Cate's Diary

AExcellent on the 79 kg's. !!! You are the best motivator Cate! I always look forward to your posts and fun Aussie words! Wowsers is a favorite!
:hurray::hurray:
Good job dear and keep up those good choices... And have I said thank you lately for recommending myfitnesspal? It has helped me to count calories without the hassle!
Sarah
 
Its fantastic you are 79 kgs!!!way to go Cate!!!!!

You soooo deserve it after taking care of food and so much exercise!!!!

Lots of love!!!
 
Thanks Sarah, Jess & Princess. I was at 79 for only one day I think about a month ago & then slipped back up. It feels so good to see it once again and feels great to feel really motivated again. After a couple of weeks of struggling with sticking to my cals I am ready to finish this last bit. The feeling of being down into the 70's far surpasses any enjoyment I could get from eating anything really. Some times it feels like you're trying to hang onto the last kilos as a security blanket. Stuff that- I'm 59 & I don't need that little fat layer! My goal weight is so near & I'm excited!!!

Sarah- I think I got wowsers from a kids' TV show called Inspector Gadget. My boys loved it & I could see why. I have often wished I could "Go, go Gadget arms!" & have elastic arms that stretched out to unreachable things. I think I am a bit of a sponge for language. When I was in the US it annoyed my sister that I used American words, instead of Australian ones as she loved hearing them & was so homesick for Australia. It took me quite a while after my 2nd trip there (3mths long) to say rubbish again, instead of trash; footpath, instead of sidewalk; chemist, instead of pharmacy etc. We all know the words from tv so I had felt it polite to use them.

Thanks for your encouragement, lovely ladies!! xoxo Cate


Yesterday- Was a really good day. I kept within my calories, I rode 11km on my exercise bike, I ate really healthily & didn't snack at all, except for one banana & 1 apple & slept well last night. I have had the lovely company of my lovely husband & our younger son & will spend the day at home today. Tonight our older son & his GF are coming to dinner & also our GS will be staying the night with us. Family *sigh* - love them to death!!

Yesterday Mum was asked if she would cut a cake in our local supermarket & a photo will be sent off & may end up in their magazine. She was tickled pink. Neither of us ate any- she's lactose intolerant & I'm wheat intolerant (& resistant to chocolate cake luckily.) Here's the photo-




Lots of love, xoxo Cate
 
ALove the photo of your Mom Cate, and the fact you are chocolate cake intolerant! I am intolerant of these types of sweets right now too!
I think we're all super motivated right now, and I'm sure we'll all continue to see progress!
Good choices to ya Cate!
 
I do feel motivated again, thank goodness, but my oh my it's cold here. I have felt a bit under the weather today- headachy, sinusy etc & hope I'm not getting ill. We will be away all week-end so may not get a chance to pop back in again until Monday morning. If not, as Sarah says, let's make good choices. Love to all, xoxo Cate
 
Aseems like everybody is getting sick at the moment, don't over do it and look after yourself :)
 
GO GO GADGET ARMS!!! I remember that! Grew up watching Inspector Gadget LOL!


Hope you are feeling better soon - i too have been ill with cold/sinus infection and its rotten!
 
AHello my lovely :)

I totally love the photo of your mum :) She looks so adorable. I don't know if you'll get what i mean when i say some old people are 'unaproachable' and others you could randomly chat with in the street kinda thing. Well your mum looks just like the kind of person that i would chat with at the bus stop or in a queue etc. She looks like she is a proper giggle too. :) Ooooooooooooh you being my mum makes her my nana :D
I saw the photo on face book and it really made me smile.
I would so love to be chocolate cake intolerent!!!!! I would be a bloody size 10 by now if i was intolerent to all things chocolate :smilielol5:

Sorry to hear you are feeling crappy at the moment, i hope it doesn't develop into anything hun.

Sending you masses of squishies and love always :grouphug:
 
Hi gals, I'm fine. It was just the cold I think & perfumes etc! I'm feeling pretty good, but it is FREEZING!!!! There is so much snow on the mountains!! I have been away all week-end watching my LH play 8-ball (pool) in the try-outs for the Tassie team. Guess what- I bought a gorgeous black, brushed- wool coat on Saturday. I have been so cold when I have gone out lately & can't wear enough layers it seems. My Mum offered to buy me one the other day so I'll let her contribute. She has always liked buying me stuff & I usually don't let her any more, because of our situation. I wouldn't like the family thinking I am taking advantage of her. I'm fairly tired & it's cold where I'm sitting & my hands are numb! Please excuse me not addressing each of you separately but it was lovely seeing your messages this morning. Lots of love to you all, xoxo Cate
 
Cate glad to see you are great!

Its crazy to think that its freezing where you are and so hot where i am...!!!

I LOVE that pic of your mum its so cute!She must of felt really proud!!!!

We would like to see you in your new coat!Good for getting it since you are really feeling the cold!

Waiting for some news of yours

Lots of love!!!!
 
Hi Jess, I will take some photos in my new coat when I'm feeling that I look like I'm half awake at least. My eyes are stinging at the moment- probably from all of the "fragrance" around at the week-end & maybe from our wood-cutting exercise yesterday. It does always seem weird to be in the opposite hemisphere to most people in here. There was a really thick frost this morning & I'm still in my PJ's & dressing gown & am wrapped up in a Mexican blanket, Indian-style. Our OS is just arriving & he & his brother are going to spend the day together seeing a movie & doing some shopping. Righto- they've gone. I had better go have a shower & get moving myself! I'm doing ok food-wise but feel a bit ordinary. My stomach is a bit churned up, probably because I have my US nephew, his wife & 2 kids arriving Friday & it is full-on in our household at the moment anyway as we have had our YS with us for quite a while too. As of yesterday he now has his Canadian work permit & booked last night to go to Canada on the 12th of July. For the next 2 weeks it will be busy, busy, busy helping him get organised. Did I tell you that he is 29 & has never had a drivers license & we live 11km from the nearest small town & 60km from a small city & there is virtually no public transport in Tasmania? I'll be doing some driving I think. It will be easier once the nephew has gone. In the mean-time there is my mother & my MIL, both needing attention. Funny life, this new life of mine! I have to do a major spring-clean tomorrow & our son has to move into the snooker room while they're here. Next Monday they go & then I have the 3 kids for that night & then we'll move him back in! *sigh*

Better scoot (have to visit my Mum & possibly take her up the street & visit my MIL & Tai Chi, which I missed last week, & then do a big shop), lots of love, xoxo Cate
 
The new coat sounds great -- and it would be a gift to your mother to let her give you something again, I bet! A real joy for her. One thing I like about human beings is that we all really do like, basically, to make each other happy. ( pause for everyone to quietly be :ack2: on hearing that Pollyannaish sentiment) I don't know the situation, but maybe just both of you call it a (late, early, whatever) birthday present?
 
Hi noparsnips, Mum loves buying me stuff so I will let her pay for some or most of it. It was my birthday in May & she wanted to buy me something but I couldn't think of anything in particular that I wanted or needed. She did say she would buy me a coat, but she has probably forgotten that. I did REALLY need this coat! Don't ever apologise for making so-called Pollyanish statements. It's called being nice & there's nothing wrong with it. Thanks for your visit to my diary noparsnips. I'm not really with it at the moment & feel very tired. I am battling depression I know & am getting sick of waiting for it to pass. It takes a lot longer in Winter! I am sorry that I am not really contributing much in the way of motivation for anyone. No-one really wants to hear someone be miserable so I'm not typing much in diaries. Hopefully I will pick up again very soon. Lots of love, xoxo Cate
 
Congrats on the new coat Cate! I'm sure you look great in it and what a pleasure to buy things we need and want! I'm sure it gave your Mom great satisfaction to buy something for you and especially the slim you! Waiting for pictures of beaufiful Cate in cold Aussi-land!

Sarah
 
Thanks Sarah. That's very sweet of you. I'll get a photo of me in my coat soon. I want to feel nice when I do take it & at the moment all I am doing is dressing warm & comfortable & not worrying about how I look. I'm actually feeling a bit better mentally today which is a relief. I have been having the biggest attack of the "can't be bothered" & "don't care" lately & am hoping that I'm crawling back out again. OMG it is very cold today. I am in polar fleece from head to toe! Brrrrrrrrr!!!!!!

Lots of love to all, xoxo Cate
 
I'm really sorry that I have not been supportive lately. This will change soon, I promise. I have been shocked by Kate berating herself & I realised the importance of being there for one another. There is nothing more important in the world than the love and support of your family & friends. I am busy for the next few days with my US nephew & his wife & their 2 children. I'll try to pop in for a look though. It is very important to me to be a part of this forum & I value my forum friends. I really am sorry that I have been feeling down & not up to being as supportive as I would like to be. Please understand that I really do care & I will make more of an effort, even if I don't feel up to it. I have been eating healthily & exercising by house-cleaning mainly. I feel fine, but tired. Lots of love to everyone, xoxo Cate
 
ASo glad you are here Cate, and hoping you feel better soon! We know you are here in spirit, and yes, we all know we all have lives too...and I too enjoy and value my forum friends...couldnt do what we do without each other! Warm up there, will ya?
Sarah
 
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