Weight Loss Journals - petecohen.tv

Got into my trainers and exercise stuff this morning and put my exercise dvd on only to find the dvd player kept freezing! Rather than using it as an excuse to not bother I did half an hour on the exercise bike and then twenty minutes of lunges, squats and weights.

I am feeling very pleased with myself, not because I did the exercise but because I didnt fall at the first hurdle!

Off to work now, hope you're all having a good day and feeling positive
xxx

Still not managed to blog everyday or even find the time to watch the videos each day but I've just caught up with the last few days so now Im sitting here with a glass of water having just watched day 14.

Everything considered Im feeling quite pleased with how Im doing so although life isnt exactly going according to plan at the moment Im going to keep doing what Iv been doing for the last few days and hopefully a little bit more too.

Keep going eveyone
xxx

Today is day 9 and i've not logged in for a few days.

All my good intentions of watching the video, blogging and commenting on everyone elses blogs at least once a day have completely gone out the window.

It seems to have been obstacle after obstacle these last few days and in the past I would definately have given in and comfort eaten my way through, but, I am pleased to say that although I've not been saintly with all the tools, I have 100% stuck with walking 30 mins, drinking 2litres of water and reduced my stimulants and sugar.

The tools I really want to focus on (because I know they make so much difference) are eating natural foods, eating only when hungry and eating slowly and using these is my goal for the next week or so.

I cant blame what and how I choose to eat on anyone or anything apart from myself because that is what I have done in the past and why I have ended up here five stone overweight! Life is all about ups and downs, its how I deal with them that counts.

The first week of the 6 week challenge hasnt exactly gone according to plan for me but the important thing is that I'm still here, I may have wobbled (in a big way) but like any good weeble Im back up now and tomorrow is a new day. I am going to use the relaxation mp3 before bed tonight and after a good nights sleep I'll be ready to face the world and all the crap it chooses to throw at me.

Im hope everyone is doing well on the challenge, Im really sorry i've not found the time to read your blogs - I hope to change that over the next few days. Keep up the good work - we can we will succeed!

xx

Day three of the six week challenge today. Off to work in a minute, Im armed with a big pot of strawberries, a chicken salad and some rice cakes so theres no excuses. Im going to concentrate on the tools ive already been using and eating slowly which could be tricky at first but I know if keep on using it it will become a habit.

Hope you're all doing well

Day two - feeling positive about today, yesterday was ok but I certainly could have done better, and thats what Im going to do today - better than yesterday.

Today I am going to use: reducing sugar and stimulants, walking for 30 minutes and most importantly of all, eating meals and snacks slowly.

Have a good day everyone, im hoping to find a spare few minutes to catch up with all the blogs later

xxx

Day one of the six week challenge, what do I want to achieve in the next 42 days.................

I want to become slimmer, fitter and healthier and to be more in control of my eating habits, eating only when Im hungry, not bored, angry, upset, stressed, happy or tired. More specifically my goals for the next 42 days are:

Lose a stone in weight
Do an exercise DVD for an hour three times a week
Recognise actual hunger and eat only when I get that feeling

I know I can achieve all of the above goals because after 2 cycles of Petes Programme at the beginning of the year I did just that and more.

Over the next few weeks as well as following the programme and using the tools I need to take a long hard look at what happened and why I slipped off the wagon so I can prevent it from happening again this time.

I will blog at least every couple of days, even if just a few words because looking back through the blogs of the people I recognise from the beginning of the year the people who seem to still be doing well despite lifes hurdles are the ones who manage a few lines most days.

I find blogging quite difficult which is why I shy away from it but if I want better results I have to change that.

So here goes - I can, I will succeed.

Good luck everyone, its great to see so many of you joining in with the six week challenge - together we can do it.

xxx

Morning everyone

Just got an e-mail about the summer challenge starting on 15th June - Im definately up for it and have just re-set my programme calender to start day one on 15th.

I started with Pete at the beginning of the year and lost a stone and a half in the first couple of months, felt so much better both physically and mentally but then I seemed to lose the momentum and although I have still been logging in most days Iv not been blogging and some days not even bothering to watch the videos! Consequently Ive not lost any more weight - funny that.

That is all in the past now - I know the programme works, if I use the tools it really does make me slimmer, fitter and healthier.

So Im going to use the next few days to really get in the right frame of mind and come next Monday i'll be raring to go!

Have a good day everyone - its nice to be back
xx

After a pretty rubbish start to yesterday it did improve and I didnt give in to my old ways of comfort eating.

Thank you so much to everyone that spurred me on and helped me to realise that the problem wasnt mine - you really helped me to get through the day without pigging out and for that I am very grateful.

Its only 7 o'clock at the moment and I am already feeling weary from the hour less sleep but Im off to work in a bit so once Im busy I wont even notice it.

I hope you are all having a good weekend and have remembered to put your clocks forward. Thanks again for the comments yesterday.

Onwards and upwards - we can we will succeed!

Feeling very emotional today, went out last night to a party with people that I know reasonably well and we were all having a laugh bowling when one of the older blokes (who I normally like a lot) kept making comments about me being a big girl. Now I know what he was saying is true, I am a big girl, I weigh 14,11 which is a lot for someone who is 5 foot 6 but I found it really hurtful. I laughed it off in true 'fat person style' because that is what we do - if we dont laugh at ourselves we end up getting upset and looking silly. The rest of the evening went along fine but I couldnt stop thinking about it.

Over the past couple of weeks Ive not been as focused on the programme as I was in the beginning but I have been back on track fully for the last 6 days and there is no getting away from the fact that I have still lost one stone 4 pounds which I feel proud of. What makes the situation worse is that hubby cant see what the problem is - he thought it hadnt bothered me last night and cant see why Im still bothered by it this morning!

I know I shouldnt rely on other people to make me feel good about myself but in the hope that I would feel better Iv given him ample chances this morning to say how well iv done and that hes proud of me for losing weight but these have fallen on deaf ears - he suggested we go our for a cooked breakfast instead!

I declined the breakfast because I know that with the way Im feeling today if one thing that is not 100% healthy passes my lips I'll be on the slippery slope of eating for comfort - something that I do not want to do because that is what the old me would have done.

Feel better for getting that off my chest so hopefully I can now move on with day and try to shut the duck (and the hurtful people whose opinions really dont matter) up! Sorry for waffling and ranting on. I hope you are all having a better day than I have so far - only one way to go and thats upwards!

Keep going everyone and have a good weekend

Thank you for all the encouraging messages I had yesterday.

Worked last night, just had a healthy meal of porridge and banana and now Im off to bed with the relaxation and transformation mp3 track so I'll be in the right frame of mind for another night shift. I know I can tell the difference between tiredness and hunger if I stop and think for a moment so that is my mini goal for the next 24hrs - eat only when hungry, even in the middle of the night!

I hope you are all doing well and enjoying this beautiful weather. Have a good day
xx

Today I have restarted the programme - Ive made serveral attempts to get back on track over the last couple of weeks but they have been unsuccessful so today is day one again and I am going to achieve my dream of being slimmer, fitter and healthier by giving the programme the time, energy and focus that I was giving it back in January. I know it works, I lost a stone and a half and have managed to put the half back on!

I am the only person who is stopping it from working again - i am worth the effort, so here goes....

Iv had the programme paused for almost a week because I knew how hectic things were going to be and I wanted to make sure I could concentrate on all of the videos. I had planned to still use all of the tools as I have done in the past with the programme paused, however I seem to have slowly begun slipping.

I have still been doing my regular exercise, still eating mostly natural foods, still drinking all my water and reducing sugar and stimulants but as for the other tools - its as if Ive fogotten all about them and what has really concerned me is that the two vital tools for me (eating slowly and eating only when hungry) have seriously been put on the back burner. Not intentionally, it started with occasionally eating something without thinking just becase I fancied it but it now seems to have snowballed - not back to my old ways of stuffing my face for the sake of it but if i was to carry on I think it could get to that stage. Not only have I felt bloated and uncomfortable but also Ive been lacking energy and although Ive been doing my exercise dvds 3 times a week its been a real struggle whereas before I was raring to go.

But today I have started with the concentration I had in January and am really going to focus on the tools that made the biggest difference to me - eating slowly, eating only when hungry and my lovely 30 minute walk each day. the duck has been firmly shut up, Iv not had a collapse, just a long relapse so onwards and upwards.

Not had a chance to catch up with all of your blogs yet but I hope you've all been doing well whilst ive not been logging on.

Been away for a few days, had a great time and although Id decided Id give myself a few days off of the programme I found I was using the tools without even realising it. The friends I was with even noticed my change in habits which was a really great feeling, while they were tucking into a great big box of chocolates I didnt have any, not because I felt I shouldnt but because I wasnt hungry and honestly didnt fancy any. On a number of occasions I left food on the plate because I was full, something that they have never seen me do before.

Today I am on day four of my third time. I had thought that I would move on to step 4 but was a bit wary of losing the safety blanket of the daily videos but after the last few days of being more active and eating sensibly without even meaning to I think I will definately go on to step 4 after these 21 days.

I am going to give all the tools my full attention, focusing on 3 a day as I did when I started back in January to ensure my confidence in myself is as high as it possibly can be when I get to step 4.

Today I am focusing on Eating only when hungry, Eating slowly and Being as active as possible. In a moment I am going to go and make a chicken and vegetable soup and a butternut squash curry for the weekend so I we have healthy stuff to eat without having to slave over the stove. Hubby and I both have a rare weekend off together so really looking forward to it.

I hope you are all doing well, continuing to shut the duck up and giving yourselves some credit (as instructed in day 4).

Have a good weekend and keep up the good work

Back on the programme after pausing for a few days and feeling good.

Even though Iv not actually been on the programme for the last four days, now I look back I realise that I have been using the majority of the tools without even knowing it. I did drink quite a lot of wine each evening but not enough to get drunk and I was drinking water in between glasses and I have made good food choices and not used having friends to stay as an excuse to eat lots of crisps and snacks.

One evening we were going to have pizza, wedges and garlic bread for tea and I suggested doing home made wedges instead of shop bought greasy ones and I did a big salad to go with it. Last night we had chippie fish and chips but I didnt eat my batter and because I ate slowly I was full up after only half of the chips so without making a big deal out of it I still managed to eat reasonably healthily.

At no point in the last four days have i felt bloated, stuffed or out of control so this programme definately works and Im glad to be back on line with the videos for the next ten days.

I know I will still have wobbles but I am having more good than bad days so I really do believe that this time I will succeed in making myself fitter, slimmer and healthier forever.

Last time I got to the end of the 21 days I didnt feel ready to make the leap of using the tools without the reminder of the videos each day so opted to go over the 21 days again but after this weekend I think I will be ready to take the plunge at the end of the cycle.

I hope you are all doing well and feeling good

xxx

Not made an entry for a few days, in fact not even been near the website for a few days, got a coldy virus last weekend and felt rough all week, today is my seventh day of not exercising and my fifth day of eating everything in sight! The only tool I have been sticking to is drinking water and I was already doing that before I started the programme anyway.

I've been feeling pretty lousy because of the cold and even worse because I have been eating stodge, chocolates, crisps, fried food, basically all the things I know make me feel rubbish but I couldnt seem to stop, even when I was feeling sick I still kept going tentatively telling myself I'd start again in the morning. This time I mean it, I think I've turned the corner this evening and I have come back on here to confess to my sins with the intention of going back to day 8 of my second cycle which is where I feel it all went wrong.

In the first 21day cycle I lost almost a stone and 2.5 inches off of my waist, my jeans are definately tighter today than they were this time last week but I think a lot of that is probably down to bloating from all the rubbish. Anyway it doesnt matter if I have put back on a few pounds because I've shut the negative duck up and I know I am worth the time and effort so this evening I will listen to the relaxation tape (something else I've not bothered with in the last 7 days) and tomorrow I will go back to concentrating on 3 tools at a time because I know that works for me.

I am very disapointed in myself for letting myself go for a whole week but onwards and upwards. My final destination is still the same, 13 stone by the end of the six month challenge, I have just made a large detour but my internal satnav is now refocused on where I want to end up - slimmer, fitter and healthier.

I hope you've all been doing well whilst I've been off the wagon. Have a good weekend and keep up the great work everyone.