Day Three of Five - Attack Phase

Morning Weigh in: 186.4 Lbs
Weight Loss: 0.4 Lbs
Total Weight Loss: 2 Lbs

Was hoping for a little more weight loss, but that's ok. As long as it's going down! That's what I learned after trying soo many different diets. Focus on the weight loss no matter how little it may seem. It's heading in the right way for sure. Slowly at times but steadily! We'll see :)

First, a big thank you to "Veerukka" who follows my blog. She sent me an email with the P90X schedule/program. I'll share it with everybody in a different post soon.

As for the day, I got to admit i was hungry at different times throughout the days. Almost ate a bite of pumpkin spice bread which i made for my boys. But i was able to resist. I really need to prepare more Dukan Friendly. Makes it easier for sure.

Oh, as i'm writing this post i just realized i forgot to have my Oat Bran! It's important to have it. I got to rememeber eating it! :)

Here's what i had today:
- 2 hot dogs
- Non fat latte
- Salmon cakes (4) - Gluten Free & Dukan Approved!
- 2 fat free mozzarella cheese

Hope you are all doing well on Dukan. Keep us updated with your progress!

Cheers!

Day Two of Five - Attack Phase

Weight Loss: 1.6 Lbs

A lot of people on the Dukan Diet tend to get headaches, especially on the Attack phase. Unfortunately, I had a headache all morning. The way to go about it is to try and drink more water and keep yourself hydrated. That should help big time. I started feeling better towards the end of the day.

Other than that, my day went pretty well. Ate well and I wasn't feeling very hungry for the most part.

Here's what I ate today:
- Oat Bran pancake w/ 2 Tbls of Non Fat Vanilla Yogurt (Recipe Here. )
- 1 fat free Mozzarella cheese stick
- 2 slices of cheddar cheese
- 3 small kiftah sticks
- Hot & Sour Soup w/ chicken & Miracle Noodles - (this was really good. I just put some things together, without a recipe, and it turned out really well. A spray of oil, small chicken pieces, fresh ginger chopped, saute' until chicken is cooked, add a little water if needed. Then put in the Miracle Noodles, mix everything together, add more water, add a little soy sauce, hot sauce, salt & pepper. Keep boiling and Voila! It tasted really good. It's something I'll do again for sure. Soon! )

Day 2 -Attack

Morning Weigh In: 192 Lbs

Total Loss:  1.8 Lbs

Breakfast:

- Coffee w/ non fat creamer

-  2 hard boiled eggs

Exercise: 1 hour of Body Flow (a mix of Tai Chi, Yoga and Pilates)

Lunch:

- 1 Lean Burger (Ground Beef Patty) - with a little cheddar cheese

- 1 small tub of non fat vanilla yogurt

Dinner:

- Mini Kiftah Skewers ( I think i had 6 or 7 sticks)

- 1 Tsp Non Fat Sour Cream

- 1 small tub of fat free/sugar free chocolate mousse

Rough day today. I craved all sorts of things. I cooked rice pilaf for my family and i wanted that. I gave my son some fish crackers, i also wanted that! I made a salad and i also wanted that! Ugh! I did have one fish cracker! Naughty me! I don't feel soo good about myself, but it was only one and i didn't go weak with the other stuff.  Hopefully this day will be over without any more cravings! I guess it's the desire for carbs that's kicking in. Hope you're all having a good day on Dukan! If you have any good recipes, please share!

Julie

Day 1 - Attack

Starting Weight: 193.8 Lbs

Breakfast:
- Coffee with Non Fat Creamer
- Oat Bran

Exercise: 1 hour Cycling/Spinning Class

Snack:
- 2 non fat cheese stick
- 1 slice of ham

Lunch:
- 5 mini hot dogs
- 3 chicken wings
- 3 small chicken balls

Snack:
- Non Fat Vanilla Yogurt
- Cup of coffee with non fat creamer

Dinner:
- 4 mini skewers of Kiftah (Find Recipe Here)
- 1 Hard Boiled Eggs
- 2 Tsp Fat Free Sour Cream

Snack:
- 1 non fat cheese stick
- Fat Free/ No sugar  Hot Chocolate (Not quite sure if i can have this, but it is fat free and no sugar is added and i felt the need to have something sweet and this was the best option i had on hand). 

Overall, it's been a good day. The food that i had was enough and i felt full most of the day. I went to the gym this morning for a cycling class and i felt great afterwards. What also helped with my food cravings today was the fact that i was quite busy & had a lot of errands outside the house! When that happens, i forget about food and don't feel hungry! Great idea, ha? :)  but it is exhausting! In addition to all those errands i have 2 little boys to take care of (J is three and Z is one).

I created a blog for my favorite Dukan Recipes! And I'll be linking what i eat here to that blog for the recipes. Some of these recipes are food that i know which are Dukan Friendly, other recipes are from various blogger friends who are on Dukan. Thought I'd put them in one place.

Please feel free to share any recipe. Just email me and I'll add it to the blog with a link to your blog/site.

Thank you all for stopping by. Have a great Dukan Day/Night!!

Update: When i wrote this post it was around 7 p.m.  and i thought i was done with the eating part. I was wrong! I snacked, and here's what i had:

Late Snack:
- One Crab Stick
- I slice cheese
- 1 slice ham

Julie

Vanilla Moist Muffins

Here's a picture of my first batch

Attack Phase - Day 8

Morning Weigh In: 188 Lbs
Daily Weight Loss : 0.2 Lbs
Total Weight Loss: 6.6 Lbs

Feeling good today. It's great to see the scales go down, even if it was a little weight loss. It all adds up.

Breakfast: 1 Moist Vanilla Muffin (it tastes even better this morning!)
Snack: A slice of ham and a slice of non fat cheese.
Lunch: 2 scrambled eggs with 3 peices of Bacon
Snack: slices of ham and one non fat cheese stick
Dinner: 2 hot dog links
Snack: 1 vanilla moist Muffin

For the first time today, i felt like eating something that would've messed up the diet! But i didn't! I was cooking one of my favorite dishes for my boys and it was very hard to resist the smell and the way it looked (Middle Eastern Recipe). But i survived!

Made some more Vanilla Moist Muffins (added some cocoa powder to it). It's out of the oven and it smells good. Will have one for Dessert later on. Andy maybe a couple for breakfast in the morning :)

I still need to try and make the Dukan bread. It'll be nice to have something to spread your cheese on.

Tomorrow i'll be going to a Pink Martini (A band) concert. It's at a winery/vinyard. It'll be hard to resist some good wine with the good company and good music that will be there! Maybe i'll just have a glass?! we'll see ... Will keep you posted! :)

Attack Phase - Day 7

Morning Weigh In: 188.6 Lbs
Daily Weight GAIN: + .2 Lbs
Total Weight Loss: 6.0 Lbs

So added .2 lbs ... for some reason i had a feeling this will happen. First of all, i think i ate more than i am supposed to of the Porridge. Secondly, i don't think the Chai Latte was a good idea and lastly, while i was feeding my kids yesterday, i took a couple of bites of thier food and tasted the food i was cooking! I didn't like that i did that, but for some reason i still tasted it!

Another big issue is my work out. Haven't been doing anything. I have to make it happen! I know that it'll affect everything in a big way.

Today will be a better day!

Breakfast: one boiled egg / non fat cheese stick/ cup of coffee
Snack: Fat Free Yogurt
Lunch: 2 Kiftah Patties & with a yogurt dipping sauce (fat free plain yogurt w garlic powder).
Snack: non fat cheese slice / non fat cheese stick

Dinner: Left over roasted chicken w/ fat free sour cream as a dip (I'm not sure if this is something i can have, any advice? thx).

Water: it's been a good "water" day so far :)
Work out: I had a fast walk for about 40 minutes, felt really good afterwards!

Tomorrow will be day 8 of my Attack Phase. I'm planning to do 10 days then start the Cruise Phase. Will begin checking out recipes for the next phase so i can have everything ready.

I feel really good today. About my food , water and walking. I"m hoping i'll be happy tomorrow morning on the scales too! ;)

Attack Phase - Day 2 (- 0.4 Lbs)

Morning Weigh-in: 193.6 lbs -> Can't deny that i was a little disappointed wieghing myself this morning. But then again, i think i messed up with the food. Today is a new day! And i know it'll be better! :)

Water Check: I lost track of how much water i drank, but i know that it's not enough! Gotta work more on that! 2 Diet Pepsi.

Breakfast: Coffe with NON Fat Milk/ 1 Fat Free Mozarella stick/

Mid Morning Snack: Nothing / Wasn't hungry

Lunch: hot dog / beef cubes marinated in non fat yogurt & soy sauce.

Afternoon Snack: 1 non fat yogurt

Dinner: Salmon poached with non fat yogur & soy sauce for dipping

Excercise: was out walking with my 3 yr old at the Flight Museum for about 4 hours! , does it count? :)

Attack Phase - Day 1

Morning Weigh-in: 194 lbs -> this is my official starting weight, against which my progress will be measured.

Water Check: I think i drank about 1 liter, with 2 diet pepsi. Need to have more water. Will work on that tomorrow for sure.

Breakfast: 2 Hard boiled eggs / Coffee with fat free milk

Mid Morning Snack: 2 fat free Mozzarella Sticks

Lunch: Chicken with Garaham Masala spices w/ two slices of non fat cheddar cheese.

Afternoon Snack: some chicken

Dinner: Ground Beef (Burgers) with Blue Cheese - Not sure if i can have blue cheese or not, i just put a little on my burgers.

Excercise: Didn't get the chance to to any today. Been running around 4 kids all day. Maybe that can be considered an excercise! :)

So, it was kinda a good day. Unfortunately towards the end, i think i messed up. With the burgers i made, with the blue cheese and i also ate some fries that were laying around!! Oh God, i hate that i went for it! I was waiting to have dinner with my husband (who had to go help some friends out) and during that time, i just started eating the fries! I should've just ate my dinner!
I"m really disappointed in myself ... I'll do better tomorrow! I know i will!