Cate's Diary

Emilyrose said:
You're really bringing the cheese with that video Cate! :p
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Ha ha. I know! Who's talking though, with the Oklahoma clip :D
I had a very lazy day yesterday & last night we went to our GS's school talent quest. It was fun (& funny), even though I was really tired yesterday. A's 3 piece band played a Northlane track (definitely not my taste). There are some really talented kids at his school.
I slept from 11-6.30 without waking once!
OK. I'm tracking my food & drink etc for the whole of September. GO.
Ham (lean, leg) & eggs on oat sourdough toast, with some hot mustard. 425 cals.
 
Me too. I was trying not to mention that it is officially Spring here :blush5:
Cate.......doing a happy dance :D
 
Thanks, Sybil. I just need to get back into the swing of it again. I kid myself after a while that I don't need to watch what I eat & start snacking and/or having extra sweet stuff & don't weigh myself & then get horrified when I have gained a couple of kilos. I have to accept that for the rest of my life I will have to watch what I eat. I gain weight very easily. That is how it is & I must accept it. Forever.

I am taking the GK's lunch today as their Dad is working (he needs to work extra to finance a holiday to Fiji with his GF in Oct) & C has a viral infection & his appetite is almost non-existent. He's quite skinny but eats very well usually. I was going to take them to the market to buy their Dad a Fathers' Day present but will just buy one & take it to them, along with fish and chips, which he sounded very keen on.

Breakfast today was Greek yoghurt with a kiwi fruit & a passion fruit (total 255 cals) because of lunch. It is very filling.
I'm off to the market soon. The day is deteriorating by the minute!
 
cate said:
I have to accept that for the rest of my life I will have to watch what I eat.
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As far as we have research on it that is true of everyone who has lost more than a couple of pounds. Which... is depressing, but better to know and act on it. Hope C enjoys his fish&chips and gets well soon.
 
LaMaria said:
As far as we have research on it that is true of everyone who has lost more than a couple of pounds. Which... is depressing, but better to know and act on it. Hope C enjoys his fish&chips and gets well soon.
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I know LaMa, but it doesn't stop me being unrealistically optimistic/hopeful.....
C loved his fish & chips & ate heartily. He's a gorgeous kid. I just love him to death. I got them outside for a bit of a walk. He's having trouble with his legs (cramping & pain) just like his Dad did when he was young. The doctors said he had growing pains. I had ordered some Magnesium oil for myself last week as I get cramps & don't think oral magnesium is helping me much & will give him one of the little spray bottles. Magnesium applied to the tops of your feet does wonders, including helping you sleep.
I have had a really nice day. I caught up with some lovely people today at the market & had a lovely cuddly time with the grandkids. It's cold again & it's raining, but I feel good. I know I am reactive, but when Winter ends, officially I get a spring in my step. I had not intended that pun :blush5: but will leave it there :D
Love to all, xoxo Cate
 
cate said:
I know LaMa, but it doesn't stop me being unrealistically optimistic/hopeful.....
C loved his fish & chips & ate heartily. He's a gorgeous kid. I just love him to death. I got them outside for a bit of a walk. He's having trouble with his legs (cramping & pain) just like his Dad did when he was young. The doctors said he had growing pains. I had ordered some Magnesium oil for myself last week as I get cramps & don't think oral magnesium is helping me much & will give him one of the little spray bottles. Magnesium applied to the tops of your feet does wonders, including helping you sleep.
I have had a really nice day. I caught up with some lovely people today at the market & had a lovely cuddly time with the grandkids. It's cold again & it's raining, but I feel good. I know I am reactive, but when Winter ends, officially I get a spring in my step. I had not intended that pun :blush5: but will leave it there :D
Love to all, xoxo Cate
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I get really bad cramps from time to time. Eating bananas seem to help.
 
Rebel lee said:
I get really bad cramps from time to time. Eating bananas seem to help.
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I have been eating more bananas than usual the last couple of months & now only very occasionally get a cramp. It's funny but I hadn't eaten extra bananas because I knew they helped, but I have just been enjoying them more than I used to. My body seems to tell me what I need.
We had a nice day yesterday with the kids & also did some more work filling our 2 raised beds. We'll have to work on it slowly as it's hard to get stuff there because it's all uphill. We'll be right when it's done, whenever that may be. We'll have a good crack at it today.
I think I have lost some weight but I'm trying to wait until Friday to weigh.
Stayed within my calories yesterday- just!
 
LaMaria said:
Taking your time sounds like a very sensible idea.
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......but doesn't come naturally. I'm getting better though :)
I have had a really good, very productive day & have done paperwork, gardening, tidied up the garden shed & am about to have grilled Atlantic Salmon with lots of vegetables for dinner. Yum! I am very hungry, but it won't kill me :D
P.S. It snowed today!!! We had no snow all Winter & today it snowed. Wow!
 
cate said:
...but doesn't come naturally.
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Of course not: we all get taught to not be difficult and just have what´s put in front of us for the first two decades of our lives. Takes a hell of a lot of retraining to overcome and we usually don´t realize we ought to start working on it until something isn´t working properly anymore.
 
I know LaMa. We have this whole life where we are taught not to waste food, etc, but, ultimately it's up to me to work out what is best for me & I know what is & what isn't. I still give myself a hard time about it. I am just a mere mortal, but I am also OK, just not perfect. No-one is.
On another note.....today was the coldest day of the year here. It was absolutely freezing! I wore more clothes today than I have all year- woolen slacks, woolen socks, cami, woolen long-sleeved top, polar-fleece jacket, woolen scarf, leather gloves......f*#k, I was cold!
Tomorrow I will be going to golf wearing thermals from head to toe!
 
Coldest day of the year and I see no mention of a winter coat (fleece jackets aren't coats!); excuse me while I giggle :p
 
cate said:
I have to accept that for the rest of my life I will have to watch what I eat. I gain weight very easily. That is how it is & I must accept it. Forever.
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I'm with you on that. For the longest time I always had the mentality of "I'll just eat right and exercise until I lose weight, then everything will be fine!!!" But, as time has gone on, I realized that losing weight is just part of the story - at some point I have to KEEP IT OFF. So, like you, I have to accept that, for the rest of my life, I will have to watch what I eat.

However, I try not to fret over it. Just because I can't afford to sit here and eat pizza and drink beer on a regular basis doesn't mean I can't enjoy them (or many other things) from time to time - I just have to be smart about it. "Everything in moderation," they say. And, they're right.
 
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