A new me! (hopefully, with some help)

Kate sorry for disapearing allthis time.

I m really sorry to hear about your job,i too am scared of changes.I am SURE that you will be fine though you will manage and get through this and im also really sure that all change is for something better in life.I know how scared you may feel after 21years...Thats a lifetime,but its not time to be sad and uncertain you will shine i know you will just try to get your mind thinking about the postive that can come from this big change!

You are amazing and look where you have come fighting your personal food demons.I mean you are so active you reached your first goal you had set you are a caring mum and wife!!!So im really not affraid for you.I know you will see the light!
 
ADAY 251

Breakfast: 50g porridge & blueberries (201 cals)
Lunch: 95cal crisps, yoghurt, pineapple, snackajacks and a 110 cal bar of chocolate (422 cals)
Dinner: 3 breaded chicken strips with salad and light salad cream (295 cals)
Snacks: 3 coffee's, 2 kiwi's, granola bar and 97 cal crisps (403 cals)
Total calories = 1321

Exercise: Bugger all, not feeling it today :(

Thank you guys for your lovely comments :) I just can't face writing anything today, feeling pretty bummed out :( Hopefully i will manage to pull myself out of this selfpittying hole tomorrow.

Love and hugs to you all :grouphug:
 
Hi Kate!:grouphug:

Another day today,hope you are feeling more cheerfull.

Did well on calories good for you!Thats what i really admire about you.That you manage to seperate the bad feeling from opening your mouth and eating anything you find!!!!Hope to be a little bit like you someday...

Loves and kisses Kate!
 
ADAY 252

Breakfast: 50g porridge & blueberries (201 cals)
Lunch: 97 cal crisps, yoghurt, pineapple & grapes (291 cals)
Dinner: Small jacket potato, 2 breaded chicken strips, salad, dry roast pepper & aubergine with light salad cream (392 cals)
Snacks: 2 coffee's, 2 kiwi's granola bar, 97 cal crisps & a slice of banana cake (538 cals)
Total calories = 1422

Exercise: None.

I'm really sorry about yesterdays selfpitying patheticness :( I am better today :)
Yesterday i woke up feeling sick and anxious, my mind just wouldn't stop stressing about the future. I am so so scared. I don't want anything to change, i want it all to go away and for my life to carry on as normal. I know that it can't but that's all my head keeps saying to me. I even had diarrhea yesterday because i was so wound up in knots and i really don't think i have ever been like that before.
I was better in the afternoon but not much. Everyone at work has been really sweet and they all want it to work out so i can stay. Julie (the practice manager) had a meeting with a dentist about going to work there during lunch and he said he will let them know by the end of March. I have learnt to not get my hopes up though.

I had yesterday evening to myself so i had a long hot bath and curled up on the sofa with a book. I think that really helped.

I did wake up this morning feeling sooooo much better. At work Mo (the dentist i work with) said that if i find something before the end of May (which is when she offically retires) then i should take it and leave and they will manage, also she said that if i left before i was offically made redundent then she would still give me my redundency money. This totally blew me away!!!!!! Bless her, that was such a wonderfully kind thing to say and do. That really lifted my spirits :) Also one of the other girls said that there was a job going in Barnstaple in last weeks paper so i rang them. Their practice manager wasn't in today so i left a message with the receptionist. She said that it was past the closing date and that they had started interviews. I said that i was sorry but only found out about the job today and she was kind enought to take my details about my length of experience, qualifications etc and she was going to give them to the practice manager. I said that if they don't find someone then give me a call. I'm not that hopeful cos i was too late but ya never know.
Now that i know that i can leave whenever i can start looking for jobs now and write to all the practice's in the area and also all the dental suppliers for a rep job, or even medical reception work.
I am definatly more positive today. I just need to deal with the fact that everything is gonna change and i am just going to have to deal with it. I am so fortunate to have such wonderful people around me who are really desperate to help me find a new job and everyone is being so kind, lovely and understanding to how my brain is in meltdown.

It's weird, thru all this i have coped really well with food. I have had a few 'oh, sod it' thoughts but luckly i have pushed on thru them.

Thank you all for your lovely comments, i am really touched how you are always here for me :grouphug:

Cate No, i can't stay, unless they get another dentist (which is bloody hard here) i would be suplus to requirements. The dentist i work with and I moved to this practice last May and i am paid by her seperatly to the rest. I have worked for her for 21 years and she is retiring her 'practice' at the end of May so she has to make me redundent. She is going to work for the other dentists there as an associate for another year or so, just 2 days a week, Rachel the hygienist (who also worked for Mo) is also staying but they already have nurses to cover those days so i am not needed. I think that's what makes it harder, i feel that i am the only one that isn't wanted :( If this guy does come to work for them then i will have a job (i will have to take a massive paycut cos they dont pay as much as i earn with mo) They do want to keep me but they just don't have anything for me right now.
I did think today about maybe doing an online degree. This job that sarah saw in the paper was for 4 days a week and i thought if i applied for that and got it i could study on the other day but we will see. I can't study full time as i am the main wage earner in our family and we have a morgage to pay :(
Thank you so so much for your encouraging words, you are a truly wonderful person :grouphug:

Ruthie Hello my lovely :) Welcome back sweetie. Thanks for your hugs girly and you did make me smile with your OTT 'you bloody did it' :blush5: I keep forgetting that i have done it!!! How fucked up is that?!?! I am still actively trying to lose still so i forget that i have reached a target. :)
Hope you are back for good my lovely. I have read your diary (i'm gonna go comment in a bit) and i expect you to be racing me to get into that bloody 10!!!! You and me girly, both a perfect 10!!!!!
Oooh i just thought i would say that i have done a 10 mile run, incase you missed that :)

Rosie Heya hotstuff :) Yeah, my break away was awesome, shame about the shit news i came back to, kinda made me forget it all in a flash. Little Eddie was a total darling, it was so touching that he was so into me when he isn't like that with others. It was really weird going running with my bro, our parents are like the unhealthiest people ever and to think that we both do this exercise bollocks by choice and actually love it (well, maybe not actually love running with that evil shit lol) after the upbringing we had. He was so blown away with the change in me, physically and mentally :) oooh, my sister in law told him how much i weighed and all he could say was 'fucking hell!' he weighs about 220lb, he is really fit but is still big and now there is little ol' me :) That felt good. I was always the biggest, our whole lifes, but not anymore (i just thought about that :) ) that is such an awesome feeling :hurray:
Hopefully everything will work out for the best work wise. Everyone is so convinced that i will get something instantly but it really doesnt stop me being scared :( Thank you so much for your kind words :)

Jess Heya sweetie, Dont apoligise my lovely, nothing to apoligise for. We all have life's struggles to deal with. Just remember we all here for you when you need us :)
It's strange how many of us are so scared of change. I have always admired people who have the balls to just do something because they wanted a change. Like my friend Rob, he was a special needs teacher and he left there to go to Thailand for a year and now he is a ful time uni student!!!! How brave is that?!?!
Thank you so much for your lovely kind words and i am so touched that you and everyone else for that matter, has so much belief in me :blush5:

Thank you all so so much for all your love and kindness, love you all :grouphug:
 
Sweet Kate, You are obviously very much a valued staff member & it sounds like they would love to keep you on, if at all possible. I love that you are being so strong and are doing what you can to turn this into a positive. Sweets, one year ago, this may have been a very different story. So, you had a totally stressed out day, but who wouldn't! Through that you still didn't turn into a pantry monster! WELL DONE YOU!!!

I loved hearing how proud you are of how you & your brother are so active & so comparatively healthy compared to what you were brought up to be. AGAIN- WELL DONE YOU! The world is still your oyster sweetie & I'm positive all of the uncertainty of your job will be resolved very soon. New Kate is a dragon slayer!! I love your transformation. Yours is one of the best that I have seen in here & you should be very proud of yourself & confident that you can do almost anything that you set your mind to do. Lots of love to you my lovely friend, xoxo Cate
 
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What are you going to spend your redundancy money on?


I actually SQUEALED!!!!! When I read about your 10 mile run! Forget half marathons, your gonna be ready for a whole one soon. And I would love it if you sailed past marks friend trilling a breezy "Helloooooo", while he was puffing for breath :) Ha, that'll learn him.


I hope I'm back for good as well lol. I've found today superhard. But I do so really want to be a size 10 again!
 
I am sorry you are dealing with this stress at work. Hopefully you can find something quick. I would try and follow up with that place that is past the deadline. You never know. sometimes people start acting weird when jobs are posted. everyone is so protective of their hours and jobs. I would just ring them again just to make sure.


:grouphug: everything will work itself out in time.
 
ADAY 253

Breakfast: 50g porridge & blueberries (201 cals)
Lunch: Pineapple, yoghurt, blueberries and a granola bar (341 cals)
Dinner: Small bowl of stew (178 cals)
Snacks: 2 coffee's,2 kiwi's, granola bar, 2 bags of 97 cal crisps and 2 bourbon biscuits (609 cals)
Total calories = 1329

Exercise: None :)

First i want to confess to uncontrolably scoffing at least 20 quality street chocolates last night :eek: I am really struggling with food at the moment. Ok so i haven't eaten badly all day but i want to all the time :(

I've had a decent day at work. One of the girls made a giant chocolate cupcake with chocolate fudge icing!!!!! OMG it looked awesome, i managed to not have any but argued with myself about it all day.

I have managed to read thru everyones diaries this evening, properly, for the first time really since i went away and i am so glad that i did cos it has really given me a big kick up the bum. I have been really slack and just so not into it recently. I know i have a lot to deal with with the whole job thing but that doesn't give me the excuse to blow all the hard work i have done. I really need to get a grip of myself!!!!

If you can spare 30 mins please watch this. I don't know if you have heard about it but i would really appreciate it if you could give it some of your time. http://youtu.be/Y4MnpzG5Sqc

Tomorrow is a brand new day and i am gonna be awesome!!!!!

Cate You are always so sweet and make me blush :blush5: I really don't feel strong, i feel kinda pathetic really. I just need to keep telling myself that its not the end of the world and just try and be really pro-active. More gushing compliments that make me blush. :blush5: :blush5: You really do have a way to make me look at myself and what i have acheived and think 'you have done that and you can succeed' Thank you so so much for just being so bloody lovely :grouphug:

Ruthie I'm just gonna leave it in the bank until i have a job that pays all the bills. I will probably need to use it to get by if it takes a while to sort something. But if i get a job quickly then i would love to use some of it to have a really nice holiday :)
I know!!! 10 miles properly made me squeal too!!!!!! i text every single person that knew that i run i was so so excited that i did it. If i manage to keep up with the speed my bro got me to run then i will definalty be able to keep up with that guy. :)

Mark Thank you so much for your advice and kind words. I will give them another ring on monday to see how things are. :)
 
Hey Kate,

So good to hear from you! I know when I'm overweight I have self esteem issues...and strange things go through my head! I heard once that when I'm not feeling good about myself, I see the faults of others all too clearly. That hit home with me, so whenever I get in to judgemental mode, I have to take a double look at myself (hate it when that happens!). You're doing great my dear...keep your chin up and as you told me...look at how far you've come and how far you have to go! (easier said than done isn't it?!)

I'd suggest to go for a good long run and get recharged!

Sarah
 
:iagree:Totally agree with everything Cate posted!! I could not have put it better myself. You are such an awesome person and i think without you on this forum it would not be such a wonderful encouraging place that it is.


Chin up babe, and keep thinking those positive thoughts.


lots of supportive hugs


xoxox
 
ADAY 234

Breakfast: 2 large slices of seeded toast with light spread and marmite (309 cals)
Lunch: Small bowl of stew (178 cals)
Dinner: Small bowl of stew and 2 small slices of wholemeal breal with light spread (327 cals)
Snacks: 100 cals of fruit pastlies, granola bar, 97 cal crisps & 2 coffee's (432 cals)
Total calories = 1246

Exercise: Ummmmm paper macheing??

I am feeling better as each day goes by. I am going to attempt to do a CV tomorrow :confused: Never done one before!!!! Scary!! But i have had lots of offers of help so i will do a draft and get people to see what changes i need to do.

I had a lovely lazy day today :) We got up really late and just pottered doing the usual town and food shopping, went and picked up my car, which is all better now :) Then spent the afternoon making paper mache (not sure about the spelling) barrels for the show that Jack is in in April. Mark makes all the props, which he loves doing and i really got into it today. I've never done it before. Loved it :) Very theraputic.

I bought a waterproof coat today. The one i have is just massive and looks like i'm wearing a red tent. I found a really nice one and went to try the size 12 on thinking 'Oh my, it's tiny!!!' but it fitted lovely, not even tight!!!!! I still think size 12 is not gonna fit and i am just kidding myself that i'm that size now. I was blown away with how it looked when i stared at the stranger that is me in the mirror. I'll try and remember to get Mark to take some photo's tomorrow.

It is weigh day tomorrow but i am not sure if i'm gonna weigh. I had gained 4lb after last weekends awesomely bad food, wine and beer and i am still 1lb up according to my bathroom scales. I will see what they say in the morning. i think i will be gutted if my official Wii weight is up and i'm pretty fragile at the moment and dont wanna tip things the wrong way, if that makes sence.

I'm going for my run in the morning if the weather is ok. I haven't done any exercise at all since my run with my bro last saturday!! :eek: I haven't heard whether Jane is coming but i am gonna go on my own if she can't make it.

Cate :blush5: :blush5: Oh please stop, lol. But seriously, thank you so so much for your constant lovely words. :grouphug:

Sarah Thank you so much for stopping by and for your lovely comments. I am really trying to keep positive. I'll be ok :)

Princess Aww thank you sweetie :grouphug: You are making me bloody blush too :blush5: Cheers sweetie Xxx
 
If you maybe-or-maybe-not going on a nice holiday depends on you finding work straight away I am going to start applying for jobs for you lol. Going on holiday would be amazing, because by that time you will be super slim and you'll have the best time ever, and it could be like a reward for doing so bloody well.


Don't be hard on yourself over the quality streets. As long as it was just a one off, you'll be fine. You have had a really tough week, and although we all know that comfort eating is Not Good, it does happen sometimes.


I just bought a waterproof poncho that looks like a tent :)


What did you paper mache?


Ps. GO FOR A RUN TOMORROW!!!! :p
 
AMorning all.

I woke up this morning and got on the bathroom scales and they said that i was 3lb from yesterday!! And you know what? i didn't bother me and it bloody well should have!!!! I got dressed, came down stairs and grabbed 3 quality street chocolates from the tin and came into the kitchen, scoffing them on the way....And deciding i wanted more chocolate now and quickly so that Mark didn't know so i got a Caramel Choc Rocky bar from the cupboard and quickly shoveled that in too I don't even fucking like them!!!!!
I then Made a coffee and sat in the garden and had a cigarette and i thought........

What the fuck are you doing?????????? :cuss: :cuss: :cuss: And i need you all to bloody shout at me too Please shout at me!!!!!!!

I am really really slacking and i don't seem to care. I know that i have had a tough week mentally but that is no freaking excuse. I haven't done any exercise at all for over a week 'because i couldn't be bothered' and that is defiantly the old me creaping back in to my brain. She has to be bannished!!!!!!
I went for my run. Actually, i made myself go for a run because i didn't want to. What is wrong with me??????

On my run i had a really good think about things and i realised that i have been lying to myself, and you guys!!!!! For example, i only put 1 kiwi's cals in my phone, tell you guys that i have 2 when actually i have three. Also, i have the 'odd biscuit' or a bite of banana cake etc that i 'conveniently' forget about and i really think that i have been like this for a while. Also i might have something after i have posted my food on my diary and i 'convieniently' forget about that too.

I use to be totally focused and obsessed and i am just not like that anymore. I haven't actually lost any weight this year at all really!!!!!

That has to change!!!!!!!!!

Starting from Right now (I am not going to wait til monday. Like Jess said to me after my first ever post. Make that change now!!!!!) So I am going to do a..........

20 day blast!

1. I am not going to eat over 1200 calories a day AT ALL!!!! no excuse!
2. I am going to exercise every single day....NO EXCUSE even if it is just some crunches. i am going to run at least twice a week!!!
And finally i am going aim to reach 155lbs by the 1st april (this is not such a 'i will' becuase i don't wanna be down if i can't manage it)

Please feel free to shout and scream at me......I really deserve and need it.
 
ADAY 235

Blast day 1

Breakfast: 2 small slices of wholemeal toast with light spread and marmite (149 cals)
Lunch: Small bowl of stew (178 cals)
Dinner: Ham and cheese salad with light salad cream (264 cals)
Snacks: 3 coffee's, 1 cup of tea, 3 quality street chcoclates, rocky bar and a granola bar (511 cals)
Total calories = 1102

Exercise: 5.76 mile run (9.26km) at a pace of 10.39 mins/mile. :hurray:

My talking to myself really worked today. I haven't wanted to eat anything i shouldn't cos i am kinda angry with myself for being such a lier to myself and you guys and i really wasn't aware that i had done it. I am so determined to be super obsessed again :)

My run was lovely, I went on my own. It was hard but managable, i didn't think once about not doing all of the way to the pub, i didn't try to convince myself to walk any of it either and i think i did a pretty decent pace. I do want to get under 10 min/mile but that is something i can work on. It really really helped me think about how naughty i had been recently and i also kinda ran thru my head what i was going to write in my CV.
When i got home i had a coffee (no second breakfast :) ) and wrote my earlier rant then did some washing, put some out (cos the weather was awesome today, really warm) sorted more washing and then got my aching legs into the bath :) After that i sat and wrote out my CV as best i can, i am going to get others to look at it and see what they can do to improve it. I felt really good after i had done it, it wasn't as hard to do as i expected it to be and i kinda knew that i had been putting it off all week. I am awful for putting stuff off that scares me.
Did some more paper mache, we are gonna be doing that every day for weeks now!! Then sat and got up to date with everyones diaries. I felt like today had been quite productive and i felt a new found determination with my 'diet'.

Ruthie I did my run, even though i really didn't want to and it really gave me the time to think about how bloody crap i have been lately so i'm glad i did as you said :)
We are paper macheing barrels at the moment, we have to do some crates too!!!

Love to all :grouphug: Thank you all soooooo much for all your help, kindness and support. I'm sorry that i have been rubbish lately :grouphug:
 
I know what you mean by forgeting to mention a bite here , a little this there ect....but its ok cause you have understood what you have done and have found a new determination!

Its not about telling us really its about just not having little things in the day that probably "dont count" for you to mention.Those add up when you arent working out.Dont be hard on yourself.You have come a long way and you are stressed out about work.You are fine though cause you are BACK to loose the last of the weight and get super fit for ...THE MARATHON!!!!!!!DID YOU FORGET>>????No i dont think you did!So keep on running and improving your time!!!!
 
Nice Kate :)


I caught up on the last few days of your diary, and well done for continuing on! That's all it takes in the end! :)


I really REALLY know how hard it can be when days like those pop up. They throw you off big time and it can be really hard to steer yourself back on track, but you know you have great support here and people who can relate to what you're going through in terms of weight loss. It's not easy for anyone!


Great job on your run, too! There are times when I run where I sometimes feel like taking a break or slowing down (especially after a day of heavy eating), but pushing through that and finishing strong DEFINITELY feels awesome afterward! :p


Keep up the great work, Kate! :)
 
Kate, sweetie, I'm in a hurry as have the GK's, but just wanted to say I think I've been doing the same. I have to put in what I eat, WHEN I eat it as I'm not losing weight either & I think it's the little bit here & the little bit there so I'm with you on this. It feels so much better when we are being 100% accountable to ourselves & it must stop!

"20 day blast!

1. I am not going to eat over 1200 calories a day AT ALL!!!! no excuse!
2. I am going to exercise every single day....NO EXCUSE even if it is just some crunches."

I'll do 5km on my bike minimum instead of your 2 runs!

WE CAN DO THIS!!! That's all the shouting I'm going to do sweets, sorry. 20 day blast!!!!! xoxoxoxoxo Cate
 
Although I'm not sure I can do the 1200 cals a day any more!! 1420 I'm finding hard enough! EEK!!
 
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