Friday I'm in love

Day 40 of fast.. I mean.. diet ;o)
Cruise day 36 – PV
CW: 61.0 (ok, not the 60’s but almost)
Daily Loss: 0.1 kg
Total lost: 3,1 kg
Distance from goal: 4 kg


Ok, so the scales of “ungratefulness” decided not to show me that 0 after the 6… so frustrating, come on, what’s the difference between 60.9 and 61 !!! nothing!! 100 grams!! So ungrateful !! I was an A student yesterday with PP and I walked my 3km home from work. Well, weight wise its nothing, but psychologically it would have been a great accomplishment. The reason I am “angry about it” is that I always gain a little on the weekend. I am so going to try to behave this WE.

It’s Friday, which is always good news. Today’s menu (I was meant to go out… danger zone!! But B and I are staying in and having a nice diner - I will behave so maybe I can see the 60’s tomorrow?? (hum, doubt itI'll probably have a glass of wine, i desrve it)

- Brekko: non fat latte + mini dukan sandwich with a hint of olive oil and ham – after today’s scale disappointment I added a tiny little bit of Orange marmalade to it (if you’ve never tried it the best is: cooked ham + orange marmalade sandwich in nice soft sweet bread … delicious!! But today it’s the dukan version…)

- Lunch: 4 mini hamburger patties + red peppers
- Dinner: not sure yet but it will be Dukan friendly + tiny glass of wine

Humm just realized TTOM is just in a few days.. maybe that’s the reason for the tiny -0.1 kg loss… I’ll encourage myself thinking so!

Have a great weekend everyone!!

Down Slow

Day 39
Cruise day 35 – PP
CW: 61.1 kg
Daily loss: 0.4 kg
Total lost: 3 kg (yay!!)

“Down slow” is a song by Moby – veeery relaxing and very representative of what’s going on… finally the scales are moving DOWN, yet SLOW (the “slowly” part is my fault as I seem to cheat quite a lot, but no worries… I’m not in a rush!) Hopefully tomorrow I can enter the 60’s but I will need to really behave during the weekend.

Today I have a full PP day planned, planning is essential!!

Breakfast: coffee + dukan toast with a slice of ham
Snack: coke light and ham
Lunch: Tuna stake + hard boiled egg
Snack: crab sticks
Dinner: soft boiled egg and turkey

Tonight no temptation of going out, not even for a coke light and a chat, because one of my favorite shows is on TV (a Spanish series) and I want to watch it!! The new season started last week. So I’ll be home, alone, with my eggs and my show! AND I also planned tomorrows lunch to take to work – min burger patties and red peppers(oven baked)... yummy!

If I see the 60’s tomorrow I will have reached the next mini-goal!!! Woo hooo!! (fingers crossed!!)

C U 2morrow!!

Wishing and Hoping

Day 38
Cruise day 34 – PP
CW: 61.5 kg
Daily GAIN +0.1 kg
Total lost -2.6 kg

So, yesterday’s dinner went quite well. My friend had cooked Beef skewers with onion and red & green peppers, a very nice salad and……. mushroom risotto (oh no!) I had some, I did not want to be rude, but it was the only transgression I did. I did not eat any of the delicious bread, or dessert, but now that I think about it, I did have a couple of glasses of red wine. Anyway… scale this morning +0.1 which is not bad considering…

I got home late and did not prepare food for today. So big challenge.. what to eat today… because of yesterday turning into PV I want a PP day today but it’s so hard when eating around work… So I might go for a salad, or might just buy some ham and yogurts at the shop and eat just that… but it’s so sad!! I’m writing this as a draft at work.. will update tonight!! - editing: Chicken breast with salad.. PV'd the day but proud of myself

Today, Thursday and Friday should be great days for sticking to the diet.. nothing social in my agenda, have to start studying and I am 100% motivated to behave this week, I really really reaaaally hope that by Friday (which is the day I use for weekly comparison) I will see the 60’s on the scale!! Even if it is 60,9 I would be happy!!

I read a lot in Charlotte’s blog and now in Little miss Contray's blog about Flaxseed and had no clue what it was, I looked it up in Spanish and now I finally know what it is!!! and I will defo buy it tonight!! Ive read about its qualities and I’m convinced!

That’s all folks!

Walk on water

Day 37
Cruise day 33 - PP
CW: 61.4 (yay!!)
Daily loss - 0.7 kg
Total lost -2.7 kg (come onnnn 3!!!)

Despite the pastries yesterday morning the rest of the day went great and today was a surprise. I guess yesterday’s 62 figure was mostly water weight. I managed also yesterday to get some walking done, so that helps as well. I’m going to start taking the walking thing seriously.

Tonight im eating at a friends house, so not the best day for PP - I WILL behave! promise!

Also, I want to point out that I never speak of the water intake because I have always have (not just now on Dukan but since forever) 1.5 L at work –every day! – plus a pint glass of water when I wake up, plus one when I go to bed which I take with me and sometimes drink in the middle of the night, plus whatever coffees or coke light or other liquids that I might have. So, bad days at least 2L, good days more than that!!

Grey’s anatomy is one of my favorite series, and I thought last night while watching an old episode, that I am going to name the subjects of my post like in this show, with a song.

You might know or not know, that all episode titles for this show are either a song title or part of a song, … except for one!!! ( I love a little bit of trivia ) so, from now on, song titles to my posts! I already did one a few days ago ;o)

As I guess every once in a while I will not find a song to match my post I will also use the usual “Cruise day xx”

Cheers !!

I'm back!!!

Day 36
Cruise day 32 -PV
62,1 (+0,3 since last weigh in but +0,8 in a week)(ouch!!)
total lost 2kg

Im back!!!

Back on the log and back on the diet as last week was a bit of a disaster… I did all the wrong things, but also tried to minimize damage and I did do two PP days in a row. Then the weekend was a disaster again, so I am back to 62.1 (+0.8 from minimum weight reached). So…… it’s a minor set back in terms of weight but Huge in terms of time … a set-back of nearly a month.

I was sick last week – did not even feel like blogging and even less like being strict with the diet. I had a lot of orange juice for example… my body was craving it due to the cold. And a lot of comfort food… but now I am much better and I have a quiet week ahead form a social life perspective.

Anyway, when the going gets tough… the tough get going!! and after a couple of mini-pastries this morning for a colleagues birthday (ooooops!!! Couldn’t help it!!!) I am now officially going into “strict mode”. Today I was not prepared so it will need to be PV day and have ordered a delicious salad from this place near work. And dinner will be extra light. Tomorrow and the rest of the week strict PP and as much exercise as I can. By Friday I need to be in the low 61’s !! which will mean I can reach my next mini-goal – entering the 60’s

Yesterday was an ok diet day with B with exception of a beer before lunch. And to fight against the usual Sunday boredom we went for a “walk” in the afternoon which ended being a 2.5 hour walk of about 8 km!! all inside the city but it was great. Temperature was great and we enjoyed it a lot. I spent all weekend at his place so I did not weigh myself, so this morning I was a bit scared to go on the scales… all in all its not bad but I was hoping not to see the 62’s and there they were!! Oh well.

Today I confirmed with the owner that I will rent a parking space for my bike, temperature in the morning is getting chilly and this fall is supposed to be quite rainy so if I finally get the parking space I will be walking a bit more, hopefully.

Cant help myself….

Day 30
Cruise day 26 – PV
Weight : ¿?
Total lost 2.3 kg

I was up yesterday to 61.8 and after a carby Sunday the addiction was too strong. Yesterday the day went well, full PP, had the chicken breast for dinner, BUT I had one of those corn cakes (like the good old fashion rice cakes, almost zero calories, but very carby specially as it was corn not rice… I will just use the fact that it is only like 80 calories as a consolation)

BUT this morning, as I slept at B’s – 1. No scales, so no weight ; 2. Had a “normal” breakfast: coffee, TOAST with a bit of olive oil and sugar free marmalade and an Actimel ; 3. Had a piece of fruit mid morning at work as they brought in the weekly fruit basket part of the Wellness initiative.

Anyway, I am not going to worry about the couple of transgressions, and will jump on the wagon again tomorrow!! Tonight will be hard as well. We have a party, work related. A Investment Fund magazine organizes a party for all Asset Managers and Fund Distributors etc and my boss wants the whole team to go. Last year’s was awesome and the food.. oohhh the fooood!!! they had waiters going round with small appetizers… was incredible! Anyway. Today I will relax, enjoy it and then tomorrow…… BACK ON TRACK!!!

I have updated my weight tracker (courtesy of Charlotte) extending my Cruise phase one more week – and guess I will have to extend it a week more in a near future… 4 weeks left –normally- and 5 kg… a bit tight, don’t you think?? (especially if I cheat so much!!)

Other good news (diet wise) I received my books for module 2 of the course I am taking, which means… module 2 has started!! So its back to studying for another 10 weeks!!! That means less going out, less drinking, less eating! Hehe – the down side… studying!!!!
Cheers!!

Cruise 25 – Non-Dukan Sunday and PP Monday

Day 29
Weight: 61.8
+500 gr since Saturday’s weight
Total lost: 2.3 kg (need to get to 3… arggggggg)

So, Saturday night, total disaster… had 4, yes FOUR Gintonics. Bad part is its not because I cheated that I am shocked, but because it is way too much alcohol in any case!! Okay, so the night was very long! And the first one was justified. I found out some shocking news about someone and oh well with the shock instead of saying to the waiter “coke light please” the words “gin and tonic” came out of my mount (hehehe) .. the second one was a celebration drink one as the friends I was with announced their engagement! The rest… anyway… terrible terrible. The surprising thing as that scales did not reflect the huge transgression on Sunday morning.

BUT the bad news came this morning, but not only due to the drinks… mostly do to yesterday’s day at our friends’ place. I indulged in all the prohibited things: a bit of bread, a tiny potato with the rostbeef, a slice of spinach quiche (with normal quiche crust) wine, guacamole with a couple of nachos, a delicious but very fatty creamy cheese and bit of birthday cake!!!! – only good thing is that all those forbidden things.. I only had a small quantity of, just a taste so to speak, however the scales this morning punished the alcochol and the Sunday meal by showing a +500 gr! Argggg

I call these 500 gr “false or visiting weight” as I am sure that with a strict PP day today they will disappear. The problem is letting them settle for a day of two… if you are not careful they become “permanent” and harder to loose. I guess it is what others call water weight… we shall see.

Today breakfast was coffee and one dukan buiscuit. Lunch carpaccio and a yogurt (with olive oil and a bit of parmesan flakes on the carpaccio… I need to! – haha) and hopefully dinner will be PP I have chicken breasts at home that need to be done today or will go bad.

No exercise this weekend and none again today... oh well, i promise to do some this week, last week i did and the weight loss was quicker or more efficient at least!!!

Trying blogger for iPhone

Just downloaded blogger do iPhone and logged in to say hi. Will post tonight with progress etc...
This morning 61.8 not bad considering yesterday's disaster...
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Cruise day 23 - PV lunch with Dad

Today's weight: 61,3
0,3 Loss
total lost 2,8 (yay!)

So today i got up early, went to see my aunt and called my Dad to see if he was free for lunch. Lunch was PV Dukan with cheats... but i feel good. One beer (yummy!!) and this awesome burger.. but you should have seen the waiters face let me just say the original dish is a double decker Burger with brie cheese, bacon and caramelized onions.. with fries! But this is how it went: "Hi, I would like the burger but please bring it without the buns and can i have a normal sald instead of the fries and the caramelized onions on the side, please" ha ha!! I reminded my self of Meg Ryan in When Harry Met Sally... my dad looked at me weird, but hey, if im going to cheat it wont be with bread and fries.

I did have the two burger patties with the tiny bit of Brie cheese, the tiny squares of bacon and the onions on the side was because my intention was to only have a try... but they were so gooooood. The salad was just lettuce tomato and raw onions. With balsamic vinegar and olive oil (of course!) He had the most amazing looking prawn and mushroom risotto!!!

So, i cheated but they are "allowed cheats" for a Weekend, specially with Dad....

Tonight im going out for a drink, which will be coke light as i already had my beer today.. and we are meeting after dinner so no tapas temptations today.. my dinner will be the usual when i have had a big lunch.. ham & yogourt!!

B comes back tomorrow for the lunch... and that will be another story, temptations will be big

Off to do my nails... im doing them bright Red!!

cruise day 22 - PP & baking bread and muffins

Day 26 of diet
Cruise day 22 – PP
Weight 61.6 (+0.2)
Total Lost -2.5kg

Perfect PP day today! (oh, except for half a tomato...)

Okay, so last night I was very very well behaved, had two coke-light (I’m a big wine drinker so coke on a girly night out is a BIG deal) one of the girls ordered several things for all to share and I ate a bit of everything but in very small, very very small portions.Not all was dukan friendly but i did very well and was proud of myself... but i didnt make the bread, so no sandwich today...

B went back home for the weekend, back on Sunday, which is bad 'cos i don't get to see him (awwww), but good for my diet tonight and tomorrow, as Sunday we are going for lunch at a friend's house from school. Just as background B and I met in school when we were 16, and have both had long relationships before, but we got together now, 20 years later!! through the years we've been in constant contact with each other and with other friends from school, and we all organize get-togethers ever couple of months.... i think its prety cool.

Anyway, Sunday big lunch, where i will try as hard as i did last night to eat dukan friendly, and if not... well very small portions just to taste and not be rude. Lunch will be informal picky food again (tapas) ... lets see how it goes!

As i write i am waiting for batch of cinamon muffins in the oven, following Vicki C's recipe and will post picture later once their done. Thanks Vicki for the recipe and will let you know how they turned out tomorrow!I also did some bread for tomorrow's breakfast!

Here's the pic.. they look darker than Vicki's... im a bit scheptical, will tell you about it tomorrow!

That's all for now!! time to clean kitchen and choose a film to watch!

Cruise day 21 – PP

Day 25
Cruise day 21 – PP
Weight: ¿?
Total loss -2.7

So today I was at B’s and therefore no weigh in. I did good yesterday. Besides the salad on what was meant to be a PP day the rest was perfect and I walked my almost 3 km.

Dinner had a slight cheat, which was normal cheese instead of fat free.. but just ham seemed a bit sad. Anyway I did little “ham and cheese rolls” and a yogurt. B had the same but the ham and cheese between two delicious looking slices of bread!! Oh how I envied him!

Yesterday I saw a friend while walking to my parents and she said “you’ve lost weight!!” – it was sooooo wonderful to hear that!!!!

Yesterday I cooked my lunch for today. Minced meat with onions and tomato sauce (my Bolognese without pasta meal) so...

Brekko: coffee (tall late)
Lunch: pastaless Bolognese + yoguourt
Snack: ff yogourt
Dinner: will be tricky ... going out for a "drink" which in Spain implies you ask for some picky food to share or tapas.. lets see if i can stick to the Dukan friendly stuff (ham, tomto and tuna salad... )

Tonight B was going to watch football with friends so I planned a nice quiet night on my own and wanted to cook some of those muffin recepies ive seen out there… I tried once and didn’t like them but I will give it another try. Also I wanted to do some dukan bread. Last time it was delicious. I really feel like a “sandwich” after watching B eat it yesterday!! I might have time to do the bread before going out, if so tomorrow for lunch Dukan Sandwich.. oh yea!!!

Walked home from work... tomorrow bike goes to the repair shop so will walk again tomorrow. Once bike is all set i will not have the opportunity to walk home but i have a plan... more to come!!!

Cruise 20 – PV

Day 24
Cruise 20 – PV (found imposible to do 3 PP days in a row.. back to cruise due to good weight results today which were…..
Weight 61.4 (-0.8) yay!!
Total lost 2.7 kg

Wow! Was not expecting that big drop!!! Im sure its not the scales of tease as I went on and off about 5 or 6 times… only once did it read 62 something but the rest 61.4 all the way. I will change the batteries though just in case. But until then… WOO HOOOO. I guess my body needed a bit of indulging for it to react!!

Last night’s dinner was very light. Carpaccio with just a tiny bit of parmesan flakes. I did have a bit of wine though as B came back from his long weekend…. But I did exercise quite a bit yesterday walked to work and back home

Menu:
Breakfast: starbucks tall late
Lunch: salad with tomato and tuna, fish with salad (double salad today) + yogourt
Snack: no time to snack and not hungry
Dinner: ham & yogourt at B's

I walked from work to my parents place to get the bike (2.8 km)

Day 19 of Cruise – turned into Attack day 2 – PP

Day 23 of diet
Day 19 of Cruise – turned into Attack day 2 – PP
Weight 62.2 (-0.7)
Total lost -1.9kg

So, despite yesterday’s transgressions 0.7 kg have gone away from Monday morning’s weight in… which means yesterday’s gain from the weekend was water weight I guess… (never been really sure what water weight means really… but im not going to complain about that!!)

I’ve amended my mini goals to show kilo by kilo – haven’t set dates against them except for the 60 mark and the 57 mark.. 60 being the weight I should be at end of september and 57 the target weight (in the back of my head I have a 56 in mind, but seeing how this is going I might abandon that one and go into consolidation for my b-day if I’m anywhere near 57)

I have decided to cut back on my allowed transgressions (wine for example) but I will still cook with olive oil – as a true Spaniard I just can’t not use one tiny table spoon of oil for cooking and as salad dressing…)

Today I did not prepare anything for lunch I went down to the diner below the office and had a chicken breast and could not resist a tiny itsy bit of the salad that came with it, I will have a nice PP dinner tonight and not even think of the infimal amoutn of lettuce and tomato i ate..

Today’s exercise : walked to work (3.2 km in 35 minutes) and walk from work to my parent’s house (1.9km) to get my vespa!!

Oh… they’ve started this healthy and wellness initiative at work and every week we get this wonderful box of fresh bio fruit!!!!! (this is torture, since I love summer fruits – peaches, prunes…) and I cant eat them!!! By the time I’m able to eat them it will be boring winter fruit again (apples, oranges) which I like, but not as much as summery ones… oh well…. Another temptation to try and avoid… ho hum!

That’s all folks!!!

Mini re-Attack day 1 - PP changed to PV with some cheating involved

Day 22 of diet
Mini Attack (cruise 18 turned into emergency PP attack)
weight 62,9
weekend GAIN: + 0,500 gr.

Okay, half a kilo, was expecting worse. And today i decided to go full attack and do a perfect PP day... but things dont turn out the way you want them and carbs are very addictive...and someone celebrated their birthday... 2 MINI DOUGHNUTS ... arggg

Luch was an okay PV (but had melon for dessert) so tonight... yup, you know it.. yoguourt and off to bed!!

Oh well... tomorrow definitively PP all the way.

Oh... weekend involved a LOT of dancing so i will count that as excercise (i know my sore feet do!!) and today I walked home (3km) as i did not yet go get my Vespa! Tomorrow morning if I manage to leave home early enough, i will walk to work as well!!

Aaaadios!!!

Wedding Weekend

Back home from the wedding! Wedding was great, food was great but bad dukan wise...
Dreading weighing myself tomorrow morning.. wont say all the bad things I ate in case remembering them adds more calories from just thinking about them - haha

Tomorrow will be back to square one and a 3 day attack fase. Even if the consecuences are not bad I need to speed things up a bit!

Anyway, off to lie on the sofa as 8.30 seems a bit early for bed.. got only 4 hours of sleep last night as the hotel did not allow us a late checkout! spent the day by the pool til 4.30 which was great!!!

Lets see what happens tomorrow!!

Things must change

Just realised that 15 days into Cruise i have only lost 100 gr. There has been ups and downs, happy to have maintained this weight.. but things will change as of next week!!!!Off to the airport!!

Cruise day 15 - off to the South for the wedding

Day 19
15 Cruise day - will try a PV day... dinner might be tricky
weight: 64,4
gain/loss 0.00
Total lost: -1,7

So, this morning scales decided to stay put at yesterday' weight - yay!! Yesterday was a bad bad bad diet day with so many transgressions, but i had only a yogourt and a slice of ham for dinner + my 3.5km walk which i guess stopped the bad consecuences of my weaknesses.

Today i have to pack, go leave my bike at mom's, take the car go visit my aunt at the old people's home, go back to mom's for the weekend, leave the car and if time allows it I will walk back home instead of taking public transport... that will be about 3 km as well.

Then at 4...off to the airport. Lunch will be PP that's for sure... and then we arrive at the south and well... tonight all of the guests coming from far are invited to a dinner with the bride and groom and their family. It will be definitely not Dukan friendly.. deep fried sea food, spanish ham, pies, tortillas (the spanish tortilla being potato, onion, eggs)hopefully some salads (tuna and tomato is typical down there) and lots of yummy stuff that will be definitely hard to resist, but i will try!!!!! specially because i do want to have a glass of wine or a drink afterwards so I promise i will carefully watch what is available in the Dukan-friendly area.

Tomorrow we will all just do some turism and indulge in the hotel pool or the beach, i will eat light and healthy and try to enjoy the wedding. I have decided that obviously i will have to eat the wedding menu, so what i will do is not eat bread or cake... that should limit the damage :)

Anyway...off i go to pack!!
Thanks Vicky and Curt and Jamie for you comments... next posting Sunday night!!!!

editing: i got my 3km walk from my parents house to mine... 3,08 to be exact according to runkeeper. Rythm was slower this time cos its about 33º C outside and its lunch time... o well. Lunch is steak and a fried egg and a small glass of gazpacho (small cos it has plenty of olive oil... but its so good and so cold!! I love it!!)

Day 14 - Cruise PP........... not!

Day 18
14 Cruise day - meant to be PP
weight: 64,4
gain (since tuesday) +200 gr
Total lost: -1,7

Well, the +200 I was expecting, since tuesday i cheated and had all that bread, and gorogonzola and avocado and all that... but yesterday was a perfect PP day so yeah, maybe a bit disappointed .. i thought i would be at least the same as tuesday morning (remember yesterday i had no scales)

This morning i experienced what someone called "the scales of tease"! I got on the scales and saw 61.3 and thouht whaaaaatt?? obviously did not believe a word of it!! off, back on... and... yeah 62.4 (three times in a row!!!) oh well...

Today started off badly, had to rush out with B without breakfast to run an errand...after getting there just in time we then had breakfast out.. and had... TOASTED BREAD!! (argg) - then a coworker brought in pastries for breakfast to celebrate his promotion ... and I had 2 MINI DOUGHNUTS (argggg) and because i had rushed out in the morning i forgot my tupperware so... had lunch with my colleagues at one of these menu places (three course meal for 11€) I turned the PP menu into PV (after the double carby brekko, who cared anymore...) and had tomato soup and mini hamburguer patties .. BUT they had a side of FRIES and......... i ate them (arggggg) and to top it all off i had WATERMELON for desert ... *sihg*

Good thing is since then i've had nothing and tonight it will be a yogourt and off to bed!!! (that's what i used to do before Dukan came along when i would watch my weight or if i had a big lunch)

Anyway... and me who wanted to loose another kilo this week before the wedding on Saturday... oh well... at least the dress fits. This three day weekend is going to kill me... next week will be deffinitely an attack week again with absolutely no transgressions...

But, on the bright side as i didn't drive my bike to work, B drove me, sooooo i walked back!! 35 minutes, 3.5km walk at a quick pace - 9.55 minutes per kilometer

With all this... I'm curious to see the scales tomorrow. Its a bank holiday so i will be home and post before leaving for the airport at noon ...

Bye!!

Dr. Dukan says...

I downloaded the iPhone App for Dukan and this is what Dr. Dukan tells me...

(i still want to go down to 57kg and i started with 64.1kg, but i input yesterday's weight into the app)

I calculated to go down to 57kg that Cruise is until the 14th of Oct and stabilisation until end of November... lets see.. lets see....

(below how my day went....)

Cruise day 13 – PP (again)

Day 17
Cruise day 13 – PP (again)
Weight ¿?
Daily Loss ¿?
Total lost 1.8

Couldn't go on the scales today, but i have been perfect so i hope to see good news tomorrow morning!! (although i predict i might have a gin and tonic tonight with B... will try not to!! + now that i think about it I did badly last night at dinner.. ho hum... tomorrow might not be as good as i thought)

PP Menu today:

* Brekko: skimmed milk cafe latte - nothing to eat, which is not a good thing to do, breakfast is important, but ... was still full from last night - had too many bad bad things (bread, humus, avocado and gorgonzola cheese... not good)

* lunch: minced meat with onions and with a tiny bit of tomato sauce (like bolognaise without the pasta!!)

* dinner: lemon chicken

today no time for snacks (except if a diet coke counts)

It was a busy day, its 9.35 pm and i just got home and havent had dinner yet!!! pheewww. No time to blog as i need to start with dinner + tomorrows tupperware lunch!!

I've found two new blogs today, they are on my list to the right. Very interesting!!

Oh! I always forget to mention it, but i do drink about 1.5 L of water at work + several glasses of water at home before work and in the evening....

See ya tomorrow!!!

Cruise day 12 – PP (again... or so i thought)

Day 16
Cruise day 12 – PP (again)
Weight 62.3
Daily Loss 0.1
Total lost 1.8

So, only -0.1 after a perfect PP day… ho hum. Today is that day of that time in the month.. so that could aslo explain yesterday's up and today's tiny down.

Today was meant to be PP again – buuut my coworker who is getting married this Saturday brought in soooo many goodies for the team as she leaves today for the South. Salty stuff (better than sweets) Spanish appetizers (ham, cheese, chorizo, pies…. It was hard to resist but I chose semi-dukan friendly stuff. Only transgression a bit of the Cod Pie with onions as it has the breading of the pie, but it was a tiny bit…

This wedding I have been talking about is in the South of Spain about 500km away, both the bride and the groom work at the office so most of the office is going. We all travel on Friday and come back Sunday. He is from a well known high class family with title so.. its going to be a big event. My mom is so excited that I am going. Haha. So I got this wonderful dress just before the summer during Sales, and then came the summer and a +2 kg. So this is why this is my first mini goal. If I lost 3 it would be even better but that’s just my ego wanting to look my best. I love weddings and I love that everybody is so dressed up and looking gorgeous! (by the way tried the dress this morning… it fit perfectly, so good news)

Anyway, I had a late lunch today as we had the appetizers and as I am have dinner tonight at B’s I’ll just have some ham or a soft boiled egg… let’s see if that minimizes the damage. Right now the important thing is not to go UP. Flat or down is good. Up is bad…

so... Menu
* brekko: low fat cafe latte + Dukan biscuits
* snack: appetizers from colleague at work
* lunch: Lemon Chicken
* snack: none
* dinner: with B so dont know yet

temptations....

Forgot to say.. this is what i was offered today, as a gift, and said "Thank you, its so pretty, and you say your mom made it? Amazing, thanks again i will eat it later" ... and i didn't.... I will admit i truly don't like frostings, but would have gladly eaten the muffin without the frosting. But I didn't. I feel bad for my co-worker who thinks I did... anyway, here's the muffin

Day 15 – Cruise PP

Day 11 of Cruise - PP
Weight 64.4 (0.2 gain) – argg
Total lost 1.7 kg

Not fair… I was so good yesterday!!

Could be that its period time in a couple of days, oh well.

We finally went to that Italian restaurant, and besides a couple of glasses of wine I was a very good girl. I did not eat any pasta, not even tried my dad’s or my nepehew’s dish and he was sitting right next to me!! I had “tagliata” which is basically steak with “Rucula” which I think is Rocket in English… I went to the cinema in the evening and had no popcorn at all… dinner was a bit maybe on the greasy side, but eating out is hard. I had grilled octopus and Spanish cold tomato soup, not gazpacho, similar… anyway it wasn’t the most light dinner ever, but it was totally dukan friendly.

Anyway, wedding is approaching I’ve gained a tinsy bit .. I hope the dress fits - I bought it before gaining those 2 nasty kg during summer.. im down 1,7 so it should be ok. But one more kilo should go by saturday so time to get strict (as you know I am not following the strictest version of dukan, even if it means going slower).

Today is PP day, I did not bring anything with me to work (going to the cinema didn’t allow me to cook for today) so I've come home for lunch. Tonight chicken on the menu and ill make enough for tomorrow. Lunch is a turkey and cheese one egg + one white omelette and an Activia fruit 0%

Exercise wise, I had the 35 min walk yesterday. Today I came to work on the (broken) motorbike so I will try to go out for my evening walk …

I have lots of work to do today… so … byyeeee for now.

Note: I always write the draft at work and then copy paste it in the blog at home – this for my Spanish blog, so ill do the same with this one :O)

Sunday - summary of weekend

So, i finally slept at my place so i weighed in

Sept 3rd
Dia 14 of the diet
Cruise day 10 i think (dont have my spreadsheet here)
weight: 62.2 (same as wednesday 31st of august, so .. not so bad considering what you are going to read)
-1,9 kg since begining

Friday's pasta was awosome and it was just pasta, tomato sauce and grilled chorizo (spanihs very fatty sausage) and that's all i had. Then there was no afternoon snack and dinner was totally light PP food and an Activia 0%

But then the weekend........... bad bad me!!! Saturday we took a very long walk after running some errands in the morning, and went for lunch at this great burger place. BF really wanted to go and i told him.. ill just have the meat, dont worry... i ended up having one of the two burger buns... and some wine, and i admit some fries... the walk there was long 30 minutes and so would be the walk back so i thought... what the heck. Then in the evening after a great siesta we went out again 20 minutes walk to and from the supermarket where we bought for dinner a great fish that we cooked in the oven and that was my dinner. So all in all like the previous day... transgressions at lunch, but long walk and a total PP dinner...

Needless to say there was wine and a gintonic involved in the weekend but i didnt feel that the consecuences should be all that bad... and i was right. I must admit i was surprised though, was expecting to have gained something since my last weigh in on wednesday morning... but NO... 62.2 - whoohoooo

Now, i know what you are thinking.. its not always going to be that way, so ill be extra careful. And i have said before, i WILL be extra careful this week.. wedding on Saturday so... i need to loose one more kilo before then in case the weekend goes "bad" in the dukan sense of the word. haha.

BF is sleeping now.. we'll have brekko together, i have prepared some dukan bread. Today he'll have lunch with his family, me with mine. They know of the diet so ill ask my dad to take us to a stake house or something like that where i can eat great meat or wonderful fish... tonight ham and yogourt or a ham omelette. During the week it is quite easy for me to follow the diet. I take a tuppeware for lunch at work so i can be 100% dukan... or if i go out for lunch with coworkers we go to a menu place where there are always vegs and meat.

By the way my dad just called... italian restaurant for lunch... oh no... but i will try to eat fish or meat, not going to cave in!!

Plus when BF left he discovered my bike (motorbike) was vandalised last night, it seems they tipped it over, its all scratched, but then tried to put it back up and they did, breaking the rear view mirror in the progress, so i cant use it.. so i will walk to and from the restaurant, that should be an hour and a half or so in total.... oh well.... hope the insurance covers the fixing of the bike.. dammmmmm

Have a great week everyone!!!

Friday Sept 3 - from previous blog

Cruise day 8 - PP
Day 12
Peso: ¿? – did not weigh myself

Last night i had dinner with B, but i was good... Had a tuna stake and some tomatoes with a bit of olive oil (i allow myself olive oil, very little, but i do) Two turkey thin slices rolled up in a bit of chees (low fat), considering what was coming up next in the weekend.. not bad at all

But, unfortuantely, today being a PP day i am going to be baaad. Im taking the afternoon off and he has invited me to his friday lunch which is Pasta... (¡! Oh no) and i cant say no... cant say no, because i so much want that pasta, and because i cant be rude... i could chose not to go... but .. anyway, like I said, i am not going to be so strict with thi diet. Ill try to eat a small plate and no seconds...I know ill feel guilty but hey.. i need also to think that it is not the end of the world.

You need to know that next saturday i have a wedding and the dress needs to fit. also this wedding is in another town so its a 3 day thing where i need to be careful, and its a VIP wedding so i need to look my best, lots of people from work and the groom is from the high society.. haha.. so this week i will be extra good and stick to it. I am "blogging from the future" (charlotte said that once and i found it awsome) so I know i was really bad this weekend... but the rest of the week.. i will be so strict!!!…

No menu today because you know it... pasta for lunch!! tonight i will be good, i promise.

Cheers!!!

Switching to English

So, i have decided to run a paralell blog to my one in spanish... I have been reading so much about others doing the diet, and they are so insipiring and I feel bad as I comment on all of them ... - I will put the links to all of them here- that i would also love for them to be able to read mine and comment on what i am doing wrong, or right and well, sometimes it is easier for me to write about this stuff in english.. so... here it goes.
Next entry a summary of the 13 days of the Dukan Diet...

So here we go.................. a bit about me

I live in Madrid, and right now my BF is in the other room sleeping. He knows Im on a diet and knows i am now decided to loose these 7 kg, but is not completely in the know of what diet exactly i am doing because he as well as me thinks i dont really need to loose this weight but that it would be nice that i do and we both dont believe i need such a strict diet at this time. As I explained in my other blog i am not in a rush to loose this weight and could do it the traditional way, i.e. the eternal mediterranean diet way... you can eat everything, but in small doses, lots of vegetables and fruit, no carbs or alcohol and lots of excercise. But.. i am a very weak person in terms of will power, that is why i am actually doing the Dukan diet but i allow myself to do some transgressions without going nuts... haha

so, 13 days. Only about 3 transgressions, which are two dinners out where i ate many forbidden things but in small doses which did not include pasta or rice or bread... have been drinking wine occasionally and then there was one day i ate pasta and one day a burger but with only one of the two parts of the bun.... even like that in 13 days 2 kilos down, which is in line with the one a week....

So, here we go now with the daily entries.. i will try at least!!!
Im keeping record of it with Charlotte's spread sheet.

and here goes my ticker....