G'Day
I have been following this thread with much interest, as late last year, at 85 kilos on a 165cm frame, I had decided that enough was enough.
Yes, my working like has changed. From the child care centre (where I wore out nurse's duty shoes) to the shop to the mortgage broking, from 1994 at 44 years old I weighed 68 kilos, about 3 kilos above my usual adult weight due, no doubt, to three years on the local Council eating sweeties during meetings and attending official dinners, to 2005 at 85 kilos, that's a significant increase and change in body weight.
So I did a google search for weight loss clinics in the eastern suburbs of Melbourne, and came up with http://www.lifestyleclinic.com.au/testimonial/41
Mike and I attended a short information session in early December, and after we arrived back from England in January I weighed 87 kilos.
The next morning I went off for the blood test, and had my induction interview on Friday 3rd February, where I was weighed at 85 kilos and my personal eating plan was explained to me.
Today I have already shed 3 kilos, only 22 more to go.
Co-incidentally, just before the interview, I met a friend who I haven't seen for a while, and she told me that she had just finished the Cohen's program and had lost 25 kilos in five months, although during that time had twice travelled overseas and had not followed the program during the trips.
We so easily say 'Oh, it's just my metabolism' without really knowing what we mean by that. I just know that every extra kilo was sitting under my ribs for all the world to see, getting between me and the computer, making me feel very ungainly and most unattractive.
I am happy to post my progress, I think that weight is a disease of society. We have so much lovely food here and it is just so easy to eat it. As time goes on we start to ignore our expanding waistlines but at the 2 kilos per year I was managing to accumulate it wouldn't be long before I was 90 kilos, and shopping in the BIB clothing department.
I would be quite happy to be 65 kilos, but apparently my body mass should be somewhere between 57 and 60 kilos, so I shall be very interested to see where I end up at the completion of the program.
Actually, it's rather fun. It's called Taking Control, and if I am not prepared to take control of my own weight then I'm just avoiding the issue.
An interesting factor with this program is that of exercise. If you are already exercising, fine, but if not, then Cohen's recommend that no exercise program is starting while on the weight reduction program.
The reason for this is because the program is all about fat loss. Building muscle creates a rush of certain hormones which can be inhibiting to the body losing fat. So if I want to take up mountain climbing it will have to wait until I have shed the 25 kilos recommended in the program.
Well, Mike always did have a 'thing' for Leslie Hornsby!
Cheers
Kristine
I have been following this thread with much interest, as late last year, at 85 kilos on a 165cm frame, I had decided that enough was enough.
Yes, my working like has changed. From the child care centre (where I wore out nurse's duty shoes) to the shop to the mortgage broking, from 1994 at 44 years old I weighed 68 kilos, about 3 kilos above my usual adult weight due, no doubt, to three years on the local Council eating sweeties during meetings and attending official dinners, to 2005 at 85 kilos, that's a significant increase and change in body weight.
So I did a google search for weight loss clinics in the eastern suburbs of Melbourne, and came up with http://www.lifestyleclinic.com.au/testimonial/41
Mike and I attended a short information session in early December, and after we arrived back from England in January I weighed 87 kilos.
The next morning I went off for the blood test, and had my induction interview on Friday 3rd February, where I was weighed at 85 kilos and my personal eating plan was explained to me.
Today I have already shed 3 kilos, only 22 more to go.
Co-incidentally, just before the interview, I met a friend who I haven't seen for a while, and she told me that she had just finished the Cohen's program and had lost 25 kilos in five months, although during that time had twice travelled overseas and had not followed the program during the trips.
We so easily say 'Oh, it's just my metabolism' without really knowing what we mean by that. I just know that every extra kilo was sitting under my ribs for all the world to see, getting between me and the computer, making me feel very ungainly and most unattractive.
I am happy to post my progress, I think that weight is a disease of society. We have so much lovely food here and it is just so easy to eat it. As time goes on we start to ignore our expanding waistlines but at the 2 kilos per year I was managing to accumulate it wouldn't be long before I was 90 kilos, and shopping in the BIB clothing department.
I would be quite happy to be 65 kilos, but apparently my body mass should be somewhere between 57 and 60 kilos, so I shall be very interested to see where I end up at the completion of the program.
Actually, it's rather fun. It's called Taking Control, and if I am not prepared to take control of my own weight then I'm just avoiding the issue.
An interesting factor with this program is that of exercise. If you are already exercising, fine, but if not, then Cohen's recommend that no exercise program is starting while on the weight reduction program.
The reason for this is because the program is all about fat loss. Building muscle creates a rush of certain hormones which can be inhibiting to the body losing fat. So if I want to take up mountain climbing it will have to wait until I have shed the 25 kilos recommended in the program.
Well, Mike always did have a 'thing' for Leslie Hornsby!
Cheers
Kristine