Sunday was a PP day… and boy did it need to be!

Daily weight loss: TWO POUNDS!!!/0.9 kg … WOO HOO!!! 😀
Total weight loss: 42.7 lbs/19.41 kg AND 3.05 STONE (for those of you from the UK)

So we took a 3 a.m. flight early this morning from Phuket to Shanghai… not nearly LONG enough… I know that sounds crazy, but a 4.5 hour flight is not conducive to a good sleep! We then had to take the subway in Shanghai 1 hour 25 minutes to the Train station on the complete opposite side of the city. Then the high-speed train from Shanghai to Hangzhou was 42 minutes… flying like the wind! Then a taxi ride to my flat…. from the time we left Phuket to the time we arrived at my flat exactly 12 hours.

Breakfast: Eggs and Ham in the Shanghai airport with a cafe latte.

No lunch… since we were traveling.
Early dinner: Blackened “Australian Small Calf”… we’re assuming that is veal… hehehe that had the hottest black pepper ever!

Long walk to the restaurant and a nice long walk home… then just relaxing, catching up with our loved ones on Skype and the internet and we both were off to lala land pretty early!

Our trip to Thailand was awesome…. I had the best time with Karen, Dominique and Cathy. We did some amazing things, saw some amazing things, ate meals with people who were affected by the tsunami in 2004… saw how resilient human beings are… when disaster strikes. You pull up your boot straps, rebuild your village, love your neighbors (including the neighbors from across the world) a little more and continue living. We stayed in 3 communities severely impacted by the tsunami… all of them are flourishing and our tourism there helps them flourish a bit more!

The people of Thailand are kind and welcoming… the tour company we used, Buffalo Tours was 5-star! Eve, the travel rep I worked with, was phenomenal, patient, changed things, changed them again and always did it with a smile. She put together a private tour for the 4 of us that we will never forget! Thanks SO MUCH, EVE!

Now, Cathy and I are off to check out Hangzhou… I hope you all have a blessed sleep!

Ciao for now!

Monday was a PP day!
Daily Weight Loss: 0.7 lb/0.30 kg
Total Weight Loss: 35.4 lbs!!!!!! / 16.11 kg!!!!!

So, this will be a short blog because I’ve been up for 23 hours, just as I was getting ready to go to bed last night, I got called back to the hospital to birth a couple babies…. in fact, I drank so much coffee to stay awake, I’m actually downing a liter of water before I go to sleep… BUT………

I’ve lost 35 pounds in 7 weeks and 2 days and that totals 16.11 kgs… I couldn’t be more pleased.  A cool thing that happened today that I wasn’t expecting is that I was able to take the extender off of my bra 🙂 The sad part about that is my bras are too big in the cup, but hey… I’m not complaining 🙂 The hard part about it is that I live in China, where they have itty bitty titties and I can’t find any bras to fit me… LOL

Breakfast: Pot of Fat Free Greek yogurt with Splenda and bran
Lunch: 2 boiled tea eggs
Dinner: 1 smallish sirloin steak, garlic stems and 2 Tbs. Low Fat Cottage Cheese (it’s all I could find!)

So off to bed I go… happy… it’s nice be happy! I hope all of you have a happy rest of your day!

Ciao!

Sunday was a PV day (two in row, I was traveling)

Daily Weight Loss: 0.2 lb/0.1 kg (actually that a 2 day weight loss)
Total Weight Loss: 34.8 lb/15.81 kg

So, I guess I didn’t blow my diet by eating blue cheese, but I won’t do it again. I’m very dedicated to losing this weight. I’ve set a few goals for myself and plan on meeting them. I haven’t figured out how to make the “goal” bar on the side of my blog, so I’m going to list them here and revisit them every 2 weeks:

1. Lose 5 pounds by my holiday to Thailand with Cathy, Karen and Dominique. Date to meet this goal: November 8. So, that is 15 days from now, and I think that is attainable. This will bring me to a total weight loss of 40 pounds.

2. Lose 10 pounds by my 48th birthday on December 3rd. That is 41 days from now, and I think that is attainable. This would be 45 pounds weight loss.

3. Lose 20 pounds by my vacation to home on January 13.   That is 82 days from now, and I think that is attainable. That would be a total of 55 pounds lost.

That is 1.6 pounds a week between now and January 13. I know it’s attainable… no thinking about it 🙂

So, because of my indulgence over the weekend, I’m going to do 2 PP days in a row and kick my body back into weight loss mode… I want a good head start to meet these goals. And if any of my fellow bloggers can give me an inside tip on how you do those cool goal things on the side of your blog, I’d be grateful for the info 🙂 I am so close to the 35 pound mark… hoping it’s tomorrow!!! I hope you all are having a blessed week!

Ciao!

Today was a PP day.
Daily Weight Loss: 0.4 lb/0.2 kg
Total Weight Loss: 34.6 lb/15.71 kg

I had a great day. Nice day at work, chatted with Lucy and Ethel on google chat, chatted with other friends on facebook, lots of emails (accept one that I would really like to get!!!) and then came home and fixed a nice PP dinner and off to bed at 1015 pm for me. Except at 1040 pm I get a call that one of my patients “may” be in labor… just a heads up. I roll back over and go to sleep… then I get up 10 mins. later and throw up 😛 I hate throwing up! I’d rather have brain surgery than throw up, and now what everyone else has had at work for days is inside me!!!! Ugh.

I then go back to bed at 1105 and sleep and at 1145 my assistant calls and says that a different patient is in labor and I need to come… I tell her to give me some time… I set my alarm for 100 and roll back over, and get up and throw up… yuck!!!!! Up at 0100 and walk the 1.5 kms back to work and patient definitely in labor… had a gorgeous baby boy 2.9 kgs at 0558…. birth heals me… I didn’t have any gastronomic issues during the labor or delivery!… Here’s a pic of cuteness…

It's a Boy!

Then I ate an egg and feel yucky again… not gonna eat for a while… lol

So now I’m off to bed… I hope the banging upstairs stops 🙂

Ciao!

Day 59 a PV Day & Day 60 a PP Day

Day 59:
Daily Weight Loss: 0.4 lb/0.2 kg
Total Weight Loss: 32.4 lb/14.71 kg

Day 60:
Daily Weight Loss: 1.8 lb/.80 kg
Total Weigth Loss 34.1 lb/15.51 kg

So… turning the scale to the West and exhaling every particle of oxygen in my lungs… WORKS!!! Really should be published so other dieters know the trick 😀

Yesterdays Meals:
Before 1.5 kg walk to work… 500 mL water and cup of coffee
Breakfast: 2 really big eggs that I got from the hospital canteen. They are called “Tea Egg” because they are boiled in strong tea and soy sauce… the flavor seeps in slight into the egg shell and they are pretty yummy! 330 mL water
Lunch: Shaved roast beef with cilantro  500 mL water
Afternoon snack.. not hungry, but 250 mL water
Dinner: Stir-fried tofu with garlic stems and garlic gloves… so yummy! Coke Zero

Stir-fried tofu with Garlic stems and cloves

I think one of the things that kicked me back in to weight loss mode was making sure that I got the water in… it really is so important and I re-read that section in the Dukan book last night… it’s on my nightstand and the last thing I do before I fall asleep. He states that without the additional water, your body can’t get rid of the uric acid built up by eating such high amounts of protein. It is ESSENTIAL with this diet to get in your water! I’ve been very good about it, shockingly, because I’ve never been a water drinker, but there are days when I simply don’t take the time to drink enough… that and the bran… the bran is a must! It adds fiber and helps all that extra protein that your body doesn’t need, flush out… so I made sure I got both in… and viola… progress!

A big shout out to all the support I get from my fellow Dukaners… hearing from you nearly daily, is wonderful! Sharing your tips, trials, triumphs and recipe ideas is making this journey so much easier!

And of course thanks to my family & friends… who love me however I am… and whereever I may be.

Ciao!

Today was a PP Day

Daily Weight Loss: -0.9 lb/-0.4 kg
Total Weight Loss: 31.9 lb/ 14.51 kg

Well, shuhada… I have no idea how I gained a pound, but it’s all good. I did all the tricks my Dukaner friends have taught me… 1. step on scale 2. step off 3. turn scale towards the north 4. step back on 5. shake scale 6. step back on and exhale every ounce of air in your lungs… none of it worked… 😀

The funniest thing about the gain is that it could not have been from the day. Just FYI, I write on Tuesday about Monday’s diet and include my Tuesday morning (after I pee) weigh in. So yesterday, and really today, I haven’t felt that great. I’ve had a headache just enough to feel it there and a low-grade fever. So I really haven’t been hungry. Here’s what I had:

Breakfast: 1 boiled egg
Morning snack: another boiled egg
Lunch: 1 plate of shaved beef with cilantro on top and a teeny bit of soy sauce
Dinner: 4 chicken wings and a skinny steak (that cuban kind… had it at a Mexican restaurant here in China).

That was it. Additionally, I am totally in ketosis. In fact, I suspect it may be part of the reason I’m having these annoying headaches. But yesterday I could taste the metal in my mouth and asked the lab tech for a dip stick to check my urine (she ended up giving me TWO BOTTLES!!!… score!) and sure enough I was spilling large ketones… which, although I want my body to burn fat for energy, I don’t want it burning at that rate!

After dinner we took a long walk back, about 45 minutes in the nice cool fall air. It was lovely. So I got my morning 20 mins. to work walk in and a 45 min. after dinner walk. I do have to say that I did not get in Bran or 1.5 L of water. I probably got about 750 mL… might be part of the problem…

Well, now I’m off to make tonight’s dinner… not real hungry, but I think my body might slow down it’s weight loss if it thinks I’m starving it… gotta feed it some energy 🙂

Ciao!