Calling ALL Cohen Graduates getting back to basics

[carrieanne_c]

slidin' tickers, I like that! welcome

Fornight = 67.5kg
Carrianne = 72kg
Pandora = 65.3kg
Mari = 71.7kg
SuzieQ = 67.2kg
Katie= 100.5

heehee, i cut and pasted and added Kate, and I welcomed myself! 5 days till weigh in ladies!

[thenewvee]

What a great idea Pandora!
Add me too, please
Weight is 83.1kg.

Vee

[Imfef]

Hi friends,
It's been a while...in fact the last time I came back was only for a short while before disappearing again - so apologies for that.
I'm glad you're still here, there's a lot on newbies that weren't around when I was on before so the forum does seem a tad unfamiliar.
The last time I came back I had reached about 80kg'ish (up 5kg from my maintenance start weight back in July 2009. I tried to do a patch-work job between breakie and lunch on cohens and dinner was some hash-up between refeed and normal. It didn't work.
I've been planning to start over again for a while, but I put it off until we had a new maid starting as I didn't have the time to prepare my food. It's still not ideal, as I'm still working long hours, travelling a lot, have a holiday coming up, have family visiting etc, etc. However, I decided to start anyway. This will be a bigger challenge than I had first time around when I had a clear run of about 3 months without any difficult periods in terms of travel and holidays etc.
But the upside is that if I can do this during these periods, I think I'll be set up for any eventuality or situation.
I won't join this 'Back to Basics' group unfortunately because I have started from the beginning. I was 90kg when I hit the scales on Tuesday (that means I put on 15Kg of all that fat I managed to get rid of the first time around). Ashamed? indeed I am!
I'm 88.3 this morning and I'm determined to get back to 72kg or even less (ideally 70kg) by Christmas.
I'm not sure how often I'll be able to pop by the forum but when I do I'll pop by here and say hello.
Good luck to you all,
Marc

[carrieanne_c]

wow Mark! good to see you! sounds like you have got your head in the right place! you'll probably be shaving those kilos off fast just like last time

I am at 71.3 so 700 g loss for me! this week. hi victory vee! glad to see you too!

party in the House, whoop whoop! sorry i am getting alittle enthusiastic

[fornight]

Hello Everyone!

My first time in a challenge.

Start 2nd Aug 2010 - 67.5kg
Today 9th Aug 2010 - 66.0kg
Loss for the Week -1.5kg

[SuzieQ]

Hi Guys,

Just checking in with my weekly results .

Start Date 1/8/10 is 69kg
Weight today is 65.6kg
Weekly loss is 3.4kg

Hope everyone is happy with their losses this week!

Suzie

[pandora]

Hello everyone and how exciting that week one of our challenge is now over!

Here are the results so far:

Pandora = 64.5kg = 800grams down
Fornight = 66kg = 1.5kg down
Suzie = 65.6kg = 3.4kg down

Suzie, i notice you updated yr weight loss today with a start date of 1st Aug at 69kg. The start date was actually the 2nd Aug and you did post yr start weight on 3 Aug at 67.2kg. Shall we use the 69kg start now?

Look forward to everyone elses updates too! Pandora

[carrieanne_c]

Pandora = 64.5kg = 800grams down
Fornight = 66kg = 1.5kg down
Suzie = 65.6kg = 3.4kg down
Carrieanne = 71.1kg = 900kg down 6.1 til goal

TOM is here so that accounts for a slowy loss but I must say that I am still ok with it. I am wearing my august 2009 jeans as jeans test, feeling slightly looser in thigh area.

ok ladies Ms. Vee, Ms. Mari and Ms. Katie lets see those results.

good job to pands,for,and suzie-you guys are some serious shrinkers!

[SuzieQ]

Hi Pandora,

You can record my start weight at 67.2kg as that was my start weight at the beginning of the challenge when I signed up on the Tuesday. I actually started back on Cohens on the Sunday so I just put down my total loss since starting back on plan. As long as I'm going down I'm happy! So I guess that would make my loss 1.6kg for the challenge.

Suzie

[pandora]

Thanks again for the update Suzie. Either way fantastic loss for your first week girl!

Oh and cant help but notice that Carrianne and moi are same BMI 25.5 so lets see how that number drops too? Who will win the Carrieanne and Pandora BMI challenge LOL!?

Oh and exactly where are the rest of our group, hmm, we are only 4 with at least 3 others missing?

results again with amounts to go until goal
Pandora = 64.5kg = -800g with 7.5kg to goal
Fornight = 66kg = -1.5kg with 9kg to goal
Suzie = 65.6kg = - 3.4kg with 11.6kg to goal
Carrieanne = 71.1kg = -900g with 6.1kg to goal

[pandora]

Oh and so far, Suzie is our biggest loser this week whether we take her weight from 1 Aug (3.4kg lost) OR 3 Aug (1.6kg lost) either way she is our biggest loser so far! Congratulations Suze you are the skinny babe this week, bows down to you oh biggest loser one! Pandora

[fornight]

I lost by 100g! Nonetheless, Congratulations to you Suzie!!!!

[pandora]

And congratulations to you too Fornight, you are already an amazingly wonderful winner, yeehaa! Pandora

[carrieanne_c]

as long as it is not a bm challenge -lol

[pandora]

Haha Carriepops you always cheer me up! BMI challenge and BM challenge too if you like! Too much info for most! P

[mcpsych]

ah yes, but not just faster higher stronger- i think there should be an artistic component ( style of delivery perhaps) and the russian judge is hard to impress today hehehe

[fornight]

My first time in a challenge.

Start 2nd Aug 2010 - 67.5kg
9th Aug 2010 - 66.0kg

Today - 66.4kg

Gain 400g!!!!! I will work extra hard this week!!!!

[pandora]

Boohoo, Pandora slinks guiltily to the computer, hmm, a 2 day 3 night away business conference with hubby. Damage = 1kg gained. I did my best (mostly ????) with quantities, Cohen veg, etc but i guess my results were more like day 15 ? of refeed (where you can have extra protein and veg and a glass of wine). All in all, i wont really beat self up too much as i am still 3kg down in 2.5 weeks.

So not my best week 2 of our grads challenge, hmmm. How is everyone else doing? And Fornight, focus on the positive side as you are still 1.3kg down! P

[carrieanne_c]

Carrieanne = 70.4kg = -700g with 5.4kg to goal
tightest tightest jeans are starting to feel better, I must be stretching them out lol.

Pandora still doing better than me for month total-Jenny you're just retaining a little extra water like you always do! go put your cohens jeans on and that american macys dress-both at the samee time-ha ha just kidding-seriously for I am sure that you just have a little stress-water weight that hasn't found its way out-i am sure its not fat grams!

[SuzieQ]

Well, glad I am not the only one slinking over to the computer Pandora..... Confession time, I also was not 100% this week, missed too many meals which led to cravings and eating off plan...bugger. My damage is no loss this week I'm afraid, I guess is better than gaining?

I vow this week will be a much better week.

Suzie