New members - welcome !!

[Kohinoor]

Hi all,

It is great to see new people joining up from all over the place. And a big newyou welcome to all of you.

Since I've noticed some are a little unsure of just "what to do", I thought it would be useful to make a few suggestions.

Before starting a Diary:
A change made in Oct 2012 has now dis-allowed starting a Diary until you have filled in a Diary Request Form. So, please do that FIRST now, by clicking on the following Link :-

http://newyouforum.com/forum/misc.php?do=form&fid=8

Once you have completed that, you will be able to start a thread (your Diary) in the New Diaries forum. Note that only those doing Cohens may start a Diary - we are a Cohens support group, when all is said and done.

If you are planning to "do" Cohens, and have entered your Diary Request Form, start out by going to the "New Diaries" forum. There, you will be able to start a thread with "Fred's Diary" or "Samantha's Diary" as the title of the topic.

This will then be your place to tell us all about yourself, your goals, your problems, your day-to-day, your weightloss, ask questions, etc. Check out a few "diary" posts and you'll get the idea.

And HOW do you actually start a Diary?

Go to the "New Diaries" forum, then look near the top left side of the screen you will see a button called "New Thread" - click on that... then type what you want to, and, when finished, click "Submit reply" to finish.

While in "New Diaries", DO go to the "Stickies" (these are important threads that are "stuck" at the top of each page. In there, it tells you the "Rules" for having a Diary on here - a "Diary Request" is now mandatory, and must be done before starting a Diary. The stickies also provide many tips - so it is useful to read them before starting your Diary,


If you have questions about anything, go to Cohens Programme Discussion section, and tap into the "Discussion on Cohen's Lifestyle Programme" forum. Food is one of the more common discussion points. Have a read through there - many problems with food are common, and answers have already been provided somewhere in this forum. But, if YOUR question ISN'T there, then start a "new topic" there to ask the question ...

Try checking out the "New You Forum Support Boards" group of forums too. A well-used forum in that section is to do with "Recipes".

As you get more familiar, do check out all of the other forums - "Tips, Tricks" is very popular. Many of the "Tips" can help to encourage you on your path - they've been presented by others who have already walked the same path. Or, YOU can add to them, where you have discovered something that has really helped you.

The photos section has now changed and photos belong in your "albums" - see Photo Albums for help re doing that - the link is from FAQ (which has a wealth of other answers to questions too)

The "Chat" forum (way down the bottom) is for all of the day-to-day stuff that has nothing to do with Cohens, but you wanted to tell us anyway (of course, you can do this in your Diary too...)


For anyone starting out in anything new, we all start out "not knowing enough to even know how to ask a decent question". It is common to every facet of life. Don't feel bad about it. Just give it a go anyway. SOMEONE here will understand what you are endeavouring to ask, and will guide you.


And, for those who are unfamiliar with the Internet, PLEASE don't make posts with all capital letters. On the Internet, capital letters are used (apart from the usual start of sentence, first letter of a name, etc.) ONLY for emphasis - e.g. "WOW!! Look at YOU? You've done so well!!" If you type ALL of your post in Capitals, it is deemed to be SHOUTING (and it really is much harder to read - so please don't do it)


It's good to have you here,

Koh