dr. cohen's 1st personal diet

No, this diet is not any different than other low calorie, low carb diets. Taking blood tests adds no value unless you happen to be a diabetic or have some other chronic illness. If you are generally well but just overweigt or obese, skip paying and put yourself on a great low calorie, low carb diet. You'll get the same results with time.

Hi, I am now finishing my 7th week on the program, and have lost 11kgs! And to top it all off, I feel fantastic! Definately recommend this diet!!! I researched it for well over a year though-- I did not hastily throw my money away!

Most diets I have tried tend to make me lose weight in the areas I need it the least, but Cohens went straight for my big fat gut! haha

I am in Australia, by the way Hence the kgs.

I had 32 kgs to lose, now I am 11 kgs into it... Go me!!!

Oh and also, I am really loving the food, and it is teaching me to cook, and that you don't actually need all the sauces and preservatives to have a tasty meal... Once the results start, you just have no desire to go off the plan! And I have not been hungry!!!!!

As for, the afterlife (as in after the diet)... I know and understand that I cannot go back to maccas and KFC for dinner every other night, or meat pies and Chinese take away for lunch... those are once offs... and provided I live a balanced life (which fresh food, like Cohens promotes) and exercise (which I AM looking forward to) I will be able to maintain the NEW me. Everything in moderation!!! Plus, it's not like I can never taste chocolate cake again... so I am not fussed.

Thanks for reading.

Missy

P.S- As for the person's comment above me about just find any old (low card, low fat) diet and follow it, and viola... ah no, not so simple! You don't think that the majority of us cohenites have literally tried every diet under the sun????!!! Most are FADS that are designed for you to fail (so they can continue to make money off you!!)! Cohens is a no buts or what if diet that really works. We are told straight from the get go, that you MUST follow it 100% and finish refeed to be able to sustain this new you! It isn't a magical miracle fix, but it DOES work. and it works as quickly as your own body will let it!

Hi All

I started the program before christmas and lost 4 kg in 4 weeks. Really easy. However, my urine smells funny..strong smell, different to the no carb diet. I have been off the program over Christmas I I have just started back on it. I am interested to not that my urine has the same smell??? Is this normal? I am drinking lots of water.

Cheers Jill

Yes, I tried this diet and am getting ready to go back on the diet for the new year. HOWEVER, with some modifications per my doctor. The diet does work, rapid weight loss, not really hungry because you keep eating through out the day but very very small amounts of food. The daily calories are only around 600 to 700, why you lose weight so fast.

Be very careful on this diet if you do use it. The first 2 months I lost 48 lbs, was thrilled, all my acid reflux went away, per diabeties symptoms, everything was great. Then I started vomiting, thought I had food poisoning from the chicken but no one else was getting sick. After a few days I'd be okay then not feel well but it would go away. This went on for 10 months, I tried to stay on the diet but kept getting sick, hence no change in weight loss but atleast I didn't gain. The bouts of vomit attacks started getting closer and closer until after 7 months it didn't go away. When I finally went to the doctor they started with anti vomit meds which worked for about a month, I was still nauseous but not vomiting as much so then they ran blood tests and found I was having trouble with my Liver. That prompted an immediate ultra sound which found my Gall Bladder was enlarged. The last 3 months of 2008 I spent having one long Gall Bladder attach, it was horrible, I'd rather deliver twins then go thru that pain again.

The surgeon told me the first symptom of my gallbladder going bad was the heart burn from about 7 years ago, the acid reflux should have prompted my prior doctor in 2003 to get an ultra sound but most don't bother until it gets really bad. The rapid weight loss is what pushed my body over the edge, rapid weight loss creates a chain reaction in the body that creates the stones. When you lose weight to fast it causes the liver to over produce, one of the ways the body processes the over production is turning it into stones, mine ended up in the Gallbladder.

My current DR. who figured out what was wrong with me advised me use the 1st personal diet but modify it, increase the calorie content, she'd prefer 1500 calories but no less then 1200. If you go on this diet take the diet menu, food list, get a calorie book and scale, modify the diet to a SAFE daily calorie allowance. The foods on the diet are low calorie, low sugar content and low carb, it works but it's not in my opinion safe as "sent out as is" by their office.