A new me! (hopefully, with some help)

Cooee



Cooee! (IPA /ku:'i:/) is a shout used in Australia, usually in the bush, to attract attention, find missing people, or indicate one's own location. When done correctly - loudly and shrilly - a call of "cooee" can carry over a considerable distance. (did you hear it?) It is also known for a call of help in which can blend in to different natural sounds in the bush.

The word "cooee" originates from the Dharuk language of the original inhabitants of the Sydney area. It means "come here",and has now become widely used in Australia as a call over distances.


Kate, My day is not right unless I have read your diary!

xoxoxo Cate
 
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Third time lucky!!!!​

DAY 1

Breakfast: 2 small slices of wholemeal toast with light spread
Lunch: Banana, strawberries, grapes, natural yoghurt and muesli
Dinner: Vegatable lasagne
Snacks: Apple and a cereal bar
Total calories = 1021

Exercise: Spent the day wallpapering :)

I'm back :)
Life is pretty much back to normal, other than the new job, which i am really enjoying :)

I am feeling proper fat which has given me the insentive to start (again) today, rather than monday. I don't have anything going on socially until 21st july so i have 6 weeks to be totally awesome. I am also going to ban chocolate, sweets, crisps, biscuits and cake from my life for that 6 weeks.

Bec's wedding was awesome and i got very drunk :blush5:

Here are a few photo's for you :)

http://weight-loss.fitness.com/image/id/360613/width/350/height/193
This was taken at Maureen's retirement party. Bec's is on the left, i'm in the middle and Rachel is on the right :) My best friends :)

http://weight-loss.fitness.com/image/id/360614/width/350/height/549
This was taken at Bec's wedding, isn't she just stunning :)

Cate I am so sorry for being AWOL my lovely. I promise to be here every single day from now on.......no excuses :)

Another new ticker!




 
Phew! That's better!! Kate is back!!

All three of you look stunning sweetie & your friendship is almost visibly tangible in your photo. You look lovely in that gorgeous black dress Kate. Feeling fat is more to do with how we react to what we have eaten recently, rather than how we look I think, because you look wonderful. I'm glad you had such a lovely time at the wedding.

There isn't a rule anywhere in the forum, btw, that says you can only type in here if you have eaten PERFECTLY today!! I understand if you are feeling down though as I don't feel like saying ANYTHING when I'm down. I miss you when you're not here & it doesn't feel right. I am not just a fair weather friend. I thought you would call me a crazy woman with my cooee!! You are allowed to, you know! I need to give myself a kick up the butt again as I have gone over my cals the last couple(3?) of days but haven't felt out of control at all. I just felt like eating more. Now I'm back as well.

Lots of love to you sweetie, xoxo Cate
 
ADAY 2

Breakfast: 2 small slices of wholemeal toast with light spread and jam
Lunch: Mashed banana on 2 small slices of wholemeal toast and blueberries, strawberries & grapes with natural yoghurt
Dinner: Vegatable lasagne with a small slice of white bread
Snacks: 2 cereal bars and an apple
Total calories = 1222

Exercise: 5.5 mile interval run. 4 hours of painting!

I'm bloody shattered!!!!! I did my run this morning and it was such a struggle. I am soooooooo unfit :( I then came home and spent the afternoon painting the bedroom. Nearly done.......

I'm still pretty determined to do well. I need to just take each day as it comes and try and not have any food fails. Todays little fail was having a slice of white bread....i didn't need it but i wanted it!!!!!!

Cate Your 'Cooee' made me giggle, it was a common phrase i use to hear when i was a child, not so much now though.
Thank you for your lovely comment about my picture :) I love them to bits, they are just the best friends anyone could have in their life, them and my Bobby :) I am really blessed. And then there's my forum mum and buddies too.
I think i feel fat for a combination of reasons, firstly, i have gained that little bit that i had lost....again!!!!! and am still about 7lb up from the lowest i had got to, i am really flabby now cos i have not done any exercise for ages and i can really notice it!!!!! And also i think because all my clothes fit i kinda just feel the same as i did when i was huge, if that makes sence, nothing is baggy. But i am going to really try hard and get this finished and reach that bloody target!!!
I don't think i stopped writing my diary because i was eating badly, it was more a case of being really busy and i kinda thought 'who is gonna wanna read my dull same old shite with me doing nothing worth talking about' (you obviously lol) I am going to stick around now. Even if i don't get chance to catch up with everyone else. I think i felt like i was being a shit friend cos i just wasn't getting time to read all the diaries. I'm gonna go read yours and then Sarah's now and just take it from there.
Thanks for just being there for me....always, you really are my rock.....Thanks mum :grouphug:
 
ADAY 3

Breakfast: 50g porridge with blueberries
Lunch: Ham, lettuce and light mayo wholemeal sandwich, cuppasoup & a yoghurt with strawberries and blueberries
Dinner: Vegatable lasagne
Snacks: 2 kiwi's, cereal bar and an apple

Total calories = 1039

Exercise: 60 crunches & 40 bridges :)

I've had a good day today :) I am tired as today was hot and busy......a very long monday. I did think about stopping at the garage shop on the way home from work but told myself 'NO!!!!' I stopped at mum & dads on the way home cos it is dads birthday today and they had a lovely looking apple pie on the side.......last week i would have just cut myself some but NO, not today.
I really am trying to take it one day at a time. I am trying to just get back into the routine of eating healthily every bloody day!!! rather than 'most days' That is where i have been letting myself down, i do well for a few days and then find an excuse to eat stuff i shouldn't.......That Kate has got to be put back in her box again!
 
Kate???I feel very guilty....so bad for going away...................................I feel you dont want to even speak to me................

I missed you guys a lot..............

Im glad you are counting your days from start again and seem to be doing very very well.You are so right.ITs one day at a time...then you (we) will be able to eat better always and have just a shit day once a month or ok twice a month.

How much do you weigh right now?How about your runs?I read that you felt you stuggled as you said to me once its normal after not using your muscles for some time.Are you going to the gym at all?

I feel i have this HUGE gap from your life from me not coming on here every day.YOU LOOK FANTASTIC in the pics!!!!!!!!!!!!I cango on and on about it!!!!REALLY GORGEOUS!

And the bride aswell looked stunning so happy!!!!

HOpe you forgive me Kate!!!Lots of love
 
AAww Jess. There is nothing to forgive my lovely!!!!!! We have both been struggling and I for one have found posting hard. BUT we are both back now and fighting hard!!!!!!! Don't ever feel that I don't want to speak to you..........remember, you are the reason I am where I am today, never, ever forget that.

I'm not totally sure exactly how much I weigh but my ticker is about right, I'll weigh on Sunday. I did a run for the first time in ages yesterday and my legs are sooooooo sore today. I haven't really had chance to go to the gym, I get home from work so late now with my new job but I hope to go tomorrow and I am going to go to a 'toning' class on Wednesday and hopefully get a run in then too.

We can do this, we just need to hassle each other and shout at each other If we are slacking. We have both done so so well, we just need to lose this last bit to get to our ultimate targets!!!!!!

Love and hugs ALWAYS!!!!!!!!!!!! :grouphug:

Xxxxx
 
Hi Kate, Yes I do want to read your diary & it is never the "same old shite" to me. If I started thinking that about my own I would never type in it again. I almost always think "who would want to know about my life?" but that's not why I type in it anyway so I continue on with my "dairy, as therapy & weight-loss/healthy eating etc motivation." No-one uses cooee any more but I still think things like that, as I love them. I even say wowsers! (That comes from Inspector Gadget, I think, one of the boys favourite show when they were young.) Australian slang is disappearing as it is not fashionable but I still love lots of it. I know I'm a bit of a dag!

Great to see you back sweets, xoxoxo Cate
 
ADAY 4

Breakfast: 50g porridge and blueberries
Lunch: Ham, lettuce and light mayo sandwich, cuppasoup, ryvita minis and a yoghurt with strawberries & blueberries
Dinner: 3 small peices of breaded chicken strips, new potato's, salad and light salad cream
Snacks: 2 kiwi's and a cereal bar
Total calories = 1219

Exercise: 60 crunches & 40 bridges. I was going to go to the gym but was totally shattered when i got home from work....again :(

I've had another really good food day. I haven't craved food at all today :) I'm still taking it a day at a time cos i know that i can quite easily find an excuse to eat something i shouldn't and it is done in a split second too, it's amazing how fast i can eat something when i know i shouldn't. I haven't had any of the banned substances for 4 days :) Yay me.

Work was hard today, i worked with Dan, who is the VT trainee all day. It's the first time i have worked with him all day and it's hard work. He is lovely and we have gelled really well but by the end of the day i just wanted to crawl into my bed. :( I have the day off tomorrow :) I have a dental appointment at 8.55am!!! Why the hell i booked it for then i have no idea. I am getting Mo to do everything that i might need doing in the next 10 years or so before she actually retires lol. Sooooo not looking forward to that. I don't think i have ever said this but i am the worst patient ever :eek:
I am going to paint the last wall that needs doing in our new bedroom and then sort my clothes, shoes, jewellery etc in our room as we are swapping with Jack. His room is quite a bit smaller than ours so i have to be very brutal!!!.
I am hoping to get a few hours in at the gym tomorrow!!!!! and i am definately going to go to the 'toning' class tomorrow evening!! I really think that i am going to have to have wednesdays and sundays as my 'work really hard at exercise' days and just see what i can manage on the other days. Hopefully i will soon be able to feel up to going to the gym after work.

Cate I really feel that my diary is sooooooo dull right now. I also keep saying that i am going to do this, do that and reach my target etc etc and then fail and it is embarassing :blush5: I used to be so focused and i had lots to say and had weight losses to post. I just seem to have bloody lost it over the last months.
A lot of the time my writing is therapy for me but then i just have times where i stare at the screen and just have nothing i have, or want to say. Maybe i should just write anyway, even if i feel blur, maybe thru writing it i will understand why i feel like that.
:smilielol5: Wowsers...that is awesome and DAG!!!!!!!! OMG that reminds me of when i use to watch 'neighbour' religiously as a teenager!!! I loved it, my life was incomplete if i missed an episode!
Again mum, sorry for being neglectful......i'm here for you cupcake :grouphug:
 
ADAY 5

Breakfast: 50g porridge and blueberries
Lunch: Ham, lettuce and light mayo wholemeal sandwich, light potato thins and a yoghurt
Dinner: 4 breaded chicken strips with new potatoes, salad and light salad cream
Snacks: Pineapple, 2 cereal bars and 2 oranges
Total calories = 1346

Exercise: 3 hours of painting and sorting stuff at home. 30 min run, 20 min walk and 1 hour 'toning' class

I have eaten over my 1200 calories today but i have burnt 1308 calories so i don't think i will have done any damage and it has all been healthy stuff....no rubbish food :)
Today would have been a day where i might have cheated. I had the day off and on my own recently i have managed to convince myself that it's ok to eat something i shouldn't but i managed to be good today AND i went to the gym :hurray: and worked really hard :) I am going to be in all kinds of pain after my toning class, she was a total bitch tonight lol. I am really excited about getting the tone back in my body and losing this last bit and getting to my target!!!!, i am really hating how very wobbly i have become.

I went to my dental appiontment this morning and i think Mo is really missing me, she seemed really stressed that things had gone missing and stuff wasn't in the right place and that was only at my appointment lol. I kinda felt guilty that she was having to stress like this but then i realised that it was not of my doing at all so i shouldn't worry.
Had a really good chat with Bobby on skype when i got back. He is back in Thailand and things are not going well with his girlfriend :( i think he really appreciated catching up. He has been gone about 3 weeks and i am suprised how much i had got use to him being on the end of the phone when i have needed him. It really made my day chatting to him.
Got the painting finished :hurray: and sorted thru all my stuff in our bedroom and was very brutal and took out a lot of stuff.......i think i need to do a car boot sale lol.

I'm shattered so i'm gonna curl up on the sofa with a cuppa and snooze in front of the football. I will catch up with everyones diary tomorrow.......i promise :)
 
No wonder you were shattered. My oh my, what a day!!!

Quote- "Cate I really feel that my diary is sooooooo dull right now. I also keep saying that i am going to do this, do that and reach my target etc etc and then fail and it is embarassing :blush5: I used to be so focused and i had lots to say and had weight losses to post. I just seem to have bloody lost it over the last months.
A lot of the time my writing is therapy for me but then i just have times where i stare at the screen and just have nothing i have, or want to say. Maybe i should just write anyway, even if i feel blur, maybe thru writing it i will understand why i feel like that."

Your diary is NEVER boring or dull!!!!!...

That is why I type in my diary, even when I am feeling down or stressed. The writing does clarify how I'm feeling & quite often makes issues feel less important so talking about them in here, helps to diminish them. I don't know how many light-bulb moments i have had typing away in my diary!! :blush5:

I love hearing about everything that's happening in your life. I love hearing about you changing rooms with Jack & all the work you are doing, & about Mo etc. It is wonderful to see how you have gained so much confidence. Once you would have blamed yourself for her not being able to find things & now you are mentally refusing to accept any blame because you don't deserve it. Well done sweetie! You are a lovely friend Kate & I am so glad that we are getting to know one another well. that would never happen if we didn't share our feelings in our diaries. Let's make a pact not to set ridiculously high targets that set ourselves up for feeling like failures. That way is a dangerous path & can lead us to misery! I think we 're doing well Kate. Lots and lots of love sweetie, xoxoxo Cate
 
ADAY 6

Breakfast: 50g porridge
Lunch: Salad with new potatoes and chilli & garlic olives, yoghurt
Dinner: 3 breaded chicken strips with salad, new potatoes and light salad cream
Snacks: 2 kiwi's, pineapple and light potato thins.
Total calories = 1191

Exercise: Complaining :eek:

I've had a lovely day at work today. :) I worked with Rachel all day and it was just like it use to be at the other practice. I had only worked with her for an afternoon at the new practice before and it was just weird being in different surroundings with patients i didn't know (i know i am probably not making sence) but today was just like normal. Lots of chatting and catching up and giggles :) It was soooooo nice.

We are having a few problems with Jack at school, basically he is being a typical 13 year old stroppy boy and is being sullen and rude. I was worring about it quite a lot today but we had a good chat this evening over dinner and laid down some rules. Hopefully he will take note. He is a lovely kid most of the time but he does have moments like this, it's probably hormones but i don't like it and WILL NOT tollerate rudeness, especially to other people!!!!

There was a tub of chocolates on reception at work today, sat there waving at me but i was a good girl and didn't have any. More due to the fact that chocolate is banned right now, if i didn't have a ban i really think i would have had one......or seven lol.

Oh my word, i am in all kinds of pain today!!!!!!!!! I felt fine when i got up this morning but as the day has gone on i ache soooooo much everywhere. My neck, shoulders, arms, legs and my abs, omg my abs hurt. It hurts to laugh, couch, touch and to be honest....breath lol. It's all in a good cause though. I am dreading tomorrow cos i know it will be worse :eek: I keep telling myself that my body will get use to the toning class again in no time lol (i hope it does anyway!!)

Ooooooh ooooooh, i am probably going camping for the weekend with Rachel and Bec's in a few weeks. It would be sooooo awesome if we can arrange it and the weather is kind to us. If not, i am tempted to go even if it is on my own and pissing it down with rain, just to get a few days to myself.

Cate Awww you are a sweetie. I am the same with your diary. I totally love reading about your life :) I think that the pact is a great idea. Just plodding along and doing our best is good. I definately think that i need to just keep going with writing lots to keep my head in a relatively good place and to keep me on track :)

Jess Thank you my lovely. Cate always manages to say things that make me realise that she is always bloody right :) She is awesome isn't she :grouphug:
 
Hi Kate! :)


I LOVE the recent pics! You look beeeeeeeeeautiful! :D


Glad things are going well and you're staying on track! I hope your aches and pains go away soon :)


Aspects of my life have sunken they're claws into me as of late, so forgive me for being semi-absent :(


Keep up the great work - and more pics! :]
 
ADAY 7

Breakfast: 50g porridge
Lunch: Salad with new potatoes and light salad cream, ryvita snacks, yoghurt and a banana
Dinner: Chicken Jambalaya soup and too much tiger bread
Snacks: Pinapple, graze box, 4 cereal bars!!
Total calories = 1810!!!!!!!

Exercise: None....too busy!

Came home to an empty house as Mark and Jack were down the theatre and that is the worst time for me when it comes to resisting evil things. I supose it wasn't so bad as i didn't go over maintenance and i didn't have any of my banned substances either but still..........1810 cals is alot!!

Late post tonight as i've watched England make hard work of it in the euro championships football.

I'll have more time tomorrow.

Greg :blush5: Aww thank you, you made me blush! Not so on trach today though :( I don't ache at all today which is cool as i usually ache worse the day after the day after :) Sorry to hear life has been hard for ya sweetie, i'll read your diary tomorrow. Love and hugs mate Xxx
 
My food fail makes yours pale into insignificance sweetie, if it's any consolation :blush5: At least you kept to within maintenance cals! Today is another day!! Lots of love, xoxo Cate
 
ADAY 8

Breakfast: 2 slices of Tiger toast with light spread and marmite
Lunch: Tuna melt toasted sandwich
Dinner:Butternut squash soup & 2 slices of Tiger bread
Snacks: Go-ahead bar and a mocha
Total calories = 1332

Exercise: Busy busy day......lot's of shopping and moving furniture.

8.10pm and i have just sat down for the evening.......Such a busy day.
Got up quite early and did the usual town shop then went into Barnstaple to get our new phones (we are both due for an upgrade) I have an iPhone 4s! So excited, i can't wait to have a play. Had to get some new school shirts and shoes for Jack, i really wish, sometimes, that he would stop bloody growing lol. We also met up with Shaun & Zoe in Barnstaple and had lunch with them, it has been ages so it was nice to catch up :)

Then as soon as we got home we moved all the furniture from our room into Jacks and vice versa. Our new room is bloody small, we have really struggled fitting everything in but it does look lovely. Very peaceful colours. Jack is well impressed with his new room, he is still up there now sorting thru all his stuff. Half of the room is taken up with his drum kit!!!! I have to admit, it looks amazing. I do have photo's and will try and remember to put them on tomorrow.

I am going to weigh tomorrow, not got a clue whether it is gonna be up or down from what my ticker says but hey ho, its somewhere to work from. Going for a run in the morning too and then going to the allotment....got lots to plant.

Cate We all have days like that. I think at this stage of our weightloss we just have to remember (like you said) that it's another day tomorrow and as long as we don't have too many of them then we will be fine. Glad you had a better day today, mine wasn't amazing but better that yesterday.

Ok, i'm gonna go and play with my new phone.......i may be some time :)
 
AMorning all :)

I weighed this morning and i've lost 3lb!!!!! :hurray: i'm really pleased with that :)

As well as my banned substances i am going to try and not eat any bread from monday - friday this week. I have eaten far to much of it this weekend and i have found myself craving it!!

Off for my run in a bit and then allotmenting in the sun later :)
 
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