Originally Posted By mickeymeg sounds interesting. Do let us know how it is going for you. Best of luck =)
Originally Posted By smedley It sounds kind of similar to my plan Tand. Speaking of my plan I have been well and truely off the wagon for the last 3 weeks due to being on vacation and such, and have paid the price I am back on track today, but it's probably going to take me 2 or 3 weeks to get back to where I should be *sigh*
Originally Posted By Tandelothien ^^I go easy on myself for vacations, after all they are supposed to be enjoyed and there's no reason you can't start again I'm on day 3 of the Dukan diet and this morning the scales tell me I am down a total of 2.8 kilos (6.17 lbs) from Sunday. My sister, Fowley, is on this diet with me and she is also down 2.2 kilos (4.8lbs). I'm still feeling good and am finding myself a lot less hungry. Also if I see something like chocolate or cheesecake I still want it but I'm able to shrug it off and not think about it again. After dinner I still have a sweet craving but a cup of Rooibos & Vanilla tea (thanks smedley) satisfies that and adds to my water total. We are off to Sea World tomorrow so I'll see how easy it is to stay on track with fast food around me. If anyone is interested in this diet I found a site that explains it a little better than I can <a href="http://blogs.howstuffworks.com/2010/04/21/how-the-dukan-diet-works-the-french-diet-that-is-supposed-to-end-the-obesity-epidemic/" target="_blank">http://blogs.howstuffworks.com...pidemic/</a>
Originally Posted By smedley Congrats Tand! Sounds like it is going really well I am back on track again, and as always feeling much better for it, down 1.5lbs since yesterday, so not so bad
Originally Posted By A Happy Haunt great job everyone!! I've been riding 10 miles a day on my bike & it's really starting to pay off! I haven't lost any weight, ok..2lbs, but I've slimmed a lot! Muscle weighs more than fat so it's all good!
Originally Posted By smedley AHH it is all about the healthiness, and a thinner shape totally shows that I have measured inches as well as lbs from the outset, and it's amazing what a difference it makes! I am still fully on track, chugging back on the water as we speak (where is amazed anyway? I hope everything is ok with her and there haven't been any setbacks for their SIL)
Originally Posted By Mary Poppins I'm managing to maintain the lowest weight I've been in many a year. Sure don't feel like exercising in this heat wave. Bought some yogurt as a treat, found it had 29 g. of sugar in 3/4 cup!!! I'm trying to cut out sugar.
Originally Posted By iamsally I saw 133.9 on my scale this morning. This is the longest I have stayed under 136 in many a year now. I do not want to jinx anything but I do believe that our life style change is working. It has been a few years and we were feeling like we were fighting a losing battle. But now, quite suddenly, and for both of us; we are eating more and still losing!!!!! I guess it really takes some time to purge the crap out of your system. We are both being lazy in the exercise area and I am bound and determined to get us back on track there as well. Best wishes to all who are working on it out there. That is really great Mary Poppins. I know what you mean about the sugar though. It is in everything. We use plain yogurt now with a little maple sugar, honey or stevia in it. Or smashed up fruit.
Originally Posted By ophellia sugar sneaks in all over! I got my food from NutriSystem today, I'll start in the morning...I can't wait to feel like 'me' again and be comfortable in my own skin!
Originally Posted By Tandelothien Well I survived Sea World, barely. There was nothing available to eat for an all protein diet so we ordered a Fisherman's Basket and took all the breading off the seafood and just ate that...2 prawns, 2 little curls of calamari and a small fish fillet. We left the tasty looking breading, the steak fries and the dipping sauces alone which I feel is a big accomplishment for me. Yesterday I had lost another 700 grams and this mornings loss was only 200 grams but it's still a loss and brings the total lost for the first 4 days of this diet to 3.6 kilos (7.93lbs). I also think that a few of my bulges are shrinking a bit so YAY!!! Good luck to us all on this bumpy wagon ride
Originally Posted By amazedncal2 Hi everyone! Looks like most of us are hanging in here and welcome and hugs to all the newly committed and re committed I'm oddly still doing well. I've been so tired lately that we've "had to" go the fast food route a couple of times but both times we naturally made wise choices. I'm weighing myself tomorrow before we leave to go and help out with our SIL. I'm hoping to see good numbers to keep motivated. iamsally, I used your idea and made up little chocolate and nuts baggies for DH and I to have in the evenings. smeds, I'll be sure to drink my water, the weather is a lot hotter where they live than we are used to.
Originally Posted By amazedncal2 What the heck? I've lost 4 lbs in the past 2 weeks. I don't get it, but I'll take it I was noticing that my pants are feeling baggier and baggier. Have a great weekend everyone!
Originally Posted By Tandelothien Well I've finished the attack stage of the Dukan Diet now and yesterday I was down another 100 grams but today I was up 300 grams, what the?!!!! Oh well, I'm not letting it discourage me because I am still down 3.4 kilos (7.5lbs) in 6 days and it could just be a bit of water retention. Today I start the cruise stage of the diet which requires me to alternate days of protein only with days of protein plus the allowed vegetables and I stay on this stage until I reach my goal weight. The one amazing thing about this diet is I rarely get cravings for junk and when I do crave anything it is easy to mentally shrug it off, so that's a good thing for me. I'm glad to hear so many of us are doing well after all, we are fighting the good fight
Originally Posted By mickeymeg Glad to hear it is going well Tand. I don't know that I could ever not want sweets and junk =) Good work on 4 easily lost lbs Amazed. I love when weight just sneaks away like that. I had a really good weigh in last week. I was somehow down 2 lbs. I didn't see that coming. However it hasn't been the best week. There have been a few eating out nights and just last lazy nights of not wanting to make anything too healthy. I hope I haven't gone right back up for weigh in tomorrow.
Originally Posted By Mary Poppins My son found a photo of me online at 47 pounds heavier than I am now. I haven't looked at photo's in years. It came as quite a shock. I literally had no clue I had gained so much weight back then. I haven't had a picture taken of me for a year so don't know what I look like now.
