Funny or Odd Things You Learn When You’re on Cohen

I’ve been on the Cohen program since March 2014 and these are the funny or odd things I learned since I’ve been on the program.

(This was written while stuck in EDSA traffic on the way home from Makati to Ortigas with a full bladder after finishing half the day’s 2L water consumption.)

• the difference between zucchini and cucumber 

  

  Zucchini vs. Cucumber

• the taste of spoiled or expired yogurt
• the subtle differences in the tastes of sugar, artificial sweetener, and stevia
• flat shoes vs. 4-inch high heels 

  

  Why, hello there 5-inch platform shoes!

• where the cleanest and empty bathrooms are
• how 20 minutes in traffic feels like a lifetime when you need to pee
• how different herbs taste against each other
• the difference between a large and a medium and a small (or even an extra small!)
• the difference between cravings and deprivation
• crossing your legs without flesh pinching between your legs
• the “thigh gap”
• how perfectly fitted underwear makes you look awesome
• how faith, hard work, commitment and trust can propel you to great heights
• the difference in how people actually look at you and treat you
• how 2.5 or 5 hours can feel like forever when you’re hungry and 4 weeks can seem like a breeze in between weigh-ins
• cauli rice, enoki pasta, and Cohen pizza
• unfounded unreasonable guilt:
  • guilt over deviating
  • guilt over not being able to go out to see friends
  • guilt over taking care of yourself first before others
  • guilt over not sharing your food
  • guilt over not caring for your health and body before
  • guilt over spending so much money on yourself
  • guilt over looking/staring at yourself too much when changes start to take place
  • guilt over not eating what your guests serve you
  • guilt over requesting for “special food”
  • guilt over still wanting to eat good, sumptuous food
  • guilt over being more health conscious