tomorrowisnow's diary

[tomorrowisnow]

Hi everyone,

Well I guess this is my first post, I received my program yesterday and I plan to start next Wednesday. I am hosting a cocktail party for my brother on Sunday night, then Monday is a public holiday... so I thought it would be crazy of me to try and get through that on Cohen's in my first week. I wouldn't mind starting right now but I want to start on a stress free day fully prepared and ready to succeed.

I have about 20kg's to lose which seems like such a small number compared to a lot of you already finished but I have struggled for over 10 years to loose my baby weight unsuccessfully - like the rest of you I have kept a lot of diet companies in business in my attempts . I have tried Weight Watchers, Jenny Craig, Calorie King, Reductil, Atkins, Tony Ferguson & a few others.

Anyway I thought I would just say Hi to you all and hope that I will be a success story like the rest of you in the coming year, I have a lot of great things happening and plenty to keep me motivated.


See you all around.

[Shanara]

Hi Tomorrow is now

Welcome to the forum. Love your name - so often we put things off until tomorrow. You are acting today - well done.

There is a lot of wise words and experience in here so feel free to pook around. As well there are lots of people who are also journeying on the Cohens journey and who love to support each other.

Looking forward to getting to know you.
Shanara

[tomorrowisnow]

First day done and dusted! I was soooo ready to do this - I even started a day earlier than planned. I had a cocktail party for my brothers birthday on Sunday night (Easter) and I was waiting until it was over before I started thinking it would be difficult to do Cohen's with all the visitors and preparing of food. Well I found that everyone was too wrapped up in their own little lives to care about what I was eating or drinking so I should have started a week ago. I always think people with 'think' this or 'think' that about me when I pass over unhealthy food or I don't get on the drink with them but what I have noticed with my family/friends since xmas when I haven't been counting calories or watching what I eat - is that no one really cares unless I made an issue of it. If I just said no thanks they just served themselves up whatever it was and left me alone - but as soon as I mentioned I was on a diet they would start to pressure me to eat 'just one small bit'....I found it really interesting and I am going to continue to do it while on cohen's.

So... yesterday I got really organised and bagged up my food allowances for the week and geez doesn't that takes some time I am so lucky that my husband is home on his days off so he can help out with the kids. I had no headaches or cravings surprisenly but this morning I had yoghurt with stewed fruit for breaky and I had to force it down, it's really horrid stuff - I think I will stick to eggs for a while until I get brave enough to try again

PS: Thanks Shanara for your kind welcome!

[Mette]

Welcome to the forum, Tomorrowisnow! Well done on getting through your first day! Hopefully, you won't get any of the detox symptoms (mine started on the first day). You sound very positive and motivated, and I'm sure you will be done and dusted in no time!
It's funny how people react to us when we say we're on a diet, isn't it? It seems that they either feel threatened by it or think it's fun for rules to be broken (why they want others to break rules for them, I will never know!) but as long as we don't mention it, they are usually too busy with their own little world to notice what we're doing.
You will find a lot of support, encouragement and advice here on the forum, and I'm sure you will be thrilled with the results!
I look forward to hearing more about your journey!

[tomorrowisnow]

So I am nearly at the end of my last day of week one...it's been quite easy still for me as long as I am organized. Went on a trip to the beach yesterday with the kids and I made up the chicken nuggets to take with me, they came in really handy and made it really easy to be deviation free while everyone else had (really nice smelling) bad food.

This whole change of life thing has got me thinking the most weirdest of things though like if I accident weighed the wrong amount of vegies out or accidently ate too many crispbreads - I have turned into a paranoid FREAK! I have a little checklist that I tick off each time I eat a 'limited' food so I can easily keep track but I have a really bad memory so sometimes I think 'what if I forgot to tick it off?'.

Then last night I put on some lip gloss (as you do) and it was cherry flavoured and I got a little taste of it, I had never really paid too much attention to it before but it tasted pretty ok so I thought I'd better check the ingredients (you just never know!) and found it had SACCHARIN in it!! I wiped it off real quick cause you just can't be too sure

I have my first week's weigh-in tommorrow so I have everything crossed for luck that I get a nice number first weeks effort. I am really nervous actually, my clothes are slightly looser but nothing dramatic... I guess it will come. I would love to lose 3-4kg's in the first week but any loss will be great.

I expected in my first week to be way hungry but it never came...I haven't even really thought too much about food, just been going about my day which is really unusual since I LOVE food and everything revolved around it. I hope after the novelty of the first few weeks wears off I don't start getting stupid cravings for crap.

Anyways I better get going, I will fill in my little ticker tommorow with my new weight, wish me luck!!

xo

PS: Thanks Mette, my family never said anything negative when I was around them on the weekend. No one even noticed I was eating differently, in fact everyone thought my food looked great lol. It just goes to show you.... Thanks for popping in to ready my diary.

[Skinnyminnie]

Congratulations on your first week. I know what you mean about eating with a group. My best friend who was here, didn't notice I passed up all the goodies at Easter and won't believe I only ate from my program. Since then I am less paranoid about eating in front of others.
I have made a little chart for my water as well, so that I can cross off how much I drink, if that helps you.
You are really well organised with your food bagged, so that is a great bonus. Best wishes on the weight loss journey.
Cheers,

[Mette]

You've done so well in your first week! I'm keeping fingers and toes crossed that you have a good loss!
You should be proud of yourself for being so organised! As long as you are prepared and have strategies in place, you'll be fine if cravings set in. Chromium is really good if it's sugar that you're craving! And arranging for distractions. You'll do great!
Stay strong and keep smiling!

[tomorrowisnow]

Hey there again Mette & SkinnyMinnie (love your name btw!), bagging up the food takes so long - especially if I cook things like the nuggets and meatballs before bagging them but it's worth it when you travel or work or even just with the kids running around.

SkinnyMinnie - I took the kids (I have 3 boys) to their cousins birthday party today and as soon as I arrived I started chomping on my apple so I wouldn't feel tempted. I have a taste disorder that I am yet to find a diagnosis for so when anyone asks why I am not eating cake or lollies luckly I also have the excuse that they taste like crap anyways!! Other than that though isn't it funny how no one really notices unless you make an issue or point out that you are on a 'diet'. It's handy with a group of people but not so good with only a few, then they notice and try to force their food on you.

Most of my friends are aware my taste issue so I haven't even bothered telling them I am on this program. Food still smells great (sometimes distorted though or I will smell something that isn't there) and it always look so good but I am learning to block it all out and concentrate on the kids having fun or whatever. The taste thing has forced me to care about more things than food and Cohen's is teaching me the right way to eat while I learn that and fix my body.

With my water I have two 1.5 litre bottles that I fill up every day and take them with me everywhere, I know that once I am done I have drunk my 3 litres for the day. Sometimes I would forget to tick the boxes so I found this was the easiest to keep track of, I also have a really nice wine glass that I drink from at home so it looks posh and tastes better lol.

[FlaMie]

Hello TIN wow...sound so much like "thin" so nice! Thanks so much for dropping by my diary. Thanks for the nice words you put in but I really don't think I'm so much of an inspiration as the others who are much more patience and who have more weight to lose than me. I really salute them for their determination to succeed and indeed finding strength in their diaries. That's how I'm practically hooked to this site almost the entire day! There are just so many wonderful diaries to inspire me to go on.

I'm so glad that you've found the prawns tasty to your liking I like both versions, the spicy and the tomato. Actually I think the tomato would suit non Asians better because it gives a nice tomato sauce base and I can really lap up everything...talk about hungry for food!

With your weight, your programme will be over in no time...isn't that wonderful "thin"?

[tomorrowisnow]

First week's weight loss..... 3.6kg's!! Woot Woot!! So excited, I was hoping for about that so I feel really great to be on my way to my next goal - which is in the 60's!!

I made a really nice chicken soup today for lunch, I need to go shopping for some fresh vegies since they don't last very long but was able to scrape together some mushrooms, celery, zuchinni and spinach with my chicken and then just added some water, garlic powder, ginger powder and some lite salt mmmm it was really nice. I only cooked it for about 15mins but I reckon if I left it longer to simmer it would have been so much nicer. It was very green looking so maybe next time I will buy some yellow squash to get some more colours in there lol

I think the program would be so much harder without all the wonderful recipes that everyone shares - thankyou to everyone who's recipes I am trying but probably don't know you!!! ... I will eventually get around to knowing everyone and maybe I can thankyou personally hey!

PS: FlaMie - girl you ARE in inspiration to me. I looked at a lot of dairy's and posts while I was waiting for my program and your's was a stand out since we have the same goal weight and similar ages. As I read I noticed how hard it was for you some days but you just keep going - THAT's WHAT INSPIRES ME. A huge weight loss isn't the only reason that makes someone inspirational (although it's fantastic too!!), sometimes it's those like you who are going up against the daily struggles & obstacles that life brings and continually getting up each day and following their plan with no deviations. I can diet and eat healthily, what I haven't mastered is doing it long term whether my scales reward me or not. Love reading about your journey and YOU ARE an inspiration!

[Mette]

Good work on the first week's losses, Tomorrowisnow! That's truly excellent! Keep up the great work!

[Kohinoor]

Hi T-I-N,

Well, look at you, doing so well.... I'm not sure if you noticed or not, but you are about to say Goodbye forever to that BMI range that sounds so awful (starts with "Ob...."). If you haven't said goodbye already, you soon will.

All it needs is to see 29.9 on the top side of your ticker, and you'll be in the better-sounding "Overweight" range - AJ's "new normal" indeed.

Can't be long now - less than 1Kg would do it.... (and it's 3 days since your last post - maybe you are already there ??? )

Koh

[Shanara]

Hi T(h)IN

Sounds like you are settling in nicely and getting into the rythym of Cohens. Notice your ticker is sliding downwards.

I find in this colder wether the soups are really warming adn somehow more filling and there are some nice ones in the recipes. I really love my spicy sour soup - one of my favs.

Woinder if your clothes are feeling a bit looser yet. If not - won't be long.

Blessings
Shanara

[Torzza]

Hi TIN,

Congrats on losing 3.6 kg in your first week! That's a fantastic loss and before you know it you'll be at your goal weight! You sound like you are really hitting a good pace with your program.

I only started a couple of weeks ago myself, and I have to say I completely agree with you about how wonderful all the recipes are. I would find it a lot more difficult preparing a week in advance if there weren't so many great recipes to choose from!

Good luck with the rest of your journey. I look forward to following your progress!

[tomorrowisnow]

Well I have had a very busy week - hardly had time to pop in here and update you all on my progress but I am proud to say that I have lost another 1.2kg's for my second week which takes my total loss so far to 4.8kg's.

I didn't expect to loose much at all being that time of the month and all but I proved myself wrong didn't I. I have managed quiet easily so far but the last few days have been a tester for me - the smell of food is really tempting, I am finding that a really long sniff of whatever it is that my family is eating is enough to satisfy me for now but I can't wait for this week to be over so I wont have crazy monthly hormones encouraging my un-healthy cravings.

I keep telling myself that I probably wouldn't want to eat it even if I could so why waste my time wishing I could?? Also every time I gave into my cravings before Cohen's nothing ever really tasted as great as I thought it would - well actually - since my taste issue NOTHING has tasted great anyway... but I digress...If I thought some home baked cookies smelt so devine that I could inhale them - I would try a few (ok ok almost the whole batch..) and I would almost always think 'geez they weren't as great as I thought they would be' - so I keep that thought in my head for those moments when something smells irrestable. Its just not worth it.

Next week I am aiming for the 60's - I am gonna make it I just know it. I will be so freakin excited too - it's been at least 2 years and considering at 69 kg's I thought I was massive and since then I have been up as high as 79kg's. Now that I can already feel the difference that weight can make - I will savour the loss and then look to my next goal. Wish me luck!


Kohiner - you were right!! I never even thought about that, it feels great to be out of that dreaded bloody obese range forever! Thanks for bringing that to my attention - your a legend with numbers aren't you!

Mette - thanks so much for you encouragement, it means a lot to me!

Shanara - you're so cute, I had to think a little bit about the T (h) IN thing but when it finally hit me I had to have a little giggle at your genious-ness, that's cool. Clothes are getting loser - I haven't dropped a size yet but all in good time. Loose is nice for now.

Torzza - still loving my recipes. I made some crumbed fish & prawns the other day by crushing up my cracker allowance and rubbing it into the seafood after dipping it in some Sprite Zero - I read it on here somewhere too. I had it with a yummy salad and it was one of the yummiest meals I have had yet...that and Flamie's tomato prawns mmmmm. I've been using the Sprite Zero and Coke Zero a lot in my recipes, it's surprising how versitile just those ingredients are, I barely drink them in a cup haha

[Mette]

You don't need luck, pretty lady! You have Cohens!
I'm sure you will make it in to the 60s next week, and then we'll have a dancing banana party!!

[missparker]

Sounds like you have been doing really well in the early stages of your journey!

Sounds like I'm just behind you in terms of hitting those 60's. I'm determined to hit it by the end of the week so I can treat myself to a facial.

No doubt you've jumped that hurdle by now.... but good luck anyway!!

Take care
Rechelle

[tomorrowisnow]

Well I haven't been posting in my diary since there has been nothing exciting to tell you. I STILL haven't made it into the 60's despite my enthusiasm but I wont be giving up.

The last two weeks have been soooooooooooooo hard, first I had TOTM then I had an extremely busy weekend with work where I had to juggle dinner invitations and my meals on top of sick kids and my shiftworking husband. I managed and was very proud of myself but it was tricky - lost 1.1kg's that week so it made it all worthwhile (almost in the 60's at 70.3kgs!)

Then last week - I don't know what happened, I didn't deviate but geez I felt like it really bad, I wont list the foods here that I was dreaming about because it will make you all hungry but let me say they were not Cohen's friendly . When those cravings set in it takes everything you have not to give in after so many years of just mindlessly stuffing your face and not giving a second thought to it all.

This is the hard part of it all for me, the first month is over and the novelty has worn off. My weight loss this week - 0.1kg's!!! Oh you have no idea what was going through my head after not giving in to all those cravings too - 'I could be doing this on WW AND having Chocolate!!' and 'There is somethign wrong with me, why can't I lose weight like veryone else I have read about??', 'What have I done wrong!!', 'What can I do more?'.

I toyed with exercising, cutting out red meat, cutting out cheese altogether, I read and re-read my program to see what I might have done wrong but honestly - I don't think I have done anything other than a few hiccups at the start. I think that is what my body wanted to lose that week and that was it!

A great test of my staying power and every day I am reminding myself of why I started Cohen's in the first place, it's still hard but I am not giving up.

So now I am just going to wait for the moment those scales are going to reward me for all my hard work - maybe it's this week, maybe it's next week but it's going to happen and when it does I will be so proud that I didn't deviate when the going got tough.

MissParker - Hi there! As you can see I haven't made it to the 60's yet, seems my weightloss is trying to teach me some patience! I didn't make it into the 70% for weightloss in the first month but I am really happy that you have!! Hopefully I will make it into the higher range after 3 months which probably matters more hehe

Mette - Thanks for your positive outlook, still hanging in there and maybe I can have that dancing banana party next week! I will be sure to hand out invitations to you all once I get there!

[Mel09]

Hey Well done for not giving in to those cravings. Shows how committed you are so you will be hitting those 60's in no time.

[missparker]

Well you know what they say when you don't have a big loss week.... you're losing in cms! I do firmly believe that if you stick to it it will happen.

I remember when I first started I was really worried about not losing either but if you stick to it then I have no doubts you'll lose. And like you I always look at people who are losing at a quicker rate than I am and often think 'what are they eating'... I want to lose that much that quickly but at the end of the day we're all different and our bodies work differently!

I'm sure you'll have a better week this week....