Cohen – like Diet to Lifestyle change

My friend started a Cohen diet and lost a tremendous amount of weight in a span of 3 months.  As someone who has been trying to lose weight for several years, I wanted to try it for myself.  But to do the Cohen diet, one has to visit the Cohen Lifestyle Center, get tested and pay an exorbitant fee and wait for your meal plan.  The meal plan will consist of the amount of food you can consume within the day, what not to eat and how much you can eat.  And you have to follow this meal plan religiously. 

I’m not a very religious person nor can I afford their fee.  Some friends and I have decided to follow the Cohen meal plan.  It was very effective but NOT RECOMMENDED.  I managed to lose 17lbs in 2 months.  

Then the holidays came and out with the diet and I gained 7lbs.  But one thing that I have learned about our borrowed Cohen diet was that it was trying to change a person’s lifestyle.  Not starve you to death.  It promotes proper portioning and introduces a lifestyle that allows one to prepare one’s food from fresh produce and minimizes the use of unhealthy processed food.  So if you can afford the Cohen lifestyle,  I suggest that you give it a try.

And so two months after the holidays, I know I needed to go back to that diet. But I decided to just go with the basic portioning concept and control.  After all, if I keep on dieting, it will just be a cycle of weight loss and weight gain.  I am aiming at maintaining whatever weight I lose and changing into a healthier lifestyle.  Thus, I am off the borrowed Cohen diet and started what my doctor has always advised me… proper portioning. 

I’ll post more updates regarding my progress.  My starting weight for this lifestyle change is 143lbs.  Below are my health goals for 2014:

• Target Weight : 120lbs – this means I have to lose 23lbs within the year and then some more next year.
• Poison:  STOP SMOKING.  This is my only poison since I don’t drink.
• Physical Activity:   Move from a sedentary lifestyle to a more active one.  (This is an article in the making.  My search for a gym)
• Sleeping habit:  Sleep at least 6hours straight in a day.  I only sleep 3 hours max in a day and it doesn’t help that I am on a graveyard shift.

Wish me luck.  If you are someone like me with the same health struggles, feel free to comment below.  A support group or just someone who would listen and understand goes a long way.