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Cruise Day 22 - PP

attention-shift — Sun, 24 Jul 2011 12:21:02 +0000

Weight: 9.3 – 9.4 stone – oh oh, must have been the amount of food yesterday, and I did not trink that much water

Breakfast: milk and oat gran, vanilla yogurt

Lunch: meat ball and sausages with mustard and fromage frais

Snack: Dukan muffin with sweetener (not a good idea, I got so hungry afterwards!)

Dinner: Dukan muffin (since it is not sweet at all) with fromage frais, scrambled egg with low fat ham, vanilla yogurt.

Activity: Running 30 min.

Not a good day today, I have to study a lot and I am feeling hungry the whole time. I think I have to reduce the amount of sweetener I am taking, I guess that is what is making me hungry. Good thing that I can eat vegetables tomorrow again. I am drinking a lot of milk and tea lately, but I think I will return to water, since I hardly make 2 liters a day. I think pure water is better than anything else.

Cruise Day 21 - PV

attention-shift — Sat, 23 Jul 2011 19:17:51 +0000

Weight: 9.3 – not gaining any weight finally.

Breakfast: scrambled eggs and sausages

Snack: vanilla yogurt

Lunch: meatball with spinach (I forgot how tasty spinach was)

Dinner: dukan galette with fromage frais and sausages

Late Dinner: I tried Dukan Muffins (oat gran, wheat gran, egg whites, cococa powder, sweetener) – AND: they tasted horrible, such a disappointment!

I am feeling quite hungry today, I don’t know why. But I am so happy with all the dukan food. I don’t have that much cravings for starky food anymore. And with my self-made cocoa I am very content too.

Cruise Day 20 - PV

attention-shift — Fri, 22 Jul 2011 15:38:53 +0000

Weight: 9.3- only 10 more days in Cruise Phase

Breakfast: vanilla yogurt with oat gran

Snack/Second Breakfast: scrambled eggs and tomato

Lunch: chicken and vegetables

Dinner:

Cruise Day 19 - PP

attention-shift — Thu, 21 Jul 2011 14:37:54 +0000

Weight: 9.2 – 9.3 stone, again I am feeling with little energy today.

Breakfast: Milk with oat gran (that was delicious by the way…), eggs and low-fat sausages

Lunch: Meat ball with mustard

Snack: Buttermilk

Dinner: 2 low-fat sausages

Activity: 1 hour of aerobics

Cruise Day 18 - PV

attention-shift — Wed, 20 Jul 2011 07:51:28 +0000

Weight: 9.2 – 9.3 stone – yes! I am feeling really happy today. Plus I have almost no jeans that I can wear anymore, they are all too big now. It truely must be that after having excercised my body either gains muscles or retains more water (or I drink more water, therefore increasing weight). According to my true weight calculator I only have 12 more days to be on the Cruise Phase. But only if I am under 9 stone I will actually start with the Consolidation Phase.

Breakfast: vanilla yogurt with oat gran

Lunch: sausages with mustard, meat ball, vegetables ( I was feeling quite hungry today)

Dinner: steak with salad, zero-calories ice tea

Cruise Day 17 - PV

attention-shift — Tue, 19 Jul 2011 17:53:45 +0000

Weight: 9.4 stone, again I have gained weight. I might consider changing from the 2/5 rhythm to the 1/1.

Breakfast: vanilla yogurt with oat gran

Lunch: cooked vegetables (french beans, zucchini, etc.) with chicken

Dinner: meatball with mustard, tomatoes

I was feeling extremely tired this day. Probably because I woke up really early and had to work a lot. But still, I am continously feeling kind of weak. It is starting to annoy me. I hope that it will get better once I have more time off. Fortunately my cravings for starky food have reduced and now I am actually feeling pretty happy with the meals I am eating. And I think I am starting to become a better cook too.

Cruise Day 16 - PP

attention-shift — Mon, 18 Jul 2011 06:24:09 +0000

Weight: 9.3 stone – interesting, suddenly I have 0.2 stone less. It is either the excercise or the amount of water (or both).

Breakfast: vanilla yogurt with oat gran

Lunch: meat ball with mustard

Dinner: dukan bread

Activity: 1.5 hours of aerobics

I actually wanted to do a PV day today, but I did not have time to eat that much. I am drinking more water and feeling less hungry. Also, my cravings for sweets have reduced. If I get them now I drink chai latte with sweetener. Works perfect. I will have to go shopping tomorrow and get new yogurts. Soon is my birthday and I am planning to celebrate it in the consolidation phase. I don’t want to ruin everything. It is working so good now. I am not even missing the alcohol (I feel smarter since it is not destroying my neurons, haha ). I already know that I am going to go for a big brunch with my friends in the consolidation phase. I am already excited about it.

I am also feeling less tired and happier. I think the body finally got used to it not getting any carbs. We shall see if it continues this way (I do hope so).

Cruise Day 15 - PP

attention-shift — Sun, 17 Jul 2011 08:12:36 +0000

Weight: 9.5

Breakfast: eggs with low-fat sausages, vanilla yogurt with oat gran

Lunch: dukan bread with mustard and low-fat sausages

Dinner: dukan bread with mustard and low-fat ham

Cruise Day 14 - PV

attention-shift — Sat, 16 Jul 2011 16:57:57 +0000

Weight: 9.5 – strange… might be the amount of food I am currently eating.

Breakfast: eggs & sausages, vanilla yogurt with oat gran

Lunch: red pepper filled with meat

Dinner: meat balls, buttermilk.

I have the feeling I am not drinking enough water. I will try to avoid diet drinks and drink more water!

Cruise Day 13 - PV

attention-shift — Fri, 15 Jul 2011 17:33:15 +0000

Weight: 9.5 – oh oh, I think it is because of the activity yesterday. I have the feeling I gain weight every time I work out. Maybe it is because the muscles grow. I shall observe that.

Breakfast: vanilla yogurt with oat gran

Lunch: meat ball (but not dukan one, I bought it because I had to eat quickly and did not had time to go home to prepare something.. I hope it won’t affect my weight tomorrow!)

Dinner: salad with shrimps and grilled salmon

Cruise Day 12 - PP

attention-shift — Thu, 14 Jul 2011 17:26:32 +0000

Weight: 9.3 – 9.4

Breakfast: vanilla yogurt with oat gran

Lunch: 2 sausages with mustard

Dinner: 2 sausages with mustard, yogurt

Activity: 1.5 hours of aerobics. It was much easier than on monday this week. I think I am getting my energy back.

Cruise Day 11 - PV

attention-shift — Wed, 13 Jul 2011 18:39:36 +0000

Weight: 9.3 stone (I was soooo happy!)

Breakfast: vanilla yogurt and oat gran

Lunch: salad with chicken (went out with a friend, the salad was not good at all…)

Dinner: 2 sausages (not pork), tomato, yogurt

Activity: walking 30 min.

So tomorrow I will have to make the pure protein day finally…

Cruise Day 10 - PV

attention-shift — Tue, 12 Jul 2011 19:11:45 +0000

Weight: 9.4

Breakfast: vanilla yogurt with oat gran

Lunch: dukan bread with fromage frais and low fat ham

Dinner: salad

Activity: walking 20 minutes

I think I need to do a pure protein day again, so I stick to my 2/5 rhythm

Cruise Day 9 - PV

attention-shift — Tue, 12 Jul 2011 19:10:11 +0000

Weight: 9.4

Breakfast: vanilla yogurt and oat gran

Lunch: dukan bread and fromage frais

Dinner: peppers, chicken breast, 2 eggs

Activity: 1.5 hours of aerobics (it was really hard today, I had no energy at all).

Cruise Day 8 - PV

attention-shift — Sun, 10 Jul 2011 16:38:56 +0000

Weight: 9.5 – 9.6 (must have been the amount of food yesterday).

Breakfast: dukan galette, lemon yogurt (low-fat, sugarfree)

Lunch: steak, salad

Dinner: 2 eggs

Cruise Day 7 - PP

attention-shift — Sat, 09 Jul 2011 16:20:24 +0000

Weight: 9.5 stone (yei I did not gain anything !)

Breakfast: Yogurt with oat gran

Snack: Dukan bread with fromage frais

Lunch: -

Dinner: meat balls with soy sauce (I keep getting better and better at preparing meat balls), 2 yogurts (ok, that was not planned)

Activity: 30 min. run

Cruise Day 5 - PV

attention-shift — Thu, 07 Jul 2011 08:28:18 +0000

Weight: 9.5 stone, still no change

Breakfast: soy-yogurt with oat gran

Lunch: salad with shrimps (at a restaurant – business lunch – the dressing was with yogurt, so I hope it won’t affect the weight tomorrow)

Dinner:

Cruise Day 4 - PV

attention-shift — Wed, 06 Jul 2011 13:53:59 +0000

I am currently not losing any weight, but at least I am not gaining weight.. Well I suppose that is the way it should be since I am on the 2/5 rhythm.

Weight: 9.5 stone

Breakfast: Soy-yogurt vanilla with oat gran

Lunch: Salad

Dinner: chicken, peppers, zucchini

Tommorrow will be hard, I have a business lunch and I have looked at the menu, there is little Dukan-suitable food there.

There was a birthday party today, with alcoholic drinks and barbecue. But I was able to resist all that. It is kind of hard staying on Dukan when everybody is closely watching what you eat and when.

Cruise Day 3 - PP

attention-shift — Wed, 06 Jul 2011 13:51:10 +0000

Another pure protein day!

Weight: 9.5 stone

Breakfast: Dukan galette (yammie!) with low-fat cheese

Lunch: Meatballs with soy sauce

Dinner: Soy-yogurt vanilla

Cruise Day 2 - PV

attention-shift — Mon, 04 Jul 2011 11:12:52 +0000

Weight: 9.4-9.5 stone

I ate a lot yesterday, so I will try not to repeat that.

Breakfast: yogurt, oat gran

Lunch: salad + shrimps, vanilla yogurt

Dinner:

Activity:

Cruise Day 1 - PV

attention-shift — Mon, 04 Jul 2011 11:10:17 +0000

Weight: 9.4 stone

According to the true weight calculator I am supposed to stay in the cruise phase around 30 days. You can either do 1/1, 5/5 or 2/5 alternating vegetable and protein days (PV) and pure protein (PP) days. I decided to go for the 2/5 combination (2 days pure protein and 5 days vegetable and protein). I decided to do so because it is very hard for me eating pure protein every day. Since I am very busy it is hard to cook all the time, so my meals aren’t that creative. I do not have that much weight to lose, so according to Dukan this should work too. Now the amount of oat gran increases to 2 tablespoons per day.

Breakfast: yogurt, oat gran

Snack: egg + peppers

Lunch: salad + shrimps, vanilla yogurt

Dinner: 2 eggs

Attack Day 3

attention-shift — Sat, 02 Jul 2011 07:44:26 +0000

Weight: 9.5 stone

Although it was very hard to eat meat yesterday I am glad I stayed with it. Today I feel very good and definitely slimmer.

Breakfast: yogurt, oat gran

Lunch: Dukan meat balls, vanilla yogurt

Dinner: 2 eggs

Attack Day 2

attention-shift — Fri, 01 Jul 2011 13:06:22 +0000

Weight: 9.6 stone

I felt no clear difference waking up today, okay my scales said 9.6 Stones, but since it is not a very precise one, I am not so sure about that. It is quite hard for me to stay only on proteins, I have a lot of cravings for a huge salad. But since my attack phase only lasts 2-3 days, I will follow it trough.

Breakfast: Quark, a lot of coffee

Lunch: chicken breast with mustard and egg, yogurt.

Dinner: yogurt

Attack Day 1

attention-shift — Thu, 30 Jun 2011 07:08:47 +0000

Weight: 9.7 stone

Breakfast: 2 eggs and coffee. I first tried having the oat gran in the cottage cheese, but I kind of did not like it that much, so I decided to throw it away and eat some eggs. The oat gran really makes you feel full!

Lunch: 3 eggs, smoked salmon and coffee.

Dinner: turkey breast

Activity: 1,5 hours aerobics

The Dukan

attention-shift — Thu, 30 Jun 2011 06:52:15 +0000

There is this new diet in France, that seems to work just fine and keeps you from regaining lost pounds. It is called after a French doctor, Dukan. It is basically a protein diet, but not something like Atkins (Atkins lets you eat a lot of fat). The Dukan Diet consists of 4 phases: the first two phases make you lose weight and the last ones make you keep the lost weight at a constant level. If you want to learn more about it go to dukandiet.co.uk or dukandiet.com or google “Dukan Diet”. Starting tomorrow I will try to follow Dukans magic and restrictive rules. This means I will start with the first phase for 3 days (the first phase is called Attack and it lasts between 1-10 days depending on your initial weight). As calculated on the website I will reach my target weight around the end of July of this year.

My inital weight: 62 kg / around 136 pounds / around 9.7 stone

Target weight: 55-57 kg

Height: 165cm / 5’5

Attack Phase:

You are allowed to eat as much as you want of pure protein: eggs, non-fat dairy product, meats (depending on how fatty they are), all kinds of fish, etc. You are supposed to eat 1,5 spoons of oat bran every day. There are a lot of recipes and sugggestions for meals in Dukan’s book to make it bearable. Dukan says, that you are not supposed to feel hungry during this phase. And you should drink 1.5 l water a day. I will try to report on a regular basis. Plus, you should walk at least 20 minutes a day.