Cate's Diary

muzic_lover said:
Congrats on the weight coming off! Hopefully when I wake up in the morn I have the same results :) YAY :)
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Hi muzic_lover & welcome to the forum. I hope you have good results too! Are you on Cohen's? Thanks for the congrat's! Cheers, cate.

Nervous!
I am trying to settle my nerves a little. My MIL rang this morning & I asked her if she wanted my LH to ring the specialist to prompt him to give her a call with her test results as I know she was very anxious to hear (as you would be!) She did & he did & was told that the specialist will ring her this afternoon but wants us to be there when he does. She said that they would ring us 1st, 30 minutes before they rang her, to give us time to get in there. I have had the phone by my side ever since! We hope that they ring here very soon! It must be that the Cancer has really spread & there is no point having any treatment but I'm only guessing.

I'll pop back tonight & read the diaries as I want to be ready to leave straight away when the phone rings. Bye for now, Cate
 
Never assume!
At 4.55pm we got a call & headed for my MIL's & then at 5.25pm she got her call & it was good news. The cancer does not seem to have spread & she is going to have targeted chemo/radiation to give her some quality of life for whatever time she has left. I cannot possibly tell you how relieved we both feel. I really did think the worst.
*sigh*
I'll pop back in the morning. I feel the best I have felt all week!
Sending much love to all,
'Night, Cate.
 
Hey Cate,

That is great to hear! Im happy for your family. What a relief.

CONGRATULATIONS on another 1kg! Wow, 3.5 in 5 days....how amazing are you? I wish I could do that!!!!! I have been SO good for 3 days and just do not seem to be budging? I've eaten about 90% coheny, drank 3ltrs+ water per day and overnight I gained 300grams! *sigh* why?!!!!!!!!!! I really pray for a drop tomorrow.

Anyways, I must be off to an appointment! So glad you're feeling great. It makes me smile to read that!!!!

Catch you soon
Kristy
 
Hi Kristy- I'm not amazing. I think it's Cohen's that's amazing!
Tonight I have shared a bottle of wine with my husband & I am now absolutely ravenous. Hmmmm? I had a Cohen's meal first. Not enough food for alcohol.
Is this one of those light bulb moments? I am also bloating up.....hmmm? EEK! I love wine more than I love chocolate or cake or .....any other Carbs.
Don't get me wrong.
If I really thought I was alcoholic I would give it up in a flash.
If I knew that I would end up fat again if I drank wine I would give it up forever!
The jury is out but I'm steering clear again for a while & will put it to the test another time but after a big steak or lots of protein anyway. It also made me feel quite tipsy. Showing my age saying tipsy I know but I don't care.
I'm def. gone this time until tomorrow.
Just wanted to say thanks Kristy - You're a sweety! Sending you a big kiss & a hug!- xo Cate[/B]


 
"So glad you're feeling great. It makes me smile to read that!!!!" Kristy.
That made me feel so good Kristy & I didn't say so at the time! Thank you :)

Today-
I got up early & drove my LH to work (32kms return) so that he wouldn't have his car to pick up on the way home late tonight. I'm picking him up after work & we are going into town for an 8-ball calcutta, but mostly to see our YS who is playing in a Nth vs. Sth game during the day & then the calcutta. One son is playing for the Nth & the other for the Sth!

I had a bad night's sleep, waking often, thirsty & dreaming of desserts! OMG- all from sharing one bottle of wine & possibly being on Cohen's 5 days?
Although I must confess the night before I had a very vivid dream about our GG & the Queen (????!!!) My poor brain is suffering from overload I think.

I'm going to do some housework while I have some energy. I think I'll stick to Cohen's for the rest of the w/e & then this week & steer clear of wine.
Cheers, Cate.


 
...just popping by to say 'thank you' for the welcome. I think of you Cate as a mother hen of the Cohen Family, making sure that everyone is well and happy - just don't forget about yourself...

I am in the midst of cleaning and washing - I thought it's best to have a fresh start on all fronts! Out with the old and in with the new!
Lol, sorry I just realised that I am writing about my crap on your tread! ;P Sorry Cate!

Enjoy your day! x
 

tripled- brrk brrk brrk brrk. :smilielol5: You made me laugh!
I would like it if everyone was happy I must admit. I have always been this way. It also means that I don't cope with conflict at all well. Avoid it all costs!
You can come visit me in my diary any time chicken, xo Cate

muzic_lover " Just curious ... what is Cohens?"
muzic_lover- this link to the Australian web-site should explain it to you. Weight Loss Through Healthy Eating - Cohen's Lifestyle Clinic In Australia it's called Cohen's Lifestyle Clinic.
In the US is is called 1st Personal Diet and is only done via the internet. The website is 1st Personal Diet
Most of us have either done Cohen's before or are following the program now & we communicate mostly through this Cohen's sub-section of the WLF. Everyone is welcome of course. I also visit other sections of the forum but spend most of my time in here. It's easier to relate to one another's experiences when we do the same program. Everyone who has weight issues share so many common experiences & sharing in itself lightens the load. All the best with your weight-loss & health muzic_lover, cheers, Cate.

Last night-
My LH played in the 8-ball calcutta & did quite well & enjoyed himself. Our YS won it. We went out to dinner afterwards as it finished about 8.30 & we were both ravenous. We went to a Chinese restaurant that we have been hearing about a lot & a family had just left so we got their table. It was very up-market & expensive (some mains were over $50!) & packed. We ordered a main course each & a small fried rice. I had decided beforehand that I did not want any alcohol, just Chinese tea. They obviously slipped our order in before a really big table(20?) as it arrived about 20 mins later. I had ordered a seafood saute with steamed vegies thinking that was a good healthy choice & my LH ordered duck with steamed vegies. The fried rice came in a small bowl each. My LH's dish he really enjoyed but mine was so heavily salted that I could really only taste salt. It was disappointing but not devastating & I said to my husband "It's only food & not the end of the world." Once I would have been really upset about it. Food had way too much importance in my life. I did eat it all (it wasn't a big meal) & about 1/2 my small bowl of rice & I think I drank a whole pot of tea.
On the drive home I drank a 750ml bottle of water, had a cup of peppermint tea when I got home & about 4 x 250 mls of water during the night. I have been thirsty since. In a way it's good because I do not want to go back there again. My LH did not think his meal was salty as he was eating it but I had a taste & it was. During the night he was really thirsty too. I don't think it was MSG as I have not had asthma.

Today-
My LH got up at 7 to go to work & I rolled over & went back to sleep. At 7.30 my OS rang to ask me if I would go around to their place to stay with the kids while he went to pick up his wife. She went out last night for her sister's birthday & stayed in town with her. I threw some clothes on, fed the dogs, grabbed my yoghurt/fruit & went around there & just got back. My DIL had a great time & that will do her lots of good. I brought our OGS back with me for the day as he was bored stiff at home. Our OS is picking him up after today's 8-ball tournament.
I was going to do some gardening & wash the car but I may leave it until tomorrow. I'm really hungry today I suppose because of last night's dinner & I also feel lazy!

Weight-
I decided not to weigh myself over the w/e & will tomorrow. I have no idea what I will weigh & I am not faintly stressed about it.
Bye for now, Cate


 
thanks for the info .. altho this sounds interesting im over seas and dont think the military would pay for a blood test just because i wanted to diet ... good luck to all of you tho ! :)
 
muzic_lover said:
thanks for the info .. altho this sounds interesting im over seas and dont think the military would pay for a blood test just because i wanted to diet ... good luck to all of you tho ! :)
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Fair enough. All the best muzic_lover. Cheers, Cate

Weight-
Still 3.5kgs down from last Monday! No change over the w/e! Wee Hooooooo!
Back on Cohen's 100% today, happily. I didn't eat badly at all over the w/e but did have some extra carbs (not excessive at all.)

Forrester or Eastern Grey Kangaroo with joey-
My LH told me to get out of bed & come have a look at something. There was a Forrester kangaroo with a joey in it's pouch about 100metres from our house feeding on grass. We mostly have pademelons or wallabies only but have been sighting a Forrester in the last year or so. Sometimes I disturb one when I walk through the bush across from our house. It's a nice feeling to know that they are breeding up here. Lovely!

Cool today-
It's only going to get to about 22oC today & is quite cool now. I take back what I said about being "over Summer." Brrrrrr!

Bye for now, Cate.
 
Hiya Cate

Thats awesome you're still 3.5kgs down from last Monday, I guess you were retaining lots of fluid hey? Woohoo! I bet you're feeling great.

Thats lovely about the Kangaroo and its Joey! What a great way to start your week!!

I quite enjoy the cool low 20 days after summer...but then a few in a row and I'm whinging! Haha! I dont enjoy the cold or the hot, I'm just an inbetween girl! 25-30 is perfect. I hope it doesn't get too cool there today for you :)

Enjoy your day and here's to a Coheny week ahead! For me too!

Lots of luv
K x
 
Hi Kristy,
It was a lovely start to the week. Such a nice feeling, having nature on our doorstop! I hadn't been sure if I was just retaining fluid and/or had extra muscle or if it was fat ( a bit of each I reckon) but I know today I am as my stomach is feeling bloated(high up) from the carbs I had last night. I will make sure that I am strict today & will not weigh tomorrow, just in case. I don't need to know as I'm feeling so good about it all. It is such a relief to go back on Cohen's & know that it works. Wee hoo you for being in size 8 pants! I can't imagine that. I have never been size 8 & never could be. My legs have always been sturdy, to say the least! xoxo Cate

Hurt my back! Ouch!!!!
I have hurt my back getting down on the floor & attacking the base of our shower recess. I don't know how to take the door off & was down on my knees, twisting around to clean behind the door & when I went to get up I had sharp, shooting pain in my lower back. I have done some stretching exercises & have massaged Metsal into it after my shower but ouch!

LH's job-
Well- he has decided not to go for the full-time job as he really does not want to be so tied down to it. He said he had been trying to talk himself into it but just does not want it. There are too many negatives about the job & not enough positives. We'll be right as, at least we don't have a mortgage. It will be better having him home more often. Money is only money, just like food is only food. This I'm telling myself as I am feeling absolutely ravenous! LOL!

Doing the bar tonight-
I have volunteered to do the bar at the golf club tonight for a few hours, while my LH plays & then do supper & the bar so he can do presentations etc as it's the last night of a comp he organised. I'm quite looking forward to it, even though I still get nervous about things like that. I'm quite good at it but always suffer a little bit from anxiety.

I had better go do something like the dishes etc. Still got an hour before I can eat lunch. Arrgghhh! I can & will do it. When you steer clear of carbs you have no problem with hunger it's just a reaction to last night. More water! More water!

xoxo to all, Cate
 
Yesterday-
Was a fairly good Cohen's day but not 100% as I forgot to take my dinner with me to the golf club & ate only biscuits & cheese. I had an apple in my bag! I resisted the sandwiches, savouries, garlic bread etc which we had organised for their supper but had forgotten about feeding myself. This would never had happened 1st time on Cohen's. I was so prepared then it amazes me still. Doing the bar was ok but I don't think I would bother again, even if they offered to pay me, as club members seem to take you for granted. All the tidying & sorting out of stock I did last time was all messed up again. No-one had re-stocked the fridges much so I came close to running out of some things chilled. It was cool & wet so they weren't very thirsty. I do it as a favour for my LH more than anything. He appreciates it.

Today-
Gardening again I think. My back still hurts a bit so I probably shouldn't lift too many rocks. I have the bug though. It looks so good from the work i have been doing. Sunday our grand-son & I did a good job. I paid him some pocket money because he didn't expect it and was very helpful & enthusiastic. He said being a landscape gardener would be a good job. I agree. He could do a lot worse than that. Having a job you love would be great & I think it's much more important than having lots of money.

100% Cohen's today-
I didn't weigh as I like to think I'm yesterday's weight still. "Think slim."
My lunch today is last night's dinner. Tuna "salad"- no lettuce. I haven't been shopping for quite some time. Our lettuces aren't quite ready & we get a zucchini & a tomato ripen per day. They'll probably go silly all at once.

Time for some work!
Bye for now, Cate.
 
Cate - a dream of mine when I have my own plot - a garden of Cohen friendly vegetables! lol.. Your garden sounds lovely.
 
dietgrrl- I hope that you do so one day. It's great being able to go out , pick something & eat it right away. In the meantime could you plant vegies and/or herbs in pots? I saved that site you mentioned in Kristy's diary about dress sizes. You're right re the weight-loss. It matters little what dress size you are really as we all vary so much in size & shape. What does matter is how far we have come! Cheers, Cate.

Today-
I gardened for about 2 hours! I snipped & mulched & mulched & mulched. Our plants will thank us! I was exhausted afterwards! Still am really. I didn't get dizzy or anything though so it shows that my fitness level has really improved. Happy about that!

Tomorrow morning-
We're off to town to do some shopping for the golf club. (120km return trip.) To make it not just about the golf club we are going to Bunnings warehouse (vaguely similar to Home Depot in the US- I loved HD!!) and buying a wheelbarrow & a new 2nd compost bin. Then back to our local town where we'll pick up my MIL's oysters & I'll go to Tai Chi while my LH can spend an hour with his mum. He'll probably get to eat some oysters I bet. Yum.

Good night folks, xo Cate
 
Cateeeeee!!!

I am so tired that I am delirious! :willy_nilly:lol...just kidding...:willy_nilly:

Gardening is great - it's a fantastic connection to nature, and a realisation / appreciation that we are an extension of it.

Reading your daily diary shows that you have such a zest for life - and I think that happens when one is in tune with one's body, mind and spirit. That is something to be really proud of! And the best thing about all this is that you seem to do it all in a humble manner. That's probably why you seem to have an ability to 'pick us up' when we fall flat on our face (in particularly - me). Thank you for your words yesterday...

Have a great day tomorrow,
3D xxx :seeya:
 
Thank you 3D for that. I had a quick look before I headed off to town & you made me feel really good about myself! xoxo Cate

Very mixed day-
I don't know where to start & not sure that I have the energy anyway. It was a stressful morning for a few reasons, but mainly because my LH got cranky. I went to Tai Chi wound up like a spring & am still only just unwinding. I'll let it go, without explaining I think as I'd rather just get over it. I'll just say that from now on I won't be going shopping with my husband before or after Tai Chi again. It will be my chilling out day. Stress the my in that.

I think I'll come back either later today or tomorrow. Bye for now, Cate.
 
Cate,

I am so sorry to hear about your day - I hope that by now you've managed to flatten 'the wound up spring' - and talk yourself through the feelings and thoughts that often follow when one is in such a state.

Fortunately or unfortunately, our closest often know how and when to press the right buttons. There is a quote, which at times is applicable in my life - and I think it fits this situation well...
"Have you learned lessons only of those who
admire you, and were tender with, and stood
aside for you?
Have you not learned great lessons from those
who braced themselves againist you, and disputed
the passage with you"
Walt Whitman - Leaves of Grass

Take care of yourself - you need to nurture yourself first before you can do the same to others.
3D xxx
 
3D-That is so appropriate & so right. I react so strongly though to others & when those that are really close to me get angry I feel physically beaten. It was over nothing & is not worth telling but my husband is the world's worst shopper. He hates it & almost always ends up grouchy. I got over it during the afternoon but I won't let it upset my Tai Chi day again. If he wants to go shopping for the golf club on a Wed. again he can go on his own. I have reacted by waking up with a splitting headache today. I got up, took some Paracetemol & then went back to bed.

Food yesterday-
Everything was out of whack & ended up not being a Cohen's day. It wasn't dreadful. I didn't eat any supper last night at all (Pizza, garlic bread, little savouries etc) but my dinner was just a put together thing by my LH as I was doing stuff on the computer for him. He forgot that I was doing Cohen's & I think was trying to make amends for the day. He had a mini platter of biscuits with stuff on them that was delicious but far from being Cohen's. I then had 3 light ciders at 8-ball.

Weight-
This morning is up one kg. Back to the drawing board. I had decided that this week I would eat only Cohen's food but not weighing it so I don't think he had realised I was actually only eating Cohen's food. I need to be stricter than that if I'm to shift any more weight. When I weighed Tues morning I had regained .5kg so I'm currently back to only 2kg down. Confusing enough for you? It's 100% or nothing. I'm 3.5kg above the top of the Cohen's GWR, so that's 6.5 above my lowest weight. (30kg less than I was 3 years ago.)

My headache is slowly fading. I feel as flat as a tack. Not quite miserable but could crawl back into bed for the day easily. I can't be bothered even thinking about what I'm going to do today. Not much probably. Hopefully I'll pick up after a shower.

Bye for now, xo Cate

 
OK- Today-
I have turned my day around already by reading positive quotes and then going to Facebook where a friend of mine has posted photos at the beach & with her family. They were so joyous that I found it contagious. I sent her a message telling her that "Joy is your default button." She has lost weight (on Cohen's) has just got married & has changed her life. She is so vivacious! She & her new husband are about to cycle around Europe for a year. You can change your life entirely. It's in your hands. I now know so many people who have & I will include myself here. I just found this affirmation that I will share with you-

"Life is good enough. I accept that I will never be perfect. I accept that I am a work in progress. I become whole by accepting all of me - the good, bad and imperfect. I am good enough as is, and this is good enough for me."

"I love my legs!" :smilielol5:

That doesn't mean that you stop trying to improve yourself. It means that you accept yourself & love yourself just as you are. I choose to love myself right now, just as I am.
LOL-I'm still going to lose some more weight but I know I'm ok as I am.

Cheers, Cate.
PS. If I don't say cheers it often means I'm feeling low. I can't say it if I'm not feeling positive!
 
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