2 down - 50 odd to go! I know it's probably not the best way to look at it and in reality, even once I have reached goal and done my maintenance program this will be a way of living for me! No regular take aways, no daily soft drink, lollies, chocolate, chips etc... These foods will indeed be VERY limited and will be a true and proper treat! And even when I do have something (that is if I still like them which I don't think I will) it will only be a minimal amount that I eat.
Just did some baking for Rachel and Stephan's lunch boxes during the week. Was supposed to be biscuits and cupcakes (Rachel's choice of course) however only had enough butter to do one or the other so biscuits it was. Very tempting to lick the beaters and spatula but I resisted and feel so proud of myself in doing so!
I know I mentioned treats in Friday's post, one thing I forgot to mention was if I was to have a "treat" and whether it be a glass of wine, some chippies, some chocolate or whatever - it would basically mean an extra week on the program for me! So yes, one wee slip up could see my goal pushed out another week! And is that worth it? No it's not!
Bit slack in the water department today - decided to take Rachel to Mass this morning and that just totally threw me in my timing of drinking my water. So will need to work around that one for Sunday mornings for when I take her.
Will be back tomorrow with an update on week 2 results - measurements and photos tonight - scales in the morning :)
Sunday, February 17, 2013
Friday, February 15, 2013
Friday...
Still plodding on slowly..... struggling at times as I adjust to everything and keep thinking of the year ahead but I know I can do this as I am determined to reach my goal! But every now and then, I am having cravings for some of my "old" favourite foods but just tell myself that eating those foods is how I got big in the 1st place!
I haven't deviated/cheated at all and don't plan to but boy oh boy it is hard at times! And unlike other weight loss programs - I don't have access to unlimited fruit and vegetables! I am only allowed certain amounts of them and only allowed to eat at certain times - certain time frames between meals and snacks and not being allowed to eat a certain period of time before going to bed. So I do need to be rather organised at all times as I am not a late night person so need to make sure I am eating my dinner no later than about 7.30pm.
My boss at work today bought a bag of jet planes (yum yum), and called out to me that there were some on his desk if I wanted one. I replied "no thank you V, I am not allowed them". His response to that - "Surely won't one won't hurt you as a treat"! He can't get his head around the strictness of it all (and I guess there are a few others in the same boat). Yes, I could have had just one - but would I have been able to stop at one.... and why undo all the good work off the last 12 days? It has now been 12 days since I had sugar, bread, diary products etc.... The more I think about it - this is very similar to the Paleo lifestyle that Lynda (and her family) now live. Only of course, they don't have the strictness of times and the restriction of the amount allowed. So am really wanting to be able to continue this lifestyle once I have reached goal and done the refeed program.
Oh, I messaged a few of my friends on Facebook last night - friends that are similar height to me (short) and who I thought weighed roughly what my goal is (70kgs). All bar one came back to me with either their weight or weight range - gives me a good idea of sizes. One of them is 1" taller than me (same age) and weighs 69 kilos so am going to print a photo of her to give me a visual idea of me being at goal.
The weight has been coming off a lot slower this week - slower than I was expecting. I spoke to my niece yesterday and I have promised her that I would stay off the scales until Monday! And she told me all about the water retention etc.... When she was doing the program she would have 2 fantastic weeks of weight loss and then 2 slow weeks and the pattern just repeated itself over while she was doing it.
Not a lot on this weekend which is good - nice to have a quiet one occasionally. Though knowing us, we will end up doing a few bits and pieces.
I haven't deviated/cheated at all and don't plan to but boy oh boy it is hard at times! And unlike other weight loss programs - I don't have access to unlimited fruit and vegetables! I am only allowed certain amounts of them and only allowed to eat at certain times - certain time frames between meals and snacks and not being allowed to eat a certain period of time before going to bed. So I do need to be rather organised at all times as I am not a late night person so need to make sure I am eating my dinner no later than about 7.30pm.
My boss at work today bought a bag of jet planes (yum yum), and called out to me that there were some on his desk if I wanted one. I replied "no thank you V, I am not allowed them". His response to that - "Surely won't one won't hurt you as a treat"! He can't get his head around the strictness of it all (and I guess there are a few others in the same boat). Yes, I could have had just one - but would I have been able to stop at one.... and why undo all the good work off the last 12 days? It has now been 12 days since I had sugar, bread, diary products etc.... The more I think about it - this is very similar to the Paleo lifestyle that Lynda (and her family) now live. Only of course, they don't have the strictness of times and the restriction of the amount allowed. So am really wanting to be able to continue this lifestyle once I have reached goal and done the refeed program.
Oh, I messaged a few of my friends on Facebook last night - friends that are similar height to me (short) and who I thought weighed roughly what my goal is (70kgs). All bar one came back to me with either their weight or weight range - gives me a good idea of sizes. One of them is 1" taller than me (same age) and weighs 69 kilos so am going to print a photo of her to give me a visual idea of me being at goal.
The weight has been coming off a lot slower this week - slower than I was expecting. I spoke to my niece yesterday and I have promised her that I would stay off the scales until Monday! And she told me all about the water retention etc.... When she was doing the program she would have 2 fantastic weeks of weight loss and then 2 slow weeks and the pattern just repeated itself over while she was doing it.
Not a lot on this weekend which is good - nice to have a quiet one occasionally. Though knowing us, we will end up doing a few bits and pieces.
Wednesday, February 13, 2013
Plodding along...
3 days done and dusted for week 2 and still going well.
Ended up having a big discussion about the program at work with my team who were rather interested in it all.... It started when G asked me if I had deviated from the program at all since starting and wouldn't believe me when I said no! Then before I knew it, S & M were chatting away with us too. Felt really good chatting about it all and answering their questions about it. The boss just sat there listening with the odd smile :)
There have been times when I have thought "Oh just one won't hurt" but it will! Basically, any deviation from the program can add up to an extra week on the program... and I don't want that! I want to get to goal quickly :)
I have been doing the daily weighing.... and the last 2 days I have been getting despondent with the scales as things have slowed down. I emailed my niece today and asked her about things and her reply was it was all about the water retention and how everyone is different. When she was doing it - she would have two great losses, then 2 very minimal weeks, and so and so on...
Am also hanging out for the moment when someone who knows nothing about what I am doing comments on my loss.... but been told that could take about 4 weeks so time will tell. Also, am really hoping that this healthy eating will improve my sleep! Sleeping like shit at the moment and have been since about early Dec. All to do with the mugginess I think, but I tend to wake up and have what I call a "mini panic attack" with lots of shallow breathing.... so often it takes me a good couple of hours before I fall back asleep.
Ended up having a big discussion about the program at work with my team who were rather interested in it all.... It started when G asked me if I had deviated from the program at all since starting and wouldn't believe me when I said no! Then before I knew it, S & M were chatting away with us too. Felt really good chatting about it all and answering their questions about it. The boss just sat there listening with the odd smile :)
There have been times when I have thought "Oh just one won't hurt" but it will! Basically, any deviation from the program can add up to an extra week on the program... and I don't want that! I want to get to goal quickly :)
I have been doing the daily weighing.... and the last 2 days I have been getting despondent with the scales as things have slowed down. I emailed my niece today and asked her about things and her reply was it was all about the water retention and how everyone is different. When she was doing it - she would have two great losses, then 2 very minimal weeks, and so and so on...
Am also hanging out for the moment when someone who knows nothing about what I am doing comments on my loss.... but been told that could take about 4 weeks so time will tell. Also, am really hoping that this healthy eating will improve my sleep! Sleeping like shit at the moment and have been since about early Dec. All to do with the mugginess I think, but I tend to wake up and have what I call a "mini panic attack" with lots of shallow breathing.... so often it takes me a good couple of hours before I fall back asleep.
Monday, February 11, 2013
Week 1 completed!!!
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!
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!
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!!!!
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