Cate's Diary

Joh-
Thank you sweets for lifting my spirits. The woman at the blood bank told me I was very hard on myself & I know I am. She is very slim & had been saying how good I looked & how I should be very proud of myself & I told her that I had put weight on over Winter & felt like "a big fat pig!" I asked her if she had ever been overweight & she said no but that she had put on 5kg in the last year, due to some medication & absolutely hated it. Before I give blood again I swear I will be at least 5kg lighter. For me. I feel like a bloated blimp.
I'm not sure about the LSA & may add it much later, after I get back to my GW. I'll see. I agree with you about it & broccoli! Thank you again, xo Cate.
Niyah-
Your faith in me & your encouragement means a lot to me. Thank you also for your post in the Motivational thread. I need a boost at the moment and, once again you have read my mood to a T. I am in a bit of a hole but I will get out of it very soon. I'll work on it over the week-end. I'm much better at helping others I think & much harder on myself than anyone else ever is. You both have really helped & I can't thank you enough. Enjoy your w/e too, my friend, & try to have some "Niyah time" xoxo Cate.
Today in brief-
Bought a resistance band, gave plasma (apparently AB plasma is the one that is most useful) & my LH gave blood(he's 0-, the universal blood group,) visited a friend & bought some non-smelly laundry liquid (Back-to basics- wonderful stuff) off her, bought some wine(won't be drinking for quite a while so will last!) & visited my friend & had lunch at her place. She also made a pumpkin soup which was quite nice but I think must have had cream or full-cream milk in it as I felt queasy about an hour after lunch. We drove home & sat & read for a while until we got a call from friends to say that we can visit our friend with cancer tonight. We then went for a walk with our 2 little dogs & are about to head. Whoops- in 5 minutes. We're having Chinese apparently as that is what our friends want to have. I am really hungry but that will do me good.
Catch you tomorrow my friends, xo Cate
PS Please excuse any typos.
 
cate said:
Red Alert- don't read if you are seeking a good example!!
Since I finished Cohen's over 2 years ago I have never skipped a meal. Yesterday I was feeling miserable & crabby that my weight has been creeping up & I did the worst possible thing in that situation. I went into the health food shop & tried finding something healthy I could eat as I was hungry & it was lunch-time. I thought I was buying something little to tide me over until I got home. Instead I bought 2 different sorts of salty chippy type things & ate the lot (& it was a lot!) on the drive home & then felt so bad about it I didn't eat anything else, like some salad or fruit. Last night I ate healthily but really felt revolting physically & felt that I had really let myself down. I had. I also drank 3 glasses of wine. I did the stupid thing of saying to myself "I've blown it! I may as well drink too much wine too!" Dumb, dumb, dumb. Yesterday was a real setback.

Today- is another day!
I made myself get on the scales & I weigh an extra .5kg. I felt that if I had mentioned it yesterday when I was feeling so bad about it I would not be able to put it into perspective. Today I'm still really disappointed with myself but am feeling positive. I feel unbelievably fat though & am really bloated & uncomfortable.
I tried on my track-pants that I thought I'd wear in a 8km fun run that I am going to walk next month & they are tight & looked bad!
I had been putting the weight gain down to building muscle but I think I have been kidding myself. I have been eating too much because I have been exercising a lot & you get hungrier & I think I was kidding myself that I would be able to & get away with it. Wrong!!

Food & exercise today today-
Yoghurt & apple for breakfast. 1 black coffee
30 minutes vacuuming,
6km bike in <12 mins, followed by 2 sets of 10 reps each of my 13 exercises, including squats & lunges. Total 260 reps. More sensible!
Lunch of tuna & salad but incl. one small avocado (only 2 left out of a lot) These may have been adding to my weight.
Next Monday is re-start day for me.
(or is that re-re-start? You have to laugh!!)
I think I'll go have some fruit. I might make a fruit salad I think that I will eat between now & Monday then go back to only Cohen's fruit next Monday. I know that Cohen's food is best for me so I am trusting my own instincts from now on.

The foods that may have been caused my weight gain-
Are all foods recommended by the Nutritionist and are-
Bananas, LSA, Muesli (natural,) bread & avocadoes.
I have also gone back to the habit of drinking wine most night's again. That has to stop. For ages I was sharing a bottle of wine 2-3 nights a week. That seemed to be ok. Most nights is not ok!
I also bought a store-made fruit cake from my local vegie store a couple of weeks ago & we polished that off. It has been a bit of this & a bit of that all adding up to too much!!
None of it, in itself, seemed bad but added up no wonder I have put on weight!!

Not maintenance guidelines!!
I hope I haven't put anyone off maintenance. Follow the guidelines & you won't put anything back on. Ignore them at your peril!
I'm focussed again.
I'm feeling good. I have learned yet another valuable lesson.
What you eat today you are tomorrow.
Don't fool yourself. Everything that you put into your mouth matters!
I'm now going for a walk to get our mail. I'll grab an apple to eat along the way.
I have drunk 3 750 ml water bottles. I'm back on track.
It is a glorious day here in Tasmania today. I have seen one of the wedge-tailed eagles. The sun is shining and I am lucky.
A good friend-
Is not so lucky. My LH rang from work to tell me that one of our very good friends is back in hospital . He has cancer & he just can't seem to beat it. He is one of the nicest men you would ever meet. Always up-beat, always nice. His wife is the same. We may visit tomorrow night depending on what his wife thinks.

Tomorrow-
In the morning we have ap'ts at the blood bank 40km one way, then doing some shopping & are going to visit one of my friends a bit further on & she is providing a salad for lunch. Hopefully we'll be able to go for a walk along the beach. Then probably we'll go visit our friend 60km in the other direction in the evening. I doubt if I'll be able to post in here so if I don't you'll know why. I won't be hiding!
Cheers for now, Cate.
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WOW :eek2::...my little Cate bear!!!! :grouphug:...So sorry I haven't been in here lately it's just I was feeling the same way you were inside trying to tell myself otherwise!!!!...I too, started a drinking habit most nights, which I am in the process of controlling too!!!....which Red Wine was to my liking on those nights too!! :blush5:

...Cate, You are a HUGEEEEEEEEEEEEE Inspiration to myself and thousands of others as well!! :iagree:...[You are not a fat slob, yet you are a Determined woman who is admirable for her Amazing Persistence!!!...If we all only had one ounce of what you have within you Cate, we would All be SuperStars and have reached our goals by now!!! :iagree: ;)!!!

...I think that you are on the right path, and we have to waver in eating from time to time, so that we do know what actually works for us and our bodies....and NOW YOU KNOW right?!?! ;)....and now you are better equipped to handle them as well....

...I LOVE LOVE LOVE..that you are a working out machine!!! There is no stopping you from those weights and bike!!!...I barely started doing weights ...yet need to get consistent with it like you again...and today will be DAY ONE!!! :D!!!...You are a sweet heart Cate, ...and I LOVEEEEEEE coming in here...beleive it or not....your down moments are as well INSPIRING!!!...The way you real yourself out is what is "Gem Like"...and I thank you!!! :beating:!!!...You are SO SPECIAL my little Kuala bear & i love you!!! :grouphug:!

...I am sorry to hear about your friend... that really does make the heart sad, when someone we care about is down and in the hospital. My sympathies.....
 
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Alta-
I just read your post 3 times & I am sitting here with tears in my eyes. You are such a darling! You are the one who has helped inspire me with the exercise. Your regime exhausts me just reading about it. With all the ups there has to be downs & I'm already back on the way up. I know I am hard on myself. No-one else is harder. Our younger son is the same. We have our good traits as well as bad of course. We're both determined & loyal & never give up. Being aware of your shortcomings is very important but we must temper that with knowing our strengths and having friends like you & the others in the forum reminds me of my those strengths. We must constantly remind ourselves & reinforce & build our self-esteem.
I'll come visit you in your diary my sweet friend. At the moment I feel a little bit more like a wombat than a koala! You made me laugh as well as cry! You are so funny and so lovable. I treasure my forum friends and you are very special to me. You are like a tonic. Thank you Alta, xoxo Cate
 
I have had an absolutely delightful day. I felt good this morning but then I got a msg from my DIL asking if it was ok to visit so she could bath the littlies. They arrived at 1.15 just as I finished my second set of weights. Perfect!
My DIL was in quite a good mood & we had a really nice afternoon. They left about 5.15 & my LH got to see them when he got home from work at 4.15. The kids were so affectionate today & so sweet. Our GD was very impatient to get here apparently & "chucked a wobbly" with her mum on the way when they dropped off our older GS at his friend's. Then when they went to leave our younger GS did not want to go.
If anyone thinks having a child is so huge emotionally just you wait until you're a grandparent! Nothing comes close to the love you have for them!!
Then tonight & once during the afternoon I got to "chat" to our YS on facebook. He's now back in the UK & has downloaded 900 photos which I have looked at. Phew!! You should see the beautiful smile on his face in so many of them! He truly is a beautiful man with an absolutely beautiful smile. It would light the world!
OK. That's enough of my mush!
I am back to being up again. I feel like I have lost a kilo today. I have been full of energy & positive vibes. My knees are killing me tonight though I must admit. Could be the number of squats & lunges I did today. I did an extra short set waiting for my DIL- an extra 5 of everything. I think I did about 30 lunges(x's 2, so 60 all up) & about 30 squats. My knees feel every 56 of my years. Yow!
I am visiting my niece in the morning to see her new baby so may not be here first thing but will catch you all tomorrow some time. Cheers for now, Cate.
 
Clearing something up-
If anyone has thought that I have been lying about eating healthy or trying to fool anyone I want you to know that this is not so. I saw a nutritionist to make sure that what I was eating was a balanced diet & she recommended adding foods such as avocado, bananas, muesli, Burgen bread, LSA & having extra oil such as olive oil, walnuts, soy milk etc. These things are not considered unhealthy at all but they have put weight on me. I think it's the little bit of this healthy food plus a little of that healthy food that has added up to the extra weight. I am currently (today) 3.5kg over my GW range. The nutritionists advice is now out the window & I am going back to eating what I feel is right for me. 3-5kgs added to my body makes me feel like a "big fat pig" but, of course, I know I'm not. Now I know how slim people feel when they have put on a few kg's & I have a lot more empathy for them instead of anger. It feels as bad as when I was 36kgs over-weight. Crazy but true. I was used to feeling big so didn't even notice if it varied or went up a few.
I do wish that Cohen's would give out more advice on maintenance though as it is all rather vague. My advice to you is to ask for as much extra info as you can when you get your re-feed & maintenance guidelines. What you eat on re-feed should be about what you should eat after re-feed I think with only the occasional sweet.
Also if anyone doubts anything I say please just come & ask me. PM if you like. I may not be perfect but I am very honest.
Today-
The birds have been making such a racket that I got out of bed early. It's sunny & I will go visit my niece & see my new great-niece who is 8 weeks old. I have to visit my MIL & set some mouse traps for her so that she will not get caught herself as she has Macular Degeneration. I thought of putting poison down but worry that she may get some in her food. It's not worth risking. If the mice go on the tops of her food containers she doesn't see the results & some poo had fallen into her flour etc. We had to toss a lot out. If that poo was green she still wouldn't see it of course. The mind boggles. I might throw some around down in her basement.
Cheers for now, Cate
I was very stiff last night from the squats & lunges mainly but, thankfully, I am not today. I'll ride my bike before my shower I think so that It is done & when I come home I can just sit & read.
Cheers for now, Cate.
 
“Real knowledge is to know the extent of one's ignorance.”
Confucius.(China's most famous teacher, philosopher, and political theorist, 551-479 BC)
I love this one! How very true!
 
Cheering you on from the sidelines, Cate! Still ridiculously busy, so I'll keep big comments to another time.

To add a bit to Confucius - "The more we know, the more we find out remains to be known". I think diet is a bit like that. In maintenance land, there are no "absolute" right answers - only what works for us. If Cohen's works to keep the weight in check, nothing wrong with returning to it, then trying again with different food combinations which add required nutrition in particular areas. Cohen's never goes away and it always works - the only "absolute" that I know of in diet-land!

PS - have you measured since you stopped actually "dieting"? Wondering if you see a difference in some of your measurements that might explain the extra 3kg or so in part?
 
Hi Cate, I know what you mean about healthy foods. There are a lot of healthy things which stack weight on me, or at the very least, wont allow me to lose, even if I only eat small portions. It's frustrating when well-meaning people say "Oh but this is healthy (ie lsa, lentils, fat/sugar free muffins etc etc) Yes, they are classed as healthy foods, but they don't work for me. I think you're right on the money.
That's great that you got over the stiffness from the exercising so quick.
I love family mush, mainly because I grew up without it, but feel it for my own daughter and DH.
Your comments about maintenance were interesting as DH and I were talking about it today. My conclusion was that occasionally have something off plan, like dessert, maybe once a week, and keep out the carbs. They are an instant weight gainer. I also want to get to the low range of my weight, so when my stomach puffs out from eating something different, I notice it, and deal with it immediately.(that big fat feeling you described) Being tall, sometime it's easy to hide, and let things go too far.
 
What a rant & a rave!!

Niyah & L-Jay-
Thanks for your comments yesterday. I needed encouragement & support more than you could possibly know!
Yesterday-
Started off ok until a call from my mother. :banghead::svengo:
I won't go into it much but I was left feeling very angry & upset with her. My mother is angry that my sister wants her to ask her friends(8 of them) not to wear perfume to her party. Also not to spray her house for insects until after we have left. My sister is on a pension for her allergies. She can't go out without a mask. I tried reasoning with my mum but she as good as hung up on me. I had told her that, I too have perfume allergies & would appreciate it. I also said that surely they shouldn't mind & I didn't know why it was such a big deal to delay spraying her house for a week or so. She seemed unreasonably angry with my sister & then me. In one breath she says "yes she understands that it's a big problem for her' but in the next breath she'll say that it's in her head. This is not a new thing, both for my mother & my sister. I asked her if she would prefer that my sister wears a mask at her party & wouldn't that be more embarrassing to which she agreed. Then told me she had to go hang out her washing & was gone as I was trying to tell her that I had bought a skirt for her party!

I tried getting myself up again so went looking around in this forum & another & then read something that I felt was directed at me. It may not have been, but in the mood I was in I read it that way. I'm over it. Don't even try to think who it may have been. It wasn't in here.
I felt particularly sensitive (just like TOM-maybe this is Menopause!!)

Then I got an email about something else (8-ball event) that my LH has been trying to get time off for. He had asked for it off but then been rostered to work it. Then one of his work-mates talked another worker into working it for him. Now the date had changed to our son's wedding anniversary a week later.

I sent my niece a msg to say I was grumpy & would not visit.

I really wanted to stay home but had to go to my MIL's as my LH had said I was going to set her mouse traps for her as I was going into town to shop anyway & then he would call in on his way home to check them.
Went to my MIL, set the traps in her pantry, put some poison right down under her house, & then went to the supermarket & stocked up on Cohen's only food & got her a few things. She was nice to me thank goodness.
Came back home still very grumpy.

Nothing made me feel right yesterday.
I didn't do any exercise at all. Nada. Zilch.
A black cloud followed me around all day.
I rang my sister at 4pm, after stewing on it all day.
When I suggested that we suggest to our mother that we make it easier for her & not go to her 85th she said she felt really relieved & said now if we have to she'll be very disappointed. I left off lots of steam to her. She was ok. I still wasn't. I was so angry with my mum!!
I told my sister that I won't say anything for now & will wait until I calm down. Typing this shows me that the time is not now as I'm bashing away at the keys!

My LH arrived home, the dogs were madly barking so I said I would ring her back in a few days.
I told my LH about my conversation with mum, the email about the 8-ball event & he said little. He's smart. Then I started crying!
Then the phone rang & it was our son who was upset about the event change but asked if we could baby-sit that night so he could take his wife out for their anniversary. I was shaking my head when my LH said "I'll put her on" but he handed me the phone anyway.
I told our son that we had been talking about having the kids for the night for a couple of weeks but had been waiting for my LH's roster . So I said yes but must have sounded like I was saying yes under sufferance as I had trouble talking.
Afterwards I sent him a message saying I had a rotten day & was wanting to be able to surprise them with the offer of having all 3 kids for the night as an anniversary present without them having to ask.
So after that call my LH said "It would be easier if I wasn't working, wouldn't it?" & I said no but told him that I had been looking for work again. He has been under stress at work with his new boss & has to choose between applying for a full-time job there, which he doesn't really want or only ending up with 2 or 3 days a fortnight. He said "no, don't do that" & then we had a good talk about that as well.
I thought he was really wanting to quit but instead I think he has decided to apply for the full-time job because then he would know what he is doing for the next 6 months. That would be a major change! He doesn't talk much, like most men, so I usually imagine the worst! He had asked if it was possible to work .4 but the boss of the centre said then they would actually lose that percentage of the job for good so they said no.
I felt a bit better last night after getting it all off my chest but still not great.

Today-
I'm still mad at my mum but I'm going to put it out of my mind until I can talk to her calmly & ask her if she would prefer that we didn't go. By asking her that she will hopefully realise just how inconsiderate she is being. If she doesn't then I am more than happy not to go as I wasn't looking forward to it anyway. My original suggestion was that we had a lunch up at the local pub (no fuss), which mum loves going to with her cronies. Instead it is at my brother & SIL's (who I am not in touch with at all-long story to do with a family will. Not my doing.) Instead of a simple lunch it is now a "Frock Up for the Melbourne Cup" indoor afternoon tea." Originally it was going to be outdoors which would have been better for my sister.
My mother told me that my SIL insisted on having it at her place & was upset that we would have it at the pub. My sister informs me that this is not so as our SIL & brother will only have got home on the Sunday night from a holiday & she told my sister off for suggesting it. Our mum makes things up to suit herself & then after inventing stories tells them as the truth & I think believes that they are really true. My sister & I talk to each other 2 or 3 times a week & that is the only way we can ever work out the truth of anything. We also let off steam together. She does not have a partner & cannot mix. Her only "friends" really are her allergy group friends & even they cannot get together because they all have different triggers. Her son lives in her bungalow out the back thank goodness & they are close.
I think she & I have really learned a lot from our up-bringing. We have done the opposite.

OMG. Bloody families. George Burns said something about families which I loved. I'll have a quick look for it.
George Burns
"Happiness is having a large, loving, caring, close-knit family in another city."
My family is neither large, loving or particularly close-knit but none of them live in Tasmania.
My husband's family is large, loving, loud & can be a handful. All of them live in Tasmania now. They are very complex & exhausting to be with.
Our family, meaning my husband & our 2 sons & the grandkids are loving, caring & close-knit & live in Tassie.. Phew!

My day yesterday had nothing to do with my weight by the way.
I have not been eating rubbish food or mistreating my body in any way.
It is all learning & I think I can trust my instincts about what I should & shouldn't eat. Exercise is part of my being now.
I have written yesterday off. The thick, black cloud lasted for one day.

Enough about my rotten day!! That was yesterday! This is today-
A fresh start.
Back on only Cohen's food.
Being positive.
The sun is actually shining.
I just got another email saying the 8-ball event will now be in Hobart & they won't be having a State team v/s Allstars (My LH & OS) so now my husband won't be playing at all.
I rang him at work & he had already asked for yet another swap. The woman who had agreed to work his shift answered the phone & told me that it was ok & that she could swap to the following week. I said to her that they have changed it yet again & she had better hand him the phone & step back! She laughed luckily!
I'll go for a walk now I think while the sun is shining & then maybe do my weights when I get back if I don't feel hungry. Otherwise I'll do them straight after lunch.
Cheers for now, Cate.
PS. I'm not up to the diaries today I'm sorry.
To those who pm'd me yesterday I wasn't in much of a fit state I'm afraid. I really was in such a foul, foul mood. It was very draining. I lose my temper very rarely but when I do it's scary & exhausting.
Maybe I still do have hormones!


 
Cate, I'm bringing out my "joy" quotation for you today.

"Happiness" can be damaged by unpleasant encounters, family disappointments and disagreements. "Joy" remains with you because you have created a little family that you love, all of your own. The larger family that you cannot completely control, or even do anything about, can never take away your inner joy. You have a great marriage with supportive husband, two kids you love, grandchildren, a lovely haven of peace and quiet in a part of the country that you love. Don't let bickering, selfish families rob the deep, inner joy you have painstakingly built into your life over so many years. Let them rob "happiness" if they must - but you win in the end because you have something else they don't!
 
PS - you aren't the only one with a crazy family! (Don't get me started on mine...)

However, I choose to disengage most of the time from their weird ways because it's no longer important to me particularly. When it's good, I take it, when it's not I tune out and move on. It's hard because sometimes I still want to be "the kid" and have what I always wanted (in terms of support etc) but once you realise it's never going to happen, it's less painful never to expect and leave them to their weird ways.
 
Pfft families. I know where you're coming from. We moved hours away from mine and it's the best thing I could have done. I like your George Burns quote. My family isn't large or loving either, and the last time I dealt with them, I was ready to move to Victoria.

I hope everything works out alright, with your mums party. Sometimes, I wonder what would happen if we said and did exactly what we wanted to instead of worrying about making THEM happy. I'm getting better at it. The ironic thing is, my mum also says the older you get, the less you care what others think. She has made that blatantly obvious, but I don't think she'd like it if I did the same to her lol. We have to see them this weekend but hopefully it'll only be a 5 minute visit.

Cate, I hope today is a great day for you. It may be hormones, but I really think, it was more to do with all you had to deal with. It sounds like you have a very nice MIL at least. I do too.

Everyones allowed a day off to be grumpy, and whatever else they're feeling.

Sounds like a few of us had one of those weekends.

Here's to an awesome week x
Ps- About reading stuff on forums, and thinking it's referring to you, I've done that. Then I get all paranoid and it's all really quite pathetic, logic tells me I'm wrong, but emotions get the better of me. Once, it was my undoing with Cohens. Now, I don't worry. Plus the ones who were being a bit bitchy are all gone now. But I really let it get to me at the time. I was making reference to that in one of my recent posts. So, you're not alone when it comes to that sort of thing. I think it's pretty normal, and it always seems to get at us when we are being down on ourselves, or having a bad day.
 
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Niyah-
You are so right about the happiness/joy thing. I am so truly joyful and no-one can alter that fact. I'm over the dreadful mood but haven't dealt with my mum yet. It is best I wait until I can be really calm about it. I'm getting there. Thank you once again my friend. I wrote in your diary a minute ago. xoxo Cate.
L-Jay-
I think we all have more in common than we think sometimes. I'm not sure where to start on that! I'm a bit tired & am about to stretch out on my chair. I may be asleep very soon I think! Thanks for your support sweets! Cheers for now, Cate
Mood-
Is really good again.
I have walked for 45 mins, done 2 sets of weights & gardened for about an hour & am really hungry(what a surprise Cate!) & think I'll go sit in my recliner & have a nanna nap.
Cheers to all of my forum friends whoever you may be, Cate.
 
Yesterday-
Well I didn't have a nanna nap in the afternoon but did have a rest & read the paper. I have to stop myself from overdoing the exercise on weights days. I always feel a little Superwoman-like afterwards & want to keep moving! My gardening was carrying lots of mulch in a big plastic container which was heavy as my wheelbarrow has a permanent flat tyre.
Food yesterday-
I ate Cohen's original food only, but without weighing it. Probably weights would have been about day 2 of re-feed. I had egg, mushroom, tomato & spinach for breakfast with crackers; an apple before my walk & weights and managed to get through 5 hours until my lunch at 1.30pm.
I like to really take my time preparing my lunch & then sit it in the fridge & have another water to delay it if I can. Just knowing it's sitting there ready is quite satisfying.
I had a tuna salad for lunch & a tuna salad for dinner!
I ate my crackers & fruit together as mini meals- one mid afternoon (danger time for me) & the other at about 8.30pm (same-danger time)
Water-
Drank 4 litres at least! Realised that is about what I feel happy drinking-(3-4)
Sleep-
I slept like the proverbial log! My LH said that he read & I complained that he would keep me awake. Then I gave him a kiss, rolled over & was asleep within 30 seconds max!
Today-
I feel lighter already! Less bloated, clear-headed & 1kg lighter.
Light bulb moment-
From now on I am trusting my instincts about what I should eat & what I shouldn't.
My LH asked me how long I was going to do Cohen's for this time & I said that I think it will be forever. Of course it is not really "doing Cohen's" as at the moment I am not weighing my food. He agreed that it is probably what is right for me. When I used to have Cohen's food but with a little rice or food cooked with a little Soy for example I had no trouble maintaining my weight within the 3kg GW range so my aim is to get back to doing that again.

There are so many things that I have been eating that were not on our original plan. They are just not for me on a regular basis. My 'diet' has been gradually moving away from Cohen's & more to my old 'diet' that obviously was not good for me. Sweet potato was another addition recommended so we have been having that regularly as well. It's low GI as have been all the other recommended foods I have been eating but most of the additions were starch & oil. It doesn't really matter that much to me if they are the "good oils" if they put weight back on me!
I have not been eating so many stir-fries for example. I have been eating more meat & 3 veg style meals.

So....
From now on it's Cohen's original food for me.
Mood-
Already feeling great!!
Today-
Housework day & exercise bike only as it's raining again. Even the grey clouds won't affect my mood today. Can this be a Cohen's high already? It's probably a counter to my dreadful mood of Sunday. I'm feeling very energetic & am not hurting. When I went to bed last night I was so stiff. Yow! Lunges! I wonder if my old knees will get used to them. I hope so! Look out Inca Trail! Our YS reckons I could do it & he would go do it again with us if we go. Not a bad plan.
I had better go do something to tidy my house up. Spring has sprung. I have daffodils out everywhere & wattles. I'm allergic to them all but, what the heck! They look so cheerful!
Be back later. Cheers, Cate
 
Cate, that's great that you're feeling so good. It seems to be an endless learning curve. I've come to the conclusion that its going to be 98% Cohens for me, post Cohens, allowing for special occasions etc. I mean how many hits do we have to take before we realize that certain foods JUST DON'T cut it for us? If we had diabetes, cholesterol etc, we would be on a lifetime diet, or lots of medication. It actually makes me stop and wonder how many people out there would feel better eating Cohens style (regardless of weightloss). It must affect so many aspects of our body, far more than we're aware of I'm sure.
Keep up the good work x
 
L-Jay-
I agree with you totally! 98% Cohen's is about right I think! xo Cate
Today-
2 days back on Cohen's only food. Down another .5kg this morning. 1.5kg in 2 days. Feel great!! Very hungry last night & had trouble getting to sleep but may have been because of the previous night's very sound sleep & no weights etc, just bike.
Today is Tai Chi day & can be weights day too but I have to go out to 8-ball tonight so may leave weights until tomorrow as I know I would be very tired afterwards. I usually only do the Tai Chi Wednesday's. It feels right do that. My knees could do with another day off too I think. Maybe the lunges are a bit hard on my 56yo knees, although I hate to give up. Mmm.
60th-
I haven't done the invites for my LH's 60th. I didn't want to do them too early but should have at least designed them. Does anyone have a free template site that is excellent? Help!!! I have had a look but can't find anything I like. My sister uses a program that she had from her work as a printer. It's an Adobe one & costs $499US. Ouch! I can't remember what it's called. She did a beautiful card for a friend of hers with flowers native to her place & blue wrens. It is so pretty.
I had better scoot as I have many things to do in town-library, trip to the tip, a little shopping, call in at MIL's......dishes first.
Cheers for now, Cate.
P.S. Adobe Pagemaker is what she uses.
 
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Hi Cate!

Wow - awesome loss for two days! Well done! You are kicking butt. :)

I did some really nice invites for my engagement party, and I just did them by googling for images (I found a gorgeous 1930s image of a woman drinking a martini - perfect for our party) and then just played around with it in word - fonts, colours, etc. turned out really well. I'm a bit of a ludite with all that stuff though, so there's probably easier ways.

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Sorry Cate - I always make my own stuff for invites using Publisher or something like that. Obviously having it at work helps! I've just bought a computerised "scrapbooking" program which wasn't too expensive - will see how that goes. I haven't got a lot of patience learning new things, so don't always get to find out the fine points of new programs, preferring to just use what I know.

Glad you're getting back on top. I'm just waiting for the next 6 days to pass and hoping I'm sane at the other end!
 
Hi Cate,
Congrats for catching yourself! You are so very diligent and all your awareness is paying off. Don't forget to think about how far you've come. You have come SOOOO very far! I am impressed.
28 x
 
DM & Niyah-
Thanks for your input. After Tai Chi I was asking the others if they knew of a good site & one of them just suggested doing something really simple & not putting myself under so much pressure over something that most people don't take much notice of anyway so I did! At about 4pm I downloaded some new photos off my camera, picked a beauty of my LH & GD, added it to a Word doc, typed a simple invite with a simple border, showed it to my LH when he got home & now all I have to do is tweak it a bit to get the border the same width from the edge of the paper. If I can't I'll scrap the border! Then I'll get it photocopied I think or just print it up myself. Check!
28+-
I do have to remind myself every day of how far I have come. You are right. I try to but occasionally get down on myself. The worst feeling I ever have is anger. Anger is so damaging. Sunday I was angry. So was my mother. I am better at dealing with it than her as she just does not deal with it at all. I will phone her soon & try to sort it all out. Feeling angry with my sister for having a medical problem is not very fair of her. I have to think of a way of asking her if she would prefer that we don't go to her party that will not make her mad. Mmmm. More thought required! I'm really enjoying exploring your site, xo Cate
Weight-
Down another .5kg, so 2 down since Monday morning!
Feeling-
Excellent.
It is pouring with rain today & I hardly have any wood inside. My GS rang to see if I could come pick him up as his sister is driving him mad. When he told me why though I suggested that he pay her some attention this morning & that I can't pick him up until 1pm. I actually don't much feel like company but it is Thursday & it is his night to stay with us. He's on school holidays. Tassie still has 3 terms, rather than 4.
I did not do weights yesterday after Tai Chi so that I wouldn't be so tired last night. Thank goodness as we didn't get home from 8-ball until midnight. I will go do them now I think after doing my bike to warm up. I think I'll drop lunges again. They are too hard on my 56yo knees I think. It's about time I was a little bit sensible! The EP suggested I leave them out if they hurt. Squats I can do fairly well now!
I may have to put my raincoat on I think & bring in some wood. I'm starting to get chilly sitting here. Youch! What happened to Spring?
Cheers for now, Cate.
 
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