Happy Days...

Remember a TV show called Happy Days? opening theme was ... Sunday, Monday, happy days, Tuesday, Wednesday, happy days... anyway, that's my song for today as this is a summary of.. yes, you guessed it Sunday and Monday .. and yes, they are happy days for the little devil sitting on my left shoulder.. i did not follow the diet.. boo hoo, or at least not to the letter.

Sunday 61,1
Monday 61,5 - TTOM and a bit of cheating
daily GAIN +0,500

Saturday and Sunday i behaved, both days weight was 61,1 - but today... well its TTOM and I felt like poop (sorry!) and I had Pasta for lunch!! But at least it was with plain tomato sauce, no cream, no cheese, nada! just tomato sauce. Also had a couple of those great "celebration" chocolates... oops!! But really, i gave myself the good excuse of TTOM and my tummy ache! Tomorrow its back on track. Tonight yogurt and Ham and I am about to start cooking my full PP meal for tomorrow!!!

Nothing more to say for today... just... oh well! Tomorrow will be another day

October

Today's weight 61,1 (+0,1)
total lost 3kg

Today is a PP day, but being Saturday, i will PV it as I'll be eating with my parents ... last night's wine an tiny piece of bread translated into a tiny gain, it was expected, i won't dwell on it.

October is my favourite mont of the year, it's the month I was born, and its the Autumn month with nicest weather... still warm, but chilly mornings and evenings... first leaves start turning brown and start falling... just love it! Its also one of my favourite U2 songs (huge U2 fan i am!!)

Its noon, and I'm now having the most wonderful capuccino done with my Nespresso coffee machine, my Nespresso machine thingy that makes the frothy milk, and a tiny bit of unsweetened cocoa...yummy!

Anyway, hope you all have a wonderful weekend!!

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.