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maidsrch wrote:This thread looks like the right place to post my progress on the Cohen diet.
Back in April in this year, I came across SMS' thread on how he achieved his amazing weight loss and got rid of all his medication for HBP & Gout.
Having been overweight - correction, obese - for nearly 10 years of my life (I am 31), I've always dreamt of having a normal BMI. But that was a daunting task. I mean, i am 5'3 and i weighed 87.4 kg. Thats a BMI of 33.3, and the upper end of my normal BMI was at 24.8.
Trying to make an attempt at light jogging would leave my joints crying in pain, not to mention breathlessness and a sharp pain under my ribcage. The best I could manage was brisk walking, but that wasnt fun either.
I tried the calorie counting thing, but couldnt keep it up for long, and wasnt really effective for me.
So there i was in April 2013, sitting and wallowing in self pity about my weight and feeling very irritated at how singapore shops dont stock clothes in big sizes. I mean, an Asian 'XXL' size is as good as an US 'M' size. Which meant, i had to spend more money on clothing as my choices were restricted to few shops like Marks & Spencers, Dorothy Perkins etc.
SMS told me about his diet, and some invaluable advice on how this is not just a diet, but a lifestyle change. I did some more research before signing up. Just a week shy of 6 months, today morning my scale shows 63.0 kg. Thats 24.3 kg gone.
Ofcourse, I still have a good way to go before reaching my goal weight range of 53-56 kg. I am aiming for 53, so am still a good 10 kg away.
I had lots of doubt when i started this diet - in my mind, numbers such as 20 kg loss, 15 kg loss etc. sounded too preposterous to be true. That has now changed - I've seen what the diet can do, i am seeing the results in front of the mirror every day. I still have doubts about whether I have the strength to stick on to maintenance guidelines when i get to that stage, but I hope i stick to the plan.
To SMS - Thank you so very much. You've been a life saver.
sms - I stumbled on this thread and I'm so glad I did! I think you've done yourself a huge favour and made a choice that changed your life/ health for the better ( which I know you know, but just wanted to say ).sundaymorningstaple wrote:I see lots of advice on this thread from lots of people, but damn little results of following that advice. Anybody got any results they want to share? From Jan 2008 to June 2008 in the space of 20 weeks I lost 25 kg. I went from 94 kg down to 69 kg and while I was int the transformation stage from diet to maintenance I lost an additional kg down to 68. Within a couple of weeks I stabilized at 69.5 kg. I'm one month shy of being three years since my diet finished. I weighed myself Monday morning and I weigh 70.8kg.
I've put up my results and long term results as well. I also had some major health benefits as well (aside from the weight loss) Anybody else want to put their results out there for scrutiny?
Here's my story as and when it happened.........
I am a new Man!
Identical twins like us are extremely useful in experiments because we have exactly the same genes. This means any changes we observed would be due to the diets and not genetics.
I went on a no-carbohydrate diet - essentially no sugar - and Chris went on an extremely low-fat diet.
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I wonder why you even look at this delirium which has nothing to do with any science.the lynx wrote:An interesting story on how a pair of twin doctors utilised their similar genetic make up to find out what diet is good/bad.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/artic ... -life.html
Identical twins like us are extremely useful in experiments because we have exactly the same genes. This means any changes we observed would be due to the diets and not genetics.
I went on a no-carbohydrate diet - essentially no sugar - and Chris went on an extremely low-fat diet.
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/artic ... z2rmDARptv
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