Weight Loss Journals - petecohen.tv

I havent written anything for a while, I am enjoying working and keeping very active on my daily trips to and from work. I had the flu ongoing for ages but seem to be over it now. I have been reading all your success stories and they continue to inspire me and I am so grateful to Pete for this program and all the lovely people I have met on it. I am spending Christmas with my lovely family and just want to wish everyone what ever you wish for yourselves, what ever you believe in or celebrate, have a wonderful time with your friends and family and I have ordered all the ducks to be tied up and gagged so that you can all do well and have peace of mind. I wish everyone on the program the best new year in 2009 and lots of big dreams coming true. Good luck and keep up the positive energy x

Hi everyone, I have been reading your blogs when I get home from work and keeping up with all your news but I have been so exhausted all the time. I ended up being off work for a whole week with this flu . It all went to my chest and I was coughing like a storm at sea. I have not felt much like eating so that has been good but I have not had the energy to walk much and being out in the cold has not been so nice either. I have been drinking a bit of lemonade too because it was the only thing that I felt like. and talking a lot at work made me so thirsty. You would have laughed at me with my bottle of water and my lemonade having a battle against each other on my desk. I lost a kilo during the first week so at least it did not affect me too badly. I plan to have a really quiet weekend and maybe have a bit of a walk and see if I feel less tired. I also believe in Berocca but to my horror discovered that it has artificial sweetners in it I have been having soup for lunch most days and taking fruit with me. I hope you all have a wonderful weekend and that your ducks will all be ducksickles in the freezer. Good luck and be kind to yourselves. Today I am grateful for being alive and having another day to try and reach my goals and also to see the amazing Autumn colours.

I just wanted to say hello to everyone out there and I hope you are having the best day. I feel a bit better today and am staying at home nice and warm. There is a new winter diet I wanted to tell you all about, it is called 'its too cold to open the fridge' diet. I think I am going to stick my duck in the fridge, that should teach him love to you all and lots of positive energy xxx

I am still sick today, feeling worse than yesterday actually but I am surrounded by such beauty all the leaves are so golden and shining and there is still a lot of snow around from last night, so today I am going to be grateful for the natural beauty around me. I am not going to be doing any walking or exercise again today but I am not eating anything bad and I am drinking lots of liquids. My daughter brewed me a herbal drink with grated ginger, cinnamon, and some other disgusting tasting herbs and it is very soothing, I had to add some honey and lemon juice just to be able to drink it. I hope you are all having a really good day, take care and keep warm. xx

I had a miserable day yesterday First of all the trains were not running and I had to go in a completely different direction to get to work, only to find that the underground I went to was also not running. So I caught a bus in another direction and eventually got to work after much stress. My cold was in full swing so I was not a happy bunny. By the afternoon I was feeling rotten and heard a few other people were going home sick. I was so cold coming home and felt so bad that I came home and went to bed. My hubby brought me tea and a hot water bottle and I was grateful for him being here. I called in sick and am spending the day in bed today. The sun is shining through my window and although I love the sunshine I am a bit daft and really love the cold. I also love the afternoons now when it starts getting dark early, there is such a different feeling in the air. We always go to the ice rinks that spring up around London and watch the people skating. I dont skate, never somehow mastered it, but I love watching. So I have been sitting reading all your blogs and smiling and feeling so blessed that you are all out there doing well and that I can share all your lives. What ever comes our way, Gregs pies or kidney stones or food temptations we are all backing each other up and that is so great. I wonder if any of you when faced with a temptation think to yourselves ' I will dissappoint the girls if I give in to this' and then walk away, it happens to me. Have a really good day and today I am grateful for nice hot pea and ham soup and I have made a potion of fresh grated ginger, a little honey and some lemon juice and stewed it in a pot on the stove and it feels so nice and warm and soothing. love to all from Winnie tucked up in bed xx

I have been really active going to work every day, I have quite a few steps to climb at the tube stations and I am still getting off the bus three steps before my office and striding along past Gregs past and on and on. I then also go for a half an hour walk at lunch time and that is so inspiring as the Grand union canal is right there and I walk along it looking at the beautiful autumn colours. I have a bad cold though that seems to have crept in over the weekend but I have echinaecia tea and I put ginger and a little honey in it. I have still been on my grateful journal every day and I was telling my one friend about it yesterday, she was so excited and said she is going to start writing one every day as well. Today I am grateful for electricity. It will seem like a strange thing to be grateful for but now that the dark days are here just imagine if we did not have it. In South Africa for quite a long time now they have their electricity switched off for about 4 to 5 hours a day sometimes even longer because of the inadequite power supplies. So I am grateful for electricity today and also for all the lovely ladies on this program, I have been reading all your entries and am so proud to be part of this group. Keep smiling.

my new job is going well and I am really enjoying being busy again. My office is near the Grand Union Canal near Richmond so I have been taking my lunch and going for a half an hour walk every day in different directions. I am doing well eating wise and keep a bottle of water on my desk all day. Today I am grateful for being healthy and strong enough to walk and climb steps and feel the rain on my face.

I have been at my new work a week today and so far am really happy there, the other people I work with are all so nice, just the overweight lady seems to have a chip on her shoulder ( and a whole lot in her lunch every day, plus a soda drink, a choclate bar and a packet of crisps) I just look on in horror. I am enjoying my travelling, I catch a tube then an overground and then a bus and it takes me about an hour and a half every day. I can go by car but I have to brave the North Circular and Chiswick roundabout in the worse traffic. I went one day last week but we worked late so it was fine. I have been pretty good on the whole having my Special K with soya milk for breakfast and I take a banana with me every day. Alas my achilles heel is on the doorstep near my new office, GREGS. I absolutely love a nice fresh hot pie and I am ashamed to say I have had a pie a couple of times this week, but then in my defense I have been getting off the bus three stops earlier and walking the rest of the way and I have been doing a half an hour walk while I eat my lunch. Today I had tuna with some humous and my husband laughed when I told him I am finished with Gregs. He said Pete will be happy to hear that.

I have been reading all your blogs and love to share your lives with you, it is wonderful to be in touch with so many interesting people who are so real. At the moment I am reading The Power of Now by Eckhart Tolle and it is amazing. He writes that we are always remembering the past or worrying about the future. He says we must live each precious moment now, because we only have now. We waste so much time crying about things that have happened and wishing for things that may never happen. He says that if we can be present and see the miracle of the beauty of life around us right now in this moment and do that all the time, our lives will change for the better and we will experience such a change. I have just started reading it and will see what else comes up but it is worth a read.

My grateful journal entry for today is my family, I am so blessed and truly grateful. Take care and I hope you all have a positive day filled with healthy food.

I have been reading all your stories and feel as though I know some of you a little better even though I wasn't there. I have come to the conclusion that we must all stop beating ourselves up and face the fact that we are wonderful women who all have challenges to face and sometimes we fall down and it hurts but boy when we get up it feels great. I think it is not about how many times we may fail but how many times we try again, and the sin in the whole thing is not failing but not trying and from what I hear here you are all trying so hard. I got myself into a really dark place when I was not working because I am used to working and love being part of something. From what I have learned about being on the program with you and reading your blogs all the time, you are some of the most amazing people I have ever known and it is a real privelage to share this journey with you. I wish I could have been there with you it would have been so lovely. I have decided that I am going to be happy and try harder in the next few weeks and I am starting a grateful journal today and every day I will write something in there. Today I will start with being grateful that I can have a nice hot bath, I so love that and I will think about people in the world who have never, ever even had a bath. Would anyone else like to contribute a reason to be grateful, lets see who has the most original idea. Lots of love to all you fine ladies, have a good week.

I have been working for a few days now and it seems to be going quite well, the people are quite nice and the extra bonus is that I have to travel quite a bit to get there. That means quite a few steps and a bit of extra walking and that suits me very well. On the first day the lady who was showing me the ropes was quite young I would say about thirty ish and she is very overweight. The ofice where we were working on the first day was on the second floor and I walked up thinking that was just great, all those lovely steps, she went up in the lift and down again to go out for a ciggie later. I said to her the steps are so good she should do them evry day, She told me that she is just lazy and then at lunch time I found her in the kitchen with a take away of greasy chips and a hamburger. I really felt sorry for her and thought when I get to know her a bit better I must tell her about Pete. I am determined to stay on track with my eating. I just wanted to wish Pete good luck for the London event and I hope you all have a really fantastic time.

I have not written for a few days but I have some good news. I am still doing well on my eating and have been pretty active. I got the job that I went for and start this Wednesday. It is not the ideal job and is a bit of a travel every day but the people seem really nice and I look forward to being busy again. I will also have to be nice and active on the way to work every day and back so that is a big plus I have been reading all the other blogs and I am so sorry that I cant be there on Saturday I would really like to meet everyone. Hope you have a really wonderful day. It is so inspiring to read all the success stories and positive results. I have come to realise that I am getting older, we were married 35 years yesterday. I heard a lovely poem last week and some of it was, You know you are getting older when your back goes out more that you do, there were others but it made me smile. We battle our battles and try our best and often things dont go well but we are all strong women who have been living our lives and now we have the ability to lose weight, feel better and get up and smile every day. My new resolution for this month is to count my blessings every day and see the cup is half full and not half empty. I love being part of this group and love sharing all your lives. Good luck everyone and thanks again Pete.

How can such a small thing make someone feel so happy. I had an interview today. I realised before I even started the interview that I was not that desparate but nothing could dampen my spirits. When I was getting ready to go to the interview I suddenly found a pair of black pants I have not been able to wear in years. I kept them in case a miracle ever happened and lo and behold they fit. Not tight, I cant breathe but I am wearing them. No perfect fit, comfy and nice. If Pete was here I think I would have hugged him. They have a jacket to match and so I wore it as well. When I came home my hubby was just coming in from work and he stood and watched me coming across the road and said that I looked really nice and confident. I salute Pete and his wonderful program. I am still a way off where I need to be but gosh I feel good today. I think I am finding me again, slowly but surely and it feels wonderful.

Yesterday was such a beautiful day again. I walked all the way to a park near where we stay and then walked right up the hill through the park and sat down and watched the children and dogs playing, just relaxing and feeling the nature around me. I have been eating slowly and healthy foods and still no alcohol and have been feeling so well, not that I usually drink so much alcohol but we used to have a glass of wine with supper. I hope all my fellow bloggers have a good week and keep up the good work.

Today was such a lovely warm day, I went to Nottinghill gate and went for a long walk down Portabello Road. I always love the buzz there and the markets are so nice. Did some veggie shopping and got some really nice apples and grapes. Pete I am also glad your family came here, what would the UK do without you.
I was feeling much better today and felt really bad complaining when I have so much to be grateful about. I hope you all have a really blessed weekend with lots of very quiet ducks all over. x

I have been so down yesterday and today mostly due to inactivity and still no job in sight. One good thing though I dont feel like eating and although I have had a few more cups of tea than I should I have been drinking water and have done been trying to eat only good healthy food. Not a chocky in sight thank goodness. I think the weather has something to do with my gloom it has been so grey here again, after the gorgeous sun on the weekend. It is so good to see some of our fellow bloggers writing who have not been doing so for a while, it makes such a difference to be part of this group. I think what I need to do is put some music on and dance.