The Truths and Transformation of Tetemcg. (Diary #2)

Hi tete, working out 2-3 hours a week is good. I love doing weights, but don't do them often these days. I saw an Exercise Physiologist quite a few years back, when I first lost a lot of weight, & she gave me a set of light weights exercises. I always do them to music, but am meant to do them slowly. I feel wonderful when I do them! At the moment my weights have been big lumps of wood. Feeling strong is a great feeling. I'm not meant to lift anything too heavy apparently, but only just found that out! I think it's a good idea to see a PT as it's a great motivator. Whoops. It's time to go pick up the "littlies" xoxo Cate
 
Well done on the weight loss!!!lovel news im getting on here today!!!
If i can give you only 1 advice that would be to stay away from ready meals.
When you are really stressed is there something you find comfort in?I know its a cliche but really you must find ,try hard to think,a way to deal with the stress.I tell my sister the same.She stresses but she doesnt eat she just gets very down.I feel its gong to kill her.She must find a way to get the negative thoughts away.I tell her to visualize the Worst posibillity.HOW bad is it?Deal with it.With stress eating i only can think of finding a way to let the stress steam off.Exercise is great but s it practical?i mean ,ou are stressed now what must you do>CAn you go for a walk or a run?if not what options do you have.This is a huge deal cause as you said its the reasson you gained weight.
i like to sit alone when stressed,i liek to listnen to music and not be around anyne.i like to ctry the stress away and then i feel better.
i really hope you manage to keep it under control,and find a way out!lots of love!!xxx
 
jasper said:
When you are really stressed is there something you find comfort in?
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Well yes Jess its called crappy food!:drool5: hahaha....Oh' I don't think thats what you mean! :smilielol5: But I agree for real...I have to learn to find another way to hand my stress...it is a work in process for sure. I think just coming back here and being honest will be a great help as well. :grouphug:


So I wanted to share a pic or two of my handsome boys for those of you that were with me in the beginning...they have grown in to crazy handsome men (in my humble opinion) since I went MIA almost 2 years ago. I feel like I missed sharing so much! Crazy how fast time goes!

My Oldest and His Girlfriend Molly at Prom.
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My Baby Boy and His Date Makenna for Prom.
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One of Jays Senior Pictures...can't believe he starts College in a month!!
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My fellas last season of playing Football together...it was an emotional time to say the very least.
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Well now I feel like you all are caught up a bit!! :hug2:
 
Need to vent for a minute! Ok so I'm off to do a senior session for a friend and I already gave her a substantial discount and she miss read the invoice and thinks she is paying $25 less than she is! I informed her of the miss read politely but she hasn't responded to my text! I already gave her $50.00 off plus whole sale pricing on pro quality prints! I swear people want everything for free!! Ugh! I adore them as fiends but this is part of my livelihood!

Ok just wanted to get that off my chest! So I don't stuff my face! And can show up at the shoot in a fairly happy mood!

Happy Friday Friends!

Xoxo,
Tete
 
Well I was so fired up before I left that I forgot to eat or weigh myself!

But the shoot went well....and I came home and found that I only have a little less than 1.5 pounds till one-derland!:hurray::hurray::hurray:

I am excited to enter August at 199! I will do it!

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Well done sweetie on not stuffing your face!!! 1.5lbs to go to onederland? WOOT WOOT!!!!!!!!!!!!
 
cate said:
Well done sweetie on not stuffing your face!!! 1.5lbs to go to onederland? WOOT WOOT!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Thanks Cate....I did go over on calories a bit...but I always give myself a little room for the weekends. So I'm ok with it. :)
 
Feeling sick with worry!

So my Oldest Son and his GF are headed to the "Burgh" for a date day...can't they find something to do in our one horse town...haha.

Its his first time driving in or to the city! I swear I was kissing and hugging him like he was going to war. Then he said in his most sarcastic voice and smile on his face... "Omg Mom can you stop loving, worrying and caring about me...its kind of annoying...why can't you be one of those Moms that don't care...Damn those kids are lucky!" Then I got a kiss and I almost jumped in the bed of the truck! haha.

Sometimes I wish I was one of those moms that never panic or think the worst can happen...but that will never happen so they are stuck with me being a nervous wreck until I hear that truck rolling up the ally tonight!


So my goal for myself is to stay busy...with editing pictures, going for a walk today and cleaning the house. I am starting to learn that I have to vocalize and stop keeping it all in...because not admitting things bother me is a big reason I gain....because I turn to food for comfort!

Hope everyone is have a nice weekend!

xoxo,
Tete
 
Tete, you are sooo not the only one that worries yourself sick about your sons. The older they get the less you'll worry, especially when they no longer live with you. You get used to it. I, too, have a vivid imagination & it gave me many sleepless nights, when they were much younger (they're 33 & 31 now). When they are beyond your "protection" there is no point worrying. Each of my sons travelled overseas for about a year & I barely worried about them while they were away. I would think that you have provided them with the right skills to be ok out there sweetie. Independence is good & a natural progression. Sometimes it hurts to be a mother though & that will not change.
It's great that you shared your feelings with us. Just typing in here has always swayed me away from "comfort eating". I used to type & type when I was really stressed. I wouldn't always post what I typed, but almost always I felt much better afterwards. Much love tete, xo Cate
 
Oh Cate you have no idea how stressful the day ended up and I have been on a junk binge for two days!

I get a call around 2ish and he is upset his wallet is gone! His license, his college ID, his bank card and 150.00 in cash! I felt so bad and I was so mad at him for being irresponsible! This isn't the first wallet to go missing....but it is the first one to have so much valuable contents. He did all he could can back tracked and asked all the stores...but it was no luck.

So now him and his GF have to leave the city because he has no money to take her to dinner or shop and he is pissed off and driving home.....well you guessed it!! He got a $200 dollar speeding ticket! Its is first one and he will pay it himself...but I warned him before he left the mall to calm down that it was only a wallet not worth wrecking over! He totally didn't listen...I know we never listened either at that age...but that knowledge sure doesn't help me from getting mad!

So of course I overreacted and we were both yelling and crying... then the voice of reason...aka the hubby came home and things calmed down....but I ended up eating Rolo's and Sourpatch kids because after that the youngest was 2 hours late coming home from work....he had to close and forgot to tell me and his phone was dead.

Don't get me wrong my boys are mild compared to what some parents have to deal ...but they are still pain in the butt teenagers sometimes!

I am so high strung...and I need to find ways to help...because what I am doing isn't working!
 
Oh tete, I saw what you ate yesterday & was going to tease you about it, but luckily decided I would come here & see what was going on. You poor thing! Our YS has lost so many wallets/expensive jackets/you name it, so I can understand how you feel. I would like to say that they learn, but so far, I'm still waiting for him to look after his belongings better & be better organised. It may never happen! I thought learning the hard way, ie paying for their own replacements, would make the difference, but no :(
I think you may need some chill-out time sweetie. Yogamaybe or Tai Chi? Whenever you are worried do some exercise. It's the best medicine.....& no candy for breakfast or McDonalds!! :eek:
xoxoxo Cate
 
You are so close to being in the 100's! That will be such a great accomplishment!
Glad the situation with your son ended not so badly, even though the loss of wallet and the ticket certainly wasn't a positive!
 
Thanks ladies! It's over and now it's time to move on because what else can we do? On to a new week! But before we do that let's review last ...lol :)

My nutrition really sucked this week! My current goals are to have a diet with the ratio of 40% Carbs - 30% Fat – 30% Protein. For the week I was at 49% Carbs - 37% Fat -14% Protein.

My net calories for the week are:
· Monday 7/21: 981
· Tuesday 7/22: 1270
· Wednesday 7/23: 1104
· Thursday 7/24: 777
· Friday 7/25: 1620
· Saturday 7/26: 1745
· Sunday 7/27: 2420


So I average 1416 per day…not bad - not great….Oh well this week is a new week…and I have to bust my butt to get to 199 by August 1st!

My goals for the week are to hit my Protein Goal and Exercise 3 hours.

Thanks for the support and listening to my rants!

Love,
Tete
 
Hi Tete,

I thought I'd pay you a visit after your kind message on my diary. It's tricky, because from the outside looking in, it's easy to give other people advice, but of course I am the same as you and overreact completely.
Just reading the story about your son, what I would say to you is that the wallet lost and parking ticket actually don't affect you at all. Those are your son's problems, not yours. You can't absorb everyone else's stress and use it as an excuse to hit the candy. I think you are a very sensitive person, like me. If there was tension in work or whatever, I would soak it up like a sponge and have to get rid of it somehow, and it could be an issue that didn't really upset me personally if I really thought about it.
I think enough challenges come along without taking responsibility for other people's as well. Your son is nearly grown up. Let him deal with it, and of course empathise, but it is not for you to take in and allow to upset you so much it ruins your own plans.
 
Wow, you have a lot of well-wishers here. I see why you like it here. I am excited to become one of them. It should be a great train ride for you! All aboard!
 
Just a quick update as I'm on my phone sitting in the hospital waiting for my Dad to get kidney stone surgery. Of course everything is behind the machine they need and the surgeon is running late. He hasn't eaten since 5pm yesterday and it's 2pm here now! He is a grumpy bear!

But cheering me personally up and keeping me from devouring the junk in the vending machines is the fact that I reached my 1st Mini Goal of being in "one-derland" by Aug 1st. I weighed is at 199.8 this morning!! ?

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When I get home I will answer all of you properly!

Love,
Tete
 
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