Dukan Diet -- Cruise Week 3

Day 15 (Mar 16)

Weight 149.5 lb lost .5

Finally! I'll have to keep it up.  I enjoyed feeling thin today, especially wearing my size 8 pants which were roomy.  Back to more fitted clothes tomorrow.

Today's food:

Colonix fiber
Scrambled eggs
Steak with the paprika/goat yogurt sauce
Salad w/cukes, mushrooms, 1 tbsp oil, mustard
Almonds pre-workout
3/4 scoop egg white protein powder
Chicken parm (baked breast, pasta sauce, sheep's milk cheese)

I think the cheese was salty, hopefully I won't retain too much water tomorrow.

Day 16 (Mar 17) St. Patrick's Day

Weight 149.5 lb no change

Today's a PP day.  I was supposed to do the X Stretch routine, not strenuous, but it was Parent Teacher conferences, and I got home late.


Today's food:

Colonix fiber
Scrambled eggs
Chicken breast w/skin
Yogurt, goat's milk (Coach)
Cheese, sheep's milk
Chicken breast strips, goat's milk yogurt curry sauce (4.5g per serving)

I was shocked to read the fat level in the yogurt I had today (16g), much higher than the other two (4.5g) I've been eating.  Won't be eating that brand anymore.  I also found a lemonade powder using stevia as a sweetener, so I was able to guzzle some more beverages again.

Day 17 (Mar 18)

Weight 148.5 lb lost 1lb!

Finally, some movement!  Of course, some of this is air too, but the fat pad on top of my abs is getting smaller.  I'm so happy!

BTW, did you know the abbreviation lb is short for the latin word libra?  And our measuring unit pound is from latin too, pondus.

Today's food:

Colonix powder, 1 scoop
Scrambled eggs
Salad w/grilled chicken, cukes, mushrooms, mustard & olive oil
Hamburger (no bun), w/ketchup (OK, forbidden, but it had only 6g sugar (not HFCS) per serving
Squash, pureed w/nutmeg
Egg white protein powder

Day 18 (Mar 19)

Weight 149 lb Gained .5 1lb

Colonix powder
Boiled eggs
Goat's milk yogurt
Hamburger like yesterday
Coke Zero (I know, bad.  I was in Target and having all sorts of cravings, so I figured this was the lesser of several evils)
Some sort of vegetables, I can't remember what.

Day 19 (Mar 20)

Weight 149 lb no change

Today's food (what I can remember)

Colonix powder
Scrambled eggs
Goat's milk yogurt
Almonds (pre-workout)
Orange soda (stevia-sweetened)
Meat & tomato sauce
I'm sure I had some other food, I can't remember though

Day 20 (Mar 21)  
Weight 149 lb no change

Very dehydrated today, so I'm guzzling liquids today. We'll see if there's any actual weight loss, I'm hopeful though.

Today's food:

Colonix powder
Scrambled eggs
Flank steak w/bell peppers
Spaghetti squash
Cheese, Cacio di Roma (sheep's milk)
Steamed broccoli & carrots (pre workout)
Yogurt
Broiled salmon w/olive oil and cajun spice (no-salt)
Egg white protein powder
Beets (post-workout)

Day 21 (Mar 22)  
Weight 148lb lost 1lb

Not as dehydrated today, so I'm going to take this as a real loss.  I feel smaller, and the tape measure shows shrinkage, so I'll take it!

Today's food:

Colonix powder
Scrambled eggs
Meat & tomato sauce
Almonds & beets (pre-workout)

I don't think I've had enough food today.  I'll have to eat a hearty dinner.

For dinner I had 3 slices of beef with BBQ sauce -- yes, forbidden, but it was the good kind, no HFCS, plus I'm counting it as my post-workout carbs.

Dukan Diet -- Cruise Week 2

Day 8 (March 9, 2011):

Weight 150.5 GAINED: .5 lb

Well, I'm not really upset about that, yesterday's cheese was salty, and I did try to drink lots of water.  Tired though, stayed up too late reading. 

Today's food:

Scrambled Eggs (2)
1/2 gigantic chicken breast parmigana (manchego cheese, pasta sauce)
baked sweet potato
Benning goat cheese
almonds pre-workout
3/4 scoop of egg white protein powder
chicken breast curry (goat's milk yogurt, curry powder) Very tasty!
baked sweet potato

Day 9 (Mar 10, 2011)

Weight  150lb loss: .5lb

Today's food:

1scoop Colonix fiber
Scrambled eggs (2)
Grilled chicken parm (1/2 breast)
sauteed spinach
almonds, raw (10)
Grilled salmon (with olive oil, bad I know)
3/4 scoop of egg white protein powder

Day 10 (Mar 11, 2011)
Weight 150.5lb GAINED .5lb

I am bouncing around 150-151.  My digestive system has slowed down, and once the "accumulation" is gone, I'll be below 150.  Plus I am probably putting on some muscle with my workouts.  I'm sure it will also help that today is a PP day.  I didn't have one last week for various reasons, it works best for me to do it on a day I have only my XStretch routine.  I think I'll have another one on Monday.  I will go for a walk after work too.

Today's food:

1scoop Colonix fiber
Scrambled eggs (2)
Grilled chicken breast
A chicken patty from Trader Joe's, it has a few red peppers in the patty, but that's it.
Also some sheep's milk yogurt, some cheese.
 

Day 11 (March 12, 2011):

Weight 150.5 Nothing gained/lost

I was very dehydrated this morning.  I am loading up on water today.  It will start going down again next week (she says very confidently!)

Today's food:

1 scoop Colonix fiber
Hard-boiled eggs (2) with some salt
a few baby carrots before and after my workout
3/4 scoop egg white protein powder
small piece of grilled salmon
asparagus, grilled (20 spears?)
artichoke hearts, maybe 10?

Day 12 (March 13, 2011): 

Weight 150 lb lost.5lb

I'm going to say I've now reached 150lb for good.  My clothes are definitely getting roomier.  More muscle, less fat!

Today's food:

1 scoop Colonix fiber
Scrambled eggs (2)
a few baby carrots before my workout
3/4 scoop egg white protein powder
some goat's milk yogurt w/2 tbsp oat bran
3/4 scoop egg white protein powder
beets, 1/2 can (post workout carbs)
ground 93/7 turkey w/pasta sauce w/mushrooms & olives

Day 13 (March 14, 2011): 

Weight 150 lb no change

I know I'm not eating a lot of veggies.  I'll have a salad tomorrow for some roughage.

1 scoop Colonix fiber
Scrambled eggs (2)
Grilled salmon (using new no-salt spice mix)
Beets, roasted
steak w/goat's milk yogurt & paprika sauce
yesterday's turkey pasta sauce (1 cup)

Day 14 (March 15, 2011): 

Weight 150 lb no change

I felt FANTASTIC today!  I have no idea why.  I did some crunches this morning, maybe that brought up my energy level.  Plus, I think for the first time I wasn't dehydrated today which helped my system clear out.  Hope to see some good news on the scale tomorrow morning!


1 scoop Colonix fiber
Scrambled eggs (2)
Steak w/goat's milk yogurt & paprika sauce
Mesclun w/a little olive oil and mustard, cucumbers, mushrooms
Sweet potato
yesterday's turkey pasta sauce (1 cup)
3/4 scoop protein powder

Dukan Diet -- Cruise Phase Week 1

Cruise Week 1 total weight lost: 4lb

Day 1 (Wed Mar 2, 2011)
Weight 154, lost 2lb

Day 2 (Thurs Mar 3, 2011)

Weight 153, lost 1lb

Day 3 (Fri Mar 4, 2011)

Weight 152.5 lost .5lb

Day 4 (Sat Mar 5, 2011)

Weight 152, lost .5lb.

Today's food:

Colonix fiber (instead of Oat Bran for now)
1 travel mug of tea w/Stevia sweetener
2 eggs scrambled
8-10 almonds during 1.5 hr walk in AM
chicken breast (roasted) with some of the skin
Fresca
Chicken Parm - oven-baked skinless chicken breast (w/ a little oil), spaghetti sauce & manchego cheese (sheep's milk).  Yummy!
3/4 scoop of egg white protein powder

Day 5 (Sun Mar 6, 2011)

Weight 151.5, lost .5lb.

I hope most of this weight loss isn't due to dehydration.  I am trying to keep up with my liquids to make sure this isn't the issue.

Today's food:

2 medium-boiled eggs
a lot of my favorite weekend tea (Nectar tea, from Mcnulty's Tea Shop)
Chicken Parm - oven-baked skinless chicken breast (w/ a little oil), spaghetti sauce & manchego cheese (sheep's milk).
Sweet Potato (microwaved)
almonds before my exercise routine (10)
3/4 scoop of egg white protein powder
almonds after my exercise routine (10)
I know there was something else, but I can't remember what it is!

Day 6 (Mon Mar 7, 2011)

Weight 150.5, lost 1lb.

Scrambled eggs (2)
Chicken Parm - oven-baked skinless 1/2 chicken breast (w/ a little oil), spaghetti sauce & manchego cheese (sheep's milk).
Steamed carrots
Roasted chicken 1/2 thigh
More roasted chicken for dinner, 1 breast
Spinach (frozen mixed in with Seabrook Spinach) -- I was eating at my mom's
Manchego cheese

Still have dry skin and am dehydrated -- drank 4 wine glasses of water at dinner.

Day 7 (Tues Mar 8, 2011)

Weight 150, lost .5lb.

Lost for the week: 4 lb

Scrambled eggs (2)
Roasted chicken
Roasted green beans
Sheep's milk cheese
Grilled chicken w/arugula & tomatoes at a restaurant

OK, the green beans had oil, and the arugula had some dressing, so it's not perfect, but still only protein and vegetables.  No wine, no bread basket.  We'll see what the scale says tomorrow morning!