hey t,

insanely strict is true, so I give myself a day or two a month off, I don't
g crazy, but I might have a slice of taost with my egg in the morning, and I
won't weigh anything, so I might end up having the right foods just a little
more of them. I figure if I go from losing 11.6kg a month to 8kgs I can live
with that as long as I'm not going backweards and I'm not going crazy on my
"days off". I figure if I don't do something like giving myself a break I'll
resent the plan and just give up. Althouigh I have to say on the few times I
have allowed myself 'normal' foods, I have felt pretty sick afterwards,
and bread makes me so tired, so if anything I think my body might be
starting to appreciate the simplicity of the way I am eating now.

I'm going to build up my exercise levels as I get lighter, god knows I have
these tiny little ankles a wrists that can't move this big bulk around. Once
it's easier to do that I'll be more motivated to move around.

sorry to hear your friend put it back on, I have yo yo'd so many time, this
was either do or die, and I mean that literally, I would have had a heart
attack or something. I'd like to live a little longer than 35!

c
"tracey" neil4tracey@hotmaildotcom wrote in message
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"Patrick@home" wrote in message
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wow, thanks so much!

this is really insightful.

Yes I'm in Australia, started this a few weeks ago, I would be interested
to know how your friend went, and if she ever wandered off. You would
know how insanely strict it is, it is virtually impossible to eat
anything other than what you have prepared yourself.

Did your friend keep off her weight and do you know how much she lost in
what time? sorry about the questions, it's just that they kind of keep
you away from others on the diet, don't like you talking for some reason,
maybe because you will compare your "exclusive" eating plan and realise
it is identical!

Anyway as you can see, it's working I'll see how I am tracking after my
second months weigh in!

cryss

hi again cryss

i cant give you really good details cos i cant remember them perfectly,
however, i know she lost about 15 kgs in 4-5 months. an insanely fast
amount of weight i think. but it worked for her. when you reach
maintenance they phased in the foods you dont have, namely the
carbohydrates. she didnt keep the weight off unfortunately, but that
doesnt mean you wont i think what you can learn from my friend, is that
restricting ur calories WILL make you lose weight. its pure maths. but as
soon as you increase the calories, IE go off cohens, then the weight can
add back on. Addressing why you overeat is crucial for longterm loss. good
luck tho. whatever works. way i figure it. if cohens works for you to get
to a lower limit, so you can then easily run more, be mroe active, and
burn more calories easily, then its a huge success. but one thing i know.
going off the diet is where many come unstuck. so i dunno.. kinda prepare
yourself that monitoring is for life. i wonder why they dont want you to
talk to the others. that would do my head in, i would HAVE to talk to the
others to find out why they dont want me to. plus. the rules .. lol.. i
would struggle there. I'd say ta hell with you buddy, lol. i dont think
its exclusively ur individual plan. i think its just low carb eating. but
GREAT loss so far. keep up the good work!! oh and the way you say its
insanely strict. areyou ok with that. cos if it was me. i would rebel
against that. how do you cope with that?

t