Cate's Diary

I did see something saying that honey is the only food that never goes bad.

It is fattening but great for you in small quantities. If I crave something sweet its better to have a honey drink or honey on toast or just a spoonful in the gob lol than a cake or chocolate etc.
 
Very true! I think I might just go make myself my one & only hot lemon drink for the day, right now! YUM! I just resisted cake & pastries & numerous VERY fattening savouries at a party. As we were leaving a young friend called out to "Please take some food home" & I said all I would take would be some of the fruit platter & she insisted I take the lot!YUM! I'm quite happy with what I resisted tonight. I actually don't have any fruit left in the house so now I don't HAVE to go shopping tomorrow. Happy about that. I'm staying at home. Nice!
 
Thanks Nostalgic. Knowing that I would get a bellyache from eating most of the food helps my resistance I must admit, but it is still good to do so, especially when people were raving over some of the savouries!

Weight today-
Still 85kg.

Quote-
“Believe you can and you're halfway there”
~ Theodore Roosevelt
I know that I can do it, as I have before. Getting back to where you really want to be is much harder when it's close, but near enough is NOT good enough. I want to feel great about myself, not just OK.

I'll come back later & report on my day. I have a date with my exercise bike ;)
xoxo Cate
 
Did 2 lots of bike today am & then after lunch. 2 x 5+ km = 10km+ so quite happy with that. It's 3pm which is my usual danger time. I'm sipping on another water bottle & about to get back into a suspenseful book called "Satori" by Don Winslow.
I feel very confident that I am back on track now, after 3 straight clean eating days. My mind feels much better & so does my body, even though it is not showing yet on the scales.

My food today so far has been-
Breakfast-
1/2 avocado, with 1 hard-boiled egg, rhubarb chutney & 99% FF mayo, salt & pepper & a black filter coffee.
Lunch-
GF crackers (6) with cheese, ham, tomato, cucumber, celery, raw carrot & 3 black olives, followed by a small fruit platter & a big pot of Peppermint tea.
Dinner tonight-
Will be some savoury mince with lots of vegetables, followed by another fruit platter.

Wish me luck for some joy on the scales tomorrow. It must happen soon!
xoxo Cate
 
Weight this morning-
84.5kg. I actually had weighed 85.5 *blush* so have lost 1kg since Wed morning. The scales had said 86 but I had PJ's and slippers on & took off a whole kg. I now know that they do NOT weigh 1kg (<1/2 actually) *blush* again...... My weight was sure on the up & up rapidly! Scary how fast it goes on when I relax my vigilance :(

Food today-
Breakfast-Oat toast with 2 eggs & 2 rashers short cut bacon
Lunch- Small serve roast lamb, with 1 glass red wine,
Dinner- Will be grilled fish with vegetables, followed by a small fruit platter with about 4 squares of dark chocolate as our Sunday night treat.

Exercise today-
Have been busy with grandkids & mothers & also picking stuff up from my MIL's place, so no bike. Tomorrow I will ride my bike & also we will get wood if it's not raining!!

Feeling good, now that I know I have started moving my weight back down again. Phew!

Quote-
“YOU ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR YOU. Assuming a responsibility means changing a wrong into a right. In other words, if the way you feel is not right, then assuming responsibility means changing it.”
~Thomas D. Willhite

Cheers, xo Cate
 
I am so hard on myself. It is 1kg that should not have gone on!!!! It makes me cranky but it happened so I just have to deal with it & never relax my vigilance! I think it was you, Nostalgic, that asked me if it was not weighing that enabled the weight to come back on. It sure was. I was kidding myself. My clothes were getting tight, my stomach looked bigger in the mirror (when I faced it), I was snacking more, moving less, feeling lazy & was totally in self-denial. If I had been brave enough to weigh I would not have put on 4kg since our trip.
Another lesson learned! Consequently I am weighing everyday this month!
 
Oh, I think I misunderstood sorry, I thought you lost a kg.
my mind seems to be all over the place lately.

Yep, it's great your weighing I again, it's motivating and you know when you have been naughty
 
I HAVE confused you. I have lost a kilo. Sometimes I have trouble following myself. I was 82.5kg for months before we went to Europe, was 81.5 when we got home & last week I was 85.5. What I meant to say was I should not have put on those last few kilos. It has been through sheer laziness!
 
Hey Cate!
Thanks for continuing to stay on my journal! I'm sure you will find the right way for your goals as well...don't be too hard on yourself...I think we're a lot alike...our natural habit is to eat what we want...and it's usually what we've eaten for the last 40+ years! My eating habits are better now than they ever have been, but I know I still can't eat as much as I would like some times! (That's why the time limit works for me...it's a time I force myself to respect and it limits the food intake for the 24 hr day! I don't like feeling hungry at night, and I don't sleep well when I'm hungry...that's why I'm doing it now when my work should be a little less stressful and give myself some room before I go into the winter here in China.
So, I sit here sipping my hot green tea, getting more focused on knocking out some weightloss in August and Thanking God for the support I've enjoyed on this site, and good cyber friends like you!
Good choices to you Cate!
Sarah
 
You're sweet Sarah. It's great having such nice WLF friends!
Weight today-
84.5kg. That's after our Sunday night dark chocolate treats, so happy about that. I really reduced the amount of sweets & it was just as satisfying mentally. Must remember this!!

Graph?
I think I need to maybe go on MFP for 2 months again to really keep tabs properly. I wish I had done a graph years ago, like Mr Vee. Hopefully I will lose this 4.5kg in the however many weeks it is between now & the 13th of October. 10 weeks(- one day) OK 4.5kg in 10 weeks = <500g per week. I CAN DO THAT!!!

Quote-
“Nothing is impossible, the word itself says 'I'm possible' ” - Audrey Hepburn Read

I'm off now to have another look at My Fitness Pal. I completed MFP last year for most of the year & it worked for me. It is very time consuming though!

Love to all xoxo Cate
 
Mr Vee & Nostalgic- I think charts & logging are very useful tools, ones which I obviously need! I just checked out a report on MFP & the graph of my weight over the last year is not good! I can't seem to share it with you, but it shows a pattern of gradual weight creep, that made me feel awful! This gain has really woken me up, in the nick of time I think or I would end up BIG again! That's how it went on in the 1st place!
THIS IS NOT GOING TO HAPPEN!
I'm the sort of person who needs to feel in control all the time obviously so no more relaxing the vigilance regarding my weight. After this month of weighing EVERY day (groan- I'm sick of it already!) I will weigh EVERY week FOREVER!!



 
That's right Benny. Way to go, at least for this month, until I am absolutely back on track. No hiding!
 
Just keep your motivation up ! You're gonna do it no doubt.

I know you like quote, I like this one particulary :

The pain you feel today is the strength you feel tomorrow. For every challenge encountered there is opportunity for growth.
 
Thanks Benny. Isn't this such a great, supportive network? You have made me feel like getting off my butt & on my exercise bike. I'll be learning forever I'm sure. Sitting on my recliner half watching boring TV & cruising around diaries will not burn any calories, that's for sure! :leaving: Cheers, Cate
 
Cate you will be fine!!!And half a kilo is so good to loose!!!Very good and healthy!!!i think i like hte weigh idea..that way you cant hide,you can pretend to not see...ouch...the scales hurt when we've been bad!!!!but its good to keep control!!!!Good luck,im sure you can manage this well and its really good you taking care NOW not LATER
loves!!!xxx
 
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