tomorrowisnow's diary

tomorrowisnow · #1 07-04-2009, 17:32

Hi everyone,

Well I guess this is my first post, I received my program yesterday and I plan to start next Wednesday. I am hosting a cocktail party for my brother on Sunday night, then Monday is a public holiday... so I thought it would be crazy of me to try and get through that on Cohen's in my first week. I wouldn't mind starting right now but I want to start on a stress free day fully prepared and ready to succeed.

I have about 20kg's to lose which seems like such a small number compared to a lot of you already finished but I have struggled for over 10 years to loose my baby weight unsuccessfully - like the rest of you I have kept a lot of diet companies in business in my attempts

. I have tried Weight Watchers, Jenny Craig, Calorie King, Reductil, Atkins, Tony Ferguson & a few others.

Anyway I thought I would just say Hi to you all and hope that I will be a success story like the rest of you in the coming year, I have a lot of great things happening and plenty to keep me motivated.

See you all around.

Shanara · #2 07-04-2009, 19:18

Hi Tomorrow is now

Welcome to the forum. Love your name - so often we put things off until tomorrow. You are acting today - well done.

There is a lot of wise words and experience in here so feel free to pook around. As well there are lots of people who are also journeying on the Cohens journey and who love to support each other.

Looking forward to getting to know you.
Shanara

tomorrowisnow · #3 15-04-2009, 07:43

First day done and dusted! I was soooo ready to do this - I even started a day earlier than planned. I had a cocktail party for my brothers birthday on Sunday night (Easter) and I was waiting until it was over before I started thinking it would be difficult to do Cohen's with all the visitors and preparing of food. Well I found that everyone was too wrapped up in their own little lives to care about what I was eating or drinking so I should have started a week ago. I always think people with 'think' this or 'think' that about me when I pass over unhealthy food or I don't get on the drink with them but what I have noticed with my family/friends since xmas when I haven't been counting calories or watching what I eat - is that no one really cares unless I made an issue of it. If I just said no thanks they just served themselves up whatever it was and left me alone - but as soon as I mentioned I was on a diet they would start to pressure me to eat 'just one small bit'....I found it really interesting and I am going to continue to do it while on cohen's.

So... yesterday I got really organised and bagged up my food allowances for the week and geez doesn't that takes some time

I am so lucky that my husband is home on his days off so he can help out with the kids. I had no headaches or cravings surprisenly but this morning I had yoghurt with stewed fruit for breaky and I had to force it down, it's really horrid stuff - I think I will stick to eggs for a while until I get brave enough to try again

PS: Thanks Shanara for your kind welcome!

Mette · #4 17-04-2009, 18:13

Welcome to the forum, Tomorrowisnow! Well done on getting through your first day! Hopefully, you won't get any of the detox symptoms (mine started on the first day

). You sound very positive and motivated, and I'm sure you will be done and dusted in no time!
It's funny how people react to us when we say we're on a diet, isn't it? It seems that they either feel threatened by it or think it's fun for rules to be broken (why they want others to break rules for them, I will never know!) but as long as we don't mention it, they are usually too busy with their own little world to notice what we're doing.
You will find a lot of support, encouragement and advice here on the forum, and I'm sure you will be thrilled with the results!
I look forward to hearing more about your journey!

tomorrowisnow · #5 20-04-2009, 15:22

So I am nearly at the end of my last day of week one...it's been quite easy still for me as long as I am organized. Went on a trip to the beach yesterday with the kids and I made up the chicken nuggets to take with me, they came in really handy and made it really easy to be deviation free while everyone else had (really nice smelling) bad food.

This whole change of life thing has got me thinking the most weirdest of things though like if I accident weighed the wrong amount of vegies out or accidently ate too many crispbreads - I have turned into a paranoid FREAK! I have a little checklist that I tick off each time I eat a 'limited' food so I can easily keep track but I have a really bad memory so sometimes I think 'what if I forgot to tick it off?'.

Then last night I put on some lip gloss (as you do) and it was cherry flavoured and I got a little taste of it, I had never really paid too much attention to it before but it tasted pretty ok so I thought I'd better check the ingredients (you just never know!) and found it had SACCHARIN in it!! I wiped it off real quick cause you just can't be too sure

I have my first week's weigh-in tommorrow so I have everything crossed for luck that I get a nice number first weeks effort. I am really nervous actually, my clothes are slightly looser but nothing dramatic... I guess it will come. I would love to lose 3-4kg's in the first week but any loss will be great.

I expected in my first week to be way hungry but it never came...I haven't even really thought too much about food, just been going about my day which is really unusual since I LOVE food and everything revolved around it. I hope after the novelty of the first few weeks wears off I don't start getting stupid cravings for crap.

Anyways I better get going, I will fill in my little ticker tommorow with my new weight, wish me luck!!

xo

PS: Thanks Mette, my family never said anything negative when I was around them on the weekend. No one even noticed I was eating differently, in fact everyone thought my food looked great lol. It just goes to show you.... Thanks for popping in to ready my diary.

Skinnyminnie · #6 20-04-2009, 15:56

Congratulations on your first week. I know what you mean about eating with a group. My best friend who was here, didn't notice I passed up all the goodies at Easter and won't believe I only ate from my program. Since then I am less paranoid about eating in front of others.
I have made a little chart for my water as well, so that I can cross off how much I drink, if that helps you.
You are really well organised with your food bagged, so that is a great bonus. Best wishes on the weight loss journey.
Cheers,

Mel09 · #7 28-05-2009, 09:52

Hi TIN, how's it going? You must be in those 60's by now?

missparker · #8 29-05-2009, 16:39

I am pretty chuffed to be a sixties girl.... only 500g and my BMI will be technically 'normal'. Did you end up having a good week? My weight loss seems to be slow over the last couple of weeks.... must say focused

.

Have a good weekend!!

Mette · #9 29-05-2009, 18:15

Hey love, it's been a while. How is it going with the taste mystery?
Hope you're travelling along nicely!
Stay strong and keep smiling!

tomorrowisnow · #10 31-05-2009, 09:39

Hi Guys! I haven't gone and got lost my myself in food - just been busy and neglecting my diary!!! I have been popping in from time to time at work, reading some threads and then having to leave before I had a chance to update...oopsies!

My husband is off next week to Melbourne for State of Origin so I will be home on my own with my 3 terror boys hahaha, at least I wont be working and I am planning some early nights to hopefully crack my second goal of 65 before long.

The week after he comes back I will be off to Sydney to see Pink with a bunch of old school friends - I am really excited but very nervous about the whole Cohen's thing. I am taking all my food and warned them that I wont be drinking etc, I am very strong in that I WILL NOT deviate but I do hate looking like a retard out and about eating my own food while they can pick up whatever on the run. They wont mind but it's still hard being 'different' and since I've always been I know how hard it is sometimes.

MissParker - Yes!!! I am finally in the 60's YAY. Actually - as of today I am 66.9kg's which is really exciting, I haven't updated my ticker yet though because I did a sneaky weigh this morning and normally I only do it once a week on Tuesdays but I was really excited that my jeans didn't fit and just HAD to!! hehehe Who would have thought ey! We are both in the sixties together now too. I am panicing because I had all my clothes sorted for my Pink trip and now I might need to go and buy a few pairs of jeans to get me by - pain in the butt - but a good pain to have I suppose haha!!

Mette - thanks for dropping by sweetie, I am doing great but been really busy. I still don't have an answer for my taste issues sadly. It's going to be a long process (even though it has already been so long) but I am hopeful. It's terrible sometimes since I worry something will affect my Cohen's success - such as I fill my 1.5 litre water bottles each morning with warm water (that's how I like to drink it) and pour it into my Britex filter then re-fill my water bottles to take to work or whatever. Yesterday the water tasted sweet - like there was left over juice or cordial in the bottle??? I am pretty sure no one used it for that purpose but I was sure it tasted funny. I smelt it - no smell, it just tasted like ... ewwwe!! Another day the water in the work water dispenser tasted like sweet honey. Then I spend the whole time worrying that maybe there is something in there 'how could that effect me??' It's never ending but I just gotta get on with it all and hope for the best while I do Cohen's 100% 'to my knowlege'. I have a another Denist appointment on 16th July in Brisbane to have a few more amalgam fillings removed, it's costing me $300 in airfares and at least $1000-$1500 in dentist bills but I feel like I need to do it so I can be sure it's not that. I can't afford it but I can't afford not to try. I have already had one removed that I think started it all ........ fingers crossed for me (sorry for the ramble)

Anyways I better go and do my housework before the kids trash the place even more and it takes me longer, I will pop in later to catch up on everyone else's diaries.

“If you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change.”
- Dr Wayne Dyer

Mette · #11 01-06-2009, 08:43

You'll feel odd for about 3 hours, with the food thing. Then you won't even notice it anymore, and you'll just have a wonderful time at the concert and I'M SO JEALOUS! I hope you have a grand time!
I know, it sucks about the dentist, but better to get it sorted now than when you get bigger problems which will just bring bigger bills.
Sending you big hugs!

tomorrowisnow · #12 02-06-2009, 18:04

Just made my boys some pizza fingers (cheese, bacon, pizza sauce & cheese on Puff Pastry) and some little pin wheels with similar fillings....oh how I would love to have one of those!!! mmm It's so hard when my husband is away and I find I make the kids all those yummy things that I would love to eat and it's just painful hahaha.

Oh well they never taste as nice as you think they would so I guess I will just go and eat my fish and vegies and stop dreaming.

tomorrowisnow · #13 03-06-2009, 08:48

So I lost another 1.3kg's this week, I'm really happy with it....but I am also a small bit disappointed. I know I don't have a heap to loose - but 22.2kgs to get to my high-end goal is SUCH a long way for me! Dont get me wrong - this is the first diet I have stuck to 100% for this amount of time and I am very proud of myself and not about to stop or deviate....just venting.

I guess I just thought that I would be a bit further along than this, even if just a kg or 2, I really wanted to make my goal for the 8 week mark about 65kg's or even 64 since it would be the lowest I have been since starting kids over 10 years ago. I honestly thought I would get there but after a few small loss weeks I am getting impatient.

I feel great and my clothes are now definatly looser but I still feel ... like the 'big girl'. My BMI is still overweight and I am not even half way so it's no wonder, I guess while I sit around and wait my mind wonders what I could do to speed things up other than putting my feet up doing nothing (so to speak)?

I had been reading through my Cohen's material and even though I know these are just averages and EVERYONE is different I still can't help but feel like I am a loser in more ways than the good ways.

After 4 weeks:
10% lose less than 7kgs This is me (below avg)
70% lose between 7-10kgs
20% lose between 10-20kgs

After 12 weeks:
12% lose between 17-20kgs (I doubt if I will even make this %)
60% lose between 20-27kgs
28% lose between 27-35kgs

I doubt whether I will lose another 6kgs in the second month (less than a week away) and then thinking ahead.... I doubt if I will even make it to the 17kgs lost in 3 months.

I do not think I am doing anything wrong - maybe salt? but even then I don't use stuff all. This week I have been trying to increase my water to 4.5litres per day instead of 3 and also no added salt other than what is in my curry powder for breaky. The extra water has given me a headache and puffy eyes so I figure I over did that and now have stopped. .. then I thought I would cut out my crackers and fruit and see how I go hahaha well I was STARVING so give in.

Guess I just gotta work with my body and let it do what it needs to do whether that is on my schedule or not. I never did learn to be patient! and I also know that I need to STOP THINKING!!! I over-think so much in my life and it get's me no where.

Sorry to sound like a crazy person - just putting my thoughts out there.

Mette · #14 03-06-2009, 18:01

Sweety, some of us just lose slower than others. Trust me, I understand slow losses. I had so many weeks where I only lost 400 grams or nothing at all. I would have killed for your 1.3!
And leaving out your fruit and crispbreads will NOT have any effect. It's been tried and tested, and it really doesn't matter whether you have it or not, so you might as well have it. It makes it all a bit easier.
And increasing your water that much can be pretty traumatic for your body, especially if you're not getting salt. If you were to drink 4.5 litres per day (and you wouldn't need to unless you were doing manual labour in the sun) then you have to add some Celtic sea salt to your diet in order to replenish your electrolytes.
The best thing you can do is to relax and enjoy the ride. Your body knows what's right, and you will lose at the rate that it's comfortable with.
Stay strong and keep smiling.

tomorrowisnow · #15 03-06-2009, 20:14

Thanks Mette - you are so right. When I look at your losses I guess because your at the 'other end' I don't take into account the small losses or plateus that you had to endure ... I just see that you've lost 27kgs and think WOW I could never do that!!!!! I read everyone's diarys with their struggles with plateus and small losses too and I CAN SEE that they have still lost x amoutn of kg's and think 'how great is that, that small loss is nothing!'. When it comes to your own journey however, it's harder to see the big pic.

I am sure that I have many more small losses to come, seems I lose a decent number one week then a really dismal number the next. I'll have to learn to take the good with the bad and be thankful that I am heading in the right direction at least.

I am nearing the lowest weight I have been for over 10 years so every gram or kg from here on should be exciting, I just gotta keep focusing on the positives and enjoying the journey!

missparker · #16 04-06-2009, 11:45

Sounds like we're going through similar stages at the moment....

If it's any help I can tell you that there is no way on earth that I will reach the 17kg in 12 weeks either. I lost 6.6kg in my first 4 weeks and at 9 weeks 11.2kg.... and now over the past few weeks I haven't been losing very much at all!! Overall though I reflect on how much I've lost and there is no other diwt that I've tried where I've lost 11.2kg in 9 weeks.... I'm sure this is right for you too.

And I know we've said this before but we can't compare ourselves to others who lose ridicuous amounts week on week. Just have to take it meal by meal day by day and we'll get there and be one of those people who inspire others!

Have a good weekend...

Rechelle

tomorrowisnow · #17 04-06-2009, 12:48

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME!! 34 doesn't seem so old when your here, cake would be nice but skinny would be even better so I'm skipping all those frills and kilojoules for this year. I did however go and buy myself $250 worth of beautiful face products that I have been wanting for ages and kept putting off and making do with supermarket brands. My hubby had a lucky win at the casino in Melbourne ($3000) so $250 is just loose change to him at the moment hahahahah plus he'll be in a good mood for Qld winning. It will also make for some nice spending money for me in Sydney too. YAY for casino's and drunk men!!!

Having a great day already and not an ounce of food in sight!

PS: Glad I'm not alone MissParker and thanks for your encourgement, I have never been on a diet either that I have lost 10kg's in 8 weeks so I guess we gotta quit our complaining and get on with it

hehe If our scales don't reward us for our efforts maybe we will just have to reward ourselves in other ways...I think a nice long facial just might do the trick!

rowemob · #18 04-06-2009, 18:33

Happy Birthday to you,
hope you had a good day

Cheers
Michelle

Rach77 · #19 04-06-2009, 19:57

Happy Birthday!!!

Namaste · #20 19-07-2009, 20:21

Hey there Tomorrow,

Just been reading your diary with interest - very jealous about the PINK concert!
In one of the posts you mentioned that one day you will be one of those people who inspire others...well, that day is today.

14.2kg's is a whole whack of excess person you've already removed - CONGRATULATIONS! And the fact that you feel the weight loss is slow, and you're still sticking to it - that takes a lot. Well Done!

YAY You!