43rd Day: In With the Old

Wee bit of celebration!!!

Good news, I wore the biggest pair of slacks that I owned in 2005 today!!! The pants were intended to be worn as baggy/loose (wide legged and all) but I'm not complaining. IT fits! I cant wait for the other clothes to start fitting me!!!!

Other than that, I'm on plan and deviation free with the scale stuck on my gains. I sometimes want to kick that scale. Right now, I think I'm more concerned about buying another 3 mos of support from the online clinic than the weight loss itself. I shouldn't be spending USD 159!!!

A friend was visiting the country and I met her for dinner. I ate my packed meal and enjoyed the chat. It was good to see her.

Day 43: Deviation free. 

35th Day: Back at Work

Vacation mode over.

It's been  4 days and the scale hasnt moved down!!! Stuck at 80.4kg and its starting to get to me. Good thing is, my clothes are fitting better and I assume that by mid-June, my old clothes will start to fit albeit tightly.

The office slacks Im wearing today is fitting right, if not a bit loose. It used to be so tight that Im afraid I will rip it when I sit, so I havent been wearing it for some time :D This is just one of the many clothes I cant wait to wear --- I have a suitcase full of them!!!

I must soldier on.

Day 35: All meals, crackers, fruits and vits taken on time. Deviation free..

34th Day: A Parade of Sugar..

We went to the movies earlier. I was prepared with my packed food (lunch, crackers, fruit and DC) just in case I get tempted with the popcorn. The thing is, we had some time to kill and my BF decided to eat Frozen Yogurt prior to the movie. I love fro-yo's... :( It wasn't so hard to say no to it, but it sure would have been nice to have one. 

We had about an hour to kill before the movie, so we walked around and 30mins before the movie we waited outside the cinema. I observed kids carrying their own chocolate packets, teens with their slushies, families carrying boxes of krispy kreme's and others with their own popcorn, nachos, and soda's. It was basically a parade of sugar and everyone is enjoying it and scarily, oblivious to the fact that what they are having doesn't do the body any good.

Was I envious? Tempted? I honestly do recall the taste of each food and I know I would like the taste too, but I wasn't tempted. I was fine not having it. Why is it that during the programme and being 100% on it makes it so much easier not to eat the foods that you know are bad for you? I didn't have anything outside the plan and I was ok, I didn't crave and I didn't feel deprived.

My sense of smell has become better too, I can actually smell the nachos for a change and still I wasn't tempted. I was thinking: "I would love to have those nachos..." but when I start thinking about the cheese, I stop because at the of my mind I'm not sure if that is even real cheese! 

The cinema was packed and the smell of food was wafting left, right and centre. I can smell everything. Did not matter. I was satiated.

On other news, it's been 3 days and the scale hasn't moved!! It is starting to get to me. I'm still stuck at 80.4kgs. What could have I done?

- meal spacing (timing): ü

- cracker to cracker timing: ü

- 2-3L water intake: ü

- sleep: like the usual

Could it be the switch in Omega 3 supplement??? :(

Day 34: Meals, crackers, fruit and vits taken on time. 1 DC. Deviation free

21st Day - On Plan and Cranky (and the Xiaomi Scale)

https://www.mi.com/global/mi-body-composition-scale/

I bet you dont get to read that often if you have been on the Newyouforum reading the diaries of those who are OP.

I have been on plan for about 21 days now, not totally deviation free. I may have eaten a few more crackers or ate a whole mango in one sitting at the beginning, but no nasties whatsoever. I did have that Cohen high maybe a week ago, but I guess my period is coming up that's why Im a bit short tempered. PLUS, my scale hasn't moved down for 2 days!!

I bought a Xiaomi Body Composition Scale 15 days ago, that shows also the BMR, Fat %, Water %, Protein %, BMR kcal, Visceral fat, Muscle kg, Bone Mass kg and Body age... The weight part is accurate. I dont know how accurate the other metrics are, but it doesn't paint a good picture. As of today:

	26-May
Weight	82.9
Body Score	41
BMI	30.4
Fat %	41.9%
Water %	41.4%
Protein %	13.1%
BMR kcal	1409
Visceral	9
Muscle kg	45.3
Bone Mass kg	2.8
Body Age	68

Body age of 68 - FTW?!

Don't get me started on where I am losing my weight, apparently its from my Muscle.  Whilst my BF, who is on his High Fat diet, gained muscle and lost weight!! Hmmmm...

My bf is also on a diet, he is on a high fat diet, 1 meal a day thing. He eats oats for fiber but thats it and he is having tremendous losses per day!!! Plus his work allows him to move a lot by default. He cooks huge steaks and pork belly in our cast iron and I cry inside when the bacon smell hits me and the house smells of bacon until the next day. :'( who doesn't love bacon!??!?! 

but i am standing strong, i keep telling him what may work for him may not work for me. Although in ALL of the diets I've tried in my life, I haven't tried the high fat one. 

I haven't been sleeping well too. I take a nap in the afternoons due to the shortened Ramadan timings. I tried to read but I keep falling asleep, and then by midnight, I am wide awake.

I feel like im doing something wrong in the plan.. but i cant pinpoint what it is.

Day 25: Still suffering

Im writing this so that everyone who ever reads this blog would know:

DEVIATIONS FOR WHATEVER REASON,

WILL COST YOU.

 

DELAY. FRUSTRATION. DISBELIEF.

 

 

I hope its just my upcoming TOM that's causing the freak that's happening every morning as I step on the scale and the combined restless nights (cant sleep properly). This is getting really annoying. Its like, you work hard, be good, and don't see the effect that you expect. Just 1 major slip...

 

So to all the Cohenites out there, be warned. No, really. Its not like the "I know someone who knows someone who experienced this.." that the actual story gets misconstrued. This is for REAL. THE STRUGGLE IS REAL. When Dr. Cohen said that a deviation will cost you a week, that is not an empty threat.

 

Consider this my gift to you.

 

I may say that I have accepted the consequence but it is a bitter pill to swallow, and yet Im still not sorry. I just wish my body will cooperate soon!!!!!

 

Day 25: deviation free, meals taken on time, 1 fruit under allowace. vitamins too

Mood = tame (tamer than yesterday! :D)

Hunger = none. Cravings, yes