Gardening, and a bike ride. you have been busy. the weather is a little tempormental here at the mo. i did squeeze in a walk and curiut last night but it was shorter, marginally. I have done my tone ups this morning and really should be getting ready to go shopping. Bub is asleep and i should be using my time more wisely but anyway... Thanks for the code breaking tips. and the soup was a suprise i was sitting here the other night trying to figure out what pho was meant to be short for...what a laugh.. i am a dill...

My front and back yards are grass and weeds at the moment, they are a "gonna job". a couple of roses have survived in the front yard and i love them dearly but our main floral contribution to our street is a lovely crop of bindi's in flower at the moment...they have a nice green foliage and yellow flowers very australian...

terribly proud of my self i did the birthday lollies and no cheats, didnt taste one, but have packing taped the containers shut, just incase.. I know tape... its not a locked safe but still a reminder its a no no.. the more i say no the easier it is and as i havent cheated, the programme must be starting to kick in .

Anyway i better log off will check in later to see how your day has been. iam being a housework Grump this arvo my kids will clean their rooms or else no sleep overs. i must have the house clean, tidy and organised by the end of the weekend... wish me luck...

take care

chelle

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Hi Chelle! Just read your diary. Good for you!
Gardening- 6 holes dug only.
Bike riding- exercise bike- only 5kms!
I did do some vacuuming as well but I didn't expend much energy.
I did less today!
Read one book, did the dishes and a little other house-work.
Went to my local town, visited the library, picked my MIL up from the hairdressers, took her hearer books back to library and picked up new ones, dropped her home.
Went to turn up my road but instead continued to my OS's place where he & my DIL were re-arranging their house. They had the baby propped in front of the fish tank and my GD was cranky & tired so I played with the kids for a couple of hours while they transformed the house & then I came home just in time to start prepping vegies for dinner. I was a bit slack really. I should have done all that before I headed off today.Not to worry. I haven't been sacked!
I love being a useful grandmother and mother and mother-in-law. Useful anything really. It's nice to feel needed. My GD wanted to come home with me. Nice!
I have been really good today, food-wise. No wine, no fruit. I weighed this morning and I was up 3kgs from 3 days ago. It must be fluid but I don't like it! It has to go!
I'll weigh again in the morning just to check and will weigh each day until I get rid of it.
It's nice to see activity in the forum. Keep it up gals!
By the way I have added some photos to my profile if anyone wants to have a look. I'll keep adding albums. I haven't taken any photos of myself since I first lost my weight. In fact I hardly have any photos of me at all, except for when I was in my 20's when I didn't hide from cameras.
Cheers for now, Cate

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Hi Cate,
Love the photos. Your home is in such a beautiful part of our country. You are very lucky to live in such a lovely place. Your dogs are just gorgeous and look like a very pampered pair!!
Your photos are just amazing and I especially love the one of the rainbow. I don't think i have every seen a rainbow captured in a photo. I'm a Christian and it really intrigues me as the rainbow is a sign of Gods promise to us. It is just beautiful and seems to always appear at a time that I really need some uplifting in my life.
I don't want you to think I am preaching or anything I just wanted to express how special it was to me.
I'm sure your weight will return to normal soon and as you said it is probably just fluid. The photos of you are great. You look like you have dropped at least 10 to 15 years in age.
Not much to say at the moment.
Take care
Beck

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Just a quicky this morning...

I must agree with beck, your photos are great, you truely have piece of paradise there.

Thanks for the support and the laugh on my diary page.

I am terribly happy to hear you haven't recieved notice, ha ha ha...

You may think your day was not filled with to many things but to the observer you seem to have had a pretty full day on your hands.

I hope your Pho went down well, and im sure that the weight will move, i agree its probably just fluid. but i can understand your concern. You have achieved so much and look great.

Oh , how true, i totally agree on the photo thing, there are hardly any photos of me, me and the kids, me and LH or me and anyone really. We are all terribly bad at hiding from photos, besides which someone has to take the photos.... i will update my one and only oh so flattering self photo when i get to 99kg, but i will try and add some others.

Anyway, hope you have a good day.

Chelle

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BeckHi and thanks for the compliments about the photos. I really enjoyed putting them up. I love where I live and love our home. Rainbows are special to me as well. They are probably special to most people for different reasons but that's ok. My spirituality is more connected to the earth/nature and I don't usually express it well. I feel grounded and connected to nature. I love rocks and mountains and take lots of pleasure sighting a wren making its' nest or eagles being chased by ravens for example.
It was really nice hearing from you Beck, xo Cate
Chelle- I love being able to make anyone laugh, even if it's at my expense sometimes. Laughter is wonderful. My grandkids make me laugh. The grandbaby giggles. You don't love your grandkids you fall in love with them. I will keep posting photos and must keep taking more. I'm really enjoying the sharing of myself. It's too easy hiding.
My dogs are thoroughly spoiled unfortunately. They think they are small people(2 year olds) and misbehave accordingly. They never sleep outside. It's too late to start now as they would wonder what struck them but I wish they had never ever slept inside.
I'm going to start searching for more photos now.
I have felt like eating chocolate today and instead of resisting I ate a bar of sugar-free chocolate that made me feel quite ill & bloated & disgusting. I might as well have had something really sweet but nice. I still would have felt bad but at least I would have enjoyed it. Another lesson learned.
I have ridden the ex bike for 10 minutes but fast today (before choc).
I put my negative state of mind to reading a book that was recommended to me but which only confused me more to do with nutrition. There is way too much conflicting advice about. I think I will trust my instincts from now on.
1kg down today but am feeling a bit yucky and bloated. I can't quite work out why. I have been drinking plenty of water. It may be that I did not eat any fruit yesterday (on purpose) as I was wondering if that's what put the few kilos back on. Also constipated- duh Fred! I'll have fruit & yoghurt tonight, maybe even some prunes.
For someone who doesn't feel like I have much to say again I've managed to ramble on a fair bit so will skedaddle(no idea how to spell that if it is a real word) cheers, Cate

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Added some more photos, xo Cate

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Lost 36kgs 2007(Cohen's),now maintaining.
"Nothing tastes as good as slim feels".Mmm?No!Not even French Champagne!!

I felt better as the day went on thank goodness. I had some fruit & yoghurt mid afternoon and a whole pot of herbal tea. My system is up & moving again. By the time my LH got home from golf I was feeling fine.
We got a call from friends asking us what we were doing last night and they came up to watch the Saints play Collingwood. He is one of my favourites from our pub and I haven't seen him for ages. They both work where my LH works so he gets to see them both but I don't. I really enjoyed their company and the Saints won!
She and I bumped into one another last year in Launceston shopping & we had both lost quite a lot of weight. It turned out we were both doing Cohen's!
She told us to keep a certain date free- her 40th! Although she has put some weight back on she looks really good and I'm sure her health is much improved.
I miss activity in here at the week-end but I can understand the reasons why. I am really enjoying sharing my photos. I have not done that anywhere else.
It is teaming down today. I managed to clean one lot of windows before it started. My SIL is coming out for lunch. I like the way she rings up & invites herself as I love seeing her. She's a character!
Cheers, Cate.
P.S. I'm going to start adding some nuts & seeds to my fruit & yoghurt when I have it for breakfast. I figure it's like having muesli without the wheat(carb) component. I'll see how it goes.

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Lost 36kgs 2007(Cohen's),now maintaining.
"Nothing tastes as good as slim feels".Mmm?No!Not even French Champagne!!

Hi kate ,


how do i find your profile to view your photos?
Thanks reb :-P

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Hi Reb, Just click on my underlined name at the top of any of my posts & it will give you the option "View public profile". Cheers, Cate.
I have been doing housework today and have had a small lunch & decided to pop in here to stop myself from eating something sweet. I'm very limited with what's in the pantry to tempt me anyway but doing this helps. I would like to drop a few kgs. It is so funny that I find it so hard to go back on plan 100% even for a whole week. I was 100% committed for 6 &1/2 months!
It has been blowing a gale outside today & pouring with rain on & off. The black cockies have been about too so it looks like this weather will continue. Spring can be beautiful or horrible!
I haven't much to say today. I'm in neutral. I think I'll fish out a good book to read & get my head into it. Cheers, Cate

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Lost 36kgs 2007(Cohen's),now maintaining.
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Killed 2 birds with 1 stone! Rode my exercise bike whilst reading. Did just over 10kms at about 30kph & drank a 750ml water bottle during. Have resisted sweet cravings.
Rang the Department of Primary Industry & Water & asked if I am allowed to sell a particular plant at the market that I can harvest off our block of land & have been given the ok. Our OS had thought I might not be allowed to so was pleased to get the ok. It's because we own the land. I rang before lunch & left a message & have got 2 calls back already. I was impressed! The first call was clarifying the query, the second within 30 mins giving me the ok. Wow! A government department being efficient.
It is even wilder outside now. I was going to walk down to get the mail but don't want to be out in it. I might get back on the bike & read some more. I have started reading a book about a woman who fosters kids. I have nothing but admiration for people who do that! Saints!
I have been doing some homework on potting mixes & material to provide to potential buyers of the plants & will have to get the phone number of the woman who runs the local market. It's not in the phone book. Selling the plants at the local market might be fun. My sister said she's always wanted to be a "stallie"! They only have 1 market a month over Winter but twice a month over Summer. I'm quite excited about it.I wish we had a road-worthy ute though as it would be easier to carry/display them on the back of a ute.I could probably borrow my son's but I don't like borrowing or lending vehicles.
I'm cold so I will get back on the bike. I'm trying to will the warmer weather by wearer lighter clothes. I never said I was smart!
Cheers, Cate

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Hi Cate,

I am glad you are feeling better. well after living on cohens for 6 1/2 months i can understand why you have trouble staying 100%. The clinics do say that every time you try it gets harder... oh how true.
The lolly tempations are still hovering as kelsita's birthday is thursday, we have some treats about the place, last night i even picked up a bag of treats, but i decided it wasn't worth it and it stayed on the couch beside me all night..yes i slept on the couch, im a sad so and so.. i am so glad i didnt eat them, i am now 105.6kg i feel great i wont make 100kg by friday but i might make next friday...... i love how innovative you are, exercise bike and book...!marvellous!
what sort of plant are you planning to sell at you stall?
maybe would should petition for some better spring weather, it has been windy and rainy here too, maybe would could petition for night time rain during spring... weather by design..
any way i better go and update my blog, i have to still shower and take my grandma to the docs at 11, so it better be a quicky..

can you remember how the clinic worked how much water you needed to drink ..i thought they used your BMI ?

love hugs and lots a water

chelle

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Hi Chelle, Innovative? It just makes me lose track of time and ride more than I would otherwise. Reading takes me away to another place. I'm happy to say I have got into a pattern of riding the bike every day.
My day today was not so good. I had a lot of stress which got sorted this afternoon. It really can't be spoken about in here as it was more to do with someone else's finances and it's their personal story but I had to deal with it (and did). I feel much better now that it's sorted. It took up a fair bit of my day & provided a lot of stress. I realised that anxiety is still not too far away & was quite shaky at one stage. It's ok to find that out but I must be aware that it's not far away & try to protect myself against it in the future.
My weight is slowing creeping back down and I feel good about that. I always feel good when I feel that I am in control of myself in particular. I don't need to feel in control of others but should be able to keep myself in check. I don't feel bad about myself if the weight sneaks up a bit because I know I can get it back down again but it's best not to put extra pressure unnecessarily on myself.
I rode the bike again today & might get back on it tonight but am feeling a bit lazy so might not either.
I am pleased to see some activity in here at the moment. I had better not upload any more photos because I have now used almost all of my broadband allowance for the month & am about to be "shaped" back to dialup speed- OMG. That won't be good.
Cheers for now, Cate.

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Lost 36kgs 2007(Cohen's),now maintaining.
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I had to get up early today as the dogs were booked in for "haircuts". I did some food shopping then picked my MIL up so that she could visit a woman in hospital. I then dropped her off home after doing some shopping for her and went back down the street & tried on some clothes. I ended up buying a pink striped shirt at an op shop($3.75 marked down to 1/2 price- how funny!) Why wouldn't you?
I picked the dogs up about 1, came home, cooked tonight's vegies & am so tired I can't believe it. I'm going to read a book shortly and will probably nod off I'm so tired. I think it's yesterday's stress catching up with me.
Cheers, Cate

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Well, I didn't nod off but did read & didn't ride my bike at all. I went to 8-ball last night & ate c...p for supper, had a late night and guess what?
Today I feel like c..p. Duh!
I cannot believe quite how horrible I feel. I am bloated, feel like I look like a blimp as well as feel like a blimp. I'm going to have to take myself in hand before I get in such a big fug that I binge eat & go spiralling away into misery.
Starlings have decided to take up residence in our roof so I have got my little shot-gun out to see if I can get them today. I have to be so careful though as we also have resident swallows(welcome-in more ways than name), parrots who come and drink out of our bird-bath & numerous other welcome birds. I really dislike the starlings & the noise & damage they do. I find them very nerve-wracking. Actually today I am very aware that my nerves are indeed wracked!
I need to eat very healthily, rest, sleep,drink lots of water and relax(not necessarily in that order.
I did not weigh myself this morning as I did not want to know. It would not have been good. After a day of being strict tomorrow's weigh-in should be a kg better.
I had better go get my house clean & tidy. It's usually tidy because we don't have kids but with a wood fire & 2 dogs inside mostly it seems I'm constantly having to vacuum. We decided not to have carpet in the house because of my asthma & living in the bush but it means you see every speck of dust & fluff.
I have nothing very positive to say today. We all have our days & I know it will pass as bad days do.I have many more bad days than good. I'm happy much more often than I am miserable & grumpy.
I ran into the woman who runs the local market yesterday & found out how much it is to run a stall & extra details that I needed. My LH has agreed to stay with me first day and not play golf. After that day if I continue to do it then he will come with me, help me set up & can then continue off to his golf in plenty of time. That makes me feel more confident. I may not need his help and/or it may not work out but it's worth a go. As well as plants I'm going to take some things that I was going to try selling on eBay but never got around to.
I am going to set up a stall outside, rather than inside but will need to have some shade for myself. I know someone who sells baskets, including hanging baskets and may set up next to her as the 2 would go hand in hand. My plants will predominently be ferns. We have squillions of them. Next year it may be daffodils as we also have hundreds of them.
Just typing the last little bit has made me feel more positive.
I had better head off and actually do something today. I think I should read a little less for a while as I think it makes me a little sad. Less reading, more getting outside.
Cheers, Cate

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Lost 36kgs 2007(Cohen's),now maintaining.
"Nothing tastes as good as slim feels".Mmm?No!Not even French Champagne!!