Cate's Diary

Weight-same, but I feel like I have shrunk a bit!
Belt- I had to buy a belt in town today as my jeans kept sliding down & I was hitching them up. Love it, love it! Love Cohen's!!!
Got another 3 nice comments today, incl. one from my DIL. I have a navy& white horizontal striped shirt that is fairly snug fitting & has a grey collar & whenever I wear it I get a compliment. I love it but don't wear it if I ever feel bloated in the stomach. I haven't felt bloated once since going back on Cohen's 100%. I feel really sporty in it.
Chemist- I asked the right person in the chemist about vitamins today as he is also a sports nutritionist. Fascinating conversation. He does not believe in slow-release vitamins as he says yr intestine is designed to process different vitamins at diff. spots along it & by taking slow-release it may not absorb the correct ones. He has taken the same one for umpteen years but now takes evidin Men's formula. He also takes Glucosamine but without Condroitin as he says it doesn't work. He takes nothing else. He spent a lot of time with me & I discussed my diet etc and I am going to follow the advice he gave me when my current cocktail of vitamins run out. I take way too many. I bought the women's multi though & will start taking it tomorrow. He said he always checks out new vitamin formulas & this is the first time he has changed his.
I'll go into more about it tomorrow maybe as I'm ravenous right now. I came in here to stretch lunch-time out to 1 but my stomach is crying out loudly for nourishment. Chicken stir-fry coming up!
Cheers, Cate
 
I had planned on going off Cohen's last night & eating a little lamb as it was a lamb spit roast & I had also planned on having 2 glasses of bubbly. I would never have done this on my original plan & didn't & I don't think that it is ever a good idea. I'm not sure I would ever have got to GW if I had done this initially. The people I was seeing last night I hadn't seen most of them since a barbie 2 years ago, almost to the day & I had started on Cohen's the day after that party. I had waited deliberately until the next day to start.
The only meat there was lamb.I thought I would be able to have some beef or chicken & just a little lamb. I ate lamb, the salad I took, a little coleslaw, 1 small potato, some crackers & a little dip & drank 3 sml glasses of dry bubbly, 2 diet sprites & a water bottle. This was spaced out over about 5.5 hours.
Today I feel so tired & washed out & I am 1kg up.
I knew this was going to happen so am prepared to be back on track 100% with Cohen's this morning & will continue on for at least 2 more weeks. I'm actually quite happy about that. I didn't touch chips or other assorted crap- no bread with my meal, no garlic bread, no sweets etc. It was a half hour drive with possums(8-10) along the way until I got back onto the highway & then 23 wallabies between the highway & our house & an owl that frightened the c... out of me on our drive. That is a record number! The owl was sitting in a tree obviously & flew in front of my windscreen. It was Friday, the 13th, wasn't it. I hope that means good luck. It was good reflexes that avoided it!
I had the bubbly earlyish & was sober driving home.
Today- 5.5kg down since 26/01/09, 3 to go to my LW.
Going off track is so not worth it.
Today- I have driven my husband to golf as it is a Legacy day tournament & is usually a big drinking day.I call it legless day! He is going to drink Mercury Light cider for most of the day. He hates feeling drunk & gets bloated & feels really uncomfortable so is going to try stay sober(ish). I'll go pick him up regardless.
"The road to hell is paved with good intentions" as the saying goes. Best to be careful. When we were young we used to drink & drive. It's shocking look back on it now. It was never seen as the careless, dangerous thing that it is. It was the norm.
I'm really tired today & I guess that's because of the food & wine. My body is really complaining. "What did I do to deserve this?"
Today I will nurture my body, rest it, feed it good healthy Cohens-friendly, gentle foods. I hope it forgives me fast! I think I'll read "The Time Travellers Wife" that I picked up from the library yesterday.
Compliments- The women last night were so sweet to me. I was introduced to one & I said I had met her before & she said she didn't think so. About 2 hours later she came up to me & said that I was right & that we had met 2 years ago at that house at the birthday barbie & that she hadn't recognised me. She was so complimentary & very sweet & friendly. Another of the women said about 5-6 lovely things to me during the evening. She was quiet about it & made me feel really good. She said she had seen me walking down the street the other day & thought this woman looked like me but wasn't sure if it was me or not. When someone was talking about different exercises & what classes there were in the district she asked me if I wanted to go to one of them with her.
Something must have happened to me since I lost weight. I must have changed my aura or something. People seem friendlier to me. Surely, it can't be because I am slimmer. I must be conveying something different to them. I know I feel more confident and not ashamed. I hold myself taller & straighter & am more inclined to go up to groups of women & join in the conversations, where once I used to stay back or stay next to my LH & mostly chat to the men, who I used to feel more comfortable with. Things have shifted. It's interesting. I think I feel more feminine. I also no longer feel ashamed of how I look. When I was big I tried not to acknowledge that I was ashamed of my body, but looking back I know that I was.
The mind is a wonderful thing & a very complex thing. My late BIL was a neuro-physiologist and that's what he studied, the workings of the brain. It would have been a forever job.....What a pity he couldn't have lived forever! He was in charge of the Mind/Brain centre at Johns Hopkins University. A genius & a delightful man to boot.
My morning coffee has just kicked in and at least I am now awake. I had better go do the dishes & then I'm going to bake my GD some muesli biscuits, as requested by video phone msg, & then settle down with my book.
Cheers, Cate
 
Talking to myself-
I know that no-one is about today but I just wanted to say I had no trouble re-focussing on Cohen's & being 100% again. I think it's because I didn't go silly last night on anything sweet. No cravings today. It would have been very different if I had eaten chocolate or something sugary. I think I have set myself back at least 5 days though, so it wasn't worth it. I can't say I enjoyed the feeling of the bubbly, although I enjoyed the taste & the company.
Golf- I went & picked my LH up & he was quite sober. He drank mostly light so was in good shape. I suggested it to him & he followed it. Now that we don't run a pub he can choose to do things that he wouldn't have done then. It's good.
Cholesterol- Have I said that I have made an ap't next Wed. to go back to my doctor? I am going to try medication, now that I know it's familial. I also miss my eggs & do not want to give them up forever. I doubt it would have made much difference & I was going to have to wait 3 months to find out.
We are looking after the 3 GK's tomorrow from about 11am to who knows when. It seems to have extended to, not just the wedding reception,but also maybe visiting a nightclub afterwards. Mmmm. Will be a long day & I doubt I will get in here until maybe late evening, if at all. I suppose it depends on the baby, who still is breast-fed.
Goodnight folks, Cate.
 
Yay for hoping right back on!

I was off because of the date and then was ack on yesterday but then ended up having pizza... OPPS!!!

Tis will be ok. I am going to "modify cohen today and then hop on full tomorrow. I think I am still full from what we all ate last night!!!

I'm going to take advantage of the "Carb Load" and go for a really long walk today!

If I ate all that crap, might as well make energy out of it!

I always forget how many hours you are ahead of me. Right now its 8:54 AM on 2/14. I always see you post at like 2/3am and 3pm...
 
Now, Caz, Did I see that you are going out again with the new guy? You didn't sound very keen at all or were you just self-protecting, just in case? You are worth someone really special & will know he's the one when you do meet him. The walk sounds good & burning up those carbs! It's 9.34am on Sunday the 15th Feb here.I used to always get the times mixed up when I wanted to ring my sis. I used to figure first thing in the morning was best as it was always the late afternoon of the day before there(Baltimore). When daylight savings comes in it throws me right out.
Weight- dropped that kg straight away. Whoopee!! It may be that I might have been lighter if I hadn't deviated Fri night but, so what?
I had better go shower & get dressed ready for the AB's (ankle biters). We are going to their house & will hang on to their car so that we have the car seats & they can take ours to the wedding. We will probably come back home depending on naps etc. & then will probably have to go back again to put them to bed for the night. This way we at least have some freedom to go for a drive or whatever.
Hope everyone is enjoying their week-end. Happy losing & cheers, Cate.
 
Caz- Forgot to say earlier- sorry about the 'stray' cat dying sweets! xo Cate
Today- Had an excellent day but we are both home now & quite tired. I have had to smell pizza, Italian meatballs, watch them all eating ice-cream in cones.........Sigh......
We arrived at their house about 11am, brought the kids up to our place at about 12.30, YGS put down for a nap at 1.30, after his lunch. He didn't wake until 5. Fed him Italian meatballs etc & he has garlic breath. Whoops! Bathed them, took them home at 6.45, GD in bed at 7.30. OGS at 8pm. Changed the baby's nap at 8.45 when we knew his mum & dad would be home any second so that she could put him on the boob & then straight down for the night. They had a lovely day & went out for a Thai feed as well.
Not once did the kids look for their parents or get upset with them not being there. We get lots of cuddles & kisses. They are such sweet kids.
I'm tired tonight & have to go to Launceston tomorrow (120km return trip) as I volunteered to take my MIL to see my BIL in hospital. I don't mind at all but she wants to take me out to lunch. I'll just take mine with me I think & hope she doesn't get too crabby about it. Only 2kg to go to get back to my LW! I don't want to ruin it.
I must be accumulating heaps of Brownie points at the moment, lol, 'night, xoxo Cate.
 
Good on you Cate. I'm sure your efforts are greatly appreciated by your family. Lucky grandkids!

Hope it goes well tomorrow and that your brother-in-law is comfortable. It's nice that MIL wants to take you out for lunch -maybe she could buy you a decaf long black.

We all ran around cleaning the house for a home open today but no-one came to look. A bit disheartening as I have seen a couple of houses I really like -one in particlar, which is so pretty and old-fashioned and would be ideal for all of my old things.

Never mind there's always next week.

Keep on dropping those kg's, Cate!! xx
 
It was just a first date... but not very keen.

Sweet guy, just not the guy for me.

I guess I have high standards/expectations perhaps even too high, but I know what I want and I'd rather have it then feel like I settled.

I'm one of those people that enjoys being single. I have a blast with me/myself and I :)

When I 'click' I click and well... there was no 'click' :)
 
Hi CaZ for now you can settle with 'clicking' with us on the forum until you find someone who knocks your socks off!
Put the gain behind you and jump straight back in -you're looking good xx
Del xx
 
Caz- That's what I thought. You hadn't sounded very keen. We should never just 'settle' as we are all worth real love, with passion! Del is right- you're looking great! Get back on that horse Caz & before you know it, you'll be at your goal weight, xo Cate.
Del- We adore our grandkids. My LH is so sweet with them & they with him. Our OGS is probably more attached to me but the YGS climbs up on his lap & hugs & kisses him & plays with his beard. It just makes your heart melt. The love I feel for my GK's can be a little overwhelming at times. It makes me really gushy. Our GD alternates between the 2. If my lap has the baby on it she wants to hop up too but if the 9yr old is on my lap getting a back scratch she just goes & hopes on my LH's. An opportunist? She's a smart little cookie.
We're both tired today. I have to leave at 10 to go pick my MIL up & I wish I could stay at home. Instead of starting yoga tonight @ 6-7.30 I think I will go to a class on Wed @ 3.30-5pm. Same woman, different venue. Both classes resume this week. I might ring now & tell her. I need to buy a yoga mat. I might have a quick look in Launceston.
I will have a long black with my MIL. I've packed my lunch- Mozza, tomato & cucumber & an apple.
Time-9.12am Monday, 17th Feb.
Weight- No way known was I going to weigh this morning as I know I didn't drink enough water yesterday as I woke up thirsty & it would have been too disheartening. As it was yesterday 2kg to go to LW, after Cohen's.
Cheers, Cate
 
Hi Cate,
You are lucky to have such a wonderful man and beautiful grandchildren. How many do you have, 4? Your son and his wife must be very organised, 4 kids is hard work. I find it hard enough with just 2!!
I'm sure your weight will be fine and you are doing great to be so close to your LW. Are you going to stop there or keep going? I guess we both have to go for another 2 weeks anyway, don't we? I'm not really disappointed that I broke it last Thursday as it has forced me to stay on the program for at least another 2 weeks before doing refeed. If I had hadn't broken I probably would have completed refeed this week and I'm sure I wouldn't have been happy with my weight, so another couple of weeks is a good thing for me.
Enjoy your trip to Launceston, I'm sure you'll be fine once you get on the road. I'm off to do some painting.
Take care
Beck
 
G'day Cate...
teoracle.. i am sorry oi havent visited you lately how neglectful :(...
More apologies though.. i have to bugger off and collect janet from work.. so just a quicky.. I hope everything is looking better for you and your family..
How is your BIL?
I better bugger off i dont want to be late.. i hope to pop back in later and post properly..

Take care my dear...
love and hugs
Chelle
 
Hi Beck, I know. I am lucky. My husband I wouldn't trade for anyone. Our OS has 3 kids- OGS (9), GD (2) & YGS (13mths). You do have to be so organised with 3. I'm glad I only had 2! I figured one for each hand, living in Melbourne as we did then. My DIL had the older boy(he was 2) when they got together, but I don't usually tell anyone that. He is our grandson now. His father has no contact with him at all. I will never forget our son saying to me one night, not long after they had starting seeing one another. "Mum, you know, it's a real bonus that B.......has A......." I was so proud of him & that's when I knew 100% that this girl was the one for him. I'm very proud of both of our sons. You bring them up the best you can & I am happy to say that they are both really good people.
I'm also glad that I delayed my weight-loss as I too am happy to drop a few extra kilos. I'm very hungry again though but I will wait until Monday week minimum to start re-feed. What's a little hunger, hey? Cate says, gnawing on her knuckles.........
I drove my MIL into Launceston & even took her to Seaport & watched her eat crumbed scallops & chips & then took her home & ate my crackers, cheese etc. I told her that I usually didn't eat until 1 & that I wasn't hungry. I'm surprised she didn't hear my stomach rumbling! I drank a whole 750ml water bottle on the way home.
Good news- My BIL should be going home tomorrow & my SIL is taking time off work to look after him. He looked much better today.
My MIL- Was pleasant & grateful etc etc but then I asked her if there was anything she wanted to do on the way home. To cut a long story short (which, as you know I'm not good at!) I took her into a shop & she was so rude that when I got home I rang & apologised. I was so embarrassed & said "V......, you are being so rude!" to which she replied "I don't care" & kept being abnoxious. OMG. It was totally unwarranted & something vaguely to do with previous owners of all things! One minute she can be a sweet old lady & the next a dragon!
The rest of my day- Has been spent with my feet up & my head in "The Time Traveler's(sic) Wife" by Audrey Niffenegger, which is thoroughly enjoyable & probably more my thing than Vampires. Never been into vampires personally but each to his own. Blood. Ugh!
I would almost kill for an eye fillet steak, BTW!
Cheers folks, xo Cate.
Hi Chelle, you vampire lover, you! We were typing at the same time. A big xo to you, too, xoxo Cate
 
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Hi Cate!! How are you? I thought about your quote all weeekend.. "Nothing taste as good as slim feels" I kept on repeating it to myself... :iagree: It was the funniest thing... I didn't quite follow the cohen perfect this weekend but I did decent enough... We went away for the weekend to a resort in Palmsprings for valentines with another couple.. I had an awesome time.. I did much better with the food than I would've though.. They were all amazed at my weightloss and I kept repeating well "nothing :iagree:taste as good as slim feels.." :iagree: Yeahhhh!!! Well just dropping by to say hi and wish you a wonderful monday....:waving:
 
Hi Ivette. You showed some self restraint at the week-end & I know it was all very tempting. Good for you! The saying isn't mine but I love it. It's so very true! I also remember someone saying that everything will be there for you to try when you finish. It's not like they aren't going to stop making pizza, chocolate, cheesecake or whatever!
Weight- is the same. Still with 2kgs to go to LW. Maybe I've been eating a little too much cheese & am retaining fluid. It will go.
Finished "The Time Traveler's Wife" today & the drain, beyond the concrete & put the Agi. pipe in, planted some lettuce seedlings & did a little gardening. Walked down to get the paper (& then back up through the bush which is even steeper). I have felt a little knackered today & I think that happens to me when I read too much.
I'm too tired to think of anything interesting so will say cheers for today, xo Cate
 
Hiya Cate,
I really appreciate your answering my endless ?s so I wanted to stop and say hello_Of course reding some of your blogs I came up with another?What does LW stand for?Anyways I am still working on weaning my baby so I can start a plan and maybe my ticker will be moving again soon!
 
Hiya friend! Nice to catch up with the goings-on. Sounds like you've been busy! Your diary certainly has been!

Question: What did you think of The Time-Traveller's Wife? I've heard some incredible things about it, but the concept sounds like a bit of a stretch for me - were you able to really believe it?

It's so strange how not drinking enough water causes you to put on weight. It is hard for me to get my head around. :)

Again, just letting you know that I'm with you!
x

P.S. I'm in awe of how you can bake for the kiddies and not be tempted! Phenomenal. x
 
CaGirl- Are you a California Girl? Thanks for popping in & saying hi! LW is my lowest weight, after Cohen's. I'm only 1kg off it today! Yay!
Joh- Hi buddy. I did enjoy the TTW but would give it 3 out of 5 as a rating. I didn't have any trouble putting it down, but did enjoy it. No- It's not believable, but I don't think that is really necessary anyway. It's worth a read. It's so funny about my brain. When I am on Cohen's nothing will make me break it. I don't even lick the spoon. It's when I'm off it that is the hardest time for me. It is funny about the water.It's one we must never forget! xoxo Cate
Weight- 7.5kgs down, 1kg to go to get to my LW & then........?
I feel quietly content with losing this weight. Everyone is commenting. My doctor was very impressed. I told her I had decided to try the cholesterol-lowering pills, after finding out my Mum & sister have very high chol. I'm starting on 40mg.
I am very tired today. Could be something to do with 1.5kg lost in only one day. I got home from Tai Chi & had a Nana nap in my chair but I feel like actually going to bed for a decent sleep. I might as it's 8-ball night tonight & is the last Home & Away match for this season. My LH will soon play in a different comp on Tues nights & won't go as often as they have a car full every second week & it saves taking 2 cars.
I'll have a quick look about & then a decent nap I think, zzzz, Cate
 
Hey Cate,
Thanks for the clarification on the LW thing.To answer your question yes I am a California Girl.I was raised in Northern California just outside Sacramento.I have lived in a lot of different places but have spent over 20 of my 29ish years there so I'm a Cali-Girl at heart.
Congrats on only having 1 kilo to go that will be gone in no time maybe before I get done typing this, I hunt and peck so it's very likely.I shall go now as bedtime for my kiddos is fastly approaching-TTYL:seeya:
 
CaGirl- I have only ever flown into San Fran airport the once but only to change planes to Baltimore. My nephew lives in Davis & is a Maths Prof there. I would like to visit them one day as I get on very well with his wife & I have a great-niece & a great-nephew(who they named after my late brother). My sister is no longer alive so I'm the nearest one to her as their great-aunt. I actually look a lot like her too. California, I imagine, would be a beautiful place. Did your father have a job that took him all over? How old are your kids? Don't be in too much of a rush to wean your baby, will you. You can always go on Cohens when it happens naturally. Having small children is so demanding & tiring, as well as being rewarding.
We were told again how nice our boys are last night. It makes you feel so good. If I do nothing else in this world but bring up good sons I will die a happy person.
Weight- No way known was I getting on the scales today as, having lost 1.5kg in one day, I was nervous that some of it would have been back! I love the feel & look of my body at this weight. No stomach! Ahhh.....
I'm going to be so careful after re-feed. Some may think I'm being OTT but I am going to be disciplined from now on.
Books- Got Barak Obama's book (Tales about my father?) from the library & it's next but today I'm going for a big walk. I'm aiming for a 5km walk next month so I had better get back into some sort of training regime. I went for a walk at 8-ball last night. All the way down one side of the street, then uphill all the way back, quickly. I stopped briefly at some outdoor tables to say hello to one of our old customers from the pub who called out to me. I had tried just saying hi & keeping on walking but felt rude doing that after he called out my name & obviously wanted to say something. "Every time I see you, you're getting smaller & smaller. Soon you'll disappear altogether." I said "I don't think so. I'm just losing what I put on over Christmas" and then he said I was looking great & well done so I said thank you & walked away as fast as I could, knowing that he was staring at me. Mmm. I didn't feel good as I didn't enjoy his lecherous look. Shiver, shiver- ugh! We used to call him "F.I.G.J.A.M.".
Housework beckons.........
Cheers, Cate
 
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