Kate craving a healthy mind and body!!

Hey Kate, I know what you mean by the "left overs". I see them there and its like a magnet. ugh. lol. I try not to even look at them. One thing Ive learned thou when it comes to cooking is try not to cook as much. Only cook as much food as you need to feed everyone in the house. Key word "try", doesn't always happen. lol. Granted in your case it was eating off the kid's plate (tisk tisk). lol Just kidding.You'll be fine, just stay positive and motivated and you'll get there
 
Day 5

Breakfast: 2 eggs on wholemeal toast
Lunch: Minestrone soup, low cal crisps and yoghurt with berries
Dinner 100g porridge with raspberries and blueberries
Snacks: Apple, banana, light hot choc, go ahead bar

Calories = 1416

Fitbit steps = 14336

Exercise:
45 min walking.

I'm so tired and grumpy. I've spent all afternoon arguing with myself about having a 'f**k it' food day!!! But.....I haven't! I was suppose to work from 8.45 til 1 today but someone was off sick so did a 7.45-6 day instead and I'm shattered. I've got two more full days to do this week as well, normally I don't work Wednesday and Friday pm :(
I just feel really low and deflated this afternoon. Normally I would scoff crap but I haven't and now I am going to go have a bath and get into bed with a book so I'm not tempted!
I will do my sit ups tomorrow and I will reply to your messages tomorrow too.
 
Hey Kate you are lovely!
Sendong you all the postive vibes and hope you stay there in bed with a book and get a nice nights sleep!you also have your day of the moth thing to blame for wanting to eat crap!Willpower!!!!you are the best.Well even if you did eat crap you are still the best.Hope you fell lighter mood tommorow!
Lots o f love!if you wanna eat crap get on here i'll be on for a couple of hours.
 
Urgh, sorry for the unexpected long days. That sucks. But good on you for powering through it when you didn't want to! You still managed an awesome number of steps too!!
 
Poor Kate :( but good for you sweetie for resisting crap. I soooo do not miss having periods. It's maybe the best thing about being a woman "of a certain age" :D Love you sweetie xoxo Cate
 
I know how you feel miss Kate. I get them days also. You just have to bare down and grit your teeth and hold your own. I just think about my personal motto on days like that.

"FAILURE IS NOT AN OPTION"
 
Day 6

Breakfast: 2 eggs on wholemeal toast
Lunch: Ham salad with light salad cream, low cal crisps and yoghurt and berries
Dinner: Spag bol
Snacks: Apple, Satsuma, banana, a glass of red wine

Calories = 1225

Fitbit steps = 14377

Exercise:
15 sit ups
about 40 mins walking....kinda didn't pay attention to how long I was out.

I started the day hoping my mood would be better but it was worse. I've spent all day wallowing in self pity. Stressing about money, getting upset about nothing at all and to top it off being pissed off with myself for it. :banghead: :cuss: :cry:

I have managed a good food day and there were some awesome looking massive cookies at work today that I didn't have but I'm annoyed that I'm back on a downer.....I've gone a few weeks of being ok, I thought I was getting better.
I would be really chuffed that I have done 6 whole days without eating crap but I just can't be bothered to be (pathetic huh)

Jess
I have definitely learnt my lesson about 1. eating other peoples leftovers. 2. eating something that I don't know the calories of! I wont be doing that again.
Woolacombe is about 5 miles away. Stunning isn't it. We spent most of our free time last summer there with the kids. The is a small beach just to the edge of that where the kids can jump off the rocks and we can have a curry (there is an awesome little curry hut there!!) I do live in a lovely part of the country. When I take my dogs for their walks I sometimes go to one of the little beaches in the town here and it takes less than 10 mins to walk there.
Thank you so much for your lovely words and support. You're awesome!! I did manage to just read in bed and not eat anything else last night :)

Cate
The beach is stunning isn't it. I never use to drink wine in the evening but I seem to have started it when I stopped smoking. We are really really broke so when the last bottle I have is gone then that's it.....back to tea :(
Oh, the doctor thinks that I might be going thru the menopause early! my periods are all over the place and I get night sweats but that could be the mental issues I have too. I had a blood test 3 months ago and I've gotta have another one next week. Great, not only and I a mental headcase, I'm freaking old before my time!!! (rant over lol)

Lucy
Thanks sweetie. To be honest, I am surprised at my willpower. It must be having to confess to you all what I had eaten that stops me eating it. Yesterday and today I really couldn't be bothered to write on here but I made myself as I know that if I didn't for even one day then I wouldn't come back the next!

Hunter
Hey buddy :) Thanks for making me giggle. I never thought I was one of those people that stole their kids dinner but there were seriously waving at me!!!!!
Hopefully tomorrow will be a better day for me......

Thank you all for your lovely kind words and support. You're all awesome :beating:
 
im so happy you managed to just stay in bed.Not for the calories you saved yourself but for just saying NO!
t must be a stragle feeling low and having your personal problems in your way.Just keep in mind that FOOd doesnt have ANYTHING to do with our probels and issues.It doesnt solve anything.Just incase you want to find comfort in it keep it in mnd and be strong!Its not about been perfect!Its about making better choices.
When are you goignn to weigh KAte?
 
Oh sweetie, depression & anxiety suck! I really feel for you! You did well though & you should be proud of yourself. You'll climb out of this black hole Kate. Please try to be kind to yourself. I know you well enough to know what a good, kind & loving person you are. You made many changes , including giving up smokes, & you have sustained that, which is wonderful. You ran & ran & when you run again soon that will make you feel good again. You went on the Mercy Ship & did great dental work in Africa. You rescue animals & give them a good life. You have a lovely husband & son & are a good wife & mother. You have lovely, fun friends & must be a good friend to them. You have a good sense of humour. You are obviously good at your job & had a big change there & adjusted to your new job. I could go on & on listing your good points & I have never actually met you in the flesh! You are lovely Kate. You will get well and exercise & continuing to eat healthily will help you get there. If you don't start to feel better soon sweetie please go back to your doc as your medication may need tweaking.
Btw. It may be a possibility that you have Fibroids, which I had at about 40, had a hysterectomy at 42 & have never looked back! What's to miss about periods?
Lots of love xoxo Cate
 
Your only as old as you feel. Hell I'm 45 but I don't act or feel like it. Told my self years ago I wasn't going to be my father and grow old so I always try to keep myself active.

The more you think it the more you will be it......
 
Day 7

Breakfast: 2 eggs with one slice of wholemeal toast and one slice of white (ran out of wholemeal....Shopping tomorrow)
Lunch: Ham salad with light mayo, low cal crisps and yoghurt with berries
Dinner: 100g porridge
Snacks: Banana, apple, low cal crisps, ham, pint of lager and a small glass of red wine.

Calories = 1619

Fitbit steps = 8713 until 7pm then changed and forgot to put it on my trousers! Spent from 7.30 until 10pm walking.

Exercise:
Probably 3+ hours walking!

I've had a much better day mentally.......The fog has lifted :) Woke up feeling much better and when I went to work I found out that I didn't have to work in the afternoon :hurray: That totally made my day :) I came home and snuggled in bed with the dogs and a book and had some relaxing 'me' time.
I am an 'Explorers' leader (the next age up from scouts) and we did urban hiking and map reading this evening......Then went to the pub lol hence the beer! We sooooooo needed it (the leaders lol not the kids!). And now sat with a small glass of wine as I write this.
I know my calories are high :( but I did do lots of walking!

Friday night is a busy night and it's really late so i'll reply to your lovely messages in the morning. JESS, it's my weigh day tomorrow.....A bit excited but also nervous, I've eaten more calories than I did last time I did this diet as I've been told to make sure I eat over 1200. I must have lost something as my uniform is not as ridiculously tight as it was, still really tight but you know what I mean. Anyway, i'll let you all know in the morning.
 
Glad you are feeling so much better!Wating for your disscovery on the scales.I hope you get some inspiration but even if not it is coming!!!
 
Morning.

I've just written a whole load of stuff and my laptop decided to shut down !!!! and its now gone! What is with the auto save? Where does it save it to? Bloody thing!! I'm proper annoyed now lol can't be bothered to write it all again. #grumpykate

Weight loss.............7lb. Pleased with that :)
 
:eek2::eek2::eek2::eek2: 7 lb??????THATS AMAZING !!!!!!!!!!!!!

:party::party: Kate tyou've got the ball rolling!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
So very happy for you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
 
Make your closet that match your goals. As you lose weight give clothing that fits most as an incentive to stay on track .
You buy May 1 - weight or 10 pounds in the gym and see the weight come out. Hold weights in hands helps bring home just how heavy even 5 lbs of extra fat can be.
If you find a weight loss plateau , the duration of your exercise routine five minutes.
Pounding meat will help healthier portions go a long visual path , and is a good stress relief.
Silken tofu makes a wonderful replacement for cream in some recipes.
Save 85 calories, while sharing mustard mayonnaise on a sandwich.
Do everything possible to make sure you do not eat after 7:00 pm. You're more likely to make unhealthy and less likely to sleep and after a choice of fine food.
Try spaghetti pasta - less mixing grated zucchini , vegetable dumplings and raw tomato sauce seasoned with a pinch of oregano .
 
Thanks guys :blush5:

Regarding yesterday!
I had such a bad food day :( I managed to convince myself that I deserved a treat day but was still going to calorie count and log it but I just lost control. I didn't feel great mentally so not a good idea! I had a burger king, chocolate, crisps, cake and sweets!!!!! then finished it off drinking beer at the beer festival :eek: I actually felt sick eating all that crap food. I'm so angry with myself :banghead:

I'll come back later and tell you about my day today. I shall not be having a treat day again!!! I might have 'treats' but not a whole day.......I really need to keep it under control!
 
Day 9

Breakfast: 2 slices of white toast and mashed banana
Lunch: Ham, lettuce and light mayo wrap with low cal crisps
Dinner: Roast chicken, dry roast potato, cauliflower cheese, carrots, swede, peas and gravy
Snacks: Apple, banana, low cal crisps and a glass of red wine

Calories = 1436

Fitbit steps = 4373! That's rubbish lol

Exercise

Over 2 hours of hard digging at the allotment.

I woke up this morning worried that that was it, that I had fallen off and really didn't think that I would get back on. I felt grumpy and thought that I was going to have a bad day and that would be it for the rest of the weekend. Weekends are so so much harder to keep on track for me. And, it is a bank holiday weekend so not back to work until Tuesday!!! BUT I have been good :) and I'm really quite pleased with myself for dusting myself off and getting back on it.

We are starting to build a polly tunnel at the allotment and I spent over 2 hours digging over really hard earth and really weedy earth. Mark even commented on how much I had managed to get done. By the time we finished for the day I was really aching and my bad hurt so I got into a nice hot bath and then had a nap :) Such a lovely Sunday afternoon. Cooked a roast when I got up and now sat chilling with my wine.
Seeing as I woke up feeling so grumpy and negative I am pleased with how the day has gone :)

Tomorrow is going to be hard. We are out at the beer festival again with friends........Maybe not eat much and just use my calories on beer lol ;)
 
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