Cate's Diary

Thanks, LaMa, Vic, Petal & Em.
I decided yesterday that I would calorie count again & I had 1207 for the day. I just can't seem to do IF in any shape or form, what with my medication & with us both being home most of the time, but especially with having a husband who loves to cook. So counting calories it is. I just put my breakfast cals in & lunch. I'll have to cut down my oats to 40g from now on. I'm playing golf today so will burn them off. It will be nice to have R home tonight :beating:
Quick edit: no time today to post in other diaries. I just had a quick read, xo
 
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Hi Cate I think counting cals sounds good. I know I fail due to time but I do think my plan constrains them as the odd day I keep a check I'm in around the 1200 to 1400.
Have fun with your son. X
 
Hi, Amy. It's lovely having R here. I thought I would quickly post in here & before he gets up.
Hi, LaMa. We think we'll go out to the caves & visit his brother & maybe the 4 of us go out to lunch together.
Hi, Petal. I think counting calories will work for me too. I set my cals as 1340, but am aiming for somewhere between 1200-1400 as well. I'm aiming to be 2.5kg less at the end of September, which will bring me down to the next "decade" again. I just need to get that downward trend happening again as my new normal has been gradually creeping up over the last couple of years.

I just heard back from our older son, D & he's keen for lunch. That will be lovely- just the 4 of us. :beating:
 
Hi Cate,

I think you said before that you lived Tasmania, which sounds absolutely in a far distant and exotic place. I think it's awesome.

As far as calorie-counting, I can't do it because I just am too lazy for that. Respect to anyone who can pull it off.
 
Cate that sounds great . Wishing you the very best of luck. I think restrictions can be very hard but you can eat what you fancy and when you fancy this way. Use the calories wisely. Enjoy lunch .
 
Hi Cate, so happy to hear that R is cheerful and that you get to go out with both sons and have family time. I have been intermittently calorie counting. On days I worry I might go over if I don't, I'll record everything and see if I have any calories left or if I can do some extra exercise so I can have another little snack. I like the flexibility and hope I can keep losing doing that! So happy to hear you and R are doing well!!!
 
Hi, Jack. I don't think of Tasmania as being exotic but it is a wonderful place to live. I love nature & it abounds with nature. Having 50 acres of our own to go bushwalking around is something I don't take for granted. My calorie counting was non-existent yesterday, but I would have been about 1300 I think.
Hi, LaMa. Grown-up family time is the best. It was just lovely. Kids always take up the focus. We also had some lovely social time at D's work & I caught up with one of D's friends (the one who took our chooks). R & I both bought a jacket each as they were having a clearance sale in their office. We wandered around the local town a bit & R got to say hi to some people he hasn't seen since he was a teen. It was lovely.
Hi, Petal. I think calorie counting will work for me again. I just need to push through the hunger, which I have been doing. I recognise it & then tell myself I won't die. :)
Hi, Marsia. R is doing well considering C is still trying to juggle everything & keeps dropping the balls. He is prepared to see her when she can fit him in & is not putting any pressure on her. She says it's not fair to him, but he says that should be up to him to decide. He is so kind & loving & I don't think she is playing games. Life is just very hard for her at the moment. I hope they get through this & spend the rest of their days loving one another, preferably living together in the same place.

I am feeling good this morning after another good night's sleep. When we got back from lunch (no wine btw) I think everyone felt lazy & sleepy. R sat down & yawned. I waited about 5 mins & then said: 'Let's go for a walk down to the bush & then we can sit down & have a wine".
We walked for about an hour, chatting & stopping here & there, discussing places to put a cabin & places I like to meditate, listening to the birds. I pointed out bandicoot holes & homes in old logs & it was lovely. Some of R's friends we would like to have come up & stay & they could camp & do some touristy things around here.

I forgot to say that when I picked him up off the bus on Wednesday night we saw 4 eastern barred bandicoots between the turnoff to our house & our house- one of them was tiny & SO cute.
I also forgot to say that I won the golf comp on Wednesday. I won my division but also the monthly medal, beating the A-graders & was beaten on a countback on the putting. I didn't have a cracking score, but I am very happy with that. It was hard going & I ached all over Wednesday night.
R is heading back today & G & I are going to drive him into town & pick up something. We'll then have a quiet afternoon as we have a fair bit on this weekend. We are out tonight (footy tipping breakup) & tomorrow night (pool grand final) & golf again on Sunday.
 
Wow, I just love hearing about how much you enjoy visiting with your sons. It's so heartwarming, makes me so happy! It's wonderful to hear that R and C are still trying to make their relationship work, and that she is being kind to him and considering his feelings.

Sounds like a lovely last few days, with happy golfing, even, too! I have no idea what footy tipping breakup means, but it sounds either very festive or very tipsy! I loved your description of showing everyone your walks and meditation spots on the land! Happy happiness!
 
So much happiness! All this and winning the golf comp too! :D
And that grin just there is because winning the golf comp is cheerful, but so minor compared to family times and being in nature. (including bandicoots!) Lovely!
 
Cate what a great update . Glad the visit was great and I hope too that his relationship will improve . It sounds a bit more positive.
Congratulations on winning the tournament . Happy days
 
Thank you, my lovely forum friends :grouphug:
Yesterday was quite chaotic as all "plans" got thrown out the window & I got quite stressed out actually, but sitting in my chair in front of the fire today I can look back & see the positives in it. R is back in Hobart now & we had a mostly constructive & positive day. The bus he planned on going back on but hadn't actually booked was booked out, so we ended up driving him in to catch an evening bus in the bucketing rain but turned it into a positive by visiting his aunt & uncle (about to have a major cancer op) & our niece(art therapist & recently split up from her partner), so that was nice. We then sat with R in the bus terminal & had a coffee & waited with him for his bus. I was ravenous & decided to have a small meal as I didn't want to eat the bbq food later, which is usually just white bread, sausages & tomato sauce. The guy running the cafe was Indian so I took a punt on his chicken biriani being good & it was delicious. It was only a very small serve & it was delicious. G had a citrus tart, R had a bready thing. I had said no to home-made cake at G's sister's place. At the bbq they also had steak & I had a small one with about 1/2 a tablespoon of coleslaw on it. I had taken a thermos of herbal tea with me & I drank that at the bbq. I actually ended up having a very pleasant evening.
I got along well with the women there & felt comfortable with them, after not looking forward to it at all.
Calories yesterday 1248.
 
You clever woman, being all prepared with a thermos of herb tea! And good that you were able to visit family on the way to the bus terminal. Your calorie count must surely be making you a shoo-in for the September four-pound target! :)
 
Thanks, Amy. I hope so as I feel lighter already. I'm almost always hungry but learning to live with that. It will lessen.
 
Sounds like another great day with a combination of solid preparation and sensible spontaneous thinking - that´s hard!
 
Yay I like the preparation and forward thinking . That's what I'm working on this week. Hopefully the hunger will ease Cate . Try adding lots of low cal veg or fruit to every meal.
 
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