Is how I feel today! There's no food in, I am upset about returning to work in 10 days - which is making me want chocolate - and I burst into tears watching the news about the earthquake in Christchurch and the 5 month old baby boy who died in it. Food really is my emotional bolt hole and right now I want a chocolate eclair, Yorkie bar and a tub of Haagan Daz Strawberry Cheesecake - so emotionally it's clearly bad! Instead I will have a cup of tea and a muller light! Thank goodness for being skint, as if I had money I would probably be munching on the Yorkie bar right now.
So, now I have vented, back to the facts. I have today lost 1 1/2 lbs - yay!
Breakfast: Oatbran porridge
Mid-morning snack: None
Lunch: Tin of Mackerel and a muller light
Afternoon snack: 1 x jaffa cake (I was at a friends and couldn't resist unfortunately)
Tea: (This is really bad I'm afraid, but the fish I thought I had, I didn't and the cupboards really are bare until James comes home with some money tomorrow night) 5 x Sausages
Drinks: 1 x diet coke, 4 x tea, bottle of water
Starting weight: 19st 12lb
Current weight: 18st 9 1/2lb
Lost: 16 1/2lbs
Thursday, 24 February 2011
Wednesday, 23 February 2011
Missing In Action
Whoops! I've been missing in action for a few days, this is not because I have fallen off the wagon with an almighty thump, but to be honest there has been nothing to write about. I have followed the plan, have had my oat bran daily (with some gentle reminding from Laura) and have been seeing it slowly come off the scales. The loss has slowed significantly now, which to be honest is making it much harder not to have a little cheat. I definitely need to re-focus.
I need to also do a big shop as the cupboards are bare, but with it being my last month of maternity leave so are the banks! I have to say that being skint is not conducive to success on Dukan. As a result I am finding I am eating significantly less as I just don't have the things in I need to eat and I kind of figured that less and being a bit hungry is a better option than a cheese sandwich! PP days are the hardest when skint that's for sure. James has some work coming in the next few days so hopefully I can go to our brand new carbon-neutral Tescos across the road and do a big stock up shop.
Today I had a friend over, with her gorgeous baby boy, so I was on a P&V day (although should technically have been a PP day).
Breakfast: Oatbran porridge
Mid-morning snack: None
Lunch: Chicken salad with home made fat free dressing (Quark, Non-fat natural yoghurt, Dijon Mustard, Mixed Herbs, Vinegar, Crushed garlic)
Mid-afternoon snack: None
Tea: Homemade spag bol, minus the spag! with broccoli, muller light
Drinks: 5 x cups of tea, 1 litre of water, 1 can of diet coke
It's a PP day tomorrow and all I have in the house that I can eat is 2 tins of Mackerel, 4 portions of frozen white fish and some eggs. Guess what I'll be eating tomorrow!
Starting Weight: 19st 12lb
Current Weight: 19st 11lb
Lost to date: 1st 1lb
I need to also do a big shop as the cupboards are bare, but with it being my last month of maternity leave so are the banks! I have to say that being skint is not conducive to success on Dukan. As a result I am finding I am eating significantly less as I just don't have the things in I need to eat and I kind of figured that less and being a bit hungry is a better option than a cheese sandwich! PP days are the hardest when skint that's for sure. James has some work coming in the next few days so hopefully I can go to our brand new carbon-neutral Tescos across the road and do a big stock up shop.
Today I had a friend over, with her gorgeous baby boy, so I was on a P&V day (although should technically have been a PP day).
Breakfast: Oatbran porridge
Mid-morning snack: None
Lunch: Chicken salad with home made fat free dressing (Quark, Non-fat natural yoghurt, Dijon Mustard, Mixed Herbs, Vinegar, Crushed garlic)
Mid-afternoon snack: None
Tea: Homemade spag bol, minus the spag! with broccoli, muller light
Drinks: 5 x cups of tea, 1 litre of water, 1 can of diet coke
It's a PP day tomorrow and all I have in the house that I can eat is 2 tins of Mackerel, 4 portions of frozen white fish and some eggs. Guess what I'll be eating tomorrow!
Starting Weight: 19st 12lb
Current Weight: 19st 11lb
Lost to date: 1st 1lb
Sunday, 20 February 2011
Kids' parties are not good for Dukan!
I didn't update yesterday, so quickly here it is: I gained 1lb 1/4! Oh the dammage a small slice of pizza can do eh? I'm guessing it was largely the salt content (and interestingly I could really taste the salt in it, which I am surprised at as I have never added salt to my cooking or to my meal, but clearly my taste buds were used to salt and are now not!
Today however, I lost 1lb 1/2 so that's 1/4lb in two days. Better than nothing, but it came at a time when I could have done with a bigger loss to be honest as I am craving carbs really badly and have ended up having some today (I had a very small slice of birthday cake at the kid's party we were at today - did avoid the carb layden buffet though - and I did a roast for the family and am afraid I snuck onto my plate a yorkie and a couple of small roasties. I'm working on the basis that if I didn't it would fester and fester until I went crazy on carbs, but no doubt I will be feeling the disappointment tomorrow).
Breakfast: Oatbran porridge
Mid-morning snack: Nothing as was on way to the party
Lunch: 2 slices of ham from the inside of a sandwich (I figured the ham was better than the cheese sandwich even though ham isn't a goer unless lean) and a small slice of birthday cake (I did however avoid the breadsticks, the sandwiches, the doritos etc)
Mid afternoon snack: Beef jerky
Tea: Roasted chicken breast with leeks, onions, carrots, courgette, broccolli and a mini yorkshire, 2 roast pots and a soup spoon of chicken gravy)
Drinks: 2 x cups of tea, 2 x cans of Diet Coke and a glass of water.
I need to do something to re-envigorate myself on the diet, I managed to get into a pair of pre-pregnancy skinny jeans today which you'd have thought would have inspired me again, but it just made me want to cheat to be honest. I may have to stick my pics on the fridge or something!
Starting Weight: 19st 12lb
Current Weight: 18st 12 1/4lb
Today however, I lost 1lb 1/2 so that's 1/4lb in two days. Better than nothing, but it came at a time when I could have done with a bigger loss to be honest as I am craving carbs really badly and have ended up having some today (I had a very small slice of birthday cake at the kid's party we were at today - did avoid the carb layden buffet though - and I did a roast for the family and am afraid I snuck onto my plate a yorkie and a couple of small roasties. I'm working on the basis that if I didn't it would fester and fester until I went crazy on carbs, but no doubt I will be feeling the disappointment tomorrow).
Breakfast: Oatbran porridge
Mid-morning snack: Nothing as was on way to the party
Lunch: 2 slices of ham from the inside of a sandwich (I figured the ham was better than the cheese sandwich even though ham isn't a goer unless lean) and a small slice of birthday cake (I did however avoid the breadsticks, the sandwiches, the doritos etc)
Mid afternoon snack: Beef jerky
Tea: Roasted chicken breast with leeks, onions, carrots, courgette, broccolli and a mini yorkshire, 2 roast pots and a soup spoon of chicken gravy)
Drinks: 2 x cups of tea, 2 x cans of Diet Coke and a glass of water.
I need to do something to re-envigorate myself on the diet, I managed to get into a pair of pre-pregnancy skinny jeans today which you'd have thought would have inspired me again, but it just made me want to cheat to be honest. I may have to stick my pics on the fridge or something!
Starting Weight: 19st 12lb
Current Weight: 18st 12 1/4lb
Friday, 18 February 2011
Day 12 (cruise)...
and another 11/4 lbs off! Woo hoo.
So today I feel like I should be living in the ocean! I have eaten:
Breakfast: Oat bran porridge, with skimmed milk, cinnamon and sweetner.
Mid-morning snack: 4 Seafood sticks
Lunch: Seafood mix (prawns, squid & mussels) with 2 x eggs scrambled with skimmed milk
Mid-afternoon snack: Nothing
Tea: Salmon fillet (James treated me to Sainsbury's Taste The Difference ones - OMG they were SO delicious!) with seafood mix
Off the wagon: Unfortunately, James also bought himself a cooked pizza from Sainsbury's (we have a new store that opened on Weds and he has discovered that they make and cook pizza for you in store!) and I has a little slice. Tut Tut.
Drinks: 1 litre bottle of water, gls of diet coke, 2 x cups of tea.
Nothing else to report today, will see how badly the slice of pizza was in the morning!
Starting weight: 19st 12lb
Current weight: 18st 12 1/2 lb
So today I feel like I should be living in the ocean! I have eaten:
Breakfast: Oat bran porridge, with skimmed milk, cinnamon and sweetner.
Mid-morning snack: 4 Seafood sticks
Lunch: Seafood mix (prawns, squid & mussels) with 2 x eggs scrambled with skimmed milk
Mid-afternoon snack: Nothing
Tea: Salmon fillet (James treated me to Sainsbury's Taste The Difference ones - OMG they were SO delicious!) with seafood mix
Off the wagon: Unfortunately, James also bought himself a cooked pizza from Sainsbury's (we have a new store that opened on Weds and he has discovered that they make and cook pizza for you in store!) and I has a little slice. Tut Tut.
Drinks: 1 litre bottle of water, gls of diet coke, 2 x cups of tea.
Nothing else to report today, will see how badly the slice of pizza was in the morning!
Starting weight: 19st 12lb
Current weight: 18st 12 1/2 lb
Thursday, 17 February 2011
I'm getting creative!
Today has been a P&V day, but I have not had a great day - mainly because of being super busy and not eating enough, but I have been having a think about how I can make the food more interesting!
I weighed the same this morning, so no movement on my 8lb 1/4 loss - fingers crossed for tomorrow (not sure how long I will continue with daily weigh ins to be honest, as it can be a bit demoralising not to lose, but also it does make me focus on the day in hand.
Today I have eaten:
Breakfast: Nothing
Mid-morning snack: Nothing ( I know, I know, but this morning was a mad rush and it's more important for the children to eat than me)
Lunch: Chicken salad with home-made dressing (non-fat natural yoghurt, dollop of Dijon mustard, herbs and a splosh of vinegar), followed by 1/2 a Muller Light
Mid-afternoon snack: Nothing
Tea: Chicken breast, mushrooms, spinach, broccolli & carrots, followed by a Muller Light
Drinks: 3 x cups of tea, 1 glass of diet coke (and about to down lots of water)
After my lunch today I was thinking about how much I love Caesar dressing, so I have been putting my thinking cap on and reckon I could make a Dukan allowed one, but I need to check one thing out (Linda, as resident Dukan Guru I'm hoping you will know the answer!) can we have Anchiovy? My book says any fish, but I know anchiovies are really salty, but I'd only need 2 small ones!
So, if I can use anchiovies I am going to try the following:
* Non-fat natural yoghurt
* Garlic
* Anchiovy
* a blob of Dijon mustard
* a splash of white vinegar
* squeeze of lemon juice
Granted I can't have the bacon/pancetta, parmesan or croutons with my chicken caesar salad, but I will have a boiled egg with it (I had quail's egg on one once) - all going well I will have re-made for Dukan one of my favourite meals!
Starting weight: 19st 12lb
Current weight: 18st 13ln 3/4
I weighed the same this morning, so no movement on my 8lb 1/4 loss - fingers crossed for tomorrow (not sure how long I will continue with daily weigh ins to be honest, as it can be a bit demoralising not to lose, but also it does make me focus on the day in hand.
Today I have eaten:
Breakfast: Nothing
Mid-morning snack: Nothing ( I know, I know, but this morning was a mad rush and it's more important for the children to eat than me)
Lunch: Chicken salad with home-made dressing (non-fat natural yoghurt, dollop of Dijon mustard, herbs and a splosh of vinegar), followed by 1/2 a Muller Light
Mid-afternoon snack: Nothing
Tea: Chicken breast, mushrooms, spinach, broccolli & carrots, followed by a Muller Light
Drinks: 3 x cups of tea, 1 glass of diet coke (and about to down lots of water)
After my lunch today I was thinking about how much I love Caesar dressing, so I have been putting my thinking cap on and reckon I could make a Dukan allowed one, but I need to check one thing out (Linda, as resident Dukan Guru I'm hoping you will know the answer!) can we have Anchiovy? My book says any fish, but I know anchiovies are really salty, but I'd only need 2 small ones!
So, if I can use anchiovies I am going to try the following:
* Non-fat natural yoghurt
* Garlic
* Anchiovy
* a blob of Dijon mustard
* a splash of white vinegar
* squeeze of lemon juice
Granted I can't have the bacon/pancetta, parmesan or croutons with my chicken caesar salad, but I will have a boiled egg with it (I had quail's egg on one once) - all going well I will have re-made for Dukan one of my favourite meals!
Starting weight: 19st 12lb
Current weight: 18st 13ln 3/4
Wednesday, 16 February 2011
Day 2 of cruise
Well, what a surprise I had this morning! My scales informed me I had lost 1lb 1/4 after my first day of cruise - whoo hoo! Still waiting for that Valentine meal to bite me on the ass/thigh/stomach/wherever it is going to lay it's claim, but for not I will celebrate the fact that I have just gone into the stone lower bracket - granted by only 1/4lb, but I'll take my wins when I can get them thanks.
So today was a Pure Protein (PP) day and I have eaten the following:
Breakfast: Oat bran porridge made with cinnamon, skimmed milk and sweetner and a big glass of water.
Mid-morning snack: 4 seafood sticks and a mint flavoured green tea.
Lunch: 12 seafood sticks (Isaac was sleeping on me and I didn't want to move him as I want to make the most of every precious moment with him before I go back to work) and a glass of water
Mid-afternoon snack: Nothing (Isaac was still sleeping on me, so I had a diet coke that was within reach)
Tea: 2 salmon fillets and scrambled egg made with 1 egg and skimmed milk
Evening munchies: Beef pieces
I have also drank a 1 litre bottle of water today as well, so for the first time I think I have actually managed my fluid intake (have had 3 cups of tea too)
I still haven't read the complete Cruise pages in my book, so am sticking very strictly to the first few pages of information, which means I don't know what the tolerates are that I can have - possibly a good thing for a few days!
I'm looking forward to a Protein & Veg (P&V) day tomorrow, bring on the salad! am even starting to feel hopeful that I may have nearly shifted all the Isaac baby weight before going back to work (still Lydia baby weight and then the post wedding weight and post James weight to go mind) I need to lose 19lbs to achieve that and I have 2 and a bit weeks till I go back to work (BUT if I keep going at a lb a day that is 19lb!) wouldn't that be something (though I won't be disappointed if I don't as my mini goal was to lose a stone before going back and I have just under 6lbs to go to get that one achieved).
Weight today: 18st 13 3/4 lbs
Starting weight: 19st 12lb (previous caveat applies)
So today was a Pure Protein (PP) day and I have eaten the following:
Breakfast: Oat bran porridge made with cinnamon, skimmed milk and sweetner and a big glass of water.
Mid-morning snack: 4 seafood sticks and a mint flavoured green tea.
Lunch: 12 seafood sticks (Isaac was sleeping on me and I didn't want to move him as I want to make the most of every precious moment with him before I go back to work) and a glass of water
Mid-afternoon snack: Nothing (Isaac was still sleeping on me, so I had a diet coke that was within reach)
Tea: 2 salmon fillets and scrambled egg made with 1 egg and skimmed milk
Evening munchies: Beef pieces
I have also drank a 1 litre bottle of water today as well, so for the first time I think I have actually managed my fluid intake (have had 3 cups of tea too)
I still haven't read the complete Cruise pages in my book, so am sticking very strictly to the first few pages of information, which means I don't know what the tolerates are that I can have - possibly a good thing for a few days!
I'm looking forward to a Protein & Veg (P&V) day tomorrow, bring on the salad! am even starting to feel hopeful that I may have nearly shifted all the Isaac baby weight before going back to work (still Lydia baby weight and then the post wedding weight and post James weight to go mind) I need to lose 19lbs to achieve that and I have 2 and a bit weeks till I go back to work (BUT if I keep going at a lb a day that is 19lb!) wouldn't that be something (though I won't be disappointed if I don't as my mini goal was to lose a stone before going back and I have just under 6lbs to go to get that one achieved).
Weight today: 18st 13 3/4 lbs
Starting weight: 19st 12lb (previous caveat applies)
Tuesday, 15 February 2011
The wagon is rolling, now to get back on!
OK, so I admit it... I fell off (or rather jumped off with great force) the wagon yesterday, but it was Valentine's Day. I was dreading stepping on the scales this morning, but I stayed the same, so that was quite pleasing (and surprising) although I am under no illusion that it will catch me up at some point this week.
Today has been my first day of cruise and Oh My how wonderful it has been to eat salad and veg! Back to Pure Protein tomorrow mind.
Today I have consumed:
Breakfast: Oat Bran porridge, with cinnamon, skimmed milk and a sweetner (I normally avoid sweetners like the plague, but this Tesco own one was actually ok, it wasn't an aspartme based one, which may have made the difference) with a large glass of water.
Mid-morning snack: Nothing (was at the hairdressers, having my "do" tweaked)
Lunch: Salad (lettuce, spinach, cucumber, peppers, spring onion and cherry tomatoes) with a tuna, quark and non-fat natural yoghurt blend (it needed a squeeze of lemon and some garlic and it would have been like fishy houmous) with some diet coke.
Mid-afternoon snack: Beef
Tea (or dinner if you're posh!): Chilli con carne (minus the kidney beans) with broccolli, followed by a Cherry MullerLight with 2 cups of tea.
Still more to drink, but I am finding I drink a lot through the night.
It's been tough today, so I am glad it was a protein and veg day. I think it was tough though because I fell off the wagon yesterday, so today all those cravings I had supressed were back with avengance. It is true that the more you have of something the more you want.
Seeing as I need to stay on the wagon now until 7th May (that wedding I said about previously is 2 weeks earlier than I thought it was!) I have got James to take my before pics (ok so techinically my 1 week in pics). I can't actually believe I am going to publish them - I am wearing clothes that best show my body, without requiring an "adult content" warning. I'm not posing, they are just straight forward shots of me from the front, back and sides, this is me laid bare (or as near as I am ever gonna get to bare)
Deep breath in...
I purposefully didn't look at these before uploading them, as I was scared I'd chicken out if I did. I've never seen myself from behind and to be honest it makes me feel physically sick, but I am surprised by how "pert" in comparison to the rest of me, my butt is.
My post 2 babies, belly is vile, but I see that daily and think it so no shock there. A c-section with Lydia guaranteed my tummy muscles were shot to pot (still not together properly) - believe it or not even though I have always been big, pre-Lydia I had a relatively flat stomach. I hate my overhang (which even my Midwife after Lydia's birth hurtfully pointed out to me) and although Isaac was freshly squeezed rather than yanked out of the sunroof, so didn't add too much to my tummy woes, the breastfeeding certainly gave me booby woes to go with the tummy ones.
I love my children more than anything in the world and would repeat the process over and over simply to have them in my life, but there is no mistaking the fact that they have well and truly left their mark on my body - from stretchmarks, to saggy areas and a couple of cracking scars it is clear that they have been here!
So, back on the wagon I am and back on the wagon I plan on staying. The photos were definitely the right thing to do, re-ignited my motivation, but it's still very scary putting myself out there so to speak.
Now, all I have to do is press "Publish", might take me a minute or two to build up the courage for that, especially as I have also decided to keep a weight record at the bottom of each post... albeit a small one :)
Weight today: 19 st 1lb
Starting weight: 19 st 12lb (did a week of healthy eating & lost 2lb before starting Dukan, so started Dukan at 19st 10lb clothed - am now weighing naked)
Today has been my first day of cruise and Oh My how wonderful it has been to eat salad and veg! Back to Pure Protein tomorrow mind.
Today I have consumed:
Breakfast: Oat Bran porridge, with cinnamon, skimmed milk and a sweetner (I normally avoid sweetners like the plague, but this Tesco own one was actually ok, it wasn't an aspartme based one, which may have made the difference) with a large glass of water.
Mid-morning snack: Nothing (was at the hairdressers, having my "do" tweaked)
Lunch: Salad (lettuce, spinach, cucumber, peppers, spring onion and cherry tomatoes) with a tuna, quark and non-fat natural yoghurt blend (it needed a squeeze of lemon and some garlic and it would have been like fishy houmous) with some diet coke.
Mid-afternoon snack: Beef
Tea (or dinner if you're posh!): Chilli con carne (minus the kidney beans) with broccolli, followed by a Cherry MullerLight with 2 cups of tea.
Still more to drink, but I am finding I drink a lot through the night.
It's been tough today, so I am glad it was a protein and veg day. I think it was tough though because I fell off the wagon yesterday, so today all those cravings I had supressed were back with avengance. It is true that the more you have of something the more you want.
Seeing as I need to stay on the wagon now until 7th May (that wedding I said about previously is 2 weeks earlier than I thought it was!) I have got James to take my before pics (ok so techinically my 1 week in pics). I can't actually believe I am going to publish them - I am wearing clothes that best show my body, without requiring an "adult content" warning. I'm not posing, they are just straight forward shots of me from the front, back and sides, this is me laid bare (or as near as I am ever gonna get to bare)
Deep breath in...
My post 2 babies, belly is vile, but I see that daily and think it so no shock there. A c-section with Lydia guaranteed my tummy muscles were shot to pot (still not together properly) - believe it or not even though I have always been big, pre-Lydia I had a relatively flat stomach. I hate my overhang (which even my Midwife after Lydia's birth hurtfully pointed out to me) and although Isaac was freshly squeezed rather than yanked out of the sunroof, so didn't add too much to my tummy woes, the breastfeeding certainly gave me booby woes to go with the tummy ones.
I love my children more than anything in the world and would repeat the process over and over simply to have them in my life, but there is no mistaking the fact that they have well and truly left their mark on my body - from stretchmarks, to saggy areas and a couple of cracking scars it is clear that they have been here!
So, back on the wagon I am and back on the wagon I plan on staying. The photos were definitely the right thing to do, re-ignited my motivation, but it's still very scary putting myself out there so to speak.
Now, all I have to do is press "Publish", might take me a minute or two to build up the courage for that, especially as I have also decided to keep a weight record at the bottom of each post... albeit a small one :)
Weight today: 19 st 1lb
Starting weight: 19 st 12lb (did a week of healthy eating & lost 2lb before starting Dukan, so started Dukan at 19st 10lb clothed - am now weighing naked)
Sunday, 13 February 2011
A "brave" moment of honesty
I mentioned when I started this blog that I didn't want to be fat for the school run etc, but what I didn't tell you was that I had my "moment" after my father in laws 60th birthday party. You know that moment when you go (excuse the expletive, but it is necessary) "Fuck! How did that happen - that's not me."? Well, I had mine over a particularly lardy cooked breakfast, while searching my iPhone looking for the photos taken by the photographer the night before.
I was excited as I'd had some photos taken of Lyds and I, as well as some with James and Lydia. I stupidly expected to see gorgeous photos of me and my gorgeous girl. WRONG! Instead I found the most HIDEOUS photos I have ever seen of me. I was COLLOSAL (still am but am doing something about it now).
My girl looks gorgeous - I look like a whale.
The party was at the same place we had our wedding reception, so the last lot of photos from there I love, but not these. Now, obviously these photos are copyrighted so I can't just add them to my blog - and I would probably kill any member of the family who bought them (disclaimer: I use the word kill in jest, but I would be seriously unhappy with them), but they are on the photographer's website (who knows how long for), but here goes... *deep breath in* this is the photo that will turn out to be the catalyst that changed my life
Oh Fatty!
and in the spirit of photo sharing I'm going to add one from the only other time I was photographed at the same location (still overweight I hasten to add, but about 4 stone lighter - and gosh those 4 stones make SO much difference, oh and it's at the church rather than the hotel, but I haven't got many wedding photos on this laptop)
There you go! That's the first part of my "laying bare", will be taking another step shortly with some "all angle photos" of now.
I was excited as I'd had some photos taken of Lyds and I, as well as some with James and Lydia. I stupidly expected to see gorgeous photos of me and my gorgeous girl. WRONG! Instead I found the most HIDEOUS photos I have ever seen of me. I was COLLOSAL (still am but am doing something about it now).
My girl looks gorgeous - I look like a whale.
The party was at the same place we had our wedding reception, so the last lot of photos from there I love, but not these. Now, obviously these photos are copyrighted so I can't just add them to my blog - and I would probably kill any member of the family who bought them (disclaimer: I use the word kill in jest, but I would be seriously unhappy with them), but they are on the photographer's website (who knows how long for), but here goes... *deep breath in* this is the photo that will turn out to be the catalyst that changed my life
Oh Fatty!
and in the spirit of photo sharing I'm going to add one from the only other time I was photographed at the same location (still overweight I hasten to add, but about 4 stone lighter - and gosh those 4 stones make SO much difference, oh and it's at the church rather than the hotel, but I haven't got many wedding photos on this laptop)
There you go! That's the first part of my "laying bare", will be taking another step shortly with some "all angle photos" of now.
Nearing the end of Attack
I'm now on Day 7 of attack, this morning upon weigh in I had lost another 1lb 1/4 - so that's a loss in 6 days of 7lb 1/4 not bad going eh? I'm going to do another day tomorrow, but admit in advance that I will be falling off the wagon tomorrow night - it's Valentine's Day tomorrow and hubby and I always have a lovely home cooked meal (can't go out to celebrate with a 3 year old and 6 month old in tow) and I don't want to forego that tradition. HOWEVER, I will be doing Pure Protein all day, including the starter and main (I am going to do a smoked salmon starter and a seafood paella for main - minus the rice for me) but then I am going to have a small chocolate dessert. I'm not going to lie I am really looking forward to it, but I am also really scared that my falling off the wagon may spiral. So, to try and combat it I am going to Isaac's Baby Yoga class (which is also exercise for me), will be walking for 20 mins and am going to try and fit in a Wii Fit session too.
SO today I have eaten (in no particular order): 2 x Muller Light yoghurts, 1 x tin of mackerel, 2 x chicken breast fillets (skin off), 2 x eggs scrambled, some homemade "sauce" (quark, crushed garlic, mixed herbs and a spoon of natural fat free yoghurt), 5 slices of lean ham and beef pieces. Once again I haven't managed my oat bran - I really need to find a way to get that in! I've not drank enough either today, so will be taking a bottle of water to bed for during the night.
I am finding that I am struggling to remember how much I weighed the day before now, so am going to have to face the embarrassment of declaring my weight on here rather than just my loss. I know it's already on here in the form of my Dukan Chart, but to physically type it out each day is going to be painful for a few stone at least.
I'm ready for cruise now I think, certainly my pocket is and we need to be eating as a family, which on cruise we can do, as I can just add potatoes, pasta, rice etc into the family's meals and leave it from mine, will make tomorrow my last Attack day.
Happy Valentine's for tomorrow!
SO today I have eaten (in no particular order): 2 x Muller Light yoghurts, 1 x tin of mackerel, 2 x chicken breast fillets (skin off), 2 x eggs scrambled, some homemade "sauce" (quark, crushed garlic, mixed herbs and a spoon of natural fat free yoghurt), 5 slices of lean ham and beef pieces. Once again I haven't managed my oat bran - I really need to find a way to get that in! I've not drank enough either today, so will be taking a bottle of water to bed for during the night.
I am finding that I am struggling to remember how much I weighed the day before now, so am going to have to face the embarrassment of declaring my weight on here rather than just my loss. I know it's already on here in the form of my Dukan Chart, but to physically type it out each day is going to be painful for a few stone at least.
I'm ready for cruise now I think, certainly my pocket is and we need to be eating as a family, which on cruise we can do, as I can just add potatoes, pasta, rice etc into the family's meals and leave it from mine, will make tomorrow my last Attack day.
Happy Valentine's for tomorrow!
Saturday, 12 February 2011
It's been a tough one today (day 6 - still on Attack)
I decided to do Attack for a bit longer, but woke up this morning and had only lost 1/4lb so started the day fairly demotivated to be honest. Not to mention my craving for an apple or chocolate ALL day - oh and some tummy issues *sigh*. I've also watched James eat pizza and chocolate biscuits too, which has been tough going.
I also really need to get onto the cruise phase so my shopping bill isn't so high (it was double normal this week and there's no way we can sustain shopping like that - even with me back at work in a few weeks) and so I am not preparing 4 meals every evening! At least on the protein and veg days we can all eat the same, but I will just add in some pasta, rice or pots for the rest of the family. At the mo, Isaac eats too early for Lydia, Lydia eats too early for daddy being home and I am eating something completely different, normally the little ones can have what we had the day before if that makes sense!
So food wise today I have had:
6 crabsticks, 1 tin of mackerel, 5 slices of lean ham, seafood mix, scrambled eggs, beef pieces and 2 muller lights. I have drank 4 cups of tea, one glass of diet coke and 1 litre of water. Once again I have forgotten the oat bran, but given the tummy issues I don't think it'll be a problem.
I will have to do another attack day tomorrow as haven't had chance all day to read the pages for cruise, so will be making a point of an early night tomorrow to have a read in bed.
We'll see what I do weight wise tomorrow morning, but am going to be gutted if it's only 1/4lb again!
I also really need to get onto the cruise phase so my shopping bill isn't so high (it was double normal this week and there's no way we can sustain shopping like that - even with me back at work in a few weeks) and so I am not preparing 4 meals every evening! At least on the protein and veg days we can all eat the same, but I will just add in some pasta, rice or pots for the rest of the family. At the mo, Isaac eats too early for Lydia, Lydia eats too early for daddy being home and I am eating something completely different, normally the little ones can have what we had the day before if that makes sense!
So food wise today I have had:
6 crabsticks, 1 tin of mackerel, 5 slices of lean ham, seafood mix, scrambled eggs, beef pieces and 2 muller lights. I have drank 4 cups of tea, one glass of diet coke and 1 litre of water. Once again I have forgotten the oat bran, but given the tummy issues I don't think it'll be a problem.
I will have to do another attack day tomorrow as haven't had chance all day to read the pages for cruise, so will be making a point of an early night tomorrow to have a read in bed.
We'll see what I do weight wise tomorrow morning, but am going to be gutted if it's only 1/4lb again!
Friday, 11 February 2011
Day 4 & 5 of Attack (with food diary)
Well, it's very nearly a case of me growing gills and being able to breathe under water with the amount of fish and seafood I have eaten this week - good job I LOVE the stuff! In fact, I have realised this 5 days how much healthy food I do actually LOVE - oh the thought of crunching on a granny smith and tucking into a 5 leaf salad is just soooooo desirable. So, how the hell did I end up this size? The only "excuse" is cost, my weekly shop price has doubled this week and it's only because I am buying so much protein.
So, Day 4! I lost 1lb 3/4. Hurrah taking my total loss since Monday (Day 1) to 4lbs 3/4. Food wise I ate: a pack of crab sticks, a tin of mackerel, Muller light yoghurt x 2, homemade extra lean mince burgers with chillipowder and quark and chive sauce, beef jerky and oat bran porridge. I drank tea and water and diet coke (but can't remember how much of everything). Was an easy day as I was so so busy.
Day 5, I woke this morning and had lost a further 1lb 1/4 so that's a total of 6lb lost since Monday! Which is a lb more than my Dukan chart indicates I would lose in my 5 day's of attack and I still have tomorrow's weigh in to go. Today I have eaten: oat bran porridge, tin of mackerel, kippers and scrambled eggs, muller light yoghurt, bowl of seafood and crab sticks and I'll probably have a yoghurt later.
I am really looking forward to tucking into a chicken breast and tonnes of veg or a bowl of lovely crisp salad to go with my seafood mix, BUT I am going to stick on attack for a few more days. You can do it for up to 10 days, as long as you're still losing and are taking multi-vits (which I am). I also haven't fully got my head around the next phase yet, but more importantly for me I am currently 2lbs into the stone and if I can lose a further 3lb I will have dropped into the lower stone bracket, which would be a massive achievement for me - I will also have lost 9lbs which would also be fantastic!
So, I'm going to plod on with attack until I either crack and eat a veggie or stop losing weight or get down into the next stone bracket!
I think I also need to give myself "mini" goals, as 22nd December seems such a long way off - even though Lydia is already putting together her mental Christmas list :) It's Valentine's Day on Tuesday and I'm already wanting to "deviate" from the Dukan way for the evening meal, if I am feeling like this after 5 days imagine how it will be after 5 months!
We have a wedding on 21st May and I won't be following Dukan that day, but will follow it with a week of attack, I will need to have met a mini goal by then though in order to feel "OK" about the rebellion!
Here are my mini goals:
1 stone off before returning to work on 7th March.
10% of my body weight off by the wedding (21st May) - I remember from Slimming World that 10% of your body weight lost is a "significant" marker for health reasons etc.
I want to be back to my wedding weight by our 5th wedding anniversary (22nd July)
I want to be back to the weight I was when I met James by Lydia's 4th birthday (23rd October)
That'll then leave me with a couple of months to get to the weight I should be and to allow us to start the 3rd baby journey in the new year. I am certain that *if* we have a 3rd child I do not want to be overweight and pregnant for a 3rd time. I want a waterbirth, I might even want a home birth and my BMI is the determiner for those (well, for an "easy" agreement to those). Then it'll just be a case of keeping it off while pregnant - as my "true weight" would still put me in the "overweight" category for the NHS weight charts, I won't be expected to gain any weight during pregnancy.
Well, there you have it: my longer term plan. Ooooh I do love a plan :)
So, Day 4! I lost 1lb 3/4. Hurrah taking my total loss since Monday (Day 1) to 4lbs 3/4. Food wise I ate: a pack of crab sticks, a tin of mackerel, Muller light yoghurt x 2, homemade extra lean mince burgers with chillipowder and quark and chive sauce, beef jerky and oat bran porridge. I drank tea and water and diet coke (but can't remember how much of everything). Was an easy day as I was so so busy.
Day 5, I woke this morning and had lost a further 1lb 1/4 so that's a total of 6lb lost since Monday! Which is a lb more than my Dukan chart indicates I would lose in my 5 day's of attack and I still have tomorrow's weigh in to go. Today I have eaten: oat bran porridge, tin of mackerel, kippers and scrambled eggs, muller light yoghurt, bowl of seafood and crab sticks and I'll probably have a yoghurt later.
I am really looking forward to tucking into a chicken breast and tonnes of veg or a bowl of lovely crisp salad to go with my seafood mix, BUT I am going to stick on attack for a few more days. You can do it for up to 10 days, as long as you're still losing and are taking multi-vits (which I am). I also haven't fully got my head around the next phase yet, but more importantly for me I am currently 2lbs into the stone and if I can lose a further 3lb I will have dropped into the lower stone bracket, which would be a massive achievement for me - I will also have lost 9lbs which would also be fantastic!
So, I'm going to plod on with attack until I either crack and eat a veggie or stop losing weight or get down into the next stone bracket!
I think I also need to give myself "mini" goals, as 22nd December seems such a long way off - even though Lydia is already putting together her mental Christmas list :) It's Valentine's Day on Tuesday and I'm already wanting to "deviate" from the Dukan way for the evening meal, if I am feeling like this after 5 days imagine how it will be after 5 months!
We have a wedding on 21st May and I won't be following Dukan that day, but will follow it with a week of attack, I will need to have met a mini goal by then though in order to feel "OK" about the rebellion!
Here are my mini goals:
1 stone off before returning to work on 7th March.
10% of my body weight off by the wedding (21st May) - I remember from Slimming World that 10% of your body weight lost is a "significant" marker for health reasons etc.
I want to be back to my wedding weight by our 5th wedding anniversary (22nd July)
I want to be back to the weight I was when I met James by Lydia's 4th birthday (23rd October)
That'll then leave me with a couple of months to get to the weight I should be and to allow us to start the 3rd baby journey in the new year. I am certain that *if* we have a 3rd child I do not want to be overweight and pregnant for a 3rd time. I want a waterbirth, I might even want a home birth and my BMI is the determiner for those (well, for an "easy" agreement to those). Then it'll just be a case of keeping it off while pregnant - as my "true weight" would still put me in the "overweight" category for the NHS weight charts, I won't be expected to gain any weight during pregnancy.
Well, there you have it: my longer term plan. Ooooh I do love a plan :)
Wednesday, 9 February 2011
Ideas to make it all a little less bland!
I am currently scouring the net to try and find some things to make eating just protein or protein & veg a little more exciting!
I do, however, need to put a very large CAVEAT on these, as I haven't read the P&V stage yet, so if I am coming up with ideas that are wrong I am entrusting Laura & Linda to identify my errors :) where they have been found from a "Dukan" source I have linked to the recipe rather than typing out my "Dukan adaption".
Dips: a tuna one - whizz a tub of quark, a tin of tuna, some garlic and fresh herbs all together in the blender. Dip your veggies in for a snack! The original recipe calls for 1/2 a tub of soured cream too, but I reckon it can work without it.
Tzatziki dip: non fat greek yoghurt, cucumber (diced), garlic, chopped mint and a squeeze of lemon (delicious as a dip for a meat kebab)
Curried chicken: chicken pieces in a tablespoon of quark and a tea spoon of curry powder.
Pizza! http://www.mydukandiet.com/recipes/cauliflower-pizza-crust.html
Cauliflower mash http://dukan-diet.info/dukan-forum/index.php?topic=779.0
Dukan Diet Burger (in a bun - kinda!) http://dukan-diet.info/2010/04/25/dukan-diet-recipes-weight-loss-phase-dukan-diet-burger/
I will continue my search and share accordingly!
I do, however, need to put a very large CAVEAT on these, as I haven't read the P&V stage yet, so if I am coming up with ideas that are wrong I am entrusting Laura & Linda to identify my errors :) where they have been found from a "Dukan" source I have linked to the recipe rather than typing out my "Dukan adaption".
Dips: a tuna one - whizz a tub of quark, a tin of tuna, some garlic and fresh herbs all together in the blender. Dip your veggies in for a snack! The original recipe calls for 1/2 a tub of soured cream too, but I reckon it can work without it.
Tzatziki dip: non fat greek yoghurt, cucumber (diced), garlic, chopped mint and a squeeze of lemon (delicious as a dip for a meat kebab)
Curried chicken: chicken pieces in a tablespoon of quark and a tea spoon of curry powder.
Pizza! http://www.mydukandiet.com/recipes/cauliflower-pizza-crust.html
Cauliflower mash http://dukan-diet.info/dukan-forum/index.php?topic=779.0
Dukan Diet Burger (in a bun - kinda!) http://dukan-diet.info/2010/04/25/dukan-diet-recipes-weight-loss-phase-dukan-diet-burger/
I will continue my search and share accordingly!
Day 3 of Attack (and food diary)
So, this morning I weighed myself and was a further 1lb down, so that's 3lb in 2 day's of Dukan. I've finished all my "nice" food now and it will be interesting to see if the lack of salmon/seafood has a greater impact on the weightloss (I expect it will as they are full of Omega fats, but I am not sure whether the faster weight loss I anticipate will be worth the hell of dry chicken and beef).
Today I have eaten:
2 x Muller light yoghurts
1 x tin of mackeral
1 x 2 egg omlette
3 x mini home made burgers with the oatbran in them (which, by the way, was STOOOOOOPID, I did it as I couldn't face oat bran porridge - I hate artificial sweetner and without sweetner it is really bad - but didn't think that it would absorb the moisture from the burgers, so it was like eating cardboard). I am going to try again with the burgers tomorrow night as I have a pack of extra lean steak mince in the fridge.
I have drank no where near enough water today - I'm really struggling to get this down me, I think it's largely because I am running around like a blue arse fly after 2 kids and our business and just don't drink fullstop. I have had 2 cups of tea, 1/2 a bottle of water and a glass of diet coke all day and now have the headache to show for it (James is now making a brew and bringing me a pint of water to go with it). When I go back to work that will change as suddenly there will be time to drink - how bad is that? Working full time will give me more time to look after myself than being on maternity leave!
I have struggled today, I have been very tempted by Lydia's lovely fresh bread sandwiches, but I have not given in to temptation. I told my sister in law about the diet and she'd already heard about it, so wasn't quite the motivating chat I was expecting, but tonight I have finally taken my measurements. God I am SO frickin fat - how did that happen? Who stuffed my face full of cake without me noticing? How did my stomach get so big that after her milk tonight, my little girl said "look mummy my tummy is big like yours" and since stopping breastfeeding it's even worse because my boobs no longer balance out my tummy! SO the embarrassing truth is I am a 51, 52, 54! Now I measured my boobs around the nipple line, so not sure if that is right or not, I have no waist anymore so had to guess where that was and have proper childbearing hips it would seem. Oh and I am a pear - maybe that will help me choose clothes that make me look human.
So, there it is, I am now pretty much laid bare for all - apart from the photos I am yet to get taken (my SIL did say I should do naked ones - for my own personal use I hasten to add - so I can see every change that happens, you know, every lump and bump that disappears. I think I might do this.
Tomorrow I am working in our shop all day, I think I may struggle. I will try to be prepared and take lots of easy eats along and will take a bit bottle of water, as I may actually manage that aspect. Not sure how I am going to fit in the walking tomorrow, may have to go for a late night stroll tomorrow.
Today I have eaten:
2 x Muller light yoghurts
1 x tin of mackeral
1 x 2 egg omlette
3 x mini home made burgers with the oatbran in them (which, by the way, was STOOOOOOPID, I did it as I couldn't face oat bran porridge - I hate artificial sweetner and without sweetner it is really bad - but didn't think that it would absorb the moisture from the burgers, so it was like eating cardboard). I am going to try again with the burgers tomorrow night as I have a pack of extra lean steak mince in the fridge.
I have drank no where near enough water today - I'm really struggling to get this down me, I think it's largely because I am running around like a blue arse fly after 2 kids and our business and just don't drink fullstop. I have had 2 cups of tea, 1/2 a bottle of water and a glass of diet coke all day and now have the headache to show for it (James is now making a brew and bringing me a pint of water to go with it). When I go back to work that will change as suddenly there will be time to drink - how bad is that? Working full time will give me more time to look after myself than being on maternity leave!
I have struggled today, I have been very tempted by Lydia's lovely fresh bread sandwiches, but I have not given in to temptation. I told my sister in law about the diet and she'd already heard about it, so wasn't quite the motivating chat I was expecting, but tonight I have finally taken my measurements. God I am SO frickin fat - how did that happen? Who stuffed my face full of cake without me noticing? How did my stomach get so big that after her milk tonight, my little girl said "look mummy my tummy is big like yours" and since stopping breastfeeding it's even worse because my boobs no longer balance out my tummy! SO the embarrassing truth is I am a 51, 52, 54! Now I measured my boobs around the nipple line, so not sure if that is right or not, I have no waist anymore so had to guess where that was and have proper childbearing hips it would seem. Oh and I am a pear - maybe that will help me choose clothes that make me look human.
So, there it is, I am now pretty much laid bare for all - apart from the photos I am yet to get taken (my SIL did say I should do naked ones - for my own personal use I hasten to add - so I can see every change that happens, you know, every lump and bump that disappears. I think I might do this.
Tomorrow I am working in our shop all day, I think I may struggle. I will try to be prepared and take lots of easy eats along and will take a bit bottle of water, as I may actually manage that aspect. Not sure how I am going to fit in the walking tomorrow, may have to go for a late night stroll tomorrow.
Tuesday, 8 February 2011
Day 2 of Attack (and food diary)
So, I got up this morning and as per Dukan's instructions weighed myself (he advises weighing daily on Attack, to keep you on track) and I was 2 1/2lbs lighter than yesterday, now that could be because I am wearing different clothes today (but I did try to choose similar weighted items) or it could be that my visitor is on her merry way or it could just possibly be that this diet is working - we shall see on Friday for sure!
Today has been a bit difficult, but only because of the children's meals. Mashing a banana for Isaac, starting an apple for Lydia (then running to the bin, without her noticing, to dispose of the mouthful of apple) and chopping up smilie faces has placed temptation bang slap in the middle of my eye line! On the plus side though, who would ever think that they would crave an apple or a banana when dieting.
Today my food consumption has been:
1.5 tablespoons of oat bran porridge for breakfast
cockles and crab for mid morning snack
scrambled egg and smoked salmon for lunch, with muller light
beef slices for mid afternoon snack
salmon fillet, seafood mix in a quark and chive sauce for tea, with muller light
drinks wise:
1 litre water
2 cups of tea
2 glasses diet coke
(I need to drink more water!!!)
I think I might struggle tomorrow and the carb demon may be on my shoulder all day, but fortunately I am having my hair chopped in the morning (while Lydia is at nursery and Isaac has his first taster session) so hopefully that will distract me. I'll be telling K all about the diet, so that should revitalise my will power too.
Fingers crossed!
Today has been a bit difficult, but only because of the children's meals. Mashing a banana for Isaac, starting an apple for Lydia (then running to the bin, without her noticing, to dispose of the mouthful of apple) and chopping up smilie faces has placed temptation bang slap in the middle of my eye line! On the plus side though, who would ever think that they would crave an apple or a banana when dieting.
Today my food consumption has been:
1.5 tablespoons of oat bran porridge for breakfast
cockles and crab for mid morning snack
scrambled egg and smoked salmon for lunch, with muller light
beef slices for mid afternoon snack
salmon fillet, seafood mix in a quark and chive sauce for tea, with muller light
drinks wise:
1 litre water
2 cups of tea
2 glasses diet coke
(I need to drink more water!!!)
I think I might struggle tomorrow and the carb demon may be on my shoulder all day, but fortunately I am having my hair chopped in the morning (while Lydia is at nursery and Isaac has his first taster session) so hopefully that will distract me. I'll be telling K all about the diet, so that should revitalise my will power too.
Fingers crossed!
Monday, 7 February 2011
Day 1 of Attack (including food diary)
So today I have eaten the following (in no particular order):
2 x eggs scrambled with skimmed milk
16 x crab sticks
2 x small salmon fillets
1 x seafood mix
1.5 tablespoons of oat bran mixed with skimmed milk and cinnamon
1 x Vanilla Mullerlight yoghurt
1 slice of turkey
I have drank, so far:
3 x cups of tea, with skimmed milk
1 x glass of diet, caffeine free coke
4 x large glasses of water (nearly pint glasses)
1 x 330ml btl of sparkling water
Feeding wise I have had more than enough. I did the 2 salmon fillets and seafood cocktail for my tea, thinking that without potatoes or pasta or rice and veg it was going to leave me hungry, but was full on 1 salmon fillet and the seafood, but didn't want to waste the price of a salmon fillet so ate it anyway (there you go, that'll be one of my food issues discovered on only day 1 of the diet! Will have to explore that one in the very near future I think). I also didn't need the oat bran, but as it's mandatory and I didn't buy it till tonight I thought I better force it down.
I am surprised by how filling eating just protein is, I really was expecting to be hungry. I missed breakfast today, because of the cat trauma so by 10am I was starving - hence the consumption of a whole packet of crab sticks (although Isaac did help me, but I couldn't work out how much of my sticks he had and equate it to actual ones, so figure I may aswell count the whole packet!)
I think I am going to be fine with breakfasts and lunches, but it may well be dinners (aka tea) I struggle with and I really do have to get into the habit of having breakfast. I have got myself a "treat" for breakfast tomorrow to make sure I have it. I am having scrambled eggs and smoked salmon - YUMMMMMMMMMMM!!!
I also think I need to learn how to be creative and to overcome this inbuilt "knowledge" that it's not a dinner meal without the carbs (I can't remember the last cooked dinner I ate that didn't have rice/pasta/potatoes with it).
So day one almost complete, it'll just be drinks between now and bed and then onto day 2. Must decide whether to weigh myself daily (as Dukan suggests during Attack) or just wait until Saturday when my 5 days have completed (as Slimming World, Weight Watchers etc would recommend) - my little visitor is going to make the scales "out" anyway so I may be best to leave it a few days. We'll see.
I MUST take my measurements though, but have got to find the tape measure first... now where did I put it?
2 x eggs scrambled with skimmed milk
16 x crab sticks
2 x small salmon fillets
1 x seafood mix
1.5 tablespoons of oat bran mixed with skimmed milk and cinnamon
1 x Vanilla Mullerlight yoghurt
1 slice of turkey
I have drank, so far:
3 x cups of tea, with skimmed milk
1 x glass of diet, caffeine free coke
4 x large glasses of water (nearly pint glasses)
1 x 330ml btl of sparkling water
Feeding wise I have had more than enough. I did the 2 salmon fillets and seafood cocktail for my tea, thinking that without potatoes or pasta or rice and veg it was going to leave me hungry, but was full on 1 salmon fillet and the seafood, but didn't want to waste the price of a salmon fillet so ate it anyway (there you go, that'll be one of my food issues discovered on only day 1 of the diet! Will have to explore that one in the very near future I think). I also didn't need the oat bran, but as it's mandatory and I didn't buy it till tonight I thought I better force it down.
I am surprised by how filling eating just protein is, I really was expecting to be hungry. I missed breakfast today, because of the cat trauma so by 10am I was starving - hence the consumption of a whole packet of crab sticks (although Isaac did help me, but I couldn't work out how much of my sticks he had and equate it to actual ones, so figure I may aswell count the whole packet!)
I think I am going to be fine with breakfasts and lunches, but it may well be dinners (aka tea) I struggle with and I really do have to get into the habit of having breakfast. I have got myself a "treat" for breakfast tomorrow to make sure I have it. I am having scrambled eggs and smoked salmon - YUMMMMMMMMMMM!!!
I also think I need to learn how to be creative and to overcome this inbuilt "knowledge" that it's not a dinner meal without the carbs (I can't remember the last cooked dinner I ate that didn't have rice/pasta/potatoes with it).
So day one almost complete, it'll just be drinks between now and bed and then onto day 2. Must decide whether to weigh myself daily (as Dukan suggests during Attack) or just wait until Saturday when my 5 days have completed (as Slimming World, Weight Watchers etc would recommend) - my little visitor is going to make the scales "out" anyway so I may be best to leave it a few days. We'll see.
I MUST take my measurements though, but have got to find the tape measure first... now where did I put it?
The stats!
So, here I am on Day 1: crabsticks munched, scrambled egg devoured and turkey chomped - forgot the water till just a moment ago though so am now playing water consumption catch up (I've been a bit distracted this morning as my cats have been taken to a rehoming centre, they've been on the waiting list for 12 weeks, as Isaac is allergic, and today we got the call that they had a space and they were to go in today).
But I have managed to weigh myself and do my true weight chart:
So, by Christmas I should be my true weight, now that would be a FAB Christmas present. I am mortified by how much I weigh now - pre-Isaac I was 2 stone lighter, so clearly over weight then too, but this is the height of my weight and embarrassment.
Never again though!
Measurements still to be taken and photos too, James is driving the cats to the rehoming centre so can't do the pics yet :(
Now off to get another glass of water!
But I have managed to weigh myself and do my true weight chart:
So, by Christmas I should be my true weight, now that would be a FAB Christmas present. I am mortified by how much I weigh now - pre-Isaac I was 2 stone lighter, so clearly over weight then too, but this is the height of my weight and embarrassment.
Never again though!
Measurements still to be taken and photos too, James is driving the cats to the rehoming centre so can't do the pics yet :(
Now off to get another glass of water!
Sunday, 6 February 2011
D-Day is coming
So, when I wake up in the morning (regardless of whether it is from Isaac or Liddy waking me in the wee small hours or because I have unusually managed a full night's uninterrupted sleep) I will be on a diet. I hate that phrase. "On a diet" just immediately makes you feel rebellious doesn't it? Like my 3 year old who does whatever we tell her not to, or that Derren Brown episode where the girl was told not to "push the red button". I'm wondering how this is going to be any different. After all, the next 5-10 days of my life (I haven't yet decided whether to try for longer than the 5 days on Attack) are going to be as full of rules regarding food as the Army is with discipline. According to Dukan, us fatties need rules to follow, so we'll see how rebellious I feel.
A slight blessing, in a very strange way, is I have a dentist appointment for a filling tomorrow afternoon, so by the time the "carb desires" hit I'll be slobbery everywhere and will have a numb mouth and tongue - so there'll be no temptation there then.
I'm not going to lie, I'm apprehensive about this diet. I'm signing up for an 11 month diet of protein and veg in essence, my will has been week previously and I really want this time to be different. Over dinner today my mother in law made a comment, which was well-intentioned, that made me feel as though everyone was expecting me to fail at this, like it was too hard to achieve. That works in my favour, as I do enjoy proving people wrong! I just have to remind myself why I want to lose the weight, so here is my reason list (I think I might stick it on my fridge too):
I will return tomorrow as a Dukan Dieter and I am strangely looking forward to it. There really is a slim, yummy, mummy inside of this fat, slummy, mummy just waiting to emerge.
A slight blessing, in a very strange way, is I have a dentist appointment for a filling tomorrow afternoon, so by the time the "carb desires" hit I'll be slobbery everywhere and will have a numb mouth and tongue - so there'll be no temptation there then.
I'm not going to lie, I'm apprehensive about this diet. I'm signing up for an 11 month diet of protein and veg in essence, my will has been week previously and I really want this time to be different. Over dinner today my mother in law made a comment, which was well-intentioned, that made me feel as though everyone was expecting me to fail at this, like it was too hard to achieve. That works in my favour, as I do enjoy proving people wrong! I just have to remind myself why I want to lose the weight, so here is my reason list (I think I might stick it on my fridge too):
- To feel good about myself
- To be able to shop in "normal" clothes shops
- To wear clothes that make me feel good
- To reignite that mojo ;)
- To not be exhausted when playing with the children
- To not be an embarrassment to my children
- To not die young
- To not develop diabetes
- To not feel old before my time
- To not feel my double chin in the way when I lay down to read a book (fellow fatties will know what I mean here!)
- To be able to have a waterbirth if we are lucky enough to have a 3rd baby
I will return tomorrow as a Dukan Dieter and I am strangely looking forward to it. There really is a slim, yummy, mummy inside of this fat, slummy, mummy just waiting to emerge.
Attack is the best form of defence!
So, I am now all clued up on the Attack phase and am today doing a small shop to get the bits for tomorrow morning, as we do the weekly shop on a Monday and I don't want to be caught out!
We have a family meal this afternoon, so I will be having my last dose of carbs and sugar for a while at The George Hotel in Stamford - is it sad that I already know what I want? I think it'll be a three courser, as it's for my mother in laws birthday so to start I would like the Mussels in Garlic and cream sauce, followed by Chicken Caesar Salad (I LOVE this from The George) and then something indulgent for afters: white chocolate cheesecake maybe. It'll be my last "blow out" for 10 months if my plan is accurate and if I can stick to it, so I am going to make the most of it and if there is "room" I might even follow with a full fat latte :)
If we weren't out for a meal, that we're not paying for I hasten to add, I don't actually think I'd be having a "blow out" as I am feeling really positive about this diet.
I will weigh myself tomorrow morning and re-enter my info on the Dukan Diet True Weight Calculator to get an exact plan, but unfortunately I have a visitor who arrived today, she's not visited for a long time and when she used to visit, pre-Isaac, she would guarantee a weight increase, so I'm not 100% sure my weight will be "proper". I did weigh myself last Monday, but have been trying to eat healthily this week so am hoping I weigh a few lbs less than last Monday. Oh well, we'll see...
We have a family meal this afternoon, so I will be having my last dose of carbs and sugar for a while at The George Hotel in Stamford - is it sad that I already know what I want? I think it'll be a three courser, as it's for my mother in laws birthday so to start I would like the Mussels in Garlic and cream sauce, followed by Chicken Caesar Salad (I LOVE this from The George) and then something indulgent for afters: white chocolate cheesecake maybe. It'll be my last "blow out" for 10 months if my plan is accurate and if I can stick to it, so I am going to make the most of it and if there is "room" I might even follow with a full fat latte :)
If we weren't out for a meal, that we're not paying for I hasten to add, I don't actually think I'd be having a "blow out" as I am feeling really positive about this diet.
I will weigh myself tomorrow morning and re-enter my info on the Dukan Diet True Weight Calculator to get an exact plan, but unfortunately I have a visitor who arrived today, she's not visited for a long time and when she used to visit, pre-Isaac, she would guarantee a weight increase, so I'm not 100% sure my weight will be "proper". I did weigh myself last Monday, but have been trying to eat healthily this week so am hoping I weigh a few lbs less than last Monday. Oh well, we'll see...
Saturday, 5 February 2011
What I've learned so far
Last night I lay in bed having a read of the Dukan Diet book. I managed to get through all the conceptual information and found it a refreshing read.
Dukan (a French doctor) talks about how obese people (yep, that's me!) can never have lifelong success of plans like Slimming World and Weight Watchers, as us fatties need to have a permanent structure in place re our eating. There's a reason we got fat in the first place after all... eating too much! Lose the weight following a structure, abandon the structure and return to old habits. Do it too many times and you become "immune" to diets. This is me!
The doc started the diet plan by accident it seems, but has since fine tuned it to a 4 phase diet. In simplistic terms:
Phase 1 - the attack phase. This is your "wow I can really lose weight" phase, it's super strict (am yet to read how strict and what's fully involved, but in a nutshell is eating as close to pure protiens only). This phase is the motivating phase we all look for when starting a diet and can be from 1 day to 10 days depending on how much you have to lose really.
Phase 2 - the cruise phase. This is where you start to add vegetables into the plan and you alternate between a pure protien day and a protien and veg day. You do this for as long as it takes to lose the weight.
Phase 3 - consolidation phase. This is where you return to "normal" eating following a set plan of introduction and is designed to slowly get your body used to all the foods again after being purged of them. Dukan says that it is this phase were other diets fail, your body is hell bent on revenge for the purging so stores everything you put into it - hence the weight gain! Makes sense, no?
Phase 4 - stabalisation phase. This is the rest of your life! The only rule that applies that is one day a week, on the same day every week, you have a protien only day. By all accounts it allows you to eat what you want and resets the clock.
If you want to find out how long your phases would be have a look here http://www.dukandiet.co.uk/
My phases, unsurprisingly are long ones - goes with the territory of "morbidly obese" it would seem.
I will add my chart on the day I start, as it changes dependent on the day you start. Once Lydia is at her friend's tonight and the boy is in bed, I will be reading much more and will share what I find. It's all a learning curve! Oh, and if anyone fancies a go I got my book off ebay, but you can also buy from Amazon for about the same price.
Dukan (a French doctor) talks about how obese people (yep, that's me!) can never have lifelong success of plans like Slimming World and Weight Watchers, as us fatties need to have a permanent structure in place re our eating. There's a reason we got fat in the first place after all... eating too much! Lose the weight following a structure, abandon the structure and return to old habits. Do it too many times and you become "immune" to diets. This is me!
The doc started the diet plan by accident it seems, but has since fine tuned it to a 4 phase diet. In simplistic terms:
Phase 1 - the attack phase. This is your "wow I can really lose weight" phase, it's super strict (am yet to read how strict and what's fully involved, but in a nutshell is eating as close to pure protiens only). This phase is the motivating phase we all look for when starting a diet and can be from 1 day to 10 days depending on how much you have to lose really.
Phase 2 - the cruise phase. This is where you start to add vegetables into the plan and you alternate between a pure protien day and a protien and veg day. You do this for as long as it takes to lose the weight.
Phase 3 - consolidation phase. This is where you return to "normal" eating following a set plan of introduction and is designed to slowly get your body used to all the foods again after being purged of them. Dukan says that it is this phase were other diets fail, your body is hell bent on revenge for the purging so stores everything you put into it - hence the weight gain! Makes sense, no?
Phase 4 - stabalisation phase. This is the rest of your life! The only rule that applies that is one day a week, on the same day every week, you have a protien only day. By all accounts it allows you to eat what you want and resets the clock.
If you want to find out how long your phases would be have a look here http://www.dukandiet.co.uk/
My phases, unsurprisingly are long ones - goes with the territory of "morbidly obese" it would seem.
I will add my chart on the day I start, as it changes dependent on the day you start. Once Lydia is at her friend's tonight and the boy is in bed, I will be reading much more and will share what I find. It's all a learning curve! Oh, and if anyone fancies a go I got my book off ebay, but you can also buy from Amazon for about the same price.
Friday, 4 February 2011
So, day 2 of the preparation phase...
and it's been so hectic that it's now nearly 7pm and I've not so much as picked up the Dukan Diet book to try and get my head around it.
We've had our last take out though before things "kick off", fish and chips, and you know what? It was only "ok", I think in my head I may be dieting already!
Isaac is sound asleep and Lydia is causing havoc before her bedtime, in 10 mins. Once both "babies" are sleeing soundly I will be going upstairs to our room and starting my reading marathon - it's going to be no easy achievement seeing as I need to read and digest it (no pun intended) before the Monday shop, yet I have two children to care for on my own tomorrow. One saving grace is that Lydia is going to her first ever sleep over tomorrow night, so only one baby to deal with, which will mean my evening back at 6pm - woo hoo! I still think I'm going to drag some old skills out of the closet in order to pull off completing the read in 2 evenings, but heh I'm the girl who speed read her way through 3 years of a Literary Studies degree, so this should, by comparison, be a walk in the park.
I've also decided that I am going to get James to take some photos of me from all angles to provide a visual aid to my weight loss and I may even get brave enough to post them on here!
We've had our last take out though before things "kick off", fish and chips, and you know what? It was only "ok", I think in my head I may be dieting already!
Isaac is sound asleep and Lydia is causing havoc before her bedtime, in 10 mins. Once both "babies" are sleeing soundly I will be going upstairs to our room and starting my reading marathon - it's going to be no easy achievement seeing as I need to read and digest it (no pun intended) before the Monday shop, yet I have two children to care for on my own tomorrow. One saving grace is that Lydia is going to her first ever sleep over tomorrow night, so only one baby to deal with, which will mean my evening back at 6pm - woo hoo! I still think I'm going to drag some old skills out of the closet in order to pull off completing the read in 2 evenings, but heh I'm the girl who speed read her way through 3 years of a Literary Studies degree, so this should, by comparison, be a walk in the park.
I've also decided that I am going to get James to take some photos of me from all angles to provide a visual aid to my weight loss and I may even get brave enough to post them on here!
Thursday, 3 February 2011
The journey begins, with a step back in time!
OK, so here I am... ready and willing to start dieting (again), but this time it's GOT to be different! I can't yo-yo diet anymore, I've two babies who need me to be slim - they don't want a fat mum waddling down the school path, puffing and panting at 3.15pm and I don't want them to grow up with the same food issues their mummy has. This time it's got to be a life long change and I have to control it.
It's strange writing down that I have to be in control of this, as I am a control freak to the very core - apart from where food is concerned. When food comes into the equation it controls me. That's all about to change!
A new, but already very dear, friend of mine has recently told me about the Dukan Diet and I'm going to achieve my weight loss aims with it - I KNOW I AM! My book arrived today, so I have everything I need to suceed: instructions and me.
No more am I blaming my husband for buying the biscuits, it's only me that eats them afterall. No more am I blaming my upbringing and my overweight family, only I put things in my mouth and sit on my fat arse (soon to be less fat and eventually to be fit). Now is my personal revolution, but to start it I think I need to go back in time...
I've always been big. As a child I was "affectionately" picked on by the cool kids, who I hasten to add are now seriously uncool, and called "whole lotta woman" and such like. Amazingly, now when I look back on those school photos I wonder what on earth was going through my head: I was a child with a child's body, end of! I had a lot of success slimming when I was 17 and got to my goal weight (which for my height and build is 11 stone 7lb) and was my Slimming World's class "Slimmer of the Year". The weight stayed off for a few years while I focussed on sport at school and then boys and beer at uni (money was spent on god awful alocholic concoctions rather than food so for the first year I stayed lovely and slim), then I started to put the weight back on. Pretty much since then I have been a yo-yo dieter. I obsess about it, lose a stone, get bored of being obsessed about it and "cheat".
I'm now at the heaviest I have ever been and in a few days' time when I am feeling a bit braver I will share the embarrassing truth regarding my lard arse, as only by "outing" myself can I move forward. I am hoping the Dukan diet will be my life changing eating plan and will share more about that as and when I learn it! The book is sat next to me to pick up, read and digest ready for Monday's weekly food shop.
So, here goes... I'm just dippping my toe in the water at the moment, but am soon going to be diving head first in. Wish me luck!
It's strange writing down that I have to be in control of this, as I am a control freak to the very core - apart from where food is concerned. When food comes into the equation it controls me. That's all about to change!
A new, but already very dear, friend of mine has recently told me about the Dukan Diet and I'm going to achieve my weight loss aims with it - I KNOW I AM! My book arrived today, so I have everything I need to suceed: instructions and me.
No more am I blaming my husband for buying the biscuits, it's only me that eats them afterall. No more am I blaming my upbringing and my overweight family, only I put things in my mouth and sit on my fat arse (soon to be less fat and eventually to be fit). Now is my personal revolution, but to start it I think I need to go back in time...
I've always been big. As a child I was "affectionately" picked on by the cool kids, who I hasten to add are now seriously uncool, and called "whole lotta woman" and such like. Amazingly, now when I look back on those school photos I wonder what on earth was going through my head: I was a child with a child's body, end of! I had a lot of success slimming when I was 17 and got to my goal weight (which for my height and build is 11 stone 7lb) and was my Slimming World's class "Slimmer of the Year". The weight stayed off for a few years while I focussed on sport at school and then boys and beer at uni (money was spent on god awful alocholic concoctions rather than food so for the first year I stayed lovely and slim), then I started to put the weight back on. Pretty much since then I have been a yo-yo dieter. I obsess about it, lose a stone, get bored of being obsessed about it and "cheat".
I'm now at the heaviest I have ever been and in a few days' time when I am feeling a bit braver I will share the embarrassing truth regarding my lard arse, as only by "outing" myself can I move forward. I am hoping the Dukan diet will be my life changing eating plan and will share more about that as and when I learn it! The book is sat next to me to pick up, read and digest ready for Monday's weekly food shop.
So, here goes... I'm just dippping my toe in the water at the moment, but am soon going to be diving head first in. Wish me luck!
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