Katycakes Won't Give Up...

[Chelsea Lou]

DAY 36

Scales say... 12st 1lb!!!!

No idea what I did to deserve that, but very, very happy, here is the little whoosh I have been wishing for... and in time to restore my faith in CD which clearly works in mysterious ways but who cares, because IT WORKS!!!

And better still I know I am well and truly in my zone now and happy with what I am doing, the cravings and deprived feelings have packed up and left and I feel I can keep on for as long as it takes... I didn't expect it to take me 30-ish days to get to that point, but certainly since the end of last week things have felt so much calmer and more positive.

So... out today, first to a library protest and then driving dd to orthodontist, so work will have to go whistle unless I can get some done while sitting outside library in the cold, with my laptop! You never know. Planning my 810 meal with a friend after protest, egg salad at cafe in next village. Have had my porridge and all is right with the world, for now at least.

Wishing everyone a great Thursday, in a rush today but will catch up with diaries tonight.

xxx

You deserved it Katy because you didn't give up. You remained calm and focussed and I am so pleased for you Enjoy the protest but don't let me see you on the news later bashing hell out of Security with your banner!!!

 

[Bess]

12.1 - fantastic news!! Your walk and tea in the gingerbread cottage sounded just wonderful, I wish I could have been there, I was trudging up and down the stairs (a la Duken!) of high rise tower blocks! 13th floor!!

Hope the Library protest helps, did you hear that idiot on You & Yours on Tuesday supporting the closures and recommending that all the 'poor' people buy Kindles instead? I was shouting at him, pity he couldn't hear. .

So glad you've found 'The Zone' again. xxx

 

[Chelsea Lou]

12.1 -
Hope the Library protest helps, did you hear that idiot on You & Yours on Tuesday supporting the closures and recommending that all the 'poor' people buy Kindles instead? I was shouting at him, pity he couldn't hear. .

xxx

What an idiot???? What's next "Let them eat cake" This country is getting more barmy by the minute. Grrrrrr

 

[MinnieMel]

Morning KC -- Fab on the losses. You are almost at a 25 bmi... how great is that. I am so dismayed at the whole library thing, they are much more than place with books. The provide all kinds of services, and internet access, etc. It is criminal.

@Bess... Someone really said that? Unreal.

MM

 

[Katycakes]

Back again... realized that the orthodontist app is actually tomorrow, oops, glad I spotted that before dragging DD out of school! The sun shone on our protest and TV even turned up, no word yet of what the verdict is but should hear soon. I don't have much hope, but it's very sad. Libraries were created to give ordinary people access to books and learning... now they are being taken away, just as free uni education is being taken away and NHS may change beyond all recognition... And yet the bankers can award themselves million pound bonuses and that makes me cringe, as the greedy banks got us into recession in the first place. Grrr.

(Gets off soapbox...)

Went for lunch with two friends, the usual cafe was 'closed for winter' (!) so had a bowl of soup instead of my planned egg salad. No choice, so carrot & orange. I chose to have it anyway, no bread, and hope it doesn't knock me out of ketosis or if it does then not for too long. Then a herb tea and a dog walk, and back to work. It'll be a shake for tea, and I'm quite happy with that.

xxx

 

[Chelsea Lou]

I'd better not get up that soap box with you KC, I don't think I would come down for a week and the men in white coats would definitely be coming to take me away

I am sure the soup wont have done much damage (if at all) and was a great choice, considering your lack of options. So credit (Beck) to you for that. xx

 

[LellyCD]

Definite credit there Katy, well done for the choice you made and being happy with it!

Sucks about the libraries, my kids love the library they get involved in the summer read every year and look forward to getting certificates at the end of it, plus its free!! we love out libraries, leave them alone!!!!

 

[MinnieMel]

Hi KC,

I am sure the soup will be fine.

Here's an interesting statistic: People who have soup at one meal a day (on the average) weigh 10% less than people who do not.

The article said that the type of soup did not matter -- I wonder if it is because soup is filling but largely water.

MM

 

[Chelsea Lou]

Hi KC,

I am sure the soup will be fine.

Here's an interesting statistic: People who have soup at one meal a day (on the average) weigh 10% less than people who do not.

The article said that the type of soup did not matter -- I wonder if it is because soup is filling but largely water.

MM

there was a diet programme on the telly a few weeks ago where they fed one half of the group a meal at lunchtime and the other half had the same meal but with water added and blended into a soup. They scanned the stomachs of the two groups and the soup group still had fullish stomachs a few hours later, whereas the solid food group's stomachs were empty within an hour or two. Slower digestion with soup.

I found if I had soup as a starter in a restaurant, then I could only manage a couple of mouthfuls of the main course, so ditched the soups in favour of being able to scoff the main. Wrong decision. Now look at me

 

[Wales]

Hey KC excellent news on the scales - yay for you and glad you are settled. Totally agree with you on the libraries front, I appreciate that cuts have to be made but these are not just value added services, and not just to rent books from (so can't replace with a Kindle) they are places for the community and reading for children is so important. Sheesh. Hell in a handcart me thinks.

Any how congrats again on the weight off, yippee

 

[Bess]

Don't get me started on Uni fees.....I thought (naively, that things would only get better in the future,) after all we had free Higher Education, the Welfare State, free dental care......but now....I think that the people who had it the best are older than us, in their 60's. Missed the War, jobs for life, 2/3 salary pensions (I've recently had my pension forecast....wait for it, I'll still be trudging up and down tower blocks in my 90's!)
I feel so let down by our Governments, especially the bl**dy Liberal party that was..........and as for Labour and that bas***d Blair..........I think that Chel's Eric should stand for PM, he'd probably make a better job of it than any I can remember.
I want to live up a mountain, generate our own electricity, grow our own food and pull up the drawbridge. My children won't finish paying off their student loans until they well into their 30's....just how are they to fund mortgages, and have the option to stay at home and look after their children if they want to?

Libraries started so long ago, WH Smith and Boots ran their own before they were taken into public ownership, then there were the Institutes and Technical Colleges. How dare they try to take them away!

And while I am on the subject can someone please tell me just who we borrowed all this money we owe from?
If it's the World Bank, who are they?

Did I start this by saying, 'don't get me started?' ......

 

[Katycakes]

So agree, Wales & Bess. I am very cynical, but can't help thinking that the current government do not want the ordinary people to have too much access to books/ learning/ imagination. Dangerous stuff, y'see. It makes people think, gives them ideas... better if we stay anaesthatised with reality TV and keep buying plastic junk goods & fast food to fuel the economy & assist with lining the pockets of the ultra-rich.

So yeah... don't EVER get me started. I made a very big effort to keep my mouth shut yesterday, and stick to positive stuff and helpful suggestions. But if Mssrs Cameron & Clegg had taken a stroll past, I may have had to strangle them with my handpainted 'Save Our Library' banner...

xxx

 

[Katycakes]

DAY 37

Scales 12st 1 still, so I did not imagine it! Happy as I had a dashing-around day yesterday and a long dog walk too, and feel in general more energetic. Wearing a top I haven't worn since the summer, because it is 'small'-ish, and that is good... didn't fit me 2 weeks ago. And knowing my BMI is 25.7 makes me smile, too.

Just had my porridge & cinnamon, shake for lunch and bar to have in town when waiting for DD at orthodontist so I am fuelled up for drive home. Until then, working, hoping to get back in the swing of things after the artwork distraction... artwork all now scanned and emailed off to work HQ. Phew. Have to post actual pages later.

Hope everyone has a great day, a FABULOUS FRIDAY!!!

xxx

 

[LellyCD]

Morning Katy,

Fabulous news on the top that's brilliant!! and the sts too!
Have a fabulous & productive Friday hunny
xx

 

[Katycakes]

Just to spite me, that little Fred-voice in my head is telling me it would be nice to eat something... has been for ages... I know this is pure boredom & rebellion at having to sit quietly at laptop and work rather than run around trying to stop library closures. So I am just sighing a lot and saying 'Oh well...' and the dog is giving me very funny looks. And it is cold and chucking down outside, hmphhh.

xxx

 

[Chelsea Lou]

Ooooh Katy, tell Fred to clear off as you need to be in the 11s next week and neither him nor anyone/anything is going to stop you!!!

Fab about the top and I bet your handpainted banner looked very arty indeed! I can just picture it. Hands off our Library, with butterflies and flowers and pretty swirly patterns a la 1960's

Keep strong hon, you are going great xx

 

[Katycakes]

Fred didn't win (almost 12 and time for my shake now, so yah-boo Mister...) and I am happy because we have just heard the library is NOT going to close this time! YESSSSSSS!!!!!

Must have scared them with our quiet book picnic sit-in, huh? And we were on the telly last night, woooo!!!

xxxx

 

[Chelsea Lou]

Success!!!!!!!!!! So glad they have had a re-think about the library. Yay to People Power!!!

xx

 

[Bess]

Wonderful about the Library!! (What will they cut instead?)

Now, about non free dental care anymore and the rotting teeth of the nation and particularly the children.........

Fab about the top and being so close to your BMI!! Just fantastic!! Well done.

 

[Katycakes]

Have completed the orthodontist run and YAYYYY they took her braces off... result! Unexpected but fab, she has retainers now and longer times between checks.

Got home to discover she has another conditional uni offer, so general celebration tonight on all fronts!

Happy, happy, happy!

xxx