A new me! (hopefully, with some help)

Well done Kate!! No bread at all? Are you going to cut out all wheat or just bread? It looks like we're back on track again sweetie. PHEW!! xoxoxo Cate
 
AHey Kate, I'm trying to get cuaght up on your posts... And I echo what several others have said, your diary is never dull or boring! You are human girl and we all have our moments (some of us have them more than we would like!). You and your body have gone through a lot over the past year and look at where you have come from! :hurray::hurray:
Sometimes our bodies balk, plain and simple! You are so close to your goal weight and I'm sure there is a mystic force in the universe that is keeping you from it!( it's the only thing that makes sense!). The good news is, that now you are back to the Kate who was a weightloss maven and I'm sure that your body will respond and shed those last pounds! I know I'm hoping yours does because I'm also hoping mine will!
You might want to set some other goals, in addition to the number on the scale, that can keep you motivated..like a number of minutes to exercise/day, or measurements in your key areas (hips, waist, bust), or making "x" posts in this diary to help others... Just a few ideas to keep it fresh for ya!
Keep making good choices and just know that you are helping me...and for that I'm grateful!
Sarah
 
ADAY 9

Warning!!....Food fail!!!!

Breakfast: 2 slices of tiger toast with light spread, cheese slice and jam
2nd breakfast: 2 small slices of wholemeal toast with light spread and jam
Lunch: Cous cous salad with coleslaw and ryvita minis
Dinner: Home made chicken curry and rice
Snacks: (hanging my head in shame) 2 go-ahead bars and 834 calories of CHOCOLATE!
Total calories = 2419!!!!!! i am so disgusted with that! That's awful!!

Exercise: 5.9 mile run and 3 hours gardening.

I've had a chocolate fail today........I was going to not say anything about it, i really did think about it but i knew that i would be lying to myself more. So i am owning up to my mega awful chocolate binge.
I had put all my exercise in my phone app and it still made me under my cals by 367 cos it said that i had burnt 1586 cals today but i am angry with myself, it was a little moment of weekness and 'whoof' it was scoffed!

Ok, enough bad stuff.....I've had a nice day today. Started with a weight loss :) Our run this morning was awesome :) last week's run was a real struggle and i didn't enjoy it but this morning was totally different....bloody loved it. Came home and had a bath so i wouldn't ache after doing a run and the working up the allotment. We planted loads of stuff at the allotment. I planted 18 butternut squash plants! I have tried growing them for the last 3 years and not managed to get bloody any...not even one so this year i have done overkill lol. Our beans have taken a battering by the shit weather, which is annoying, hopefully they will pick up. We brought home some red onions and asparagas, i am going to try and make some veg soup kinda thing with them and other stuff tomorrow.

This week i am going to aim to stick to not eating my banned substances but also not going to have bread. I have eaten way way to much this weekend (as well as chocolate lol) I am going to try and stick to as much fruit, veg and meat as possible and try and cut down on anything processed.

Cate Just bread hun, i don't eat much pasta (and i'm not sure what else is wheat lol) I have been eating too much bread and i know my body doesn't tollerate it too well, i feel better when i dont eat it but i sooooooooo love really nice posh bread!!! I was on track but got pushed off the train today lol back on now, i can pull myself back on after this little (well, rather big) blip.

Sarah Cheers for stopping by hun. Sorry about my self pittying rants in my diary, i had just kinda lost it a bit :blush5: I know my life this last year has been........yeah, eventful!!! but i know that alot of other people go thru a lot lot more stress etc so i kinda feel an idiot for not coping with all the changes.
That is such a great idea about setting myself other targets rather than weight so..... i think, just for you that i will .......do 3 hours at the gym (including my class) and i will do 2x30 min aerobic or pilates at home. And.... i will make sure i am up to date with everyones diaries this week too. Every day :)
Thank you so much for your ideas hun :grouphug:
 
ADAY 10

Breakfast: 50g porridge
Lunch: 50g porridge, yoghurt & grapes
Dinner: 2 Fishcakes with cous cous, salad and coleslaw
Snacks: 2 kiwi's and a graze box
Total calories = 1048 That's better huh!!

Exercise: 30 mins pilates with gym ball

I felt oddly sick this morning and didn't want to make anything to take to work for lunch so just threw some porridge oats into a container. That's why i ended up having porridge for lunch. I had a bit of feeling sick a bit later in the day but for the rest of the time i was fine......weird!

Mark always takes the piss saying that i am sat on my arse all day at work.....so......this morning i thought that i would put the pedometer on my phone, on in my pocket while i was at work. I started it at 7.30am and had to stop it at 10.30 cos it uses GPS and that canes the battery. Anyway............In that 3 hours i walked 3435 steps, 2.95km and burnt 525.3 calories!!!!!!!! Yeah right....sat on my arse all day!!!!!

I am going to try and see how long i can keep my phone going so i can see whether i do 10,000 steps a day :)

I did pilates for the first time today and it is a DVD with gym ball. OMG it was pretty hard, i think my arms, legs and stomach are gonna ache a bit tomorrow.

Pretty impressed with my food day today, especially after yesterdays epic fail :)

Love and hugs :grouphug:
 
Porridge success Kate!! I had porridge yesterday & again this morning & it sustained me until lunch-time & I really enjoyed it. Yesterday I had it with some stewed rhubarb & it was ok, but today I had it with one tsp of honey & it was delicious so "voila" there is my new Winter breakfast! Thank you Kate for reminding me about porridge. I hadn't eaten it since I was a kid! It really sticks to your guts. the 1st one I tried last week was one of those little sachets that are too fine & only 40g. What a waste of money they are. I will buy organic oats from now on & organic semi-skim milk.

Pilates hey? I now have a working DVD player & have a Pilates dvd somewhere. I had tried it out years ago but didn't like it much but will have a look again. I found it too hard to keep looking at the tv & it gave me a stiff neck. I don't like getting down on the floor much & don't have carpet in my living-room. My little dogs go crazy when I try anything like that. Even Tai Chi confuses them & they bark at me madly!

It's great seeing you back on track. Now send me some oomph please! Lots of love xoxo Cate
 
Hey lovely, I'm so happy to see you're back on track and doing well!!! I'm back now, for good I promise. I'm glad you're enjoying your new job!!! And go you with all the exercise!!!
 
ADAY 11

Breakfast: 50g porridge
Lunch: Homemade squash soup, ryvita minis, yoghurt & grapes
Dinner: Quiche, salad, coleslaw with a little choitzo sausage and asparagas
Snacks: 2 kiwi's
Total calories = 1169

Exercise: 100 crunches!! and 80 bridges :)

Pedometer at work
5187 steps
4.16km walked
1557.7 calories burnt!!!!!!

I am soooooo gonna keep up with doing this pedometer thing while i'm at work :) 1557 cals burnt just walking around on a normal days work!!!! How cool is that :) I have a day off tomorrow and i might see what i do when i'm not at work.

Had a nice day at work today to then come home to my stroppy teenage son :( and one stroppy comment and it puts me on a real downer! I don't know if it's me, cos i have cut down on my meds but i'm really dissapointed with myself for letting something silly get me down.

Wednesday day off tomorrow and i'm meeting up with Bec's for lunch :) It will be nice to catch up, we are gonna decide where we are gonna go camping too :) Yay!

Cate I sat reading your post this morning while i was eating my porridge :) and it really made me smile. I am so glad that you have found some that fills you up for the morning. I totally love my porridge :) To the point where i ate it for lunch yesterday too lol.
Ooooooooooh, i didn't know you had any dogs!!!! What have you got? what are they called? Pictures please :)
oooooooommmmmmmmmmmmmmmmfffffffffffffffffffffffffffff.......................Not that you need it my lovely, you are doing just awesome. I think the MFP is really helping the three of us, i'm loving the support we have going there as well as here :)
Love and great big squishies :grouphug:

Lucy :hurray: :hurray: :hurray: Yay!!!!!! Welcome back my sweet friend :) Have you started a new diary? You haven't written in yours. Looking forward to hearing what you have been up to hun. I've really missed ya :grouphug:
 
Hi Kate, We have 2 little dogs- Ingrid (the boys named her after a gorgeous blonde at school) who is almost 15 & is a Shi Tsu/Maltese cross we got from the pound 13 years ago & Sophie who is 10 & 1/2 & is an Australian Silky Terrier. They are tiny little things, especially Soph, who is my little shadow.

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If you feel that you are over-reacting sweetie to Jack take your meds every day please & chat to your doctor about reducing them later. You're only on a very low dose anyway. I think I will still get some even though I am feeling better again as a low dose may stop me being so reactive. Sending you big hugs & 2 woofs!

xoxoxo Cate
 
AKate, 100 crunches? 100? My stomach hurts just thinking about it! And over 4km at work!? Wow! You are a moving woman...in so many ways!
We're on a roll girl, let's keep going!!:grouphug:
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Good choices my girl!
Sarah
 
Hey Kate - sounds like you are shaking and moving it!! You've come on massively since I was last around on the board - down in the 160s wow! I went back a way in the tread and your latest photo looks amazing!


Step away from the cake! There's nothing to see here folks, keep on moving...away from the cake!!! Just imagine a rather burly NY kind of cop saying that firmly whenever you are tempted!! (works just as well for chocolate I find!!)
 
ADAY 12

Breakfast: 50g porridge
Lunch: Chicken salad with Light mayo and chips!
Dinner: 75g porridge with muesli
Snacks: 2 go ahead bars
Total calories = 1415

Exercise:
50 min interval running.
35 min bicycle
60 min toning class

DAY 13

Breakfast: 50g porridge
Lunch: Homemade butternut squash soup, yoghurt with grapes and a graze box
Dinner: More soup and 2 slices of granary toast with light spread
Snacks: 2 kiwi's, graze box and chocolate cake!!!!!
Total calories = 1307

Exercise: Rest day!

Pedometer:-
6664 steps
5.17km walked
1612.2 calories!

Sorry i didn't post yesterday but i felt really bad when i got home from the gym :( I thought i just felt sick because i was hungry but it didn't go away and i had goose bumps, felt cold and shivery and all i wanted to do was curl up under the duvet.....so i did. Up til then i had had a pretty nice day. I had a bit of diarohea in the morning but i thought i was nervous about my dental appt (it didn't occur to me that it might be some kind of bug) Met up with Bec's and her little lad, Austin for lunch and had a good catch up and natter about our camping trip. I had had a look online for some and found a place called 'Hedgehog corner' it is exclusively tents and only two people per pitch, only 10 pitches, no kids, no dogs. each pitch has it's own table and bench, somewhere to have a bucket fire and BBQ!!! How awesome does that sound.
Went to the gym at about 4.30pm intending to do a 10km run but was totally rubbish :( I really struggled and only managed to do 5 min walk, 10 min run intervals for 50 mins. I was sooooooo hot (and it wasn't hot outside, it was raining!) and sweaty and needed to drink loads (normally i only drink my drink when i finish but had to fill my bottle twice!!!!! did some time on the bike as i struggled so much with running and then did my toning class. As i was going home i started to feel sick and didnt want to eat anything so i had some porridge. Eating didn't make me feel any better so i had a shower and went to bed.

I felt fine when i woke up this morning and went to work. I had moments of feeling sick but nothing too bad until after lunch when i had such bad stomach cramps and bloatedness!!!! And i felt rubbish. That was when i had the chocolate cake :( It was Chris's birthday and he brought it in!!! I resisted temptation all day until then. It's like my brain told me that i would feel better if i had some. Of course, i didn't lol. I did only have a tiny bit but still, chocolate and cake is banned, so double wammy fail!!!!. Still bloated and uncomfortable now but not too bad.
I have just booked our camping trip :) so 'Hedghog corner' here we come. It is going to be so nice just chilling, drinking wine, wandering etc with no kids or men.......bliss :)

Cate Aaaaawwww sweetie, your babies are sooooo cute. Totally adorable. I love the name Sophie, we had a Labrador when i lived at home called Sophie and she was a huge part of my life, i even had her stay with me at weekends when i left home :)
I have taken your advice about my meds. I have gone back to taking them every day and i will make an appointment with the doctor. I did have other things happen that day but it would have taken me ages to explain it but i kinda took that really personally too. You (as always) are right, i need to do this with the doctor rather than just trying to do it myself cos i think i can cope better now.
Give the little girls a snuggle for me :grouphug:

Sarah 100 crunches aint that bad really. I do them in sets. I do 20 normal crunches, 20 bridges, 20 to one side crunches, 20 to the other crunches, 20 bridges, 20 crunches with legs in the air (they are a killer lol) 20 bridges and then 20 normal crunches. Doing the bridges in between gives the stomach muscles a break. The crunches i did at the class on wednesday were soooooooo hard, it was just non stop for what felt like 20,000 lol
Yeah, i can't believe how much i walk at work.....Sat on my arse all day!!!!! Ha, that showed him lol

Jjjay Heya sweetie :) welcome back. I can't believe i have gone for quite a while with out cake and on the day i slip up you pop by lol bloody typical :smilielol5: Glad to see ya back and well done on your 6lb loss :)

Not had chance to catch up on diaries so i will do that tomorrow. Love and hugs :grouphug:
 
Hey Kate, hope you are feeling better...sounds like you have some sort of virus...don't over do it while you are sick...give you body what it needs to heal..good food and good rest! I'm sure you'll be back to doing those 100 crunches and 10k runs in no time! You're just awesome!! Have I mentioned how great you look in your profile pic?! :coolgleama:

Sarah
 
Hi sweetie, hope you beat the rotten bug quick smart & feel 100% again soon! Sending you lots of love & five squillion hugs, xoxo Cate
 
ADAY 14

Breakfast: 50g porridge
Lunch: 50g porridge with snack box stuff in it, yoghurt, grapes and potato thins
Dinner: Breaded chicken pops, mash potato, salad and coleslaw
Snacks: 2 kiwi's and a snack box
Total calories = 1177

Exercise: Resting again today.

Things to be proud of
I sat and had a conversation with someone at work while she had a slice of THAT chocolate cake and the others came in and had some too!!!!!! I didn't have any and it didn't worry me :)
I was really hungry when we did our food shop this evening and i bought some 'ryvita thins' and a dip selection with the intention of having them this evening cos i feel crappy but i am not going to have it!!!!! I realised that i don't need it and that i only got it because i was really hungry and was craving everything i saw. Mark bought 2 bags of freshly baked cookies and i thought i would have dip so i wasn't tempted to eat any of them. I will have SOME of the yummy dips on sunday evening IF i have managed to lose this week :)


I woke up in all kinds of pain this morning with the insides of my legs, bum, arms and chest!!!!! I actually walk like i have shit myself :eek: Which isn't a good look seeing as i am farting like you wouldn't believe as well, due to my stomach!!! :smilielol5: I think running, cycling and doing an hour of toning on wednesday night was a bit much lol but hey ho, i will be super toned if i manage to keep it up :)

My stomach is not good today. I feel ok but am sooooooooo bloated, windy and in pain. I think this bug has messed with my IBS, it happened before. I'm gonna have to take a look online at what to do to try and calm it down. So so uncomfortable right now.

I am gonna curl up on the sofa and fart alot to annoy Mark :eek:

Thanks for all your 'get well' comments :grouphug: I am taking you advice and going to be lazy this evening (especially after a manic day at work today) Ooooh and thank you Sarah for the comment about my profile pic :blush5: You're too sweet.

Love and hugs :grouphug:
 
ADAY 15

Breakfast: 2 slices of granary toast with light spread and lemon curd
Lunch: Ham, lettuce and coleslaw granary sandwich & ryvita mini's
Dinner: Vegatable lasagne with salad and coleslaw
Snacks: Potato thins and a Twix (whoops!)
Total calories = 1353

Big time food fail last night!!! :( I had 2 of Marks's cookies!!!!They were devine but very very naughty.

I've had a good (ish) food day today. I did have a twix but didn't go to much over my cals.
Spent the morning doing housework and this afternoon and all evening so far sorting out my itunes (it was a total mess and i could hardly find anything i wanted). I took all the music off it, which took about 3 hours cos you have to delete each track one at a time. I have now put loads back on and loads of other stuff. Still got more to put on and do playlists too. I was so engrossed in it that i forgot to do my diary til now! gonna go back to it now. Hopefully i'll have a nice new playlist to run to tomorrow :)

Weigh day tomorrow but i don't think i will have lost, i will be chuffed if i have stayed the same to be honest as i am still really bloated, the scales in the bathroom haven't changed and i haven't had a great week. I will weigh anyway. I need to face it!!!!!
It looks like the weather is going to be shit (again) tomorrow so i am going to go to the gym instead of running outside.

Love and hugs :grouphug:
 
AMorning all :)

Weighed this morning and I stayed the same......Which I'm really relieved with!

Off for my run in a minute then I am going to blitz the kitchen, lots of manic housework :)

Love and hugs :grouphug:

Xxx
 
Hey Kate,

I certainly admire your honesty on the food...but I do think you over do it by calling 2 cookies a "major fail"..gawd girl...give yourself a break! Major fail for me would have been the whole batch...which was all too often for me in the past! Good job on the run and keep up the good work!

Sarah
 
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