Cate's Diary

It would be great if they could invent napping squats, right Cate? :p:D
Wake up with new inner thighs and legs! I'd buy it! hahahaha

:iagree: re : forum hoopla.. :confused:Now I'm behind w/check ins...lol

:grouphug: Keep Pushing Cate...You're doin' just fine!
 
Hi Jen & Stacy. I think I may have had a nap watching tv & crashed into bed about 10.30 & slept like a log until 8am!
March plan- Have played 18 holes of golf each week, done 20 squats every day, weighed every day(82 again) had 2 fast days each week(1 to go) & need to lose 2kg more. :D It will be done!
 
Have had a fairly boring day today! It's all in the mind I know, but often after a very physical day I feel physically & mentally spent. I also have had a very hungry day. I also am worried about our younger son again. That's the crux of it I'm afraid. He's down again :( Bugger!
 
Thanks Delsid & AmyLu. He has Bipolar & I'm afraid it's an ongoing thing. Highs & lows & little in between. I try not to let it get me down too, but it is very hard. He is not on medication.

It's cool this morning. There is a women's golf tournament out at the club today & I volunteered to do the bar, so am heading out at lunch time. I think G is going to go with me. It's very overcast & it bucketed down during the night. Hopefully the sun will appear soon or they will have a poor turnup.

Weight 81, 25 squats done, MFP logged in.
 
Just read yet another interesting article by Michael Mosley & this is what he does daily-
"And along with his famed weekly fasting regime (The 5:2 Diet) which challenges the notion that fasting slows the metabolism (tosh, he says) and that losing weight slowly is healthier (also tosh, he says), Mosley exercises for only three minutes a day.

"To be honest, it's about five minutes," he said, explaining that he warms up for one minute on a stationary bike, cycles "like crazy" for 20 seconds, rest for one minute, repeat three times and "then you collapse"."
I am going to do this in April!
 
I have ended up having a reasonable day. The women who played golf today were oldish, which, of course, is fine. They reeked of perfume, which was not. My head was spinning trying to serve them. I don't think I will be joining their group anytime soon. Some of them were quite snobby too.

Had a good eating day today & been active & tomorrow I am having a fast day. Sunday I am playing 18 holes of golf & then away for 2 days & nights. I will not be weighing in on Tues or Wed as it would be silly to take my scales with me. It was my own March plan. Maybe I could do an extra 20 squats each day to make up for it.........yes- that's what I will do. We all have to make adjustments & doing an extra 20 squats will def burn up more calories than hopping on the scales :D
 
Snobby, smelly people? What fun... High intensity training has quite a lot of data backing by now, at least where health benefits and endurance are concerned. Which makes me very happy, because it means I only do aerobic exercise for my warm up or when I want to zone out. Saves time!
 
Hi LaMa! Off to golf today. It's a team game & I am playing with G.Last year we won it. It's overcast & is meant to be showery but I have shorts on.
Weight 81.5 :( 20 squats done :) logged into MFP, played 18 holes of golf each week so far this month.
 
We had a really nice day today & played with a couple from another club, who asked to play with us. (We played with them 2 years ago). It was only just as they were leaving that I told her we were going to visit our son in the morning for a couple of days & that he is very down & has Bipolar that I found out she has too. I would like to catch up with her again. I really liked her. My friend R, who I talked into playing today & our club president who was without a playing partner won the day, which was excellent. She nearly had a fit when she saw what a low handicap he was off, but she relaxed & had a ball. I really love this woman.

I'm not really looking forward to going to Hobart. I hope our son is not as low as I think he is & I hope he is not too deeply in debt. It is mentally exhausting. I may not be back here for a couple of days.Much love to all, xoxo
 
My sister has schizophrenia, so I can relate to the panic you are feeling regarding your son. Mental illness is hard for the entire family, not just the person affected by it. I hope everything works out for you and for your son.
 
:grouphug::hug2:Hugs to you Cate and to all you love and hold dear!

I can relate to the chemical issues... Not fun at all. OCD can mimic Bipolar and it can be miserable. :(

Take Care of YOU as well while you are taking care of others. ;):seeya:
 
cate said:
We had a really nice day today & played with a couple from another club, who asked to play with us. (We played with them 2 years ago). It was only just as they were leaving that I told her we were going to visit our son in the morning for a couple of days & that he is very down & has Bipolar that I found out she has too. I would like to catch up with her again. I really liked her. My friend R, who I talked into playing today & our club president who was without a playing partner won the day, which was excellent. She nearly had a fit when she saw what a low handicap he was off, but she relaxed & had a ball. I really love this woman.

I'm not really looking forward to going to Hobart. I hope our son is not as low as I think he is & I hope he is not too deeply in debt. It is mentally exhausting. I may not be back here for a couple of days.Much love to all, xoxo
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I've never understood the handicap in golf. How does it work? If I suck at golf do I get a bigger handicap to help me have a better score?
 
I've run into those sort of woman too Cate. I'm not sure if I've told you this story. If I have, please delete it and put it down to me getting senile. I used to walk our old labrador (a large dog, more like a great dane) past an exclusive private school for girls. The mums and au pairs used to block the narrow road with their cars and also force pedestrians to get off the pavements because they refused to move. They used to talk with such loud voices I swear they could have called the cows home across the sands of Dee and their laughs sounded like donkeys braying. I got fed up with them and made a stand 'Excuse me,' I shouted and the dog and I ploughed through the middle of them. Now, our old dog was getting on a bit and very flatulent. The 'aroma' would have parted your hair. One morning I was approaching them and I heard one say ' Here's that dreadful woman and her farting dog coming' :smilielol5:
 
cate said:
I'm not really looking forward to going to Hobart. I hope our son is not as low as I think he is & I hope he is not too deeply in debt. It is mentally exhausting. I may not be back here for a couple of days.Much love to all, xoxo
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Good luck, I hope he can find a fix.
 
Love you guys! Love the support. It was really difficult but ended up being very positive. You have to be positive. It is so hard to even try to explain how things are sometimes. Life can be so incredibly difficult, but when you have the love & support of family, you can overcome almost anything. Anything. I am so lucky that I have what, to me, feels like the best husband you could possibly want or ask for or need. As a combination, we can achieve so much it is crazy.
We have been home just over an hour & I feel that R can do this. 2 days ago he had a credit card debt that was daunting, a mortgage that he couldn't pay, no job, no confidence, a home that was almost unliveable.
Today his debt has gone, which has reduced our other son's debt to us(yeah, I know. We are crazy), his home is ready to have a room rented out on airbnb, he has applied for a job, he looked confident(but totally knackered) & we have come home with some hope. Actually, lots of hope.
I'm glad that I am such a determined, stubborn, never-give-up person. There is no way known I would ever give up on anyone I love.
I will be away for much of tomorrow, but will catch up on diaries Friday & Saturday.
Love to you all, xoxo Cate
 
Hi Cate. Good to see there's some light at the end of the tunnel with your son. I think it's pretty clear by now I have some idea what you and him both go through, so I know that giving up is never the right move here.

I don't know what the weather is like there, but here right now it's probably the nicest weather currently on Earth. Sometimes a walk outside in the warm (but not hot) sunshine can add a little perspective and help me count my blessings. Understanding how many ways I'm quite fortunate is a pretty good motivator sometimes.

Will try to stick around as much as possible for a while.
 
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