Hi all,

Welcome to the 5K Challenge....the challenge all about losing 5 kilos.

Join in, it's simple, and it's for anyone who:
~needs a kick start
~is struggling to get back on
~has put on a little whilst on maintenance
~new starters
~is a little competitive
~wants to have fun whilst losing

Quote from on of our greats, Cate "The 5kg challenge for whatever stage you're at in your personal weight-loss challenge. No discrimination. If you are on Cohens you will have a head start ahead of those of us who are post re-feed. It doesn't matter. This is a butt-kicking, fun challenge. We're all winners as we lose, whatever it is we lose. It doesn't matter. It's all about fun & friendship, being on the same journey. It doesn't matter what you call this thread Annie. It's open to anyone I think. I couldn't care less if I'm not the winner. To me, it's about finding the motivation to get back on track, focussing on the positive, xoxo Cate."

So there you have it. Starts Monday the 14th April, pop in and tell us a bit about yourself, how much you weigh or how much you want to lose. Keep us updated regularly with your losses and when you achieve the 5Kilos, stay on, cheer on others or go for another 5.

Let's have some fun with this!

TTFN
Annie Lusion

*pops head in and peers around*
"hello?" *echoo echooo echooooo*

Ill join if youll have me!

i am a brand newbie. on day 4. i'd love to be part of the challenge.
what a super idea!

bring it on-
bitten:Angel_anim:

Hi,

My name is bec and I'm on day 8 and feeling very positive about it all. To date I've lost 2.1kg and my goal is 16 which will bring me down to 54kg.

Some things I'm looking forward to:

Going and doing my new clothes shopping trip
Re-feeding
knowing how to go out to a restaurant and then eat at home so its all balanced and I don't put weight on
getting to goal so my hubby and I can have a baby

See ya

Woo hoooooooo!!! Bitten, FattyBoombah and Bec - this challenge is gonna rock!
Cohen's is definetely made easier with the support, motivation and inspiration we all get from each other.

The more the merrier, can't wait to start this challenge.

Don't forget to post on Monday or whenever you can with your starting weight or how much you want to lose and we will start counting down from there.

Annie Lusion

Hi Annie Lusion

I have deliberately stayed away from the forum due to feeling a bit defeated...but I won't go into it here, I will go and off load in my diary in a bit. BUT........

Annie you can definitely count me in on this challenge I think this is what I need to get my butt up and atom. I need to lose 5kg plus more.
As most of you will know I am a Cohens graduate from the class of March 2007 I reached my goal weight of 63kg (138lbs) but I have slowly been putting the weight back on and my last recorded weight is 69kg (152lbs) but I am sure it is more now:(.
So I up to the Challenge Annie what a fabulous idea.....you are brilliant!!!!!!:hurray:.

Sam:)
So

Annie, You have made me blush! I'm in this for sure. After my week-end in Melbourne I have no idea how much I need to lose to get back to my post re-feed weight, but before the week-end it was exactly 5kg! This is going to be fun!! Welcome all!! I'll weigh & measure in the morning. Cheers fellow Muscateers!xoxo Cate

Hi ,

My name is Annie Lusion and I need to lose 19 kilos, I bought new scales late last week and they say 84 kilos this morning...grrrr but hey thats ok. so weighing in at 84 kilos on first day of challenge. Losing 5 will bring me into the 70's cant wait

Gotta get ready for work will check in again after work and catch up with diaries.

I AM PUMPED!!!!

Annie Lusion

p.s happy your here Sam

hello-

i am a brand newbie, on day 5. i am in NY, NY. i have 95 lbs to lose. 5 k is equal to 11 lbs.

not sure how this will work or when the weigh in is....

gosh, i'd love to lose that by my fist weigh in on wednesday.

best of luck to all-
bitten

Hi everyone

I am here and have started the day off well. I will weigh tomorrow I forgot this morning, I am actually a bit scared I know I have gained especially sinced my weekend away at the Coast with my sister. I ate so much that I cannot even explain how my body and mind are feeling (but it is not good).

Will be back tonight, goodluck everyone.
Just incase I don't check in it will be due to the computer, it has been playing up.

Sam:)

Good Morning, Good Morning, Good Morning…..

The starter’s gun has been fired and the challenge has begun!

A bit about me for those of you who don’t know me… I finished my refeed in November 07 but now have 10kg to get back to my happy weight. It was 8kg but since taking on and extra job from Thurs – Sun at the local football club two and a half weeks ago another 2kg has crept on due to steak sandwiches and red frogs – therefore just silliness!!! Anway, I have been eagerly awaiting today since Annie first brought the concept to us after realising some assistance was greatly needed to help motivate and there’s nothing better than a bit of healthy competition!

I’ve tried to get back onto strict Cohen’s a few times over the last 6 weeks just to knock off a couple of kilos before I let it get too far and would be fine through to after lunch but then 3pm would come and the choccies were closer than the panadol to get rid of the detox headache!

I’ve started the day well and very prepared with an egg and musshies and tomato for breakie with my coffee for the day. I’ve got my lunch, crackers and fruit with me and two panadol sitting at the top of my keyboard just in case. Now it’s closer than the choccies and when I actually started the program (in 2 weeks, 12 months ago actually!) I only needed the one dose on the first day! So here’s hoping!

All prepared and ready to see that 5kg disappear! Cant wait to see everyone else’s progress and just remember that when you reach 5kg’s you’ve won… whether you were the first in this thread to get there or not!

Good luck everyone.

Lauren

Hi, I started Cohens Feb'07, finished Aug '07, losing 36kgs in total. I am now 5.5kg heavier, from relaxing just a little bit too much & not following the maintenence guidelines strictly. They are very sound guidelines & I think I got a bit too cocky & stretched the boundaries too far. My week-end in Melb added .5 of a kilo only (I thought it should be much more!), so the 5kg challenge will bring me only half a kilo over the weight I was really happy at. I am absolutely ravenous I must admit, but feeling bloated after my high carb w/e so am looking forward to losing that feeling. Cheers & happy losing, Cate

*AAARRRRRR LETS GET READY TO RUUUMMMBBBLLLEEEEE*

Tomorrow is one month for me, so will post up exact weight then!!
How does this work? do we post our new weights every week or what?

Lucky to those really new kids, i lost 3.5kg in my first week, so 5 will feel like a breeze (sadly i think im starting to slow down)

HERE WE GOOOOOOOOOOOO :driving:

Hi fellow competitors..hehe

Firstly, let's just make this simple, we are all aiming for 5 kilos/11 pounds, so we just post our losses whenever we want, some weigh daily some weigh weekly, some weigh monthly.

Pop in whenever and post what you have lost and keep a running total from the start date

ie.
Started challenge 14th April,
total loss: 300grams

First one to 5 kilos has bragging rights only because we are all winners here.
So they will get plenty of large font banners, lots of color, dancing smileys and all the fanfare congratulating them.

Once you do get to 5 kilos, you then go for another 5 kilos or you keep posting to cheer the rest of us on.

Sound good? feel free to add to the above

Secondly, Good luck all, I hope we all have a bit of fun with this.

Bitten: Imagine that, winning the challenge in your first week, how cool would that be huh?

Well I am a daily serial weigher so hoping to have my first loss up tomorrow...yeee hawwwwww
Have I mentioned that I am pumped?...Doh !!

Happy Losing

TTFN

Annie Lusion

Hi Guys,

Well I am also a serial weigher and this morning I was exactly 67.5kg. I'll post up todays weight loss tomorrow night.

I changed my ticker so it didn't have food in it - oops!

I'm really looking forward to seeing how everyone goes.

Well I made it through day one......whew!!!!!! I sweated this evening a bit though.
This was how my day went:-
1st Meal
Yoghurt and stewed apple and 2 cups of green tea.
2nd meal
Chicken and salad
3rd Meal
Meat and veg soup.
Fluid intake
2 litres of water and only green tea was drank today. I didn't do my crackers I just had a bit more food. I wasn't able to take any carbs today after the weekend.
Weigh in tomorrow and will post new ticker. Also my TOM's arrived today.....timely as ever, so I will be fat and fluid filled - just to make this challenge a bit more challenging!!!!....lol - NOT.
Don't forget to go to bed early and get your weightloss sleep.
Sam:)

i am on day 6 of my first week.
i will post my weight (a loss, i hope!!!) on wednesday morning.
i have been a multiple weigh a day girl in the past, so weekly is a huge thing for me.
i wanted to to do the '4 week' weigh thing, but i am weak.

good luck EVERYBODY!:hurray:

bitten

Morning everyone
Hope day one went well for everyone. Well I remembered to weigh and it aint good folks I have gone up to 72.3kg. But I am not going to change my ticker I am adamant I will see through this 5kg challenge.
On another bad note I have woken up with a head cold/chest infection and my TOM's have arrived..... The Gods and Goddessess are not in my corner of the ring for this challenge are they? - Lol.
Sam:)

Aaah poor Nans... hpoe your feeling ok. When it rains it pours huh?

Well im 88.8kg today, so thats my start weight.
Ill update every Tues.

Look forward to seeing that number drop.... :party:

Thanks FB

As the story goes....I am unable to continue the challenge due to being too sick, its gotten the better of me.
I just want to collapse into bed, but everytime I've laid down it feels like someone is beating drums in there and can someone please explain why we sneeze so often when we have a cold, my throat feels like someone has taken a razor blade to it.
I will not be defeated though, I will be back and continue this challenge to the bitter end.
Sam:(:)

hello all,

Happy to report a loss ..yay!!
First loss reported on challenge...doh
Can't wait to see many more losses on here.

Bummer Sam, hurry up and get well...great timing huh?

Will only update my ticker weekly, so results thus far

Loss:300 grams

Happy Losing
TTFN
Annie Lusion

Hi Gals! Nothing to report yet as I haven't weighed today. I woke up this morning with the menopausal bloats so steered clear of the scales. I vary a lot from day to day. 2kg in 2 days is not uncommon. I am not being 100% original Cohens. It's more a somewhere in between maintenence & original Cate program. If it doesn't work I'll have to try really, really hard to go 100% Cohens as I know that works. This is a good idea & I hope it gives most people an emotional, positive boost. I'm flirting with the challenge & haven't got serious yet. Perhaps weighing in the morning will make me commit! Cheers all, xo Cate

hi there everyone-

sorry you are ill sam, please feel better. you can challenge yourself when you are fit and able.

i will weigh in tomorrow as today is day 7 for me!

woo hooooooo!

bitten

Hey,

300g for me so far! 4.7 to go for the challenge.

gotta go to work now

bye

Hi folks. I got on the scales fearing the worst & I've lost 500g. Phew! What a relief. I thought I was going to be the first to put weight on in the 5kg challenge. Now I'm serious! That may not sound logical, but I find something positive spurs me on. Cheers, Cate.
(Plain yoghurt & fresh mango for breakfast- Yummee!!)

Hi folks

thanks for the get well wishes.....the timing is sure crappy. I may still win this challenge though, not being able to eat when your sick is the only light at the end of the tunnel, the sore throat, body and head are not.
Sam

Hi gals

Well day 2 scale hopping has brought me much joy - 1.3kg. Yesterday it was 300g which I was happy with and anticipated no movement due to not following 100% so was exstatic to see my first decent scale movement. Now more motivated than ever. Will explain more in diary as would prefer to keep it short and sweet in here.

Well done to everyone so far!

Have a great day!

Lauren

woooo hoooooooo more losses from everyone..way to go all, sooooo motivating!!

down 500grams for me..yay!

Gotta shoot off as meeting friend for coffee, only came home to have dinner.

At a conference in the Dandenongs tomorrow for work, might struggle food wise, not taking my own...I will be sensible...I will...promise!

ttfn
Annie Lusion

P.S LOVING THE CHALLENGE

Hi Guys,

500g yesterday so am up to 800g for the challenge and 3.3 in total in just under two weeks, am happy with that!

i had my first way in today, as i am on day 8.
i lost 10 lbs, which i believe is 4.5 kilos.

thanks,
bitten

Congrats to annie, bitten, Lauren and wannabeslim.
I am still not good...worse actually so I am off to the Doctors. My throat is so sore I can't talk.
Have a wonderful day everyone.
Sam:)

Hey,

Well this morning brought another 300g and brings me to a total of 1.1 for the challenge and 3.6 in total.

I love cohens, on weight watchers some weeks I wouldn't even get 300g!

:party:

well done bec!

great loss.

bitten

Bec- way to go, you're doing great!
Bitten- 1st week loss on Cohens a whopping 4.5 kilos...wow you gotta love that huh? Might need to calculate how much of that was from challenge start date as your challenge weight loss.

I am down 800 grams - still waiting to hit the 1 kilo mark - been slow and i know why but a loss is a loss right?

Sam: thanks so much for cheering us on from the sidelines, can't wait for you to get here. Hope you're feeling better.

have a great weekend all.



TTFN
Annie Lusion

Well its another 300g off for bec, bringing me to a total of 1.4k for the challenge and 3.9 in total. Today I am going for a very leisurely bike ride so tomorrow should be even better.

hi annie-

how do i calculate my loss as i only weigh once a week?
i started cohen's on april 9th.

any ideas?

thanks
bitten

Hi Bitten,

count the divide your weight loss by 7 - this gives you an average for each day, then count the days that were in the challenge until your weigh in day - so if you lost an average of 600g each day and you were in the challenge for 5 of those it would be 3000g which is 3 kilos.

Hi bitten,

Exactly what Bec said, you have lost a total of 4.5 kilos in a week divide by 7 days = 640 grams then multiply by days on challenge, I think that may be 3 days on challenge so total loss is 1.9 kilos. Whatever your next loss is when you weigh, add to 1.9 kilos and that will be your loss on challenge so far. Hope I have not confused you, I tend to do that alot...doh

TTFN
Annie Lusion

Hi all,

I am officially off cohens as of today and for one week only. I will be fasting for Greek Orthodox lent and in this period certain foods are not eaten. No meat, no dairy...impossible to do Cohens without these two food groups.

It's Greek Easter next Sunday and I will be back on cohens next Monday 28th. I am not going to bother weighing myself. I will be cheering you all on in the challenge though so keep it up ladies, hoping more will join us.

Have a great Cohens week!

TTFN

Annie Lusion

i am not a kilos girl ( sad anglo/american backward folk that we are)
but i'll figure it out and post it again on wednesday when i weigh in.

bitten

I know I shouldn't weigh myself everyday, but this morning the scales said I have put on 200g, I just don't get how that can happen when I stick to cohens 100%

Is it just the 'reshaping' does this happen to anyone else?

I'm still motivated to keep going, am just a little dissapointed today. I'm not going to weigh myself again until saturday.

wanna- weight varies so much from day to day & mostly it's fluid! The challenge is a great idea but when you are on the initial weight-loss program the constant weighing has the potential to do your head in. I really think weighing only monthly is the best idea until you get to re-feed. You will lose your weight by sticking to the program. There is no doubt about it. In the last week my weight has varied 2kgs but I know that's normal for me so don't lose heart, cheers, Cate.

I'm back on track and lost 400g yesterday, and I'm back to wearing some work shirts that didn't look that great a couple of weeks ago, and my pants are getting loose, I need a belt again!

Im a new memeber to this weight loss forum and am excited to join this 5K challenge. If you can please get back to me and more details about this challenge. I greatly appreciate it.
Thanks!!

Im a new memeber to this weight loss forum and am excited to join this 5K challenge. If you can please get back to me and more details about this challenge. I greatly appreciate it.
Thanks!!

hi guys!!
For this week im down 1.3kg WOOOWOOO :auto:

Hope your all doing well!!

hello challengers-

i am down 1.8 (4 lbs) this week.
so that is 3.7 so far for the challenge!!!!

hope everyone is fab and 100%!!!!

bitten

ok here i go! in the morning im 58kg, arvo im 59kg unfortunately. So ill go by 59kg. Im starting now! And i will inform ya how i will go next wenesday see if i lose a kilo and go on from there! wish me luck!

xxx

Hi All,

Have come to do my cheerleading bit for you that have stuck and continue with 5K challenge. Way to go ladies!!

Bitten: I reckon you will be down 5K's before i get a chance to get back on...your two week loss is sooooooooo awesome...great stuff Bitten, also been meaning to say how pretty you are, your pic is so lovely!

FattyBoombah: week one loss is pretty awesome too..way to go!

Bec: as usual doing great! Good news re the skirts

Good luck auschick and welcome to 5K challenge, you doing cohens?

starhiphop, welcome to you too, this forum/challenge is for people that are doing Cohens, go to first page of this thread to read about challenge and if you want to know more about cohens check out some of the threads in this forum. Feel free to join this challenge, the more the merrier!

Have a great long weekend all (well most of you).

TTFN
Annie Lusion

annie-:seeya:

your kind words really help!
i was hoping to lose more than 4 lbs this week, but must be pleased regardless. i feel SOOOOOOO much better than i did 2 weeks ago and that is just as important as my BMI!

your support is grand-
bitten

Hi Guys,

I haven't been in for a couple of days, I'm now up to 2.3kg for the challenge. I am going to see how long I can go before weighing myself and updating my ticker, I'll check in on you guys though.

Bec

Hi Guys,

Am down another 500g since I last popped in. I'm up to 2.8 for the challenge and 4.9 in total. I love this diet.

Bec

well im 86.4 today, so down 2.4 for the challenge!!
:party:

hope your all doing well!!

hello challenge babes-:grouphug:

i am down 5 lbs this week, so another 2.2 for the challenge.
so i believe 3.7 + 2.2= 5.9!!!!!!!!!!

i am thrilled with my 3 weeks on cohens, i have lost 8.6 kilos!!!

bitten

hey.....

what happened?

where is everybody?
:grouphug:
bitten

Hi Guys,

well done bitten:hurray:

I am now up to 3.7 for the challenge and 5.8 in total. I haven't weighed 64k since I was in high school, Ill be needing new jeans for a party I'm going to in 3 weeks!

Also we had a work lunch yesterday, I did pretty well, ordered a garlic prawn salad, prawns had a lovely creamy sauce which I wasn't expecting, but god did it taste good after 4 weeks of chicken and zuchinni etc! No dessert or garlic bread or even diet coke cause of the caffeine.

Hi Guys

you are all doing so well I've been keeping an eye on this thread but not much else.
Bitten from your photo you don't appear to have to lose much, your face is so pretty and slim. Bec well done as well I bet those prawns tasted great (my mouth is watering).
FB amazing losing you go girl. I hope I haven't forgotten anyone......Annie where are you???

Have a wonderful weekend all and well done on your loses so far:hurray:.

Sam:)

85.3 today so 1.1kg for the week and 3.5 for the challenge.
You guys all still around???
:(

Well done girls. You are doing really well. I am waiting until the 19th of May to start back on my original program as we are having a family lunch for my 55th birthday, so that's why I have not been posting in this thread. It was a fun idea of Annie's & if it's given anyone an added incentive that's a good thing. Stick to the program 100% & you will all lose every "spare" kilo. It's a sure thing! Cheers, Cate.

Hi Guys,

I'm now up to 4.4kg for the challenge! 600g to go.

hello challengers-

i am down 1.8 this week and 7.7 for the challenge total.
i have just begun my 5 th week of cohens-
my total for the 1st four weeks was 10.5 kilos!!!
:party:

bitten

hi guys,

I'm now up to 4.7 for the challenge 300g to go, 9.2 in total left!

:party::party::party:

I'm up to my 5kg woo hoo. 7.1 in total half way there! (almost)

Hi
This is the first time I have posted so I hope I am doing it right.
My name is Toni. I recently completed Cohen's, finishing refeed in mid April. After this time I was obsessed with food. I couldn't stop bingeing and I now have a really sweet tooth. I eat sweet things everyday. Meusli bars mostly. Other than that I eat mostly cohen's style meals, cripbead and fruit. But I have got back my coffee adiction, which I drink with 1sugar and milk (which has increased to about 5 a day). My bingeing is slowly settling which I am happy about, becuase for a while there I thought I was going crazy. My eating behaviours were worse than before I started Cohen's. But needless to say, I have gained quite a lot of weight in a short time. I have gone from 58kg to a maximum of 63kg (am a little below that today) I have told myself several times that I would stop eating sweet things or cut down on coffee or have smaller portions- anything to avoid the strictness of going back on the original plan. But here I am getting bigger and undoing all my hard work. So here goes, starting tomorrow I am joining the 5K Challenge. I am not looking forward to the hunger or the detox and all the side effects that go with it. But gee, I can't wait to see the weight loss and get rid of these awful sugar cravings. I have tried to start again before and caved by breakfast time when I was still hungry after eating, but it's now or never. I find myself feeling a failure for all my failed attempts to control my eating, and I hate to admit it but I am already doubting my ability to see this through. One of the main reasons I need to get back on the plan and regain control and faith and confidence in myself.

I hear you!

I am having a bad week, I am a baker and I keep sampling my food! its soo bloody hard. I think I will be lax this week (I have a party to go to sat) and sunday I will go hard core again and lose my other 8 kilos!

We can cheer each other on in here or in the thread up the top.

You can do it remember how good it felt to put on those smaller clothes!

Annie where are you?????
And what has happen to the challenge?????

Where are you all

Hi all,
Is the 5k challenge still happening. I want to join Monday as my weight loss has slowed and this may keep me more committed.

I had a weekend away full of deviations and thanks to Judy at my clinic have managed to jump back on the wagon full on determination and enthuisiasm. Mistakes happen, the biggest mistake would be to allow one weekend to determine the weight loss (or gain) for the next 6 months.

Take care all, keep on going,
Trudy