3 months later....

and I am still here.... and I am still following the Cohen's Lifestyle program.... and am feeling rough about not updating for sometime especially given that Lynda has just done an update on me on her blog and a few bloggers have commented how they were readers of my blog and that I hadn't updated for sometime!  Oooops!  Sorry people!  I guess I have lost the love of blogging and now update Facebook (private page) instead.

So for those that haven't read Lynda's update or read my Facebook page - yesterday I reached a very high milestone in my journey - it was day 205 of my journey and I reached a total loss of 50.1 kilos!!!  I have my good days and tough/rough days but hey I am doing it and I WILL reach my goal!!  The latest I can reach goal is 4th Feb but am really hoping that I will do it before then!  It would be nice to be there by Christmas time but that could be pushing it a bit to much... otherwise I will be happy to be there by my birthday (mid Jan).

Here are some latest photos to show off:

Will hopefully do more regular updates from now on - even if it is only monthly :)

Sorry

Shit, hadn't realised it had been so long since I last posted on here... wasn't until I got a friend on FB from someone who is a blog reader and wanted to know how I was doing and wanted to follow my personal FB page which of course I update regularly :)

So where am I now - well I am still definitely on the program 100%!  My loss this morning was 2 kilos which brings my total loss for 13 weeks to 27.8 kilos.  Oh I did my measurements last night - total centimetres lost = 56.5cm!  Pretty pleased with that!!!

Here is a graph that my friend Lynda created for me showing my losses:

And here is another picture that Lynda did up for me over the weekend, showing my weight loss in blocks of butter:

Both of these going by my former weigh in which was last Monday when I had lost 25.8 kilos.

I am hoping to get to the 30 kilo mark next week - would mean a loss of 2.2 kilos but in reality it will probably take me 2 weeks but only time will tell.  And of course I am now only 10.3 kilos away from being in the double digits club!!  I can still recall how good that felt last time I got there (approx Sept 2005) so I can't wait to feel that good again!!!

Right, I will try to update each week - though sometimes I just do forget and other times I just don't have the energy.....

*edited* I just reread one of the messages from my last update - and wwangel asked me what a typical days menu looked like for me. I will share that but not the quantities as that is part of the copyright as such and what works for me may actually harm others if they were to copy it.

Breakfast
1 egg omlete with mushroom, tomato and grated corgette

Lunch
Salad (lettuce, cucumber and tomato) with some protein - beef, chicken or fish.

Dinner
Panfried fish with steamed veggies (usually cabbage and cauliflower)
OR
Steak and veggies
OR
Pan seared prawns with salad

Snacks
Salada crackers
2 pieces of fruit.

NB Can incorporate the fruit into the meals - ie mango salad.  There are other proteins that I can eat like turkey, venison and ostrich.  Just waiting for Stephan to get a deer so I can some have fresh venison.  There are limited fruit and veggies that I am allowed - both in weight and what I am allowed to eat.

Hope this answers your question wwangel - please feel free to email me if you want to know more.

SECOND UPDATE
Just realised I hadn't shared my 20 kilo loss photos on here - so here they are:

Facebook...

Hi ya
Just a quick question to those that read my blog - I have two friend requests waiting (for the last wee while) on FB from people who I have no friends in common with so am wondering if they may be from people who read here and want to be my friend on FB - perhaps to follow my page there?

So if you're either Nicole or Cecily, please send me a message on FB identifying yourselves and I can then accept your friend requests.

Thanks :)

Week 8

Well, I definitely had a shock this morning when I jumped on the scales - week 8's loss = 2.9 kilos!!! This brings my total loss on the program to 19.4 kilos (in just 8 weeks)!!  Or as Lynda converted for me - that is 43 pounds of butter!!!

Tried on a pair of jeans this morning that used to fit comfortably - here is a photo of what they look like now.... 

And here is a photo of Miss Rachel (now 6) for those that haven't seen her for awhile.  This was taken last night after a day of Easter Eggs (for her) and she was finishing the day with a Ice Cream Pink Panther drink that I made her (which she said was to sweet for her).

I have survived the Easter break well - Stephan got 1 egg (from me) and then Rachel had her collection from the Easter Bunny, us and one of her Nana's.  Though on saying that, chocolate has never been a weak point for me (unless it is combined with mint/peppermint) - but Hot Cross Buns - a totally different story altogether!!!  I just drawl at the thought of them and survived Stephan eating 1/2 dozen of them but then 4 of them were eater while I was out of the house.  But the 2 he did have while I was home was murder for me!  But I did not deviate at all!!

Week 7....

Yeap, we are up to week 7 already on the Cohen's program. 

Am pleased to report in with a better loss this week of 1.8 kilos which brings my total loss up to 16.5 kilos!   I also did my measurements and since starting the program on 4th Feb, I have lost a total of 39.5cms around various parts of my body.

Next lot of photos will be shared when I reach the 20 kilo mark which will hopefully be in the next 2/3 weeks.

I do wish I could get my blog back to be being the chatty blog that I had years ago... but I just struggle to do an update these days.  Time to change my back ground too I think.....

Sorry....

Just reaslised I hadn't updated last week at all - sorry about that.

Last week's loss was 1.9 kilos which I was very happy with and that took my total loss to 14.4 kilos.

I then got AF/TOM and a head cold at the same time - my coach warned me that I could have a very small loss this week due to my body fighting the bugs & germs.... well she was right - today's weigh in was only 300 grams!  I had been telling myself that by small - she meant oh about a kilo or so... so I was so excited to be reaching the 15 kilo mark!  But that wasn't to be - total loss now after 6 weeks = 14.7 kilos!

I was initally upset (as per my Facebook posts); however I have now accepted it and this week will be a new week!  I am so glad I took more photos last night, as I can now really see the difference that 6 weeks has made!!!  I will next share photos on here when I reach the 20 kilo mark so hopefully that won't be to far away.

I am getting more and more people commenting and I do learn how to accept compliments as I never know what to say really - ok I know I say "thank you" but sometimes that doesn't seem enough.

Right better get back to work - will try to update more frequently this week.

Week 4's result

Ooooops so sorry that it's been a whole week since I last updated.... have meant to do a couple of updates during the week but never quite made it obviously.

Today's weigh in totally blew me away with a fabulous loss of 2.7 kilos which brings my total loss down to 12.5 kilos!  I am extremely happy with that and am looking forward to the 2nd month on the program.  I have not deviated off the program at all so have worked bloody hard to get this loss!!

Believe me I have had some challenges and there have been a couple of days where Rachel has driven me to drink - well water it is for me!  But fark I came bloody close to alcohol on those days!

Oh here are my 4 week photos.  The one on the left is my beginning photo, the right hand one is 4 weeks later.

Sorry for the brief posts, having trouble blogging these days so keep it simple and straight to the point  :)  Hopefully I can get back to blogging like the old days where I used to be very chatty!