Diet Testimonials
The Cohen’s Diet to me has been an absolute Godsend and I really mean that! I was very overweight for over 15 years in my life prior to starting this program. My wonderful wife Kathy has been my biggest supporter and encourager and I finally gave in to ‘do’ something to improve my health situation.
I started on the program on the 3rd November 2005. I lost about 7 kilograms in my first week going from 124.5 kilograms to 117 kilograms. Within a month I could no longer fit into all my clothes as I had lost over 12 kilograms (even my trousers started needing a belt to hold them up!).
The most challenging time was during the holiday period (Christmas/Chanukah) in which colleagues at work were stuffing themselves silly and I needed to just fully concentrate on my goal I had in my mind of how I desired to look at the end. I even turned down a staff Christmas meal fully paid for by my employer, because I knew it could be detrimental if I deviated so badly so soon after starting. Thank God I came through that period and continued on with my journey of lifestyle change.
Kath was beginning to ‘experiment’ with new ideas for recipes and I was unfortunately the ‘Guinea Pig’ (but was a pig in a literal sense I guess ha-ha), but some tasty meals came from the allowance of ingredients which provided a variation of tastes helped me when I fancied a change or felt tempted to buy a bag of chips or M&M’s!
My average mean weekly weight loss was around 2.5 kilograms per week, but did fluctuate up or down a little depending of various factors. Many people whom I had not seen in a while started to say how I look so different already after several weeks, and they really encouraged me and applauded my efforts to stick with this program. This in turn gave me confidence to keep pressing on. As it was a typical hot Perth summer, drinking the required minimum of 2 to 3 litres of water per day was not an issue for me, and it was great when a slice of fresh lemon was added for taste now and again. As the record was being written each fortnightly or three weekly visit to the clinic when I got weighed, it was also amazing to see how I was becoming even less of me, and again this was also a good benefit to actually see all those years of fat build up due to poor eating habits were slowly disappearing. As another plus, my skin, teeth and even hair were improving, as well as the pudginess from my face going gave me a more ‘featured’ face rather than the previous bloated look a lot of the time. I must have shed a few years off my face and body but added vital years to my health due to the detoxing going on in my system and the whole weight loss idea.
I can say, hand on my heart that this program really and truly did work for me, but at the end of the day, it is what you want out of it, and for me, I was sick and tired of feeling tired, sweaty and very conscience of the big bulk I was before. I must also thank our dear friend Fabienne, because without her visual testimony a year ago of how she lost 60 kilograms, I would not have even thought of the Cohen’s program. It worked for me, and it has given me vital education on how to eat and drink properly and in moderation as well as confidence, and a new fashion sense (the cool hip jeans are back! And gone are the huge sacks, they went into the bin!). Thank you Dr. Cohen and your staff at Wembley, WA.
God Bless
Lee (Perth, WA)
Source: Rugby League lover (Joondanna WA)
