Cate's Diary

Joh, You think YOU were bad! I TOTALLY missed that last, lovely, long post of yours! HOW DID THAT HAPPEN? GAAAHHHH!! Sorry sweetie :blush5: I love that you have really taken in what I have said about the Naturopath (Inga) & what she recommended. You're a keeper! That Dunc is one very clever husband/man! Inga didn't use Irridology on me but I have been to only one Naturopath before who did & it was just like you recalled. FASCINATING & SO accurate!

Re: cheese- I think that I know that cheese is one of my downfalls, both weight-wise & constipation-wise (& maybe mucous-wise) so giving dairy up doesn't REALLY feel like such a hardship. I have bought some goat's fetta & will make myself love it. Did you know that I am "pig-headed & stubborn?" :blush5:

(That comment was made by my LH after I moved a massive wardrobe on my own the other day from our spare double bedroom to our garage via our rough driveway half on & half off a trolley. I haven't told him how my arms are aching like buggery! When he said that I said "no, determined, is what I am," but he's right, plus I should add impatient. I told my Mum about it & she started to tick me off until I said she's always done similar things, to which she agreed. She's into honesty these days so I could get some answers to some very tricky questions my sisters have always wanted to know the answer to, but I don't care to. They are unimportant to me. eg who fathered all my siblings? I mean, how rude would THAT be! All stemming from blood group types not quite adding up...:chillpill: )

Re: the 'sillysallycites' (LOVE THAT! Duly stolen!) there are some things that I can & will leave alone but then there are some that are sacred & wine is one of them. It is really confusing & lists vary between sites so I will wait until I see her next before cutting them down drastically. She actually said not to worry- one thing at a time & getting rid of my bug was the highest on the priority list. TICK!

Re: Dora- Thanks sweetie for that. It just felt so right & so good & I'm glad that I did it.

The new me trusts my instincts. I'm so sorry I missed your post. I was in a terrible hurry & just didn't even see it. I love that you're going to stay with us. It's just not right without you, xoxo Cate


Kate- hunibun! You crack me up! Really you do. I hesitated when I said "doing a Kate," but I knew you would find it funny! I'm as impatient as anyone else sweetie but have learned to adjust to reality. Well......mostly! I'm getting better. It is just not worth setting yourself back months. I don't think any of us like being told what to do & husbands have this terrible habit of often being right, but hey, they married us didn't they, so they must be smart! :smilielol5:I'm looking forward to you feeling better too sweetie & getting back into it , xoxo Cate


I sound like a scratched record I know but I have such a good feeling about this year & the future in general. Am I an eternal optimist? No, not really, but I sure feel really good at the moment & hope it lasts!


Lots of love to all, xoxo Cate


OMG! Nearly forgot! I weigh 79kg! WHOOPEE!!!!!
 
79?~~~!!!!well done cate!!!!!!!seems you got it moving!!!!I have wanted to ask and always forget.HOw tall are you?

how was your day?
 
AAh..... 79...... my dream number.... one day! congrats, gorgeous! You're on your way!!!!

And don't worry your little cotton socks about missing my reply - i just had to wait one more day, hehe. Thanks for chatting with me about it all! Looking forward to updates as they happen.

And good decision about the wine ;)
 
Jess- I'm 173cm tall, which is just a tad under 5'8." At 75kg my BMI would be under 25 & I look slim but still with shape. I haven't been below that since 1985 but once I got down to 60kg for only 6 months or so & looked really awful- scrawny & gaunt. I swore never to let that happen again. It was a reaction to LOTS of stress & I had no idea that I looked so bad! I almost starved myself & was obsessive. I look back on it all now with a lot more understanding & awareness but I won't ever get below 70kg! I'm really happy to be going slowly down by eating very healthily & still having treats etc & exercising moderately. It's much more balanced & ,as I said I won't go too low. I haven't told my LH that I am aiming for 75 or less as he thinks I'm just fine as I am. I haven't told him that I'm 79kg. I'm going to shout it out in here, but keep quiet to my family(except for my sister who knows almost everything about me :beating:)


Joh- 79 is a bit too precarious for me so I'm looking forward to 75. You're 4" (10cm) taller than me so 79 for you would be very slim indeed! I am looking forward to having a buffer zone again so that I NEVER reach the 80's again!! I'll re-assess at 75, after I get there & stabilise for a month or so. I'm planning a trip O/S next year for my 60th in May & want to be able to be slim before I leave, so 70 may become my new target, depending on how I think I look at 75. Maybe It's time I became one of those women who don't give a stuff! :smilielol5:I'm not there yet though! :blush5: Still hiding my legs from 'scrutiny' :blush5: I know, I know...... It's the middle of summer & I still haven't bared my legs or been for a swim or bared my arms in public. I'm saying this so someone will tell me off!


Kate- Thanks sweets! I am really happy to be back in the 70's
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but will have a big smile like this :biggrin: when I'm closer to 75! 79 feels just a little precariously close to 80! It will help make me very vigilant with keeping within my calories. I feel what I'm doing now is so sustainable in the long-term and that I should never regain the excess weight that I had for so long. I have hardly been exercising as such, although I have been active, so when I get back on track properly, that will also help me to reduce some fat on my legs hopefully & to lose some more weight. There's no hurry. I would ultimately like to weigh about 72kg by the end of April, 2013 (7kg in 15 months.) Hope you're feeling a little better today & not too frustrated.


Today- My Tai Chi class was amalgamated into the earlier class again so I decided not to go. I just don't enjoy it anywhere near as much. I hope things get back to normal soon! I love our class! I just don't feel so comfortable in the other one. I don't feel like going anywhere really but do have a few things that I need to do & Mum is expecting me as well. I just rang her, thinking that she may want to go out to lunch but she thought it would be good if I picked her up after lunch so I will. That suits me much better as I'm feeling a bit lazy/relaxed & in no hurry. I sewed some buttons back on our YS's work shirts & have library books to pick up & stuff I want to get rid off to the op shop so may go in a little earlier & do those things.

Meanwhile I had better go do the dishes & then have a shower to wake myself up! I'm not at all miserable, just very slow off the blocks this morning. Using that expression just reminded me of being a competitive sprinter in my teens. I was school athletics champion every year in High School & they made a special Sports Award for me at the end of Year 12. It's a shame I ever stopped running. I used to play every sport I could incl. A-Grade hockey (goalie,) tennis & swimming. I moved to a big city & was too shy to approach anyone to join. :blush5: 40 years ago now!


I had better scoot. Much love to each & everyone of you, xoxo Cate
 
AHeya Cupcake

You definatly have the right mindset which is awesome. You seem in a really good place right now :)

You said that you did every sport you could at school including running. I did nothing, pretty much cos i was too selfconcious but it's so weird that i am hooked on running now huh :)

Hope you have a great day :)
 
Hiya hun, I was really fit at High School & lived for sport. I only did as much work as I needed to pass & no more. I don't regret that as if I had gone to Uni I would not have met my LH & my life would have taken a totally different path. There has been this huge 40 year gap with very little actual planned exercise but I plan on making up for a lot of it in the next 10 years or so. Team sport is a wonderful thing as Joh will testify & the friendships, combined with exercise, makes it so much more fun than individual sports or exercise. That's why I love my usual Tai Chi class. I love it's dynamics. My athletics included sprinting, (with spikes & blocks etc) discus (I broke a school record by a few metres) shot put, long-jump, high-jump & javelin. I went in as many things as I could fit in. I loved discus! I was trained at one stage in sprinting & the trainer had me running in a ditch! Apparently my feet used to fly out sideways he said. :blush5: I was never exceptional, just good for our school. I was a good goalie in hockey though. It was FUN!! We won almost all the games we competed in & won a regional grand final against city teams. Hockey then was played on grass (mostly mud) & the only protection I wore was some cricket pads & gloves. I wore a pair of football boots, instead of hockey boots. I split my lip once in a GF, but did save a goal. I will fish out the a photo of our team some time & put it on here, just for fun.


I have had the gas-bags lately! You're right Kate. I am in a good head space at the moment & it is lasting for quite a while thank goodness. I don't react well to stress & I have had quite a lot in the last 5-6 years. I keep getting letters saying I am still on the wait list to see a counsellor & do I want to be taken off it. It is now over 8 weeks. I rang the other day to say to take me off the list, as the system is obviously over-loaded & I'm sure there are much more important cases than mine. I'll reconsider later if I need to.


I have a free day today & might do some gardening.

Lots of love to all, xoxo Cate
 
AHeya Cupcake

I loved reading about your school days :) Jack (our son) loves sport and is naturally really good at it. He was chosen to do a schools athletics competition that they did today and his school came second, he was really pleased. It was for years 7 & 8 and only 13 of them were picked out of 300-400 kids!!! He is also amazing at rugby apparantly, his teacher says he is like Juna Lonu. He also does all his dance stuff so he is very active and fit. He is much more confident that i was at that age.

I'm so glad things are good for you right now and you feel that you don't need to go for therapy. Good for you :)

Hope you had a good day gardening, it's weird, the weather here is shocking, crappy drizzly rain and gardening is the last thing we would do right now. Roll on the spring, we have such plans for the alloment :)

Cheers for being so lovely and making me look after myself :grouphug:
 
AHeya Cupcake

I loved reading about your school days :) Jack (our son) loves sport and is naturally really good at it. He was chosen to do a schools athletics competition that they did today and his school came second, he was really pleased. It was for years 7 & 8 and only 13 of them were picked out of 300-400 kids!!! He is also amazing at rugby apparantly, his teacher says he is like Juna Lonu. He also does all his dance stuff so he is very active and fit. He is much more confident that i was at that age.

I'm so glad things are good for you right now and you feel that you don't need to go for therapy. Good for you :)

Hope you had a good day gardening, it's weird, the weather here is shocking, crappy drizzly rain and gardening is the last thing we would do right now. Roll on the spring, we have such plans for the alloment :)

Cheers for being so lovely and making me look after myself :grouphug:
 
You're welcome hunibun!

If I have too many more problems with my Internet connection & phone calls to tech support with the telco I will need more than therapy!!!

GARRRRRRR!!!!!

I'm too grumpy to post I'm sorry xo Cate
 
I've healed!:blush5: I actually felt ill for most of the day & looked up withdrawal symptoms from Lipitor, (after ringing the tech support again & getting re-connected again) & then took one & feel much better already. Silly, silly me :blush5: The naturopath told me not to just stop taking them on my own if I wanted to try going off them. She said to ask my doctor. No need to tell me off as I know how silly it was!! I'll stay on them for a few months & then see my doctor about it. After only a few hours since taking it, I now feel ok again. We are going out for just a few hours tonight to listen to Matt & Annie as we missed them the last 2 times they were up here (maybe 3.) My LH has to get up at 4am tomorrow as he is going away for a golf game with 11 others & has to be at someone's place at 5am. Ouch! He won't be back until mid afternoon on Sunday. It has been ages since we spent a night apart- when I went up to get Mum I suppose, which was only last July. I'm not sure what I'll do yet.


Sheep- There is an information day & sale on tomorrow in our local town of Dorper sheep. They're the ones that shed their wool, rather than need shearing. I would like to check them out but have a feeling that they're very expensive. I'll take Mum somewhere as well & maybe visit my MIL. I'm not really in the mood for either really (mothers that is :blush5:) They have both been a bit more demanding lately. Mum has been quite weird & they think she may have an infection or something that's causing her to get really confused. Her shopping lists have not been making much sense at all.


Hair cut- My LH wants one so I think I'll do it now or we'll run out of time.

Hope everyone is well & not having a grumpy old day like I had,

Love to you all, xoxo Cate
 
AHeya Cupcake :)

Glad you got the t'internet sorted. I totally get how totally annoying it is when you can't get on. I can't imagine life without it anymore, which is quite scary huh.

I use to hate Mark going away when he had to for work years ago but i learnt to plan that time as 'me time' I would have a lovely long soak in the bath, have what i wanted for dinner (something i knew he complained about having) and spent the evening curled up watching girly films :) I really enjoyed it then and didn't miss him too much. Alone time is great when you want it and plan to pamper yourself or do something for yourself :)
 
Hi hunibun & thanks for visiting my diary. I've been a little out of sorts & clumsy the last few days & haven't felt right. I took heaps of skin off my knuckles today carrying a box through a doorway! I'm glad you're feeling quite a bit better sweetie & were up to working. Enjoy your exercise when you're up to it. I know that you're a smart girl & won't hurt yourself, xoxo Cate


Last night- we went in to listen to Matt & Annie 'for a couple of hours' & ended up leaving at midnight! My LH had to get up at 4.15 this morning. Ouch! I hardly woke then & didn't wake properly until 8.45! We met two lovely women last night who are social workers in Melbourne. Apparently our YS met one of them in Tokyo on his trip. They were lots of fun & we got on really well. We danced with them & it was great fun. I can see that it's almost impossible for us to only go in for a couple of hours to listen to live music!


Today- was quite hot. I went in to check out the Dorper sheep but couldn't stay for the auction as the hay & all the smells got to me. I liked the look of the sheep though & took away some info about them. I then visited Mum & took her up the street to do some shopping, then dropped her back.

Visited my MIL & then went & did her shopping for her.

Got home feeling very tired & had a very light lunch- salad without any meat, read the paper & then slept for a couple of hours in my chair.

I have already eaten my dinner as I was quite hungry- curried chicken & a vegetable curry & a little rice, followed by yoghurt & stewed rhubarb. I now feel as 'full as a fat woman's ugg boot."


I'm going to go sit in my chair with a pot of herbal tea, read some book & then watch tellie for the evening. Graham Norton is on, plus RocKwiz, one of my favourite shows.

Lots of love, xoxo Cate
 
AHey Cupcake :)

Awww sweetie :( Sorry you are being clumsy (or doing a Kate as Mark would say cos i do things like that alllllllllll the time, he reckons that i must be dispraxic) and injuring youself, it proper sucks. Especially hands, they always proper hurt and you keep catching the spot that you have hurt :( I'm sending you lots of 'kissing it better' as my mum would say :)

Full as a fat womans ugg boots!!!!!! :smilielol5: :smilielol5: Love it lol brilliant!!!!

Hope you feel back to your normal, non self injuring you as soon as :)

Love and hugs Xx
 
Thanks hun, I really must do some exercise today to lift my spirits. I feel a little bit flat, but mostly tired I think. A walk Cate, a walk, a walk. I might even throw in a short run, thinking of you! Just a little one ;) That was a hint, just in case you missed it xoxo

Didn't enjoy being home on my own but did still leave the door right open with a cool breeze coming in until almost bed-time. I read most of a Lee Childs novel. which was a bit gruesome in places. I used to be really scared of the dark. If ever the day comes that I'll be on my own up here :) I'll just have to get over it!


I'll come back later on & report my exercise. I ate curried vegetables on gluten-free toast & am full again! Will have to move, move, move. Feel like a sloth! I need some more avocados so that I can have my favourite breakie, which is gf toast, 99% fat-free mayo, a little rhubarb chutney, 4 asparagus spears & 1/2 an avocado. YUM!!!! Avocadoes are high in Salicylates but I have cut out almost everything else that's high so I figure they can stay for now, especially while they're in season & so yummy & so cheap.


Bye for now, Cate
 
My breakfast left me feeling a bit queasy so I haven't done much in the way of exercise or eaten much since. Methinks it (vegetable curry) was a bit rich for first thing. I did ride my stationary bike for a while & have done some house-work. I'm about to hop back on the bike. My LH got home 4 hours earlier than I expected, which was nice. He disappeared about 5 mins ago & I can hear him snoring from 2 rooms away! He enjoyed his trip & there were no hassles at all, which was good, considering that there was 12 men together & lots of alcohol consumed.

Ok- just reporting that my mood lifted hours ago after getting off my butt & I'm feeling good again. Back on my bike right now!

Lots of love to all, xoxo Cate.
 
AHeya Cupcake :)

I'm not suprised you felt queasy after eating curry for breakfast, hasn't anyone ever told you that eating curry for breakfast is only acceptable when A. it's left over from the night before and B. you have to be seriously hung over :smilielol5: Glad you're feeling better now and :hurray: Yay your man is back home :)
 
Hi hun, The curried veg for breakfast was left over from the night before but It was a mistake. My LH put 2 cans of coconut cream/milk in, I discovered, so that would be why I felt queasy. I find coconut milk a bit rich for me now. So happy Kate that you went for a run & it went well! xoxoCate


I was really good over the week-end & didn't snack on anything sweet at all & kept within my calories both days & also had 2 days without any alcohol. Happy about that. :Angel_anim: We had our Sunday night chocolate treats & I still kept within my cals. Sunday is usually a day I go over. I usually react badly to my LH being away & 'comfort eat' but didn't. This is a turning point.
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Beautiful rain- After a lovely hot spell, we now have delightful, freshening reasonably heavy rain. It's bliss! My tomatoes & lettuces will be singing & I can almost see them growing out my window.


Exercise- I have got out of the habit & must get back into it. No-one else can do it for me & I think it will be the key to getting down to 72kg. Yes- I have officially lowered my goal weight to 72. I have not been down to 72 since about 1986 but I think I can do it. I haven't weighed today as I don't feel lighter. I never get on the scales if I'm sure that I haven't lost any. The moon & the stars have to be in alignment :)blush5: well- I have to have had a BM when I wake up & before breakfast) for me to weigh in. I feel confident though that the scales will move slowly down this year. What happens with me now is that I stabilise at one weight, stay the same for weeks on end & then I drop a kilo & then stabilise again & stay that way for weeks etc. Sometimes I might drop 1.5 or even 2 but that seems to be how it goes. I do know that it will keep going down if I continue doing what I'm doing but exercise would certainly help! It has been too hot to walk & my bike seems boring. I haven't done my weights for ages. Company would be fun while I exercise. I'm going to a different Tai Chi class tomorrow & next week my usual class will be back on. I miss it. It helps me with motivation for everything else.


Tennis- OMG! Did anyone watch the final of the Australian Open? Words can't possibly describe it! I have never seen anything remotely close to the courage & determination of Novac & Rafa. I LOVE RAFA! (& Roger Federer) It was BRILLIANT!!!!


Lots of love to everyone xoxo Cate
 
Exercise- YES! Exercise!! I'm back!! I did 22mins on my stationary bike- fairly fast- & then 120 reps with 2kg weights, then another 22mins on my bike. 730 cals burned off. YAY!!!!! I feel great! Sweat is absolutely pouring out of me & I'm off for a shower. :biggrin:
 
AHeya Cupcake

Well done on a good weekend. I always feel extra chuffed when i have had a good food weekend cos it is sooooo mmuch harder than a week day. For me anyway cos my daily routine is what helps me stay on track.
And, weel done for not comfort eating while your hubby was away :hurray: :hurray:

:hurray: :hurray: :hurray: OMG get you and all those calories you burnt :hurray: :hurray: :hurray: So impressive my lovely. It does feel great working out, i've missed it so much
 
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