OMW CATE you are like a walking dictionary! LOL!

Im about to crawl of laugther! Lol!

Im taking some time to read your long post--- its hillarious! lol

Hi Cate!!!

LOVE the slang !
I actually know quite a few of them..hehe!

Classic and hilarious

xxx

Hi Starfish & Luvbug.Mwah!!
I put that silly nonsense on for whoever needs a laugh. We do actually use some of them but you would not hear them in many cities. Most Australians like to laugh at themselves ('take the mickey') but especially country people & I'm no exception. Life is too short & it's good to be able to not take it too seriously.

Today- Well, after my day at the op-shop, which I thoroughly enjoyed, I woke up inspired to do some housework. I have vacuumed & dusted & done some more what I call pottering about and have done some computer upgrades etc, checked FB etc & am trying not to think too much about lunch.
I have eaten apple & yoghurt only so far today and am feeling quite hungry. I weighed at the top of my GW range yesterday and that will help me to avoid eating anything I shouldn't.
One thing I have been doing lately is eating vegetable soup without any protein whatsoever. This is a simple way of making an easy meal more balanced. Sometimes I eat crackers, cheese & perhaps ham with a small slice of pickled onion on top but then have a small bowl of home-made vegie soup, either before,afterwards or with. Quick & easy. I occasionally just eat some cold meat & then have a bowl of soup. I do this when my LH is at work & then we share a meal of meat or fish with vegetables in the evening, usually followed by yoghurt & stewed fruit afterwards.
Stewed fruit & yoghurt is now my preferred dessert. Seriously!!!!
I no longer enjoy the taste of ice-cream, soy ice-cream, cream or sweet or rich desserts. YES!!!!! I love it!
Warning-all about chocolate!! Don't read if it would be torturing you!Even the chocolate that we always have enjoyed a little of on Sunday night doesn't seem so nice any more. Weird but absolutely wonderful! I bought a new one to try next Sunday. There are some French chocolate biscuits with dark chocolate on them that are heavenly & I can just eat one & stop without any trouble so I am going to buy some in Launceston next week-end.
When you finish the weight-loss part of Cohen's I think it's a great idea (as recommended by Cohen's)to only have chocolate once a week, within an hour of eating your meal & only ever have a really good quality,dark chocolate. Milk chocolate & white 'chocolate' are the devil incarnate in my opinion. Once you start it's hard to stop & you feel just awful!! Good dark chocolate is delicious & to me is non-addictive. I am going to try a different one until I find one that's not too bitter, not too sweet, not full of saturated fat....ie perfect dark chocolate and only have some on Sunday night. It can be done! By doing that you are still having a 'treat' and it does not show on the hips & bum or the scales.
All this talk about chocolate is because I'm hungry so I will go put some soup on the cook-top of our wood heater & have a good healthy lunch. No chocolate!! I'm not tempted at all.
I can hear an ambulance which is very unusual up here. We live about 2km from the highway. It always gives me goose-bumps. Speaking of which -our OS learned how to say goose-bumps in about 27 languages when he travelled O/S when he was younger. Crazy family!
Our YS is now on a plane to the UK I think.
Cheers for now, Cate

Hi Cate! Good to hear your son's journey seems to be continuing uneventfully.

I survived the weekend well enough, but glad to be back in charge of my own diet for a while!

Have been thinking about all the strange Oz lingo from your posts above, and how it varies a bit from state to state, and as you said, family to family. I remember in the Philippines years ago when with my bro-in-law how we'd sometimes lapse into strange Strine when we didn't want to be understood! The puzzled faces were very priceless...

But strangely enough, when I see films like "Australia" it annoys me "portrayed" on screen - never sounds quite right somehow!

Belly dancing!!!!! Your confidence must be absolutely amazing! I think my belly could have done its own dancing at the beginning of the year, but am enjoying the fact that now I would have to make an effort to make it wobble!

My eyes did glaze over at the chocolate descriptions, but fortunately it's now only a very mild attraction (may that long continue...)

Back to the pile on my desk!

Hello Niyah, Congrats on the positive comments at the week-end and also for your encouragement of everyone tonight in the forum. I'm going to now have the evening off thanks to you. It's a little cold where I have to sit at my computer as it's near a stone wall.
Your comment on my confidence re the belly dancing made me smile. Losing weight has given me the confidence to not mind looking or feeling silly. Now that I can wear nearly anything I am not so self-conscious & can laugh at myself & put myself out there a bit more. I should be making more effort to dress nicely etc but instead now get about in thermals & daggy trackies around the house & for my walks.Mmm. The brain is so strange. Belly dancing does not require a jiggly belly. LOL!!! I absolutely love it. It makes you feel really sexy and is a hoot!! A dance designed by women for women. It was never intended to be a dance by women for men. I did a few classes about 10 years ago and laughed my head off. It's so much fun!
Night folks, Cate

Hi Cate,

I absolutely agree with you on the sweet stuffs. I found that I don't have that special penchant for sweet food any more. Not that I'm particularly crazy for them before but I can't quite stand it now for sure.

I'm also thankful that chocolates not my special cup of tea. I do eat them but never a whole load of them. I wouldn't specially go and eat them but I love to drink coco drink so that might be still a killer...will watch out for that.

Your jokes are so funny...keep writing them! Love them all...

You cannot imagine how much I had just typed & lost so I am going to put something to the test. My patience & affirmations.
Todays affirmation was-
I am a good & kind person & am worth knowing" & it just got changed to....
"I have infinite patience". This will take some re-inforcing now.
Starting from the start-
Last night I researched affirmations. How to use them, examples of some for various reasons, eg self-esteem, weight-loss or for good health. I spent a couple of hours writing down ones that resonate for me or that I think I need special work on. I can see how they work & understand the reasoning behind them now.
Tai Chi-I was tempted to stay home because it was very foggy & my Lh is home but went as it makes me feel great & I know it's really good forme. I said my affirmation over & over on the drive in & fine-tuned it to "I am a good & kind person & am worth knowing.
Every week at Tai Chi our teacher has a box of cards & one of the women showed me the one she had chosen at random & I told her that I am going to make personalised ones for myself.
After class our teacher said she was starting another beginners class next Tues & if anyone wanted to go to that one she has a cap of $10 in one week so that it would only cost an extra $3 as I pay only $7 for this class. Cheap. I missed out on a lot of the beginners stuff as I started well into a class. I may go even though I do like to stay at home every second day. I mentioned that I am going to go to belly-dancing on Fridays as well soon & one of the women said she would be going too. She seemed excited that I would be there too which was lovely. She then told us that she has been asked to facilitate a weight-loss class after belly-dancing & that they are going to pay her to do so. She is a qualified nurse. I told her that I might stay for it & she said I would make her nervous. Now the funny thing is I have been in awe of her self-esteem & confidence & she was shocked that I thought I needed to work on mine. That is just so funny. We had one another fooled!!
I may do some notes and some weight-loss affirmation cards & give them to her just to help her. She is really nice & quite a character.
Compliment- A slim & pretty woman I know, but don't often see, came up to me & quietly said how great I am looking 'still' & told me that she sees me walking & wishes that she could get her motivation back to do the same. I asked her if she sees me from inside her home & she said she did so I told her I would wave towards her place next time. She said that might inspire her. It was really a pleasant encounter. I have learned to accept well-meant compliments graciously and that is something I feel pleased about. It is not easy but I can honestly say that I am no longer embarrassed by them. I am starting to think as a slim person.
Some weight management affirmations I am going to use-
I enjoy exercising more each day.
I choose to eat only healthy food.
I am maintaining my ideal body weight easily & effortlessly now.
I am healthy, happy and radiant. I love this one!!
I eat healthy, nutritious foods
I am fit & healthy.
Walk- Went for a walk with my LH this afternoon but his idea of a walk is wandering around at a leisurely pace in the bush, looking at trees & wombat runs & mine is more about wanting to get out in the sun & to get my heart-rate going so I ended up running part way up a hill on the way home.It also warmed me up again. Then I could walk slowly with him again.
Positive vibes- I feel so good I am going tokeep working at being positive.
Healthy eating + exercise + good company + using affirmations= happy Cate!
Phew. If I lost this now I would be really putting my "I have infinite patience" to the test.LOL!! xoC

I think I need to do the same thing! (+ve affirmations) Today I was a little miz, only because of a few small things at school. We have a big concert coming up tomorrow night, and always there are the last minute complications and disappointments. Anyway, I love reading your decisions to be upbeat about yourself etc, and it makes me realise (again!) that we are about as happy as we make up our minds to be be! Tomorrow I will be "I have done my best, no matter what happens!".

Funny someone else you admire being in awe of you because of your weight loss. I feel the same - look at other people and would love to have their skills, self confidence and abilities. Earlier this year someone like that said something similar to me - only not about weight loss. I always admire her seemingly effortless ability to breezily do the most awesome things. She complimented some small thing I'd done and said that she was "sure I'd been put on this earth to make everyone else feel inadequate". I was like "WHAT??????? HER OF ALL PEOPLE!!!!!!" Well, maybe she just wanted me to feel nice, but I was shocked anyone else would say such a thing, particularly someone I would love to be able to emulate in some ways!

Well, back to this concert program... ho hum, wish it were all not QUITE so boring at this time of night! Have a great day tomorrow! Perhaps tomorrow I shall be more enthused myself.

It is so true!!!
Wrong. Stop!!
Affirmation for Niyah- "People admire my capabilities & I am worthy of their praise."
I so get this affimation thing now. It is about time we believed in ourselves Niyah. You & me both!! xoxoxoCate
Today I'll be back later as we have appointments at the Blood Bank. I give plasma (AB+) & my LH gives blood (O-)
My affirmation for today- Mmmm
"I can choose happiness whenever I wish, no matter what my circumstances"
Take care everyone, much love, Cate

Ooooh aaahh! That one is hard today because I am so nervous about tonight. I'm not actually doing anything except making sure it all comes together, but I'm STILL nervous.

I'll see how I go! Gotta run, signs for seating to do etc.

Will call in later. Tell me which chosen happiness things happened to you today!!!! I'm choosing that the kids will be radiant and sing their little hearts out. Perhaps yours will be a nice FB encounter with your YS from somewhere in Old Blighty.

Hi Niyah- Well done on the concert, you very capable person, you!!
Re: Choosing happiness. I just want to tell myself that when I am feeling down that I have the choice to try to change it.

Yesterday-
Went to blood bank where the boss said "Cate, I have trouble recognising you these days" and asked me lots about Cohen's & what I am doing to maintain, what was the catalyst to me doing it etc. She is very slim, bit older than me & very smart looking so she obviously is not asking for herself (surely?). It was a very nice encounter & made me feel good & strong & determined. A woman I used to work with in the call centre is receptionist there & she was always one of my favourite work colleagues. So cheerful & friendly! I liked that she didn't mention my weight this time. She is getting used to me how I am now. Great!
Did some shopping incl to a whole food shop whose owner we are friends with. I told her about my LH's 60th in Nov. Her & her partner came to our 40th's! He & my LH used to work together in a wine store in Melbourne. I got them both their jobs when I worked in the Commonwealth Employment Service. We met again by chance about 22 years ago in Tassie. None of us knew that the others lived in Tas. Last we saw or heard from him he was living in WA.
Dropped in briefly at our OS & DIL's place on the way home to give them a msg. It's lovely that we can just pop in as they are so close. I try not to much as I would hate to become a MIL pest!
Had our GS for the night & it is now becoming routine which is what I wanted.
I was really tired last night & put it down to donating plasma until I realised that for the 2nd time in a week I had forgotten to take my vitamins & blood pressure pill in the morning. I feel really flat & tired if I don't. I always used to remember BC(before Cohen's) as we both used to have a juice with the vitamins & now I don't drink juice I'm inclined to forget. I might start having half a juice. Maybe. Therein lies the path......

Tonight & tomorrow-
I will be absent from the forum. My LH is playing in the 2nd week-end of the State team 8-ball try-outs all week-end(60km away but we sleep at home) and really wants to do well. He did not play very well last time so needs to win quite a few more games than he loses to qualify for the final week-end. He does not expect to make the State Team but loves playing in the final week-end. He is a much better player than he played last time & he seemed to lose confidence. Like most things in life, but especially sport you need to believe in your ability. He has it but I think I need to stick with him for most of the w/e & encourage him. I have a little bit of shopping to do but will try to do it if he gets a break if possible. Perhaps if he started believing that he is good enough to make the State Team then he just might!
We are going to an 8-ball calcutta as well tonight as he wants some practice. It's only in our local town though & hopefully won't be late. I hate going out at night in Winter & it has been foggy which plays havoc with my asthma. It's foggy & raining atm!

Todays affirmation- ha ha!
"I am full of energy! Fog & rain energise me!"


Cheers for now, cate.

We didn't end up going out tonight as my Lh got home from work & decided he didn't feel like it. This was after my ringing him at 4.30pm hoping that he wouldn't want to venture out. It rained all day & I had gone & got wood for us in the rain & sticks for the op-shop on Monday & so I rang him hoping he had changed hismind, but he said he was keen to go so I went & had a shower & got dressed to go out. He arrived home at 5.30 & said he didn't feel like going any more.The drive home was horrendous apparently. He also did not feel very well & I guessed why. "Have you eaten any fried food?" "Yes". "Did you eat any pork?""Yes". Enough said.
I went & changed back out of my "glad rags" & relaxed again.
He still feels a little ill I can tell but we are drinking a pot of herbal tea & have had a very healthy dinner. Yoghurt & stewed apple has helped. Ahhhh. where would be without it?
I just realise tonight I haven't eaten any rubbish for ages. You eat crap, you feel like crap.
Everyone is doing so well on the forum ATM. So many, so close to re-feed. Such positive attitude & friendships. It's great & I'm really enjoying it.
OK- this time I won't be back until Sunday night at the earliest.
Cheers, Cate

Please excuse me folks but I have spent all week-end in Launceston at the State 8-ball try-outs & I have felt progressively worse as it went on.I'm not sure if I am sickening for something like flu but I have felt under attack. I have had swelling in various parts of my body, headache on & off, blocked sinuses, hot one minute & cold the next, fuzzy brain, unable to concentrate & generally feeling stuffed. I could have gone to sleep at any time & I feel like I need a whole day in bed to recover.
I have a feeling this may be what my sister experiences on a regular basis. It may be because of my allergies. There were many encounters with Lynx & various other hideous deodorants & perfumes! I went to a really good health food store & am going to start taking some extra supplements & try to stop taking anti-histamines as, apparently they deplete your body of it's Vitamin C. I am going to up my Vit C & take Garlic & Echinacea every day & just carry an anti-hist. in my bag just in case. I feel like I have been physically assaulted. It's not good. I'm not up to reading any diaries sorry. Hopefully a good night's sleep will follow tonight & tomorrow I will be feeling better.
Bye for now, Cate

Sleep tight Cate! I have to confess my total ignorance in not even knowing what 8-ball is! (Do I have a life?????? No, obviously.....)

Anyway, hope you get over whatever it is really soon.

Hi Niyah- 8-ball is pool (similar to snooker/billiards but on a 7' x 3'6' table.) I did have a good sleep thanks & feel human again. I think it was a full-on allergy attack.My sister can't go out without a mask & I'm really hoping that is not my fate,xo Cate.
Today-
I got a really good night's sleep & made sure yesterday that I ate extra-healthy. It was so good to get home but I really did feel shocking.
Today my nose has cleared a bit. I used some nasal spray & put anti-histamine eye drops I b/f I went to bed. They are still sore & I still feel a bit wheezy but nothing like yesterday. I don't want to let anyone down & not go to the op-shop so will see how I go. I am to be there in an hour. I just popped in for a quick look b/f my shower & my YS is in FB. He just had to duck out to buy a train tkt & said he'd be backin a sec. He's there now so I'll say bye for now. Cheers, cate