Snugglebear's Refeed Diary

[Snugglebear]

Greetings all

What a hoot?? 2 people here before I even get here. Thanks Asy!!!!

Day1 Refeed
Start weight 64.6kg

Ok, today just added extra old protein, extra old veges and................a new good fruit. Yes, I went the usual.....pineapple. It was one of the new hybrid ones, sweet but left a strange tingling fuzzy in my mouth. A very nice change to my afternoon tea routine. I just added the extra stuff (except the pineapple) to my dinner. Simple and easy, Day 1 - done.

Day 2 Refeed

Down 200grms - 64.4kg ( must add that this is the lowest my weight has been in ............18 years. I did hit 65kg briefly in 1999).

So today was adding the same extra amounts of old protein and old veg, plus the good fruit as yesterday plus...........a slice of bread.

It was so funny just trying to figure out what to do with 1 slice of bread. Normally I have veges all cut up and ready to go, but I ran out of that yesterday (it's all in the fridge waiting for the knife) so I just had a mountain of lettuce with some chicken I cooked yesterday. So it was a weird one slice bent chicken and lettuce sandwich. I must say though that bread..........I am over it. Seriously I could live without it. I am planning a nice little stirfry (with the pineapple in it) for dinner. I am not really adding all that much extra food but trying to time it and space it out so that I am not trying to eat the all the extras at dinnertime might take me a day or 2. Habits .

Ok, so I was reading ahead on Day 17 when I can actually have a biscuit, yeah I know, its 2 weeks away.....I couldn't decide what I wanted so.......I bought 3 packets of different things, things I had never eaten before, so that I get something totally new when the time comes. A girl can dream................

This morning I ran into the friend of mine that put me onto Cohen's. Her eyes just about popped out of her head, she told me how great I looked. She looked pretty darned fabulous herself. She would have finished about 8 months ago and while she says she has gained 2kg she looks truly awesome. Flat stomach, healthy glow to her face and she looks so happy.............gotta love Cohen's. If she can keep it off, so can I. And she was out having brunch with her family, in public, off a menu..............heaven!!

Take care all

Jo

[hope_ful]

hooray snugglebear!!!!!

xx

[thenewvee]

Woooooooooooo hoooooooooooooooooooo!!



Refeed has arrived for Jo!!

Party time!

Well done, Jo, AWESOME achievement!

Vee

[Kohinoor]

Hey Jo,

Well, aren't you the lucky duck? What better inspiration than this:-

This morning I ran into the friend of mine that put me onto Cohen's. Her eyes just about popped out of her head, she told me how great I looked. She looked pretty darned fabulous herself. She would have finished about 8 months ago and while she says she has gained 2kg she looks truly awesome. Flat stomach, healthy glow to her face and she looks so happy.............gotta love Cohen's. If she can keep it off, so can I. And she was out having brunch with her family, in public, off a menu..............heaven!!

Hey, Jo - for now, just enjoy refeed - you've EARNED it !! And your friend would've walked the same walk - so guess where you'll be in less than a month (and in 8 months ) Make it so, Jo - you know you can,

Hugs,

Koh

[FlaMie]

GRATZ Jo!!!! Though a little sad that you've left us in the normal diary section, but certainly happy for you to have come down to refeed and amazingly losing further weight despite the additional food intake! GRATZ gal...I'm now eagerly reading up some refeed diaries and psyche myself up that I must be here in no time! Good job Jo...!!!!!

[yeti]

Hi hon....
Excuse me, I'm a bit choked up....
So proud of you!!!!

Over bread? Really? I can only hope that I too am over my nemesis by the time I get to Refeed.
Love that you've planned ahead for your bickies. May I ask what is on the bickie buffet at Chez Snugglebear?

[Rach77]

I'm reading. As always very entertaining!! Shopping sounds great and I agree it was a bargain. Can't go past a good bargain. Can't wait to do some shopping myself. You are going great.

Rach

[thenewvee]

You are doing great, Jo!
Retail therapy is always very good, especially when clothing a new bod!!
Thanks for the great chat today

Refeed time will fly by and you will be finished before you know it!

Vee

[yeti]

I'm reading, I'm reading, don't stop writing, don't stop writing!!! (Saying everything twice so you know how loved you are, saying everything twice so you know how great you are).

[Mette]

You will singlehandedly get Australia out of the financial crisis, pretty lady!

Seriously though, you don't do enough for yourself, so you deserved it!
Going great guns! Keep up the great work, but do remember to slow down once in a while! I'm out of breath trying to keep up, and I'm only reading about it!

[Snugglebear]

Greetings all

Before I get to the business I just have to say............I've just been shopping again!!!!!!! New PJ's(2),some leggings (2), some thermals because..............I just booked that holiday in NZ ........HOORAY~!!!!!!!!!!!! We (mostly my travel agent) have organised everything, chocolate factory tours, hot-air balloon flights, train trips, steam ship cruises, even a brewery tour with dinner. Should be much fun! OK its not until September but that's only 4 months away.

Day 6 refeed

up 100grms - 64.6kg

Yesterday was dull dull dull. Same as Day 6, I did make some little curried chicken meat balls and I have taken to grilling my pineapple but.....nothing awfully exciting. I am enjoying the plums . I have bought some frozen blueberries but haven't brought them out yet, I have been too busy just getting everyone out the door in the mornings. But I have spoken to Vee and we have a plan for them.

Day 7 refeed

Status Quo 64.6kg (guessing my body has chosen it's weight)

Today I get extra old protein and..........a 2nd slice of bread. This is where I must add that I have chosen to only eat 1 slice of bread so far in refeed. But today, with 2 slices, I am thinking of having a play. I still have some chicken mince left over from yesterdays balls so......... I am thinking of getting the chicken, some cooked down tomatos, some onion and garlic (and whatever else jumps out at me) and making a nice sort of tasty mince mix. Then I will make myself a jaffle/toasted sandwich with it. It could be great or....it could be a disaster. Fingers crossed. Sounds like a nice warming lunch!

Ok so....there are some people out there who have finished Cohen's so I guess I am asking them this question. Has anyone else had the completely stable weight while on refeed. Other people seem to vary weight daily (probably hourly ) while I am very stable (in weight, not much else). I don't want to lose any more weight, I am perfectly happy where I am but I am wondering whether staying stable is a good sign (that my body is coping with whatever changes I chuck at it) or a bad sign (that the body hasn't dropped into the "famine finished let's burn more" mode. Just wondering...............

I am feeling loved again (thanks), I was just having a weird day the other day, funnin' with yus. I pretty much never update on Thursday because between working all day and visitors for dinner I just don't have the time. When the visitors go I collapse and go to sleep. Yes, I do so love PJ's.

Marc - You will be refeeding in weeks, good on ya fella.

Rach - You will catch the next end of season sales, gotta luv 'em. I used to so hate shopping but now........I think I am getting the hang of it.

Vee - I always feel better after talking to you, thanks. My brain is still digesting that protein issue of mine. I did finally buy that diary today though.

Yeti - Sorry honey, didn't mean to panic you, I'm not going anywhere. I have to see your final after photos and that beautiful smile of yours, not to mention your skinny little butt. So I won't be going anywhere until after you finish.

Mette - I am taking the GFC very seriously, just doing the little I can to help out LOL. Guess I should be holidaying in Australia but......well........Alex wants snow, NZ has very nice snow Tee hee hee. Besides last time we where there Alex was 3, he doesn't remember anything so..........but we are only doing the South Island this time.

Wish me luck with lunch..............

Kisses aplenty

Jo

[Snugglebear]

Greetings

Day 9 refeed

And yet again weighed in at 64.6kg

I was certain I was going to weigh in heavy today after all the food I ate yesterday. But nope didn't. I didn't eat any of my bread yesterday, only managed 2 crackers. But rest assured I was eating all day. In fact I had some really sweet watermelon for dessert last night, yummmmmo!

Today I get 3 slices of bread (heavy sigh). I have already planned for a nice chicken salad sandwich for lunch, so that's 2 gone. I had my Meal 3 plus almost all the extras for brekkie, OMG huge. 2 pieces of steak plus veges, plus an old fruit, bulging belly. But at least this way I can eat light for the rest of the day. I had the next 2 days all sorted out, and then I changed it all. I believe a woman is entitled to change her mind. LOL.

Vee - I have been splitting all the extras but I was still trying to work to the time rules, things were getting stressful, but now the rules are off things will definitely get easier. Eating when I want to, well there's a change for the better. I got the new phone, still trying to figure out all the funny foibles. I (oh... ok hubby) managed to change to a downloaded ringtone and I changed the wallpaper. I have the Darth Vadar theme music to alert me of text messages tee hee hee.

FlaMie - I don't want to lose any more weight. I keep thinking I am going to gain overnight and it just keeps not happening. Brilliant though hey?

Yeti - I was luck that I managed to do a fair bit of travelling with Mum before she died. It is nice to have the memories but it isn't the holiday memories I hold dearest to my heart. Mum and I managed to disappear for a month to England and parts of Europe when I was 18. Hubby and I took her to Hong Kong and nearly lost her, she was short, wore glasses and had black hair and a tendency to wander off My Dad would have spewed if we had lost her. Her theory was you couldn't get lost if you had a tongue in your head. My biggest regret is that she died when Alex was 22 months old, and she had been sick for all of his life so she couldn't really enjoy him. You could always come with us to NZ...........now that would be a hoooooot!

Must go

Jo

[Mette]

Can I come too? I promise I won't be any trouble at all! Erm... yeah, I can't claim that... I won't be TOO much trouble... although I might not be able to promise that either... But can I come anyway?

It's sad that your mum couldn't enjoy Alex, but I'm sure she's watching over him and you. And that she's extremely proud of you!

How good is it that the program works like that? You eat and eat during refeed, and yet you don't gain weight! He's clever, the good doctor!

Big hugs to you, pretty lady!

[yeti]

HI Jo,

You're doing wonders to set my mind at rest, because I've been having those fears about gaining the weight back...I just have to trust that if I follow refeed I'll be okay.

Would love to come to NZ!!!! One can dream hey? I've got my trip to Broome in a few weeks, can't wait!

[Snugglebear]

Greetings

Day 10 refeed

Weight 64.5kg

Ok I need to get this off my chest. I ate so much yesterday I thought an explosion was imminent. In fact I felt vaguely ill, I honestly could not have put another thing in my mouth without puking. And I drop weight??? No, there was no major event (major or minor actually) with the bowels. I don't understand how I could eat a couple of kilos (Ok I am guessing) of food and lose weight. It is tripping me out. And yes, there was 2 slices of bread in there.

Anyway...............today I add 2 bad fruits and some extra veg. I don't know exactly what the rules are about this but I can't eat everything, honestly. So I am trying to make sure I eat the change food and the protein and veg but all the bread/crackers/old fruits not a chance. In fact I went back to yoghurt and fruit for brekkie and I was still full from yesterday.

Yeti - Don't stress about gaining weight back on refeed, no need. I am starting to dread the changes, it all just seems to mean more bl**dy food. I don't want more, I just want different. I know, be patient, it will come. Maintenance?? well that is a completely different animal.

Mette - Of course you can come baby. You can tease Alex in the backseat . Cadbury chocolate factory on the 2nd day so you can sit and try not to eat everything K? You could never be much trouble, could you?? Can you handle a 9 year old boy???? If so, yep the more the merrier

Time for morning tea (sickly groan), might just have some peppermint tea I think. Stomach complaining!!

Fat melters

Jo

[FlaMie]

Hey Jo, the eat and eat sounds so heavenly before Cohen but to eat and eat now is unthinkable, well at least for me...hehhehe. Will seriously focus on getting to refeed land

[Kohinoor]

Hi Jo,

Aaarrgghhh !! You must've given YOUR Mum the heebies :-

but sometimes I think I would like a normal child, you know, a kid with an IQ lower than mine. And mine is 147!!!!!

At times my Mum would have cheerfully killed me (she said so on many occasions and came close to trying too.... ) I have a similarly highish IQ - and it led me to conjure up really clever ways to annoy my sisters

Since Mum was on her own (Dad died young) it was up to her to "keep me in check". Looking back, I think she did an awesome job - but back then.....

Did you ever contemplate joining Mensa ?

Koh

[cc75]

Jo, petal, wonderful mum!

Well i think grrrr as well. so your little possum is a genius; hmm, but plenty of room to work on that emotional intelligence, hey? still, keep training him sweet pea. and i hope his exams go well.

what i really want to know is, how was the bl**dy biscuit? i've been starving all day...

cc