Day 7 - Cruise Phase (PV)

Morning Weigh In: 184.4 lbs
Daily Weight Loss: 1 Lbs
Total Weight Loss: 4 Lbs
Yay! One pound down. Feeling gooooooooood about it :) .. Hope I can keep it up.  I would like to thank all my Dukan friends who are giving me advice and more knowledge about the Dukan Diet. I thought I knew what I needed to know, but I don't. If it weren't for you guys I would have done it somehow wrong. Thank you!

Breakfast:
- Oat Bran Cookie (A new favorite for me! - Quick, easy and delicious!)
- Non Fat Latte

Lunch:
- 3 scrambled eggs w/ bacon
Snack:
- Non Fat Yogurt

Dinner:
- Dukan Pizza (cauliflower crust w/ egg whites) topped with sausage, mushrooms & a little cheese
- Glass of wine

Didn't feel hungry today. It's probably the good start with the Oat Bran cooking. I LOVE IT! It's soo easy to make and it tastes really really good. You guys should try it.

I know, i had wine! But we had friends over for Pizza night and i managed to stay completely away from Pizza and made my own version. That took some effort really, but I passed the test! :) - but not the glass of wine test! :)

I feel really good about my weight loss today, hopefully tomorrow it won't go back up (which has been the case after a PV day). Wish me luck! :)

Have a great day!

Day One of Five - Attack Phase

Here I am on day one. Today was alright. Got busy in the morning, so I didn't have time to eat breakfast. I just had a latte which kept me going for a little bit. By the time I finished everything, I was starving! I ate and everything felt better again :). Trying to be more aware of drinking water. I keep reminding myself of that. Did pretty well today.
This is what I had today:
- Non Fat Latte
- 1 Hard Boiled Egg
- 1 stick of Kiftah (Click here for recipe)
- 3 Oz of Beef Kebabs
- 2 pieces of chicken (small Kebab pieces)
- 1 Diet Pepsi
- 2 egg omelet w/ cheese

I didn't do any exercise today. I was busy with my two boys and running around after them all day (3 and 1 yr old). Should probably consider that an exercise! ;) hehe

Have a wonderful Dukan day!

Cruise Phase (PV)

Morning Weigh in: 188.4 Lbs

Not a big weight loss this morning, but it's down and i'll take it.

Breakfast:

- 1 soft pretzel (Bad)!

Snack:

- Non Fat Latte

Lunch:

- 3 slices of Oatbran and Flax meal bread w/ cream cheese

- Few slices of tomatoes

Snack:

- 1 fat free cheese stick

Dinner:

-  Shirataki noodles made with tomatoe sauce and ground lean beef (YUMMY)!

- 1/2 a Glass of Red Wine

No exercise today! Woke up with a really bad headache that lasted most of the afernoon! On the good side, i signed up for Bikram Hot Yoga!! Yes, i'm going to try it. I've read a lot about it and it's one of the best exercises to lose a lot of calories! So, why not try it?! right?? :) Did any of you try it? any thoughts on it?

Hopefully tomorrow i can make it to the gym and make up for today's lack of exercise!

Have a great day!

Survived the weekend! - Cruise Phase (PP)

Morning Weigh in  : 188.6 lbs  (Weight Gain)

Yes, i'm back up to the 188's .. ugh ... but it could've been worse. Today is a new day and i know it'll be a better day!

Here's what i had:

Breakfast:

- Cup of coffee

- 1 non fat fruit yogurt

Exercise:

- 1 hr cycling

- 20 minutes cardio / elleptical machine

Lunch:

- 2 eggs (sunny side up)

- 2 slices of ham

Snack:

- 1 fat free cheese stick

- 3 small slices of Oatbran Flaxmeal Bread w/ a little fat free whipped cream cheese (Thank you Charlotte for this amazing recipe! Find the recipe here.

Dinner:

- Grilled Skirt Steak

- 4 sticks of Asparagaus

- Baked Baby Bell Pepper

- Glass of Wine

I know it's supposed to be a PP day, but i ended up have vegetables for dinner. Overall it was a good day i think. Felt very energetic and ready for the day after my work out in the morning. Tomorrow i hit the gym again. Hopefully, i can manage a couple of hours. We'll see.

While surfing the net today i cam accross a very interesting way to make rice from califlour. Very simple and very easy. I still didn't try it, but i will SOON. Here's the link

http://video.about.com/lowcarbdiets/Low-Carb-Cauliflower-Rice.htm

if you give it a try, please let me know your feedback :)

Cruise Phase (PV) - A good weigh in!

Morning weigh in: 187.6
Daily Loss: 0.8

Yippie! Haven't been out of the 188's for a while now. It feels like I'm back on track.

Breakfast:
- Cup of coffee w/ non fat creamer
- 2 eggs w/ vegetables (mushroom, zucchini,tomato)

Lunch:
- Spinach pies (not supposed to be eating these!)
- Non Fat Latte
- Green Tea

Dinner:
- Grilled Salmon w/ Soy Sauce
- Sauteed Spinach w/ ground beef meat
-  Spinach pies

Snack:
- Green Tea
- Non fat yogurt

What did i do today! Total mess up with food! Not a good weigh in tomorrow for sure. How do all you Dukaneers do this? How do you get the will power not to eat certain things? I know i need to try harder. I really need to start losing some serious weight! I have no one and nothing to blame but myself. Can't seem to get myself to stop eating things i shouldn't be eating.

Cruise Phase (PP)

(Picture from our backyard this morning)

Morning Weigh in: 188.4 Lbs

Daily Loss:  1.1 Lbs

  

And i'm back!! (to losing weight, that is!) :) Yes, i'm happy and excited that it's down. I'll take anything. As long as it's going down and not up! :)

Woke up to a beautiful snowy morning! Yep, it snowed heavily last night. We have about 3" of snow and seems like more is on the way! Love the snow although i think i'm ready for some warm weather now!

Here is how my day went

Breakfast:

- Coffee w/ non fat creamer
- 2 hard boiled eggs

Snack:
- 3 Slices of Cheese
- Non Fat Chai Latte

Late Afternoon Snack:
- 1 min bread bun :(    - i was out all afternoon, didn't have lunch, couldn't eat anything but this on the road

Dinner:
- Left over Roasted Chicken
- 1 TBL Sour Cream

I didn't get the chance to leave the hosue to go to the gym today. They cancelled the classes for today because of the snow, although the roads and everything was open! Anyways, took the opportunity to go run some errands, which lasted all afternoon! By the time i got home i was starving (since i skipped lunch and just had a mini bread bun). Not doing that again!

I'm thinking of baking some Vanilla Cup Cakes (Dukan Style).  I used to make them a while ago, but haven't lately. I'll let you know how they turn out! :)

Have a great day!

Cruise Phase (PV)

Morning Weigh in: 189.5

Weight Gain: 0.7 Lbs (Yikes)

Wow, i really did mess up last night  & it showed on the scales this morning. Okay, i won't let this get to me. After all it's my bad judgement with food that caused this. Today is a new day. I should be doing better with a PV day (with my cravings that is) :)

Things that I've noticed:

• I have to eat better during the day, so i don't feel hungry and eat whatever i find in the evening
• I need to prepare some Dukan foods for snacking (which I've had non the last few days)
• Need to prepare some good desserts from all those wonderful recipes out there! Although i usually don't like dessert and sweets, i think being on this diet is bumping my cravings for sugary things!
• Need to drink more water!
• I"m going to try to boost up my exercise. Maybe i can put in some more time at the gym, after my 1 hr cycling class
• Stop telling myself one piece of this won't affect my weight (speaking of non dukan food). Does it happen to you? I've been doing it lately. Not good. And that explains the lack of weight loss!

Breakfast:

- Cup of Coffee w/ non fat creamer

Lunch:

-  2 egg omelet with mushrooms and 2% grated cheddar cheese

- Non fat, sugar free, chocolate mousse

Snack:

- 2 roasted chicken drum sticks (with no skin)

- Non fat latte

Dinner:

- Roasted Chicken Breast

- Sliced fresh mushroom w/ rosemary sauteed in a drop of olive oil (then wiped off).

Cruise Phase (PP)

Morning Weigh in : 188.8

 Since i haven't weighed myself in the last few days I'm not sure how much weight i gained or lost. But from my last weigh in i have added  0.4 lbs.

Breakfast:

- Cup of Coffee

- Oat Bran -made with water

Exercise:

- 1 hr of cycling

Lunch:

- 2 scrambled eggs w/ 1 tsp of shredded Parmesan cheese (2% fat)

Snack:

- Non Fat Chocolate Mousse

Dinner:

- 2 lean beef burgers with a little non fat feta cheese

- 3 small roasted beef chunk pieces

Had dinner much later than i usually do. Which resulted in me eating a lot! I was starving. My bad. But i had to run some errands with my hubby that took longer than expected. This is a very important thing to do. You have to eat well throughout the day and not let your self without food , because you'll get hungry eventually and you'll start eating more and whatever is around.

Work out was good. I"m happy that i managed to go cycling 2 days in a row. Will try my best to go tomorrow too. I'm aiming for at least 5 days a week at the gym. Hopefully I'll do that this week :) I feel soo great after a good work out! Even though my body is usually sore! :) 

Have a great Dukan Day everybody.

Update: messed up with food after i posted.

Day 9 - Cruise (PP)

Morning Weigh in : 190.6 Lbs

Weight Change : - 0.4 Lbs

Total Weight Loss: 3.2 lbs

Breakfast:

- Cup of coffee w/ non fat creamer

Exercise:

- 1 Hour of cycling @ the gym

Lunch:

- 2 small cans of tuna with about 1/4 cup of non fat cottage cheese

- 1 Beef Sausage Stick

Dinner:

- Almond Crusted Salmon ( i know, shouldn't have had the almonds, but i put some in).

Snack:

- Non Fat Chocolate Mousse

I feel pretty good today. Especially that i lost some weight, for a change! ;)  hehe I had a very busy day. I even forgot to have breakfast! Can you believe that?! I really did. Had my coffee, went to the gym and then i started feeling really hungry! That's when i realized that i didn't have anything all morning.

I also feel like i might be coming down with something. A cold or something. Not sure. Hopefully NOT! Tomorrow i hit the gym again for another cycling class. Love these classes. I'm also considering having a personal trainer for a month (it's pretty expensive so i don't think i can do more than a month) but it'll give me a good head start.  If i end up doing that i won't start till the end of the month. I feel good about this. I'm hoping this helps me lose more weight and get's me to where i need to be on time.

Have a great Dukan Day my Dukaneer friends!

Day 8 - Cruise (PV) - A bad weigh in :(

Morning Weigh in : 191.00  lbs(Seriously?!?!?!)

Weight change: + 1.2 lbs (seriously?!?!?!)

Total Weight Loss: 2.8 lbs (how disappointing)

What went wrong?! Was it the lack of food during the day yesterday than all the food at night? even though it was supposed to be Dukan friendly? Was it too much dairy? I don't know really. All i know is that I'm very disappointed-in myself mostly. It takes forever to lose 1 pound and then i add it in one day. Just great.

Ok, enough with myself pity. I'll concentrate on today. Today is a new day, a new way and a better Dukan day for sure! I'm going to the gym shortly and I'll be doing PV. I'm sticking to the plan (although i thought maybe another PP day, but decided to just go ahead with my schedule).

Here's how the day went

Breakfast:

- Oatbran

- coffee with non fat creamer

Exercise: 1 hour of cycling/spinning

Snack:
- 2 Eggs w/ 1 tsp grated cheese
- 1 non fat latte

Lunch:- Egg Plant with ground beef

Dinner:
- Brussels Sprouts w/ bacon bits Recipe here

I'm stuffed right now!! Can't think of food ... good sign of course. I'm worried about the scales tomorrow, it hasn't been good to me lately :)  ... but i did what i could do today. I put in 1 hour of intense cycling, ate well and I'm feeling good. Hopefully i won't be disappointed tomorrow. Wish me luck! 

I'm thinking if i do get hungry later on tonight (since it's still 7:00 p.m) I'll probably have some edamame beans.

Day 6 Cruise Phase (PV) - 1st Mini Goal Done!

Morning Weigh in : 189.8 Lbs

Daily Weight Loss: 1 Lbs

Total Weight Loss: 4 Lbs (in 5 days).

Yippie! I'm excited that I'm finally below 190, even though it is by a very little margin. But I'm down! I also short .45 from my True Weight Chart. But it was pretty close. Over all I'm happy and excited for my PV Day! ~ Finally! :)

Here's how my day went:

Breakfast:

- 2 Egg Omelet with bacon, mushroom, tomatoes and a little cheddar cheese

- Cup of coffee

Lunch:

- 5 Grilled Chicken Wings

Dinner:

- 3 Pieces of Beef (seasoned with salt and pepper then in the slow cooker with some tomato sauce)

- Lettuce & Tomato Salad

- 2 Small pieces of Chinese Chicken

Good day today. Didn't feel hungry at all & i didn't do one single mistake with food! Yay! :) Feels good when that happens. Hopefully the addition of vegetables won't affect my weigh in tomorrow morning.

Day 4- Attack

Morning Weigh In : 190 Lbs

Daily Weight Loss: ZERO

Total Weight Loss: 3.8 Lbs

Breakfast:

- Cup of coffee with non fat creamer
- 2 hard boiled eggs w/ a pinch of pepper

Lunch:
- Can of Tuna (in water) mixed it with 2 TBL of fat free cottage cheese (it was surprisingly good! Never thought it would taste good).

Snack:
- Coffee with non fat creamer
- 1 cheese stick

Dinner:
- Chicken Soup - Recipe here

Snack:
- 2 tubs of non fat/ sugar free caramel yogurt
 

I got on the scales this morning, saw that i didn't lose anything, then started moving a little, shifting my weight, thinking maybe a little loss here or there, but nope, it was 190 Lbs! hehe , silly, ha? Although i was a little disappointed, but it was ok. I'm even more determained to do better today. I am trying to think if i ate something i shouldn't have and i'm thiking it could be either too much dairy? or that the store bought roasted chicken had some kind of grease or something. Again, it's okay. And i'll be doing much much better today! Tomorrow, i WILL reach my first mini goal!

On another note, my day was pretty good. I didn't feel hungry for the most part of the day. I wasn't able to go to the gym today, which was a bummer.

I'm very happy to see that more people are going Dukan. It's great that people are trying to change their lives. And it's great that we're able to share our experiences, our ups and downs, our recipes, our happy days, our bad days and everything!

Let's GO Dukaneers!

Julie

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

Day 11 - Cruise Phase (PV)

Morning Weigh In: 187.6 Lbs

Daily Weight Loss : 0.0 Lbs

Total Weight Loss: 7.0 Lbs

No weight loss this morning. I really didn't expect to lose any. I felt like i ate too much, but mostly, it's because i didn't get enough water and had NO excercise what so ever!

Breakfast: Coffe w/ non fat milk & 2 Vanilla Moist Muffins

Snack: Sugar free Jello

Lunch: 2 sausages / bowl of vegetable soup

Snack: 1 slices of ham

Dinner: 4 scallops marinated in soy sauce/ salad (Greens with cucumber) / bowl of vegetable soup
Snack: 1 Strawberry Moist Muffin

No excersie today too! Crappy weather! Rained like crazy all day. I was able to drink more water today, which is great.

Food Update: It's almost 9:00 p.m here and for the first time in the last 10 days i feel like i'm hungry! so here's what i snacked on:
- 1 cucumber w/ 1 tablespoon of non fat cream cheese
- 1 tomatoe
- 2 slices of ham
- 1 non fat cheese wedge

Wow! that's A LOT! Tried to keep in within Dukan rules. Not sure why the sudden hunger. I'll have some hot tea now & hope no more eating till tomorrow!

Day 10 - Cruise Phase (PP)

Morning Weigh In: 187.6 Lbs

Daily Weight Loss : 0.4 Lbs

Total Weight Loss: 7.0 Lbs

Happy to see the scales go down this morning!! Especially after my wine last night! I actually enjoyed my PV day yesterday and now looking forward to PP day. I"m still loving those muffins! I think i might make some more today too! Maybe even make them chocolate Muffins for a change.

Breakfast: 2 hard boiled eggs .

Snack: Non Fat Latte
Lunch: 2 Turkey meat balls/ 2 light cheese wedges/ 2 slices of ham/ diet soda
Snack: 1 slice of ham
Dinner: beef meat balls w/ plain fat free yoghurt dip
Snack: 2 Moist Vanilla Muffin

Later on in the evening, i felt like eating something. And i went for another Vanilla Muffin! Not feeling soo great about what i ate today. It feels like i ate TOO MUCH!

Didn't drink enough water today! Will try to make up for it now and throughtout the evening!

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 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!