miss_nat's Diary

[asy]

Welcome to miss_nat's Diary

[miss_nat]

Thanks Asy!

Well it took me a while to get on here due to some ignorance on my part as to how the how set-up process works! But here I am ready to fuel my weightloss by positive affirmations and the occasional vent and verbal diarrhoea!!

I've just finished week two and have lost 5.6kg so far which I am absolutely thrilled about. I have started wearing clothes again that I haven't worn in 6 months and am eyeing off all the even smaller sized stuff in my wardrobe. The motivation is really kicking up a notch now that I am seeing these results.

I also noticed this morning that my collarbones are starting to peek through again - yay! Not as much as in my forum pic but we'll get there

Have a great day everyone!

Mwah mwah
miss_nat

[julie]

Hello Miss-nat welcome to the forum fantastic weight lose 5.6 kilos thats a great amount lost. I hope the scales are very kind to you

[miss_nat]

Thanks Julie and Sam for the encouragement!

I am so disappointed in myself. I deviated last night and not just with cohens foods but right off the plan. I've been trying to keep in mind a fabulous quote that I read on this forum somewhere "that if you eat extra cohens foods it's like taking your foot off the accelerator, if you eat non-cohens foods, it's like throwing on the handbrake".

I think I need to write that down to carry around. Perhaps written on the back of a fat photo of me!

The weight I'm at now I consider to be my block. I've got to this weight a few times before and stalled, so it's really important that I push through. I think that's when I'll really believe that this is happening - that slim nat is coming back!

Oh well, I've berated myself and confessed, so now it's time to ditch the guilt, get a new focus and move forward.

I've set myself the goal to be deviation free from now until Friday 11th September (16 days) and to celebrate my success I will buy a pair of fabulous mollini shoes that I have my eye on. I know I should aim to be deviation free for the rest of the plan but I figure if I start small and bribe myself, I might have more success

Alright everyone.. here I go! Have a wonderful day

mwah mwah
miss_nat

[julie]

Hi Miss-nat good on you for getting back on the programe you are not alone I had a chocolate urge on the weekend hey no-ones perfect well it sounds like we are both going to get to the end of our programe. You can do this, and those shoes sound like a great incentive I'm sure you will be wearing them in September. I hope the scales are very kind to you

[miss_nat]

Well it's been quite a few days since I've felt the need to spew out my thoughts and feelings about this journey. Today I am inspired to do so as I have passed a milestone... the 67kg barrier!

I weighed in at 66.8kg this morning which was only a 0.4kg loss for the week but considering that I had some deviation issues and it's that TOM, 0.4kg is fine. More importantly is the fact that I now weigh 66.something! I am so excited. I've not had cravings for anything at all today! That goes to prove that they're definitely only mental/emotional cravings and deserve to be ignored.

I CAN'T WAIT until I get on the scales next wednesday - how exciting! I wonder what I will weigh then? One thing I know is that I will be so well behaved this week to maximise that result!

Have a wonderful day everyone!

Mwah.
Nat-xx

[missusb]

Welcome miss nat! Well done on the 5.2kg that is a great loss sounds like you are in the zone.

Looking forward to reading about your journey!!!

[Kat77]

Go Nat! Don't be too hard on yourself. You will get there I'm sure. It is hard when you have conferences and a little bit of a social life - the temptation is all around. Stay strong though - I reckon you will hit your goal before the 8 week mark

[I will achieve]

No better place to commit than right here...where we are all ready to support you as you make it to your goal!
Put it behind you, get the focus and see the results...oh and forgive yourself so you can move on!

[miss_nat]

Thanks Talia and Kat for the kind words

I had to get back on here this afternoon as I am feeling so good today and needed to shout it to the world!! I almost got sprung checking myself out in the mirror in the work toilets! I was liking what I was seeing quite a lot. Hehe... I should be careful, people here already think I'm a bit mad!

I have almost completely forgiven myself for the last week but not quite all the way so that I don't forget how it feels when I deviate

I just had the call with the event orgniser to dicuss what I can and can't eat at the conference next week - that was an interesting experience! But I stood my ground and am being served chicken and seasonal vegetables (so hopefully they are cohens veg) for dinner and lunch is a buffet so I can pick and choose. I think I'll take a salad, some crackers and some fruit just in case.

I feel a two kilo week coming people! Stay tuned

Cheers,
Nat

[miss_nat]

Oh my gosh, thank god it's Friday hey?? I am really struggling to do any work done. All I can think about is the hens night I am going on tomorrow night and the outfit I'm wearing.

I bought a dress off a $10 rack a few weeks ago without trying it on. True impulse buy. I just had to have it and figured that if it didn't fit then $10 wasn't much to lose. It's a black satin mini dress and has feathers attached to the neck line that curl up over my cleavage - so burlesque! Hope it still fits!

The weather in Sydney has turned hot today (29 degrees) and is forecast to last through until Sunday. Upon learning this, I realised that I would have to give up the opaque stockings I was planning on wearing with the dress and bare my legs! Eeek! Not only is the dress far shorter than anything I have dared to wear in a LONG while, but the old English pegs have a fabulous winter moon tan! So I found a beauty salon up the road in Glebe that thankfully, amazingly, surprisingly could fit me in for both a leg wax last night and a spray tan tonight. Phew!

So here I am. Buzzing with excitement because tomorrow night I will go out in this little outfit which, apart from being fabulous (hopefully!), represents my journey and success so far. And for the first time in a long time, I'll look the same as (read: look as hot as) everyone else rather than feeling a bit apart from the rest... and a bit fat.

I had my 4 week consultation last night and am buzzing from that too. It was great to see that the weight loss I have tracked at home matches the results at my clinic. I don't do my measurements at home, so it was great to discover that I've lost 32.7cm all over - 13 just from my waist, which is now well within healthy range. The best part of all is that I've only lost 3cm around the bust - I want to keep as much of that as possible please and just move the back fat!!

We had people over last night for a poker game and three of the guys separately commented on how good I looked. I love that guys generally don't acknowledge that they're referring to weight loss and will instead say something like "you're looking great" or "you're looking fantastic" - probably scared that they'll get it wrong and offend someone. I was a bit surprised at all the attention as I don't think that I look that much smaller than I did a week ago when I saw them last but have put it down to the fact that this time I was wearing tight fitting clothes rather than my relaxed fit clothes that are now looking baggy. I guess it's much easier to see when clothes are fitted. I'm almost tempted to hide in baggy clothes for the next month or so and then suddenly do a big reveal - showing up to a party in small, properly fitting clothes will a new hairstyle and colour! Hehehe

Oh well, this post is becoming REALLY long and I should get a couple of things out before the end of day. To anyone that actually reads this, I apologise for the ramblings. This was more to entertain myself than anything else!!

Have a great weekend everyone

Cheers,
Nat-xx

[I will achieve]

Hey Hey Nat!
Check you out - ready to hit the town and shake your groove thing!
Good for you girlfriend!
Have a wonderful weekend and enjoy getting all frocked up and looking FABULOUS!
Tx

[KimN]

Sounds like you are heading for a great night out! Kick up your heels and shake that bootie! lol. Kidding. Just have a great night! I am sure you will look hot! But if you are not the bride, don't outshow her too much!

Cheers
Kim

[Kohinoor]

Hi Nat,

Woohoo - you go, girl !!! You're romping it in.....

This was more to entertain myself than anything else!!

Well, thanks, hey - as you've entertained me, and a whole lot of others too, I'm sure..... There's nothing like sharing in the "good vibes" that others are experiencing - and you seem to have heaps of them.... You seem to be OD'ing on seratonin and that's GOOD !!!

Enjoy the night, Nat, and.....

Rock on,

Koh

PS Woohoo - look at your ticker - "bye bye Overweight, hello Normal" is just around the corner - 500g should just about do it

[miss_nat]

Hi All,

Thank you Koh, Tahlia and Kim for your lovely messages I haven't been able to get on here since I wrote that post last Friday and I have been dying to get back on. What a lovely surprise to find such beautiful and encouraging comments waiting for me!!

I had a wonderful time at the hens night. Not exactly Cohens friendly but it was worth it! It was a taste of what life will be like when I am finished. I will have to post some photos for you all.

I had a slow start to the week as I was attending a conference and had some difficulty with their menu plan and their willingness to adapt it for me. But I weighed in this morning and had recovered back to where I was on Saturday morning and managed a small loss for the week. I am back on plan, loving it and wishing the days away because I can't wait until next weigh in to see the results! Koh, I think you're on the money suggesting that I am OD'ing on seratonin!

I have achieved a milestone which I am sure Koh will pick out straight away from looking at my ticker.... my BMI is at 24.9 which is the very, very top of the normal weight range - woo hoo!!!! What a shame that I didn't set myself a reward for this goal. Oh well... I think I splashed out enough for saturday night

Hope you're all having a great day!

Cheers,
Nat-xx

[Kohinoor]

I have achieved a milestone

Woohoo - have you EVER !!!



Under 10Kgs to go too ..... Maybe you've achieved TWO milestones in one, Nat !!!



Very

Koh

[Belnatjas]

Good luck missnat, a bit of healthy competition does wonders!!!
And I totally relate about the lure of chocolate. I had dinner with my husband this week, and he said to me know that I have been without it for 6.5 weeks, I should stay away from it, as it is not my friend, he said I have it beat now...which is easy for him to say, as he has never needed chocolate, like an addiction!!!!!

So, I am way more cautious about how 'beat' I really have it. It is a danger food to me, and I think it will always be a temptation to me.

Good luck in the 6 week challenge!

[miss_nat]

Thanks Beljatnas, it's always comforting to hear that other people fight the same battles... and have husbands/partners that don't really understand no matter how much they think they do! My other nemisis is red wine. I think that's what I've missed most this week since getting back on plan but the results are worth it.

Today is day 5 and I feel as though I have broken through the starting barrier. The carb/fat/sugar withdrawal symptoms have disapated, the hunger is subsiding and I have got myself in to good habits regarding preparation of meals. My stomach feels flatter and the scales are showing those wonderful first week results, so the motivation is high!

One of my girlfriends who's in our Biggest Loser contest is giving me a hard time about my goal weight. She thinks its far too low and there's no way I could healthily lose 10kg more. It's so frustrating because I've explained to her how Dr Cohen works it out and assured her that my body will tell me when its done which is when I will stop, whether I've hit the top end of my goal range or not. She's comparing her goal weight to mine and failing to acknowledge that she's quite a bit taller than me - enough that if she's in flats and I'm in stilettos then we're the same height - and she's also bigger boned and very well endowed where I'm not! Oh well, all I can do is thank her for her concern and agree to disagree for now!

The other friend who's in the BL contest has invited me over to dinner tonight. She's so thoughtful and rang to make sure I could have calamari, chilli and coriander before going to the shops. Sounds yum! We're having a girly night of spa treatments, manicures and earcandling (!?!?!) to celebrate/survive our first friday night on diets without alcohol. That sounds terrible doesn't it? We're not alcoholics, just going out to dinner, drinks, anything really gets that much harder when you're on a restricted diet. I'd never really thought about how much our society revolves around food and alcohol until I removed those factors!

Off to fill up my water and ignore the chocolate biscuit tin that sits at eye level in front of the sink!! Never thought I'd see work provided chocolate buscuits as a bad thing!!

[hexi2]

In regards to your friend..let her know that it falls in NORMAL BMI and is a fair way off 'underweight' so there is NO NEED for her to worry - this is about you so stick to your guns

[lil_doll]

Mmm I agree with Hexi... and even if you look at other weight loss methods and their goal weight calculators, our ones compare. So, tell her that

Hope everything is going well!

I haven't done ear candling in ages... might do it as a total body clean up. hehe.

xoxo
Missy