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[Nomoreexcuses]

BUMP- amazing thread Koh

[Scaling_Down]

Bump!

I hope that a few of you spend some time and read through a few of these... There are real pearls of wisdom in here and reading through one or two each time I log in, honestly lifts my spirits and gets any negative thoughts far out of my mind!

Happy losing!!

[Cheryl z]

I have completed Cohens in 2009 (57kg) and have reached 60 as maintenance. I love the quote given here by ''Yoda"
It is so true that other peoples negativity is so detrimental in all spheres of life, and it requires a certain strength to have the mind power of continual positive thought. For this reason, I value the ability to visit the forum ever so often!
Forever a proud 'Cohenite'

[Kohinoor]

Wow - well, a WHOLE lot of water has passed under THIS particular bridge, hasn't it?

I have been AWOL for some time, but am back (sort of) for a wee while. This morning, an old friend typed some of her usual sage words, which put a big dopey grin on my face as I realised just how right she was. You know the kind of dopey grin that says "Of course - why didn't I think of that?"

And what were those words?

Originally Posted by Kristine..

AMAZING!

Well, folks, Today is the start of Week 11 and isn’t this Program just amazing?!?

My new job involves sitting. And making phone calls. But mainly, just sitting.

By the end of each day my legs feel as if I have forgotten them! But more importantly, over the past 11 weeks I have lost 14.6 kilos of fat, with no deliberate exercise and all the while working in a sedentary job!

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So don’t let anyone tell you that you can’t lose weight without punishing yourself, running on treadmills, paying expensive gym fees, burning up precious family and personal time in the pursuit of losing a few ounces through sweat and pain.

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This Program challenges what we think we know about weight loss and weight management. This Program explodes myths that we take for granted as truth, yet here we are, losing weight while just minding our own business!

Where you see ........... that means a whole bunch of other good stuff has been edited out to leave a "teaser" that has you click on the link to read the rest. Here's the link:-
http://newyouforum.com/forum/showthr...500#post446500


Of course, most of you today will have already read Kristine's Diary - this entry is more for those "coming behind" who may not know Kristine, but will hopefully find this GEMS thread at some stage. Hence, we will bring K's diary to THEM !!!

Rock on Kristine.. and the rest of you too.

Lunch on Kristine's words, and realise just how wrong most of the world has got this "exercise vs weight" thing. And how wrong it is for the Biggest Loser TV program to have grossly over-weight people putting their skeletal structures at risk doing exercises that are best suited for people who are not carrying excess weight.

Anyway, certainly while on Plan, DO NOT exercise any more than you used to (even if you FEEL lighter and are bouncing off walls) as you aren't eating enough to sustain exercise as well as your core body. Leave the exercise until you are DONE with the Plan and can add a bit more carbs to give you extra energy.

Of course, once you are at goal weight, have completed Refeed, and are now eating enough to handle it, by all means DO join a gym or whatever. I would think some of those Zumba classes would get the old heart pumping, and it would seem like fun rather than a chore too, wouldn't it?

Koh

[Kohinoor]

Who is the smartest puppy in the world?

NOT Koh !!

Why? Well, put simply, some months back I highlighted a post that was raved over by several Cohenites. At the time I first read it, I popped a link into the Maintenance Discussion area, as the topic was all about how to do a Reset the RIGHT WAY, and how the wrong way will lead to weight gain.

I then patted myself on the back and went on my way....

It was only this morning, as I linked someone else to that super-important information, that I realised this was indeed a GEM - and bloody well DESERVED to have a place right HERE !! Here's a teaser:-

When I asked my consultant, she explained it to me this way: "When you reset for 48 hours, that is enough time for your body to get rid of any retained water, which is why the scale had gone up. 48 hours without carbs is no big deal for your body, so it doesn't think anything of the "missing" carbs...

But, if you stick to 100% Cohen's for 72 hours, your body starts to rebalance your hormones which basically means, your body is now starting to once again become extremely sensitive to carbs.

Go here to read the whole lot - http://newyouforum.com/forum/showthr...036#post410036
....and grateful thanks to Stumbling-Sammy for providing that bright shiny gem !!

I hope her words put a sparkle in YOUR day,

Koh

PS But wait - there's more - SO MUCH more.....
When checking out that link, DO keep reading the replies - in some ways they are almost more important, as it shows we MUST share this data far and wide - here's one reply that hit me:-

"What a gem your consultant is....this was never explained to me in such detail, infact I was advised by the clinic consultant I visited that if you knew you were going out for dinner on a Saturday night to go carb free all week in the lead up to the saturday night meal (Mon - Fri) and then then whole week after the meal (Sun - Sun).

I am now not at all surprised that my body has been so sensitive....which made me feel like such a failure because even when I was good my body was obviously holding onto food because I had given it such a dry run."

Seems like MANY are not aware of all the "ins-and-outs" of this Cohens eating plan - some consultants included !!

I wonder how many have been de-railed through lack of knowledge of THIS particular piece of advice?

[Kohinoor]

Today I was just following my nose after referring someone to the "Back on the Bus" thread - and it lead me to a total GEM provided by Asy herself. In that post she talks of the ORDER in which your body uses up the fuel you provide it.

It goes in a specific order - with sugar and starches right at the top. In essence, if you eat lots of sugar or starchy foods, your body uses them as fuel, but if too much "left over", it stores them away for a "rainy day" in your hips, thighs, belly, wherever.....

Having provided the order in which your body uses the various fuels, she then says this "the whole idea of the programme is to get your body to burn your own fat stores up. If you keep feeding your body starches, how can you expect it to burn the fat?"

How indeed - fat doesn't get burned if other fuels are available more readily - like the food in your stomach. It is by eating just enough of the right foods (on Cohens Plan) that your body needs to "go looking for more fuels" and will start to unpack the fuel from your cells to utilise. Feeding yourself more starches shuts down the whole "unpacking of your fat cells" - here's Asy's quote again

"If you keep feeding your body starches, how can you expect it to burn the fat?"


Go to this link to read Asy's words, and the replies from several other Cohenites after learning of this:-
http://newyouforum.com/forum/showthr...716#post102716

And Asy, you're a Gem !! But then, we always did know that, eh?

Hugs,
Koh

[Kohinoor]

Wow !! (Cough,cough...) There's so much dust on this thread - it's been on the shelf far too long.... (sneeze...) Ah well, I'll soon have it shipshape again - I have to, 'cos today one particular member's musings impinged on my thoughts, and had me break into print here.

This lady has a very interesting diary - I'd always thought that as i read it from time to time - but today, she knocked it out of the park as she starts Refeed. Here's what Donzie said here http://newyouforum.com/forum/showthr...534#post449534 :-

If there is anyone else out there reading this diary and feeling how I felt and wanting to hit the reset button on their health and wellbeing my advice is to go for it! You will not regret it. You will learn you are more than your thoughts and habits.

I mentioned earlier in my diary that this journey is about the passage of time, that is true. But it’s also about learning to let go of the thoughts that have not been serving us. We are not our thoughts, we are not.

Thoughts are our servants not our masters. They are malleable and can bend to however we want them to. They can lead us away from our higher self or they can bring us closer. They are the secret superpower we all possess that can manifest the life we want, the person we want to be.

The EP did much more than strip kilos/cm from my frame. It helped me to strip away those unwanted thoughts that had crept into my mind slowly, insidiously over time. It helped me to jump back into the drivers seat of my life and get moving forward. Only now I have purpose and expectation. Will there be setbacks? Of course there will be. Will I trip and make mistakes? You betcha.

But, I can always find my way back here again. I can read this diary, take a deep breath, and do this again and again and again if need be. Hopefully gaining a little more wisdom and insight each time.

Oh yeah !! Go Donzie. You are so right and, with those thoughts uppermost, I am quite confident that you will ACE Refeed and then slip gracefully into Maintenance too. Of course, if for some strange reason that doesn't happen, then you already now there is a way to backtrack and find a better path the next time.

Thanks for your diary thus far (I heartily recommend it to any members who are looking for a path to follow) - here it is for those who want to check it all out. http://newyouforum.com/forum/showthread.php?t=20592

Donzie, there's just one word for you - you're a GEM !!!

Regards,
Koh

[Kohinoor]

Bump - back onto page 1 for all to see !!!