Weight: 157
Total weight loss to date: 8 lbs
2 lbs to go!
So close to the next phase. I was really ready to give up at the beginning of the week. But I ended up keeping on the 1/1 schedule and I lost 2 lbs this week. I was glad to see some results. I have been pretty diligent in keeping with the diet and working out. I'm encouraged today, especially when I could easily fit into a pair of pants that would have been obscenely tight 20 days ago.
The protein days didn't seem as bad this week...I never dread protein day until afternoon/dinner time. I don't know what happens but I really get hungry and irritable during this time, even when I've eaten plenty. Breakfast is good because I have the oat bran with it, lunch is good because I love the rotisserie chicken I've found, but dinner is always a struggle. I never know what to make or eat. Most days this week I've ended up eating a big plate of eggs with some type of meat in it. I can make it a little more attractive with Cholula hot sauce and some fat free cheese. I don't know if hot sauce is on the plan but I don't care, I couldn't make it without SOMETHING to jazz up those eggs.
My mom has reached her goal weight and she's started the consolidation phase. I am so happy for her!! I can see how happy she is with her progress. I think I'm happier about her success than anything else. Hubby also met his goal weight but I'm not sure if he's going to go to the consolidation phase yet. A couple of days this week he ate cereal and some walnuts though. He said he wishes he didn't lose the weight this fast because now he'll have to struggle to keep it off before the trip in July. I don't think that's the right mindset (it's "over" once our trip starts) but I don't really think he was trying to get slim and stay that way forever. It was depressing him, I could tell. I just hope that we have both weaned ourselves off the mentality that you have to have rice, potatoes or bread with every meal.
today I had lunch at a Chinese place. It first appeared pretty healthy but after it sat on my plate for a while it was swimming in oil. I literally could taste the grease on my tongue. I guess after you quit eating oil for so long, you can really taste it in foods easily. That greasy taste was a complete turn off and I couldn't eat the rest of it.
I also had a fantastic job interview today that I pray works out! I wore my pants that I couldn't put on 20 days ago! I think the final missing link in my happiness is getting out of this horribly negative work environment. Sometimes days will pass that no one speaks to me. I've never experienced this before in my entire career! I've been here 1.5 years and people still walk by me like they've never seen me. A couple of people right outside my cube have never spoken to me ONCE (even when I tried to initiate conversation...awkward!!). I'm getting off on a tangent but wow it really sucks coming to work here everyday. And commuting to downtown...just awful. I don't mind the taking the bus, but it takes SO LONG and then usually once a day I am dealing with vagrants saying crazy stuff to me on the street. I mean I am literally scared to drive to work and park in the $12/day garage for fear of being mugged. Awesome!! Anyway, hope that interview went as well as I felt it did!!
Wine is probably in my future for the weekend. I've figured out that I can have wine and still make progress...that could be dangerous.
Friday, May 20, 2011
Monday, May 16, 2011
Day 16 - Cruise Phase
Day 16 - Cruise Phase
Stats: Not giving stats today
I am not getting on the scale for a few days. I have a feeling I'll do this every Monday. Weekends are very difficult on the Dukan diet. Travelling is VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE. You'd really have to be disciplined and search high and low to have a pure protein day while travelling. I am not the type to go in a restaurant or someone's home and make ridiculous food demands, so I had to compromise on several occasions.
Friday we left town and ended up stopping at McDonald's for dinner. I have a 3 and 7 year old. McDonald's has salads so I had one of those with grilled chicken, and ate salsa on it instead of dressing. However the salad had crushed tortilla chips on top of it...my hunger got the best of me and I ended up eating them on the salad. We brought plenty of snacks but I still had a weak moment.
When we arrived at our destination my friends were drinking wine. Another weak moment and I had at least 3 glasses. After the wine I had a few handfuls of m & m's...now I know the reason why you can't have alcohol on this diet...because you end up giving in to temptation because you lose your inhibitions!!
On Saturday my friend had made all sorts of yummy breakfast things and I felt guilty for refusing them. But I stuck to the plan and had eggs and oat bran that I brought. I snacked on lunch meat, tuna and yogurt during the day, ended up eating a piece of provolone which I know is not on the diet but it was another weak moment...
We took all of our kids to a rodeo in the evening and that's when I fell off the wagon, rolled around in the dirt, and layed there for a while. The 7 kids between three adults started getting to all of us so when we sat down in a Mexican restaurant, all we wanted to do was have a margarita. And it was BIG. And I had TWO. I ate some chips and salsa (not nearly as much as I normally would). My dinner was pretty healthy, grilled shrimp and veggies. Luckily the food was not very good. Then at the actual rodeo performance I had two beers.
Yesterday I was pretty good, had a protein breakfast, salad at lunch (but all they had for dressing was ranch or honey mustard...hey I live in Texas and it's not exactly the picture of health in most places). I used as little ranch as possible, maybe a Tablespoon. For dinner we went to a Chinese buffet where I only had non-breaded meats and veggies.
I am at a standstill on my weight loss because I keep falling off the plan. I'm not doing anything crazy but obviously this diet is very sensitive to ANYTHING off the plan. I can't believe the guilt I end up feeling over the tiniest things that normally I would not worry about. I must say it's starting to get on my nerves and I'm tired of it. I just wanted to lose 5 more lbs and a whole week has passed without any progress. I really do feel like giving up. When I say give up, I don't mean just go hog wild and eat anything and everything. I'm just talking about having veggies and protein and forget these all protein days. They are really taking it's toll on me and my husband. Hubby got sick on Thursday and I can tell it's wearing down his immune system. He actually seems depressed to me. His weight loss has been very impressive, over 10 lbs, and I am trying to convince him to move on to the consolidation phase without me. He's slim enough right now, he just needs to maintain.
I haven't talked to my mom lately, not sure how much she's lost now. I might switch to her plan of two protein days per week. This 1/1 schedule is too much for me. I started taking a multi vitamin today, I'm worried about my immune system because common sense tells me it's not healthy to eat all this protein and hardly ever poop.
I'll probably weigh again on Wednesday. I need some encouragement to stick to this but I'm not getting it!
Stats: Not giving stats today
I am not getting on the scale for a few days. I have a feeling I'll do this every Monday. Weekends are very difficult on the Dukan diet. Travelling is VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE. You'd really have to be disciplined and search high and low to have a pure protein day while travelling. I am not the type to go in a restaurant or someone's home and make ridiculous food demands, so I had to compromise on several occasions.
Friday we left town and ended up stopping at McDonald's for dinner. I have a 3 and 7 year old. McDonald's has salads so I had one of those with grilled chicken, and ate salsa on it instead of dressing. However the salad had crushed tortilla chips on top of it...my hunger got the best of me and I ended up eating them on the salad. We brought plenty of snacks but I still had a weak moment.
When we arrived at our destination my friends were drinking wine. Another weak moment and I had at least 3 glasses. After the wine I had a few handfuls of m & m's...now I know the reason why you can't have alcohol on this diet...because you end up giving in to temptation because you lose your inhibitions!!
On Saturday my friend had made all sorts of yummy breakfast things and I felt guilty for refusing them. But I stuck to the plan and had eggs and oat bran that I brought. I snacked on lunch meat, tuna and yogurt during the day, ended up eating a piece of provolone which I know is not on the diet but it was another weak moment...
We took all of our kids to a rodeo in the evening and that's when I fell off the wagon, rolled around in the dirt, and layed there for a while. The 7 kids between three adults started getting to all of us so when we sat down in a Mexican restaurant, all we wanted to do was have a margarita. And it was BIG. And I had TWO. I ate some chips and salsa (not nearly as much as I normally would). My dinner was pretty healthy, grilled shrimp and veggies. Luckily the food was not very good. Then at the actual rodeo performance I had two beers.
Yesterday I was pretty good, had a protein breakfast, salad at lunch (but all they had for dressing was ranch or honey mustard...hey I live in Texas and it's not exactly the picture of health in most places). I used as little ranch as possible, maybe a Tablespoon. For dinner we went to a Chinese buffet where I only had non-breaded meats and veggies.
I am at a standstill on my weight loss because I keep falling off the plan. I'm not doing anything crazy but obviously this diet is very sensitive to ANYTHING off the plan. I can't believe the guilt I end up feeling over the tiniest things that normally I would not worry about. I must say it's starting to get on my nerves and I'm tired of it. I just wanted to lose 5 more lbs and a whole week has passed without any progress. I really do feel like giving up. When I say give up, I don't mean just go hog wild and eat anything and everything. I'm just talking about having veggies and protein and forget these all protein days. They are really taking it's toll on me and my husband. Hubby got sick on Thursday and I can tell it's wearing down his immune system. He actually seems depressed to me. His weight loss has been very impressive, over 10 lbs, and I am trying to convince him to move on to the consolidation phase without me. He's slim enough right now, he just needs to maintain.
I haven't talked to my mom lately, not sure how much she's lost now. I might switch to her plan of two protein days per week. This 1/1 schedule is too much for me. I started taking a multi vitamin today, I'm worried about my immune system because common sense tells me it's not healthy to eat all this protein and hardly ever poop.
I'll probably weigh again on Wednesday. I need some encouragement to stick to this but I'm not getting it!
Thursday, May 12, 2011
Day 12 - Cruise Phase
Day 12 Cruise Phase
Thursday
Stats:
Weight: 159.8
BMI: 21.7
Fat %: 23.9
Water %: 54.6
Total Lost: 6 lbs
Ok 6 lbs is a little over my actual loss but hey I'm rounding down! I was so glad to see that 160 disappear this morning. I had not seen any progress in about 5 days so it was good to see a little movement! Albeit a little movement, but still that's progress in the right direction.
Hubby said yesterday, he thought this was going to be hard to stick to for our last 4-5 lbs. I have to agree. What I am really getting sick of is eggs and meat. Actually the thought of eggs with pico de gallo in it or anything other than meat is ok. But it's just meat, specifically at breakfast time and dinner time, that is completely unappetizing. I don't really dread lunch because I've found this really good rotisserie chicken place that has good veggie sides too. However when I get home on those protein days, it's very hard to get excited about cooking and eating just meat. I know I could add some eggs or nonfat milk products but I'm sick of those for dinner, too.
I'm not really that much more excited about adding vegetables every other day, either. But on the other hand, I'm not having horrible cravings for carbs (I never really had that bad of cravings though). What I am experiencing is a complete disinterest in eating food in general. Like I sometimes feel like I'd rather just skip eating but I know that the hunger will make it worse. But the thought of meats is really unappetizing. But I can't really think of other foods that I'd really like to have, either!
One other thing that I rarely think about anymore is drinking wine. I really liked my wine here and there...but I don't think about it much anymore. This weekend I"m meeting up with some old friends and I know we'll have some wine...but I'm really thinking about taking it easy. It doesn't seem like an exciting thought to relax with wine. I think I could do it without. Now when the bottle opens and I have a glass in my hand, this may all be a different story...we'll see.
speaking of my weekend, I have not yet told my two buddies about doing this diet. They too will be attending the reunion in June. I am afraid they will be totally annoyed by my food restrictions.
I am also dreading having to be a downer when we're eating together. I HATE people that are very picky with their food and I will be one of those people. "Sorry I can't have this, sorry I can't have that...can you cook that without butter?" etc etc. I know that's going to be annoying. I thought about bringing my own cooler with fat free stuff, would that be tacky? But I don't want to say anything until I get there because I don't want my friend to feel like she has to buy special stuff for me. Plus we'll have all the kids with us so that's going to complicate things...like what if they want to order pizza for everyone? I think I'm gonna have to bring the cooler and be obnoxious, but only for 1 weekend of my life right?
Thursday
Stats:
Weight: 159.8
BMI: 21.7
Fat %: 23.9
Water %: 54.6
Total Lost: 6 lbs
Ok 6 lbs is a little over my actual loss but hey I'm rounding down! I was so glad to see that 160 disappear this morning. I had not seen any progress in about 5 days so it was good to see a little movement! Albeit a little movement, but still that's progress in the right direction.
Hubby said yesterday, he thought this was going to be hard to stick to for our last 4-5 lbs. I have to agree. What I am really getting sick of is eggs and meat. Actually the thought of eggs with pico de gallo in it or anything other than meat is ok. But it's just meat, specifically at breakfast time and dinner time, that is completely unappetizing. I don't really dread lunch because I've found this really good rotisserie chicken place that has good veggie sides too. However when I get home on those protein days, it's very hard to get excited about cooking and eating just meat. I know I could add some eggs or nonfat milk products but I'm sick of those for dinner, too.
I'm not really that much more excited about adding vegetables every other day, either. But on the other hand, I'm not having horrible cravings for carbs (I never really had that bad of cravings though). What I am experiencing is a complete disinterest in eating food in general. Like I sometimes feel like I'd rather just skip eating but I know that the hunger will make it worse. But the thought of meats is really unappetizing. But I can't really think of other foods that I'd really like to have, either!
One other thing that I rarely think about anymore is drinking wine. I really liked my wine here and there...but I don't think about it much anymore. This weekend I"m meeting up with some old friends and I know we'll have some wine...but I'm really thinking about taking it easy. It doesn't seem like an exciting thought to relax with wine. I think I could do it without. Now when the bottle opens and I have a glass in my hand, this may all be a different story...we'll see.
speaking of my weekend, I have not yet told my two buddies about doing this diet. They too will be attending the reunion in June. I am afraid they will be totally annoyed by my food restrictions.
I am also dreading having to be a downer when we're eating together. I HATE people that are very picky with their food and I will be one of those people. "Sorry I can't have this, sorry I can't have that...can you cook that without butter?" etc etc. I know that's going to be annoying. I thought about bringing my own cooler with fat free stuff, would that be tacky? But I don't want to say anything until I get there because I don't want my friend to feel like she has to buy special stuff for me. Plus we'll have all the kids with us so that's going to complicate things...like what if they want to order pizza for everyone? I think I'm gonna have to bring the cooler and be obnoxious, but only for 1 weekend of my life right?
Wednesday, May 11, 2011
Day 11-cruise phase
Day 11 Cruise Phase
Wednesday
Stats:
Weight: 160.0
BMI: N/A
Fat %: N/A
Water %: N/A
Total Lost: ?
Have to fill in the stats later as I'm on the bus headed home from work.
Well today I'm back to 160.0. It took me four days to get back. I don't really feel discouraged because I feel good in my clothes. I'm doing all the right things so what is there to feel bad about?
I can honestly say I don't crave carbs that much. But the craving for sweets is still there, very present. I have learned to eat sugar free jello or this low carb yogurt that my local Kroger sells. Those are working for me. I have also discovered a Bumblebee tuna that's flavored like Thai chili and it's FANTASTIC. it doesn't need anything added to it to taste good.
Also, made the ravigote sauce and it's a lot like tartar sauce. We had it with fish and it was pretty good. We aren't doing many of the recipes, just grilling a lot. It seems to be the easiest way for us.
Hubby Gained a pound back and I could see his disappointment, but overall he's done a fantastic job ...he lost about 9 lbs I think. That really is phenomenal when you consider how little time it took. Now what we have to concentrate on is getting to our goal weights and keeping that way until my reunion and our Bahamas trip! Mom
Is doing well, think she is at 170.2 and says she wants to get to 1668. Her challenge will be the same, to keep it off.
I am very impressed with the results of this diet, even though I've had the least weight loss. That's ok I only have 5 to go....or maybe my body is telling me it's at my natural weight?
Wednesday
Stats:
Weight: 160.0
BMI: N/A
Fat %: N/A
Water %: N/A
Total Lost: ?
Have to fill in the stats later as I'm on the bus headed home from work.
Well today I'm back to 160.0. It took me four days to get back. I don't really feel discouraged because I feel good in my clothes. I'm doing all the right things so what is there to feel bad about?
I can honestly say I don't crave carbs that much. But the craving for sweets is still there, very present. I have learned to eat sugar free jello or this low carb yogurt that my local Kroger sells. Those are working for me. I have also discovered a Bumblebee tuna that's flavored like Thai chili and it's FANTASTIC. it doesn't need anything added to it to taste good.
Also, made the ravigote sauce and it's a lot like tartar sauce. We had it with fish and it was pretty good. We aren't doing many of the recipes, just grilling a lot. It seems to be the easiest way for us.
Hubby Gained a pound back and I could see his disappointment, but overall he's done a fantastic job ...he lost about 9 lbs I think. That really is phenomenal when you consider how little time it took. Now what we have to concentrate on is getting to our goal weights and keeping that way until my reunion and our Bahamas trip! Mom
Is doing well, think she is at 170.2 and says she wants to get to 1668. Her challenge will be the same, to keep it off.
I am very impressed with the results of this diet, even though I've had the least weight loss. That's ok I only have 5 to go....or maybe my body is telling me it's at my natural weight?
Monday, May 9, 2011
Day 9 Cruise Phase
Monday
Stats:
Weight: N/A
BMI: N/A
Fat %: N/A
Water %: N/A
Total Lost: ?
I'm skipping weigh in today because of my weekend of debauchery. But just thought I'd write a little anyway. Actually this morning when I put my clothes on I felt pretty good. I can feel the difference for sure. So maybe this weekend wasn't as bad as I am imagining. I think it's starting to take it's toll on the Hubs though. All he ate was his required oat bran, nothing else. I didn't feel like eating eggs but I made some because I would rather feel full than hungry. Also at lunch I had a chicken breast and piece of fish. It was pretty good. Just had a snack of Thai-flavored tuna and it was amazingly good. I know it had sugar in it but it was so good...also tried to drink my water all day and had no trouble with my system so to speak. Also squeezed in a workout for about 45 mins! Feeling pretty good right now. I think I might go ahead and weigh tomorrow morning. I cut back quite a bit on the dairy today so I hope that helped. We'll see!!
Monday
Stats:
Weight: N/A
BMI: N/A
Fat %: N/A
Water %: N/A
Total Lost: ?
I'm skipping weigh in today because of my weekend of debauchery. But just thought I'd write a little anyway. Actually this morning when I put my clothes on I felt pretty good. I can feel the difference for sure. So maybe this weekend wasn't as bad as I am imagining. I think it's starting to take it's toll on the Hubs though. All he ate was his required oat bran, nothing else. I didn't feel like eating eggs but I made some because I would rather feel full than hungry. Also at lunch I had a chicken breast and piece of fish. It was pretty good. Just had a snack of Thai-flavored tuna and it was amazingly good. I know it had sugar in it but it was so good...also tried to drink my water all day and had no trouble with my system so to speak. Also squeezed in a workout for about 45 mins! Feeling pretty good right now. I think I might go ahead and weigh tomorrow morning. I cut back quite a bit on the dairy today so I hope that helped. We'll see!!
Sunday, May 8, 2011
Day 7-8 Cruise Phase
Saturday-Sunday
Stats:
Weight: 161.0
BMI: 21.8
Fat %: 24.1
Water %: 54.5
Total Lost: 4 lbs.
Gained a pound. That was NOT encouraging. Like my Hubby says, the veggie days are not my friend. I am writing this on Sunday after dinner, so I'll sum up the last two days.
My mom has lost 9 lbs. I am amazed. She is 74 years old. You can immediately tell by looking at her that she's lost weight. Her pants are loose! Her weight loss was mostly in her belly. She's taking the 2/7 rhythm approach...2 days of pure proteins on Mondays and Thursdays and protein + veggies the remaining 5 days of the week. She said she has not cheated on the diet since she started. It's really working well for her.
Hubby has lost 8 lbs. That was Saturday. I have now lost 4 lbs. I always thought Hubs would beat me on his total weight loss, that's a given. But I was not expecting my mom to blow us both away. My husband and I have gone with the 1/1 rhythm and I don't think it's been as effective for me. I really don't know. I have other aggravating factors to consider like hormones. Lucky me. I just don't want to go backward and lose the progress I've made so far.
On Saturday morning, I prepared the oat bran as directed on the box...combined the 2 TBL with milk and microwaved it on and off for about 2.5 mins. I let it sit for a while and then it turned into a big bowl of cereal! It was awesome, like eating Cream of Wheat. I like it so much better this way than a pancake because I'm already an oatmeal fan and I miss eating oatmeal. The galette is good for a change of pace but I think I'll be making the oat bran "cream of wheat style" most of the time.
So we went to the BBQ Saturday night. I caved and had one light beer, lots of BBQ (brisket that appeared to be lean but probably not, ribs which we all know are fatty as hell, and chicken no skin) and topped it all off with a Jello shot (vodka and watermelon jello which I know wasn't sugar free!). The sad thing is that I had that jello shot because I needed something sweet! It had nothing to do with the alcohol. So it wasn't a great night.
I didn't weigh this morning. Today is Mother's Day and I didn't want to start MY day off on a bad note! I know I didn't lose any weight after last night's cheats. Today I did ok until dinner...went to a Brazilian steak house and technically kept within the boundaries of the diet but I really feel like it was a cheat because it was SOOOO MUCH. Ok...had a couple bites of a lamb chop and one bite of a rib in there...which was a cheat. But really the rest was all within boundaries. Afterward we went to a frozen yogurt shop and had fat free/sugar free chocolate yogurt that tasted so good we all felt like we were cheating! But I guess we didn't.
It is hard not to cheat in restaurants because:
I also know that next weekend will involve some wine drinking, which I really hope does not undo my progress.
Also I plan NOT to weigh for the next two days. I did some damage this weekend. I can't believe how guilty I feel for having 1 beer, fatty meat and 1 Jello shot.
One other note...all three of us have noticed an increase in headaches. I don't know if this is from hunger or the lack of carbohydrates. I certainly don't let myself go around hungry, so I guess my headaches have to do with missing nutrients or the adjustment to less carbohydrates. I don't know.
Ok I lied, another note. This is not a pretty one. Remember my comment about #2 a few days ago? Well let's just say things are NOT going smoothly in that area. I think I'm gonna have to consult the book on the best ways to remedy this situation. I"m eating my 2 TBL oat bran a day and plenty of water but I guess that's not enough.
I am thinking maybe i need to skip my next protein + veggie day and go all protein for three days. I'm feeling a little defeated at the moment and disappointed that I am not making progress. I'll report back in two days.
Saturday-Sunday
Stats:
Weight: 161.0
BMI: 21.8
Fat %: 24.1
Water %: 54.5
Total Lost: 4 lbs.
Gained a pound. That was NOT encouraging. Like my Hubby says, the veggie days are not my friend. I am writing this on Sunday after dinner, so I'll sum up the last two days.
My mom has lost 9 lbs. I am amazed. She is 74 years old. You can immediately tell by looking at her that she's lost weight. Her pants are loose! Her weight loss was mostly in her belly. She's taking the 2/7 rhythm approach...2 days of pure proteins on Mondays and Thursdays and protein + veggies the remaining 5 days of the week. She said she has not cheated on the diet since she started. It's really working well for her.
Hubby has lost 8 lbs. That was Saturday. I have now lost 4 lbs. I always thought Hubs would beat me on his total weight loss, that's a given. But I was not expecting my mom to blow us both away. My husband and I have gone with the 1/1 rhythm and I don't think it's been as effective for me. I really don't know. I have other aggravating factors to consider like hormones. Lucky me. I just don't want to go backward and lose the progress I've made so far.
On Saturday morning, I prepared the oat bran as directed on the box...combined the 2 TBL with milk and microwaved it on and off for about 2.5 mins. I let it sit for a while and then it turned into a big bowl of cereal! It was awesome, like eating Cream of Wheat. I like it so much better this way than a pancake because I'm already an oatmeal fan and I miss eating oatmeal. The galette is good for a change of pace but I think I'll be making the oat bran "cream of wheat style" most of the time.
So we went to the BBQ Saturday night. I caved and had one light beer, lots of BBQ (brisket that appeared to be lean but probably not, ribs which we all know are fatty as hell, and chicken no skin) and topped it all off with a Jello shot (vodka and watermelon jello which I know wasn't sugar free!). The sad thing is that I had that jello shot because I needed something sweet! It had nothing to do with the alcohol. So it wasn't a great night.
I didn't weigh this morning. Today is Mother's Day and I didn't want to start MY day off on a bad note! I know I didn't lose any weight after last night's cheats. Today I did ok until dinner...went to a Brazilian steak house and technically kept within the boundaries of the diet but I really feel like it was a cheat because it was SOOOO MUCH. Ok...had a couple bites of a lamb chop and one bite of a rib in there...which was a cheat. But really the rest was all within boundaries. Afterward we went to a frozen yogurt shop and had fat free/sugar free chocolate yogurt that tasted so good we all felt like we were cheating! But I guess we didn't.
It is hard not to cheat in restaurants because:
- They usually don't have fat free dressing options
- Foods are combined with several ingredients, many of which are not on "the list" (like vegetable soup)
- Everyone around you is having cocktails/wine and that's a BUMMER
- They automatically lay out delicious breads/chips/etc right in front of you and I'm not ballsy enough to tell them to take it away
I also know that next weekend will involve some wine drinking, which I really hope does not undo my progress.
Also I plan NOT to weigh for the next two days. I did some damage this weekend. I can't believe how guilty I feel for having 1 beer, fatty meat and 1 Jello shot.
One other note...all three of us have noticed an increase in headaches. I don't know if this is from hunger or the lack of carbohydrates. I certainly don't let myself go around hungry, so I guess my headaches have to do with missing nutrients or the adjustment to less carbohydrates. I don't know.
Ok I lied, another note. This is not a pretty one. Remember my comment about #2 a few days ago? Well let's just say things are NOT going smoothly in that area. I think I'm gonna have to consult the book on the best ways to remedy this situation. I"m eating my 2 TBL oat bran a day and plenty of water but I guess that's not enough.
I am thinking maybe i need to skip my next protein + veggie day and go all protein for three days. I'm feeling a little defeated at the moment and disappointed that I am not making progress. I'll report back in two days.
Friday, May 6, 2011
Day 6 - Cruise Phase
Day 6 Cruise Phase
Friday
Stats:
Weight: 160.2
BMI: 21.7
Fat %: 23.9
Water %: 54.6
Total Lost: 5 lbs.
My husband lost 2 more lbs.
Darn those men and their ability to lose weight so easily!!!
Not much of a change for me but still it is progress so I am not discouraged. I definitely feel better in my clothes which is what really matters to me.
Going back to all protein yesterday was interesting. I actually welcomed the bland protein diet because I was not starving all day as I had been on the previous protein + veggies day. I stayed feeling nice n full. I really do feel like I can handle this phase until I lose my remaining 5 lbs. Shoot I'm already halfway there.
Another thing I have to comment about...thirst. I have not felt thirst this much in my life. I drink water all day long and I still feel thirsty several times a day. Hubby doesn't say he feels thirst like this so I am thinking it might be from the cottage cheese I eat so much of. It's the one thing I can add Splenda to and feel like it's dessert...it's easy and quick. I can't give it up. But that may also be why Hubby lost 2 more lbs and I didn't. I haven't read anywhere that cottage cheese might be too high in sodium though. Whatever I'm still going to eat it, yogurt is too mushy and doesn't feel like "eating" to me. I gotta have something to chew a little bit!
Also this morning Hubby fixed the oat bran with some milk and sweetener, heated up like oatmeal. I really loved that. It felt a little bit like I was eating baby cereal (especially since we made it in little baby bowls, how cute), but it was tasty. I think I'll have that for a while instead of making the galette. The galette is too much trouble for me in the morning, it's gotta be quick. I have a 3 and 7 year old and very little time in the morning!
Tomorrow is the BBQ cook-off. We'll see how it goes. Right now I feel like I don't want to mess up my results by drinking any alcohol. I hope I can resist the temptation and just eat a ton of meat!
Friday
Stats:
Weight: 160.2
BMI: 21.7
Fat %: 23.9
Water %: 54.6
Total Lost: 5 lbs.
My husband lost 2 more lbs.
Darn those men and their ability to lose weight so easily!!!
Not much of a change for me but still it is progress so I am not discouraged. I definitely feel better in my clothes which is what really matters to me.
Going back to all protein yesterday was interesting. I actually welcomed the bland protein diet because I was not starving all day as I had been on the previous protein + veggies day. I stayed feeling nice n full. I really do feel like I can handle this phase until I lose my remaining 5 lbs. Shoot I'm already halfway there.
Another thing I have to comment about...thirst. I have not felt thirst this much in my life. I drink water all day long and I still feel thirsty several times a day. Hubby doesn't say he feels thirst like this so I am thinking it might be from the cottage cheese I eat so much of. It's the one thing I can add Splenda to and feel like it's dessert...it's easy and quick. I can't give it up. But that may also be why Hubby lost 2 more lbs and I didn't. I haven't read anywhere that cottage cheese might be too high in sodium though. Whatever I'm still going to eat it, yogurt is too mushy and doesn't feel like "eating" to me. I gotta have something to chew a little bit!
Also this morning Hubby fixed the oat bran with some milk and sweetener, heated up like oatmeal. I really loved that. It felt a little bit like I was eating baby cereal (especially since we made it in little baby bowls, how cute), but it was tasty. I think I'll have that for a while instead of making the galette. The galette is too much trouble for me in the morning, it's gotta be quick. I have a 3 and 7 year old and very little time in the morning!
Tomorrow is the BBQ cook-off. We'll see how it goes. Right now I feel like I don't want to mess up my results by drinking any alcohol. I hope I can resist the temptation and just eat a ton of meat!
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