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Dukan – Day 17 – Day 9 Cruise

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Today was a PP Day (I’m doing 2 PP and 1 PV alternatively)

Daily Loss: 0.0 lb/0.0 kg
Total Loss: 16.6 lb/7.55 kg
Wt. to go: 93.4 lb/42.5 kg

So, I didn’t have a weight loss today, but I’m not discouraged, because I didn’t have a weight gain either 🙂 I am pretty sure that after I take the Dulcolax tonight before bed, I’ll have some weightloss in the morning 😀 It’s been 5 days and I’m a bit uncomfortable to say the least!

Breakfast: Yogurt with splenda and oat bran (obviously not working!!!!!) and before that I drank 500 mL of COLD WATER and then 250 mL of HOT COFFEE and still nothing 😦 LOL
Mid-Morning: a cup of coffee with splenda and FF CoffeeMate, made special by the baristas down in the cafe at the hospital I work at… they are the BEST!
Lunch: A plate of roast beef, less cooked than the day before, a diet coke, 500 mL of water.
Mid-Afternoon: another cup of my special coffee and another 500 mL of water
Dinner: Mixed grill from the Lebanese restaurant, beef and chicken grilled over the fire… yum! They also threw in a yummy grilled half onion, slightly blackened on the outside… mmm, mmm!!!! Diet Coke.

I then walked for 28 minutes… FAST and drank another 500 mL I’m just cooling off from the walk in 97 degree heat and then a quick shower and bed… I’m hoping for some good results in the morning 😉

Ciao!

Dukan – Day 16 – Day 8 Cruise

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Today was a PP Day

Daily Loss: 0.3 lb/0.14 kg
Total Loss: 16.6 lb/7.55 kg
Wt. to go: 93.4 lb/42.5 kg

Small weight loss from yesterday to today, but it’s a loss, and that’s all that matters. Still a bit knackered from the 28 hours of no sleep, but recovering.

Food today:
Breakfast: Yogurt w/ splenda and oat bran
Lunch: about 5 oz. of sliced roast beef, WAY over cooked 😦
Dinner: Chicken and shrimp stir-fried in a teeny amount of olive oil with a whole onion cut into wedges and lots of rosemary and pepper and a wee bit of salt.

No time for snacks today. Meetings at work all morning until lunch, then the media came for interviews about the birth and information on water birth and then another meeting in the afternoon.

I did get my water in and my other drinks were 2 coffees and a diet coke. I took a nice long walk tonight, picking up my pace with the sound track from G.I. Jane… kick ass sound track!

Now off to bed to start it all over again tomorrow!

Ciao!

Dukan – Day 15 – Day 7 Cruise

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Sunday was PP Day
Monday is a PV Day

Daily Loss: 0.4 lb/0.18 kg
Total Loss: 16.3 lb/7.41 kg
Wt. to go: 93.7 lb/42.6 kg

Well, I didn’t get a chance to blog yesterday because I went in to work on my day off (at 8 a.m.) to do a practice drill and we ended up with a real patient in real labor… our first! I left this morning… 27 HOURS LATER, completely shattered, but happy that I didn’t go off my program AND I even got a 30 minute walk in with the pediatrician at 300 a.m.! BTW, it was STILL 97 degrees Fahrenheit at 3 a.m.!

I did manage to get away for an hour or so last night and had dinner at the StoneGrill. OMG was that yummy, yummy food! I asked for the chef to come out and explained my Dukan program to him and he brought me out 3 GORGEOUS sirloin medallions for me to cook on my own Stone Grill hot plate along with a bowl of sliced onions for me to grill, as well. Yeah, that was YUMMY! I was in heaven.

By the time I got home this morning I was starving. What I love is that the girls in the coffee cafe inside my hospital now make my coffee with the Fat Free Coffee Mate and still give it a steamy feel by using the machine to “fluff” it for me. That sustained me enough to drive home!

So now, I’ve had a 2.5 hour nap (wouldn’t sleep tonight if I slept too much) and I’m up and blogging. I’ll be back to my regular blogging tomorrow night, with an end of the day food round up!

Now off to finish eating the smoked salmon with FF fromage frais and onion bits on top… trying to ward of the cat 🙂

LOL… I am so tired I forgot to title my blog 😀

Dukan – Day 11 – Day 3 Cruise Phase

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Today is a PP day… Pure Protein.

Daily Loss: 2 lbs/0.91 kg (not sure why it was so much!)
Total Loss:  15.5 lbs/7.05 kg!!! and over a stone (for my British friends!)
Wt. to go: 94.5 lbs/43 kg

 

I had a really good day. Started out with an egg and 2 turkey slices. Snack of a pot of fromage frais. Lunch of a small sirloin and shrimp. Dinner a lovely perch and some left over sirloin bits. Snack was a pot of yogurt with oat bran and splenda… yum.

I got lots accomplished today which gave me even more incentive to keep going.

And to top it all off, I got a fabulous spread sheet from a fellow Dukaner named Charlotte who ROCKS! So… no more tracker. 🙂 I’ll post the info at the top of each blog.

You can follow Charlotte’s progress here: http://charlottesdukandiet.wordpress.com/

 

Dukan – Day 10 – Day 2 Cruise Phase

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Still enjoying the program. Haven’t wavered a bit, which is awesome for me! I’m down 13 pounds and feeling GREAT!!!

Yesterday I had the usual high protein fare, but had 3 asparagus spears with dinner… YUMMY! I miss veggies the most, especially salads and I am REALLY missing putting sesame seeds on everything. But I’m hanging in there. To see a bit of weight off every single morning, gives me enough incentive to make it through another day.

I am walking 22-25 minutes a night… late, since I live in the Middle East and it is still 100 degrees Fahrenheit at 9 p.m.! I’m also getting in my 1.5 Liter of water per day, which is so necessary here in the desert. I am feeling more hydrated!

Today I had eggs for breakfast, a couple of slices of turkey for snack, and then again for lunch with a cup of yogurt. Afternoon snack was another cup of yogurt to which I added 2 splenda and my 1.5 TBS of oat bran. Dinner was sirloin steak and shrimp… today was a pure protein day, so no veggies… but there is always tomorrow! 🙂

Here’s the ticker from this morning’s weigh in:

Dukan – Day 3 Attack Phase

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So, today I did not eat enough!  I just couldn’t seem to find the time. I was off today and had a million errands to run. No excuse for not eating enough. I didn’t go off the program, I ate the foods I was suppose to, just not enough. Funny that, when you’re on a “diet”.

Breakfast a cup of coffee, then out the door to drop Lucy off at work. When I should have been having my mid-morning snack I was at the bank. I did have a guzzle of water, but that was about it. Lunch was good. A nice big organic chicken breast… boneless and skinless, that I cubed and stir fried with a handful of onions, a cup of non-fat yogurt with 1.5 TBS of oat bran stirred in and a bit of Splenda to sweeten. Mid-Afternoon snack was 2 slices of butterball turkey breast (a huge score at the super expensive grocery store!). Then it was off to Iftar (break fast) dinner at work to celebrate Ramadan. Well, there was no grilled meat which is typical Arabic food fare! WTF? Argh. So, while everyone ate some yummy looking food, I had a diet coke… I was quite pleased with myself 🙂 Then I had 2 more slices of the turkey breast just now.

I did treat myself to a 1 hour massage tonight. And I am in ketosis! YAY! While the Thai massage therapists (yes, there were 2 of them!!) were massaging me, I was imagining them activating the fat cells to mobilize out of my body!!! If I think it, it will happen!

Here’s my weight loss from this morning… 8 pounds in 5 days! WOOT!

Dukan – Day 2 Attack Phase

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Well I found out a lot about myself these past 2 days… I really don’t like plain yogurt, I really, really don’t like non-fat plain yogurt, fromage frais tastes the same as non-fat plain yogurt, but… I can eat it if it means losing 7 pounds in 4 days!!!

Today’s menu included eggs, more eggs and even more eggs… LOL. It also included a oat bran pancake (Dukan gallette), Luc Lac Beef… which after marinating all night in garlic, fresh ginger, soy sauce and oyster sauce was DELISH! I had non-fat yogurt mixed in with the juices from the marinade and TONS of water.

Tonight I had 2 small sirloin steaks, stir fried in a teeny amt of vegetable oil and with onions and garlic thrown in at the last minute… I am STUFFED!

One thing I have noticed is that I am not having any upper abdominal bloating and discomfort since I am not consuming any gluten products. So, even though I’m stuffed, I’m not uncomfortable.

I consumed more than 1.5 liters of water today in addition to 2 diet cokes, a cup of coffee and a cup of Earl Gray tea. I can’t believe I’m actually drinking as much water as I am! It’s been tough for me to adhere to drinking water rules in the past, the result is hourly trips to the bathroom, but I realize this means I’m flushing bad stuff out!

So that’s the end of Day 2 of the Attack Phase of the Dukan program. I’m feeling great! Now I’m off for a nice 20 minute walk…

Dukan – Day 1 Attack Phase

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Wow… I got through Day 1 of the Attack Phase and I ate so much food I thought I would burst! I didn’t even eat all of the food prescribed!

Breakfast:
2 eggs, pot of yogurt, coffee

Mid-Morning snack:
1 egg, Dukan mayo, 1/2 liter of water

Lunch:
Pepper steak (with yummy gravy made with the Dukan mayo… no carbs or fat!), 1/2 liter of water.

Mid-Afternoon snack:
Pot of yogurt, diet coke, water

Dinner:
Fresh baked fish (yummy, even if the head was still on!), some yogurt with fresh lime squeezed on it, a Dukan oat bran pancake (not too impressed, but gotta do it!).

Watched Blackballs (a British comedy) while eating dinner, then did my prescribed 20 minutes fast walk. Came back, drank lots of water, now writing my blog.

A couple things… 1. Lucy wants me to make sure I give her credit for finding the Dukan Diet book… LOL. She is the one who told me about it, so I’m giving credit where credit is due! and 2. I want to thank all of you for the support you are giving me. There are a couple of really good reasons to surround yourself with support… it makes you feel good to have people rooting for you AND it lends to accountability. Thanks for following me on this journey!

Peace!

Wt loss from 1st weigh on 8/19/11 to 8/22/11 = 3.5 pounds (that’s before starting the program!) I’ll check in tomorrow night with the first official weigh in of the program!

I CAN DUKAN T-1 and counting

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I’m starting the Ducan program tomorrow and finished up writing out my 2 week menu, shopping list and recipes. I’ve decided to do the Attack Phase for 7 days and then do 2 days of pure protien/1 day of protein + veg for the first week of the Cruise Phase.  Let’s see if I can cut and paste the 2 week menu in here.

ATTACK PHASE WEEK 1

MONDAY
TUESDAY
WEDNESDAY
THURSDAY
FRIDAY
SATURDAY
SUNDAY
BREAKFAST 7AM
COFFEE
8 OZ NON-FAT YOGURT
1 BOILED EGG
COFFEE
8 OZ NON-FAT COTTAGE CHEESE
DUKAN GALETTE
COFFEE
8 OZ NON-FAT YOGURT
2 SL GRLD CHIX
COFFEE
8 OZ NON-FAT COTTAGE CHEESE
DUKAN GALETTE
COFFEE
8 OZ NON-FAT YOGURT
1 BOILED EGG
COFFEE
8 OZ NON-FAT
COTTAGE CHEESE
DUKAN GALETTE
COFFEE
8 OZ NON-FAT YOGURT
1 BOILED EGG
SNACK 10AM
BOILED EGG
YOGURT
BOILED EGG
YOGURT
BOILED EGG
YOGURT
BOILED EGG
LUNCH 1PM
BOILED EGG W/ DUKAN MAYO
PEPPER STEAK
FROMAGE FRAIS
TROUT WITH HERBS
LUC LAC BEEF
YOGURT
CHIX BREAST
DUKAN GALETTE
YOGURT
SMOKED SALMON
VEAL CHOP
FROMAGE FRAISE
VIETMANESE BEEF
YOGURT
GRILLED CHIX BREAST
FROMAGE FRAISE
DUKAN GALETTE
SMOKED SALMON
COTTAGE CHEESE
SNACK 4PM
YOGURT
BOILED EGG
YOGURT
BOILED EGG
YOGURT
BOILED EGG
YOGURT
DINNER 7PM
SHRIMP IN HERBS
TANDOORI CHIX ESCAOLOPES
DUKAN GALLETTE
SIRLOIN
BOILED EGG
FROMAGE FRAIS
WHITE FISH
SHRIMP
COTTAGE CHEESE
GARLIC TIGER PRAWNS
GARLIC CHICKEN SLICES, YOGURT
SALMON SOUP
DUKAN GALETTE
2 BOILED EGGS
ROAST CHIX BREAST
CHICKEN CURRY
MONDAY
TUESDAY
WEDNESDAY
THURSDAY
FRIDAY
SATURDAY
SUNDAY
BREAKFAST 7AM
COFFEE
8 OZ NON-FAT YOGURT
1 BOILED EGG
COFFEE
8 OZ NON-FAT COTTAGE CHEESE
DUKAN GALETTE
COFFEE
8 OZ NON-FAT YOGURT
2 SL GRLD CHIX
COFFEE
8 OZ NON-FAT COTTAGE CHEESE
DUKAN GALETTE
COFFEE
8 OZ NON-FAT YOGURT
1 BOILED EGG
COFFEE
8 OZ NON-FAT
COTTAGE CHEESE
DUKAN GALETTE
COFFEE
8 OZ NON-FAT YOGURT
1 BOILED EGG
SNACK 10AM
BOILED EGG
YOGURT
BOILED EGG
YOGURT
BOILED EGG
YOGURT
BOILED EGG
LUNCH 1PM
BOILED EGG W/ DUKAN MAYO
SALAD OF CELERY MUSHROOM, BROCOLI
TROUT WITH HERBS
LUC LAC BEEF
YOGURT
SMOKED SALMON
VEAL CHOP
FROMAGE FRAISE
CHIX BREAST
BROCOLLI
VIETMANESE BEEF
YOGURT
GRILLED CHIX BREAST
FROMAGE FRAISE
SMOKED SALMON
COTTAGE CHEESE
PUMPKIN SOUP
SNACK 4PM
YOGURT
BOILED EGG
BOILED EGG
YOGURT
YOGURT
BOILED EGG
COTTAGE CHEESE
DINNER 7PM
SIRLOIN
ASPARAGUS
COTTAGE CHEESE
SIRLOIN
BOILED EGG
FROMAGE FRAIS
GARLIC TIGER PRAWNS
GARLIC CHICKEN SLICES, YOGURT
SIRLOIN
ASPARAGUS
COTTAGE CHEESE
SALMON SOUP
DUKAN GALETTE
2 BOILED EGGS
ROAST CHIX BREAST
SIRLOIN
ASPARAGUS
FROMAGE FRAIS

Now, before everyone has a heart attack (pun intended), I love eggs. They make a quick snack and believe it or not, they don’t raise MY cholesterol. My cholesterol is 190 right now. I’ll draw it again at the end of 4 weeks and report it… I can guarantee it will have gone down.

So, off to grocery shop I go. I listened to John’s DVD once again for some motivation and tomorrow is Day 1… Will check in then!


I CAN DUKAN

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Here we go!!!

Prior to going on holiday to the States, Lucy and I went to the book shop in the Al Jimi Mall and I discovered the Dukan Diet book, written by Dr. Pierre Dukan. I’m not fond of the word DIEt, since the 1st 3 letters spell “DIE”, so I’m going to call it the Dukan Program 🙂

I threw the book in my carry on luggage and boarded my flight and read my other novels while flying home to see family and friends. I ignored the book, purposefully while I was on my holiday.

On my first Friday in Florida I had a lovely, inspiring and motivating lunch with John Geraghty, who I went to high school with. His vocation is a life coach, and he’s awesome at it! His business is Courageous Authenticity. And we chatted for over 2 hours… me even admitting to John how much I weighed. Two things came to my mind at that point… 1. I just admitted how much I weighed to a guy and 2. Was I too comfortable with my weight? The answer to question number 2 made me think real hard about how I needed to get back in to control. John gave me some great tools for working towards my goals… THANKS JOHN… YOU ROCK!

The second thing that made me realize I needed to really get back on track with my weight was a picture that my dear Aleisha posted from our class reunion pics… my ass, well… you can see:

So… when I got on the plane in Miami and headed back the sand pit I live in, I dug that book out and started reading. I didn’t gloss over or speed read. I took my time, and read every single word on every single page. I wanted to understand why this program was going to be different than all the others. Why is it different from Atkins… well, let me tell you. Even though it is a high protein, low carb diet, it isn’t a free for all of eating whatever you want. Dr. Dukan makes sure that you understand from the get go that you aren’t going to be eating bacon burgers! This program is high protein and low FAT and low carb. I also like that he counts all fluids towards your daily count, not just water.

So… I am starting the program on Monday (why do we always start on Mondays?). I will be walking 20 minutes a day, as prescribed by Dr. Dukan… he tells you that you MUST do this and I will be starting back to seeing a personal trainer 2 times a week. Part of this program is to weigh yourself daily. I will write a daily blog with my previous days diet and morning weight loss.

On a side note… I am planning a 50th birthday cruise for my school mates in 2013. One of the places we are planning on visiting is Belize and zip line. There isn’t a weight limit but a WAIST limit. My waist today is the MAXIMUM waist circumference to use the equipment! That just isn’t acceptable 🙂 So I’m doing something about it!

So, say a little prayer for me. I look forward to all of you supporting me and cheering me on. I’ll keep you posted on my progress.

I resisted putting this on… I think they are cheesy, but I think it’s a good weigh to keep track of the goals!