This..is..it's Diary

[MissNix]

Yo Yo! Pics in my diary of the costume.....

[Determined28]

You rock Kat!!!!!

I'd give you 30 high fives if I could!!!!

Trust me when you get to the last day, you are busted! You don't have to have all that food unless you can physically can handle it.

Congratulation hon - can't wait to cheer you on in refeed!!!!!

Bring on 12th April

[this..is..it!]

Missy - HIYA- Refeed Queen! I do giggle now (well actually it is a very nervous, disgusted giggle of embarrasement) when I think about how much I ate pre-cohens! Never mind the fact it wasn't big amounts of salad and vege it was of ice cream, choc, lollies..... eeewww........sickening thought now! So when I look at day 20 I think wowzers....soooooo much food to get through there! LOL

Laura - Thanks for popping in! You are going great guns!

Miss Nix - Check you out, ya mad mad hatter! woop woo!!!!!

Lesley - 30 high fives back atcha! I worry that eating that much food will stretch my stomach and then I will start over eating again! ohhhh noooo! It does look like a heck of a lot of food on paper!

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Not much to report here folks! All going well, feeling good, eating well, drinking my water. Al good good good... pacing myself nicely and feeling nice and calm like I am going to get to my weight goal and start refeed on 12th April.

YARHOOOOOOOOOOOOO! (OK as calm as I can get! ah hahahahaha!)

CATCH YA'S!

Kat OUT!

[Laura77]

Bring on the 12th of April hey!! All you girls are leaving us and moving onto refeed land!! Wish I was joining you sooner than I will be!

Totally hearing you about how much food we ate before!! I jus finished my lunch... and before cohens I would of eaten a meal probably 3 times the size!! But im sooooooo full now!! Even tho theres lots of food by day 20 u dont have to eat it all do u? arent u supposed to stop when you get full?
xo

[littlemiss]

Correction, Missy - mine's 22 days long :P And oh, counting the day where I had to restart Day 1 - it's going to be 23 days... arrrgh! lol

Only about 12 days to go for refeed! I wish I could wait till my TOM is over before I commence on refeed but ah well... You might even get to your lower weight range by then!

[MissNix]

Hey hey lovely lady!

Just popping in to say hi!

Bring on 12 April... it's almost time to fill your belly!

N xo

[lil_doll]

Mmm, how's it going lovely?????

Hope you had a Happy Easter!

xoxo
Missy

[this..is..it!]

Howdy Folks!

HOWZIT GOING?

Thanks everyone for POPPIN in! I have been AWOL over easter. Bit sick, bit of family drama....took me off deck for a few days but now....IM BACK!

No real movement in the weight department, but then I haven't been eating all I meant to be. I felt like death warmed up and the last thing I wanted to do was eat. Just wanted to sleep. So I DID! So um ma, naughty Kat, bad bad girl deviated. But not from stuffing anything naughty. Just didn't follow the rules and eat when I was meant to. I skipped a couple of dinners. Had dinner one night and then when straight to bed. Just all out of whack. My weight pretty much is the same. 200g down pfft... Scratching last week off.

Starting fresh from yesterday. My self impossed refeed date is meant to be Monday but I am just going to see where my weight is at and how I feel come Sunday arvo. I am feeling ok today. Not tired, not hungry. Just me. Just plodding along. A few days to ponder, 'to start or not to start DAT is zee question!'

Laura - You are right, my clinic told me if you are not hungry you don't have to force feed everything down your neck. But I do think that I will try everything I am meant to introduce. You know if I can't eat everything, try a bit of everything at least? I wouldn't like to miss a reaction to a new introduction. Know what I mean?
Littlemiss - 22 days! OK, I will shut up! Go you good thing!
Miss Nix - Almost time, almost time!
Missy - HIYA DOLL! Easter was ok, how was yours? I am heading to your diary next..so I will soon know how it was for you!

Well my lovely buddies, time to rock on outta here!

KAT OUT!!!

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[pandora]

Hi there Kat, i havent really come across yr diary until now (sorry lol) but i found you in Missy's diary and she started Cohens same day as i started my second program 1/10/09. Now i here to catch up on yr journey for inspiration as you are now at such a low BMI (me jealous so want to know "how you did it" haha as if i have amnesia around the answer LOL) and i have just read yr very first post from last Oct, here is a bit of first half of it :

" After four weeks of agonising over the decision to embark on yet 'another attempt' to lose weight (Cohen's this time..), I went and had my blood test done yesterday. Now the nervous, anxious wait for the program to come back and then start.

Since having my baby (who is now 4, might I add) I have struggled with my weight and tried absolutely EVERYTHING to lose the massive 20 plus kilos that have firmly moved in. When I say everything, like many women, I mean everything.... Dr prescibed diet pills from Duramine to Reductil, detox diet, naturopaths, body trim, sure slim, personal training, protein shake replacement meals, hypnotherapy. I am exhausted and embarressed to even coninue the list as they only get more lame and demonstrate my inability to stick with anything and get this weight off "

Wow, how amazing to read that now you have almost finished, i can hardly wait to read the rest which i will avidly after i write this. Thank you for mentioning ALL the other programs you have tried as it helps make the point that Cohens is different. I know you may comment elsewhere in yr diary but do you have any other comments re Cohens V the others, now you have successfully gotten to refeed? Pandora

[MissNix]

YoYo norty norty Kat!! hehehe I love it!

Hope you are all better my gorgeous crazy town buddy!!

So ze question really is: is today ze day??

Nix OUT xoxo

PS I think it might be time for you to have another quiet little chat with your body hehe..

[this..is..it!]

L L L.... Ladies! (and gents)

"Good Morning Cohens City!!!!!!!!"

How are we all doing today? I hope you are fantastic.

I am feeling super today. Fresh as a diasy and ready to take on this last week of phase one. BRING IT, I say... BRING IT!!

I am 900 measley grams from goal and I am going to knock this baby out of the park this week and on my refeed program Sunday or Monday.

It is weird you know? I do not feel like starving hungry anymore. I feel good. What does that mean? My Dr Cohen range goal was 55 - 58. I set 57, I am almost there and I am now not starving anymore. Does that mean I should keep on rolling down to 55 until the hunger bug strikes again? I am a comfy size 10. Some odd things an 8. Not many but there are a few around. Hmmmm So indecisive. I have been getting a few comments of:
'oh you are skin and bone' (which I am not)
'you are obsessed'(which I am not)
'it must be time to finish now'(I have already started telling people I have finished ah hahaha LIAR LIAR PANTS ON FIRE, just to give me head space!)

But enough about me, I am off to catch up all my good buddies progress so until later...

KAT OUT! xx

[MissNix]

Originally Posted by this..is..it!

I have already started telling people I have finished ah hahaha LIAR LIAR PANTS ON FIRE, just to give me head space!)

ha ha I love it!! This was recommended to me by my consultant as a diversion tactic to those giving me grief!

Glad you are feeling as fresh as a daisy.. just don't start pushing up any ok

BRING IT!!

xoxo

[this..is..it!]

Ooopsy... signed out to quick and didn't reply to.....

Pandora - Hey! Thanks HEAPS for popping into my diary and ''WOW'' that was a real trip down memory lane to read that initial post. I did get a twinge in my tummy reading it. I actually remember the pain I felt writing that and the pain I was in, within myself. It is almost as though I feel sorry for another human being, because I can not believe that I ever felt that bad. Well I do believe I ever felt that bad... It wasn't that long ago. But I do feel bright and shiney and new again. This is such an emotional discovery of self. I am so glad I bit the bullet and had one last ditch effort at something, this. Cohens. I am also so glad I plucked the courage to do an online diary and publicly (kind of) acknowledge my weight and my battle. Previously my suffering was in silence and denial and presented itself as self loathing! ewwww........ Not nice.

As for Cohens v's the world of diets..... Cohens just is not in the same league is it? I actually feel that the government should get behind this prgram and rebate it through medicare or something to try and help combat the obesity problem in Oz. There are no gimmicks, pills, potions or any weird stuff you have to drink. It is just normal food and developing good eating skills. The only area of this program I feel needs some tweaking is, helping the reformed with their head! Ie: So much change so quick to the body but the mind definatley needs some work to catch up. If this part of the program was developed and the gov got behind it by subsidising it (because lets face it, the cost is not accessable to everyone), I think it would help so many people!

So, thanks for popping in Pandora. And wow, a BMI of 20, that is tiny!

Miss Nix - Howdy Partner! Ze anzver to ze questzion is, nay. Today is not ze day..... hahahahahaha A quiet word indeed... Back to basics, do everything right, one last week, moving on. Hear me body? Get it? Got it? GOOD! xx

[lil_doll]

Go Kat GO!

I can't wait till you're in refeed, it's a whole different ballpark to 'normal' Cohens! hehe.

You sound on Fire!!! (must be those pants of yours burning hahahaha)

xoxo
Missy

[bells25]

Wow! What a read -what an amazing inspiration you are for all of us newbies!!
You have obviously worked very hard - and achieved amazing results!!

I want to be you!

You sound so very happy (but I reckon you have always been the funniest friend to have!)

Thanks for posting your highs and lows babe, it's really appreciated!

Good luck with the rest of the week and I can't wait to pop back in and see how you are going on refeed too!!

Bells xx

[Determined28]

Hey Kat - did you start refeed yesterday????

[this..is..it!]

HIYA Lesley,

NO. Didn't start it. I got a bit of a flu/cold thingy at the end of last week and over the weekend. Really slowed things down and I missed dinner a couple of nights.... so I thought I had better get back on track with eating all my meals for this week and tackle it on Sunday or Monday. Know what I mean?

Thanks for popping in, WATCH THIS SPACE!

xx

[this..is..it!]

BELLS!

Hi There and thank you so so much for poppin in to say Hello!

Hey, congratulations and good on you for getting on Cohens and the forum. Best thing I ever did for myself!

I always have a chuckle when someone uses inspiration and ME in the same sentence! ah ha! So um, thank you *gulp...breath..blush* (accepting compliments is not something I have ever been good at or felt comfortable doing...... working on it. Thank you x)

You will be at your goal in NO TIME! I am going to check your diary out in a tick and CHEEEEER you on!

Again thank you for popping in. You have yourself an amazing week!

Kat x

[bells25]

You better get used to accepting compliments babe - cause I am thinking you are going to be getting ALOT!!

Hehe,

Bells xxx

[Rora]

Hey Kat,
Thanks for visiting my diary and leaving a message, and glad you like my ticker, tinker and pic glad it's attracting sweet people like yourself. This forum has been a godsend as all of the awesome people on here are so supportive, caring, encouraging ect (seriously I could go on all day) and reading everyones diary helps soo much to keep me on track and prepare me for issues I will soon be comming across like champers with girlfriends (I will be stocking up on soda water).

Reading over your diary was amazing we definately are very similar I am also a champers girl and I love ice cream (usually put milo on top, naughty naughty) , hopefully that means my journey on the program will be similar as you have done brilliantly coping with everything and are where I can't wait to be.

Thankyou for all the hints I will keep them in mind as well as all the encouraging words it means soo much that other people can have so much faith in my ability to suceed when Im still trying to convince myself that I can.

Can't wait to see how you go on the refeed, I'm really happy for you that you are basically at your goal weight (ok maybe a tinsy incy wincy bit envious too lol) I can't wait to join you in hopefully around 6mths or so.

I'm sure we will chat again soon, seeeyaaa!! xoxo