Cate's Diary

Had a lovely, lazy day. Not much exercise (read none, except some more cupboard cleaning) but a healthy eating day & a very pleasant one. My LH has been baking & I have been cleaning. I do love Sundays xoxo Cate
 
Hey Cate! I'm back! I started a new thread, and am now on a new journey to lose that last 20 pounds! I have enjoyed my little break, and have maintained, more or less, and now, I'm ready to kick those last 20 pounds to the curb! I' sure you had a great vacation in Europe...seems so long ago to me now! Have a great week, and looking forward to reconnecting!

Sarah
 
Hi Sarah, It's nice to have you back. It's good to have a break & re-focus. I'll go look for your new thread now, xo Cate
 
OK. It is time for me to stop being so bloody lazy & recommit to being fit & healthy. I am sick of being so lazy. Just because it'w Winter doesn't mean I have to go into serious bear hibernation mode. I have hardly moved since we got back from our holiday. I was so active & felt so great & I have done so little since that I feel quite ashamed of myself. I have also been mindlessly eating when I'm on my own & fear that if I continue this way I will become a big sloth. I am not hopping on the scales until next Monday & I'm about to go hop on my bike!!! RIGHT NOW!!!!!
 
Hmm. Doing nothing makes you feel like nothing, just like those 2 look!
Rode 10.25km on my bike, ate a healthy lunch. Did lots of housework. That feels much better! It's raining now & the day is black but I am feeling good again. Cheers, Cate
 
I should always remember how much better I feel when I eat "cleanly" & exercise. You would think I would have learned by now!!! I have woken up feeling so much more positive after one day of clean eating & an active day.
Healthy eating + Exercise = Happy Cate
It's quite a simple equation.
 
Spending the day at home with my LH again today & then going to our OS's this evening to mind the kids while he & his GF go out to a volleyball dinner for a few hours. I will ride my bike again today as it keeps raining & cutting wood may be out again I think. I always like to have a good book to read while I ride & I about 100 pages left of an interesting book so that will make 10kms go quicker!
 
Rode a bit over 10ks yesterday & ate healthily & well. In case anyone is interested I'll put yesterday's food-

B- Bubble & squeak on GF(gluten-free) toast (lots of cooked vegies in it & a little bacon)
L- Roast chicken with lots of vegies (cauli, broccoli, snow peas, carrots, pumpkin & potato)
D- GF crackers with Camembert cheese
Snacks- 2 apples, 2 GF Macadamia shortbread
4 small squares dark chocolate
1/2 bottle of red wine
Copious cups of herbal tea (peppermint mainly)

Today-
B- 2 slices GF toast with 1/2 an avocado, 1 hard-boiled egg, some 99% fat-free "mayo" some home-made rhubarb chutney & a little asparagus(canned). This is one of my favourite breakfasts!

About to go to our local market. There is also an alpaca expo happening today & I'm going to ask about buying a couple of young Alpacas as grass eaters. Apparently there is always an excess of males so I may be able to purchase a couple at a reasonable price, perhaps in the Spring. I'm thinking of getting them as pets to try to wean myself off having dogs as pets. Our dogs are getting very old & I am trying to talk myself out of replacing them when they die, but know that I am a big sook. Having Alpacas as pets might just be a good alternative. I had better get moving.
I also have a GF date & walnut cake ordered so have to go. Also a woman who makes bags was going to have a go at making a handbag out of the same material as a carry bag I bought off her about 6 months ago so I want to check them out. I love the material so hope they are nice. I had better get there before they sell!
Will pop back later. Cheers xoxo Cate
 
Sounds like a wonderful day Cate! Love it that you have the option of getting Alpaca's for let's! Here I. The concrete jungle, we have an aquarium...the fish are relaxing to look at, but they are not much for petting!
Lazy day so far for me too...big breakfast, a haircut (always an experience and exercise of trust!) and now, getting ready to go to exercise in the fitness center.
If you get the alpacas p,ease post a pic!
Sarah
 
Oh, your favourite breakfast sounds totally yummy, I might have to try that once I get to have breakfast again!

And rhubarb chutney ... can I have the recipe? We always have tons of the stuff in my parent's garden and all we do with it is jam and cake and compote, all really nice but much too sweet ... would be great to have a spicy alternative!
 
Sarah- Just typed this long post to you & it disappeared! :( No alpacas- I decided they were just as much responsibility as dogs basically. Very cute though!
bluehourbird- You are welcome to our recipe. It's delicious! You can also add a little chilli. It's yummy with curries too.
Rhubarb chutney-
2lb Rhubarb (just over 900g)
4 large onions
2 & 1/2lb Sugar (bit over 1.1kg)
3 dessertspoons Curry Powder
1 cup white vinegar
2 tablespoons salt
2 teaspoons pepper
6 teaspoons ground ginger
4 cloves garlic, crushed
Method
Chop rhubarb & onions, mix all ingredients together & boil for about one hour, then bottle while still hot.
(Can be put through a food processor on "chunky chop" if preferred, but not too fine. We don't.)

Just home from a lovely night out. An old friend of ours had a 60th at an Italian restaurant. Really good night! I have known him since 1975 when I got him a job in a wine store in Melbourne & we have kept in touch. It is lovely having really good friends! Cheers, xo Cate
 
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SOOO tired today! The grandkids arrived at 8.15am & we were sound asleep. I LOVE Le Tour De France & we watched it to the end, yet again. It was wonderful!
Had a lovely morning with the GK's, visited both our Mum's with the kids as their mum was not home when we got there. I know the GK's don't like visiting the home & my MIL is over the top kissy, which is fairly cringe-worthy for our almost 14YO grand-son, but I stress to them that visits from young kids brighten up the days of olds. It won't hurt them one little bit.
Nearly ready for a "nanna nap" zzzzz
 
Hi folks, I have been reading lots of diaries lately & have been giving a lot of thought to the importance, or not, of keeping an online diary. To me it is REALLY important, for many varied reasons. The most important reason for me is that even if I am not listing what I am eating or doing (or NOT doing) I am still here posting in a weight-loss/fitness forum. I am here. I am telling myself that I need to be mindful at all times that I was once a fat person, and I don't ever want to be a fat person again. In here I feel accountable, mostly to myself.
Over the years that I have been posting I see people posting regularly, then they go away for a while & then they're back, after re-gaining some or all of their initial weight. I need to stay here and I openly acknowledge that I need to stay here. It is so easy to slip back into bad habits.

I have changed what I do considerably during that time. I have gained some weight & then lost it again, many times. I have knuckled down & been incredibly strict & obsessive & have clawed my way back to close to my lowest weight, but then it goes back on so easily as soon as I start eating "normally".. My body seems happy between 80-85kg & I am currently 82.5kg. Only 1kg less & I feel really slim. It's weird I know. I also know that some would think that, at that weight I must be fat. I'm not. I'm not skinny either. I still can't type "I'm slim", which is something I will constantly have to work at- self esteem. Hence my resurrecting my initial "Motivational" thread. I think most people who become over-weight have self-esteem issues.

I think it's good to establish guidelines for yourself. I like Joh's, especially "Think like this: If I wouldn't want my boy to eat it (he gets only the best, most healthy food from me!), I won't eat it!"
Anyhow, I'll come back tonight with my new guidelines.
Cheers for now xo Cate
 
The diary is a nice little thing to give you a bit of subtle responsibility over your eating and exercise decisions.

Of course I just do it because I desperately crave attention and so have to act out in order to get it. I suppose it takes all kinds. :D
 
Ha ha- me too Mr Vee! No, not really. Your diary is a good place to actually say how you feel & I find the WLF a really good supportive community.
I am still thinking about my guidelines Joh. I know one of them is to get back into playing golf each week. It was minus 2oC this morning and I think it's going to be similar tomorrow but I am going to golf regardless!!
1.Commit to be fit.
At the end of the day I want to feel good about myself & not feel that I have let myself down by eating rubbish.
I am not home for long today as I am going to go out with my LH to his 8-ball comp. I find it hard being at home on my own in the evening especially & almost always eat something I shouldn't, so I will go with him. I also enjoy the 8-ball & the company usually.
Anyhow, I had better be off. Our OS is arriving soon for a game of snooker & dinner & then going with us tonight.
Cheers for now xoxo Cate
 
cate said:
Hi folks, I have been reading lots of diaries lately & have been giving a lot of thought to the importance, or not, of keeping an online diary. To me it is REALLY important, for many varied reasons. The most important reason for me is that even if I am not listing what I am eating or doing (or NOT doing) I am still here posting in a weight-loss/fitness forum. I am here. I am telling myself that I need to be mindful at all times that I was once a fat person, and I don't ever want to be a fat person again. In here I feel accountable, mostly to myself.
Over the years that I have been posting I see people posting regularly, then they go away for a while & then they're back, after re-gaining some or all of their initial weight. I need to stay here and I openly acknowledge that I need to stay here. It is so easy to slip back into bad habits.

I have changed what I do considerably during that time. I have gained some weight & then lost it again, many times. I have knuckled down & been incredibly strict & obsessive & have clawed my way back to close to my lowest weight, but then it goes back on so easily as soon as I start eating "normally".. My body seems happy between 80-85kg & I am currently 82.5kg. Only 1kg less & I feel really slim. It's weird I know. I also know that some would think that, at that weight I must be fat. I'm not. I'm not skinny either. I still can't type "I'm slim", which is something I will constantly have to work at- self esteem. Hence my resurrecting my initial "Motivational" thread. I think most people who become over-weight have self-esteem issues.

I think it's good to establish guidelines for yourself. I like Joh's, especially "Think like this: If I wouldn't want my boy to eat it (he gets only the best, most healthy food from me!), I won't eat it!"
Anyhow, I'll come back tonight with my new guidelines.
Cheers for now xo Cate
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LOVE what you said Cate! I'm trying to come on here more often to keep myself motivated and to keep myself from falling off the wagon. I find if I drift away from the forum too long I lose that drive to eat healthy and exercise and therefore I lose weight. I hope when I DO reach my goal weight I can keep up with it and not fall back on old habits. I want to be healthy for life and you are inspiring me to do so. :D
 
Fox-Thank you very much for that. The thought that I might inspire someone to be healthy makes me feel really good. I'm about to head off to play golf now & am in a bit of a hurry. It's cold & the sky is black, but I am determined to make myself get back into playing golf so am forcing myself out of my comfy chair right now & heading off. Cheers for now, Cate
 
I played 9 holes of golf!! YAY!!!!! It was raining & freezing & we all abandoned the idea of playing after an hour, We went to the deli & had coffee & all had a good yak & then the sun came out & it looked really nice. I suggested going back out & just having a hit, not a competition & 7 of us went back out & played 9 holes of golf. We stayed on afterwards & had a couple of drinks. It was a lovely day. I feel so much better now that I am back into it!
 
Cate, that was a very motivational post about weight and self esteem issues...I agree, I think everyone who is over weight suffers from poor self esteem. I know I sure did (do). Thanks for staying in here and continuing to post! It's such a comfort to find old cyber friends witha common interest and goals! Thanks again!
Sarah
 
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