This is the last day of the 1st week and there was no weight loss this morning. I have been expecting this as I understand the Attack Phase lasts for between 2 - 10 day and my weight loss has been decreasing. If there is no loss tomorrow then I will start the Cruise Phase. My OH's weight also remained the same as yesterday, which is good as keeping to the same phase in the diet makes life a lot simpler when it comes to not tempting the other with the wrong foods.
Weight: 10st 2.5lb
Weight loss: 0lbs
Total weight Lost: 5.5lbs
Sunday 23rd September 2012
Todays menu
Breakfast: 2 Soft Boiled Eggs with Ham & Turkey Crispies, Cup of Tea
Lunch: Left over Chicken Breast (from yesterday), Cup of Tea
Dinner: Turkey Curry, plus Cinnamon Oat Bran Pancakes & Vanilla fat-free yoghurt for dessert.
I was actually intending to have grilled salmon for dinner, but I forgot to get it out of the freezer, so decided to have the curry as the turkey breasts were already defrosted, and I have to say probably more filling.
I haven't gotten out for a walk today, which I knew I'd struggle with, hence adding extra minutes to my walks this week, but this was really due to it raining all day and not lack of inspiration. If I hadn't done enough minutes this week I would have gone out regardless of the weather.
My footie team lost today and it would be so easy to indulge in comfort food but I have not been tempted at all or felt cravings for anything ... yet.
I am determined to lose weight and reach my goal with this diet plan and determination is the key thing when losing weight no matter what plan you are following. I am hoping to have reached my goal by my birthday in November, lets see what happens.
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Happy to say another .5lb lost, have to admit I wasn't expecting that at all. My other half has now lost 9.5 lbs, another 4.5lbs for him and he will have lost his 1st stone.
Saturday 22nd September 2012
Weight: 10st 2.5lb
Weight loss: .5lb
Total weight lost: 5.5lb
Today's planned menu.
Breakfast: Cup of Earl Grey tea, Mint & Curry Omelette
Lunch: Ham & Turkey Crispies
Dinner: Roast Chicken, Oat Bran Cookies
It's my wedding anniversary today and my husband and myself were hoping to get a takeaway in but we have decided to wait until we have reached the Cruise Phase of this diet so that we have a slightly greater choice of what to order.
The weekend is always going to be harder for me, when it comes to the exercise, as I just want to sit down & relax, however I did force myself to go for my, almost 22 minute walk today. It was 1.27 miles and helped me burn 100 calories. I shall do my best to get a walk tomorrow, but if I don't manage it I know I have done extra minutes on other days this week which cover it.
Of the food I have eaten today the oddest one was the mint & curry omelette for breakfast, I am not big on omelettes but to have a curry flavoured one was weird.
I am at the moment planning my menu for next week so I can go shopping tomorrow for any extra foods I need. I am assuming I will still be on the Attack Phase, but if that changes I can always go out any buy some extra "permitted" vegetables.
Lets see what tomorrow brings.
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Well day 5 is here and a small amount of weight loss was noticed again this morning, only .25 lb but its all going in the right direction, so I'm happy, lets face it on any other week I'd be over the moon to lose 2lb, so to lose at least 5lbs in this 1st week is wonderful.
Once again I have experienced no ill effects from this diet & I really do not find it too difficult to stick. I am not, so far, missing chocolate or crisps & definitely not bread. I think bread makes be feel bloated so recently I cut it out for a couple of weeks and it made a huge difference, so not having bread now is great as I don't feel bloated anymore. I've also suffered with indigestion the last few weeks, which generally means, for me, that I am having too much fat in my diet, well there has been no sign of that all week so I am really pleased, indigestion/heart burn (don't really know the difference) is horrible.
Friday 21st September 2012
Weight: 10st 3lbs
Weight Loss: .25lb
Total weight lost: 5lbs
My menu for to day is:
Breakfast: Cup of Earl Grey Tea, Low fat yoghurt with Oat Bran
Lunch: Grilled fish (trout) with herbes de provence & black pepper
Dinner: Kebab Meatballs, Chocolate Milkshake
I do love fish so having trout again was a real treat & the meatballs were delicious.
I managed a 20 minute walk just before I started work today, burning 85 calories over 1.09 miles.
The weekend is next, this might be a challenge, oh and one of my clients gave me a box of Malteasers today. I haven't opened them but there is my next challenge, must not to be tempted.
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As expected, my weight loss this morning was less than on my other weigh-ins, I still recorded a loss but only 3/4 of a lb, but a loss is a loss. When I stop losing weight for 2 - 3 days it's then time to move onto the next phase of the diet, which includes veggies every other day, so the slowing down of weight loss I suppose is a plus.
I had a pain in my left side last night for a while, which was quite uncomfortable (maybe I poisoned myself) I'm not actually putting it down to the diet though as I've had this pain several times in the past & although not nice I know is nothing serious.
Thursday 20th September 2012
Weight: 10st 3.25lb
Weight loss: .75lb
Total weight lost: 4.75lbs
My menu for today is as follows:
Breakfast: Scrambles Eggs (with herbes de provence & black pepper)
Lunch: Grilled chicken breast (had with my dinner though as was working at lunch time)
Dinner: Chicken Curry
Snack: 2 Pink Cheesecake Cupcakes (made yesterday), Oat Bran Ricotta Hotcakes (I can't find low fat ricotta so used low fat quark instead).
Had a 25 min walk today around my work place, it was a distance of 1.47 miles and burnt off 130 calories.
The curry was delicious and the hotcakes were lovely too. I didn't have grilled chicken breast in the end but put the extra chicken in the curry.
I'm actually enjoying this diet as I am attempting new meals, which is always a treat when you tend to cook the same things week in week out.
Yet again I have experienced no tiredness, no headaches, no irritability so all is still looking good to progress. Looking forward to the Cruise Stage as you get to eat protein one day then protein & vegetables the next, and this stage lasts until you reach your goal weight.
Until tomorrow then ...
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Well I've lost another 2lbs, I wasn't expecting to see the same drop as the day before when I jumped on the scales this morning. I have to say my OH is also following this diet with me (well he eats what he's given) and he lost 1.5lbs after day 1 & this morning his weight had dropped another 4lbs, slightly more than me over the 2 days but he is much bigger than I am so I think that is to be expected.
Although I am working today I do have some free time so I am having a baking morning. I shall be attempting to make Pink Cheesecake Cupcakes, Muesli Ice Cream this morning and shall be making Turkey Meatballs & Oat Bran Chicken Nuggets when I finish work.
I took my walk early this morning as the weather was so nice and, you never know in this country, it could be raining by this afternoon. The walk lasted 22 minutes and was 1.25 miles burning 100 calories. I walked at a slightly faster pace today, hence burning more calories than yesterday. I log my walks with Runkeeper.
I still feel good, no headaches, no irritability, no tiredness so all looking good for continuing.
Wednesday 19th September 2012
Weight: 10st 4lbs
Weight loss: 2lbs
Total Weight Lost: 4lbs
Menu for today
Breakfast: Cup of Earl Grey Tea, Slices of turkey ham with low fat cream cheese
Lunch: Oat Bran Chicken Nuggets (my intension was to have this for lunch but ended up having it with my dinner instead)
Dinner: Baked Turkey Meatballs, Pink Cheesecake Cupcakes & Museli Ice-Cream
I found the breakfast a bit hard to eat, but I did. I don't usually eat anything like wafer thin ham/turkey & I don't normally eat cheese, really, of any kind. However my weight is dropping so I bit the bullet and just ate it (drinking plenty of water to help me swallow).
The chicken nuggets were very nice and easy to make. The meatballs were nice but I made too many and couldn't eat them all, again reasonably easy to make.
The ice-cream was time consuming to make but was worth it & the cupcakes were easy enough to make and again tasted ok but I probable will not make the cupcakes very often.
Although it's happened 2 days running I am not expecting to lose another 2lb tomorrow morning, would be lovely but am really not expecting it.
So ... until tomorrow :o)
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I was pleased with how my first day went and woke up feeling positive that I can keep it up.
I weighed myself this morning and was pleasantly surprised to see my weight had dropped by 2lbs, however I am not getting my hopes up of a trend as this could just be normal fluctuation in weight that I experience most days ... but you can't help but hope this diet is working.
Tuesday 18th September 2012
Weight:
10st 6lb
Weight loss: 2lb
Total weight loss: 2lb
Goal weight: 8st 13lbs
Today's Menu:
Breakfast: Black Earl Grey Tea, Omelet with several slices of ham chopped up.
Lunch: Vanilla Oat Bran Porridge, Cup of black Earl Grey Tea
Dinner: Trout with herbs, Hard Boiled Eggs plus Dukan Mayonaise, Diet Coke
I managed a walk today of 18 mins 19 seconds which was .83 of a mile, burning 67 calories. Although not the full 20mins, I'm happy as I did 14 extra minutes yesterday. I did drink my litre & a half of water yesterday and am on target to do the same today, like I said in my last blog drinking water is not a problem for me, it's mostly all I do drink.
So far I am not experiencing any adverse affects which I have read you may experience with this diet. I do not feel hungry, I am not irritable, I am not tired, in fact I feel perfectly normal. Time will tell if I feel like this by the end of the week.
Apparently my body is now in ketosis and therefore using fat to produce my energy, rather than carbohydrate. If there is low fat in my diet then my body will pull on my fat stores, hence I lose fat and the pounds.
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So at the weekend I decided I really need to do something about my weight as it is slowly but surely creeping up again. I am now just over a stone & a half over weight - argghhh.
My cousins OH recently informed me of a diet she was doing and which seems to be pretty successful so I have decided to give it a go.
On Sunday I worked out a menu for the week and went shopping for food ready to start on Monday 17th September.
This blog may be boring for a lot of you but hopefully it will keep me on the straight and narrow.
The diet I am following is the Dukan Diet.
Basically it's a no carb, low fat diet - sounds pretty restrictive but I am still going to give it a go. I have tried the Atkins diet in the past which was ok and similar but on the Dukan, once you reach the 2nd stage you incorporate vegetables every other day so I am hoping that will make me a bit more successful than with the Atkins.
On the Dukan diet you are encouraged to drink at least a litre & a half of water a day - which is no problem for me as I do anyway. You are also encouraged to have, in the attack phase, 1.5 tbsp of oat bran a day & take 20 minutes of exercise.
So here goes:
Monday 17th September 2012
Weight: 10st 8lbs
Breakfast: Breakfast scramble plus a hot drink (no milk or sugar for me although you can have skimmed milk if you need it).
Lunch: Crispy Ham, Low fat vanilla yoghurt.
Dinner: Roast Chicken (no skin), Cinnamon Oat Bran Pancakes.
I completed a 37 minute walk in Letchworth which was 1.81 miles & supposedly, burnt off 142 calories.
I didn't feel hungry at all throughout the day and the food was all tasty, the cinnamon oat bran pancake was delicious, will definitely have that again. I bought the Oat Bran from Holland & Barrett as well as a packet of sugar free chewing gum for them moments when I feel the need for something sweet. I have to say I couldn't find oat bran in Tesco and was told that most supermarkets don't stock it.
Well my 1st day wasn't bad at all, lets see what day 2 brings ...
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