Cate's journey-join me - Page 67

vic261 · #**991** (**permalink**) May 26th, 2008, 10:06 PM

Hi Cate

Thought I would drop into your diary and say Hi.

Sorry to hear that your job isn't going well. How mean was that lady smoking inside?

Its interesting to me to read about your jounery. Having finished the program and only putting on 8 kilos. Thats very impressive that its only 8 kilos. At least having the cohens skills you will be able to move it quickly.

Hope today is a great day for you.

Keep up the good work.

Vicky

cate · #**992** (**permalink**) May 26th, 2008, 10:18 PM

Sam-
I think we should expect to slip up along the way. Success doesn’t happen overnight. It’s disappointing though to have let this weight creep back on. Here’s to getting back on the wagon, cheers, Cate
Lori-
I found I was able to maintain my weight within a few kilos when I stuck to the maintenance guidelines, but now my weight is really creeping up & it scares the wits out of me. I don’t know why I am having so much trouble. I am not eating fried food at all, no potato crisps, chocolate bars, milk, very little bread. I must be eating everything at the wrong time I think. I really must go back 100% but am really struggling with the idea. It is so nice having you back in here. I really missed you! Cheers, Cate.
I didn’t go bush-walking as it rained all night. Instead I worked on emptying out the shipping container. All that’s left is a load to go to the tip shop, a load for our OS & I am then finished! Whoopee!!
I’m now absolutely exhausted. Also ravenous! I decided to get the job finished before I go back 100%. I have stuck to the original food today but have not weighed. OMG I am so hungry! I had better go drink some more water. Cheers Cate
Vicky- We were typing at the same time. It was mean & inconsiderate but I have decided not to lose sleep over it. Only 8kgs!!!! It's freaking me out!! Thanks for visiting my diary. I'll go have a read of your diary now, cheers, Cate

Nans68 · #**993** (**permalink**) May 28th, 2008, 03:39 AM

Here, here for sure Cate. I think 100% comittment is the way to go....for me anyway.
I need to see the results more so in my clothes then the scales. I haven't weighed in a while and I have been putting it off because I can't face the dreaded truth.
I am doing lots of recordings in my diary and seeing what I ahve been consuming over the last few days has been an eye opener for sure!!! NO wonder I am gaining weight and feeling so unwell....I am not consuming much good food at all -I am that lazy at the moment I can't even eat right.
Better get a move on hope you are well.
Sam

cate · #**994** (**permalink**) May 29th, 2008, 04:22 AM

Hi Sam, It's an absolute pain the clothes being tight. I thought I had left all that behind! I guess we just have to face the fact that it will always be something we have to be vigilant about. The fat just creeps back up. It's like a monster!
I am feeling much better today. I haven't over-indulged at all for three days. I had one small square of chocolate tonight & enjoyed it. I had bought it last week-end & it's one of my favourites. There are only 2 squares left & I will have them sometime in the next few days & only buy dark chocolate I don't like but my LH does until I get to goal.
Then & only then will I have a chocolate treat once a week!
I am not drinking alcohol either until I get there.
I feel so much better & feel I am starting to think right again. Next step going back on the program 100%. can I do it next Monday. I'm working Sunday so Monday would be a good day to start......
Cheers for now, Cate

cate · #**995** (**permalink**) May 29th, 2008, 05:43 PM

I have picked up a handy tip from another forum which I am going to start applying to my daily posts. I am going to be honest & type everything I eat for that day. It will make me think twice about eating it when I have to “confess”.
Breakfast today-
A 2 egg omelette, with tomato, spring onion, mushroom, a little Mozzarella, fresh parsley, chives & spinach(from my garden), followed by a plunger coffee(1 only). I cooked my LH one before he left for work. He has a cold & doesn’t feel 100% but could not be talked into staying home.
3hrs later 1 apple & 2 glasses of water.
I’ll save my crackers until I start to get hungry, just before lunch, to drag it out to 5hrs. I actually don’t feel hungry. My omelette was delicious & I feel ‘mentally’ full as well as physically full. I realise this is a big thing with me at the moment. Mmm….food for thought.
Lunch will be chicken breast meat, quickly stir-fried & a “salad”. I don’t have any lettuce unfortunately but will have celery, tomato?? I need to go shopping tomorrow & think Cohen’s, Cohen’s, Cohen’s, ready for Monday.
Mid afternoon snack will be another apple.
Dinner tonight will be steak & vegies(a cabbage stir-fry, beans & carrots), followed by an apple as I don’t have any other fruit at the moment! I might have some more crackers in the evening when my LH has sweet biscuits & chocolate.
I’m not sure what to do next Tuesday as it’s a hard bush-walk up a very steep mountain. You need more than Cohen’s original food but maybe just adding extra on the day will do the trick. I don’t want to get out of the habit of going as it is so good for me when I do go.
There is a Tribal dancing class in my closest town, starting in July which I think would be lots of fun. If I lose all the weight I want (need) to in June it would be excellent timing. Actually paying up & committing myself to it would be a good incentive. It’s a night-time thing unfortunately & I hate going out in winter at night. My doctor, who is lovely, goes to it & says it is great fun! She also goes to fit ball, has small children & seems to be so active & is really positive. I’m sure exercise & positivism are linked.
I’m having so much trouble with my internet connection & get booted off after 30mins. I have emailed the guy who has given me a quote. I haven’t a clue whether the computer he has quoted is a good one or whether it will suit me. I wish I knew more. If any of my buddies are ‘au fait‘ with computers I will email you the details to see what you think. I think I’ll be going with a satellite connection as broadband is hopeless here & I live in a stone house so wireless broadband wouldn’t be good either. I have enough trouble with cordless phones!
I have been talked into(?) getting a desk-top computer so now I will have to buy a desk & chair as well. I am so fussy about these & have not been able to find one I like. Tassie shops do not provide you with much choice. I want something that will look nice in my living room. I don’t have an office. I didn’t even think of an office when designing our home. Duh! I can picture what I want. Having one built would be too expensive.
By typing in word I am typing too much. Sorry about that! It’s much more enjoyable though. Cheers, Cate.

cate · #**996** (**permalink**) May 30th, 2008, 03:44 AM

OK- This is obviously not going to work just trying to eat Cohen’s food but not on original program 100%. My brain needs to switch on. Half way through the afternoon I had the last 2 squares of nice dark chocolate & then a bowl of sultanas, followed by more sultanas.
I have tried drowning it all with herbal tea & lots of water but have let myself down again!
Dinner was a delicious steak with vegies. I’ll skip the 3rd apple!
My jeans feel so tight. I am absolutely full of liquid! I’ve turned into a blimp!
Aaarrgghhhh!

rjm · #**997** (**permalink**) May 30th, 2008, 04:05 AM

Hi cate,
Sorry to hear you're having a hard time getting back on track. Sometimes I think the more you obsess over it, the harder it can be. I usually set a date, make sure I have everything Cohens in the house and this time when I went back on Cohens I pulled out some photos of myself when I had just finished Cohens last time I am smiling and my face is glowing. I have put one copy on the fridge door and one copy on the pantry door so each time I look in either in boredom I see the photos first and it makes me think "will this food make me feel better than i felt when these photos were taken" I clearly remember how I felt when they were taken and I want to recapture those feelings again. So far it is working a treat and the photos are inspiring me. Each time I look at them I think " I am so going to be like that again soon"
Sorry I must be suffering withdrawals, I have been rattling on all night.

Take care
Beck

cate · #**998** (**permalink**) May 30th, 2008, 05:35 PM

Beck, You are not rambling at all. Great idea. Just read your diary as well & 6kgs in 2 weeks. WOW! That's how much I want(need) to lose to get me back to that wow, is that me weight! I have lost 2kgs in the last week just cutting down so that's a good start. I will fish out my 'after' photo now & put it on the front of my fridge today. I need (want) to have that feeling back again.
I am going to re-assess my goal weight when I lose that 6kgs as I think that's why I have had so much trouble stabilising.
Thank you for putting it into perspective for me. If you can focus & 'get back on the horse' after what you have been through I should be able to as well. Thank you for inspiring me, cheers, Cate.
Weight today- Because I 'pigged out' on sultanas, luckily they went straight through me & I lost .5kg. Phew! I spoke to my doctor this week about constipation & told her I have been mostly constipated since the birth of my first son (27.5 years ago). She recommended Coloxyl with Senna (2) every night. Obviously it is too late to worry about my bowel becoming lazy & it is dead-set bloody lazy already! She doesn't think it will do me any harm now. I have tried everything else! As of last night I am taking 2 every night & hopefully I won't have to obsess about it any more. Sometimes I dread going somewhere because 'I haven't been".
My LH has a bad cold & is home today. He would have organised himself to play golf if he wasn't crook but is sitting in his recliner, dogs on his lap reading & sniffling. He is not a good patient.
I'm being a bones so far as well so had better go & have a shower & go do some Cohen's shopping, cheers, cate

cate · #**999** (**permalink**) May 31st, 2008, 04:20 AM

Did some shopping for us(all Cohen's) & my MIL as well, visited her afterwards to deliver. Scored many brownie points today. left my LH home as he was feeling freadful with his cold. Much worse today.
Had chicken breast/salad with mayo/balsamic dressing & crackers.
Mid afternoon kiwi fruit.
Dinner stir-fried beef & vegies, followed by fruit & yoghurt.
Only non-Cohen's today was 3 prunes.
Happy with my day's eating. Under control.
I'm working tomorrow so won't be here until the evening. Hope I don't have a repeat of the last time I worked. If so, I'll leave again. Fingers crossed it doesn't happen again. My Lh's horse is racing & he will have to go on his own. He could get picked up by the others but only wants to go for the one race as he feels so unwell.
It's time for RocKwiz so I'm off,
cheers, Cate

cate · #**1000** (**permalink**) June 1st, 2008, 05:24 PM

Yesterday(Sun 1st June)
I got to work at 8.30am, only to find the front door locked & everyone asleep. I sat in my car until 9.50am when the next door neighbour spotted me, said it was way too cold to be outside(4oC) & rang them. I won’t go into my day, except to say it feels like I am just filling in time & it feels futile! Only temporary, only 1 day a week! I left an hour early when a smoke was about to be lit up inside. I asked her to wait until I packed up & was on my way out the door, which she did. I do like this girl but it’s not a rewarding or fulfilling job & I need one that I will enjoy.
I am awaiting a reply to an enquiry about an office job where my husband works. It’s only a relief job but it would be a relief to get it! Plus it would be a foot in the door.
FOOD- 2 eggs, tomato & mushroom for breakfast, a little cheese, lots of celery & cucumber & crackers, snacked on chicken in arvo, 1 apple, 1 whole kiwi fruit, dinner chicken salad, followed by an orange, 1 sweet biscuit (French one with dark chocolate on it) & some crackers with Vegemite(no spread) Lots of water, lots of peppermint tea.
Today. Down 3kgs, 5 to go to original post-Cohen’s!
I knew I had lost weight as my jeans didn’t feel tight yesterday. What a relief. I have achieved this by eating Cohen’s food, in approximate proportions, but without weighing. I am eating re-feed portions, rather than original weight-loss portions. I am feeling really good.
I took 2 Coloxyl night before last, 2 yesterday morning, 3 last night & at long last have had success! OMG! I think I need to go back to having a colon cleanse every now & then. I had been talked out of it by the woman in the health food shop as it’s harsh. My system seems to need harsh. I wish I had been warned during my first pregnancy to make sure I did not get constipated as I’m sure it stems from then.
I am going to take 2 Coloxyl every night from now on. I’ll reduce it to 1 if I am able to.
I need to get out & do something physical today after my frustrating day yesterday. I’ll get lots of wood in & take my dogs for a walk. They slow me down though as they trip me up all the time. Perhaps I should leave them home.
My LH is feeling a bit better today although he coughed most of the night. His horse came second yesterday. He is having today off, which is very unusual. He works as a cook so it would be wrong to go to work & spread it about.
I’ll be back later to have a look, cheers, cate

cate · #**1001** (**permalink**) June 2nd, 2008, 04:00 AM

I just saw that there were 999 replies in my diary thread so just had to make it 1,000!
Had a good day. Planted some plants, got a big load of wood, with our old ute & took our 2 little dogs on a big walk down to our bush block. I have a long retractable lead that gives them lots of free rein & they didn't tripme up once. We actually had a really fast, aerobic walk. When I told my husband where we went he didn't think it was possible in the time. We were all puffed but it was good!
I'm going bush-walking tomorrow. My bag is re-packed & lunch is ready, breakfast is organised even. I'm having a mince dish, similar to Chilli Con Carne. That should get me up a mountain. I will take some scroggin, which is not Cohen's, but is a healthy one I made up myself with bio-dynamic sultanas, pumpkin seeds, almonds, apricots etc.
I'll have cold roast chicken, celery, a little tub of yoghurt, an apple & a kiwi fruit & some crackers. You get really hungry & it will be cold & possibly wet. It's a steep walk tomorrow & fairly hard. I'm looking forward to it! I hope it's not foggy as I hope to see a fantastic view & am taking my camera this time. I may post a photo if I get a good one!
Cheers for now, Cate

Nans68 · #**1002** (**permalink**) June 2nd, 2008, 04:31 AM

Hi Cate

things seem to be going well for you and well done on your weight loss 3kg!!!! what a great feeling that must be. Just be careful with the cloxyl tablets your sytems does become reliant on it. I have the colon cleanse which I bought last week and planned to take over the weekend (that is another story) BUT DIDN'T. This a safer option apparently.

Take care for now - we are getting amazing rainfall at the moment, I wish our pool was fully completed so we could reap the benefits from it.
Sam

cate · #**1003** (**permalink**) June 2nd, 2008, 06:22 PM

Hi Sam- It's too late for the dependency thing I think! I wonderful it will be when your pool is finished. Lucky girl! Cheers, cate
C&P
Woke up with a head-ache & a sore throat. My LH coughed & spluttered his way through the night as well so didn’t get a great night’s sleep. I turned the alarm off & re-set it for him & we both went back to sleep for an hour. Poor thing. He’s gone off to work not feeling very good at all.
Already I feel much better. It’s also a beautiful day so would have been a good view from the top of Mother Cumming’s Peak. Oh well. It didn’t seem worth the risk holding up everyone else if I was sick.
I just a call from my SIL asking me to do a 2hr shift tomorrow, picking up an elderly woman & taking her to the doctor. That will be a nice change. It will be something I do for pleasure rather than the money, being only for 2 hours, but that’s ok & I am looking forward to it. It’s not far to travel either. I hope some more clients like this become available for me.
I didn’t weigh first thing today so will tomorrow.
I have my lunch ready of course so will have that, minus the scroggin.

cate · #**1004** (**permalink**) June 4th, 2008, 12:06 AM

Back into the 70’s- YAY!!
Only 4.5kgs to go to get back to my lowest!
This was a great start to my day. I was so excited about going to a new client as well. It felt all positive!
And it was!
She is a delightful lady & I had a ball. This is what the job is meant to be about! Hopefully I can build it up a little & gain another client or two as she’s only once a month.
I have eaten Cohen’s 100% today & feel a million dollars again.
Last night I went out to my husband’s 8-ball comp & an opposition player came up to me & thanked me. I had met up with him & his wife at a 50th birthday party about 6 months ago & they were amazed at my transformation & so taken with my enthusiasm for Cohen’s that she joined up soon after & has lost 37kgs & looks & feels wonderful. He told me how lucky they felt to have caught up with me then. He said she has found confidence in herself & is very happy. He jokingly complained about the cost of all her new clothing but said he was really proud of her & admitted he didn’t think she could do it. It made me feel so good I can’t really articulate just how chuffed I was. Wow!
I have not felt so proud of myself the last 2 months & I am now making sure that I always have reason to be proud. I feel so good slim & so proud of myself for getting there that I never want to go back. This latest ’hiccup’ is a valuable lesson learned.
Just by eating Cohen’s approved foods the weight will stay off. It’s coming off nicely now. When I lose the next 4.5kgs I will stick to the maintenance guidelines. Until then & only then I am not eating any desserts or eating unnecessary Carb’s. I love my Saladas. I am never without them. If I’m out & people are eating pizza or similar I munch on my Saladas & actually don’t feel like I’m missing out.
I had better go have a look about. I’m looking forward to being back at the ‘I finished re-feed & am maintaining my goal weight to within 3kgs’ stage. I don’t feel that I can be any sort of authority or give advice until I my weight is stable again. I can detail the pitfalls!
Cheers, Cate