Happy & maintaining

[prettymama33]

Hi everyone,

I have been in maintenance since Dec 7 last year, to be honest, I started refeed on my upper limit(126lbs) as advised so I can be faithful to the rules and finish just before a 1 month grand vacation. I lost more pounds during the refeed, did not hit my lower limit (120 lbs), but comfortable between 123- 124 lbs. Had a wonderful vacation, did not deprive myself of the many foods that was being offered, got through the holidays (xmas & new year), not to mention a handful of parties & celebrations & reunions. Happy to say too that even if I ate burgers, pizza, steak, desserts & the likes, I was able to maintain the end of refeed weight.

You might ask how I am able to maintain my weight.... well, I weigh myself everyday & everynight.... and whenever I put on weight, I do carb reset. Totally works!!! I am still up til now experimenting on what I can have or what makes me put on weight, and in the process enjoying every food that I eat.

I am now on my 3rd month of maintenance and have actually reduced my weight further and am now sitting on my lower limit (120-121 lbs), and trying to go further down to say 115-118 lbs. Am I being too obsessed with being thin?I don't think so, but I still see some fats that can be rid off, so am pushing myself to bring down weight further. My plans on doing it?..... it's really simple, eat my Cohen original diet plan for 2-3 days a week.... might take some time before I get to my new target by I will get there, lost 3 lbs in a week.

However, I noticed too that I was sickness free during the 3 & 1/2 months that I was on rigid Cohen. Since I got back from my vacation in mid January, I have had colds 3 times already & headaches every so often. Can this be because I am introducing a lot of non Cohen friendly foods? Or was it just coincidence because of the extreme change of weather lately.