Sirroco's Diary

[sirroco]

Just starting my diary today but have been doing cohens since 4 August 2008 and visiting this site regularly as I'm finding it very inspiring and interesting to know all about those ahead of me on the journey. 'cause I can't wait to get there.

At the start I was 91.45kgs and as of now about 71kgs - just over 20kgs in 13 weeks. I have tried everything to lose weight and this is the only thing that has ever worked so quickly and made me confident that it will work for me in the long term. heaviest pre-cohen's weight was about 107kg 9-10 years ago. Lost 30 kgs about 6 years ago and since then have oscillated between 82 and 92 kgs - losing and gaining the same 10 kgs every year.

Cohens was recommended to me by my lovely personal trainer who has always been honest and told me that exercise is not the key to weight loss. I was sceptical about cohens to say the least because I had literally tried everything. The best a nutritionist could offer me earlier this year was an extremely low calorie diet with the expectation of losing half a kilo a month. I burst into tears. I had already spent most of the year hungry and craving sugar and it was just too much. But a looming milestone birthday and my sheer despair sent me to cohens with my fingers crossed. It is the best thing I have ever done. I sleep better, I feel better and I look better. Have been doing no exercise though so feeling pretty soft but I can wait until the new year to worry about that. My cohen's goal is 56-59kg. I think high school would be the last time I came anywhere close to this. Actually I'm almost certain i was at uni the last time I weighed anywhere near my current weight.

So hello to all, and thanks for sharing your journey's.

[thenewvee]

Hi Sirroco!

Welcome to the forum! Good on you for finding the best weight loss program to get you to where you want to be!
You'll get lots of help, support and advice here on the forum, as well as much needed boosts and feel good fuzzies from the lovely people here.
Get yourself a ticker so that you can watch your weight go down, down, down! It will help keep you motivated.
The instructions can be obtained from here.
http://newyouforum.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3484

Vee

[sirroco]

Thanks for the welcome Vee.

Hope I got the ticker right.

[shrinkingTam]

Hi Sirroco
You have done so well!! you are roughly 2/3rds of the way in only 3 months!
I look forward to watching your continued progress

Welcome to the forum

Tam
xx

[sirroco]

Monday 3 November. Just a quick entry to update my weightloss to 70.4kgs. Will be doing a little happy dance when i get under 70kgs I can tell you. Quiet weekend trying to catch up on sleep. HAd been slepping very well but last weel back to old habit of waking up for a couple of hours in the middle of the night. Draining at the best of time but effect the next day seems worse on Cohens?? Anyway had an excellent nights sleep last night so ready to face the new week.

[Mette]

A belated welcome to the forum, Sirocco! You've done amazingly well on your journey so far!
Keep up the great work!

[sirroco]

I think my body decided it would give my mind time to catch up. Weighed myself yesterday morning - I try very hard to weigh only once a week - and was up to 69.4kgs - 200grams up for the week. Yikes. No reason for it. Have been adding a little salt to my meals - don't know whether that was enough. But this morning - 68.2kgs so I'm happy with that!

[Ellabelle]

YEY!!!! Congrat's you are doing so well! Look at you powering through those kg's

[Mette]

Most likely it's just a bit of fluid retention, Sirrocco. It'll be gone before you know it. Adding a bit of salt to your meals is a good thing, the body needs it. And the extra few hundred grams will come off in no time. After all, it's not like you can gain weight on the program!

[sirroco]

Thanks everyone for dropping by. The encouragement is really great. Sorry I don't have too much time to return the favour very often but I do read and learn when I can from everyone else's adventures. Down to 67.5kg this week and anything in a downward direction is good news to me. Had a lovely weekend. Bought a pair of jeans for the first time in about a thousand years! Starting to think about managing the individual Christmas functions througout December. Determined that I will stay on track. I have a couple of work functions and then parties with friends to think about. I am sure I can do it and I am going to focus on the sense of accomplishment that I'll experience after I've got through each one.

[Mette]

It's all about the planning! Most people are too busy stuffing their faces to notice that you're not doing the same, so it's easy to smuggle in your own food. I have found that eating beforehand and being the one that runs around with a camera helps a lot. Keeps you busy and entertained. And of course, soft drink tastes so much better when it comes out of a fancy glass! You'll do fine, Sirrocco, don't worry! Keep up the great work!