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Hi,
It?s 2025 and it?s great to be back on here after thinking this forum was closed down. So, in May 2024 I embarked upon the good doctor?s program and successfully lost all the weight I needed to. It was an enjoyable, productive and mentally positive experience, as it always is. It?s now about 5 months since and overall everything is going well. I?ve been on holidays over Xmas/New Year and thoroughly enjoyed myself. Yes, I?ve put on a little weight which is to be expected when your on holidays. But overall I am still feeling good and keen to get on with life post Cohen?s. I?ve bought the ?Human Being Diet (HBD) Cookbook? which is basically Cohen?s rebranded hoping it will help me maintain things better than I have done in the past. It recommends having a cheat meal every week as something to look forward to and keep your sanity intact. Along with the other Cohen?s rules. For someone like me who needs some pretty firm boundaries around food I thought it might be worth a go. I hope to document this journey somewhat. I find myself needing more inspiration with meals so this new cookbook is a good place to start. The HBD was written by a British woman named Petronella Ravenshear. Initially I incensed that she had blatantly copied the Cohen?s format almost, making small changes and calling it her own. But alas I have gotten over that now and am keen to merge the two plans together to find something that works for me. The HBD has four phases of which I am more interested in the last 3. Phase 2 being almost identical to my Cohen?s plan, Phase 3 is more like refeed, and Phase 4 maintenance. The Golden Rules: 1. Eat three meals a day and fast for five hours between meals. 2. Begin each meal with a couple of bites of protein and eat just one protein per meal. 3. Drink the right amount of water (35ml per kilo of body weight) 4.Eat one apple a day and only one type of fruit per meal. 5. Don?t eat for longer than one hour. Except at weekly cheat meals. 6. Finish eating by 9pm. 7. No sugar, honey or fake sugar except at cheat meals. So that is the basics, sounds very familiar doesn?t it? If your under 80kgs portions are 120g protein/120g of veg per meal. Except breakfast which is 100g protein/100g veg. If your over 80kgs portions are 140g protein/140g of veg per meal. Breakfast is the same 100g Protein/100g Veg. I?m still learning about the HBD as I type this. I?m keen to cover the similarities and differences in this diary. Till next time, D. |
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Hi Donzie,
Listen to you - sounding great !!! While reading in here of your new book, it brought to mind how Maintenance is all about "finding what works for YOU" - so go, you good thing. Yeah, a lot of what was said sounds like Cohens bits. No probs if it helps people. Good to hear though that you found your way back and it sounds like you are in a good place. Lovely to hear from you again, Koh
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Just a big happy hushpuppy ![]() I haven't "done" Cohens - Asy knows me from way back - she invited me to "take a look" here - I did, loved it, and stayed... And me? I'm a tall skinny-ish bloke (BMI ~25.5) and have been this way forever, so I haven't faced (weight-wise) what you all have !! |
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