Jem_HA's Diary - For the Second and Final Time

[skinnyPIG]

Well done on your week 1 progress Jem! And hope you will feel better soon. Just hang in there and drink lots of water.

[SWANS05]

Well done on week 1 Jem. I have just finished week 1 (again.....I have a limit that I allow myself to get to after losing 21kg in 2010), I love this program, it has been my saviour for 5 years!! Since completing the program the first time I have never tried any other diet.... I always go back to what I know works best. I just lost 2.7kg in the first week, luckily I only need about a 4 or 5 week tune up 😊😊 I look forward to trying your risotto idea!!

[Jem_HA]

Shocker start to week two. I was run off my feet on Monday at work and managed to eat very poorly and completely off-plan. Back on track today!

Breakfasts this week are an egg plus another homemade juice Using my full allowance of spinach, zucchini, celery and lemon juice (counted as a fruit serve - which works for me as I don't like too much whole fruit right now)
Morning snack is crackers with a cup of tea.
Lunches will be a tuna salad again (allowance of tomato, cucumber, capsicum, lettuce) with salt and vinegar dressing.
Afternoon snack is an apple
Dinners will be chicken and mushroom 'risotto'

I really felt the effects of the deviation on Monday. My sinuses were blocked overnight and I woke on Tuesday feeling really stiff. It's truly amazing how quickly and extremely the body reacts to inflammation. I hope that dissipates as quickly with a couple of clean days.

[Jem_HA]

Date: 23/01/16
Weight: 106.5kg (couldn't help myself to get on the scales)
Bust: 111cm
Waist: 89.5cm
Paunch: 113cm
Hips: 126cm

Not the dramatic results as the week before but a downward trend which I'm really pleased about.

[Jem_HA]

Ugh!
Off plan today...I was run off my feet all day. I ate too late for lunch and had to grab what I could on the road or have nothing at all. I allowed my poor lunch choice to impact my dinner choice too.
It's a new day tomorrow!

[Jem_HA]

Note to self - as much as my mind enjoys sweets and wheat (think bread, wraps, pasta) - my body does NOT! Impaired glucose tolerance aside, I suffer bloating, restless sleep, stiff joints, sinus congestion and sometimes headaches (generally from chocolate). All symptoms of inflammation, the body's defence mechanism against foreign toxic substances!! Something to think about...

[Wendym1221]

Hi Jem
Just hop back on the bus
You got off for a brief spell now back on and go strong

Downward trends are good and got to be happy with thar

[Jem_HA]

Part of my weightloss journey is physical but it's also very emotional/psychological. I'm practising some recently adopted philosophies which change they way I view food and diet.

I believe there is no good food and bad food. Food is food. However there are foods that serve body better with more nutrients and than others. I choose nutrient dense foods.

I believe Cohen's program is the complete program for me for life and that life doesn't always fit the boundaries of this first stage of Cohen's.

I own my choices - I empower myself this way. I will not engage in catastrophic thinking (you know the kind...where one deviation blows out a whole day - or few days).

With this all said, I have had a very lax long weekend and that it is what it is. Back on The Bus tomorrow after a short lay-over.

[Wendym1221]

Sounds good
Sometimes you have to be lax to be sane but just need to have the will power to jump back on

[blondetastic]

Nice strategies with the thinking - specially that blow out one!! Hope you had success getting back on the wagon x

[Jem_HA]

Had a good day today after about a week off.

Meals today (and for this week really) are:
Boiled egg and celery - I've bussing to work this week so this is a gem of a brekkie while in transit
AM snack - crackers and lots of water
Lunch - tuna and salad (tomato, cucumber and spinach)
PM snack - apple with a cup of tea
Dinner - chicken bolognase with zoodles
Dessert - crackers and a can of Diet Coke

Looking forward to a good week!

[Jem_HA]

I wanted to deviate today...several times in the afternoon actually. What kept me DF? I can imagine myself slimmer - I can picture a defined jawline, shapely shoulders, actual collar bones, a narrow waist, a seamless line from waist to thigh, a flatter stomach and a pert bum. I've been slim once and I known my potential is waiting to be unleashed by the slim person inside me.

I do have high-ish self worth at my current weight and shape. I know size isn't everything! I also know of the freedom as a slim person - freedom to shop, to travel, to play, to create...just to live. I need to meditate on this any and every time I want to stray from the program and during maintenance.

[blondetastic]

WTG on staying true to the program and true to yourself

[allie_82]

Good on you Jem!! Beating those naughty thoughts about deviating is such a MASSIVE achievement... learning to tell that voice inside our heads to bugger off is 98% of the battle in my opinion!

Keep up the fantastic work!! You will be ticking off your goals before you know it

Allie

[Jem_HA]

Oh god, oh god, oh god - there is yummy morning tea in the kitchen at work AND a giant box of peanuts M&Ms. Skinny me wants a handful as much as fat me....

I made myself a black coffee and am slowly crunching my crackers to attack the cravings!

[Jem_HA]

Mantras to slim by...

Nothing tastes as good as slim feels!
Food is medicine! (and that morning tea is not prescribed to me)
Imagine what will happen to my bloods sugars!
I weigh in tomorrow (or whenever) and I want to feel pride in my weight loss! (which won't happen with a deviation)

[Jem_HA]

Wow - I can't believe how agitated that event made me feel - writing it down certainly helped!

I have an deal with myself...when the urge to deviate arises I commit to acknowledging the urge and talking it over with my skinny future self.
I also choose to manage my cravings with my Cohen's EP - changing my scheduled meals, varying my snacks and having something to drink. I choose to reflect on why I've made this lifestyle change.
Should the craving linger after 30 minutes...I respect my body enough to listen. This is not an excuse. This is managing the end game of the lifestyle program.

[Jem_HA]

Phew! I'm feeling calmer - I put an extra sweetener in my coffee, my crackers are settled in my stomach. I could walk in that kitchen and ignore everything now.

Mind over matter!

[allie_82]

Awesome work Jem!

You should be so very proud of yourself & the way you have shut down that naughty voice in your head!! (we all have it - but shutting it down is the biggest part of the battle!!)

Keep trekking hun!

Allie

[Andie27]

What an incredible amount willpower and determination you jave Jem. Very inspiring. I did have a giggle reading through your thoughts. Gpad you made it there in the end unscathed! Well done babe. Great job. Shame about the peanut M&Ms. they're my fav too!
Get in the bowl - you get in the bowl! Bahaha cracks me up everytime. Jave a lovely weekend beautiful. Hugs Andie 😉