Dukan Diet Restart -- Cruise Week 20 Tuesday

Day 140

Weight: 136.50lb (61.92kg, 9.75st)
Gain: .50lb
Total lost: 11.00lb (4.99kg, 0.79st)
Total lost since 3/2011: 21.50lb (9.75kg, 1.54st)

Water intake: 95 oz & 45 oz lemonade (140oz = 4.14l) & 1 mug of herbal tea

Another PP day today.  I didn't get enough sleep.  Still under 137, nothing to be concerned about!  I did some research on losing abdominal fat, and all the sources said that subcutaneous abdominal fat is the last to go.  Visceral fat, that hidden fat inside, goes first, which is of course good, as it's more dangerous than the fat that you see on the outside.  So you may notice that you are slimming down and your abdomen is getting smaller, yet you still have that fat pad on top of your abs.  That's OK.  You won't lose that until you are really getting into slender, lean territory. Once you start seeing 2-packs, 4-packs and 6 or even 8-packs, you've gotten rid of the internal visceral fat.  I'm wondering again about what my goal should be.  Could I be going even lower than 130?  Stay tuned.

Colonix
1.25 e.w. protein powder
Goat yogurt
Grilled chicken
Almonds (1 handful)
Goat yogurt
Scrambled eggs
Hamburger (bunless)
Goat yogurt

Gaining weight as we get older

There's a prevalent misconception, especially in the U.S., that as you get older, you're supposed to gain a little weight.  A Dear Friend of mine has said this to me more than once, when I was bemoaning my extra pounds and talking about losing weight in the last few years.  Is this because people just want to explain away their own extra pounds?  If you're supposed to gain weight as you age, it's pointless to try to lose the weight, so no need to try to do anything about it!  About a month ago, I told DF that I had gotten down to 138.5lb, and she was very surprised, as in "You mean you actually are only 5lb away from your weight 15-20yrs ago?"  She didn't SAY that, but that was the subtext I was hearing.  In fact, when I started Dukan, I wasn't sure I could get back down to my true weight of approx. 135, now that I was "older".  However, I did have a hidden advantage.  My mother's side of the family all live in Finland, and a significant number of my female relatives around my age (49yo, +/-5 yrs) are in great shape.  They all do some sort of exercise (pilates, dance, biking), and they have certainly not put on the mysterious extra poundage as they age, so if they could look great, I could too.

So here I am at 137.75lb, with 3-8lbs to go.  My "normal weight" in my 20's & 30's was 125-135. Have I lost all my fat and am I a stick figure?  No!  I look fit, but I still have that annoying padding on my abdomen (which I'm hoping to finally eliminate in the next few weeks).  This means that I've lost 20lb of fat, and a lot of that was unhealthy visceral fat.  For those of you that look at the Dukan True Weight and wonder if it's too low, it's not!  Depending on your situation, it might even be a little higher than what your goal weight could/might be.  Everyone should decide on their own, of course, what their goal weight should be, but don't tell yourself that you're older now, and it's impossible to be at the weight you were at when you were younger.  Not true!  A few weeks ago, I put in a lower start weight and "average" weight on the Dukan website, but everything else the same, and I got a lower TW, so I'm going to see how I feel in the 130-133 range.

Dukan Diet -- Cruise Week 14 Friday

Day 94 (June 3, 2011)

Weight: 141lb, lost .25lb

Good, I'm shrinking again.  Hopefully with a good night's sleep it'll go down even more!  I still have an annoying fat pad on my tummy.  I guess there was a lot of fat evenly distributed, and also some visceral fat that's gone now.  I'm definitely shooting for 135lb.  We'll see what the fat pad looks like at that weight.  I was 125 in my early 20s.  My regular weight was 135 in my late 20s, 30s and 40s.  It's still a question how low I can go before it's too low.  My Dukan goal weight is 135lb.  Funny how I was worried that 140 might be too low!

1.25 e.w. protein powder
Colonix
Yogurt
Almonds
Chicken w/salsa
Chicken breast w/yogurt curry sauce
Carrots

Dukan Diet -- Cruise Week 13

Day 86 (May 26, 2011)

Weight: 140.25lb, lost .25lb

Well, I'm hitting several milestones all at once.  I'm less than 64kg (63.75kg), I've lost 8kg, and I'm .25 shy of  10st and 140lb!  It's always obvious when there's outer fat that's disappearing, but I think we all forget there is that internal, or visceral fat that disappears.  I'm still not clear where I'm going to end up.  I was 124 when I was swimming a lot in my twenties.  Then I was 135 when I was in my thirties, exercising (and partying) a lot.  I still have an annoying though small fat pad on my stomach.

1.25 e.w. protein powder
Colonix
Roast beef w/salsa
Broccoli & carrots
Yogurt
Almonds
Cheese
Hamburger (bunless) w/ketchup (yes, forbidden, but it's a "vegetable"!)
Carrots