You're doing so great on all fronts - low GI foods and drinks, not letting the golf club stress you out, getting great exercise gardening, and relaxing! And I did that, too, talk to the snakes and tell them I'm coming just in case (when we still had gopher snakes on the property)! Snake whisperers unite!
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Cate
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Thanks, Petal. Golf is good for my fitness, but not so good for my Arthritis. I hurt a lot after a game of golf. Maybe I should check out something else.
Thanks, LaMa. I think that's a good idea. I actually love sparkling mineral water & will buy that next time I go to the supermarket. I am trying to go plastic-free as much as possible.
Thanks, Marsia. I feel so much better. Getting outside & being more physically active is really helping my mood.
Thanks, Em. I'm finding the no alcohol thing easier than I thought it would be. Coming up with alternatives when I am out & about will be a challenge. I hate diet coke.
I am up & about earlier than normal as G has gone off to play with his golfing buddies at their course & it's an early start & a reasonably long drive. I liked seeing him looking so happy about going there though.
I am taking A for his driving test today. I really hope he gets it as he is living on his own at his Dad's place, just down the road from us & that is isolating. He depends on us & his friends to take him anywhere. At 19 it will be good to have that independence. Fingers crossed! I will miss seeing him as often, but won't miss the driving him to work & picking him up at 9 pm 2-3 times a week. We'll invite him up for a meal regularly.
Edit: Yesterday's cals were 1470, but very active & was hungry.
Thanks, LaMa. I think that's a good idea. I actually love sparkling mineral water & will buy that next time I go to the supermarket. I am trying to go plastic-free as much as possible.
Thanks, Marsia. I feel so much better. Getting outside & being more physically active is really helping my mood.
Thanks, Em. I'm finding the no alcohol thing easier than I thought it would be. Coming up with alternatives when I am out & about will be a challenge. I hate diet coke.
I am up & about earlier than normal as G has gone off to play with his golfing buddies at their course & it's an early start & a reasonably long drive. I liked seeing him looking so happy about going there though.
I am taking A for his driving test today. I really hope he gets it as he is living on his own at his Dad's place, just down the road from us & that is isolating. He depends on us & his friends to take him anywhere. At 19 it will be good to have that independence. Fingers crossed! I will miss seeing him as often, but won't miss the driving him to work & picking him up at 9 pm 2-3 times a week. We'll invite him up for a meal regularly.
Edit: Yesterday's cals were 1470, but very active & was hungry.
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daniel1979
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Hi Cate , how are you feeling ?
I'm really pleased , that you didn't give up golfing and you keep going ,even with your Arthritis .
A big Well done from me !
Keeping yourself active will give you the boost of energy that you need not only for golfing but for your normal day life routine .
Do you have a little stretch before you start playing , Cate ?
I woud like to recommend a site , iff you have few minutes free, to check it out .
Its about the African Red tea detox , that help to boost your metabolism and help to detox your cell, helping as well for weight loss .
There is plenty of info about it on internet anyway but I think its worth it .
Good luck with the driving test !
kind regards Daniel
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I'm really pleased , that you didn't give up golfing and you keep going ,even with your Arthritis .
A big Well done from me !
Keeping yourself active will give you the boost of energy that you need not only for golfing but for your normal day life routine .
Do you have a little stretch before you start playing , Cate ?
I woud like to recommend a site , iff you have few minutes free, to check it out .
Its about the African Red tea detox , that help to boost your metabolism and help to detox your cell, helping as well for weight loss .
There is plenty of info about it on internet anyway but I think its worth it .
Good luck with the driving test !
kind regards Daniel
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Cate
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Hi, Daniel. While input into my diary is always welcome, any links to red tea detoxes are not. I am heartily sick of them. It's the new snake oil. Please don't spam in this forum. This is a very supportive and friendly place.
I don't stretch before golf & I really know that I should. Golf is hard on your body. All that twisting!
I don't stretch before golf & I really know that I should. Golf is hard on your body. All that twisting!
Isn´t it frustrating that there are often no real alternatives to alcohol in social situations? Where´s the refreshing sparkling-water-fresh-herbs-and-a-squeeze-of-lemon-juice? Why does everything have to be either sweet or alcoholic?
Cate
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It is frustrating, LaMa. Last time I asked for soda water, but with just a splash of lime, the bartender put about an inch of lime in the bottom of my glass & when I said "too much" & he could have easily put it back in the bottle, he just said "you need that much" & promptly poured the soda in. Last night we called in there & I didn't have a drink at all. Next time I'll ask him to hand me the lime bottle & I'll put it in myself.
Our GS did not get his drivers licence as when we went in the tester said it still had him down for last month & not yesterday. A thought he had changed it online, but obviously, it hadn't gone through. The earliest he could be re-booked is the first week in April. He was SO disappointed & frustrated. It means that we still have to drive him to & from work 3 nights a week. He said he would rather have sat the test & failed. "What will I tell my friends?"
We called in to watch a little of the 8-ball GF before picking him up & got a call from G's sister who was very upset. Their brother, N, was airlifted to Melb in an ambulance yesterday & they were going to operate on him, but have decided against it as it's too late. Our SIL was told to get the family in. G & I went to see him when we did because we felt that he wouldn't have long & we didn't want to regret not going. N's two adult children still hadn't been to see him. One has arrived this morning & the other I don't know about yet. I hope they get to see him before he dies.
G does not cope well with emotion. He always feels that he has to do something. I have told him that we can't. There is nothing he can do. When we were driving back from visiting them we discussed what we might do when he died & we both felt that we wouldn't go back. I said if he felt he should then it would be best to just go with his 2 sisters. We'll see what pans out. I am reasonably philosophical about death. It will be totally different of course if it is within my immediate family(G or the 2 boys or the GK's). For some reason, I think I will die first.....enough of death!
We have a day at home together & will just potter about I think. D has borrowed our ute until Sunday so that stops G from cutting up wood. He could do with a peaceful day anyway.
Yesterday I did 5km on my bike & went for a walk. My mental state is good, but I am dreaming SO much & feel a bit tired when I wake up in the mornings. Hope that goes away. Last night I dreamed that I had a cute dog wearing a big straw hat on top of me!
Our GS did not get his drivers licence as when we went in the tester said it still had him down for last month & not yesterday. A thought he had changed it online, but obviously, it hadn't gone through. The earliest he could be re-booked is the first week in April. He was SO disappointed & frustrated. It means that we still have to drive him to & from work 3 nights a week. He said he would rather have sat the test & failed. "What will I tell my friends?"
We called in to watch a little of the 8-ball GF before picking him up & got a call from G's sister who was very upset. Their brother, N, was airlifted to Melb in an ambulance yesterday & they were going to operate on him, but have decided against it as it's too late. Our SIL was told to get the family in. G & I went to see him when we did because we felt that he wouldn't have long & we didn't want to regret not going. N's two adult children still hadn't been to see him. One has arrived this morning & the other I don't know about yet. I hope they get to see him before he dies.
G does not cope well with emotion. He always feels that he has to do something. I have told him that we can't. There is nothing he can do. When we were driving back from visiting them we discussed what we might do when he died & we both felt that we wouldn't go back. I said if he felt he should then it would be best to just go with his 2 sisters. We'll see what pans out. I am reasonably philosophical about death. It will be totally different of course if it is within my immediate family(G or the 2 boys or the GK's). For some reason, I think I will die first.....enough of death!
We have a day at home together & will just potter about I think. D has borrowed our ute until Sunday so that stops G from cutting up wood. He could do with a peaceful day anyway.
Yesterday I did 5km on my bike & went for a walk. My mental state is good, but I am dreaming SO much & feel a bit tired when I wake up in the mornings. Hope that goes away. Last night I dreamed that I had a cute dog wearing a big straw hat on top of me!
Hugs all around; I got nothing.
Cate
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Thanks, Em.
G's brother died in the early hours of this morning. Family dynamics are difficult to explain & are, of course, varied. G's brother was only 16 months older than him & they spent almost all their early lives together, mostly outside. G is very teary & shaky. He loved his brother very much, even though he was very difficult. I won't bother trying to explain it all as I'm not even sure G has ever expressed to me or himself really the complexities of their relationship. I know how I felt when my younger brother killed himself & when my older sister died from lung cancer. A part of your being dies along with them.
Yesterday- I went over my calories yesterday by about 100. G decided he would spend the day pottering about indoors, so I suggested making a cake for the kids as they are spending the day here on Saturday. They love his cakes. I said they can have some on Sat & we can freeze the rest & maybe have one small serve. He usually makes a banana cake or uses some other fruit & adds nuts & it can be eaten as a cold cake or heated up & eaten as a dessert. For the kids, I add a little maple syrup & add some ice-cream.
I rang my sister yesterday & while I was on the phone he decided to make a cheesecake instead as he wanted to use up some things we had. He dished us up a small serve after our healthy salmon fritters last night. It was horrible. It was so sickly sweet. I said to him that I wouldn't be having any more as it would be very high in calories & he agreed that it would be. He also said the kids would hate it. He then decided to pitch the rest over the decking. Phew! I felt sick for the rest of the evening. I can say no to other people offering me stuff I don't want to eat, but it felt tricky as I knew he was worried about his brother & I didn't want to upset him any more.
I weighed myself this morning & will have an exceptionally clean day to make up for it, as I still feel a bit queasy.
BF- 1 salmon & veggie fritter, cold with a little lemon juice, 1 sml bowl greek yoghurt, a little fresh mango & 2 strawberries. Black coffee.
Mood- good.
G's brother died in the early hours of this morning. Family dynamics are difficult to explain & are, of course, varied. G's brother was only 16 months older than him & they spent almost all their early lives together, mostly outside. G is very teary & shaky. He loved his brother very much, even though he was very difficult. I won't bother trying to explain it all as I'm not even sure G has ever expressed to me or himself really the complexities of their relationship. I know how I felt when my younger brother killed himself & when my older sister died from lung cancer. A part of your being dies along with them.
Yesterday- I went over my calories yesterday by about 100. G decided he would spend the day pottering about indoors, so I suggested making a cake for the kids as they are spending the day here on Saturday. They love his cakes. I said they can have some on Sat & we can freeze the rest & maybe have one small serve. He usually makes a banana cake or uses some other fruit & adds nuts & it can be eaten as a cold cake or heated up & eaten as a dessert. For the kids, I add a little maple syrup & add some ice-cream.
I rang my sister yesterday & while I was on the phone he decided to make a cheesecake instead as he wanted to use up some things we had. He dished us up a small serve after our healthy salmon fritters last night. It was horrible. It was so sickly sweet. I said to him that I wouldn't be having any more as it would be very high in calories & he agreed that it would be. He also said the kids would hate it. He then decided to pitch the rest over the decking. Phew! I felt sick for the rest of the evening. I can say no to other people offering me stuff I don't want to eat, but it felt tricky as I knew he was worried about his brother & I didn't want to upset him any more.
I weighed myself this morning & will have an exceptionally clean day to make up for it, as I still feel a bit queasy.
BF- 1 salmon & veggie fritter, cold with a little lemon juice, 1 sml bowl greek yoghurt, a little fresh mango & 2 strawberries. Black coffee.
Mood- good.
Cate
Long term member
Thanks, Marsia & LaMa xo
I have been feeling a bit anxious & unsettled. I have paid the final instalment on our Greek holiday & am having regrets about it. We could have bought a new car with that money.
Airfares are included, but now the agent says we would need to pay extra for each leg, per person to make sure that we are sitting together & that I am not sitting next to someone else. G thinks this is crazy. There would be 4 flights each way x 2. This is stressing me out a bit. I'll email her on Monday & ask her how much extra. I'm already really worried about being on planes for so long with all that fragrance. *sigh
The GK's are here for the day again & we are taking them out to lunch. I had better go. I'm just on my phone & it's much harder to type.
I have been feeling a bit anxious & unsettled. I have paid the final instalment on our Greek holiday & am having regrets about it. We could have bought a new car with that money.
Airfares are included, but now the agent says we would need to pay extra for each leg, per person to make sure that we are sitting together & that I am not sitting next to someone else. G thinks this is crazy. There would be 4 flights each way x 2. This is stressing me out a bit. I'll email her on Monday & ask her how much extra. I'm already really worried about being on planes for so long with all that fragrance. *sigh
The GK's are here for the day again & we are taking them out to lunch. I had better go. I'm just on my phone & it's much harder to type.
Cate
Long term member
Apparently the airlines are doing it a lot more these days. I think I have been feeling more anxious because I have been really tired. I have been sleeping badly & that may be from not having any wine. I'm not sure really. I feel better this afternoon.
I'll pay extra to book seats on the long haul flights, so 2x2 & kick up a fuss on the others if they separate us.
I'll pay extra to book seats on the long haul flights, so 2x2 & kick up a fuss on the others if they separate us.
I hope you get more sleep - maybe walk a lot during the day so you can conk out at night? I always look at those amazing tours and wish we could afford to go. As long as you don't need a new car right now, I think it's great you can treat yourself to a wonderful, decadent vacation like that. You guys definitely deserve it!!!
Cate
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LaMa- I know. I think it is this particular airline that charges extra as the last time we travelled with the same travel company, but different airline, we didn't get charged extra. I think this will be our last trip overseas anyway. I do want to keep some money for a "rainy day".
Marsia- We don't need a car right now. I think I was just over-reacting to needing to pay even more on top of what is not a cheap holiday by any means. We're committed now so I will make sure I enjoy it.
aloe- Thank you. I'm certainly trying to be healthy. I'll never give up on that.
It's a bit of a gloomy day here today. We were contemplating going to an art show & doing some necessary shopping either today or tomorrow but will leave it to tomorrow I decided. I feel like pottering about today & doing some digging. I like Sundays to feel like Sundays. We just had a discussion about it & we are going to go on Wednesday & have a full-on day as I can then get a haircut too. Tomorrow is a public holiday & lots of places will be shut.
Marsia- We don't need a car right now. I think I was just over-reacting to needing to pay even more on top of what is not a cheap holiday by any means. We're committed now so I will make sure I enjoy it.
aloe- Thank you. I'm certainly trying to be healthy. I'll never give up on that.
It's a bit of a gloomy day here today. We were contemplating going to an art show & doing some necessary shopping either today or tomorrow but will leave it to tomorrow I decided. I feel like pottering about today & doing some digging. I like Sundays to feel like Sundays. We just had a discussion about it & we are going to go on Wednesday & have a full-on day as I can then get a haircut too. Tomorrow is a public holiday & lots of places will be shut.