Well this is my post Xmas blog post, where i confess my food sins....but actually the damage wasn't as bad as i thought! i only put on 1.2kg over 2 days. i had to allow for Xmas eve because we had lunch at Hubby's family and dinner at mine. delish food! Got so full though, almost was sick after 5 banana choc wontons! thoroughly enjoyed all the treats the days had to offer.
Jumped back on the wagon on Boxing day and lost 1kg in that day! Haven't managed to shift anymore though, as i thought. So back up to 56.9kg which is great, but not as good as i wanted. I'm more worried about this holiday on Sunday, 4 nights at a camp ground with limited food supplies, its going to be hard to stick to Dukan! How will 5 days of damage appear i wonder. I will have to try to be good, but i don't want to ruin it for everyone else by trying to diet on holiday! If i could only lose a bit more by then, but on new years eve i'm going to my parents house for the night and they want takeaways...
on the plus side i have finally got the Dukan book so am reading it at the mo, hopefully will keep me motivated when we are away so i better take it with me!
finding it harder to go for runs, must be the heat. Jogging in front of the fan is the only thing that helps!
Anyway just need to truck on. this last 1.4kg is so hard to shift when i just keep going backwards! There's mums birthday bbq when we get back on the 7th as well. But after that i should be sweet for a couple of weeks, nothing planned until end of Jan my brothers wedding. So i'll focus on those couple of weeks getting first back to my current weight (no doubt i'll creep up a couple of kg on holiday!) then to focus hard to lose this last little bit. Maybe 4 days of lightning attack! but next couple of weeks far too hard to try to lose it.
Phew. At least i have a plan now!
Wednesday, 28 December 2011
Tuesday, 20 December 2011
4 days before Xmas
OK i have officially lost track of the days. Never mind,i shall have to make up titles for each blog. So. Back to business....i and almost nearly at officially 12kg down! Two days in a row i am 56.7kg Yayyyy! I love seeing the 56 let me tell you. So close to 55! hoping that after a PP day today i might see a shift on the scale tomorrow. Obviously the more i lose before the 2days of FOOD HEAVEN over Christmas come the better. Man am i looking forward to that food. No deprivation on Xmas for me. i have been lusting after it for months on end now! When i started this diet my aim was to lose weight for summer but the benchmark was always Xmas, i never expected to lose this much weight though! So 12 kg aye....13 will be better!
Sometimes i secretly wonder whether Hubby wants me to lose more than i have and will, because doesn't every man want a skinny wife/girlfriend? i wonder whether he wished i was thinner when we first dated, i am around the same weight now (with a few more wobbly bits and stretchmarks!) as when we met. I am afraid to broach the subject- i know he is proud of what i have done but i cant help feeling he might wish i got even thinner? or is it all in my head? If i do mention it i'll probably get my head bitten off for being so ridiculous!
I have to be honest and admit i haven't gone onto the Dukan diet sites and asked for a calculation of my true weight, because i'm not fussed on being super skinny. And quite frankly why should i have to be?
Anyway i am happy with my progress, and i look forward to both losing a little more before the silly season and getting the consequences of bad eating off again afterwards!
Sometimes i secretly wonder whether Hubby wants me to lose more than i have and will, because doesn't every man want a skinny wife/girlfriend? i wonder whether he wished i was thinner when we first dated, i am around the same weight now (with a few more wobbly bits and stretchmarks!) as when we met. I am afraid to broach the subject- i know he is proud of what i have done but i cant help feeling he might wish i got even thinner? or is it all in my head? If i do mention it i'll probably get my head bitten off for being so ridiculous!
I have to be honest and admit i haven't gone onto the Dukan diet sites and asked for a calculation of my true weight, because i'm not fussed on being super skinny. And quite frankly why should i have to be?
Anyway i am happy with my progress, and i look forward to both losing a little more before the silly season and getting the consequences of bad eating off again afterwards!
Thursday, 15 December 2011
XMAS GOAL REACHED!!!!!
I wouldn't normally post the next day but just had to! After losing 1.7kg in the last four days i wasn't expecting to lose any more, but i lost another 300g and it has brought me 8 days early to my Xmas goal weight!!!!! Yayyy so excited, cant believe i have made it. So happy! 11.5kg down, woohoo! it's funny, at the end of the day i always feel so bloated etc but i thought it was because i have been drinking more fluids from 4pm onward, but this may actually be helping me lose weight!
I wonder how much more i can lose before Xmas day....except today i am meeting my mother for lunch (have prepared cheery tomatoes and a wedge of fat free cheese) so hopefully i can abstain...then tomorrow hubby is taking me out for dinner, no occasion except we haven't been out together sans kids for a long time, we usually have the Toddler with us if not all of them. his parents are living close to us for a few weeks so we have to take advantage! And it's the last time in a while we will be able to afford it, with Xmas and all these holidays popping up over the next two months. So that will be my celebration dinner for sure!
Oh i am just so happy. And surprised that i have managed to stick to something for nearly 3 months actually, i have done many diets before and there was only once that i managed to stick to it and i did lose loads of weight but i was also starving myself half the time and taking copious amounts of laxatives which was terrible for my insides. I got to be too skinny for my liking too, i like being curvy! So usually i give up a week or two in, but this time i have kept going and BOOM have lost heaps!
My biggest fear though is that with Xmas and the new year and the holidays that i will fall off the wagon completely and start to pile it back on. i think i need to have a median weight that i will try to hover around so that i don't give myself excuses to creep up once I've finished this diet. 57 is a really nice number right now! But if i see 56 tomorrow....i may change my mind!!!!
I wonder how much more i can lose before Xmas day....except today i am meeting my mother for lunch (have prepared cheery tomatoes and a wedge of fat free cheese) so hopefully i can abstain...then tomorrow hubby is taking me out for dinner, no occasion except we haven't been out together sans kids for a long time, we usually have the Toddler with us if not all of them. his parents are living close to us for a few weeks so we have to take advantage! And it's the last time in a while we will be able to afford it, with Xmas and all these holidays popping up over the next two months. So that will be my celebration dinner for sure!
Oh i am just so happy. And surprised that i have managed to stick to something for nearly 3 months actually, i have done many diets before and there was only once that i managed to stick to it and i did lose loads of weight but i was also starving myself half the time and taking copious amounts of laxatives which was terrible for my insides. I got to be too skinny for my liking too, i like being curvy! So usually i give up a week or two in, but this time i have kept going and BOOM have lost heaps!
My biggest fear though is that with Xmas and the new year and the holidays that i will fall off the wagon completely and start to pile it back on. i think i need to have a median weight that i will try to hover around so that i don't give myself excuses to creep up once I've finished this diet. 57 is a really nice number right now! But if i see 56 tomorrow....i may change my mind!!!!
Wednesday, 14 December 2011
Day 77
Phew i have lost a huge amount of weight in the last four days! The best news of all though is that...my BMI is NORMAL!!!!! for the first time since getting pregnant in 2009 i am NORMAL!!!!! i have been waiting for this day. the last 3 months or so have been hard, being told by my scales everyday that i am overweight, now I've slid into normal yayyyyyy! i want to share this with my husband but i am embarrassed that i was overweight, i never told him, but i'm sure he guessed.
So everyday for the last four days i have been losing weight, a total of 1.7kg- loads huh? And now i think it will stop for a few days, i just need to maintain it. Yesterday i made a tester cheesecake-white choc and Russian fudge- and i had a tiny piece for afternoon tea, it was so rich my mouth was tingling by the end! I felt for sure this would have caused a gain even though it was small so i did a 3rd run and some extra squats. I've also been trying to work in 1-2 extra glasses of fluid a day so maybe this is helping? Whatever it is, i am only 300gms away from my Xmas goal and i have 9 days....I Can Du it!!!!!!!!
Bought a new dress and have my eye on another. Also a few singlet tops in a shop, my mum is giving me a voucher for Xmas. I apologised to my hubby and he said 'youre doing so well you so deserve new clothes' ahhh i love him. I fit into two pairs of Pre baby jeans and have fit into two more of small ones that i have picked up recently. There's one pair lanuishing at the bottom of my drawers that i wore in the winter i met brett, when i got pregnant, they are size 12 girls because i am a shortie and i used to but my pants from the girls department if they werent all sparkly, then i dont have to take them up. i havent ried them yet but i suspect they wont be far off fitting, ,aybe another 2kg or so. I need to be able to breathe in them!
And another 2kg is all i want to lose. in fact i might even be happy here at 57.3 but i want to fit those jeans! And 55kg is such a nice even number.....
Today i am on a huge high, so proud of myself. I never imagined last summer i would lose 11kg or more before this one, 5kg was all i ever got thinking about. I must remember to get Hubby to take an After pic when i'm all dressed up for Xmas! I have a before one with my legs showing, that one might have to be replaced on the corkboard!!!!
So everyday for the last four days i have been losing weight, a total of 1.7kg- loads huh? And now i think it will stop for a few days, i just need to maintain it. Yesterday i made a tester cheesecake-white choc and Russian fudge- and i had a tiny piece for afternoon tea, it was so rich my mouth was tingling by the end! I felt for sure this would have caused a gain even though it was small so i did a 3rd run and some extra squats. I've also been trying to work in 1-2 extra glasses of fluid a day so maybe this is helping? Whatever it is, i am only 300gms away from my Xmas goal and i have 9 days....I Can Du it!!!!!!!!
Bought a new dress and have my eye on another. Also a few singlet tops in a shop, my mum is giving me a voucher for Xmas. I apologised to my hubby and he said 'youre doing so well you so deserve new clothes' ahhh i love him. I fit into two pairs of Pre baby jeans and have fit into two more of small ones that i have picked up recently. There's one pair lanuishing at the bottom of my drawers that i wore in the winter i met brett, when i got pregnant, they are size 12 girls because i am a shortie and i used to but my pants from the girls department if they werent all sparkly, then i dont have to take them up. i havent ried them yet but i suspect they wont be far off fitting, ,aybe another 2kg or so. I need to be able to breathe in them!
And another 2kg is all i want to lose. in fact i might even be happy here at 57.3 but i want to fit those jeans! And 55kg is such a nice even number.....
Today i am on a huge high, so proud of myself. I never imagined last summer i would lose 11kg or more before this one, 5kg was all i ever got thinking about. I must remember to get Hubby to take an After pic when i'm all dressed up for Xmas! I have a before one with my legs showing, that one might have to be replaced on the corkboard!!!!
Sunday, 11 December 2011
Day 74
Wow what a weekend. i had been gearing up to my parents coming for ages and i knew it would be impossible to abstain form the bad food, but boy did i blow it out of the water! The biggest gain so far in one day, more than my 900g gain the day of the Hen's night. I gained 1.1kg! How shocking! I managed to get rid of 400g yesterday so today i am on Attack again to try and shift more of it.
This morning i was 58.6 so tomorrow i hope to have dropped at least 300g. Seeing 57.9 on the scales was fantastic but i kinda stayed there all week, so it's a shame i'm up so much now. but i certainly ate for Africa on Saturday, having bad stuff from 11am onward! Some of it i enjoyed but i have to admit a lot of it was not even nice, i think i have learnt from that exercise that i i am going to indulge i should be more selective! Its no fun putting weight on for things i didn't even enjoy.
Also there are these low carb, low sugar, low fat choco honeycomb balls...they are so good but so mooreish! i have been eating half a pack at a time. why do i have no willpower! if i could meter them out it would be much better but i don't think i can :(
A disappointing weekend weight wise, i did three runs yesterday and that helped me lose 400g but its so hard on my feet and legs, i hope i'm not overdoing it. i don't want to get into 3x runs a day, its hard enough doing two! but it has given me an idea of what Xmas will be like, the more weight i can lose in 13 days the better!
This morning i was 58.6 so tomorrow i hope to have dropped at least 300g. Seeing 57.9 on the scales was fantastic but i kinda stayed there all week, so it's a shame i'm up so much now. but i certainly ate for Africa on Saturday, having bad stuff from 11am onward! Some of it i enjoyed but i have to admit a lot of it was not even nice, i think i have learnt from that exercise that i i am going to indulge i should be more selective! Its no fun putting weight on for things i didn't even enjoy.
Also there are these low carb, low sugar, low fat choco honeycomb balls...they are so good but so mooreish! i have been eating half a pack at a time. why do i have no willpower! if i could meter them out it would be much better but i don't think i can :(
A disappointing weekend weight wise, i did three runs yesterday and that helped me lose 400g but its so hard on my feet and legs, i hope i'm not overdoing it. i don't want to get into 3x runs a day, its hard enough doing two! but it has given me an idea of what Xmas will be like, the more weight i can lose in 13 days the better!
Wednesday, 7 December 2011
Day 70!
Well i have hit 57.8kg...woohoo! I know i say woohoo all the time but seriously, whenever i have a loss even if it's 100g it's just so exciting! A few weeks ago i thought 57 was so far away, and hard work. I have approx. 2.8kg to lose to get to my final goal....and it seems millions of miles away right now, but hopefully i can make it there okay!
The big thing in my way is Christmas. i don't want to be the Grinch who makes everyone else feel bad about food this time of year, especially my family who all love the food Christmas brings. There just needs to be a balance and as much exercise i can squeeze in! Unless we are away form home there is no excuse for not going for a run-unless it's Christmas morning. then the Santa stockings are more important! Anyway i already have plans for a walk at some point on the day.
I really feel though that if it wasn't Christmas in 13 days then i could crack this 2.8kg easy as pie. But it will take me twice as long if not more due to all the eating i will be doing...yes i know you are thinking, just stick to the diet best you can! And i should. But in reality it will be too hard.
I will still eat oat bran and yogurt every day, still have sweetener and low fat milk in coffee, still drink loads of water, still eat more meat than veggies- but if i have a plate of dessert or some choccies, even some POTATOES or BREAD then i will not beat myself up.
Ok Christmas rant over! Yesterday my hubby took me out for lunch. Of course there was nothing Dukan friendly on the menu! So i decided to have the steak sandwich on ciabatta with onions and tomato, and it came with chips. I gave half of them to Toddler, and ate most of the other half. The sandwich was absolute heaven, everything i have missed! It wasn't huge though which was great. After i felt ok, not too full, and walked for 10mins without a stitch. Went home and did a 30min run, my second of the day. no afternoon tea- but i still felt guilty so i ran a third time for another 20mins, and did Pilates. Just ate chicken for dinner. My legs were so sore i could barely stand! After a good nights sleep i jumped on the scales fearing the worst and....i had lost 100gms!
This is the third time this has happened, so it's proving that i am starting to be able to eat 'bad' things again and if i work hard it might cancel out the food and be a good thing. i am aware though, that this wont happen every time and i will have a gain if i go overboard!
The big thing in my way is Christmas. i don't want to be the Grinch who makes everyone else feel bad about food this time of year, especially my family who all love the food Christmas brings. There just needs to be a balance and as much exercise i can squeeze in! Unless we are away form home there is no excuse for not going for a run-unless it's Christmas morning. then the Santa stockings are more important! Anyway i already have plans for a walk at some point on the day.
I really feel though that if it wasn't Christmas in 13 days then i could crack this 2.8kg easy as pie. But it will take me twice as long if not more due to all the eating i will be doing...yes i know you are thinking, just stick to the diet best you can! And i should. But in reality it will be too hard.
I will still eat oat bran and yogurt every day, still have sweetener and low fat milk in coffee, still drink loads of water, still eat more meat than veggies- but if i have a plate of dessert or some choccies, even some POTATOES or BREAD then i will not beat myself up.
Ok Christmas rant over! Yesterday my hubby took me out for lunch. Of course there was nothing Dukan friendly on the menu! So i decided to have the steak sandwich on ciabatta with onions and tomato, and it came with chips. I gave half of them to Toddler, and ate most of the other half. The sandwich was absolute heaven, everything i have missed! It wasn't huge though which was great. After i felt ok, not too full, and walked for 10mins without a stitch. Went home and did a 30min run, my second of the day. no afternoon tea- but i still felt guilty so i ran a third time for another 20mins, and did Pilates. Just ate chicken for dinner. My legs were so sore i could barely stand! After a good nights sleep i jumped on the scales fearing the worst and....i had lost 100gms!
This is the third time this has happened, so it's proving that i am starting to be able to eat 'bad' things again and if i work hard it might cancel out the food and be a good thing. i am aware though, that this wont happen every time and i will have a gain if i go overboard!
Sunday, 4 December 2011
day 67ish
I am down to 58.5kg. bang on official 10KG WEIGHT LOSS TOTAL!!!!!!!! wahoooooooo
Vey very pleased with myself today. Lost more than a kg last week so good stuff. heading down that slope towards all the festive season temptation, and while i wont completley abstain i will try to be goo. Next weekend my parents are coming to stay and we are going to a couple of xmas events where there will be food, i will have to try so hard to not go overboard. I wonder if i can get to 58.0kg by then??????
On saturday i decided to have my 10kg loss celebration "cake" early as we had had a garage sale and made some money so we treated us and the kids. For some strange reason i ummed and ahhhed then chose a piece of apple pie with cream. maybe in my mind it was healthier than a piece of choc cake? that was what i really wanted. anyway the pie was nice enough, but didn't feel worth it by the last bite. i felt so guilty i ate nothing else for the rest of the day until my salmon for dinner. then i did another run. But yay, no gain the next day so that was good.
Still tough going. my body gets so sore from running i thought i'd be used to it by now. But i cant stop untili get to 55 or 56kg. then i know i'll be in the healthy range and what i used to be. Of course i could go smaller but i dont think i should have to if i'm happy there. so right now i am 2.5 or 3.5 kg away from my ultimate goal weight!!!!!!!!!!!! Fingers crossed i shall get to at least 57 by xmas!!!!
Vey very pleased with myself today. Lost more than a kg last week so good stuff. heading down that slope towards all the festive season temptation, and while i wont completley abstain i will try to be goo. Next weekend my parents are coming to stay and we are going to a couple of xmas events where there will be food, i will have to try so hard to not go overboard. I wonder if i can get to 58.0kg by then??????
On saturday i decided to have my 10kg loss celebration "cake" early as we had had a garage sale and made some money so we treated us and the kids. For some strange reason i ummed and ahhhed then chose a piece of apple pie with cream. maybe in my mind it was healthier than a piece of choc cake? that was what i really wanted. anyway the pie was nice enough, but didn't feel worth it by the last bite. i felt so guilty i ate nothing else for the rest of the day until my salmon for dinner. then i did another run. But yay, no gain the next day so that was good.
Still tough going. my body gets so sore from running i thought i'd be used to it by now. But i cant stop untili get to 55 or 56kg. then i know i'll be in the healthy range and what i used to be. Of course i could go smaller but i dont think i should have to if i'm happy there. so right now i am 2.5 or 3.5 kg away from my ultimate goal weight!!!!!!!!!!!! Fingers crossed i shall get to at least 57 by xmas!!!!
Thursday, 1 December 2011
day 62
More than two months in now!
today i weighed in at 58.9kg. How cool is that!!!!!! i am officially 400gms away from losing 10kg all together. YAYYYYYYY! i have done 3x runs today in the hope of shifting that 400gms but we will see, it is a vege day today so that could hinder things. my feet hurt though....
i am just getting comments all the time about how i'm looking thinner. Even when i walk past shop windows i get a shock to see myself looking more how i used to!!! Part of me wants to go thin thin but the other part knows i was happy at mid 50's and should stay there. i don't like super skinny girls and certainly wouldn't want to be one.
have bought a new dress online...hope it fits!!!!
Feel like i might almost be on the home stretch as i only think i want to lose 3-4 more kilos, but i know the next challenge will be keeping it off!!!!!
today i weighed in at 58.9kg. How cool is that!!!!!! i am officially 400gms away from losing 10kg all together. YAYYYYYYY! i have done 3x runs today in the hope of shifting that 400gms but we will see, it is a vege day today so that could hinder things. my feet hurt though....
i am just getting comments all the time about how i'm looking thinner. Even when i walk past shop windows i get a shock to see myself looking more how i used to!!! Part of me wants to go thin thin but the other part knows i was happy at mid 50's and should stay there. i don't like super skinny girls and certainly wouldn't want to be one.
have bought a new dress online...hope it fits!!!!
Feel like i might almost be on the home stretch as i only think i want to lose 3-4 more kilos, but i know the next challenge will be keeping it off!!!!!
Monday, 28 November 2011
Day 59
Plodding along as usual. Yesterday i thought i had a slip up, i had stayed at 59.8kg but was just pleased i hadn't gained. Then a bizarre thing happened, we found a lost pram and the lady was so pleased she bought us a big box of DAIRY MILK chocolates....how hard were they to resist? i don't know because i ate like 7 of them. Ooops! anyway fueled by guilt i decided to do a 3rd run of the day last night, which made a total of 75mins running yesterday! And lo and behold i had lost 300gms and am now down to 59.5kg!
Small loss but so rapt. Today at toddler music i had two friends say how skinny i was looking and my tummy was flatter and bum looked good! So nice when people notice.
Then went to supermarket and had a bad time, just got so depressed at all the yummy things-maybe its all the xmas choccies etc all put out on display but i just felt wretched and wished i could just stuff them all in my gob and bugger the diet. Another moment of "its not fair, some people can eat all the junk they like and not gain anything" BANE OF MY LIFE!!!!!
Anyway it was just a bad day that way, not a major and it wont happen at the supermarket every time. I have decided i want to reach 57kg by christmas- i think that is a reasonable goal...i only hope i could lose another one or two by the time we go on our beach holiday with our friends. last year i was about 64kg when we went away. surprisingly i didn't feel i was too big back then, i was relatively happy, maybe because i was so excited to be nearly married. this year all going well i will be 8kg lighter! And more comfy in my togs. That's a biggie, the togs. Our local pool is just a 2min walk from our house...i am dreading going because loads of mums up here are so skinny and i don't want to be the Doughboy next to them.
ARGGHHH Summer Woes! Heat is no good when you are overweight either.
i cant wait for my scales to tell me i am a healthy weight. They have been saying OVERWEIGHT for so long...a healthy weight is a BMI of 24.9 or less, i am now 25.8 so am well on my way! Not sure at what weight they will say i am healthy though.
On another note i made a delish dinner last night that even the rest of the family ate... chicken and veges in a lettuce wrap. Was so tasty and felt like i was eating a kebab! Def making that again.
Small loss but so rapt. Today at toddler music i had two friends say how skinny i was looking and my tummy was flatter and bum looked good! So nice when people notice.
Then went to supermarket and had a bad time, just got so depressed at all the yummy things-maybe its all the xmas choccies etc all put out on display but i just felt wretched and wished i could just stuff them all in my gob and bugger the diet. Another moment of "its not fair, some people can eat all the junk they like and not gain anything" BANE OF MY LIFE!!!!!
Anyway it was just a bad day that way, not a major and it wont happen at the supermarket every time. I have decided i want to reach 57kg by christmas- i think that is a reasonable goal...i only hope i could lose another one or two by the time we go on our beach holiday with our friends. last year i was about 64kg when we went away. surprisingly i didn't feel i was too big back then, i was relatively happy, maybe because i was so excited to be nearly married. this year all going well i will be 8kg lighter! And more comfy in my togs. That's a biggie, the togs. Our local pool is just a 2min walk from our house...i am dreading going because loads of mums up here are so skinny and i don't want to be the Doughboy next to them.
ARGGHHH Summer Woes! Heat is no good when you are overweight either.
i cant wait for my scales to tell me i am a healthy weight. They have been saying OVERWEIGHT for so long...a healthy weight is a BMI of 24.9 or less, i am now 25.8 so am well on my way! Not sure at what weight they will say i am healthy though.
On another note i made a delish dinner last night that even the rest of the family ate... chicken and veges in a lettuce wrap. Was so tasty and felt like i was eating a kebab! Def making that again.
Saturday, 26 November 2011
Day 57?
It's been a few days since my last post. I think i'm up to day 57 but not sure. They keep on happening! This week has been a funny week, but i lost last weekend's weight and got to 60.0kg again, then the day before yesterday i missed a birth control pill (i'm not on them for contraception!) and i got my period straight away. Sorry for the TMI but it affects my weight obviously!!! Anyway yesterday i was bloated and HUNGRY for sweet things etc but i mostly resisted apart from a few tiny fudge samples and later i had a few vege crisps which are made from cassava flour so they are not too bad for you, but they are so mooreish! Anyway i let myself sleep in today then got up for a run, dreading the scales and Lo and behold i still managed to lose 2o00gm yesterday on a PV and Period day! It must be some kind of Dukan miracle i tell ya. Soooo.... 59.8kg!!!!!! I have never been so happy to see the number 5 coming first. Wow wow wow. So close to a 10kilo total loss i can smell it! Go me!!!!
Lately i have been making some delicious things to eat, i got so sick of bacon and eggs! My PP day egg muffins have onion, low fat ham, herbs, milk and egg mixed and are topped with my laughing cow cheese chunks. The veggie day ones have tomato, green capsicum and spinach added. Yum! these are so much nicer than bacon and eggs, for now anyway.
Well i am nearing two months on this diet and so far have lost a total of about 8.5kg. Pretty good! Must keep going!!!!! my next mini goal is 58.0kg i think.
Lately i have been making some delicious things to eat, i got so sick of bacon and eggs! My PP day egg muffins have onion, low fat ham, herbs, milk and egg mixed and are topped with my laughing cow cheese chunks. The veggie day ones have tomato, green capsicum and spinach added. Yum! these are so much nicer than bacon and eggs, for now anyway.
Well i am nearing two months on this diet and so far have lost a total of about 8.5kg. Pretty good! Must keep going!!!!! my next mini goal is 58.0kg i think.
Tuesday, 22 November 2011
Day 53
So after the weekend i lost the 500gms i had gained yesterday, was very pleased with myself. Then i went on a huge shopping spree with my sis and had Chinese for lunch... wasn't nice anyway but i felt yuck after, was prob very fatty, couldn't even eat afternoon tea. Made me thirsty as anything too so i'm guessing it was loaded with salt? Anyway when i got on the scales today there was a 100gm gain. Yikes!!!! well i deserved it i suppose. Having something like that after all i ate in the weekend was bound to have an effect. today has been a PP day so hopefully i will see a change tomorrow, i really want to lose another couple of kilos for summer, i tried a dress on today and it DIDN'T make my legs look tree trunky so that was a first!
Am getting very sick of things like meat snacks and bacon and eggs, so today i spiced it up and bought some laughing Cow low fat cheese wedges. yum! and so low in the bad stuff, i can have one a day. I fot fat free ham too and made an omelette with them all, was delish. Salmon steak for tea, i'm not sick of that!!!
Tomorrow i might make cordon bleu chicken, save some oat bran to mix with egg for a crispy coating. Yum again!!!
Had a friend asking all about the Dukan today, you get so excited telling them all about it but no on ever starts! no one i know anyway. I need a Dukan buddy! Wish my mum or sis would start.
Tried Strawberry Cheesecake flavoured protein bar today, was Okay...another one for the list!
Sunday, 20 November 2011
After the weekend...
So i have had a very naughty weekend, but surprisingly the damage was not as bad as i had feared! Two days of mostly bad food choices only resulted in a 500gm gain, half a kilo. Yay! i never thought i'd be happy about a gain but it could have been far far worse!
bad food i ate included (i do this to be honest)
Cheese and chilli roti wrap-most of it
Few pieces of peanut brittle
few baby potatoes
tiny bit rice salad and pasta salad
Wedding cupcake! Sooooo worth it lol
half a bar cherry ripe (1am munchies)
4x alcoholic drinks
handful chippees
5x caramel lollies
half a brownie
small cookie
handful crispy noodles
My god that list is long. my list of good foods is shorter! not good! But at least it made me be honest! And it was over two days.
Anyway today is a new day and i have had my oat bran brekkie, 2x glasses water and a 30min run. Another run, some pilates and maybe a walk. No veggies today even tho i didn't have them yesterday. Just meat and meat and eggs! Slow cooked beef tonight.
So i looked pretty fab in my gears haha. the dress wasn't too big because i just padded up my bra to hold it up, so no pinning needed. I looked slim and felt great. loads of people noticed how i'd lost weight which was nice, but Hubby's friend had a few too many beers and told me although i looked smokin hot now i had been a 'fatty boomba' before. WTF? i was pretty offended, had thought he was a nice guy but it was very rude, esp as we were in the presence of lots of other people and some of them were bigger than me! My opinion of him certainly changed this weekend, but he has been through a rough break up so i guess i should cut him some slack.
I deduced that perhaps i binged so dramatically yesterday (Saturday it wasn't so bad) because i was quite hurt at this persons comments. no excuse i know, but it really hurt my feelings that he thought i was an elephant before and said it in front of so many people.
Bride was beautiful and it was a fab day. i even had a drink or four and had a great time dancing, stopped drinking just in time and stuck to the water and woke up UN hungover! perfect! all in all it was a great wedding, with new and old friends.
Now that i'm back to reality though i need to focus on losing the weight i have just gained, and look to my next goal which is to get to 57 or 58 kg before Xmas, the more the better as i am guaranteed to put some on!!!!
That will pretty much be my pre baby weight again, but i don't know if i will stop there or not, i'll have to see how i go. Part of me wants to be like 50kilos but i also think it's a bit skinny for me, i was pretty happy mid 50's so i'll get there first and see what it's like!
Yay for getting back on track and focusing on the next mini goal.
bad food i ate included (i do this to be honest)
Cheese and chilli roti wrap-most of it
Few pieces of peanut brittle
few baby potatoes
tiny bit rice salad and pasta salad
Wedding cupcake! Sooooo worth it lol
half a bar cherry ripe (1am munchies)
4x alcoholic drinks
handful chippees
5x caramel lollies
half a brownie
small cookie
handful crispy noodles
My god that list is long. my list of good foods is shorter! not good! But at least it made me be honest! And it was over two days.
Anyway today is a new day and i have had my oat bran brekkie, 2x glasses water and a 30min run. Another run, some pilates and maybe a walk. No veggies today even tho i didn't have them yesterday. Just meat and meat and eggs! Slow cooked beef tonight.
So i looked pretty fab in my gears haha. the dress wasn't too big because i just padded up my bra to hold it up, so no pinning needed. I looked slim and felt great. loads of people noticed how i'd lost weight which was nice, but Hubby's friend had a few too many beers and told me although i looked smokin hot now i had been a 'fatty boomba' before. WTF? i was pretty offended, had thought he was a nice guy but it was very rude, esp as we were in the presence of lots of other people and some of them were bigger than me! My opinion of him certainly changed this weekend, but he has been through a rough break up so i guess i should cut him some slack.
I deduced that perhaps i binged so dramatically yesterday (Saturday it wasn't so bad) because i was quite hurt at this persons comments. no excuse i know, but it really hurt my feelings that he thought i was an elephant before and said it in front of so many people.
Bride was beautiful and it was a fab day. i even had a drink or four and had a great time dancing, stopped drinking just in time and stuck to the water and woke up UN hungover! perfect! all in all it was a great wedding, with new and old friends.
Now that i'm back to reality though i need to focus on losing the weight i have just gained, and look to my next goal which is to get to 57 or 58 kg before Xmas, the more the better as i am guaranteed to put some on!!!!
That will pretty much be my pre baby weight again, but i don't know if i will stop there or not, i'll have to see how i go. Part of me wants to be like 50kilos but i also think it's a bit skinny for me, i was pretty happy mid 50's so i'll get there first and see what it's like!
Yay for getting back on track and focusing on the next mini goal.
Thursday, 17 November 2011
Day 48- Wedding eve!
Yay i'm getting a post in before the weekend. Yesterday was the dress rehearsal and i arrived in heels to practice being in the church in them, boy are my feet sore!!!i was in a rush before we left and i put on a pair of Levis that i hadn't tried on in 3 weeks-all i knew was that they were too tight then so should be good now. I was WRONG!!!! they were too big but i wore them anyway. Too big! I will have to sell them now along with my 2x pairs of size 11's.Yayyyyy! I haven't tried my 10's on but with any luck i'll fit them, or at least soon!!!!
Secondly, after the rehearsal we had to eat dinner at the food court. I couldn't find just meat so i had half a bowl of butter chicken and a piece of naan bread. So good! But naughty. Then on way home stopped at Burger King and kids got a sundae. i was hungry so got chicken tenders, crumbed and fried. BAD but so tasty. Felt terribly guilty and very reluctant to weigh self today, but pleasingly there was no change, still 60.8kg. Success!
Groom to be noticed my weight loss. not weird like it sounds,he's just interested in exercise and diet, wanted to know all about Dukan.Was so pleased someone noticed!!!!! Very rewarding. I just hope dress fits!!!!
anyway, today i will do an extra run and walk so that i can make up for the non exercising and probably bad eating this weekend. here's hoping i don't do too much damage!!!!! Ooh and i'm taking the scales to keep me motivated!!!
Secondly, after the rehearsal we had to eat dinner at the food court. I couldn't find just meat so i had half a bowl of butter chicken and a piece of naan bread. So good! But naughty. Then on way home stopped at Burger King and kids got a sundae. i was hungry so got chicken tenders, crumbed and fried. BAD but so tasty. Felt terribly guilty and very reluctant to weigh self today, but pleasingly there was no change, still 60.8kg. Success!
Groom to be noticed my weight loss. not weird like it sounds,he's just interested in exercise and diet, wanted to know all about Dukan.Was so pleased someone noticed!!!!! Very rewarding. I just hope dress fits!!!!
anyway, today i will do an extra run and walk so that i can make up for the non exercising and probably bad eating this weekend. here's hoping i don't do too much damage!!!!! Ooh and i'm taking the scales to keep me motivated!!!
Wednesday, 16 November 2011
Day 47...I think!
Well i am pleased to say although i have been so busy this week i have been doing well. After my horrific weekend the scales have been quickly going down, down and down! I had one loss of 900g in one day and another of 400g, other times it's just been 100g but that's fine by me, as long as its a loss!
Very happy. Grand total is now 60.8kg! yes, i am in the 60's!!!!! Yay!!!!!! i have exceeded my mini goal of 61kg before the wedding. i am a little scared about how eating is going to go on the weekend though.From the time i go to get ready on the day i am at the mercy of other people mostly, so will have to try to stick to meat type things. it will probably be a good idea to be having a vege day that day too.
So the countdown is on. Today i am giving myself a pedicure, second and third coats of fake tan, i am having my hair done at 1pm too. Loads of packing to do as well! Hopefully the antibiotics (last lot fri night!) effects will wear off and by Saturday i will be a happy glowing bridesmaid! cant wait to stop taking pills.
A friend commented on how skinny i was looking yesterday, made my day.its hard for me because even though i can see a difference in the mirror (or shop window) when i actually look down at myself i still see rolls and too big thighs. I did buy some control pants yesterday though!!!!! Will be trying them out with jeans tonight.
I honestly am so happy it hasn't been a nightmare coming back from the damage i did last weekend. i was so disappointed in myself for bingeing, especially when the food wasn't the food of my dreams! I was wondering how, you know how they say you should have a treat once a week or something, if i shouldn't write a list of the Food of my Dreams and then once a week until Christmas...because then there will be no stopping me for that day...have this treat, and be good the entire rest of the week? then i wouldn't be tempted to binge on crispy noodles or samosas, which are nice but not my fave. good theory...or am i just HUNGRY lol
Hopefully i get a chance to post tomorrow before the madness begins, but if not, wish me luck at my one and only time of being a bridesmaid!!!!!!!
Very happy. Grand total is now 60.8kg! yes, i am in the 60's!!!!! Yay!!!!!! i have exceeded my mini goal of 61kg before the wedding. i am a little scared about how eating is going to go on the weekend though.From the time i go to get ready on the day i am at the mercy of other people mostly, so will have to try to stick to meat type things. it will probably be a good idea to be having a vege day that day too.
So the countdown is on. Today i am giving myself a pedicure, second and third coats of fake tan, i am having my hair done at 1pm too. Loads of packing to do as well! Hopefully the antibiotics (last lot fri night!) effects will wear off and by Saturday i will be a happy glowing bridesmaid! cant wait to stop taking pills.
A friend commented on how skinny i was looking yesterday, made my day.its hard for me because even though i can see a difference in the mirror (or shop window) when i actually look down at myself i still see rolls and too big thighs. I did buy some control pants yesterday though!!!!! Will be trying them out with jeans tonight.
I honestly am so happy it hasn't been a nightmare coming back from the damage i did last weekend. i was so disappointed in myself for bingeing, especially when the food wasn't the food of my dreams! I was wondering how, you know how they say you should have a treat once a week or something, if i shouldn't write a list of the Food of my Dreams and then once a week until Christmas...because then there will be no stopping me for that day...have this treat, and be good the entire rest of the week? then i wouldn't be tempted to binge on crispy noodles or samosas, which are nice but not my fave. good theory...or am i just HUNGRY lol
Hopefully i get a chance to post tomorrow before the madness begins, but if not, wish me luck at my one and only time of being a bridesmaid!!!!!!!
Saturday, 12 November 2011
Day 43-officially "off the wagon" yesterday :(
Well well well, what a week its been. This time last week i never would have thought i'd be in hospital and fall off the wagon so spectacularly all in one week, but i'm here and the only way to go is UP!
I felt yuck when i saw the scales this morning, i was staying at 61.6 all week despite being sick,and then went up to 61.8 yesterday, now after a day (yesterday) of eating:
Choc peppermint slice
bread
corn chips
a couple of savouries (this one i regret because they weren't even nice!)
2 pieces of sushi
a piece of toast
crackers and cheese
I have put on a lovely 800gms bringing my total to 62.4 today. BOOOOOO!
I have never gone up this much before but i haven't binged this much before either. And all a week before the wedding! I have 6 days to LIGHTNING ATTACK this and lose at least as much as i have gained. I know i can do it! Trouble yesterday was that because i don't drink eating was something to keep me occupied, while everyone else drank! i did have a few naughty puffs on cigarettes too which i am paying for today with a fuzzy head and sore lips. Yuck! Get into the presence of other women and i am corrupted! No, its no ones fault but my own.
Actually two nurses told me off on friday for being on the diet while sick because it wasn't helping my body get back to normal. they told me to eat bread and other stodgy things. So i did...it just doesn't help that this diet means if you eat something bad it shows up tenfold on the scales!!!!!
So a week. Hmmmm....last time i wanted to crack a weight loss when i stalled i exercised more...today i ran for 40mins instead of 30...its a start! We will go for a walk today, and i will try to find time to do some pilates because the sit ups have definitely been neglected this week!
I met a girl last night (i do know her but not well) who is doing a Healthy Inspirations diet and has lost 10kg but has been off the wagon for a week, i so empathize because i know how hard it is!!!! She is a really pretty girl and it makes my Femminist side come out angry that society tells us we have to lose weight when we are beautiful as we are. But at the end of the day if we are not happy we begin to affect those around us....it's a vicious circle alright.
Losing weight is one of the hardest things to do for me, its not just falling off while i'm eating well and exercising like some people, its a real tough slog and i have failed miserably this weekend. All the work i have put in and i have sacrificed it all for a good temporary taste in the mouth! Worse still is that i will lose some more this week and then the wedding is next sat and i will eat a meal and put it back on! No i have learnt my lesson.. for now though. But christmas is another story...maybe i wont be able to eat as much as i thought...
Right, back to reality...PP days all round for the next few days...loads of exercise and NO CHEATING!!!!!
I felt yuck when i saw the scales this morning, i was staying at 61.6 all week despite being sick,and then went up to 61.8 yesterday, now after a day (yesterday) of eating:
Choc peppermint slice
bread
corn chips
a couple of savouries (this one i regret because they weren't even nice!)
2 pieces of sushi
a piece of toast
crackers and cheese
I have put on a lovely 800gms bringing my total to 62.4 today. BOOOOOO!
I have never gone up this much before but i haven't binged this much before either. And all a week before the wedding! I have 6 days to LIGHTNING ATTACK this and lose at least as much as i have gained. I know i can do it! Trouble yesterday was that because i don't drink eating was something to keep me occupied, while everyone else drank! i did have a few naughty puffs on cigarettes too which i am paying for today with a fuzzy head and sore lips. Yuck! Get into the presence of other women and i am corrupted! No, its no ones fault but my own.
Actually two nurses told me off on friday for being on the diet while sick because it wasn't helping my body get back to normal. they told me to eat bread and other stodgy things. So i did...it just doesn't help that this diet means if you eat something bad it shows up tenfold on the scales!!!!!
So a week. Hmmmm....last time i wanted to crack a weight loss when i stalled i exercised more...today i ran for 40mins instead of 30...its a start! We will go for a walk today, and i will try to find time to do some pilates because the sit ups have definitely been neglected this week!
I met a girl last night (i do know her but not well) who is doing a Healthy Inspirations diet and has lost 10kg but has been off the wagon for a week, i so empathize because i know how hard it is!!!! She is a really pretty girl and it makes my Femminist side come out angry that society tells us we have to lose weight when we are beautiful as we are. But at the end of the day if we are not happy we begin to affect those around us....it's a vicious circle alright.
Losing weight is one of the hardest things to do for me, its not just falling off while i'm eating well and exercising like some people, its a real tough slog and i have failed miserably this weekend. All the work i have put in and i have sacrificed it all for a good temporary taste in the mouth! Worse still is that i will lose some more this week and then the wedding is next sat and i will eat a meal and put it back on! No i have learnt my lesson.. for now though. But christmas is another story...maybe i wont be able to eat as much as i thought...
Right, back to reality...PP days all round for the next few days...loads of exercise and NO CHEATING!!!!!
Wednesday, 9 November 2011
Day 40- did i miss a few posts or what?????
Wow, where do i start. I see my last post was last thurs- a whole week ago! Last friday i must have been busy getting ready for our weekend with my parents. im happy to say i did not fall off the wagon that weekend, even though i had a rough time on the sunday when my mum, sis, me and kids were at a pet expo and they all sat down to have deep fried hot dogs and chips, i sat there and had my meat and sugar free lollies and when we got back i cooked up my lunch. Ha, like to see their cholesterol!!!!
So it was a great weekend. I woke up sat morning to a reading of 61.9kg...about 4 or 500g lighter than the day before which is a miracle!!!! After the weekend the reading didn't change which is better than a gain. then Monday morning a couple hours after my run i got sharp pain again....off to the hospital with an infection in a tube again, went through this 2 months ago, poor Hubby had to hold the fort with 3 kids. Stayed a night and 2 days, the food was not Dukan friendly obviously, so didn't eat much. Worried all through my stay about not losing weight!!!! Anyway got home and next morning scales read 61.6kg....haha, through all that a 300gm loss..fantastic! Today reading is the same. So am only 600g away from reaching second mini-goal!
Am worried though about exercising again,i feel i should have been doing it already but Hubby says i have to rest. Everything is kinda swollen so i don't know whether i should be jogging around....think i might start tomorrow that way i have had a rest and might not need so many pain killers...
Have still been eating Dukan style although for a few moments there i was tempted for the carbs- when sick,they are fantastic for cheering you up- but i resisted, which makes me feel smug that i am learning to make better nutrition choices for my self.
Tomorrow i hope to go for a run, do some gentle Pilates, and maybe by the weekend (when although i am on antibiotics and cant drink i am a bridesmaid at a hen night and want to wear a dress and heels!) i might be a little more inclined (and a little less swollen) to wear a nice dress!
So it was a great weekend. I woke up sat morning to a reading of 61.9kg...about 4 or 500g lighter than the day before which is a miracle!!!! After the weekend the reading didn't change which is better than a gain. then Monday morning a couple hours after my run i got sharp pain again....off to the hospital with an infection in a tube again, went through this 2 months ago, poor Hubby had to hold the fort with 3 kids. Stayed a night and 2 days, the food was not Dukan friendly obviously, so didn't eat much. Worried all through my stay about not losing weight!!!! Anyway got home and next morning scales read 61.6kg....haha, through all that a 300gm loss..fantastic! Today reading is the same. So am only 600g away from reaching second mini-goal!
Am worried though about exercising again,i feel i should have been doing it already but Hubby says i have to rest. Everything is kinda swollen so i don't know whether i should be jogging around....think i might start tomorrow that way i have had a rest and might not need so many pain killers...
Have still been eating Dukan style although for a few moments there i was tempted for the carbs- when sick,they are fantastic for cheering you up- but i resisted, which makes me feel smug that i am learning to make better nutrition choices for my self.
Tomorrow i hope to go for a run, do some gentle Pilates, and maybe by the weekend (when although i am on antibiotics and cant drink i am a bridesmaid at a hen night and want to wear a dress and heels!) i might be a little more inclined (and a little less swollen) to wear a nice dress!
Thursday, 3 November 2011
Day 33
Today i lost a measly 100gms, but i guess its better than a gain. Was still hoping to see something better on the scales! I think now i have unofficially lost 6kg because when i started the Dukan i had previously dieted for a week with no carbs so i am estimating i lost around 500gms that week and when i first weighed myself 2 days into the Dukan i was 68.0kg. Now an at 62.5! So around a 6kg loss.Yay!!!! Just need to lose another 6kg! Please take from my thighs haha.
Slow cooked beef was nice last nice, coconut really gave it a kick. Next time i make meringues i might add a little bit.
Today is a PP day. Missed morning snack so had 2x egg whites at lunch, i think they are unlimited? i haven't had a yolk for a while, hope im allowed to miss them out. Dinner tonight is Chinese red pork steaks, i know pork is not strictly allowed but i've had it before and it didn't make me gain, and i think in NZ the pork is a bit less fatty than other countries. Anyway, that and a good old egg white for dinner!
Meringues for afternoon tea. They did dry out a bit, just a small step up from the last three batches ive made!
have done loads of exercise today. will get a run in tomorrow morning but probably not much else unless Parents want to go for a walk. Sunday will be even worse, hopefully a walk in when we get home. Hubby is holding stag night at his parents beach house, i foresee all sorts of damage and mess for him to clean the next day! Glad it's not me!!!
All in all felling quite good weight wise today. Caught glimpse of self in mirror at shops and was reminded how i saw myself in same window 3 or 4 months ago and my butt was HUUUUGE, now i look slimmer and more in the right sort of proportion. Being short is not very slimming but i looked heaps better! besides, 6 kilos is better than 5, and it wont be long before i'm saying that I've lost 7, then 8kg! Now THAT will be a great day.
Slow cooked beef was nice last nice, coconut really gave it a kick. Next time i make meringues i might add a little bit.
Today is a PP day. Missed morning snack so had 2x egg whites at lunch, i think they are unlimited? i haven't had a yolk for a while, hope im allowed to miss them out. Dinner tonight is Chinese red pork steaks, i know pork is not strictly allowed but i've had it before and it didn't make me gain, and i think in NZ the pork is a bit less fatty than other countries. Anyway, that and a good old egg white for dinner!
Meringues for afternoon tea. They did dry out a bit, just a small step up from the last three batches ive made!
have done loads of exercise today. will get a run in tomorrow morning but probably not much else unless Parents want to go for a walk. Sunday will be even worse, hopefully a walk in when we get home. Hubby is holding stag night at his parents beach house, i foresee all sorts of damage and mess for him to clean the next day! Glad it's not me!!!
All in all felling quite good weight wise today. Caught glimpse of self in mirror at shops and was reminded how i saw myself in same window 3 or 4 months ago and my butt was HUUUUGE, now i look slimmer and more in the right sort of proportion. Being short is not very slimming but i looked heaps better! besides, 6 kilos is better than 5, and it wont be long before i'm saying that I've lost 7, then 8kg! Now THAT will be a great day.
Wednesday, 2 November 2011
Day 32
Today there was another loss..yay...300gm so now i am at 62.6kg. Yay!!!!!!!! its a PV day today so hopefully i don't gain any. Getting close and closer to that elusive 61 kg....
Have had a day at home today, was meant to go to a mum's coffee group but Toddler has been diabolical these last few days, yesterday he bit my friends baby's nose until it bled, shes only 5 months old poor wee thing, i was so embarrassed and mad at him, it took me all evening to 'forgive' him and today i still feel terrible. So i decided not to take him out among other (more well behaved) toddlers, in case he injured one of them. A very boring day at home! So i made meringues again, this time chocolatey ones, they weren't hard AGAIN but they had a nice taste, so i put them back in to see if they harden up with longer cooking. Never mind, i wont give up!
Am slow cooking a piece of beef for my dinner with onions, mushrooms and a sauce made of curry powder, coriander and garlic-ooh and a couple of drops of coconut essence to give it a kick. has been teasing me with the yummy smell all day! The others are having sausages again, i wonder how long it will take for them to ask me to buy something else for a change!!!!
in two days time Hubby is off to the stag do so i'm going to stay at my parents house, so they can distract me from what Hubby might be getting up to! They accepted my Dukan diet last time i saw them so hopefully 2 days at their house will be fine. I plan to take my frozen pumpkin soup, some salmon fillets and they will have plenty eggs. Also snack meat and a protein bar and a big bottle of water, they don't keep cold water. Phew, lots to pack!!!!!
Have been for the last 3 days doing a 30min run in the morning and then another 20-30min run when Toddler goes down for a nap, followed by 25mins Pilates, and a 35-45 min walk, is this too much? I'm scared my body will get so used to it that ill have to do that much everyday just to maintain my weight, and wont lose any!
Have had a day at home today, was meant to go to a mum's coffee group but Toddler has been diabolical these last few days, yesterday he bit my friends baby's nose until it bled, shes only 5 months old poor wee thing, i was so embarrassed and mad at him, it took me all evening to 'forgive' him and today i still feel terrible. So i decided not to take him out among other (more well behaved) toddlers, in case he injured one of them. A very boring day at home! So i made meringues again, this time chocolatey ones, they weren't hard AGAIN but they had a nice taste, so i put them back in to see if they harden up with longer cooking. Never mind, i wont give up!
Am slow cooking a piece of beef for my dinner with onions, mushrooms and a sauce made of curry powder, coriander and garlic-ooh and a couple of drops of coconut essence to give it a kick. has been teasing me with the yummy smell all day! The others are having sausages again, i wonder how long it will take for them to ask me to buy something else for a change!!!!
in two days time Hubby is off to the stag do so i'm going to stay at my parents house, so they can distract me from what Hubby might be getting up to! They accepted my Dukan diet last time i saw them so hopefully 2 days at their house will be fine. I plan to take my frozen pumpkin soup, some salmon fillets and they will have plenty eggs. Also snack meat and a protein bar and a big bottle of water, they don't keep cold water. Phew, lots to pack!!!!!
Have been for the last 3 days doing a 30min run in the morning and then another 20-30min run when Toddler goes down for a nap, followed by 25mins Pilates, and a 35-45 min walk, is this too much? I'm scared my body will get so used to it that ill have to do that much everyday just to maintain my weight, and wont lose any!
Tuesday, 1 November 2011
Day 31
RESUUUUUULT!!!! a minor victory but this morning....62.9kg on the scales! I'm gonna take it, even though .9 is only 100gms down from 63.0...i'm gonna take it! i only hope that tomorrow its not gone back up again!!!
I wonder if the reason i haven't been losing weight is muscle? i am more aware now of new muscles in my body than i have ever been in my life. Even if they are still hiding under fat i can feel them forming and some becoming hard. they always say that when weight loss slows down it can be muscle showing up on the scales. well if that is so then the weight loss should be picking up again?
Anyway i'm pretty happy. I had wanted to see that number 62 at least four days ago but four days late isn't too bad in the scheme of things! Felt like i was stuck for a long time but it wouldn't have been quite a week. Just when you weigh yourself every morning it feels like a long time...i haven't been 62 probably when i sped past it when 6months pregnant or 6 odd years ago when Eldest was three. Cant wait to see what 61 looks like!
18 days til the wedding, i can do it i know i can! i know i will stray off diet that night and hens night, but if i try to do it with dignity ie eat tiny amounts of forbidden things instead of stuffing my face until i'm sick i should be OK Ill just have to remind myself of the steak incident because i don't want to be that sick again! Hens night is just nibbles but wedding will be a sit down meal. meat is my friend! besides ill be wearing god awful tuck in underwear and heels so i wont want to eat too much in case i topple over.
Am off to see a friend with her 3 kids plus my three, am taking a delish caramel slice but i WILL abstain, take my protein bar and pretend its chocolate!
I wonder if the reason i haven't been losing weight is muscle? i am more aware now of new muscles in my body than i have ever been in my life. Even if they are still hiding under fat i can feel them forming and some becoming hard. they always say that when weight loss slows down it can be muscle showing up on the scales. well if that is so then the weight loss should be picking up again?
Anyway i'm pretty happy. I had wanted to see that number 62 at least four days ago but four days late isn't too bad in the scheme of things! Felt like i was stuck for a long time but it wouldn't have been quite a week. Just when you weigh yourself every morning it feels like a long time...i haven't been 62 probably when i sped past it when 6months pregnant or 6 odd years ago when Eldest was three. Cant wait to see what 61 looks like!
18 days til the wedding, i can do it i know i can! i know i will stray off diet that night and hens night, but if i try to do it with dignity ie eat tiny amounts of forbidden things instead of stuffing my face until i'm sick i should be OK Ill just have to remind myself of the steak incident because i don't want to be that sick again! Hens night is just nibbles but wedding will be a sit down meal. meat is my friend! besides ill be wearing god awful tuck in underwear and heels so i wont want to eat too much in case i topple over.
Am off to see a friend with her 3 kids plus my three, am taking a delish caramel slice but i WILL abstain, take my protein bar and pretend its chocolate!
Monday, 31 October 2011
Day 30
Into the 4th week of the diet now. This morning i had lost 400gms so back down to 63.0 which is great, but i'm nervous ill go up again tomorrow especially as this is a PV day today. Yesterday i exercised more so maybe that's what did it, i tried to drink more water too. Today i have done the same, more exercise but i had a half a protein bar just before, after a workout, so i don't know if the scales will move back again tomorrow or not. I need to get past this! It is not cool sticking on the same number for nearly a week. I am starting to worry that i wont make my second 'mini' goal- 61 or 62kg by the time of the wedding, in 18 days. At this rate i'd need to lose a kg a week which is proving impossible at the mo.
Salmon fillets for tea tonight, yum! Haven't had them for a while. Best on BBQ though! am starting to think about Xmas and what sort of foods i'll make. was going to try to be healthy but i think one day a year i can make totally fat laden dishes because its not like i plan on eating the whole dish! Anyway Xmas is definitely a diet free day. There's no way i would try to diet on Xmas day or my birthday. Should be against the law.
Yesterday was Halloween and you would have been proud of me, i resisted the candy and boy was it good candy. My kids were utterly spoiled. Even now Son has a bag on his top bunk filled with kitkats and half a giant cadbury Easter egg, but i have been ignoring it all day. Could have easily caved at the shops today, in fact even Hubby asked me tentatively if i would consider straying from the diet for lunch, i said "No, and you can have your Wendy's shake, i have chicken bacon and an egg white waiting at home for me" woohoo!
Salmon fillets for tea tonight, yum! Haven't had them for a while. Best on BBQ though! am starting to think about Xmas and what sort of foods i'll make. was going to try to be healthy but i think one day a year i can make totally fat laden dishes because its not like i plan on eating the whole dish! Anyway Xmas is definitely a diet free day. There's no way i would try to diet on Xmas day or my birthday. Should be against the law.
Yesterday was Halloween and you would have been proud of me, i resisted the candy and boy was it good candy. My kids were utterly spoiled. Even now Son has a bag on his top bunk filled with kitkats and half a giant cadbury Easter egg, but i have been ignoring it all day. Could have easily caved at the shops today, in fact even Hubby asked me tentatively if i would consider straying from the diet for lunch, i said "No, and you can have your Wendy's shake, i have chicken bacon and an egg white waiting at home for me" woohoo!
Sunday, 30 October 2011
Day 29?
Still stuck/stagnated/plateaued/FRUSTRATED!!!!!!
Was nervous to weigh myself this morning, and sure enough yep was still at 63.4kg. SOOOOO mad about it. I thought i was really restrained yesterday with my eating, only having chicken meat for snacks, then i still had my icecream but its super low carbs, sugar and fat, even better than the yogurt i have. But yet again, a 100gm gain and no budge towards 62. Am getting disheartened. How am i meant to stick with a diet that is not giving me results anymore? what is the point of eating like this when there is nothing more to show for it????? I miss chocolate, pasta, bread, baking, even fruit. And i haven't even been having these things so why am i dieting??????????????? I'm just so frustrated. At what point do i give up and go back to old habits...i don't want to but what else can i do if it is not working anymore?
I wont give up tomorrow, or the next day. I just hope that i will see some results tomorrow and the next day to keep me motivated, or else it's BYEBYE meat and HELLOOOOO delicious food...no, i cant do that to myself. As much as i want to give up i have to keep going.
Ok rant over. Lol.
So to 'ramp' up the weightloss, or 'shock' my body into losing, i have been so good with the food today. Oatbran and yogurt for brekky and chicken breast for lunch with an egg white. Same for dinner just made with my yummy Dukan bbq sauce. Maybe i will hold off on the ice cream tonight too. Have had 2 snacks today of chicken meat.
have also jogged an extra half hour, so makes it 1 hour of jogging today, 20mins Pilates and 30mins walking. Hope it's enough!!!!!!!!
Was nervous to weigh myself this morning, and sure enough yep was still at 63.4kg. SOOOOO mad about it. I thought i was really restrained yesterday with my eating, only having chicken meat for snacks, then i still had my icecream but its super low carbs, sugar and fat, even better than the yogurt i have. But yet again, a 100gm gain and no budge towards 62. Am getting disheartened. How am i meant to stick with a diet that is not giving me results anymore? what is the point of eating like this when there is nothing more to show for it????? I miss chocolate, pasta, bread, baking, even fruit. And i haven't even been having these things so why am i dieting??????????????? I'm just so frustrated. At what point do i give up and go back to old habits...i don't want to but what else can i do if it is not working anymore?
I wont give up tomorrow, or the next day. I just hope that i will see some results tomorrow and the next day to keep me motivated, or else it's BYEBYE meat and HELLOOOOO delicious food...no, i cant do that to myself. As much as i want to give up i have to keep going.
Ok rant over. Lol.
So to 'ramp' up the weightloss, or 'shock' my body into losing, i have been so good with the food today. Oatbran and yogurt for brekky and chicken breast for lunch with an egg white. Same for dinner just made with my yummy Dukan bbq sauce. Maybe i will hold off on the ice cream tonight too. Have had 2 snacks today of chicken meat.
have also jogged an extra half hour, so makes it 1 hour of jogging today, 20mins Pilates and 30mins walking. Hope it's enough!!!!!!!!
Saturday, 29 October 2011
Day 28
Missed a post yesterday, i weighed in at exactly the same, 63.1kg. It was Saturday, and at the market my daughter wanted to buy a gourmet slice for us to share...i should've said no but i had a chunk of it anyway. So i expected not to lose any weight but i gained 200gm- was 63.3kg this morning. Not fair! i hate this stagnation. I'm sure its not supposed to happen this early on in the diet. anyway i did a bit of research on the Dukan sites and they recommend that you do 2x days of PP to 'kick start' the weight loss again. And drink loads of water. So hopefully something will change tomorrow...i don't want to have to stay on 63 forever!
This is the weight i was for my wedding, and the same as i was a few years ago when my eldest son was 4 and i had gotten out of a bad relationship, taken stock of my life and saw i was a bit heavy so i lost 11kg on the Liver cleansing diet, aided by an addiction to laxatives. Got down to 49kg which i think is way too skinny and settled at a comfy 51-53kg. These days i'd be happy just to see 59! Anyway here i am at 63kg again for the third time in my adult life. Is my body trying to say it wants to be this weight? well i don't!!!!! How can i convince my body that it would be great to be just 5-8kg lighter than this...
i hate being so obsessive, but losing weight is such a battle its hard not to...
Halloween is tomorrow, how will i resist the candy? hopefully all the kids get is cheap china made stuff, yuck
i have told myself i wont have half a choc protein bar today, i will have nothing but shaved meat for snacks and see if that helps.
This is the weight i was for my wedding, and the same as i was a few years ago when my eldest son was 4 and i had gotten out of a bad relationship, taken stock of my life and saw i was a bit heavy so i lost 11kg on the Liver cleansing diet, aided by an addiction to laxatives. Got down to 49kg which i think is way too skinny and settled at a comfy 51-53kg. These days i'd be happy just to see 59! Anyway here i am at 63kg again for the third time in my adult life. Is my body trying to say it wants to be this weight? well i don't!!!!! How can i convince my body that it would be great to be just 5-8kg lighter than this...
i hate being so obsessive, but losing weight is such a battle its hard not to...
Halloween is tomorrow, how will i resist the candy? hopefully all the kids get is cheap china made stuff, yuck
i have told myself i wont have half a choc protein bar today, i will have nothing but shaved meat for snacks and see if that helps.
Thursday, 27 October 2011
Day 26- finally officially at 1st goal weight!!!
Today i got a pleasant surprise on the scales...63.1kg! I appear to have lost 500gms since yesterday, sounds undo-able but the scales said so! And since my official start weight was 68.1, today i have mastered 5kilos! 11 or so pounds i think, yayyyyyy! I only hope tomorrow i can go below 63, i might cry if i see 62 on the scales!
Today was a PP day, usual lunch of chicken bacon and an egg white, never fails to be delicious! I think i'll make the BBQ sauce chicken again tonight but with more sauce. I had half a protein bar for afternoon tea, it was the 'healthiest' of all of them with minimum carbs, sugar and fat so hopefully it was OK. i seem to NEED the sweet hit at around 3 or 4pm, without it i might go mad.
Headache today, though probably not anything to do with the diet...unless i need to drink more water....
Glad to see also that my fave black trackpants are rather baggy, that's two pairs that are on their way to being too big. I cant wait to wear all the 'skinny' stuff in my wardrobe too, as well as the pretty summer dresses!
3 weeks to go until the wedding, and 5kg too small for bridesmaids dress...whoops!
Today was a PP day, usual lunch of chicken bacon and an egg white, never fails to be delicious! I think i'll make the BBQ sauce chicken again tonight but with more sauce. I had half a protein bar for afternoon tea, it was the 'healthiest' of all of them with minimum carbs, sugar and fat so hopefully it was OK. i seem to NEED the sweet hit at around 3 or 4pm, without it i might go mad.
Headache today, though probably not anything to do with the diet...unless i need to drink more water....
Glad to see also that my fave black trackpants are rather baggy, that's two pairs that are on their way to being too big. I cant wait to wear all the 'skinny' stuff in my wardrobe too, as well as the pretty summer dresses!
3 weeks to go until the wedding, and 5kg too small for bridesmaids dress...whoops!
Wednesday, 26 October 2011
Chicken breast with Dukan BBQ sauce
I wanted something saucy and tangy for my chicken last night but all the recipes i googled were a bit strange...coffee in bbq sauce? anyway i made quite a tasty one up in the end, next time i would make more up and put some on before serving too
Sauce:
paprika
Tomato sauce/ketchup
soy sauce (i only used a splash)
white vinegar
garlic
Just mix up as much of this as your taste prefers. spread over chicken and bake! Add more before serving if you like it saucy! :)
Sauce:
paprika
Tomato sauce/ketchup
soy sauce (i only used a splash)
white vinegar
garlic
Just mix up as much of this as your taste prefers. spread over chicken and bake! Add more before serving if you like it saucy! :)
Day 25
Another day on the Dukan! Meat meat and more egg white....actually it was a PV day today. Spinach, tomato and onion omlette for lunch, dinner will be dry pan fried warehou fish with lemon and garlic with steamed broccoli.
Dinner was delish last nite! Will have to post recipe, bbq sauce dukan style chicken....
Anyway, todays weigh in was a bit disappointing, but not too bad...65.6kg so down 200g since yesterday. i had hoped to have magically lost more to make up for not losing much over the last few days! Im terrified that this is a 'plateau' and i wont be able to move past it, but i think its because this is the lightest I've been since having Toddler so weighing less than this is a foreign idea! Hopefully things will start moving along tomorrow but we shall see, i might have to go on the Attack again but i should probably give it a week first.
Other bloggers have said they only weigh themselves once a week, i don't know if that would be harder or easier????
Today i made a vanilla sponge cake from http://mydukandiet.com/recipes/sponge-cake.html and it turned out okay....i would add more sweetener next time. i actually halved the recipe as i only had 2 tbsp cornflour but it rose like a cake, bit funny looking but the main thing was that it was cakey!!!! had it hot served with a dollop of vanilla yogurt, was quite filling.
Someone noticed today that i had lost weight so that was nice. When people know you are dieting you kinda feel that they are saying it to make you feel better, but when people don't know its genuine!
Dinner was delish last nite! Will have to post recipe, bbq sauce dukan style chicken....
Anyway, todays weigh in was a bit disappointing, but not too bad...65.6kg so down 200g since yesterday. i had hoped to have magically lost more to make up for not losing much over the last few days! Im terrified that this is a 'plateau' and i wont be able to move past it, but i think its because this is the lightest I've been since having Toddler so weighing less than this is a foreign idea! Hopefully things will start moving along tomorrow but we shall see, i might have to go on the Attack again but i should probably give it a week first.
Other bloggers have said they only weigh themselves once a week, i don't know if that would be harder or easier????
Today i made a vanilla sponge cake from http://mydukandiet.com/recipes/sponge-cake.html and it turned out okay....i would add more sweetener next time. i actually halved the recipe as i only had 2 tbsp cornflour but it rose like a cake, bit funny looking but the main thing was that it was cakey!!!! had it hot served with a dollop of vanilla yogurt, was quite filling.
Someone noticed today that i had lost weight so that was nice. When people know you are dieting you kinda feel that they are saying it to make you feel better, but when people don't know its genuine!
Tuesday, 25 October 2011
Day 24
well an up and down two days. Yesterday i was so happy to see 65.5kg on the scales and spent the day in bliss, proud of my self. then in hindsight i must have taken that as permission...to have too many tolerated foods.
Today i woke up and weighed in at 65.8...300gm up?
Not happy! Racked my brains for reasons....it was a vege day, sometimes it happens. Didn't drink enough water? i bought 2x Atkins choc bars and had half of each one yesterday, one half at morning tea and the other at afternoon tea. Got to be why!!!! Hmmmm then i made meringues, only egg white and sweetener but still maybe? i ate half of them, they were disgusting. Then after dinner i had 2 marshmallows. oooh and dinner had cabbage, onion, cauliflower and chicken in a red curry sauce...maybe i used too much milk? to help the spice i had a small bowl of yogurt with dinner, and also my super low everything icecream.
So i guess these things alone would be fine but lump them all together in one day and you get a 300gm gain!!!!
well i'm a little upset but i had known that this would happen from time to time. Its happened once before, but each day since has always had a loss. i guess i just got used to it. i was tooting the Dukan's horn yesterday to a friend who wanted to know all about it- did i jinx myself?!
Anyway a test of my endurance and motivation cant be a bad thing can it. Maybe i was Cruising along being a bit blase....
Today is shopping day so i will be strict on the Dukan friendly items. These Atkins bars surely will be ok if i just have a half a bar per day, we will see the results tomorrow i guess!
just meat, meat and egg white for me today then!!!
Today i woke up and weighed in at 65.8...300gm up?
Not happy! Racked my brains for reasons....it was a vege day, sometimes it happens. Didn't drink enough water? i bought 2x Atkins choc bars and had half of each one yesterday, one half at morning tea and the other at afternoon tea. Got to be why!!!! Hmmmm then i made meringues, only egg white and sweetener but still maybe? i ate half of them, they were disgusting. Then after dinner i had 2 marshmallows. oooh and dinner had cabbage, onion, cauliflower and chicken in a red curry sauce...maybe i used too much milk? to help the spice i had a small bowl of yogurt with dinner, and also my super low everything icecream.
So i guess these things alone would be fine but lump them all together in one day and you get a 300gm gain!!!!
well i'm a little upset but i had known that this would happen from time to time. Its happened once before, but each day since has always had a loss. i guess i just got used to it. i was tooting the Dukan's horn yesterday to a friend who wanted to know all about it- did i jinx myself?!
Anyway a test of my endurance and motivation cant be a bad thing can it. Maybe i was Cruising along being a bit blase....
Today is shopping day so i will be strict on the Dukan friendly items. These Atkins bars surely will be ok if i just have a half a bar per day, we will see the results tomorrow i guess!
just meat, meat and egg white for me today then!!!
Sunday, 23 October 2011
Day 22
Heya!
Day 22 and i'm feeling fab! Awesome result on scales today, 63.8kg woohoo! a 300gm loss from yesterday. Am rapt!!!! had a crap nights sleep and wondered groggily whether lack of sleep affects weight loss-someone told me it did-but not for me today. Slept in til7am (gosh what a sleep in lol) then contemplated not going for a run, but once again as i saw the results i was off running immediately!
PP day today. steak topped with an egg for lunch. i generously gave 1/4 of my precious egg yolk to Toddler who promptly spit it out on floor. Not impressed. Then decided that yolks are so fatty anyway, so he did me a favour.
Tonight's dinner is steak and kidney...i make it with very fine chopped onion (one for whole family) so i'm hoping that it wont count as a vegetable...one of my fave meals actually, a bit of offal...yum!
Family liked my Dukan mince last night, not a jot of fat or oil just mince, veges and herbs/spices. I find my portion sizes automatically smaller these days and i get full none the less!
Today i was a bit naughty FINANCIALLY i mean, i spent a small fortune at the supermarket when i found some carb, sugar and fat free icecream. Of course the portion size is ridiculously small but yay i get to have icecream!!!!! i also found MIRACLE of miracles, a new range of Atkins choc bars that i haven't seen before. I got the choc brownie one and it was almost like eating real chocolate...so delicious!They are still a bit high in fat to eat in their wholes but i worked out i can cut them in half and they should be ok...bit pricey but this diet is! And it's paying off so cant complain, can i. my gummie bears were also back in stock. FANTASTIC result from the supermarket!!!
Was thinking about my bridesmaids dress today, i really think i'm going to get in trouble if i continue to lose weight like this...do i keep going the way i am and deal with the fallout on the day, which will probably only mean pinning the dress, or do i stop at 61 or 62kg so that i'm only 6 or 7 kg lighter? i know i will get a telling off though.I was supposed to lose the weight BEFORE the dress fittings!
Day 22 and i'm feeling fab! Awesome result on scales today, 63.8kg woohoo! a 300gm loss from yesterday. Am rapt!!!! had a crap nights sleep and wondered groggily whether lack of sleep affects weight loss-someone told me it did-but not for me today. Slept in til7am (gosh what a sleep in lol) then contemplated not going for a run, but once again as i saw the results i was off running immediately!
PP day today. steak topped with an egg for lunch. i generously gave 1/4 of my precious egg yolk to Toddler who promptly spit it out on floor. Not impressed. Then decided that yolks are so fatty anyway, so he did me a favour.
Tonight's dinner is steak and kidney...i make it with very fine chopped onion (one for whole family) so i'm hoping that it wont count as a vegetable...one of my fave meals actually, a bit of offal...yum!
Family liked my Dukan mince last night, not a jot of fat or oil just mince, veges and herbs/spices. I find my portion sizes automatically smaller these days and i get full none the less!
Today i was a bit naughty FINANCIALLY i mean, i spent a small fortune at the supermarket when i found some carb, sugar and fat free icecream. Of course the portion size is ridiculously small but yay i get to have icecream!!!!! i also found MIRACLE of miracles, a new range of Atkins choc bars that i haven't seen before. I got the choc brownie one and it was almost like eating real chocolate...so delicious!They are still a bit high in fat to eat in their wholes but i worked out i can cut them in half and they should be ok...bit pricey but this diet is! And it's paying off so cant complain, can i. my gummie bears were also back in stock. FANTASTIC result from the supermarket!!!
Was thinking about my bridesmaids dress today, i really think i'm going to get in trouble if i continue to lose weight like this...do i keep going the way i am and deal with the fallout on the day, which will probably only mean pinning the dress, or do i stop at 61 or 62kg so that i'm only 6 or 7 kg lighter? i know i will get a telling off though.I was supposed to lose the weight BEFORE the dress fittings!
Saturday, 22 October 2011
Day 21- Three weeks!!!!
Wow i am stunned i have stuck to this diet for this long!!! And i am most proud to announce that i have officially lost 4kg in these past 3 weeks. So proud!!!! When i stepped on the scales this morning and saw 64.1kg i almost cried...I cant wait to be 63. Am trying to think of a reward because that was always my mini goal but it is hard to think of goals that aren't food related or don't cost a lot of money!!!
Maybe as a treat i will book a spray tan, but i'll book it for the week of the wedding!
Or a new pair of undies?
That one is a good idea but i wanted to buy a whole new set when i'm at my proper goal...
Anyway the last two days have been good. Had a lovely BBQ with my cousin and her 3 kids yesterday, had 6 kids running around like maniacs yesterday but luckily we have a huge back yard! Dinner was great, i had steak, chicken and salmon, and it was quite a large plate of it! Passed up the chippees and icecream, i am good!
Today at 6am felt groggy and battled with myself whether to go for a run. But when i stood on the scales and saw the great result i was running around with glee! Got me motivated!!!!
So tried to make meringues again and EPIC fail. worse than last attempt! Soft blobs stuck to paper. BINNED!!!! So today around 3pm i was wandering around aimlessly wanting a cup of coffee and a sweet bite.Spent ages scouring Dukan sites but not got the ingredients for what looked yum. Has a stern talking to myself about craving and realized i have a magazine sitting in my room face up with a picture of a choc pudding topped with cream.Duhhhhh...of course that's why i wanted something sweet! every time i walked into my room i would see CAKE!!!!!!
Have to share a down moment from yesterday though....i know kids have no tact and they don't intend to offend, but yesterday my 5 year old nephew said to me "are you getting a baby?" well i haven't been accused of being pregnant since before my wedding...come to think of it i was around 63 kg at that time...mmm more sit ups for me! I know, I know, kids will be kids. But ouch!
yummy dinner of mince and veggies with a side of steamed cauliflower tonight....
Maybe as a treat i will book a spray tan, but i'll book it for the week of the wedding!
Or a new pair of undies?
That one is a good idea but i wanted to buy a whole new set when i'm at my proper goal...
Anyway the last two days have been good. Had a lovely BBQ with my cousin and her 3 kids yesterday, had 6 kids running around like maniacs yesterday but luckily we have a huge back yard! Dinner was great, i had steak, chicken and salmon, and it was quite a large plate of it! Passed up the chippees and icecream, i am good!
Today at 6am felt groggy and battled with myself whether to go for a run. But when i stood on the scales and saw the great result i was running around with glee! Got me motivated!!!!
So tried to make meringues again and EPIC fail. worse than last attempt! Soft blobs stuck to paper. BINNED!!!! So today around 3pm i was wandering around aimlessly wanting a cup of coffee and a sweet bite.Spent ages scouring Dukan sites but not got the ingredients for what looked yum. Has a stern talking to myself about craving and realized i have a magazine sitting in my room face up with a picture of a choc pudding topped with cream.Duhhhhh...of course that's why i wanted something sweet! every time i walked into my room i would see CAKE!!!!!!
Have to share a down moment from yesterday though....i know kids have no tact and they don't intend to offend, but yesterday my 5 year old nephew said to me "are you getting a baby?" well i haven't been accused of being pregnant since before my wedding...come to think of it i was around 63 kg at that time...mmm more sit ups for me! I know, I know, kids will be kids. But ouch!
yummy dinner of mince and veggies with a side of steamed cauliflower tonight....
Friday, 21 October 2011
Day 20
Day 20- missed a post yesterday. Have been doing okay. Yesterday was down to 64.8 then this morning was 64.6kg. So slowly but surely scales are moving! Cant wait to be in the 63s.
Can notice a difference in my own body-just little things like my butt doesn't stick out quite so much! And when im doing a certain pilates move i can see in my thighs what they will look like when the fat from underneath and the sides is gone! I have never seen that in my thighs before, even when i was 10 kg lighter. Pilates and jogging paying off slowly!
Yay my wonderful hubby bought me a treadmill and a stepper today, isn't he great!!! Found them at a garage sale, had run out of cash and he generously used his own money he had saved towards something else.Love him!!! it's just a manual one but great all the same, i don't need fancy. going to be for those days when the rain wont stop long enough for a walk!!! and the stepper will live in my lounge and be pulled out when my fave shows are on/toddler is in bed.
Foodwise these last couple of days...yesterday had my pumpkin soup...not as nice without butter and salt-but still filling, courgette spaghetti wasn't all that nice, and i wasn't hungry for it all. For once i listened to my body and when it was full i stopped. Victory!!!
Tried to make choc meringues with sweetener last night but epic fail. Read afterwards that eggs must be room temp. Never mind, they were ok spread with low fat yogurt-kind of like a soft biscuit...mmm biscuits...
i will try again because if i can crack it i can make lots and they will be a great guilt free snack!
Have this gross coating in my mouth last few days, don't know if its cold related or if it is this Ketosis that is associated with Dukan diet. gross anyway and is interfering with my taste in foods! hope it buggers off soon...
Now to get through a BBQ with my lovely cousin and her kids this arvo, yum stuff for them and bbq salmon with lemon and herbs for me...oh and the standard egg white. fear not, while everyone is having icecream afterward i shall have yogurt with cinnamon/sweetener sprinkle. Yum!
Can notice a difference in my own body-just little things like my butt doesn't stick out quite so much! And when im doing a certain pilates move i can see in my thighs what they will look like when the fat from underneath and the sides is gone! I have never seen that in my thighs before, even when i was 10 kg lighter. Pilates and jogging paying off slowly!
Yay my wonderful hubby bought me a treadmill and a stepper today, isn't he great!!! Found them at a garage sale, had run out of cash and he generously used his own money he had saved towards something else.Love him!!! it's just a manual one but great all the same, i don't need fancy. going to be for those days when the rain wont stop long enough for a walk!!! and the stepper will live in my lounge and be pulled out when my fave shows are on/toddler is in bed.
Foodwise these last couple of days...yesterday had my pumpkin soup...not as nice without butter and salt-but still filling, courgette spaghetti wasn't all that nice, and i wasn't hungry for it all. For once i listened to my body and when it was full i stopped. Victory!!!
Tried to make choc meringues with sweetener last night but epic fail. Read afterwards that eggs must be room temp. Never mind, they were ok spread with low fat yogurt-kind of like a soft biscuit...mmm biscuits...
i will try again because if i can crack it i can make lots and they will be a great guilt free snack!
Have this gross coating in my mouth last few days, don't know if its cold related or if it is this Ketosis that is associated with Dukan diet. gross anyway and is interfering with my taste in foods! hope it buggers off soon...
Now to get through a BBQ with my lovely cousin and her kids this arvo, yum stuff for them and bbq salmon with lemon and herbs for me...oh and the standard egg white. fear not, while everyone is having icecream afterward i shall have yogurt with cinnamon/sweetener sprinkle. Yum!
Wednesday, 19 October 2011
Day 18
Arggggh i have a cold and think it is because of not eating fruit and veges, not enough Vit C. I hardly ever get sick-no time for it!!!! Hopefully it'll just pass over without any dramas, the worst part was today i found a no carb protein bar that was supposedly chocolate, i cut it in half and had one half for afternoon tea and i couldn't taste it! Stupid blocked nose....the first taste of choc in 3 weeks and my nose is too blocked to taste anything...not happy!!!!
On another down side i hadn't moved a jot on the scales today, which is better than a gain but still am not impressed with myself. it must have been what i ate yesterday, the iced mocha and the two pumpkin balls. never mind, i shall not give up, i am abstaining today from any such naughtiness -hence cutting the choc bar in half (cut in half it had 2g carbs, 0.8g sugars and fat) and hopefully i shall see a result EVEN if it is 100gms tomorrow morning. if not i will just keep going. I surely cant be hitting a plateau at only a 3.5kg weight loss?!!!
Got a run, a 25min walk and 20 min of pilates in today, as well as a bit of energetic housework-all while i am 'sick'! My usual approach to sickness is to ignore it until it goes away lol.
Hubby is gone to work for the night again and is not back til tomorrow arvo as he is doing some perky work for money for our best friends wedding-which is now approx 4 weeks away! So excited for them. I have lost half the weight i wanted to lose so all going well i will lose more and get in trouble for being too big for my dress! no, i will be able to pin it. and it will feel like a reward to put that big dress on! Last fitting it was perfect and i was 68kg- still looked great on me, even as i was 5 days out of hospital with a swollen uterus (Sorry, TMI!) so hopefully it will look FANTASTIC on the 19th November!
Went grocery shopping for the week today, found it easier to plan my meals beforehand. Highlights include herby lemon and garlic chicken breast wrapped in chicken bacon (tonight's yummy dinner!) chicken in a lemon and garlic cream sauce on top of zuchinni spaghetti with a side of steamed cauliflower, and tomorrow as it is PV day i am going to make a batch of pumpkin, ginger,and coriander soup ....might add onions and very finely chopped cabbage? Lunch today was chicken mince with a little fresh ginger and onion and red curry paste-spicy! Am looking forward to these meals! Everywhere i read about the Dukan people are saying there is no way a person can stick to eat eating the same old boring things, and they are right. Variety is the way to stay focused for sure!
Til tomorrow when i step on the scales...eeek!
On another down side i hadn't moved a jot on the scales today, which is better than a gain but still am not impressed with myself. it must have been what i ate yesterday, the iced mocha and the two pumpkin balls. never mind, i shall not give up, i am abstaining today from any such naughtiness -hence cutting the choc bar in half (cut in half it had 2g carbs, 0.8g sugars and fat) and hopefully i shall see a result EVEN if it is 100gms tomorrow morning. if not i will just keep going. I surely cant be hitting a plateau at only a 3.5kg weight loss?!!!
Got a run, a 25min walk and 20 min of pilates in today, as well as a bit of energetic housework-all while i am 'sick'! My usual approach to sickness is to ignore it until it goes away lol.
Hubby is gone to work for the night again and is not back til tomorrow arvo as he is doing some perky work for money for our best friends wedding-which is now approx 4 weeks away! So excited for them. I have lost half the weight i wanted to lose so all going well i will lose more and get in trouble for being too big for my dress! no, i will be able to pin it. and it will feel like a reward to put that big dress on! Last fitting it was perfect and i was 68kg- still looked great on me, even as i was 5 days out of hospital with a swollen uterus (Sorry, TMI!) so hopefully it will look FANTASTIC on the 19th November!
Went grocery shopping for the week today, found it easier to plan my meals beforehand. Highlights include herby lemon and garlic chicken breast wrapped in chicken bacon (tonight's yummy dinner!) chicken in a lemon and garlic cream sauce on top of zuchinni spaghetti with a side of steamed cauliflower, and tomorrow as it is PV day i am going to make a batch of pumpkin, ginger,and coriander soup ....might add onions and very finely chopped cabbage? Lunch today was chicken mince with a little fresh ginger and onion and red curry paste-spicy! Am looking forward to these meals! Everywhere i read about the Dukan people are saying there is no way a person can stick to eat eating the same old boring things, and they are right. Variety is the way to stay focused for sure!
Til tomorrow when i step on the scales...eeek!
Tuesday, 18 October 2011
Day 17
Hi there
Today has been a good day i hope! i may have strayed a little bit- we went on a day trip out of town and couldn't find meat and veggies for lunch so i had Burger Fuel grilled chicken strips and 2 small pumpkin and ginger balls, but i think they may have been fried. Eek! I also had an iced mocha on the way but to the barista who made it i must have been the most annoying customer of the day! trim milk, half the amount of dutch cocoa, more ice, and could he please pop one of my own sweeteners in! Oh and no cream...that was always my fave part but oh well. And it was fabulous, but i don't know even with all the tweaks if it was Dukan friendly....
Never mind, on the scales this morning and i am down to 64.8kg! so pleased with myself. Hopefully it doesn't go up tomorrow with what i ate today!
Even though i am getting a cold and have all but lost my voice i still got up for a run at 6am and we went swimming with the kids at an aquatic centre, walking round and round the pool holding scared Toddler must have burnt at least a few calories!!!! I am also going to do some Pilates this afternoon, i haven't done for a few days and think my belly needs a bit of a stretch!
On a good note at the pools a pair of size 12 board shorts that i bought a few weeks ago and were so tight i wouldn't have worn them...now pretty much too big! i had to tie them up tight but they were still loose and flappy. Good stuff! I will be able to get rid of them and whip out the size 10s! i like seeing the changes in my shape. The last few months i have to admit the seams on some pants were straining and coming undone...very depressing but i still didn't do anything about it. I'm proud of myself for getting off my butt and doing the Dukan...although my parents were probably sick of me going on about nutritional value of foods, they stayed for two days and have probably gone home and eaten all the junk they can handle with out me bleating in their ears!
All in all still feeling super positive about the Dukan diet. I kind of like having the rules because they are pretty clear and after my mi-steak (lol-get it) last week i feel secure adhering to something that is clearly outlined. Yes it can be frustrating sometimes though, especially when eating out!!!!
Today has been a good day i hope! i may have strayed a little bit- we went on a day trip out of town and couldn't find meat and veggies for lunch so i had Burger Fuel grilled chicken strips and 2 small pumpkin and ginger balls, but i think they may have been fried. Eek! I also had an iced mocha on the way but to the barista who made it i must have been the most annoying customer of the day! trim milk, half the amount of dutch cocoa, more ice, and could he please pop one of my own sweeteners in! Oh and no cream...that was always my fave part but oh well. And it was fabulous, but i don't know even with all the tweaks if it was Dukan friendly....
Never mind, on the scales this morning and i am down to 64.8kg! so pleased with myself. Hopefully it doesn't go up tomorrow with what i ate today!
Even though i am getting a cold and have all but lost my voice i still got up for a run at 6am and we went swimming with the kids at an aquatic centre, walking round and round the pool holding scared Toddler must have burnt at least a few calories!!!! I am also going to do some Pilates this afternoon, i haven't done for a few days and think my belly needs a bit of a stretch!
On a good note at the pools a pair of size 12 board shorts that i bought a few weeks ago and were so tight i wouldn't have worn them...now pretty much too big! i had to tie them up tight but they were still loose and flappy. Good stuff! I will be able to get rid of them and whip out the size 10s! i like seeing the changes in my shape. The last few months i have to admit the seams on some pants were straining and coming undone...very depressing but i still didn't do anything about it. I'm proud of myself for getting off my butt and doing the Dukan...although my parents were probably sick of me going on about nutritional value of foods, they stayed for two days and have probably gone home and eaten all the junk they can handle with out me bleating in their ears!
All in all still feeling super positive about the Dukan diet. I kind of like having the rules because they are pretty clear and after my mi-steak (lol-get it) last week i feel secure adhering to something that is clearly outlined. Yes it can be frustrating sometimes though, especially when eating out!!!!
Monday, 17 October 2011
Day 16
just finished second PV day yesterday and have found i am not even liking the taste of the veggies, but will still try to eat some every second day. My parents have been staying and i survived the food court at the mall- by having a piece of tandoori chicken, no skin. Luckily i had packed some yogurt as well and a small bit of deli chicken....otherwise it would have been a disaster. So many smells and colours and options!!!!! I don't know whether i miss sushi or Indian the most!!!!
My dad was quite impressed, he must have thought i would have faltered and eaten everything in sight. It's fascinating to him that i would follow such a strict diet, i am known for loving cooking and eating tasty food! But i will prove all those doubters wrong...
Despite it having been 'Womens' time i have lost a further 600gms in the last couple of days, and now am at 65.1kg...200gms more and i will crack into the 64s!!!!! i'm so excited. I put some trackpants on yesterday that i havent worn in a few weeks and the bum on them is all loose and pokes out! it looks terrible but it's proof right there that my body is changing, slowly, but changing!!!! and with under 5 weeks to go til my first goal...i think i can make it!!!
If i get down tomorrow to 64.8 or 9- although i do know that on this diet the weight can fluctuate from time to time by 100,200,300gms i will be nearly 4kg lighter than when i started about 2 1/2 weeks ago....and that's an achievement!!!!
Last night made a portobello mushroom burger with chicken bacon, fresh spinach, tomato, capsicum and an egg....was delish! Obviously the mushrooms were the buns!
Another PP day today and my challenge will be if we go out for lunch with parents today before they head home...think i will pack chicken and yogurt and loads of water...if worst comes to worst i can always order trim cappacino with cinnamon!!!!
I am feeling quite positive and inspired today. So elated when i hoofed self out of bed at 6.30am for weigh in before run. Sometimes i get quite nervous before the weigh in! Normal?????
Tomorrow am going to make aromatic pumpkin soup in a bulk lot to eat/freeze. Coriander and curry flavours...onions...Yum!!!!
My dad was quite impressed, he must have thought i would have faltered and eaten everything in sight. It's fascinating to him that i would follow such a strict diet, i am known for loving cooking and eating tasty food! But i will prove all those doubters wrong...
Despite it having been 'Womens' time i have lost a further 600gms in the last couple of days, and now am at 65.1kg...200gms more and i will crack into the 64s!!!!! i'm so excited. I put some trackpants on yesterday that i havent worn in a few weeks and the bum on them is all loose and pokes out! it looks terrible but it's proof right there that my body is changing, slowly, but changing!!!! and with under 5 weeks to go til my first goal...i think i can make it!!!
If i get down tomorrow to 64.8 or 9- although i do know that on this diet the weight can fluctuate from time to time by 100,200,300gms i will be nearly 4kg lighter than when i started about 2 1/2 weeks ago....and that's an achievement!!!!
Last night made a portobello mushroom burger with chicken bacon, fresh spinach, tomato, capsicum and an egg....was delish! Obviously the mushrooms were the buns!
Another PP day today and my challenge will be if we go out for lunch with parents today before they head home...think i will pack chicken and yogurt and loads of water...if worst comes to worst i can always order trim cappacino with cinnamon!!!!
I am feeling quite positive and inspired today. So elated when i hoofed self out of bed at 6.30am for weigh in before run. Sometimes i get quite nervous before the weigh in! Normal?????
Tomorrow am going to make aromatic pumpkin soup in a bulk lot to eat/freeze. Coriander and curry flavours...onions...Yum!!!!
Saturday, 15 October 2011
Day 14- missed a few!
Here i am on day 14. What a week! I have been down to my lowest (65.5kg) then due to 'women's time' gone up and now gone back down to 65.5. So a 5 pound or so loss so far. Not huge but i'm still going to persevere!
So Thursday night Hubby and I decided to go out for dinner (even though we took Toddler!) to a well known steak house we hadn't tried before. I reasoned i could eat steak and steamed veggies as this was my first PV day. Well the steak was enormous, and delicious! I ate it with gusto, fully enjoyed it, although Toddler ate most of my veggies i got a few in.
Walking home, my stomach started to cramp....
A vomit or two later i was sitting on the couch with my sick bowl feeling VERY sorry for myself! WHY WHY WHY did i think i could eat a normal sized portion after eating such small ones for two weeks!!!! I am never doing that again i can tell you.
Yesterday (Saturday)was always going to be a challenge, we went to a 1 year olds party but due to it being an All Black theme all the food was black and white so it wasnt very appetizing to me, thankfully! They also had fish and chips which i resolutely stayed away from, then Hubby ate too much and felt ill so i felt pleased with myself!!!
Next stop was hubby's brothers birthday bbq, loads of healthy food there, and i took pork and vege kebabs and someone else had made chicken so it was perfect. Along with eggs and tomatoes it was delicious! And i made sure to only eat as much as i would at home, and it was fine.
Although i must admit to having a sliver of birthday cake...minus the thick fondant (it was a giant red robot cake-so cool!) but after a minute feeling guilty (although it didn't show on the scales today-yay!) i popped it in the fridge because cold hard cake is never nice!
I did have a moment yesterday...my fave cousin who i haven't seen in a few months, has lost a huge amount of weight and looks fabulous! I was a teeney bit sad that i haven't lost that much but she has been on the journey longer than me, i'm only 14 days and counting! Long way to go!!!!! But i luv u J, and you look so great, i am so proud of you and only hope i have the discipline to do as well as you! xx
So Thursday night Hubby and I decided to go out for dinner (even though we took Toddler!) to a well known steak house we hadn't tried before. I reasoned i could eat steak and steamed veggies as this was my first PV day. Well the steak was enormous, and delicious! I ate it with gusto, fully enjoyed it, although Toddler ate most of my veggies i got a few in.
Walking home, my stomach started to cramp....
A vomit or two later i was sitting on the couch with my sick bowl feeling VERY sorry for myself! WHY WHY WHY did i think i could eat a normal sized portion after eating such small ones for two weeks!!!! I am never doing that again i can tell you.
Yesterday (Saturday)was always going to be a challenge, we went to a 1 year olds party but due to it being an All Black theme all the food was black and white so it wasnt very appetizing to me, thankfully! They also had fish and chips which i resolutely stayed away from, then Hubby ate too much and felt ill so i felt pleased with myself!!!
Next stop was hubby's brothers birthday bbq, loads of healthy food there, and i took pork and vege kebabs and someone else had made chicken so it was perfect. Along with eggs and tomatoes it was delicious! And i made sure to only eat as much as i would at home, and it was fine.
Although i must admit to having a sliver of birthday cake...minus the thick fondant (it was a giant red robot cake-so cool!) but after a minute feeling guilty (although it didn't show on the scales today-yay!) i popped it in the fridge because cold hard cake is never nice!
I did have a moment yesterday...my fave cousin who i haven't seen in a few months, has lost a huge amount of weight and looks fabulous! I was a teeney bit sad that i haven't lost that much but she has been on the journey longer than me, i'm only 14 days and counting! Long way to go!!!!! But i luv u J, and you look so great, i am so proud of you and only hope i have the discipline to do as well as you! xx
Tuesday, 11 October 2011
Day 9
It's been a good day, apart from not getting out for a walk with the dogs due to rain, but a run and Pilates are still good. This morning i left my oatbran sitting mixed in with my yogurt for half an hour and it was sooo thick-not doing that again.
Had a wee reward today! well it was pre- planned obviously, but i am thinking of it as a 2 kilo loss goal...I got another small tatt. My sixth now. On my ankle, a cute little old fashioned Kewpie doll. It looks just like my Toddler which is a bonus! Very sore because she had to use a super fine needle, but i sat there thinking...if i can handle the hunger pains and emotional pain of missing carbs i can handle this tattoo... and of course it was all over in not too long.
Am looking forward to vegies tomorrow. Thinking of going out for dinner with hubby as kids are still away but nervous about finding something on the menu that fits in with Dukan... maybe a good old steak with mushroom and salad, no chips? any meal i haven't cooked has to be nice, right?
My morning weigh in this morning said 200gms more than yesterday but i am not panicking.maybe i have been on Attack for too long and i have hit the first "plateau", but i am moving on tomorrow so hopefully we can put some hard work in now and see new results over the next few weeks!
Already planned my lunch, spinach and (chicken) bacon omelette with chives! maybe some onions, i have so missed them! funny the things i get excited about now. Today hubby ate a cheese scone dripping with butter right in front of me...i just imagined the globby fat going into my now pure body and cravings were gone. With two parties on the weekend though i hope my resolve will be as strong!!!!!!!!
Looking forward to all the new recipes i can create every second day on Cruise phase. Never been so hungry for greens!!!!!
Now, if i could just think of a reward for the next 2 kilo loss ;)
Had a wee reward today! well it was pre- planned obviously, but i am thinking of it as a 2 kilo loss goal...I got another small tatt. My sixth now. On my ankle, a cute little old fashioned Kewpie doll. It looks just like my Toddler which is a bonus! Very sore because she had to use a super fine needle, but i sat there thinking...if i can handle the hunger pains and emotional pain of missing carbs i can handle this tattoo... and of course it was all over in not too long.
Am looking forward to vegies tomorrow. Thinking of going out for dinner with hubby as kids are still away but nervous about finding something on the menu that fits in with Dukan... maybe a good old steak with mushroom and salad, no chips? any meal i haven't cooked has to be nice, right?
My morning weigh in this morning said 200gms more than yesterday but i am not panicking.maybe i have been on Attack for too long and i have hit the first "plateau", but i am moving on tomorrow so hopefully we can put some hard work in now and see new results over the next few weeks!
Already planned my lunch, spinach and (chicken) bacon omelette with chives! maybe some onions, i have so missed them! funny the things i get excited about now. Today hubby ate a cheese scone dripping with butter right in front of me...i just imagined the globby fat going into my now pure body and cravings were gone. With two parties on the weekend though i hope my resolve will be as strong!!!!!!!!
Looking forward to all the new recipes i can create every second day on Cruise phase. Never been so hungry for greens!!!!!
Now, if i could just think of a reward for the next 2 kilo loss ;)
Monday, 10 October 2011
Last days in Attack Phase
Day 8.
I was going to move up to the cruise phase today but have decided to stay in Attack for two extra days- just to try and see if any more weight would shift.
Well I got my new scales in the mail yesterday afternoon, popped them out of the box and weighed myself. HORROR! After 7 days on this horrid diet i had only lost 1kg (2.2pounds).
Imagine my frustration! I wanted to cry but Daughter was hanging around and i don't want to project any bad feelings about weight onto her. Many self pep talks later i convinced myself that A) I may be premenstrual, B) I shouldn't have weighed myself in the afternoon after a coffee and a snack and wearing clothes! and C) perhaps i needed to have been going to the loo more? After a bit of good old internet research i found that if not enough water or too much is drunk it can affect how much weight is lost also. So really watching my water intake now!
Then at 6am this morning before my run i whipped my clothes off and weighed myself and YUSSSSS i was a whole kilo lighter again! These are the results i want. From now on NO weighing at any other time of the day.
So down to 66.0kg today!
Am a bridesmaid in 5 weeks time. Thinking i would like to be at least 62 or 63kg by then...think it's possible...although don't tell the bride, she will freak if my dress is too big! Good old pins...
63kg is what i weighed on my wedding day, it wasn't as light as i had wanted but i felt ok and the photos (most of them) are nice. I want to lose more than that but i think it is a good starting goal.
Have discovered that the easiest way to eat oatbran is stir it through yogurt. Good breakfast! Getting a bit sick off egg white but oh well, it's guilt free at least. My husband and i used to go through 4 litres of icecream a week before this diet, a ritual we would have every night is a spa and then a shared BIG bowl of icecream. Now i have a couple of spoons of the no fat yogurt, but my husband cant bring himself to eat icecream by himself!!!!!!
Today's weekly shop was a nightmare. Meat wasnt on sale so got a lot of fish fillets and chicken mince. Full of kids as school holidays, and Toddler had several meltdowns when his snacks ran out. Came away super sad and nothing would cheer me up...I find i am getting quite depressed every few days about the unfairness of the world- some people can eat whatever they want without any worry about their weight. SO UNFAIR!!!!!!! Food consumes my thoughts and i think, How can i last another 3 months or so? I MISS BREAD!!!!!
I was going to move up to the cruise phase today but have decided to stay in Attack for two extra days- just to try and see if any more weight would shift.
Well I got my new scales in the mail yesterday afternoon, popped them out of the box and weighed myself. HORROR! After 7 days on this horrid diet i had only lost 1kg (2.2pounds).
Imagine my frustration! I wanted to cry but Daughter was hanging around and i don't want to project any bad feelings about weight onto her. Many self pep talks later i convinced myself that A) I may be premenstrual, B) I shouldn't have weighed myself in the afternoon after a coffee and a snack and wearing clothes! and C) perhaps i needed to have been going to the loo more? After a bit of good old internet research i found that if not enough water or too much is drunk it can affect how much weight is lost also. So really watching my water intake now!
Then at 6am this morning before my run i whipped my clothes off and weighed myself and YUSSSSS i was a whole kilo lighter again! These are the results i want. From now on NO weighing at any other time of the day.
So down to 66.0kg today!
Am a bridesmaid in 5 weeks time. Thinking i would like to be at least 62 or 63kg by then...think it's possible...although don't tell the bride, she will freak if my dress is too big! Good old pins...
63kg is what i weighed on my wedding day, it wasn't as light as i had wanted but i felt ok and the photos (most of them) are nice. I want to lose more than that but i think it is a good starting goal.
Have discovered that the easiest way to eat oatbran is stir it through yogurt. Good breakfast! Getting a bit sick off egg white but oh well, it's guilt free at least. My husband and i used to go through 4 litres of icecream a week before this diet, a ritual we would have every night is a spa and then a shared BIG bowl of icecream. Now i have a couple of spoons of the no fat yogurt, but my husband cant bring himself to eat icecream by himself!!!!!!
Today's weekly shop was a nightmare. Meat wasnt on sale so got a lot of fish fillets and chicken mince. Full of kids as school holidays, and Toddler had several meltdowns when his snacks ran out. Came away super sad and nothing would cheer me up...I find i am getting quite depressed every few days about the unfairness of the world- some people can eat whatever they want without any worry about their weight. SO UNFAIR!!!!!!! Food consumes my thoughts and i think, How can i last another 3 months or so? I MISS BREAD!!!!!
Sunday, 9 October 2011
First 7 days in Attack
Hi there. I have been reading blogs all across the world this week while beginning my own Dukan Diet, mostly to keep me motivated! It sure has been hard work. So this morning i suddenly thought, why cant i do a blog? I haven't come across any from New Zealand, where I live, so it's perfect!
Unlike the other blogs i haven't catalouged all 7 of the days individually so i will just write down altogether how it has been for me the last 7 days.
Day 1
I was so excited the night before to read about the diet for the first ime that i stayed up late researching it. Crazy! Even crazier is that i was so motivated and excited that i got up at 6.30 am and jogged for 30 mins. So out of character for me, i usually find it hard to get up in the mornings. So every day this week bar one i have done this and also jogged again at lunchtime and followed it with 30-40mins of Pilates.
The first day was grocery shopping day so it was perfect, i could stock up. I noticed that not buying hordes of veggies for myself left me with ample money to purchase my mostly meat/dairy goodies!
I had no headaches, jogged twice, walked an hour and did Pilates.
Day 2
This day wasn't too bad, quite enjoy the yogurt i bought and marinated my chicken breasts in yogurt and curry and coriander. Yum on the BBQ!
Am eating cold cuts of meat such as beef, chicken and turkey, althogh turkey is quite rare in NZ. Bought a jar of onion marmalade with mostly vinegar ingredients so i am smearing a little of that on my meat at snack time.
Day 3
Have discovered I hate cottage cheese! No matter how i try to eat it is disgusting, reminds me of cellulite. Eughhh!
Met my friends for a coffee (we all have toddlers). One is pregnant otherwise I'm sure she would have wanted to do the diet with me! Looked at me sideways a bit when i pulled out my container of meat, but otherwise i tried not to talk about it, even though that's all i want to do! Luckily my husband is super supportive and lets me ramble on, although that may eventually wear thin!
Making hubby and the big kids cook their own veggies at night. I will still do the meat for them but they have gross things like sausages. Surprisingly the potatoes they choose to have every night aren't making me drool as i thought they would...
Day 4
Was easy enough today too. Was unsure whether i should be having oatbran at this stage but bought it anyway, and have started eating it mixed with yogurt. was like cold sick. But got it down. Surprisingly filling!
have no scales to weigh self, which is something i should have thought of when i started. But thanks to the daily deals website i am addicted to some beauty new ones will arrive early next week. I know my starting weight was about 68kilos (please don't be so shocked! Though i know i was :( but we all have to start somewhere...)
Still eating loads of meat, yogurt and egg whites...and oatbran
Day 5
This would have to be my hardest day so far. Went garage saling as per usual, which is my hobby! Stopped at a church fair and OMG so many baked goods and fudge, my weakness, as far as the eye could see. Husband and kids happily tucking into everything while i am frantically shoving sugar free gum in my gob. Left them there so i could search out sugar free lollies at the supermarket, but made the mistake of taking Toddler. He screamed and pinched and wailed and hurled whatever he could get his fat little hands on. I couldn't find the lollies so got deli meat instead,and stood in line while the other customers edged away from us. Tears began prickling and i escaped as fast as i could.
Got home still trying not to cry and found Husband had bought me a surprise trim coffee with sweeteners! Cheered me up no end. But was definitely the hardest day so far, temptation wise.
Day 6
Lovely nice day with Husband at work, so took the kids to the beach where we had morning tea (i had meat of course) Treat of chicken bacon and egg for lunch.
Made the most delicious dinner, chicken meat with bacon, in a garlic and lemon cream sauce. I did add about a teaspoon of red onion, but i figured it was so small it couldn't have counted as veges? will definitely make again!
Day 7
Technically this is still day 7....made an oatbran pancake for brekkie after my run but didn't put enough sweetener in and it was foul. never mind, just get it down! off on a walk soon, then a run then Pilates then usually i lie down and moan because my feet are sore!
Big kids are disappearing to camp for a week so the grocery bill will be smaller this week, hehe. More yogurt for me!
Well the Toddler is crying for my attention so i better go and report in tomorrow. Hopefully my scales arrive today!
xxx
Unlike the other blogs i haven't catalouged all 7 of the days individually so i will just write down altogether how it has been for me the last 7 days.
Day 1
I was so excited the night before to read about the diet for the first ime that i stayed up late researching it. Crazy! Even crazier is that i was so motivated and excited that i got up at 6.30 am and jogged for 30 mins. So out of character for me, i usually find it hard to get up in the mornings. So every day this week bar one i have done this and also jogged again at lunchtime and followed it with 30-40mins of Pilates.
The first day was grocery shopping day so it was perfect, i could stock up. I noticed that not buying hordes of veggies for myself left me with ample money to purchase my mostly meat/dairy goodies!
I had no headaches, jogged twice, walked an hour and did Pilates.
Day 2
This day wasn't too bad, quite enjoy the yogurt i bought and marinated my chicken breasts in yogurt and curry and coriander. Yum on the BBQ!
Am eating cold cuts of meat such as beef, chicken and turkey, althogh turkey is quite rare in NZ. Bought a jar of onion marmalade with mostly vinegar ingredients so i am smearing a little of that on my meat at snack time.
Day 3
Have discovered I hate cottage cheese! No matter how i try to eat it is disgusting, reminds me of cellulite. Eughhh!
Met my friends for a coffee (we all have toddlers). One is pregnant otherwise I'm sure she would have wanted to do the diet with me! Looked at me sideways a bit when i pulled out my container of meat, but otherwise i tried not to talk about it, even though that's all i want to do! Luckily my husband is super supportive and lets me ramble on, although that may eventually wear thin!
Making hubby and the big kids cook their own veggies at night. I will still do the meat for them but they have gross things like sausages. Surprisingly the potatoes they choose to have every night aren't making me drool as i thought they would...
Day 4
Was easy enough today too. Was unsure whether i should be having oatbran at this stage but bought it anyway, and have started eating it mixed with yogurt. was like cold sick. But got it down. Surprisingly filling!
have no scales to weigh self, which is something i should have thought of when i started. But thanks to the daily deals website i am addicted to some beauty new ones will arrive early next week. I know my starting weight was about 68kilos (please don't be so shocked! Though i know i was :( but we all have to start somewhere...)
Still eating loads of meat, yogurt and egg whites...and oatbran
Day 5
This would have to be my hardest day so far. Went garage saling as per usual, which is my hobby! Stopped at a church fair and OMG so many baked goods and fudge, my weakness, as far as the eye could see. Husband and kids happily tucking into everything while i am frantically shoving sugar free gum in my gob. Left them there so i could search out sugar free lollies at the supermarket, but made the mistake of taking Toddler. He screamed and pinched and wailed and hurled whatever he could get his fat little hands on. I couldn't find the lollies so got deli meat instead,and stood in line while the other customers edged away from us. Tears began prickling and i escaped as fast as i could.
Got home still trying not to cry and found Husband had bought me a surprise trim coffee with sweeteners! Cheered me up no end. But was definitely the hardest day so far, temptation wise.
Day 6
Lovely nice day with Husband at work, so took the kids to the beach where we had morning tea (i had meat of course) Treat of chicken bacon and egg for lunch.
Made the most delicious dinner, chicken meat with bacon, in a garlic and lemon cream sauce. I did add about a teaspoon of red onion, but i figured it was so small it couldn't have counted as veges? will definitely make again!
Day 7
Technically this is still day 7....made an oatbran pancake for brekkie after my run but didn't put enough sweetener in and it was foul. never mind, just get it down! off on a walk soon, then a run then Pilates then usually i lie down and moan because my feet are sore!
Big kids are disappearing to camp for a week so the grocery bill will be smaller this week, hehe. More yogurt for me!
Well the Toddler is crying for my attention so i better go and report in tomorrow. Hopefully my scales arrive today!
xxx
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