Well for those of you who I don't have on Facebook - my first week's result on the Cohen's program is............................ 5.9 kilos lost!!!! I am pretty happy with that to say the least!! Also lost 17cm around various parts of my body though as Stephan is doing the measuring I wouldn't say that they are that accurate as it is hard to get the same place each time but hey it gives me a rough idea anyway!
I had a great chat with my niece/consultant this afternoon (our weekly catch up) and she is really proud of me and my efforts this week especially given that fact that my period had arrived on Friday (and it's pretty bad - sorry if TMI).
Am loving trying the new recipes in the Cohen's recipe book! Some real yummy food in there! Tonight I had "crumbed " fish (crumbed with crushed salada biscuit - my bread allowance) and Zuchini "chips" - very delicious so will be having that again! What I love about this book is that anyone can use at all and just use their own portion sizes of the meat and vegetables!
A lady at work says her daughter did Sure Slim (very similar to Cohen's) some time ago and has kept the weight off (through 2 pregnancies as well) but has always said that those 6 months that she had to do it were the hardest 6mths of her life but so doesn't regret it one wee bit! So am sure that will be in a year or so!
Monday, February 11, 2013
Sunday, February 10, 2013
5 & 6 done and dusted
Yeap boring titles I know but am sure that they will change as the year goes on....
Right days 5 & 6 - all went ok especially given that I have got my period (sorry if to much info)! Have recently come off the pill (and no it is NOT so I can get pregnant but for other reasons) and boy I haven't had a period like this for a long time! Friday I was hanging out for chocolate or anything sweet but I worked my way through it and was very proud of myself!!!
Saturday, had to face my first social outing as we had a family BBQ lunch in Masterton as my niece Alex was out from the UK. I survived and did really well but boy oh boy sitting at the table with my wee salad and piece of steak (which I had taken with me but got it cooked on the BBQ) was real hard when there so many yummy foods on the table (sausages, chicken kebabs, scrumptious looking salads and fresh bread rolls) so after I had eaten mine, I excused myself and went & sat inside while the others finished their meals as I was getting tempted.... I know the others wouldn't have let me have anything but it was having them all sitting there in front of me and the smell etc! I did treat myself to a diet coke to take over there but only had about a third of the bottle!
Will be doing measurements/photos tonight and then weighing in tomorrow! Am pretty happy with the scales so far! Officially they only like you to weigh in once a month, however they do realise that a lot of people that do the program are "serial dieters" so accept that some people do weigh daily/weekly. I am still checking in daily but hoping to wean myself off that to weekly slowly. I know I could put the scales away but no, I just need to trust myself!
Right off to work - bugger but that is life!
Right days 5 & 6 - all went ok especially given that I have got my period (sorry if to much info)! Have recently come off the pill (and no it is NOT so I can get pregnant but for other reasons) and boy I haven't had a period like this for a long time! Friday I was hanging out for chocolate or anything sweet but I worked my way through it and was very proud of myself!!!
Saturday, had to face my first social outing as we had a family BBQ lunch in Masterton as my niece Alex was out from the UK. I survived and did really well but boy oh boy sitting at the table with my wee salad and piece of steak (which I had taken with me but got it cooked on the BBQ) was real hard when there so many yummy foods on the table (sausages, chicken kebabs, scrumptious looking salads and fresh bread rolls) so after I had eaten mine, I excused myself and went & sat inside while the others finished their meals as I was getting tempted.... I know the others wouldn't have let me have anything but it was having them all sitting there in front of me and the smell etc! I did treat myself to a diet coke to take over there but only had about a third of the bottle!
Will be doing measurements/photos tonight and then weighing in tomorrow! Am pretty happy with the scales so far! Officially they only like you to weigh in once a month, however they do realise that a lot of people that do the program are "serial dieters" so accept that some people do weigh daily/weekly. I am still checking in daily but hoping to wean myself off that to weekly slowly. I know I could put the scales away but no, I just need to trust myself!
Right off to work - bugger but that is life!
Thursday, February 7, 2013
Days 3 & 4 done and dusted...
Ooooops realised during the night that I had forgotten to update last night - did contemplate getting up to do an update but decided not to :)
How did yesterday and today go?? Really well thanks!! Am really getting in to the hang of things now, probably need to be a bit more adventurous at times but baby steps for me...
Garlic has now become one of my favourite condiment/herbs and using it in both lunch and dinner each day :) Oh well apart from the days I have tuna that is... Am starting to experiment with other herbs as well which so far has gone well.
Work was totally shit today, and will be tomorrow too! I worked late tonight, so it was a tough job calculating meal/snack times as with Cohen's you need to have set times between meals (protein) and then again between snacks.... Then I had to drop off eggs to my sister in law - got home to find Rachel still awake (and very over tired), and all I wanted to do is cook my dinner because not only was I hungry, I didn't want to stay up to late (not supposed to eat for 2/2.5hrs prior to going to bed) either. And I also had to cook the beef for my salad tomorrow so it was all go. Then trying to get Stephan to get the washing in (which he did but didn't fold it as he took it off the line as I do, so there is another job that needs doing at some stage) and for him to make Rachel's lunch! I am going to have to be a lot more organised when working late which will be a few times this month - perhaps try to get a few of the dinners in the freezer so I can have them at work (or as soon as I walk in the door) without the stress! In the past, I often decided that I would work late at the last minute but there will be no doing that for me this year!
I have my first real social challenge on Saturday when we head to Masterton for a family BBQ as my niece from the UK is out in NZ on holiday and is only in Wgtn for about 5 days so we are all catching up with her then. I have told my sister that I will bring along my bits and pieces with me which I think she finds strange given that we are having a BBQ with salad but as everything needs to be weighed down to the last gram; I would rather play it safe :) My consultant has also given me a wee dessert recipe I can have using my fruit/crispbread allowance so am keen to try that and to take it to Masterton with me as my treat. I have also taken a liking to Soda Water so am having a small glass of that each dinner time so will take a small bottle of that with me over the hill on Saturday :)
Oh I asked my niece (my consultant) are the Nurofen VS Ibprofen situation - the reason that the Cohen's Lifestyle doesn't really allow Nurofen is the fact that Nurofen is almost always sugar coated where as Ibprofen is just a plain tablet....
How did yesterday and today go?? Really well thanks!! Am really getting in to the hang of things now, probably need to be a bit more adventurous at times but baby steps for me...
Garlic has now become one of my favourite condiment/herbs and using it in both lunch and dinner each day :) Oh well apart from the days I have tuna that is... Am starting to experiment with other herbs as well which so far has gone well.
Work was totally shit today, and will be tomorrow too! I worked late tonight, so it was a tough job calculating meal/snack times as with Cohen's you need to have set times between meals (protein) and then again between snacks.... Then I had to drop off eggs to my sister in law - got home to find Rachel still awake (and very over tired), and all I wanted to do is cook my dinner because not only was I hungry, I didn't want to stay up to late (not supposed to eat for 2/2.5hrs prior to going to bed) either. And I also had to cook the beef for my salad tomorrow so it was all go. Then trying to get Stephan to get the washing in (which he did but didn't fold it as he took it off the line as I do, so there is another job that needs doing at some stage) and for him to make Rachel's lunch! I am going to have to be a lot more organised when working late which will be a few times this month - perhaps try to get a few of the dinners in the freezer so I can have them at work (or as soon as I walk in the door) without the stress! In the past, I often decided that I would work late at the last minute but there will be no doing that for me this year!
I have my first real social challenge on Saturday when we head to Masterton for a family BBQ as my niece from the UK is out in NZ on holiday and is only in Wgtn for about 5 days so we are all catching up with her then. I have told my sister that I will bring along my bits and pieces with me which I think she finds strange given that we are having a BBQ with salad but as everything needs to be weighed down to the last gram; I would rather play it safe :) My consultant has also given me a wee dessert recipe I can have using my fruit/crispbread allowance so am keen to try that and to take it to Masterton with me as my treat. I have also taken a liking to Soda Water so am having a small glass of that each dinner time so will take a small bottle of that with me over the hill on Saturday :)
Oh I asked my niece (my consultant) are the Nurofen VS Ibprofen situation - the reason that the Cohen's Lifestyle doesn't really allow Nurofen is the fact that Nurofen is almost always sugar coated where as Ibprofen is just a plain tablet....
Tuesday, February 5, 2013
Day 2 done and dusted....
Have now competed two days and am doing well! Have had a slight
headache but thanks to some reading I did on a new forum I belong to, I
remembered that Nurofen was a no go, so dug out my Ibprofen and after a
couple of doses of that, the headache went.
Feel like I have done well today and am proud of it! There have been a couple of close call's but I have stopped myself and said to myself "that is cheating Karen - that won't get you to 70 kilos"!!!
I couldn't get over how fast everything added up when having my veggies on the scales but slowly adjusting to that.
Feel like I have done well today and am proud of it! There have been a couple of close call's but I have stopped myself and said to myself "that is cheating Karen - that won't get you to 70 kilos"!!!
I couldn't get over how fast everything added up when having my veggies on the scales but slowly adjusting to that.
And OMG to the number of toilet stops I am having to do! It is at least 2 before leaving home in the morning, then about 7 times during the day at work, then I run (well fast walk) in the door after getting off the train and straight to the loo! Then another couple before heading to bed... and last night there were 3 during the night!!
Bit annoyed with Stephan right now - he is sitting beside me (well in the next chair) eating a large bag of chips (something I USED to do regularly) despite me asking him not to given that it is only Day 2 and I am still craving those things! I have tried talking to him but he is still eating them!!! Bloody men!!!!
Monday, February 4, 2013
Day 1 done and dusted...
Well I have competed day 1 without to many hiccups.... only two wee mistakes - I had egg with my beef at lunch time which is mixing two different proteins and that is a no no on the program. Oh well, I now know for future :) The other wee mistake - well not really a mistake as such - was making Rachel's lunch and putting some grapes in her lunch box and 3 found their way in my mouth! Something that I used to do all the time but as grapes are not on my "allowed" fruits list so must make sure I am more of aware of what goes in my mouth!
Lunch was devine (see photo in last nights post) so will definitely be having that again! Just wish I could have had more of it but that's all part of the program - limiting/reducing our food intake! Tomorrows lunch is a beef salad so hopefully that will be just as nice!
Got a slight headache but just taken something for that and will head to bed shortly as am really tired (after a crappy nights sleep last night). Managed to drink 2.4 litres of water at work plus about another 500mls at home so all up I managed 2.5 litres so am pleased with that as they recommend 2-3 litres a day and the more the better as it flushes all the toxins out of the body! I am actually allowed limited diet drinks but trying to avoid them as if I have any of those, I still need to drink the 2-3 litres water as well! They will be my treat drink for any parties etc that we may go to.
Right - bring on day 2!!!
Lunch was devine (see photo in last nights post) so will definitely be having that again! Just wish I could have had more of it but that's all part of the program - limiting/reducing our food intake! Tomorrows lunch is a beef salad so hopefully that will be just as nice!
Got a slight headache but just taken something for that and will head to bed shortly as am really tired (after a crappy nights sleep last night). Managed to drink 2.4 litres of water at work plus about another 500mls at home so all up I managed 2.5 litres so am pleased with that as they recommend 2-3 litres a day and the more the better as it flushes all the toxins out of the body! I am actually allowed limited diet drinks but trying to avoid them as if I have any of those, I still need to drink the 2-3 litres water as well! They will be my treat drink for any parties etc that we may go to.
Right - bring on day 2!!!
Sunday, February 3, 2013
1 more sleep...
Yeap - tomorrow is the day where I start my new program!
I know I said in my last post that I was "preparing" myself this week by increasing water etc but unfortunately that turned to custard and I have in fact ended up just enjoying myself and having a few things that perhaps I shouldn't have. But oh well - never mind :)
Got all my meat, cut up, weighed and in the freezer for the week ahead. Got the fridge fill of vegetables and fruit. Got my multi vitamins and fish oil capsules all ready to go....
Just need to get Stephan to help me with the measurements later on, and then will photos tonight as well... they will all be shared either later tonight or tomorrow.
I am hoping to be blogging every day (or every 2nd day) while on this program so there will be lots of updates for me this year! Will be nice to have all the support here and on the weight loss support FB group that I belong to!
Oh here are the "before" photos - I will put there here for now as I can't work out the photo's tab across the top of this page as yet...
I know I said in my last post that I was "preparing" myself this week by increasing water etc but unfortunately that turned to custard and I have in fact ended up just enjoying myself and having a few things that perhaps I shouldn't have. But oh well - never mind :)
Got all my meat, cut up, weighed and in the freezer for the week ahead. Got the fridge fill of vegetables and fruit. Got my multi vitamins and fish oil capsules all ready to go....
Just need to get Stephan to help me with the measurements later on, and then will photos tonight as well... they will all be shared either later tonight or tomorrow.
I am hoping to be blogging every day (or every 2nd day) while on this program so there will be lots of updates for me this year! Will be nice to have all the support here and on the weight loss support FB group that I belong to!
Oh here are the "before" photos - I will put there here for now as I can't work out the photo's tab across the top of this page as yet...
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| Front view (excuse the water marks - had just finished the dishes) |
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| All my meat, cut, measured and in freezer |
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| My lunch for tomorrow - chicken with a bit of S&P, chilli powder and garlic rubbed in before being tossed in a minimum amount of pure olive oil. |
Tuesday, January 29, 2013
Only 6 more sleeps to go....
Got the program, read it, re read it and re read it yet again (as per their advice)... had my first session (via phone) with my niece/consultant this morning.... and she explained even more things to me so am now ready to go!!!
I was initially shocked at their suggested goal weight (50 -53 kilos) and even my niece was a bit shocked at it.... so she has reviewed it for me and given me a new goal weight of 65-70 kilos which in my eyes is a lot more realistic! Although, I checked that range on the BMI calculator; and it would still be in the overweight range so once I get down to that range, I may reconsider going a bit lower but hey if I can lose half of my weight and get down to 70 kilos I will be bloody happy!!!
So will be starting the program on Monday 4th February. I did contemplate starting it this week but instead I decided to enjoy my quality time with Rachel, and just up my water intake (oooops been a bit slack today though) and try to limit my food intake to get my body to slowly adjust to the big changes that will hit it next week. If I can up my water intake, it will start the detox and start flushing out the toxins from my body.
So am back to work on Monday, and I am not looking forward to it - I really dislike it at the moment and February is going to be a bitch of a month! We will be down one colleague for the whole month and he is the only other decent worker in the team! So it's gonna be very full on and a few late nights! I am over the shit that goes down in the team - my team leader is aware of how I am feeling but doesn't seem to be to concerned about it... even his boss seems to know as well and wants to do a team building session which in the past is when shit hits the fan so should be fun - not!
Will be back before starting the program!
I was initially shocked at their suggested goal weight (50 -53 kilos) and even my niece was a bit shocked at it.... so she has reviewed it for me and given me a new goal weight of 65-70 kilos which in my eyes is a lot more realistic! Although, I checked that range on the BMI calculator; and it would still be in the overweight range so once I get down to that range, I may reconsider going a bit lower but hey if I can lose half of my weight and get down to 70 kilos I will be bloody happy!!!
So will be starting the program on Monday 4th February. I did contemplate starting it this week but instead I decided to enjoy my quality time with Rachel, and just up my water intake (oooops been a bit slack today though) and try to limit my food intake to get my body to slowly adjust to the big changes that will hit it next week. If I can up my water intake, it will start the detox and start flushing out the toxins from my body.
So am back to work on Monday, and I am not looking forward to it - I really dislike it at the moment and February is going to be a bitch of a month! We will be down one colleague for the whole month and he is the only other decent worker in the team! So it's gonna be very full on and a few late nights! I am over the shit that goes down in the team - my team leader is aware of how I am feeling but doesn't seem to be to concerned about it... even his boss seems to know as well and wants to do a team building session which in the past is when shit hits the fan so should be fun - not!
Will be back before starting the program!
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