Cate's Diary

Thanks, LaMa. I am too.
I had a fun day at golf again. I ate exactly what I said I would & also bought some pumpkin seeds, along with my regular order, on the way home at the wholefood shop. I had my piccolo of bubbly after golf & enjoyed it and am back home now drinking herbal tea with G. That was the first time in a long time that I didn't have another drink when I got home. Progress :)
I just synced my fitbit & it all lit up :D
14,715 steps, 25 floors, 10.39km, 2,736cals, 247 active minutes.
MFP says 1,397 cals consumed & I have earned 1363 extra cals from exercise.
I am happy with all of that!
I will possibly have some yoghurt & fruit after dinner as I am very hungry.
 
Wow, great day!!! And wonderful about skipping the drink and also having a healthy snack at the end of the day! It's also so good to hear you are enjoying your golf club - I was worried it might not work out, but it all seems to be going great!
 
Hello Cate! Is nice hearing again from you after all this time! I hope you can get back on track as soon as possible. Wishing you a good resolution with the cardiologist as well!
 
Marsia said:
Wow, great day!!! And wonderful about skipping the drink and also having a healthy snack at the end of the day! It's also so good to hear you are enjoying your golf club - I was worried it might not work out, but it all seems to be going great!
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Thanks, Marsia. I am determined to not get tangled up in any of the hassles at the club & just stay a playing member. Not tidying up behind the bar is very difficult, but there is a paid barmaid (the captain's partner) so I am really going to try not to do it.
LaMaria said:
Glad to hear you had fun!
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Thanks, LaMa.
AthalaRanger said:
Hello Cate! Is nice hearing again from you after all this time! I hope you can get back on track as soon as possible. Wishing you a good resolution with the cardiologist as well!
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Thanks, Diego. I'm getting back there. It's frustrating regaining weight when you know what you need to do & have been successful at it before. I'll make this time the last time that I need to.
What I need to do for the rest of my life- weigh myself EVERY week!
Meanwhile, I need to come up with some more breakfast options that don't entail bread or grain. Greek yoghurt & fruit will be too cold for Winter.
BF- Was Jalna Greek yoghurt with stewed rhubarb, hemp seeds & almond meal, 1/2 an avocado with some tuna & vinaigrette 395 cals
Lunch- Tuna patties, with a small salad
Dinner- Chicken soup & some oat sourdough toast. (Just put that into MFP & have replaced it with 3 Ryvitas)
Somewhere in there, we will have a small fruit platter.
No wine. It now says 1161 cals so room for something else- more protein maybe?
I'm back on track!
 
LaMaria said:
Veggies omelets are always great for breakfast when it´s cold!
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I could eat eggs every morning, but G seems to think we shouldn't. He makes a delicious omelette. We are buying lots of veggies tomorrow. Lots! Our older son is coming for dinner Saturday night & has asked to have baked veggies & salmon. He's eating low carb/high protein (no alcohol) & has lost 10 kg in the last 6 weeks.
I'm at 1322, after dinner. I added some more yoghurt & fruit.
I am way under on protein & potassium. Vit A is low too & Calcium.
I'll have a better look in the morning at what I can add & what my macro targets are. Any ideas?
aiminglow said:
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For breakfast: grilled tomatoes, maybe with an egg on top? grilled, stuffed mushroom? something in the hot stewed apple line - or apple and quince?
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Thank you. More veggies coming up. We need to shop as we only have 1 egg left!
 
I think weighing yourself every week is a great idea. I stopped for a while and my weight zoomed up quickly, so I am going to try this, too. Potassium - avocado is very healthy and filling. Vitamin A - sweet potatoes, carrots, dark greens, red peppers... Maybe make a quiche or egg bites in muffin tins so you have a nice protein breakfast already made that you can warm up? Or you could make a big batch of roasted sweet potatoes and have one with butter and yogurt on top in the morning. I often have left over soup with a dollop of yogurt on top for breakfast.

Nice your son is doing well on low carbs!!
 
Thanks, LaMa & Marsia. I like the sound of egg bites in muffin tins I think, with some extra warmed up veggies. I had a bowl of chicken & vegetable soup this morning with 70g oat toast as I didn't feel like Ryvitas for breakfast. My BF needs to be warm. It was -3oC this morning. 304 cals
Lunch will be tuna patties with salad(incl. some avocado), dinner is going to be lamb shank casserole & veggies(incl some sweet potato, carrots & greens). Total there is only 1062 so room to add something. I think it will be fruit & maybe some yoghurt. I may have just one glass of wine, but maybe not.
I eat dark leafy greens every day, broccoli, cauli, carrots, avocado & sweet potato etc. I think I'll have to be more specific with inputting my food as I have some generic things saved like "veggies as accompaniment" to save time logging. I think I do eat enough Vit A when I look at what foods are high.
I might do a recipe that is the supplements I take each day as well & add them. I hadn't thought of that before for some reason!
We are going to do a very big shop today. I think we'll buy some steaks as I haven't had steak for ages.
It feels so good to be back on track. Why of why do I forget this?
 
It does look confusing, LaMa.
I hope I do learn. It's very, very frustrating regaining, losing, regaining etc. it has to stop!
We did a huge shop & have ALL of the veggies:D plus steak, chicken & a pickled tongue( G bought that when I wasn't with him).
We just went & got a load of wood & I'm about to start a book- Alexander McCall Smith, The Quiet Side of Passion. It's an Isabel Dalhousie book, not one of favourites, but he's such a good writer that I read everything he puts out.
 
I have trouble getting my head around enjoying it for some reason. I just didn't look at it raw. I had a taste & it's just like a tender corned beef for sure. It's not logical because I happily have lambs fry or devilled kidneys.
Day 5 completed successfully today- < 1500 cals. I'm feeling good.
 
kimmyluna said:
Hello Cate! You might not remember me, but I've been on here before a couple of times. Hope all is well with you!
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I do remember you. All is well with me thanks. Welcome back xo
LaMaria said:
Tongue´s good stuff! Congratulations on another good day :)
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Thanks, LaMa xo
myleanbaby said:
Sounds like you are doing awesome!!!
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Thanks, mlb. I'm getting into the swing of things now. I felt lighter this morning & almost hopped on the scales but didn't.
The GK's are about to arrive so I had better have a quick look around the diaries. Bye for now xoxo
Edit- BF 1/2 avocado, 1 boiled egg, vinaigrette
Greek yoghurt, rhubarb & almond meal 400 cals
 
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I wish I knew about losing and regaining - I do think we all might want to make long term plans to combat that, like maybe picking a favorite piece of clothing and just making sure once every 2 weeks that it still fits or something like that. The thing about it sneaking up is so annoying - it's so hard to tell it's happening!

My dad was an incredible cook and used to make the best beef tongue - so tender and flavorful. I haven't attempted to make it - I was vegetarian for 13 years when I first moved away from home and never really have felt that comfortable cooking meat - I sort of hold my breath that it will come out tender, and it usually does, but I don't get experimental with dishes with meat in them.

Happy GK visit!
 
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