Cate's Diary

Thanks CAZ- I'm such a gasbag! 100 pages-OMG! I should eat more oily fish apparently. I rang the Heart Foundation & spoke to a woman who was very helpful & she said that it is anecdotal but many women get high cholesterol when they become post-menopausal. I told her about my weight-loss, exercise etc & she thought that this may be the case. She didn't think eggs would be the problem but suggesting just cutting them down. I have a list of foods that contain plant sterols from their web-site so am going to find a low-fat yoghurt with added plant sterols. I'll wait a couple of weeks until I am closer to the weight I want to be, unless I can find one that's also low-fat & natural. It is so difficult when you shop these days.....low-fat, no nasty additives, re-cyclable container............................... Cheers, Cate.
Ivette- Shucks- thanks for your affection. I needed some of that!! I have a list ready for when I finish my current Cohen's stint & high on my list is almonds, fish, fish & more fish. I take Omega 3 but might check out Omega 6 as well. Lots of homework to do before I even contemplate taking cholesterol-lowering drugs. 6 crackers & 3 fruit for me too. We're a couple of the lucky ones.
We're going around to our son & DIL's again as my LH wants to see the kids. We'll take their dog with us & bring back their washing as my DIL didn't get a chance to come & do it. I thought I had given her a door key but kids do that to you. I'll give her another one & put it on her set of keys myself.
The middle finger of my right hand is aching so I must have been in here too long today. I never did learn touch typing but I'm pretty fast!
Cheers, Cate.
 
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Hiya Cate!

This has to be a quick one, as I'm off to bed. I just wanted to say that even though I don't have time at the moment to respond properly (though, you poor thing with the incident with the fish - how awful that must have been), I'm still reading and still being inspired!

You're doing so well, which of course you know. :Angel_anim:
xxx

P.S. Yes, it's true - I feel like there is such a great community here. You, myself and CuddleBones should meet up for a long black one day when we all happen to be in the same part of the country! haha.
 
Joh- We will meet up one day. I also have a friend in Perth who used to be in the forum, Kannadew, who I will catch up with again. She came to visit me in Tas on her way to Sydney. Slight detour! So, I will come to Perth. Perth is a beautiful place, or was about 30 years ago when I was there. We stayed in a motel below Kings' Park. I fell in love with Perth, as I'm wont to do, but couldn't imagine actually going to work there. So laid back.
Weight- The same. That's ok.
Mood- Good. I'm not so stressed about the cholesterol. I'll either get it down or I won't. If not I'll go on medication. That's life. Life is good.
I just got a phone call from one of my favourites from the pub, inviting us to a birthday party at his place, next Friday night. The day before I started Cohen's we went to their place for a barbie. I didn't see him again until I had lost all of my weight & his eyes nearly popped out. I really like him & his wife but we rarely catch up. It's nice when we do. They are about 15 years younger, I think. Almost all of my life I have got on fairly well with men. I relate better to them & find it easier to have a conversation. For a start they don't talk about periods & that's a good thing.
I am doing my son & DIL's washing at the moment so thought I would pop in here in between loads.
Energy- I keep forgetting to tell you something. I find myself running around the house these days, instead of walking. I think I said that I am starting to see muscles in my legs. Yay! I have just had extra energy since I went back on Cohens, but also in the last month or so. While I was waiting for my LH to finish in the shower I grabbed my 2kg hand weights & did some exercises to try to reduce the fat in my upper arms. I asked my young friend in the local sports shop the other day what to do. BTW- she is now 12 weeks & doing well. She is so sweet. I really like her.
OK-time to get on the move again.
Cheers, Cate.
 
My day- Had a great day. Did my DIL's washing first up & got it all on the line (3 loads). She came around at about 11am & stayed for a little while & then left the 2 older kids with me for the day. I had to encourage her to head off & try to do something relaxing as she came home stressed out & complaining. I had offered to have them either today or Saturday. I rang our son & left a message for him to pick up his daughter on the way home from work as our GS wanted to stay the night, as usual.
Our DIL came up instead at about 6pm & collected her.
It was an absolutely lovely day & she also had a lovely day. Excellent!
I'm quite tired tonight, so after I get my GS off to bed, I'm going to sit back in my chair & veg out with my LH & watch the cricket. 'night, Cate.
 
I changed my avatar back to Sponge Bob as my OGS wanted to see it.
I didn't weigh this morning. I will tomorrow.
Exactly the same thing is happening now as did first time around on Cohen's, at exactly the same weight & 3kgs shy of what I got down to. I am hungry about 1 hour after Meal's 1 & 2. This has been happening for about 3 days. I have tried switching meals around but am always hungry. I'll see how I go.
My mum just rang & I found out she had high cholesterol after menopause(9!) & is on Zocor(40mg). Mmmm.
My LH has arrived home from golf early so I will scoot & come back later.
Cheers for now, Cate.
 
Hi Cate,
I am 2 kgs from my previous lowest Cohens weight and I am also finding that I am getting hungry. I wonder if our bodies get to the preferred weight and then gives us the message that its time to stop. I'll try to keep going for a little longer, but don't want to risk my current weight loss by allowing myself to get hungry and risk breaking. I think I'll probably do another week and then refeed. Bummer about the cholesterol but we're very lucky we live in a time where these things are able to be treated with medication. Probably not what you would want, but better than the alternative.
Have a great night
Take care
Beck
 
I wonder if it could just be the first week hunger since you've both restarted? I remember being sooooooo hungry after the first couple of days till about day 10. Just a thought.

Great work both of you and thanks for inspiring the rest of us. xxD
 
Caz- Good one about the extra vitamin! I never have done that! I know that sound really silly but it just has never entered my head. I'll start taking another one with my lunch I think. I had a packet of gum handy to take with me today but it stirs up my gastric juices & makes me hungry so I'm a bit wary of it. Thank you for that reminder!xo
Beck- I think you are right. I think our bodies are saying that they are probably quite comfortable at this weight. I like me at this weight too, but once I add even one kg I am not happy or comfortable. I really need that buffer zone. At least 3kg more! You're also right about the high cholesterol. Medication will not be the end of the world for me but a heart attack or stroke would. I will try to lower it, but after talking to my mum yesterday, I don't think I'll be able to. She eats less fat than anyone I know & had a 9 reading, so it's obviously hereditary. I must ring my sister & find out what hers is. If it's also high I'll make an app't with my doc & start. Actually it would be a damned good way of getting back in touch with my estranged older brother. That's a long story but I want it to be over. I can forgive him if he can forgive me. In fact, I already have.
Del-No, it's not that. The first couple of days I was ravenous but it settled down fast. I have not been exercising much at all to try to settle the hunger down but that's not working either. I can cope with hunger for a little while but have to keep quiet about it to my LH. He would love me to be having a glass of wine with him at the end of the day. So would I! Not long....
Weight same today, no change. I'll weigh again tomorrow & hopefully a little bit more has gone. It was obviously mostly fluid.
My BIL- We(I) have been ringing trying to find out how he's going & I just got a call back from my LH's other sister telling us. He is lying on his back, unable to move at all because they have opened up his infected wound & are leaving it open until it heals inside. OMG! The poor bugger! I just wept for him. Actually my SIL made me cry because I told her I have been worried sick about him & that I had better not go in to see him because he would only want family around him if he is so sick. She said "Hang on & what are you, if you're not family?" I do love both my husband's sisters & my BIL. We're pretty close. I had to get on my LH's case this morning to ring his sister as he has trouble coping with bad news. I told him it didn't go away if you ignore it. He's very caring & loving, but a bit of a chicken in that way. He shuddered when I told him what his other said had said about the wound. We never ever watch medical shows!
I had better go. The darling is vacuuming around me. Doesn't happen often but I had better go put the dishes away (or something!)
Cheers, Cate
 
I got through today easily. I didn't have to take an extra vitamin but had yoghurt, w/o fruit for breakfast; crackers, cheese, tomato & cucumber for lunch, followed by 1 apple & 1/2 a kiwi (weight-wise); crackers again about 5pm & dinner tonight was a warm chicken salad, which I ate while my husband who I have been saying is so sweet ate his home-made pizza!! Mmmm. I have since had some mango & honey-dew melon & still have 2 crackers & 1 half of a fruit (kiwi) to go. I prepared him a bowl of canteloupe, Jalna Creamy Vanilla yoghurt & 4 prunes soaked in Muscat. I'm sure I enjoyed my fruit as much as his but the pizza? If you eat your meal at the same time you don't smell the other food as much which is a blessing.
I'm off to make a pot of Peppermint/Spearmint/Green Tea. Yum! I am missing wine though.....& eggs! xo Cate.
 
.......but I can happily miss them if I continue to lose, even at a slower rate. Looking back on my original Cohen's journey I didn't know what I weighed each day. That is a good thing. When you get on the scales after 4 weeks(deviation-free) it's always good news.
Another .5kg down today! Getting there. Now, if only I could stay off the scales until Friday it would be good. Barbie to go to Friday night. There is going to be a lamb on the spit. I will decide on Friday if I am going to continue 100% & take my food, or eat carefully & sparingly, knowing it will still set me back & would mean I would have to wait another 2 weeks of deviation-free until I can do re-feed. I'm in 2 minds which way to go. I'm not in such a hurry to do re-feed & finish as it's only been a 2 week journey so far. Either way I still want to lose another 2-3 kgs less than my ticker target & then do re-feed. Decisions, decisions. If this had been on my original program, or if I had a lot to lose I would not even be thinking about it. It was never an option first time.
I did the bar yesterday while an 8-ball comp was on at the golf club. I really do enjoy it. I especially like getting the fridges stocked & organised, just like I love organising pantries. I am going with my LH tonight & am going to do the bar for a corporate challenge he has organised as he has to do everything himself. No-one helps him with marking the cards etc so if I do the bar he is then free to do the rest. He wasn't going to ask me & said I'd be bored (bored?),but I offered & said I could read a book or watch tv while they're playing golf. They only play 9 holes.
Mum- Where my mum lives, up on the Murray River border, it was not so hot yesterday because "It was so smoky from the bush fires that the sun couldn't get out". Poor mum. I would hate to live where it gets so hot. I have never wanted to move back there. Left home at 17, never looked back.
Bush fires.. I have had a couple of cries over the devastation from the bush fires. It's just so awful! It would be so scary seeing a bush fire coming towards you. I would never stay. I would be much too frightened. So many children have died & so many families will be suffering. So sad.
I'm going to try to do a job today that needs to be done before the bob-cat comes back to even out our driveway. It requires a pick & much physical work. I'm not sure if I'm up to it but I'll have a go. We need to lay all this plastic agi. pipe along next to the concrete so that water can run away, the gravel can be levelled & then I will be able to park in our garage again. I'll try. My LH is working every day this week, except Tues, when he plays veterans golf (which he also does the cards etc) & each night this week something is on.
OK better go, washing to hang out, ditches to dig, tomatoes need staking, pea straw needs to be put under plants. The ditch has lowest priority I must admit! Cheers, Cate.
 
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I'm having a break from ditch digging. OMG that is hard work! I think I'm only about 1/4 of the way done & my back is complaining. It is certainly aerobic exercise!
I trained the tomato plants & put pea straw underneath them, hung out the washing & then got inspired to dig. Ouch. I stopped for lunch as I felt a bit dizzy. I'll have another big drink of water & have another go in about 10mins. Fruit first. I need some more energy! I got rid of my ticker. They take up too much space & I don't particularly like any of them. They're a bit boring & unimaginative. Also 2.5kg is not really what I want to lose.
10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1....UP! Ouch! Cheers, Cate.
 
Oh you cheeky thing where is your ticker...?

Ditch Digging? goodness me.. Its not too humid here today, not as bad as it has been anyway.. but the sun sure does have a bite... cant be bothered going outside unless i need too.. I wish our patio was going up soon... end of march/april maybe all depends on the council..arghh..

Yes the scales.. the dreaded scales... burn them.. ha ha ha ha.... anyway i better go feed my kids before the y starve to death.... Take Care..

TTFN
Chelle
 
My ticker- 6kgs down, 2.5 to go & then some more......
Chelle- Me....cheeky? I am too fussy with avatars, tickers etc. I want them to be just right & they never are. That's why I'm back to the lady beetle. She's quirky! I also think my ticker would only confuse someone who is new to the forum. It confuses me sometimes. I know where I want to be & I just have to get there.
Yesterday-
I had stopped for lunch, came in here, counted to ten & then got stuck into the trench again & finished the job at 4.15pm. Finished it! It's about a 50 metre trench, big enough & deep enough to put some agi pipe in so that water drains away. It's the whole length of the new concrete around one side of the house. I had to be very careful that I didn't put any holes in water pipes & was often down on my knees scraping with my hands (with rigger's gloves on). I used a mattock. I got better at it as the day went on & decided to keep going until my LH got home or I finished the job, whichever came first. I finished at 4.15 & my LH got home at 4.20!
Boy, was he impressed. Gob-smacked!
I then went & soaked in a deep bath with 'lectric soda & bubbles, showered, dressed & went with him to golf & did the bar for his Corporate Challenge. I stocked the fridges & served behind the bar before they played, read the days paper during the game & then did the bar after & got home at 9.30pm. We watched tv for about an hour, went to bed & I slept the sleep of the dead!
I feel great today. Slightly stiff but only slightly.
Wee Hoo.....I'm getting so fit & strong. I think I'm almost the fittest I have been since High School & that was back in 1970!
BIL-We are going to see our BIL this afternoon in hospital. I have an ominous feeling that if we don't go to see him asap we may regret it forever.
Cholesterol- I have decided to go back to my doc & discuss medication with her. My younger sister's cholesterol is also 8 & she doesn't take anything. OMG! My mums was 9 & she does & my brother I still haven't rung. ok.....I'll do that now. I can do this!
Cheers, Cate.
P.S. Rang brother- not home, no msg bank.
PPS Just measured ditch & it's 45 metres!
 
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:cheers2:Hi Cate!!! Wow sorry bout your bil.. Yeah you should go visit him...I agreee because you don't want to regret anything and it will probably make him feel good to have your support.. :iagree: Thanks so much for all your motivating commets.. They really help me get thru the day. I know I will accomplish this this time around.. I look at other foods and get discusted cuz I want it so bad..:) I'm so happy your almost at your goal. I think to actually see that people have accomplished there goal like you have helps me so much more. I believe in the lifestyle even more because of you!!! so thanks you really have inspired me with your losses. :cheers2:
 
Ivette-You're very welcome. That makes me feel really good just thinking that I can inspire someone to do Cohen's. It has changed my life. If I can do it anyone can! After a while you feel almost like a religious convert & want to tell every over-weight person you see about it but, of course have to stop yourself! I'll keep visiting your diary. You have some good friends in there who seem like fun. Cheers, Cate
BIL- I'm so glad we went to see him as I feel a lot better about him now. I think he'll survive & is starting to heal. Phew! He has some major lifestyle decisions to make when he is well enough to go home.I hope he can be mentally strong enough. He is my age, is alcoholic, diabetic & has heart problems and is also depressed. He is on medication for the last 3 of those. Not good.
My day-
Didn't do a great deal today, except the usual housework-ironing, washing, dish-washing etc & then in to Launceston to see my BIL.
Oh, we did bump into one of our sons favourite high school teachers when we were getting petrol. He is Italian & gorgeous & remembered us both & asked how the boys are going. We had a lovely chat & as we were leaving he quietly said "You're looking great". Nice! I really hate anyone saying anything out loud & making a big fuss, but when someone just nicely says something like "You're looking good" or "Well done" I feel a million dollars. He was a lovely teacher & both boys really liked him. He was also their soccer coach.
I haven't much to say tonight. The bushfires are horrific & depressing. I'm going to go to the Red Cross site & see if I can donate on-line. I'll come back later & see who's about.
I remind myself every day what a lucky person I am. Cheers, Cate.
 
Wow!! it is amazing when people say your looking great.. At first its hard to take the complements but I guess it takes time getting used too.. That must of felt awesome, cuz now you believe it.. :cheers2:.. I know what you mean about wanting to tell everyone about this diet... Awww that sucks about the fires over there.. is everything getting better:(
 
Ivette- It did feel awesome & it was said so nicely that I felt special. I'm getting more used to it now so am learning to accept compliments better. I also needed to lose the Christmas/New Year excess to feel that I deserved compliments. I have just typed in yr diary :))) Cheers, Cate.
My ticker- 6.5kgs down since 26/01/2009, 2 to go to my LW (lowest weight after Cohen's).
I was about to head & realised that I hadn't typed in here yet. I will come back this afternoon. Off to Tai Chi soon & then a haircut at 1.30. I have a lunch packed- crackers, Mozza cheese, tomato & cucumber & an apple. Cheers, Cate.
PS. Not at all stiff today. Yay!!
 
Fantastic job lady!!!

You are such a good role model!

Sure you might go up and down, but you knew your weight gain "limit" hoped back on and look at you! DOWN!!!:hurray:
 
Caz- You're a sweetie! I used your formula to figure out my TDEE(?) & it's 1989 cals per day if I only do light exercise & 2243 if moderate. I figure it's moderate at the moment as I've been fairly active. I'll go on 2,000 a day as a safe figure. I'll get my head around the maths later & figure out what that means deficit-wise at the moment on Cohen's. I tried repping you for that post & they won't let me yet. That was great! Thank you. Fingers crossed for your date!
Yesterday- I had a fairly busy day. Tai Chi at 11.15, asked if anyone wanted to go for coffee & went with the same 2 women for about an hour. Nice. Haircut at 1.30, lunch in park afterwards (cheese etc on crackers). Home at 3. It rained so I rang my OS & asked him if he wanted me to pick up our OGS off the bus as they were in Launc. Picked A up, after quickly plating up our chicken salads for dinner. Talked to him about his 2 days back at school. Our son picked him up about 6 & then we went out to 8-ball & didn't get home until 11.40.
I slept in to 9.30 this morning. I just didn't want to wake up properly so figured "what the heck!" I forgot to take crackers with me for when supper gets put out but had an apple on the drive home. I have woken up with the trots so that's not a good idea.
I think I will have a bit of a lazy day today. Potter about. Still not stiff at all but a little tired so my body is saying "Take it easy Cate. Give me a break!"
Cheers for now, Cate.
PS.Weight-Same(6.5 down since 26/1/09, 2 to go to LW)
PPS. I forgot to say. I wore a bright, dark pink shirt with black trackies with a pink & white stripe down the side & runners yesterday & about 5 or 6 people said something about how good I looked. 2(?) people said how much pink suited me- the Tai Chi instructor, newsagent, hairdresser & someone else...that's 4. When I think back more than 6 comments, including one from one of the 8-ballers, who said "You couldn't possibly lose any more weight, could you. Where would it come from?" after I ordered a diet ginger beer instead of my usual light cider. He is very fit & active, plays golf, goes bush-walking etc. I had better keep an eye on myself that I don't go too far. That was a little warning to self....xo Cate
 
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