably again and seeing my skin and hair improve and just feeling my self esteem grow by knowing I have lost and did something for me.

But like you said L-Jay we make excuses about Cohens being too hard and unsociable etc, etc......but I managed it the first time around. I remember carting my food around with me everywhere. So why is it so hard to do now?????

The way I feel now is like a real failure:blush5:...I am sitting here starving, chewing on gum to stop the hunger, but I think it is making it worse....my thoughts are on food constantly and I wish I could just start Cohens up properely and stick with it till I reach near my goal.

I mean I enjoy the food on Cohen's....I wish they were larger portions:rolleyes: but I like the choices we have....when I compare it to other diets that omit all fruits and carbs...
I do miss my milk though.....if I could have a coffee and tea incorporated with my Cohens plan I would be a very happy lady....
Last time I lost 2.4 kilos and that was within a week......
My attraction to Cohen's intially was that no exercise was required but I now know we need to do some type of resistance to stop out muscle mass from waisting away from diets that are very low in calories, which Cohens is.

I think it is important that people realise this and research these areas for themselves. People knock alot of VLCD but I think you can compensate for muscle wastage by doing the weights to insure this does now occurr.

Anyway I'd better go now.....I'll be back once I know I can commit back to Cohen's.

Thanks for those who come in and read my rantings......I appreciate all your support and imput.

Sam:)
 
Hi Sam, my computers been down so I couldn't catch up sooner. I have to go out in a minute, but will post a longer one later. With vlcd, I'm assuming you mean low cal or low carb? Yes, it does get knocked a lot. I was lucky with cohens. Even at my lowest which was about 68kgs on it, I had good muscle tone. But I have heard people say it affects the heart too, being a muscle. My answer to that is my heart must be better off that when I was obese. And I don't think we'd feel so fantastic if it wasn't healthy. I find it's easy to listen to the knockers when my resolve is low. Anyway, will talk more later. X
 
Hi L-Jay and diary.
lovely to hear from you again. (VLCD) means Very Low Calorie Diet.
Yes people say it's not good for you due to putting your body into starvation mode and you lose more so muscle and fluid then fat.....but like you say why is it the only diet that I feel so good on??? This must account for something. I mean on atkins and other low carb diets I ended up feeling lethargic and irritrable and could only lose a few kilos and then I'd stall and that was with adding in exercise everyday!!!!!.

Anyway I'm not going to be deterred any longer....I've decided to go back on to Cohen's this Sunday. I have been working myself up mentally this week.
I am on day 2 of my detox and have one more day left and Saturday hubby and have plans to go out for the day, which is a rarity and we have a babysitter lined up so I want the freedom to have a nice meal out (my last supper) before Sunday's start.

THESE ARE MY REASON WHY I NEED TO LOSE MY WEIGHT

I am determined because I have now regained all my pre-Cohen's weight and I am back at the beginning of this journey:(.
I am determined because I look in the mirror and see how my self esteem has disappeared again:(.
I am determined because I can see how neglectful I am becoming with my appearance.
I am determined because I can not fit into my clothes again and I have reverted to my elastised skirts and loose tops.
I am determined to do this for me and my family...because if I am unhappy with my appearance well it affects my relationships with friends and family.

Also I have already turned down several social do's because of my weight gain and I don't want to be doing this long term.

Okay I will be back here Sunday.

Sam:)
 
Hey Sam. the theory on starvation mode I always find an interesting one. IMHO people who yo yo diet, and go into starvation mode, inevitably end up plateauing, and after days or weeks of not being able to lose, give up. A plateau on Cohens usually lasts for a week maximum, and with no changes needed to the diet or exercise, lo and behold the weight loss continues. I have heard of many medical doctors who approve cohens program. If it was too low in calories, that wouldn't happen, ever.

The alternatives are weight watchers, which I'd lose about 5kgs on, get sick and give up, because it would take close to 10 weeks for me to lose that 5kg. I don't even care to think how long it would take me to lose my weight on WW, or any other way for that matter. Yes, we all want to lose weight, and we want to feel healthy with it. I haven't heard of too many people dropping dead because of the Cohens diet lol. Sometimes, when our heads aren't in the right space, it can be easy to believe any thing negative we hear, and take it on board as a good reason not to do it. If I find myself thinking that way, I look at the underlying reason, "would I want to do it, if there was no reason to doubt it?"
You know, if you start Sunday, by the following week, you'll have lost a few kgs. I'll be regularly checking on your progress, and if you ever need to PM me. Just make up your mind that there is only one decision to make and after that, there's no going back. No going back off cohens until you have done refeed. No going back to the weight you were. No going back to the guilt, remorse, regret, and hating on yourself. Give it as much commitment as it needs, because up with getting married, choosing a religion, deciding where your children are going to be educated, etc, this is one of those important decisions that deserves your 100% commitment.
I'll be away for the weekend, but I'll check in Sunday night. x
 
Hi L-Jay and diary.

Thanks for your support once again L-Jay. I suppose I got badly side tracked by another forum I'm a member on and the person who runs that is anti Cohen's (which Cate can attest too) and I became the same way as well...until I realised I was not losing with their way of eating and it didn't matter what I did nothing worked...so it would be one step forward two steps back. The other thing I noticed and other members too is that the majority of us were stalling and we were doing all things we were told to do add this food..up the exercise....all sorts of things with no joy to be shown on those scales. Anyway I'm going to step away from there and spend a bit more time in here while I'm following Cohen's.
I don't need the derailment and I can't discuss this diet over there because I'll cope a scolding which I've seen happen to many who introduce something new into the fold.

My short term goal is to make it to refeed.
My long term goal is to maintain it post refeed and to learn to balance this way of eating with the rest of my life.

Now the first time I did the program it took me 4 months to lose and reach my GW.
I lost 16kg the first time and I was one of the slower losers, which means my metabolism is running a little bit slow but still I lost which is more then I can say for any other diet I tried.
I lost 6.4 kilos in the first month.
Lost 4.25K the 2nd month
2.2k the 3rd month
Started refeed and lost a further 3kilos on that which brought me to my GW of 63kilos. My Cohen's GW was between 62 - 65kg.

okay so those were the figures for then...
And I am realistic enough to know that it may not be like this for me now taking into account the number of diets I have done since and of course my age. But as long as I lose without too much incident then I know I am on the right path to a healthier and happier me:).

I will reset my ticker on Sunday.

Sam:)
 
Hi Sam. I have been in a bit of a funny mood the last couple of days & have not felt like posting. I have just been chilling out doing some gardening etc. I'm glad that you have decided to go back on Cohen's. I know how hard it is to re-commit to it but we both know that it works. When you know something works for you & you remember how good you felt doing it then I think it's best to avoid those who will bag it out. There will always be knockers. Sam, I think you & I are similar in the way that we soak up all the advice we are given like a sponge. It's time we both started trusting our own judgement. Cohen's works for me & it worked for you Sam. Welcome back to the forum & to Cohens Sam xo Cate
 
Thanks for that Cate.......it's been a long road back....3 years!!!!!!...but I suppose it needed to happen otherwise I wouldn't learn these important lessons in life. And also I needed to find out the hard way that there are now quick fix solutions....anyway:)..

I remember when I put on 2 kg not long after finishing refeed and brushing it aside adn then it became 4,6 and 8 and by then I had lost the plot completely and started looking and buying new diet plans to relose all over again.....when all along all I had to do was go back on Cohens.

You'll be seeing alot more of me now Cate...and thanks for your encouragement.
Also I hope you start feeling a bit better, we all have days like that, for me it's been a week but that is caused by my own stupid fault for putting the weight back on.

Take care all - Sam:)
 
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