Day Five – Attack Phase PP

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Diet, Dukan, Dukan Diet, Food, Weight Loss

Grilled Chicken Shawirma with Grilled Onions

Morning Weight: 189.6

Daily Weight Loss: 0.2

Total Weight Loss: 4.4 Lbs

I was happy that my weight went down a tiny bit. definitely better than having it go up! I really want to lose 5Lbs by the end of the Attack Phase (Sunday is the last day). I’m going to try my best to reach that!

Breakfast: 1 non fat latte, 2 eggs and 1 egg white scrambled

Lunch: Non fat cheese stick, 2 bologna (wasn’t very hungry because I had a late breakfast).

Snack: Iced Non Fat Latte

Dinner: Grilled Chicken Slices mixed with grilled onions (seasoned with Chicken Shawirma Seasoning) with a side of non fat  yogurt.

Had a really good day food wise. I feel good. I feel happy. I feel full! – (even though I got news from my recruiter that I didn’t get a job I was HOPING to get!).  I’ve been chewing sugar-free gum at night and that seems to have worked with my need to munch on something at night. Oh, my husband and I have started watching “The Walking Dead”, awesome show. But very hard to eat anything while watching it!

I have a feeling that tomorrow is going to be a good day on the scale! Can’t wait till tomorrow! Yep, for once, I’m actually excited about getting weighed! We’ll also be heading to the zoo with the kids and some friends. Don’t worry, we all decided on getting our own food and have a picnic so we don’t end up eating junk! So it’s all Dukan for us (My husband and I – we both have a PP day). And our friends too.

Hope you’re all having a good day!

Day Four – Attack Phase PP

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Attack Phase, Diet, Dukan, Dukan Diet, Weight Gain, Weight Loss

Morning Weight: 189.8 Lbs

Daily Weight GAIN: 0.4 Lbs

Total Weight Loss: 4.2 Lbs

Breakfast: 2 eggs & 1 egg white, Activia Light

Snack: 1 fat-free cheese stick, non fat latte.

Lunch: 2 hot dogs, 1 slice of bologna, 1 fat-free cheese stick, diet Pepsi

Dinner: Steak with grilled onion (a little fat-free mayo on the side)  – Can we have onions? I think I read somewhere that onions and garlic is OK on all phases of Dukan is that true? or did i mess up at dinner!?

Snack: 2 slices of black forest ham, 1 fat-free cheese stick, diet Pepsi

I expected a weight gain today, but it wasn’t as bad as I thought it would be. Still happy about my results and excited to continue.  Had a really busy day which is good really. Keeps me away from food! – I did start to some carb cravings, but didn’t have anything at all. Not even a bite! (usually I don’t have self-control over carbs!) – Other than that I was feeling full and happy. Forgot my Oatbran today. I really need to get to making some Oat Bran Muffins. Makes breakfast/snack easier for sure.

Ok, I have to go now, but I’ll be catching up on your updates in a bit. Have a great Dukan Day/Night!

Day Three – Attack PP

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Attack Phase, Diet, Dukan Diet, Fish Soup Recipe, Food, Recipe, Weight Loss

Morning Weight: 189.4 Pounds

Daily Weight Loss: 2.2 Pounds

Total Weight Loss: 4.6 Pounds

Yay! Another good morning on the scales. I’m soo excited and happy. I’m no longer in the 190′s! Hopefully for good! I decided to set a mini goal for myself. My next goal is to hit 185 Lbs.

Breakfast: Non Fat Latte , 1 non fat mozzarella cheese stick, 1 Activia light yogurt

Snack: 1 non fat mozzarella cheese stick

Lunch: My Asian Style Fish Soup

Snack: Diet Pepsi

Dinner: 2 scrambled eggs with 3 tsp of egg whites & left over Asian Style Fish Soup

I’m feeling a bit tired and stressed out today and I don’t think it’s because of the diet. It didn’t help that my boys decided not to nap and it was rainy outside so I didn’t really know what to do with them or where to take them. So we ended up home. Home with 2 bored and cranky little boys! Can’t wait till they go to bed so i can take a long long bath! (They’re usually in bed by 7:15 on a no nap day – which means in half an hour!) – hey, don’t get me wrong, love my boys. I just need a break!

On another note, my husband and my two friends are also doing really well on Dukan. I”ll update about them on Monday (after a week has passed).

Thanks again everybody for your messages, recommendations and advice!

My Asian Style Fish Soup

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Attack Phase, Dukan Diet, Fish Soup, Recipe, Weight Loss

This is my own recipe for a Fish Soup. I just looked at what I had available in my kitchen and started adding ingredients as I had the water boiling. Wrote everything down so I didn’t forget. Kept tasting the broth as I went along to figure out what was missing.

Ingredients:

• 3 cups water
• 1/4 onion diced
• 1 TBLS Lemon grass Paste
• 1 tsp Soy Sauce (low sodium)
• 1-inch piece fresh ginger, peeled and minced (2 tablespoons)
• 1 clove garlic minced
• 4 small fillets of Dover Fish (experimenting with this fish, as this is what I had today)
• 1 cup cilantro leaves  roughly chopped
• Kosher salt & Pepper to taste
• Lime wedges, for serving

Add minced garlic, diced onions , lemongrass paste, soy sauce and the ginger to the water and bring to a boil. Let boil for about 10 minutes. At that point, i tasted the soup and it was very bland. So I added a little more soy (low sodium). I added the noodles and let it boil for a couple of more minutes.

Then I decided to use a store-bought spice mix that is mainly used for chicken, but it did say we can use it for seafood too. (i read the ingredients and everything was Dukan Friendly). What I did was rub it all on the fish with some salt and pepper.  Then I dropped the fish into the boiling water too. 5 minutes or so, until the fish is cooked through. I the added the chopped cilantro. And everything was ready. I tasted and it was GREAT! Loved it! And will definitely have it more often! The cilantro just brought everything together. It’s a MUST!

Day Two – Attack PP

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Attack Phase, C25K, Dukan, Dukan Diet, Food, Weight Loss

Morning Weight: 191.6 Lbs

Daily Weight Loss: 2.4 Lbs

Super happy on the scales this morning. Yesterday was indeed a good day. Today was also good. Didn’t feel  hungry at all.

I did some “Dukan” grocery shopping today and I’m mostly excited about making Chocolate Oatbran Muffin from Charlotte. I’ll let you know how they turn out. Those will be great for breakfast or in the evening with a cup of tea! umm, can’t wait!

Breakfast: Coffee with non fat milk

Snack: Slice of Black Forrest Ham & 1 Slice of non fat mozzarella cheese

Lunch: 3 scrambled eggs

Snack: Non Fat Latte

Dinner: Thin slices steak with steak seasoning and 1 tbls non fat blue cheese

Snack: Oatbran Chocolate Cookie , cup of decaf earl grey tea

I also got some non fat “fruit” yogurt (Yoplait) – is this something we can have? I know I used to have it every once in a while last time I did Dukan, but I’m not quite sure about it. Also, are protein shakes ok?

No exercise today! But treadmill is out and the day is not over yet! I might finish my C25K training (which i stopped 2 weeks ago!).

I’d also like to thank you all for all your kind messages/emails and all your support! We can do this together!

Day One Attack – PP

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Attack Phase, Chicken, Day 1, Diet, Dukan Diet, eggs, Exercise, PP Day, Water, Weight Loss

My four year old on a rainy day in Seattle (this was taken from this mornings field trip)

Starting Weight: 194 Lbs (Yikes!! I was 4 lbs lighter on Friday! This was all added on the weekend!).

A very good first day. My only problem is in the evening/night. I stay up late and I always think of food! And I don’t know what I can munch on during that time, especially on a PP day. Any ideas?

Breakfast: Oat Bran Cocoa Cookie , Cup of Tea

Lunch: 2 scrambled eggs with 2 hotdogs

Dinner: Oven roasted chicken drum sticks (seasoned with Moroccan Seasoning) and fat-free sour cream for dip.

Water: Didn’t measure how much I drank but I did have a lot of water today (something new to me!)

Exercise: Does walking around for two hours with a bunch of 4 yrs old for a preschool field trip count?   – That’s what I did!

My Dukan Chart

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Diet, Dukan Chart, Dukan Diet, True Weight, Weight Loss

And the decision is ….

To Dukan!

Yes, that’s the decision. I’m going to Dukan starting tomorrow. My husband and my two friends (who are married)  will be joining me too! How exciting is that?!

See you tomorrow!

By the way, my main problem is finding something to eat for breakfast (besides eggs) – What do you have for breakfast?

To Dukan or Not To Dukan!

To Dukan or not to Dukan … That’s the question!

The last few months, I’ve been trying different diets. To try to see if anything else works for me besides Dukan. I even tried going Vegetarian! Which surprisingly worked extremely well! I survived about 2 months! I didn’t think I could ever do that because I love my meat!

I haven’t been on a diet for a long time. But what I did was tried to at least maintain my weight and not have it go up. I did that by weighing myself every morning to keep track. I also hit the gym a few times a week and did some “Couch 2 5K” training program (reached week 3) and took some cycling classes. Unfortunately now, with the summer vacation, I won’t be able to go to the gym as I don’t have anybody to take care of my boys while I do. I know I can go later in the evening when they’re in bed or earlier in the morning before they wake up, but to be quite honest, I don’t think I can do that. My plan for the time being is to take out the treadmill that I have at home and at least keep doing the Couch 2 5K program. and run/walk as much as I can.

Now, after taking “a break” I need to get back to dieting. Need to concentrate on losing weight and feeling better about myself.  Question remains, should I go back to Dukan? Go back to one of the other diets I tried the last few months? Try something different? Should I just count calories? What do I do?  I need to do something that will keep me going. Not something that will make me quit before achieving my goals.  I am more into Dukan than anything else. Especially with all the support and resources that I already have from all of you. Maybe I should do that. Start Dukan. Join the forces again

Agh, why is dieting soo hard! Why is losing weight hard?! Why is working out hard (well, the part where you actually need to get up to work out)

 

Week 6 Update

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C25K, C25K plan, Diet, Vegetarian, Week 6, Weight Loss, Weight Watchers

Today’s Weight: 190.4

Weekly Weight Loss: 0.2 Lbs

hmmm, not really good is it? But I’m not upset about it one bit. I did really well last week. Ate well and hit the gym almost every day.  I think I didn’t lose a lot of weight this week is because of 2 reasons:

1- The gym: I did some weights the last couple of days (in addition to cycling and running).

2- It’s that time of month! ugh

Not too worried about the weight loss at all. This is a new week and I’ll do as good as I did last week, if not better. Even though we have a BIG Easter Dinner on Sunday. I’ll stick to my diet as much as possible.

Going back to the gym. I finished week one of C25K. Love it! It’s a great work out .. in addition to that, I ran more. I ran anywhere between 2-4 miles every time. (ran probably 4 times last week).

Also, I went to 3 cycling/spinning classes too. They are 60 minute classes. An awesome workout and it’s soo tiring that when I’m done with that, I don’t usually do anything else at the gym

This week, I’ll be concentrating on finishing week 2 of C25K. Not sure how the program is on week 2. But I’m sure it’ll kick my butt!

Week one, for those of you who don’t know how C25K works .. it’s a 30 minute program. Starts off with a 4 minute walk/warm up. Then you do a 1 minute run followed by a 1.5 minute walk and you keep doing that till the last 5 minutes, where it’s a cool down walk. That’s how it ends.  You run/walk at your own pace/speed. I usually finish 2.15 miles doing C25K.   I use a Windows Phone App that helps me keep track of time and workouts.

I have a few recipes that I wanted to share with you all, but didn’t get the time to do that. I’ve been working hard on building a new website for my “future” business in photography. I’m also studying and I have a couple of exams coming up (photography school). In addition to all that, taking care of daily things with my lovely family (husband and two boys).

Have a good one!