What a buzzy little Cohens forum at the moment (it's great). Yes the Fab at 40 Goal....well last night I started jotting down my menu plan and foods I would we requiring when I go shopping today. I am thinking positive and really want to succeed.
Tomorrow is "D" day for me and I want to make sure i have everything prepared so that I do not get caught out and stray.
Sal please do drop in and keep me honest....I really do need the support with this one. I hope you are doing well.....I will go check yours and everyone else's diary's in a minute.
Tomorrow I when I get up I will weigh and record this in my hard copy diary and then post it on here. My weigh in will be every Saturday. So here begins my anti-social life for a short time anyway. I am not too worried I enjoy my own company and with the kids at School I can actually incorporate some light exercise. My plan this year is to walk the kids to and from School......this is something I couldn't do last year due to prep starting later and finishing earlier. (It's along story). Anyway my YS really needs the exercise he is a bit of a couch potatoe where's my OS is bouncing off the walls and can't sit still. So new years resolution is to keep moving.
Well tonight I have to remember to go to bed early.....and sleep. I did last night but I couldn't switch off???????? the other thing is I coudn't stop running to the toilet...and then hubby was up working on the computer checking the stock market and so on...so I don't know what time he eventually got to bed. He will be looking forward to the weekend (the long weekend).
Well I will go check how everyone else is doing, and I will report back here tonight. Today I will be having my last supper....so besides planning for tomorrow I am also planning my meals for today......should I be naughty and tell you??????
I definitely will be having butter chicken tonight we have a great Indian takeaway locally and the boys love the butter chicken as well....so that is my last supper till after April. Oh!!!!!my....."YES I CAN DO THIS" (MUST KEEP CHANTING THIS). Inspite of the kids running around stirring each other up and me having to yell and settle things down....what was that chant again????....just kidding.
Here i am checking in again.....I will be doing more of this to take my mind off the food and get me through those de-tox days. Well today I felt like S.....t and I am not a swearer. I am in a real slump......woke feeling tired and yuk and I still feel this way.
To top it all off the boys were real little devils at the shops and I had to pull them over every so often and have words with them (threatening words).......parenting is such a repetitive job. They know to behave so why don't they?
So anyway I didn't get all my foods but I will do that tomorrow morning when hubby is home. I have the foods to get me started for day one though.
When we got home we had lunch and i had a nanna's nap....the boys had to have time out and their fun games were taken away today......only TV was permitted and that was mostly for my sanity.
So I may check back here later I think. I will lie down for a bit feeling a bit woozy actually.
Hi FAF(Fab at 40) Sam, Parenting, I think is the hardest job in the world. Grandparenting on the other hand is wonderful. The kids really take notice of what you say-it's amazing. I wish parenting had been so much fun! You fall in love with the Gk's. Well I have.
Hope the detox is not too deadly, xo Cate.
I just thought I would enter my last post before starting my weight loss regime again.
Well I had my butter chicken but I didn't enjoy it as much as I usually do. Maybe my mind and body are slowly clicking in now.
I am sitting here having my last cup of milky tea and a few bits of choccie. Roll on Saturday. Cate The kids were extremely naughty today....I think they are sick of the sight of each other. They were at each other most of the day and I don't know how many times they got sent to their rooms. I ended the evening by reading books to them seperately in their rooms.......they both fell asleep fairly soon after....so it's a combination of boredom,tiredness and the anticipation of going back to School. We were checking out the School classes for this year....so this probably unsettled them a little as well. Going into new rooms with new student and a new teacher must be daunting. I must be that old now that I can't remember!!!!!
Mind you we moved frequently whilst growing up....so we went to lots of different Schools...but the biggest impact on my life and Schooling was when my parents decided to move when I was about to start senior (11 & 12). This really effected me....I never understood why they did this and still don't......anyway can't dwell on the past.
Catch you all here tomorrow. Goodnight all. Skinny dreams to all.
Good luck with your first day tomorrow! Can think that the idea of school must be stressful for the kiddies. My parents had an urge to move every 2 years. And not just homes, cities, provinces etc. I don't know why but moving in your senior years are the worst. My parents also decided to move again in my 11th grade and I hated my new school. But anyway.. good luck for tomorrow and enjoy!
Can you believe I lost the first copy of this so here I am starting over not only with the diet but with this post.
Well this will have to be the condensed version now.....but basically I have started my day off successfully.
I woke visited the loo...and weighed. Well here it is people drum roll I am 74kg
Now for those who know my story I joined Cohens at 79kgwhy do we sabotage our own success.....I lost 15kg to reach 63kg and now I have 11 of those kilos to lose again. In my last post I went on about the why's and how's of it all....but today I have moved on and I DEFINITELY want to reach my 63kg goal and be that fab at 40 person. Well that is it in a nutshell. I will come back later...I am too tired to go on any more.
As promised I am here to check up on you... Well done for making the leap and starting today. You are well on your way to fab at 40
I am on day 2 and feeling it alot more today, woke with a headache this morning. Look forward to this good feeling everyone keeps talking about that you get after about 4 days.
Anyway just here to wish you luck, but you won't need it, you have already taken the first and most important step in following through and starting, now let just get through the next few days of detoxing together and we will both be feeling great
Today I am actually in bed and on plan still. I am not feeling well today.....remember I said I was abit off colour yesterday? well today I am in bed with a wopping headache (and this isn't due to the detoxing yet either) and an upset tummy.
Hubby has taken the kids out so at least I can get some piece and quiet.
I hope all of you are doing well.....reading everyone's diarys really helps me keep it together. When I did Cohens the first time I was addicted to this forum it was my salvation and still is.
Sorry to hear that you aren't feeling well Stay in bed, read a good book or watch a nice movie. Make a nice cup of tea. Just think, in a few months you'll be back to your goal and you'll be motivating me to stay strong. Good luck for today and I'm thinking of you also not feeling too well. That's the most amazing thing about this forum for me... it just shows that I'm really not alone in this. I'm rooting for ya
Yeh!!!!! I got through the day. It was a bit of a struggle today seeing i wasn't feeling well....but I managed a rest while hubby and the boys were out.
So I will go have a shower and head to my bed and read my book.
I forgot to mention I made chicken with veg and the boys loved it especially my ys...they had theirs with a bit of rice. Mine was without.
Day 2 and so far so good lots of water and green tea. I feel a bit better today I had to take a muscle relaxiant last night I think the added weight has aggravated an existing kneck and back injury giving me the headaches.....another reason to keep the weight off.
Spending the day covering and labelling the kids School things....I cannot believe the amount of stuff they need....I was also annoyed to see that some books had been used once or twice only from last year and the rest were blank and also i am annoyed at myself that i didn't check the kids things before ordering we have doubled up on things.
Anyway I have decided to recycle and put the new items away and use them hopefully next year or when they run out.
Okay moving on to my weight issue I have decided to give myself mini goals...I think I mentioned this before.
I will make my first goal to reach 70kg - that will be a loss of 4kg.
I haven't sorted out my next goal ?????- I will wait till I acheive this first.
Hi Sam, Sorry you have been unwell & I hope you're feeling a lot better. Good for you getting on those scales & re-committing. Life will be much easier when the kids are settled into school. They are much more resilient & adaptable than us. I don't envy you all the covering, labelling etc. I used to hate that! Hugs form me, Cate.
Hi all and hi Cate...I hope you are feeling better with your legs as well.
Yes today was very busy with the books and all and then I ironed on their names onto their uniforms. I have had to swap their shorts around because my ys can't fit into size 6 anymore so I have given them to os and passed on some of his size 8's to ys. Not as consfusing as it sounds. So all the ironing is completed and the books...my last task is to fold and put away all the clothes.
So i had a very productive day which leaves tomorrow free to just spend time with the boys. Since they went out with their dad yesterday they have been so good.....I asked hubby if he spoke to them he said he didn't.....we all just needed time away from each other he felt. I suppose seeing me in bed not well might have something do with it as well.
So day 2 went well - though I did get hungry at one stage but I just upped the water and also had some sugar free lemonade and sparkling water. I have a thumping headache this afternoon but i don't know if that is through the detoxing or my sore back and kneck. Looking forward to an early night....I would have like to watch a movie but I get so tired.
I hope everyone is well and enjoying their Australia day weekend.
Good to see you back and thanks for support. Well day 3 is here already.....I can't believe how quick it has gone. Last night I went to bed with a terrible headache and woke with an even worse one......I have been running to the toliet more often (as you do) when on plan especially during the night. I feel a bit better today though, I think I am coming through the detoxification stage. I hope that is all it is.
Well done on restarting!! I totally got your sense of despair that you were nearly back to where you were when you first started…. But you weren’t there totally!
You now have the benefits of all your previous knowledge and experience behind you. You TOTALLY know what to expect now! You have a real understanding of the program and how your body responds …. as well as This time you are actually keeping your own diary through out the whole process… Perhaps this will actually help as you will be documenting far more closely the ups and downs of your thinking and emotions which you will be able to reflect upon as you travel?
Anyway… I do hope that you will be feeling better soon!
Feeling much better thanks.....I think the headache and me being unwell on Saturday was just me detoxing. I must have had such a build up in my system from all the bad foods I was ingesting. My headache is gone...it reached its peak last night....horrible feeling. I don't remember getting it as bad first time.
Well day 3 is over and no deviations were made so far so good.
I don't know were the day went in the end....the kids played well and I took my ys to swimming lessons and then it was baths and dinner and bed time.....my os objected to this...but he eventually settled and is asleep now, he needs his music on at night to settle him,he has a racing mind and becomes anxious at times - my other one is out like a light....nothing appears to worry him.
I must admit I am abit anxious as well about School returning tomorrow.....I know I have been saying I can't wait to see the back of them but in reality you are always worried about how their first day will go and so forth....my ys starts grade 1 so this will all be new for him and I am praying that my os has a much happier year and comes out of his shell and makes some good friends......this is all you really wish for as a parent for them be safe and happy.
Thanks Kanndew I really appreciate you taking the time to drop in here......yes I am so much more knowledgable (sorry about spelling) and I wished i had opened diary the first time, but I have done it now so better late then never. I hope are keeping well.
Better go spend time with hubby before I go to bed.
I'm really glad to hear that the headache is gone. There's nothing so bad as to have to watch what you eat when you have a headache. Good luck tomorrow with the little one's first day at school! Its always a big occassion. Congrats on making it on day 3, before you know it it will be middle of the year and you'll look back and think 'wow how quickly its gone past'. Enjoy your holiday today and good luck for tomorrow, after tomorrow its sorta smooth sailin
Well have just returned from dropping the kids off. We started our walking program today and would you believe it rained.....it was drizzly rain though and very humid.
It was nice to see them settle in so quickly.....my oldest is in a combined 4/5 class.
And my ys is in a straight grade 1, he was so happy see a few of his friends from last year. I must say the school were very orgainsed they had teachers directing parents where to go.....so it wasn't a drama at all.
Here comes the big rain now!!!!!!!. Hope it settles before pick up time. Parking at School is too congested also the reason for the walk.
So day 4 people i am off to the shops shortly to stock up.......it is going to be so relaxing without the kids. I will have to buy them a treat though for their first day back.
I plan to watch a movie on foxtel and have a day to myself......hubby says I should do more of this but us mums we get guilty treating ourselves.....don't we?
why do we sabotage our own success.....I lost 15kg to reach 63kg and now I have 11 of those kilos to lose again. In my last post I went on about the why's and how's of it all....but today I have moved on and I DEFINITELY want to reach my 63kg goal and be that fab at 40 person.
