Hooray! Today I tried on the jeans and they fitted! They fit well and look great! The Atkins is working I wish I'd started on that at the beginning but never mind. I also saw my mother today and she was amazed at the loss!
Well there's 33 days left until my 40th Birthday so lets see whether I can drop another dress size before then!
Monday 21 February 2011
Saturday 19 February 2011
Not Your Daughters Jeans
I must say I'm quite a happy bunny today! I was given a pair of NYD jeans by my boss as they were too big for her. I tried them on and was disgusted that I couldn't even get them over my knees! They got put in the ebay box and I was gutted, lovely £100 jeans that didn't fit :(
Well today I thought I'd give them a try again because my husband actually said that he thought my diet was working as he had noticed that my bum looked smaller! Believe you me if he noticed then I must have lost!!!! Guess what? Not only did they go over my knees, but they went over my hips, bottom, the button did up and so did the zip!!!!! I must admit that I wouldn't be able to wear them yet but I'm well chuffed:)
I am really enjoying the diet now and have discovered a few great recipes that make life so very much easier.
The Atkins galette works brilliantly and spread with butter and marmite fills a real need for marmite toast! The other thing I tried for the 1st time this morning was a MIM (muffin in a minute) it looked a bit strange but tasted delicious!
30 grams of Flax meal (linseed)
1/2 tsp baking powder
2 tsp splenda
1tsp cinnamon
1tsp butter
1 large egg
Put all the dry ingredients in a mug then add the egg and butter, give it a mix to combine, then pop it in the microwave for a minute.
Low and behold 1 minute later your muffin pops out with no problems! I sliced mine up and had butter on it. Fantastic!
I have heard that some people make a savoury version of this leaving out the Splenda and adding herbs and garlic instead. This savoury version can be used as a pizza base. Also they cook it in a rectangular microwavable tray and then toast it!
I also bought some Ketostix urine analysis strips this week just to make sure I was burning fat and they went the most purple ever. They really are good to give you some visual marker that things are working the way they should!
I'm off now to see if I can work my way comfortably into those jeans before next week!!
Well today I thought I'd give them a try again because my husband actually said that he thought my diet was working as he had noticed that my bum looked smaller! Believe you me if he noticed then I must have lost!!!! Guess what? Not only did they go over my knees, but they went over my hips, bottom, the button did up and so did the zip!!!!! I must admit that I wouldn't be able to wear them yet but I'm well chuffed:)
I am really enjoying the diet now and have discovered a few great recipes that make life so very much easier.
The Atkins galette works brilliantly and spread with butter and marmite fills a real need for marmite toast! The other thing I tried for the 1st time this morning was a MIM (muffin in a minute) it looked a bit strange but tasted delicious!
30 grams of Flax meal (linseed)
1/2 tsp baking powder
2 tsp splenda
1tsp cinnamon
1tsp butter
1 large egg
Put all the dry ingredients in a mug then add the egg and butter, give it a mix to combine, then pop it in the microwave for a minute.
Low and behold 1 minute later your muffin pops out with no problems! I sliced mine up and had butter on it. Fantastic!
I have heard that some people make a savoury version of this leaving out the Splenda and adding herbs and garlic instead. This savoury version can be used as a pizza base. Also they cook it in a rectangular microwavable tray and then toast it!
I also bought some Ketostix urine analysis strips this week just to make sure I was burning fat and they went the most purple ever. They really are good to give you some visual marker that things are working the way they should!
I'm off now to see if I can work my way comfortably into those jeans before next week!!
Wednesday 9 February 2011
Atkins overtakes Dukan!
Well I've stuck to it for a month and I do not know how I've coped. The Dukan Diet is fairly practical to do I would think if you live on your own and don't work. If you live with others and have a family and work aswell you would be well pushed to stick to it unless you have only have a small amount to loose.
Let me explain by giving a few examples! I am mean't to be on this cruise phase for 193 days eating one day low fat protein and the next day low fat protein and veggies. No alcohol and after the way I've been feeling no energy! Sitting down for a Sunday lunch with the family Mum has chicken and no veggies, is this a good message to send to our children?........ At work! A vegetarian office, imagine the looks when digging in to a pile of meat ok I could have low fat cottage cheese and salad but NO dressing!
I have done Atkins before and I really enjoyed it. I think the main thing is that as long as you factor it into your carbohydrate daily count you can have most things after the initial 14 days. But even this supposedly austere phase seems like an amazing plethora of goodies. Cheese, whipping cream, olive oil, bacon and eggs and vegetables!!!! Yippee vegetables!!!!
I have been utilising some of the Dukan principles mainly the oat bran gallettes ... but with a twist! one egg, 2 tablespoons of whipping cream and 2 tablespoons of oatbran. As fas as I can work out these are virtually carb less on Akins and they taste 1000% better.
The other thing I couldn't get my head around is, how on earth do you get into a state of ketosis (burning body fat) when you are not taking any fat in. As far as Atkins is concerned this just doesn't happen unless you do eat good forms of fat. Anyway I now feel as though I'm not missing out on anything, I feel full and I have enough energy to exercise which is nice after a month of feeling utterly wiped! I also have no worries about having no alcohol as I know I can have a glass in 2 weeks and I also don't feel as if every pleasure has been wiped of the earth!!!!
I'm hopeful now that I will be able to progress so I'll keep you posted. I would like to note that I have lost a bit on the Dukan Diet but not as much as I would have expected. Need to go now Alistair the baby is trashing the house!!!
Let me explain by giving a few examples! I am mean't to be on this cruise phase for 193 days eating one day low fat protein and the next day low fat protein and veggies. No alcohol and after the way I've been feeling no energy! Sitting down for a Sunday lunch with the family Mum has chicken and no veggies, is this a good message to send to our children?........ At work! A vegetarian office, imagine the looks when digging in to a pile of meat ok I could have low fat cottage cheese and salad but NO dressing!
I have done Atkins before and I really enjoyed it. I think the main thing is that as long as you factor it into your carbohydrate daily count you can have most things after the initial 14 days. But even this supposedly austere phase seems like an amazing plethora of goodies. Cheese, whipping cream, olive oil, bacon and eggs and vegetables!!!! Yippee vegetables!!!!
I have been utilising some of the Dukan principles mainly the oat bran gallettes ... but with a twist! one egg, 2 tablespoons of whipping cream and 2 tablespoons of oatbran. As fas as I can work out these are virtually carb less on Akins and they taste 1000% better.
The other thing I couldn't get my head around is, how on earth do you get into a state of ketosis (burning body fat) when you are not taking any fat in. As far as Atkins is concerned this just doesn't happen unless you do eat good forms of fat. Anyway I now feel as though I'm not missing out on anything, I feel full and I have enough energy to exercise which is nice after a month of feeling utterly wiped! I also have no worries about having no alcohol as I know I can have a glass in 2 weeks and I also don't feel as if every pleasure has been wiped of the earth!!!!
I'm hopeful now that I will be able to progress so I'll keep you posted. I would like to note that I have lost a bit on the Dukan Diet but not as much as I would have expected. Need to go now Alistair the baby is trashing the house!!!
Monday 24 January 2011
Motivation
Last week didn't go as well as I'd hoped! The lack of protein available where I was working and an inability to get to some and the long days really hampered me. I must admit that I did expect to loose more this week and I was quite down hearted and thought about doing another diet. Then I re read some of the book and blow me it said that when you add the vegetables back in to the diet quite often the weight will stay the same or even go up! I had anticipated doing the 1/1 rota but that just didn't work last week so I'm going to give the 5 days on the protein a go just to kick start it again. I do feel better now and resolve to continue.
Something will have to give and I need to be a bit more creative on the dishes. Something I'm going to try is lining a quiche tin with some lean corned beef, baking it blind and then filling it with chicken, lean ham and herbs and onions, then whipping up some eggs and plain yogurt and pouring it over. Hopefully it will come out looking like quiche.
The other thing that also might have made the difference is that I didn't eat alot last week and when I watched "the biggest loser" the other night one team hadn't been eating and didn't loose as much as the other teams. The specialists explained that it's the bodies defence mechanism and if we don't put enough fuel inside it will hold on to the fat reserves as it thinks it's going into a period of hardship!
Something will have to give and I need to be a bit more creative on the dishes. Something I'm going to try is lining a quiche tin with some lean corned beef, baking it blind and then filling it with chicken, lean ham and herbs and onions, then whipping up some eggs and plain yogurt and pouring it over. Hopefully it will come out looking like quiche.
The other thing that also might have made the difference is that I didn't eat alot last week and when I watched "the biggest loser" the other night one team hadn't been eating and didn't loose as much as the other teams. The specialists explained that it's the bodies defence mechanism and if we don't put enough fuel inside it will hold on to the fat reserves as it thinks it's going into a period of hardship!
Monday 17 January 2011
Starving!
Well a plate of salad hasn't gone too far today I need to make sure I have lots of yogurt and crab sticks for tomorrow! Apart from hunger I've had a great day and i'm really starting to notice that my clothes are fitting better!!! Hooray!!!!!
Sunday 16 January 2011
The Table of Temptation!
Well it's all sitting there looking at me, a side table groaning under the weight of goodies! Thank God I'm strong willed!!
I've finished reading the book today and the final part is all about the importance of exercise. Dukan prescribes exercise as he would prescribe pills. He says that when he advised his patients to exercise they had a laisez faire attitude to it so he decided to prescribe it. Well today I've done 2 hours of roller derby practice and boy oh boy did I sweat. I did notice though that I did feel a bit light headed and I wonder if it was because I'm on a protein day today.
This week could be challenging as I am doing a full weeks temp work. Obviously when you are at home it's easier to cook etc. The company I'm going to working for supplies lunch but only vegetarian food. Lets see how I get on!
Thanks also to Shem and Chris for officially following my efforts!! It helps when the will power is weakened!
I've finished reading the book today and the final part is all about the importance of exercise. Dukan prescribes exercise as he would prescribe pills. He says that when he advised his patients to exercise they had a laisez faire attitude to it so he decided to prescribe it. Well today I've done 2 hours of roller derby practice and boy oh boy did I sweat. I did notice though that I did feel a bit light headed and I wonder if it was because I'm on a protein day today.
This week could be challenging as I am doing a full weeks temp work. Obviously when you are at home it's easier to cook etc. The company I'm going to working for supplies lunch but only vegetarian food. Lets see how I get on!
Thanks also to Shem and Chris for officially following my efforts!! It helps when the will power is weakened!
Saturday 15 January 2011
Second Christmas
Went out to eat at my lovely friend Annie's house yesterday evening. She had been very supportive and it was very easy to be good and not deviate from my diet. I did have a glass of cava but that was all! A much cheaper night than normal!!
Today is Christmas with my Inlaws, this is proving more difficult! Seeing as I am mean't to be on a pure protein day. Well I'm going to do 2 days on veg and I'll do two days on the pure protein. Not only that but our Christmas pressie was a huge hamper full of chocolate, chocolate, more chocolate, shortbread, biscuits, nuts, olives, twiglets and a bottle of bucks fizz! (The best present as it has a black sequinned cover on it)!
I'm under a great deal of pressure to just eat but I am very focused and I'm not going to. I have likened it to someone trying to give up smoking and then buying them shit loads of fags!!!
I feel quite good today as I have had two friends say how fab I'm looking,so thats good.! ;-)
Today is Christmas with my Inlaws, this is proving more difficult! Seeing as I am mean't to be on a pure protein day. Well I'm going to do 2 days on veg and I'll do two days on the pure protein. Not only that but our Christmas pressie was a huge hamper full of chocolate, chocolate, more chocolate, shortbread, biscuits, nuts, olives, twiglets and a bottle of bucks fizz! (The best present as it has a black sequinned cover on it)!
I'm under a great deal of pressure to just eat but I am very focused and I'm not going to. I have likened it to someone trying to give up smoking and then buying them shit loads of fags!!!
I feel quite good today as I have had two friends say how fab I'm looking,so thats good.! ;-)
Friday 14 January 2011
The Cruise Phase!
Yeah, I'm now on the Cruise phase this means I can add non starchy vegetables and I'm really wanting them, nay craving them! I've even had celery for breakfast!!
The good news is that I tried a skirt on this morning that was a true 16 on over my jeans (that feel alot better) and it did up even over the jeans! Last week when I tried it on it was not doing up by about 2 inches!!! All that and in just 4 days!!!!
So in this phase you work towards your goal weight and can choose either a 5/5 or 1/1 ratio which means 5 days of protein and vegetables followed by 5 pure protein days or one day of veg and protein followed by one of pure protein which to me seems much more doable over the long term!
The good news is that I tried a skirt on this morning that was a true 16 on over my jeans (that feel alot better) and it did up even over the jeans! Last week when I tried it on it was not doing up by about 2 inches!!! All that and in just 4 days!!!!
So in this phase you work towards your goal weight and can choose either a 5/5 or 1/1 ratio which means 5 days of protein and vegetables followed by 5 pure protein days or one day of veg and protein followed by one of pure protein which to me seems much more doable over the long term!
Wednesday 12 January 2011
Weigh In!
Oh well I managed to overcome the 22 year issue and weighed myself this afternoon on the Doctor's scales - 94.8 kilos or a massive 14 stone 13 pounds! I'm glad I did it as after reading the book you need to be on the consolidation stage for 5 days for every pound you've lost. This is important because after loosing the weight the body is ready to replenish the stocks that it has lost during the weight loss part of the diet and you could be susceptible to gain weight again if you don't follow the plan for this time.
I've also been on line to www.DukanDiet.co.uk where there is a free calculator to see what your realistic weight loss goal should be. Mine is 67.2 kilos or 10 stone 8.2 pounds! What a slim Jim I'll be!
It also tells me that I need to do the attack phase for 5 days, the cruise phase for 193 days by which time I should have attained my goal weight (30th July 2011) then the consolidation stage for 276 days which means I should have stabilised by 1st May 2012 which seems a very long way away!!
I've also been on line to www.DukanDiet.co.uk where there is a free calculator to see what your realistic weight loss goal should be. Mine is 67.2 kilos or 10 stone 8.2 pounds! What a slim Jim I'll be!
It also tells me that I need to do the attack phase for 5 days, the cruise phase for 193 days by which time I should have attained my goal weight (30th July 2011) then the consolidation stage for 276 days which means I should have stabilised by 1st May 2012 which seems a very long way away!!
Tuesday 11 January 2011
The Attack Phase!
I like the sound of this it sounds as if it might do something but at the same time it indicates that some effort is required!
My book has arrived and the attack phase lasts between 5 and 10 days depending on how much weight you have to loose. I'm going for the 5 days as I think its a more practicable time and I want to loose....... well this is my problem, I haven't weighed myself since my weight got all out of hand when I was about 15 to 18 where I starved myself and was sick and exercised stupidly to maintain the weight I wanted. I realise now with a totally daunting horror that I am going to have to weigh myself as I need to know how much weight I've lost and to give you guys the info!
Well I can do it! I might even be surprised and be less than I think I am (some hope)! Anyway since I was 18 some 22 years ago I've always measured myself with my clothes sizes. I want to get back to a size 12 and even though I'm a 16 (or so my jeans say now)I would say that I'm pushing an 18!
I started the Attack phase on Monday and had a gallette with low fat creme fraiche and smoked salmon for breakfast which was surprisingly tasty. Lunch was more difficult as I had promised to meet a girlfriend so I packed up some crab sticks (they don't smell and are easy to transport) in my hand bag and surreptitiously nibbled on them when no-one was looking! A lovely non fat vanilla yogurt at 4pm and then king prawns, and a chicken breast with low fat creme fraiche mixed with curry powder and formed minced beef balls. very yummy! All this was washed down with copious amounts of fizzy water which is really important as any diet produces alot of toxins than have to be expelled. If you don't clear out your wastes your diet won't work as effectively. Pierre Dukan likens it to a fire that smothers itself if the ashes are not cleared away.
Today I had the same breakfast as it was very good and set me up for the day, tuna and crab fish for lunch with 2 non fat yogurts and some low fat cottage cheese. Not sure what the chicken dish will be tonight I might look in the book for some inspiration!!
My book has arrived and the attack phase lasts between 5 and 10 days depending on how much weight you have to loose. I'm going for the 5 days as I think its a more practicable time and I want to loose....... well this is my problem, I haven't weighed myself since my weight got all out of hand when I was about 15 to 18 where I starved myself and was sick and exercised stupidly to maintain the weight I wanted. I realise now with a totally daunting horror that I am going to have to weigh myself as I need to know how much weight I've lost and to give you guys the info!
Well I can do it! I might even be surprised and be less than I think I am (some hope)! Anyway since I was 18 some 22 years ago I've always measured myself with my clothes sizes. I want to get back to a size 12 and even though I'm a 16 (or so my jeans say now)I would say that I'm pushing an 18!
I started the Attack phase on Monday and had a gallette with low fat creme fraiche and smoked salmon for breakfast which was surprisingly tasty. Lunch was more difficult as I had promised to meet a girlfriend so I packed up some crab sticks (they don't smell and are easy to transport) in my hand bag and surreptitiously nibbled on them when no-one was looking! A lovely non fat vanilla yogurt at 4pm and then king prawns, and a chicken breast with low fat creme fraiche mixed with curry powder and formed minced beef balls. very yummy! All this was washed down with copious amounts of fizzy water which is really important as any diet produces alot of toxins than have to be expelled. If you don't clear out your wastes your diet won't work as effectively. Pierre Dukan likens it to a fire that smothers itself if the ashes are not cleared away.
Today I had the same breakfast as it was very good and set me up for the day, tuna and crab fish for lunch with 2 non fat yogurts and some low fat cottage cheese. Not sure what the chicken dish will be tonight I might look in the book for some inspiration!!
Saturday 8 January 2011
Shopping
I have put on loads of weight after having my second son Alistair and it's my 40th birthday in March and I have a holiday booked in June!
I needed to find something to shift the weight, quickly, that wouldn't make me hungry and that I could do for the long term. My research has led me to the Dukan Diet.
I've ordered the book that hasn't arrived yet and read a few websites and today I've been shopping so I have all the goodies in the cupboard for Monday - my start date!!!
I needed to find something to shift the weight, quickly, that wouldn't make me hungry and that I could do for the long term. My research has led me to the Dukan Diet.
I've ordered the book that hasn't arrived yet and read a few websites and today I've been shopping so I have all the goodies in the cupboard for Monday - my start date!!!
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