Cate's Diary

[Petal001]

Cate delighted to hear the girlfriends sound like they are hanging around .
hope the hayfever improves .
have you tried local honey .

 

[Cate]

I'll be curious to hear your results on fasting/moods. I know people who swear by it!

It may just be a coincidence that I have been feeling anxious lately.

That's lovely, about the friend request from K. And also one from T - really good if a wrinkle in the relation is starting to smooth out.
Best wishes for today's fast. Good on you, for keeping a clear analytical eye on moods, and how fasting - or diet in general -might be impacting them.

Thanks Amy.

Yes good to keep an eye on for sure. Hopefully it'll just be an adjustment period but good to be open to changing things up if the anxiety continues.

I hope it's just an adjustment, Liza.

with what Liza said. And yay for better bonding with your inofficial DILs!

Thanks, LaMa. It's a relief about T.

Hi Cate!! The 5:2 is a brilliant diet! Michael Moseley knows his stuff! I’m thinking of doing the fast 800 diet starting tomorrow!

I think I would much prefer 5:2 to doing the fast 800. I don't think I want to be that restrictive again.

Cate delighted to hear the girlfriends sound like they are hanging around .
hope the hayfever improves .
have you tried local honey .

I have a teaspoon of local honey every night, Petal. The grass is long everywhere I go & maybe there is smoke hanging about still.

I weighed myself this morning & had gained .5 of a kilo.
End of week 1 I had lost 1.5kg
Week 2 I regained a kilo.
Lost 1/2 a kilo earlier this week, regained it today. So I am back to only 1/2 a kilo down in 3 weeks of 5:2. This is incredibly frustrating. I will continue though. I must admit I came close to tears today. I expected a good loss & instead saw a gain. I feel lighter!

 

[overlandflyer]

during your 5 "normal" days, do you shoot for any fasting time at all? even 12 hours? i have a feeling you might have better luck keeping the calories the same as you have during those days (normal... whatever TDEE is) but simply cramming them all into an 8 hour window. 10 might still work ok... of course, 6 would be better.

 

[aiminglow]

Oh, Cate! What a rotten hit of disappointment and unfairness. But if you're feeling lighter, you actually could well be, and this is something like your weight redistributing, and resettling and that your scales will, so to speak, "catch up" with the reality you're feeling, when you feel lighter.
I totally know how much of an expert I'm not, I know this is unscientific talk, but I also know that bodies are weird, and they do pull tricks like this (in cahoots with scales). Hang in there, wonderful Cate! I truly think that you're the person who knows your body best, and if you're feeling lighter (ie feeling better in your body, feeling that it's working well) then things are probably going well - don't let the scales throw you, give yourself another few days and then look again.

 

[-Cory-]

I have noticed that going too long without absolutely impacts my anxiety. I was a mess when I got home tonight and it cleared up as soon as I got some dinner.

 

[Llama]

I have nothing useful to add but have a hug

 

[Cate]

Flyer- I do try to have a 12-hour break between my evening food & my next breakfast, but don't do well at all with any more. My GP & cardio don't want me skipping breakfast & I do not do well without it. I'm on 3 different blood pressure meds & I really get dizzy if I try to stretch out fasts.
Amy- thank you for being so sweet & so positive. I really felt down about it all this morning & couldn't respond. I really appreciated your post though.
Cory- thank you. I was better as the day went on. I feel sure I will get better as I go on, but I'll keep an eye on my anxiety.
LaMa- There is nothing more useful to me today than a hug. Thank you, my friend.

 

[Cate]

I have woken up feeling much better. I went onto the 5:2 forum yesterday & that helped too. I think the same thing happened when I started it last time. I'll try to stay off the scales for a couple of weeks I think.
The kids are here & are playing chess. D stayed the night & has headed to work. G has gone to golf. I'll take them out to lunch today at a gelato cafe that opened up in town.

 

[aiminglow]

Oh, that's good to hear that today is starting off better than the down-patch of yesterday! How pleasant to have D staying the night (and kids!) And the gelato lunch - or gelato cafe lunch, since I suppose they serve other things as well - anyhow, what a treat for everyone involved! Hugs again, for a happy day. (Not wanting to even mention the scales. )

 

[Cate]

Thanks, Amy. What scales?
I have just eaten a big bowl of salad with tuna. Lots of home-grown lettuce, cherry tomatoes, cucumber, celery, snow peas, grated carrot, mint, basil & coriander, avocado, a couple of black olives (the kids like these too), some grated parmesan & of course, tuna (100g). I did a big fruit & salad platter each for the kids & we are all very full. We'll go to the gelato cafe in about an hour & go for a walk around the river I think.

 

[aiminglow]

That lunch sounds brilliant! Your garden must be an absolute glory.
The river walk sounds lovely, too - rivers have it all, don't they? soothing, or exciting (with wildlife, sometimes) - sometimes swimming as well... (trails off into silence, thinking about how lovely to be strolling beside a river.)

 

[-Cory-]

I could be wrong, but I think I read somewhere that water retention can fluctuate a lot when you first get on some kind of fasting regime.

 

[liza]

All that garden food sounds wonderful Cate. Good idea to stay away from the scales for a bit. it can really get discouraging when things don't seem to be moving and, as many mentioned, so much can keep the scale from moving even when positive changes are happening. Nice to stay focused on the positives (like that lovely garden fresh food!) an beautiful river walks and time spent with the family

 

[Llama]

Very sensible to go get gelato only an hour after such a wonderfully filling lunch!

 

[Petal001]

Ah Cate sorry to hear that you feel down about the weight loss and I don’t know anything about 5:2 so can’t comment but it come in time .
I know at my class they blame meds a lot for weight loss stalling so give the body a chance to adjust .

gelato cafe sounds like my favourite type of cafe . Drooling here

 

[Cate]

Hi, Amy, Cory, Liza, LaMa & Petal
Lunch was really good & very healthy & so was dinner. The ice cream was the best I think I have ever had. I feel over-full this morning & wish I hadn't had the ice cream. The kids absolutely loved theirs. I think my stomach has adjusted to 5:2 & that is a good thing. The river walk didn't happen
Not all the fresh produce was from our garden, but the rest was from the garden of the family I buy our fresh fruit & veg from. We do have lots of salad greens & herbs. The tomatoes haven't ripened yet.
I'm going to stay off the scales as long as I can.
I do feel a bit down I must admit. I had better take steps (literally) to get myself out of it. I'm actually looking forward to tomorrow. I will get up, put on my working clothes. G & I will get some wood & I will go for a walk or two. I will be doing a 500 cal "fast". I'm looking forward to it.

 

[Cate]

Had eggs & avocado on oat sourdough toast for BF.
Went for a big walk with G & the kids.
Just had another tuna salad & a fruit platter & I feel really full.
We are having eye fillet steak with veggies for dinner tonight.
My TDEE I have recalculated to my goal weight, instead of my current weight & so is much lower. It's 1894. 5 days a week I'll stick to <1894 cals, 2 days a week <500.

 

[Llama]

5 days a week I'll stick to <1894 cals, 2 days a week <500.

That sounds doable in a healthy way. Hope getting wood on a fast day works!

 

[liza]

do feel a bit down I must admit. I had better take steps (literally) to get myself out of it. I'm actually looking forward to tomorrow. I will get up, put on my working clothes. G & I will get some wood & I will go for a walk or two.

That sounds like a really nice plan. It's great that you can acknowledge when you're feeling down and then take steps to move forward from that

 

[Cate]

That sounds doable in a healthy way. Hope getting wood on a fast day works!

Thanks LaMa. I have done it a couple of times now & coped well. I'll not overdo it.
Thanks, Liza. Walking really does snap me out of a funk.