Cate's Diary

I think I'm with you LaMa. I like the look of my pantry. There's lots of whole foods & very little processed & I like it that way. I buy a lot of my stuff at a place called Wholesome House, where you can take your own containers & fill them & I now buy mostly organic produce.

Breakfast this morning-
Haloumi, 1 Felafel, 1egg & stir-fried veg on 1 piece of gluten free soy & linseed toast. This was delicious! It is about 415 cals. YUM!

I have been on this laptop way too long & it is high time I got moving! Will be back later xo Cate
 
Bringing your own containers is the icing on the cake, love it. And if this place weren´t smelling sooo good right now I´d be so jealous of your breakfast!
 
It's a great little shop LaMa. My local town (11km away) has some good options really. We have a large supermarket, a butcher shop, a fruit & veg shop & the wholefoods shop, along with a deli, 2 bakeries(I don't go in them) & numerous cafes, pubs, clubs & restaurants & has an official population of only 2,250! We are spoiled for choice.

Yesterday- I kept under my cals for the day, did lots of exercise, including bike & a walk.
I found myself getting anxious about R (our younger son) again last night, after visiting D (OS) and hearing him talk about his brother. He thinks he is as high as a kite. It seems we are all waiting for the crash & dreading it. He spent quite a bit of time with him on NYE & next morning & thinks he is "away with the fairies." It's a bit scary.

Today- I will be home with G & will ride my bike again & maybe do some gardening. It's a lovely day- about 20oC, sunny, still....lovely!
 
Nice job Cate! That breakfast sounds yummy! Sorry to hear your youngest is struggling. I hope he finds his way.
 
That is a lot of choices for a town that small (or at least it sounds like it, I've really never lived in a small town). Have fun riding your bike, hope it takes your mind off your son's troubles.
 
Hi Mystic, I was able to switch off & had a good day. G & I got a load of wood & did some gardening. I have been meaning to plant some plants down near our entrance gate & at long last did so. It was just a matter of digging some up, dividing them & planting them out. Done. I'll do some more soon. There's a rock that needs to be avoided & the planting should make people swing out a bit more to avoid it.

I'm not feeling so good this morning. I had trouble sleeping. It was muggy & I had a stomach ache, for some reason. I feel uncomfortable & just a bit off. I ate lamb 3 days in a row & that might be the reason. 1st off it was hot, as a roast & then the last 2 cold, with hot vegetables. I think lamb is too fatty for me. Years ago, when I needed an x-ray for something or other the radiologist told me I had gallstones.

My body is saying have a lazy day, but my brain wants me to have a very active one. It's only early so we'll see which wins. I really want to see a drop very soon.

Yoghurt & fruit, with a tsp of Almond meal for breakfast today. I wasn't even slightly hungry.
 
I have decided to try for one extra kilo as it would take me down to what felt like my perfect weight. 7kg to go! 1.5kg in January......
 
Hey Cate! I'm so sorry to hear your son is troubling you again, I truly hope he comes back down to earth soon and tries to sort through some stuff (and possibly sees a doctor). I can only imagine how much extra stress this would be causing you!! You're still doing really well food/exercise-wise which is amazing, you are definitely showing strength in a trying time! I wonder if you're little stomach upset was stress? Extra cortisol in your system affects your digestion almost immediately. It could also of course be the lamb, you know your body better than anyone!

You're lucky you have so much in the small town you're in, when I was in Port Hedland we had nothing. A Woolies (where I worked), a newsagency, 2 clothing stores (one was a surf shop, the other was a store that every item of clothing was $150+) and a coffee shop. After being there for 2 years I feel absolutely spoiled for choice on the GC! I have 2 shopping centres in walking distance, both have health food stores, or a 5 min drive away is a health food supermarket (Mrs Flannery's. That place is amazing!) Not to mention the other hundreds of shopping centres if we drive a bit further in any direction... Haha I love living in a city again.

7 kgs- you got this!!! I keep second guessing my goal too, my initial goal was 2kgs more than my current one... I still think I might end up aiming to lose the bit extra. I don't know, I haven't really lost weight this fast before so it's weird trying to get what I see in the mirror to match what's on the scales. Because it's not taking longer I don't think it's catching up in my head, some days I look in the mirror and think I look exactly the same as when I started. Ha, I guess it's true what they say... you never feel as big as you do when you're trying to lose weight.

Have an awesome day!!!! :cool:
 
Hi Lucy, oddly I'm feeling better after ringing R this morning. (Usually a call brings the opposite result) He is very busy on "a project" & I think I have an idea what it is. It may be what's needed for him to find some direction. He does not want to tell anyone yet. He sounded happy, without being manic. He does need to be busy. He has very strong ethics & I think it may be a restaurant/cafe serving only fresh, sustainable, ethical food & also possibly having live music. I did gather that he has leased a place, within walking distance of his home. He said he didn't want us to worry & wants us to see his idea in action first. I actually feel quite positive about it. When I asked him what he wants sent down with his brother this week-end he said as much as I can fit in the car, but when we go down in 2 weeks he wants me to pot up as many herbs as I can. He is a really good cook! I had better get busy! I might buy some seedlings tomorrow as I don't have much to dig up at the moment, being mid Summer.
Anyhow I have been having a very good day today. I made a quick soup for lunch, with Kale, Celery & garlic mostly & some yellow split peas & have ridden my stationary bike, done 2 sets of weights & danced while I did housework (to James Brown mostly).
 
Glad things are looking more positive, though I hope you feel a bit better. I need to do some housework dancing, though I'm happy to say my house is still tidy (hurray, probably a new record for length of time it's stayed clean), it does need a good cleaning.
 
Thanks Mystic. I feel much better after even more exercise. I hopped back on my bile again this afternoon, so have had a very energetic day. I haven't eaten any meat at all & my stomach has settled down nicely. I did break a front tooth however, eating an apple :( I have a dentist's appointment on Thursday morning 1st thing. I could have got one tomorrow, but I do the bar for G on his Vet's golf day or I could have had one on Wed, when it's my golf day, so I took the Thursday one instead. It's not visible, but is very annoying. My tongue will not leave it alone!!
 
Ouch! Good on the exercise, but what do you want to go breaking teeth for? You need those if you want to eat healthy food! [/sarcasm] :grouphug: I hope the dentist is nice to you and can fix it right away.
 
Oh, LaMa, I ate that particular apple because it was the last of them & I wanted to get rid of it. I should have fed it to the sheep! It was a bloody tough apple! Our dentist is lovely & should do something about it straight away I reckon.
Oaks- It's just annoying & I will have to be very careful as I think it will also be very fragile. It was a piece off the back of it which was only tiny, but feels huge. I'm going to have to talk severely to my tongue today to keep it away!

Yesterday-
I had a really good day with lots of exercise, very healthy eating & got a really good night's sleep last night. Feeling good.

 
Glad your feeling better and that you had a good day. And there is nothing worse that something wrong with your teeth or mouth...that stupid tongue has a mind of its own! lol. Hope you get that fixed fairly fast! :)
 
Glad it´s only a tiny piece, I don´t think your tongue could damage it further even if it wanted to but sweet/sour/hard/tough food probably would. O well, no need to tell you that, just trying to say "good luck with that tooth".
 
Hi gals :grouphug: - tooth feels OK- a little bit sensitive to hot drinks, but, at least the tongue helps there. I'm not worried about the tongue damaging the tooth, but it is so hard to keep it away & my tongue is now starting to hurt, because the tooth is really sharp. Oh well. I think I'll live! Had another good day but went over my cals with healthy food & too much wine(had dinner with D, our older son.) It is bucketing down with rain & if it is still raining in the morning I'll ring the dentist & see if I can go see him tomorrow, rather than Thursday.
 
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