Thursday 9-15

WOW this week just flew by! I'm off tomorrow!! Yayyy!! It's nice to have that rest up time, but I can't believe how much I love my job! I'm doing pretty good at it too which really helps!! Everyone has been nice for the most part and I love my managers. Even though times are really tough at home finacially, I still feel so blessed right now to have a job that I love so much!

Sooo busy!!

It's been a while since I've written but I've been so busy! I got the job at Walmart and it seemed to happen in a whirlwind! I updated application online and 2 days later they called me to come in for an interview a day or so later! I was so happy! I had to do the back ground check and drug screen and a day after that was done they called me and said everything came back and then it was on to the orientation! I've been working ever since. I think today will be my 4th day of working, but I just went on the register for the first time last night. I'm sure I will do much more of that tonight when I go in. The weekend was really tough food wise. I had to work from 8-5 and it was a challenge. I didn't follow the plan, but I did eat healthy and did the best I could. My usual shift will be from 6-11 (or so). That will be much easier to deal with food wise because I can eat dinner before I go to work and then I don't have to eat at all at work. Hopefully I can stay more on track that way. On the upside, I've gotten a ton more exercise over these past few days! That's always a good thing. I will write here as often as I can, but I'm not on the computer as much so it may not be everyday.

Day 53

Fabulous!!!! The scale moved for me today!!!!! What a great way to start a very exciting day!!!!!

Day 52

Well tomorrow is the big day! Emily goes to school and I have a job interview!!! Yahooooooooooooo!!!

Day 50

Today is day 4 of the 7 day attack phase.  I've done really well except last night for some reason I went crazy on a can of honey roasted peanuts!! WTH was I thinking? I dunno, but I was craving them terribly!! So today will be better!!!

Day 49

Well so far so good. This has been day 3 of 7 days of the attack phase. I'm sure missing my veggies but I can do this. I've done good with eating I just haven't had time to get on here quite as much. I really really want a tattoo so I've been doing alot of research and looking into what I'd really like to have done and I've found a few things I want. Now I just have to have the money to do them!! LOL!  I'll try to post some pictures here of ones that I'd like to get, or something similar to them.

The little elephant (last one) would be for my mother in law Jan who passed away. I miss her so much and she collected elephants and also loved 4 leaf clovers so it would be perfect. The little frog I want on my hand and done in purple because he makes me smile. The phoenix I just thought was amazing and I really want that one too. The top 2 are totally me and I can't wait to get them!! I have no idea what these things will cost, but maybe if I get this job then we'll have a little more money to play with and I'll be able to gradually get the ones I want. We shall see! I also want to get one with the kids names on it and thought about something like this but in color and have the kids names put into the ice cream scoops. Of course there would only be 4 scoops since I only have 4 kiddos!

Starting over.... Day 48

Well kind of. I need to get back on track again so yesterday I started another attack phase. Once again for 7 days I will eat nothing but lean protein. So one day down and 6 more to go. Last night was hard. I made cream of baked potato soup and cheddar biscuits and I love them both. I did taste a bite of the biscuit, but that's because I was giving a serving to my neighbor and I had to make sure they were ok.  Yesterday I ate mostly grilled chicken breast and sf ice cream for dessert. Today I think I will make some meatloaves. I don't have any oat bran because I didn't go to the commissary to get any. Well I have a lot to get done today so I guess I should get busy. I can't believe Emily goes back to school on Tuesday!! This summer flew by!!!

Day 46??

I guess it would be day 46 except I've not been good and following the diet 100%. Don't know what got into me, but it needs to stop! I think I'm going to have to do the attack phase again just to get my mind and body back into it. I haven't gained any weight, but I haven't lost any either and that's almost as bad since I was doing so well. I need to go to the grocery store to get some protein items to make it easier and I've been out of oat bran as well and not been good about eating it when I did have it! So today I will continue on, but I'm going to go into the dukan site and see what it says if I redo my info with my currant weight and see how many days of attack it tells me to do.

Ok well I went in and redid all my info and now it says my real weight is a couple pounds higher than last time but dang it, it tells me 7 days of attack phase again. Sigh.... that 7 days seems soooo long with no veggies!! LOL! Ok, I will go to the store tonight and get what I need to get this back on track again!!! 44 pounds to go! I CAN DO THIS!!!

Breakfast- omelet and turkey bacon

Lunch- hamburger patty and onion rings. (should not have had the onion rings, I totally forgot that today is not a veggie day.)

Dinner- Egg foo young and  jello

Day 41

Today was pretty much a bust. A big hurricane is comming and I'm stressed to the hilt on top of the PMS that's making me want to eat everything under the sun. I did good up until dinner and the next few days won't be much better I"m afraid. We'll see. I'll do my best but with no power it's not going to be easy to eat what I should be eating. Well if it's a total bust then I will just start over with another attack phase when all this passes!

Day 40

I ate a late breakfast today so I was in more of a mood for lunch type foods.

Breakfast- pan seared hamburger patty and 2 hard boiled eggs.

lunch- Chicken breast pan seared and a LCL wedge.

Day 39

Stressing today because of this darn hurricane. I sure hope it's path changes!! It's going to be a tough week no matter what because I'm due to start in a week. I'm starving all the time and I just want to eat eat eat!! If it's not tied down, it's fair game! LOL!! It's easier on the veggie days, which thankfully today is, but I'll get through it. It's only a week and then I won't want to eat anything at all!! Weird how our bodies work sometimes!

Breakfast- 2 slices of ham lunchmeat, 1 LCL cheese wedge divided between the ham and rolled up. I ate them on  heart of romaine leaves. I also had a sliced small tomatoe.

Lunch- Southwestern Chicken Soup (pictured below)

snack- a bowl of sf ice cream. (that stuff is such a weakness but it cuts my sweet tooth)

Dinner- Meatballs from stroganoff, salad and a sliced tomato.

Day 38

Sigh...yesterday was a bit of a tough day. I just keep doing these stupid little cheats that send me on a sugar craving from hell. Yesterday is was peanut butter cookies. I only had one, but does it really matter? For me it doesn't. I know it's not going to kill me on the scale, but that's not the point. For me sugar is my ultimate enemy. When I eat something sugar laden I end up with horrible sugar cravings for at least a week. I know this happens so why the hell do I allow myself to fall into these little traps?! Well I'm doing my best not to give in to anything today. I'm also going to force myself to get on the treadmill today. It is a protein only day.

Breakfast- 2 eggs and one egg white scrambled and turkey bacon

Lunch- pan seared hamburger patty and a hard boiled egg.

Dinner was a big no no. I had a piece of Quiche Lorraine that I made for the family

Day 36

Well it is a protein only day and it's a Saturday. Not a big deal but today I"m going to make some soft pretzels for the family and it's going to be sooo hard not to eat one because I love them!!! Dinner may be even harder to resist though!! I'm going to make home made pasta and get going on my home made pasta sauce. I love this dish soo much. Ah we'll see what happens. I may eat some, I may not. All depends on my mood really. Sometimes I think something is going to be impossible to resist and it ends up being no big deal and vise versa!

Breakfast this morning was an omelet made with 2 eggs and one white, 2 slices of lean ham lunchmeat and ff cheese. Now it's time for lunch and I have no idea what to have. I'm really hungry today though, so I'm going to go make something!

Day 34 & 35

Yesterday was not such a great day food wise. It should have been a protein day but we are broke (well worse than broke, our bank is in the negative) and I'm running out of diet foods that I can eat. So for the week I will have to work with what I have and hope for the best and hope that it doesn't totally derail me. Here's yesterday's food:

Breakfast- scrambled eggs, turkey bacon
Lunch- cream of broccoli soup
Dinner- over fried fish, green beans and mac and cheese

Today I got off to a late start as usual so I did more of a brunch I guess. I had cream of broccoli soup. I wasn't in the mood for breakfast and it was filling so I'm happy! I'll probably eat lunch around 3 or so and dinner, lord knows when!
Lunch- Ate earlier than I expected to! I had some turkey meatballs in fresh tomato sauce. Also had a bit of SF chocolate ice cream.

Day 33

Today was a strange day. I didn't eat until about 11, but as soon as I ate my last turkey and cheese mini bite, I had to run to the toilet to throw up. It really freaked me out because it just came out of no where! I checked all of the stuff that went into what I ate and nothing appeared to be bad so I have no idea what happened or why. After that I was a bit leary to eat. I ate a small sf ice cream cone and kept that down fine, so I then had a cheese stick. Later on at about 4 I had a bowl of cream of broccoli soup. For dinner I did a bit of a take off on what I made the family. I made them chicken ole, but of course I can't have tortillas so I just ate the chicken mixture on some romaine heart leaves.

Day 31 and 32

Gosh I've been bad about posting lately!! Lets see if I can remember what I ate yesterday...

Breakfast- scrambled eggs, sliced tomato and turkey bacon

Lunch- Beef stew

Dinner- deconstructed cabbage rolls! I wanted cabbage rolls but didn't feel like messing with making them, so I cooked up some cabbage, topped it with a hamburger patty that I pan fried and topped that with the same sauce that I put on cabbage rolls. Wasn't the same but it was still pretty tasty!

Dessert was jello

Day 32- Tuesday- Can't decide what I want for breakfast yet. We had to get up really early this morning to take Brandon to work so I'd much rather be able to go back to bed rather than worry about breakfast! I'm getting pretty darn hungry though so I'll figure out something soon enough.

Day 29 & 30

Well I didn't post at all yesterday! Was a busy day! I've been playing around with my Nook color because I got the SD card that turns it into a tablet. It's been fun and frustrating at the same time trying to figure some of the stuff out. I can't remember what I ate yesterday so here's today's food. It's a protein day.

Breakfast- turkey and cheese mini bites

Lunch- Turkey loaf and jello

Dinner- Swai fish fillets.

Dessert- soon to be jello

day 28

WOW I can't believe I've been at this for almost a month already! It just doesn't seem like it's been that long! I'm weird when it comes to losing weight and it seems that it's going to be the case with this diet as well. I lose all of my weight right around the time of my period. The rest of the month I might lose a tad if I'm lucky, but generally I just bounce around the same few pounds until the period time the following month and then, whammo! Off it comes! I don't really care as long as it comes off!! Last night was my first cheat. I made a really yummy cake and I had a small piece. It was really low sugar so not too too bad, but it was a carb none the less. It made me feel kinda ill though so maybe it was a good cheat. I won't crave that anymore for sure!!

Breakfast this morning (well 11:00) is some ham and cheese mini bites.

Lunch- Kind of weird for lunch but I had scrambled eggs and turkey bacon. I was in the mood for it and it really hit the spot!

Dinner- Lemon thyme chicken in a white wine reduction and topped with a sprinkle of parmesan. Boy was that good!

Day 27

Wow I totally forgot to post today!!

Breakfast didn't happen today.

Lunch was 2 slices of turkey lunchmeat with 1 LCL cheese wedge in the middle, wrapped up with a romaine heart leaf. With it I had a bowl of cream of broccoli soup.

Dinner was oven poached Swai with a cilantro aioli and some cole slaw.

Day 26

Well I was up a couple pounds this morning, but I know it's not a real gain so I'm not sweatin' it! In fact I'm thinking it's probably because I hadn't gone to the bathroom in more days than I can remember! So we'll see how it plays out in the next few days. On a good note, I'm feeling better today and a bit stronger which is really nice. I don't know what I had but boy did I feel like crap and so weak!

Breakfast (at 11am) was turkey and cheese mini bites. It had been 2 days since I'd had any oat bran or wheat bran so I figured it was about time to get some into my system!!

Well I didn't have lunch so dinner was a shepards pie that I made with a carrot puree topper. It was fabulous!! I may grab a little something later on since I'm missing a meal, but only if I'm hungry. I'm kinda looking forward to going to bed earlier tonight since I don't have to pick up brandon all late!

day 25

HOLY CRAP!! I was down even more this morning!!!! I can't believe I've lost 15 pounds already!!! I'm soo beyond happy!!!!

Breakfast- 2 eggs and 2 egg whites scrambled and 3 slices of turkey bacon cooked super crispy in the microwave.  My appetite is back pretty good this morning!! Yayyyy!!!

Lunch- some rotisserie chicken put into romaine leaves with some ff cheese and diced tomatoes.

Dinner- meatloaf and sliced tomatoes

Day 24

Down a bit more this morning, but no surprise since I'm sick. I feel so lightheaded and sick to my stomach, like I have the flu. I wish I could just stay in bed all day, but David is back to work today so that's not an option.  Still it's kind of neat that I'm only about 10 pounds away from what I weighed when David came home from Spain.  Not sure how much I"ll be eating today unless I start to feel better. That would be awesome!!

Breakfast- 2 whole eggs and 1 white scrambled. Im going to go slow with food until I"m sure I"m not going to throw up!

Lunch- some rotisserie chicken and a sf fudge pop.

Dinner I had some beef from beef stew. I had a carrot or two as well, but mostly all just meat and a glass of milk. While I was waiting for dinner to heat up I had a sf creamcicle.

Feeling better which is nice. I really dread having to go get brandon from work tonight. I'd like to be in bed by 10 not just leaving to go pick him up! I wont' be home much before 11pm. I hate when he has these night schedules! He should have his truck soon though thank goodness!!!

Day 23

Woke up this morning feeling horrible! Didn't feel too good yesterday either. Not sure why, just hoping I feel better as the day goes on! Weight was the same this morning for the second day in a row but I'm ok with that because I lost for a few days in a row. Everyone wants to lose weight fast, but with in reason.

Breakfast this morning was mini carrot cake muffins with a whipped cream cheese dip. Not too bad, but I want to work on the recipe a little more. I think it needed a little more sweetener and a little more cinnamon. The dip was awesome though!! It would also be great with the zucchini muffins I made before!

No lunch today. I spent all afternoon in bed feeling really crappy.

Dinner- still not feeling good but was starving so I was hoping some food would make me feel better. I ate 2 hamburger pattys from a whopper and some lettuce.

Day 22

Good morning!! I got my Nook Color yesterday and I think I've fallen in love!! Emily loves it too which is great because it gets her reading and excited about it!! I stayed the same weight as yesterday which is really cool! I love that my weight loss has been steady and consistent. None of this going up and down 5 or 6 pounds in a day like I would often do on Nutrisystem. I just love this diet so much! It may not be for everybody, but it feels like it's just made perfectly for me!! :o)

So today is an all protein day so won't be too exciting for sure!

Breakfast- Turkey and cheese mini's. I couldn't finish them all so Emily ate the last 2! It's really late too (12:45) so lord only knows when lunch will be! 

Day 21

Whoooooooooo hoooooooooooo another pound down this morning!!! Totally didn't expect that!!!

Breakfast wasn't until just before noon! I made the turkey and cheese mini bites again and I also had a small tomato.

Lunch was fun today!!! I made little sliders and used hearts of romaine leaves as my bun. They were toooo good!! I also had a little jello with cool whip. It's been my addiction lately!!

Opps I forgot to post dinner last night!! It was pretty late when I ate. I made tacos with the hearts of romaine leaves.

Day 20

Whooooooooo hooooooooooooooo  another pound gone!!!! I can't believe I've lost almost 11 pounds already!!! Am I excited??!! Hell yeah!!!!!!!!!!!!! :o)

Breakfast this morning was my turkey and cheese mini bites again. Only this time I had 4 left over that I just couldn't finish!!

Lunch was a smokey vegetable clam chowder that came out really tasty and a chicken breast with BBQ sauce.  A bit later on I had some jello with cool whip.

Well dinner was a light one. I didn't even feel like eating, and it was already 11pm so I grabbed some turkey bacon and some jello. I'm full so that'll work, it's just a bummer because I barely ate any veggies today to get to enjoy my veggie day!! In fact the only veggies I had at all were the little bit that were used to make my soup. I may just do a veggie day tomorrow. I'll see. I get my Nook color tomorrow and I'm sooooo excited!!

Day 19

Good morning!! I had to get up much earlier than I wanted to this morning because Brandon had to be to work earlier. Boy will I ever be glad when he gets his own car and his own place!

So anyhow, today is a protein only day. Nothing much sounded good for breakfast until I remembered the turkey and cheese bites!! So I made those and man did they ever hit the spot! They sooo feel like cheat food!! They puffed up so nice this time using the egg and egg white rather than the egg beaters. I really need to make them more often! I got 12 out of this batch too!! Last time I only got 10 so I only cut 10 slices of the turkey and cheese layers, so I filled the last too with some left over chicken and those were really good too! Now I need to get this day going already! I'm going to bake some batches of zucchini bread for the family and figure out what I'm going to make them for dinner so I can take it out of the freezer!

Lunch today was a patty made out of the chicken sausage I made, a cheese stick and a little cream of chicken soup.  It would have been ok but the sausage patty was too salty. I don't know what made me salt the dam thing anyway!  Ah well, I've learned my lesson and I'll just try to make myself drink more today!

WOW 10:30 and I just finished dinner!! I was starving too!  I just pan seared a hamburger patty and topped it with a bit of ketchup. I'm stuffed to the gills! I have some jello setting up in the fridge for later on when I'm wanting something sweet.

Day 18

Down .2 more today! Not much, but every little bit adds up right??!! :o)

Breakfast this morning was a chocolate zucchini bun, scrambled eggs with cheese and turkey bacon.

Dang it, it's 3:30 and I still haven't had lunch yet!!! I just never feel like eating around lunch time anymore!! Guess I better go grab something though while I start the pizza dough for the family's dinner. Gonna be weird to not eat home made pizza!!

Ok finally made lunch! I made a cream of tomato and basil soup and with it I'm having half of a left over chicken breast.

Dinner tonight was eggs, turkey bacon and sliced tomatoes.

Day 17

Happy August 1st! WOW the summer is just zooming by! Before I know it Emily will be back in school! So today is day 17. Hard to believe it's been that long already! I got off to a late start today since it was almost noon when I finished my breakfast!

Breakfast- I made a bun, but I made it a little altered this time by just using an egg and leaving out the egg whites. This made for a smaller, but lighter and drier bun. I cut it in half and toasted it, then I topped each side with half a wedge of LCL cheese and some scrambled eggs with chopped up turkey. Of course I dipped it into my jalapeno jelly too! I think I'm addicted to that stuff at this point!! Lunch won't be for a while! I've found that I really like that though. That way I'm not hungry when I'm making the family's dinner. It really works out well.

Well I never did get around to eating lunch.

Dinner was some chicken Italian sausage that I made. It was ok, but I only had ground fennel and no whole fennel seeds so it was really missing them. Still, at least I was able to eat something. Got some jello chilling now for later on.

Day 16

Yayyyyyyyyyyy Hoooooooooooooooooo!!!! I was down a full 2 pounds this morning!!! I'm so happy!!! All week I was up a bit and getting a bit worried but Carol's words stayed firm in my head. Stick it out girly, the weight will start to come off again. I knew I'd never win if I quit, but I really never had a desire to quit, I was just worried that it would be yet another failed diet attempt and frankly I'm tired of failing!! I'm ready to be a winner!! :o)  So I keep at it. I like this diet more and more by the day. For me at least, it's very doable and even enjoyable! So now it's on to day 16, a veggie day!!!!!!!!! Yahoooo!!! Love my veggie days!!

Breakfast this morning was 2 breakfast sandwiches made with my cheese bread recipe and egg and turkey bacon. Oh yeah and a sprinkle of FF cheddar cheese too. It's almost 2pm and I'm still not hungry! Those things are soooo filling!! Not sure what's for lunch yet.

Lunch was some yummy beef stew that the rest of the family had last night. Boy did I ever do a good job on that pot of stew! Not sure about dinner.

I just finished up dinner. Had half of a pan seared chicken breast with a wedge of LCL chipoltle cheese and some steamed broccoli. Will have some jello with ff cool whip here in a bit for dessert.

Day 15

Well I was down a few ounces this morning, but I feel so good! I keep putting on clothes that I was going to donate or sell on ebay because they either didn't fit right or didn't look right. This morning I put on a pair of shorts that I wouldn't wear before because the pockets on the side would bulge out. Now they not only don't bulge out, but they are very loose! How does that happen with only 7 1/2 pounds lost?? I don't care, I love it!!! Not a minute too soon either because all of my other shorts are literally falling apart! I've worn them so much that you can see right through the back side of them!! LOL!! So I'm wondering if I have the nerve to try on my jeans yet. They aren't anything special, just a pair that I used to wear that were way too tight to wear this past fall and winter. I had to literally live in my sweat pants because I had nothing else to wear that fit!! I also notice that I'm really really sleeping better! I love that because I"m not exhausted all dam day like I used to be! Well I made an omelet for breakfast but I put too much parsley in it so I only ate a few bites. Sooo I guess I should go make something else cause I'm still hungry! My check engine light came on taking Brandon to work this morning. I sure hope it's nothing major! We can't afford anything major right now!!! Well on to tackle the rest of the day!!

Good grief I'm zooming right now!! I love it!!!! LOL!!! At any rate, I decided not to worry about eating anything else for breakfast. I ate a little bit of jello while I was working on lunch, but that was it. Lunch was meatballs that I made with a piece of cheese stick in the middle and dipped in the jalapeno jelly. They weren't fabulous by any means, but they were different and I'm full so that's really all that matters!

Dinner tonight was a pan seared chicken breast that I had flattened out a bit and seasoned with a touch of season salt and pepper. I ate it with ff cream cheese and jalapeno jelly. A bit like a deconstructed stuffed chicken breast. It was really good and I"m so stuffed! The family got some yummy beef stew but I took out a bowl and put it in the fridge for tomorrow! I have some cherry jello setting up in the fridge for dessert. I keep trying to get the hubby to go up to cold stone and get me some sinless sweet cream ice cream (ff and sugar free and delicious!!) but I haven't been successful yet! LOL!! I did buy some blue bunny sf fudge pops to keep on hand for those ice cream cravings but I think I've actually enjoyed the SF popsicles even more!! LOL!!

Day 14

Well today marks 2 weeks! It doesn't seem like it's been that long! Today is a protein and veggie day, yaaaa!!!!!  So I think I'm going to go to the farm stand after I take Brandon to work and see what they have. The birds are doing a number on my tomatoes so I don't have all too many right now, although there are a lot of them green on the plants so I"m not giving up just yet, but I would love some fresh zucchini!! Well see what they have. I also have to go to Walmart and get some coffee creamer, dog food, blister band aide so I don't end up like yesterday and some more of that yummy Mio for my water! I think tonight I will make a pot roast for dinner. That way it's something we can all eat unless I end up feeling like eating something else. Well time to get this day movin'!!

Well crap! I took Bran to work and then we drove out to Pungo to my favorite farm stand and picked up a few goodies. I never did get to Walmart though. I'll go when David gets home. I had to take the kids to McD's because they started giving out the Smurf toys today! They are sooo cute!!! Boy it was so hard looking at those little burgers and not eating one! I LOVE those little burgers! Probably one of my favorite foods of all time!! But I was good! I think it was harder because it was so late and I hadn't eaten anything at all yet. So now here it is, just after noon and I just finished eating for the first time today! I just LOVE veggie days!!!

Brunch- 3 hearts of romaine filled with some precooked, packaged grill chicken strips, chopped tomato, onion, home made ricotta salada, a hard boiled egg and drizzled with some of my jalapeno jelly that I warmed up to make it a little easier to drizzle. YUM!! YUM!! YUM!! Yeah it really was "3 YUM's" good!! LOL!! I also had a bowl of cream of broccoli soup. I am sooo stuffed and completely satisfied!! I have some lime jello setting up in the fridge and I'll have some of that a bit later on!

Ok so I'm weird I suppose, but little things make me really happy most of the time! I was making my favorite stuffed peppers for dinner tonight but I hadn't had lunch yet. I had some of the filling meat left over so I cooked it up in a skillet like a patty and ate it with my SF jalapeno jelly (which I am in LOVE with) and it was sooo good!! I will have to mix some of that meat mixture up and keep it in the fridge for sure!! Can't wait to eat the peppers in a while too!! I didn't even miss not having bread crumbs in there. In fact I used my serving of oat bran for the day and a tbsp of wheat bran and it worked perfectly!! I just love when things work out just the way you hope they do!!!

Dinner- stuffed peppers, salad and a few baby carrots. Too full to eat anything else. Later on I'm going to have a SF fudge pop that I bought tonight!! Yum!!

Thought process update.....

From time to time I really want to talk about my journey with this diet and how it's not only working, but effecting my life as a whole. I have really noticed many things about this way of eating and I'm quite pleased to say the least! First of all I would recommend this diet to anyone. Yes anyone. Even if you don't have alot of weight to lose or any to lose for that matter! Even if you can't get passed the initial attack phase, it does so much good for your body that I wish I could make everyone give it a shot! For me personally it's been a bit of a "detox" if you will. I am a couple weeks into it and while it did take getting used to, I now love it! I feel fabulous, my skin and hair looks great, my belly bloat has gone down so much that all of my pants are lose in the waist and they are elastic waists!! But most importantly, I have NO cravings anymore! NONE!! I do not crave sugary treats, I do not crave bread or carbs, ice cream, cake, cookies, pizza, bread, NOTHING!! Do you know how liberating that is?? It's flat out amazing to me! I'm never starving, in fact most often I have to remind myself to eat and force myself to stop and eat. This is a HUGE deal to me because before my life revolved around food. I love food. I love to cook and bake. It makes me happy and it relaxes me. Unfortunately I've also always loved to eat! The other day I made home made chocolate chip cookies for the family and I didn't eat a single cookie. Not a crumb, no licking the spoon, no licking the fingers. Nothing! Did they smell good? Hell yeah they did, but I did not give in. They are still sitting on my counter in a ziplock bag and they don't bother me. Now that may not be such a big deal for you, but for me, that's HUGE!! I've actually managed to get to the point where I can cook and bake for the family or for fun and I don't feel the need to eat it! In a matter of a couple of weeks??!! Yeah for me that's a pretty big deal. Now when I crave something, usually it's a veggie! LOL! Now I realize that since I have a thyroid condition, my weight loss will be slower than the average person, but that's ok with me because I know eventually I will get there. It helps that along the way, day by day, I feel so much better. Not just on the outside, but on the inside too. I have friends that are also following this diet plan, which makes it so much more fun! We have a little support group and support one another and it really helps alot. At least this is true for me. Along the way I've noticed that most of us are experiencing the same stages along the way at about the same times. All of us pretty much started on different days and have different amounts of weight to lose. I had over 60 pounds to lose and a few people only have the last few to lose. Yeah I say "only" but I realize that those are always the hardest to lose and hardest to keep off!! The stages seem to go about like this:

Day 1- You're starving! You want to eat quite a bit and you drink like crazy!

Day 2- You're still starving and wanting to eat everything that's not nailed down or frozen! On top of this your really tired. Like your arms and legs feel like they're weighted down with bricks and you don't feel like doing much of anything. The only exercise you will feel like doing today is your gazillion trips to the bathroom!

Day 3- Today you really don't even want to look at another piece of protein even if it's a freakin' lobster! This in turn makes you really not want to eat and you have to force yourself to eat. BUT you will want to drink all day. Like you can't quite get enough to drink.

Day 4- The tiredness starts to go away and you start to really feel energized and amazing! You're used to what you have to eat at this point and it's no big deal. You just eat what you're supposed to to fuel your body and you go about your day.

After this will all depend on how many days you have the attack phase. I had it for 7 days. I couldn't wait to be able to eat veggies again! Funny enough, the day I could add them in, I really didn't eat that much! I figured I'd eat every veggie in sight but it just wasn't the case. I've had 2, what I would consider "cheats" since I've been on the program, the first was one day wasn't a veggie day but I had about a half a cup of cream of broccoli soup. It's my diet soup, so it wasn't a calorie killer, but still, it wasn't a veggie day. The other was last night when I had meatloaf. I made the family meatloaf and usually it's not a huge favorite or anything, but it got really late and for some reason it just sounded so good! It WAS really good!! The only thing in it that's off limits is the little bit of bread crumbs so I'm not going to beat myself up over it, but now I know that I need to make a legal version of meat loaf to keep on hand!!

Another thing I seem to be battling myself with is exercise. It's always the hardest thing for me to get into the routine of doing. I really need to do it though. I know it will help me feel even better and make my weight loss faster! So I will continue to work on making that a part of my day! I think I will start right now in fact and then hop into the shower!

So if you need to lose some weight, or just feel sluggish and have that belly fat that you can't seem to get rid of and have no energy to get through the day, I HIGHLY recommend giving this diet a shot! You can get your true weight and diet profile on www.dukandiet.com and go from there. Even if you only do the attack phase, you will feel so much better!! Yes I will be one of those annoying people who recommends this program  to anyone and everyone! Everyone loses at their own pace so not everyone will lose a bunch of weight right out the gate, but some will! Give it a shot! What have you got to lose? It's cheap and it's easy!!

Day 13

Today is a protein only day so probably a bit boring.

Breakfast- so far I had an omelet with one egg and 2 egg whites, 2 slices of turkey bacon in it, some of the home made ricotta that I made and some of the SF jalapeno jelly that I made. Boy do I love that stuff!! I made a hot cereal out of the oat bran but I hated it and can't eat it so I'll go in the kitchen and whip up something else using it. I'm thinking I'll make a big ol lemon muffin or something like that. Yup I made a modified version of my zucchini bread recipe and made it into lemon flavor. It wasn't bad. Needed more lemon flavor though so I adjusted the recipe to include more lemon extract. Those things are so filling!!!

YAYY finally got a workout in!! Well I got on the treadmill anyway! Pretty soon I'm going to have to start adding in the weights again and get up the nerve to bring out the ball again perhaps??!! At any rate, I'm proud of myself because I got on the treadmill and with about 8 minutes left to go I could feel a blister starting and my heel really hurting even though I put on band aids first. Typically I would have got off the treadmill and said ah well I was almost done, but instead I hopped off real fast, kicked off my shoes and got on that sucker bare foot and finished it out and then some!! :o) Yayyy me!! LOL!!  Now it's after 2 and I need to hop in the shower and think about what's going to be for lunch and what I"m going to make everyone else for dinner!!

I didn't realize that I forgot to post lunch! I had a couple slices of the turkey loaf that was left in the fridge and a left over pork chop. Oh and one LCL cheese wedge.

Dinner was 2 swai fish fillets in a lemon, wine and butter sauce. I wish it would have been a veggie day because I would have loved to have some more cream of broccoli soup, but there's always tomorrow!

Day 12

The darn scale just won't move for me lately! I'm hanging in there though because I feel fabulous and I'm about to start my period soon which will help as well! I should also note that I haven't been working out either so I really can't complain too much!!  I also was just thinking about it this morning and realized that I'm constipated as well having not gone to the bathroom for more days than I can remember, so I guess I should take something for that as well. Luckily today is a veggie day! A good friend of mine was telling me yesterday to hang in there no matter what too. She was talking about a time where she went for like a month with no loss and she was working out an hour a day on her tread climber as well as dieting!! That really inspired me to keep at it, because of course the scale DID eventually start to move again. All those times in the past where I gave up when the scale stopped moving, if I would have just kept at it at least I wouldn't have kept putting on the weight and I'd have a hell of a lot less to lose now!!

Well today is a veggie day as I said, and I have no idea what I'm going to eat today! I got my home made ketchup made yesterday and today I"m going to make some sugar free jalapeno jelly. I think I'm going to try to make a zucchini bread out of my bread recipe I did yesterday. But I"m not sure because I'm just not sure it will turn out like I want.  Well see, I'm not really hungry yet and I have to take Brandon to work at 9:30 so I will probably be eating late again!

Brunch- Made a new recipe today for a zucchini bread so I ate half of that. I also had a couple slices of turkey loaf, a small salad, a sliced up radish, a couple of small sliced up garden tomatoes and a small bowl of cream of broccoli soup. It was a wonderful smorgesboard of yummys!!! LOL!! I'm so stuffed!!!

Lunch- ate a really late one! I finished eating at just before 5!! I had similar to what I had earlier. Turkey loaf, slices tomatoes, cream of broccoli soup and the other half of the zucchini bread. I finally got the jalapeno jelly made it it's sooo good! I'm a happy camper!!! At this rate dinner won't be until close to midnight!! LOL!

Dinner- as I figured, I didn't actually eat until midnight! Aw well. It's was a wonderful food day as far as really enjoying every bit of food that I ate. I had a bit of a cheat for dinner being that I had meatloaf for dinner. Yeah I know meatloaf is allowed, but I had the meatloaf I made the family so it had a little bread crumb in it. I didn't have much though and it was sooo good! I've really enjoyed my veggies and salads today too . Tomarrow is an all protein day so it won't be quite as exciting, but it's just another day and it's only food. It's amazing how different my outlook on food is now. I'm also quite happy that the constipation ended today! Yayyyy!! Ok well my dog is driving me nuts wanting up in my lap so I'm going to close for the night. I hope tomorrow is as great of a day as today was and I hope that the dam scale goes down some more!!!

Day 11

WOW I can't believe it's day 11 already! I'm getting really used to this now and that makes it much easier. I worked on that bun this morning and I'm really happy with it! It came out so big that I was able to cut it in half twice and make it so I can make 2 sandwiches out of it! I made it a rye bun this time by adding caraway seeds to it and used the first half to make a breakfast sandwich. I'll either use the other half with lunch or dinner. It's fabulous toasted up which is what I did for the breakfast sandwich. I topped it with an egg, turkey bacon and ff cheddar cheese. YUM!!

Lunch-Turkey roast, LCL cheese wedge, and I cheated and had a small cup of cream of broccoli soup (diet of course but it's not a veggie day)

Dinner-Grilled pork chop (lean white meat) other half of bun from breakfast and 2 egg whites. This has also been a jello day! I'm having a horrible sweet tooth and I'm trying soooooo hard to stay away from anything chocolate or sweet!!! I sure hope this passes tomorrow!!

Day 10

Today is a protein and veggie day! I really look forward to these days, although yesterday was pretty easy. It seems to get easier with time which is nice! Breakfast this morning was sooo good!!! I found a recipe for a cheese bread online that was for the plan and I added a tbsp of parmesan cheese to it. It came out good, but I want to tweek it a bit because it was kind of big. I probably could have divided it up into 2 meals for heaven's sake! But it did make a fabulous breakfast sandwich!! I'd like to make a rye version since I love rye bread and I'd love to also make a zuchinni bread since I love it so much too! The variety would be really nice!

Breakfast- Sandwich made with an oat and wheat bran bun, egg and turkey bacon.

No lunch today, was playing Let's dance on the wii with the kids!

Dinner was some cream of broccoli soup, hamburger patty and a salad. Dessert was a bowl of sf jello. 

Day 9

Ok so today is an all protein day. No big deal. I have alot to do today anyway and there's alot less to think about and do on all protein days. I got on the scale this morning and was back up a couple pounds. I know there's no way I ate 2 pounds worth of food so I'm not going to let it stress me out, however, I'm not going to become a slave to the scale either! I've decided to only weigh myself once in a while. Maybe when it looks or feels like I've lost a bit of weight, I'll hop on it just to see, but other wise, I know I look better and feel better so I'm going to keep at it and trust that in due time I will get this weight off! SO here we go with day 9! It's a Sunday and I have alot to get done. Time for some breakfast!

Breakfast this morning was 2 slices of crispy turkey bacon, scrambled eggs and the Oat bran galette. I'm stuffed and ready to take on the day!!

Can't decide what to have for lunch yet so I just ate a bowl of sf jello with a dab of ff cool whip on it.

Lunch today was some green curry chicken that I made and topped with crispy turkey bacon bits.

Dinner was grilled chicken and deviled eggs. The chicken was thighs and even though I took off the skin it was still kinda greasy so my stomach is not very happy right now!!

later on in the evening I was starving so I ended up heating up a hamburger patty with some onions on it.  (PMS means I will be really hungry for a good week or so and then once I start I won't want to eat at all!)

Day 8- Adding in the veggies today!!

So today I can finally have veggies! Who knew you'd ever get so dam excited to have veggies!! LOL!!! So I went shopping last night to get some things and I"ve been thinking of what to make today. I think I'm going to go with some tacos on hearts of romaine "shells" for lunch and some beef stew for dinner. Now I just need to figure out breakfast!!

Breakfast was soooo good! Just turkey bacon, 2 fried eggs and 2 small garden tomatoes sliced.  Sigh..... who knew veggies could be so darn good!!

Lunch was Hearts of romaine tacos. Love those!!

Dinner is beef stew.

Day 7

Good morning!! Today is a great day!! I woke up this morning to begin the last day of my attack phase (YYYYYaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa freakin hoooooooooo!!!) and I'm down a total of 7 pounds!!! I'm so happy!! Now granted for someone who has over 60 pounds to lose, 7 pounds in a total of 6 days isn't all that great really, BUT...for someone who is 41 with a hypothyroid it's awesome!!! I would recomend this program to anyone, but especially someone who is battling thyroid issues!! It's not easy to stick out all these days of just protein, but take it one day at a time and realize that it's just food to feul your body and you can get through it. At this point the hardest part is eating at all. It helps to not make the same thing over and over again too!

Breakfast was some Turkey and Cheese mini bites and a chocolate mocha shake.

Lunch was some Chicken Egg Drop Soup

For my late dinner I just grabbed 2 of the low fat or ff I can't remember which, kosher beef hotdogs that are only 40 cals a piece and a light cheese stick. I'm still looking for the ff cheese sticks.

Face Book Support Group

Well I decided to start up a Dukan Diet Support Group on Face Book. It is a closed group so no one can see the posts except for the members so it will enable open conversation about day to day life and personal things we encounter while dieting. It will also contain lots of information and recipes. If you are interested there is a link over to the right in the favorite links section!

Day 6

I'm back to it this morning. I had an oatbran galette and a little egg beaters with some ham and onion. I ate about half of what I usually do for breakfast. Just got full.

Alrightly, lunch is over and I actually managed to eat it all!!! I heated up a hamburger patty and put a small ammount of ketchup on it and some slivered onion. I also made a chocolate mocha shake. Boy did that shake ever hit the spot!!! So now I"m full and I'm glad that's one more meal down and done with!  :o)

Ohhh dinner was so good!! I had 2 swai fish fillets that I cooked with some wine, lemon, pepper and some butter spray. Man was that ever good!!! One more meal down and one day to go on the attack phase!!! Whoooooooo hoooooooooooooo!!!!

Day 5

Well today was pretty well a total wash. I had a friend come out with her kids and I just didn't plan well for my eating. We went to the beach with all of our kids and I ended up not even getting anything to eat until about 5pm. By then I didn't care what I ate, I just needed to eat something! I ended up eating 2 hamburgers and a little bag of cheetos. I was absolutely starving!! So tomarrows a new day. Hopefully the scale doesn't beat me up too much in the morning. I wouldn't think it would be too bad since that's all I ate all day. We shall see!!

Things I've noticed after a few days....

The good and the bad....

Well the good of course is the weight loss and how much better I feel. No bloating or swelling! That's awesome! I noticed starting yesterday (day 3) that I was actually having a hard time eating at all. I just didn't want to eat and when I would make something I would almost gag when trying to eat it. Very strange for me! I would eat because I knew I needed to eat something and figured if I ate it would calm my upset stomach. Morning time is the one exception. It's always been one of my favorite meals and I'm really hungry in the morning so I look forward to it. I think I will look forward to lunch and dinner more when I can have veggies. I LOVE protein, but it very quickly gets hard to eat nothing but protein. You have to really want to stick it out to keep going. Of course the weight loss is the best motivation! Another down side for me personally is that for the past 2 days I've had diarreah and that's not fun. I totally didn't expect that! It's not so bad when you're staying at home, but when you have to go out it's pretty scary!! I've also gotten a really dry mouth. Mouthwash has become my best friend! I go rince every time I eat just to get the taste of the food out of my mouth. Other than those minor things, all has been well. I was very tired the first few days but today I feel great!

Day 4

Down one pound this morning! Drinking my coffee now and getting ready to take Brandon to work!

Ok just had breakfast. Same thing as yesterday- the oatbran galette pancake and the egg scramble with the onion and turkey. I couldn't eat it all! Now I will spend the rest of the morning cleaning the house because I'm having company tomarrow and going to the beach! I'm still trying to think of what to take to the beach to eat since we're doing lunch there. I'm making fried chicken for everyone else. Hummmm I'll have to think about it and figure it out!

Lunch today was difficult. Nothing tastes good to me anymore. It' just so weird! So I had 4 of the immitaion crab legs which actually tasted supprisingly good! I think it's because the texture is smoother and they are a little sweeter (as apposed to chicken or beef or pork). I heated them up and sprayed them with a bit of spray butter. I also had 1 hard boiled egg white. I tried to make a shake with the peach jellp powder but I hated it so I gave it to the kids! They are so happy when I don't like the shakes I make!! LOL!  Guess I should have made a chocolate one! Can't go wrong there!

Day 3

HOLY SHIT!! I'm down a total of 4.2 pounds as of this morning!! I can't believe it! I truely can't! I didn't get in my treadmill workout yesterday and I was really fearfull that I didn't get in all my water so I totally dreaded getting on the scale this morning! I just knew it was going to go up. I'm still in shock that it not only went down, but went down that much!! I'm soo happy I could cry! Truely cry! Since I have been diagnosed with hypothyroid I have not been able to make that scale move down for nothing. I'm cautiously hopeful that this time is really going to be it!! I know I can stick to the plan, I just hope it will keep on working!!! WOW I'm just so happy right now!!! :o)

Breakfast this morning was the oatbran pancake and a usual egg scramble. Boy that pancake is really good! I added cinnamon and vanilla to it.

Lunch is a chicken salad and a cherry shake. The chicken salad is soooo good! I replaced the mayo with greek yogurt and once you mix in the dijon mustard and the dill relish and onion and spices it's just awesome!! I added in celery seed, dill, and red pepper. I also added in a hard boiled egg. I never would have thought it would turn out so good!! Yayyyy!! The shake I made with ff milk, ice and some cherry jello powder. It really takes away the cravings for something sweet and fruity!

Dinner tonight was just hum drum at best. I really didn't have any desire to eat at all and it was like 9:30 pm when I finally ate. I made a custard shake and I grilled a hamburger patty. I'm discovering as time goes on that I'm just not in to eating so much anymore. It's pretty weird, but I'm finding it really hard to eat anything. Well except breakfast, I always look forward to that meal! LOL!! Ah well , it's just food and as long as I can lose weight I frankly just don't give a shit if I want to eat it or not! I do know that I greatly look forward to saturday when I can have some veggies and salad!!!!! I wonder if the scale will move again in the morning? I realize that the day is going to come that it won't. I know taht over 4 pounds in 2 days is awesome, but I also know I have a long way to go and I'm in this for the long haul!

Day 2

Well I hopped on the scale this morning and was down 1.8 pounds from yesterday! I'll take it!! I was peeing like crazy yesterday! I have to say, other than being a bit tired which could have also been from poor sleep the night before, I felt outstanding yesterday!! If anyone can tell me how to get my weightloss ticker to post on here, please let me know!! I've tried all of the codes and none of them seem to work! I'm going to try one more time here this morning. Yayyyy I think that worked!!!

Breakfast this morning was pretty similar to yesterday. I made a scramble with 2 egg whites, egg beaters, 2 slices of turkey lunch meat and a little onion. With it I had my greek yogurt with my 1 1/2 tbsp of oat bran mixed in. 

Lunch- Ok so I'm starting to get bored with eating the same thing so I need to get a bit creative I think. Not sure what I'll make just yet, but I don't want to get burned out on chicken and yogurt. I heated up a roasted chicken breast from last night and I'll make a shake here in a bit. I need to make sure to get on the treadmill at some point but I also have some housework to get done. It's going to take getting used to having more things to do durring the day. I'm having company in a few days and I have so much to get done around the house. It's a total mess because I've been trying to spring clean and declutter. Unfortuantly in the process it's left me with stuff everywhere in piles! Some for donation, so to give to friends and some to throw away. Well talking about it, isn't getting it done so I better get moving!!

Finally got around to making a shake! I need to go to the store and get some more milk and some cottage cheese. Cottage cheese makes the shakes taste soooo good and I don't have any! I'm so happy that David went and got some propane so I can grill my stuff now!!! I love grilled food so it will help to break up the monatany of eating the same few things. Maybe tonight I will have some fish on the grill. I love the Swai fish and I've read that some people lose even faster when they eat alot of fish. The shake I made today was like a custard shake. I used ice, milk, splenda and pumpkin pie spice which just tastes like custard to me! Not too bad!

COOL FACT!!! I read this in the book! If you take a 77 degree shower on the parts of your body with the most heat (chest, arm pits, torso, legs, etc...) for 2 minutes then it burns about 100 calories!! No shit! I guess your body has to work hard to get your temp. back up! Gotta love that!! It said not to do it on your had or back because it wouldn't feel very good and it isn't as effective. I'm gonna have to give it a shot! It said the water should feel about like a dip in the ocean in the summer (or something like that!)

Was not in the mood at all for fish so I ended up grilled some lean pork loin chops (the bonesless white pork) and made a little sweet and sour sauce to go with it. It was quite good! Didn't look anywhere near as good as everyone else's burger and fries, but I didin't even pluck a fry! I'm proud of myself! The only down side is I haven't gotten on the treadmill today. I'll try to get on it but I'm so tired so I'm not sure.

Day 1

Alright day 1 under way! I made a weightloss tracker but for some reason it won't show up right on here, so once I get that figured out then I will update that daily as well. I read my book last night until I fell asleep. I learned a couple of interesting facts! Like 1 quart of water weighs about 2 pounds and 2 tsp of salt is enough to retain this water in your body's tissues for a day or two!! YIKES!! Needless to say, I made my breakfast without salt! Suprisingly I didn't even miss it! I made a breakfast scramble with 1 whole egg, 1 egg white, a splash offf milk and some egg beaters. I used 2 slices of ff turkey lunchmeat that I get at Walmart (their brand) and a bit of finely diced onion. I put the diced onion and turkey in a skillet for a few minutes until the onions were translucent and then added in the egg mixture and cooked it through. I also had about a half a cup or so of Dannon FF Greek yogurt with splenda. I really like their Greek yogurt! It's nice and smooth and not so acidic. It feels good to be full but not bloated and yucky feeling. I always get bloated and yucky feeling after I eat carbs. Ice cream makes me feel that way too. I love it, but it doesn't love me!! I usually drink decaf iced tea with splenda all day, but I'm switching back to drinking mostly ice water again. It's cheaper, easier, and no added calories at all. I have to drink atleast 1 1/2 liters of water a day. That should be pretty easy since I always keep a big jug right with me all the time. I also have to do 20 minutes of walking a day so I will get on the treadmill after I get home from the store. I have to buy my oat bran and I need to get some chicken and a couple of other meats since I have to do the all protein phase for 7 days.  It's very weird not eating any veggies for sure, but I really feel like I can do this! I just hope that my body will cooperate and drop this dam weight already!!!


Lunch was really yummy! I butterflied a chicken breast and fried it in a non stick skillet sprayed with cooking spray. I sprinkled it with ground corriander and pepper. While that was browning I chopped up some cilantro and put it in a small bowl. I zested a lime and added that along with the juice from the lime. I sprinkled in 2 or 3 pkts of splenda and stirred it. I microwaved it for about 15 seconds to blend the flavors and then put it over the chicken. It's a variation of a dish I do but I usually use a good ammount of honey in the sauce. I really didn't miss it honestly. It was still good! I also had about a 1/2c ff dannon greek yogurt that I sweetend with splenda and added in my 1 1/2tbsp of oat bran. I really like that stuff. It has a nice flavor to it. I wish I would have tried it sooner! It wasn't bad at all in the yogurt either! Now I'm stuffed. I'm on my second jug of water so I'm sure I"ll get in plenty of water. I wish I could remember how much water this cup holds. I think I'll get a 2 liter bottle and fill it with water at the beginning of the day and keep it in the fridge so I can keep track. So far I'm loving this eating plan!!

20 minutes on the treadmill- DONE!

YUM! This is so good and so simple! I have a thing that's like a majic bullet that I got at Walmart. In one of the cups I put about 3/4 of the way up with ice, about 3/4 way up with ff milk, add 2 or 3 pkts of splenda (to taste) and maybe a tsp or so(I didn't measure it) of SF jello powder in the flavor you like. I used cherry. Whiz it up and yummy! You can't have fruit on this plan for quite a long time, but this totally tastes like you're drinking a fruit shake. I would have put ff cottage cheese in it too to thicken it up but I don't have any. Of course you can do chocolate or mocha, etc... but the fruit is very refreshing in this heat!! Just thought I'd share!

Rounding out day one, I had a roasted chicken breast for dinner. Later on I had some of the chicken egg drop soup that I had simmering on the stove and a chocolate mocha shake for dessert. It's been a great day! It was nice to not feel bloated and sluggish. I got hungry at regualr times but since we're allowed to eat as much from the protein list as we want, it was ok. Now I'm off to pick up Brandon from work and probably to bed. I'm pretty tired since I didn't sleep real good last night and it's been a busy day!

Scale woes...

Really?? Again?? I have bought countless scales over the years and I'm so tired of them messing up! Everytime I get a digital scale it will weigh you different everytime you get on it and even more so if you move it around the floor. What the hell? How am I sapposed to know what I weigh and be able to keep track of it?? I swear the next time I get a scale I'm getting a cheap ol dial one!! I weighed this morning and I must have gotten 4 or 5 different weights and they vary a few pounds and when you're dieting that's a pretty big deal!! So to be on the safe side I guess I will just go with the heaviest weight. You'd really think when you spend 40 or 50 dollars on a scale that it would work properly for heaven's sake!!

Got my book!!

First of all, thank you so much for all of your support! It is so nice to know that people are routing for you to succeed!

Well I went up to Walmart and got my book! I was pissed because it's 23.49 at the store which is about 10.00 more than online!! But I didn't have to wait for it to be shipped and I figured this is an investment in me so  bought it! If I had a Kindle I would have bought that version, but I don't, so I got the book! Ill be reading it from cover to cover after dinner I'm sure. I'm really excited because this looks really do able and pretty darn simple to boot! No counting, no measuring, just a bit of common sense. I can deal with that. It's also not going to cost me a fortune which I love because since I lost my side job, money is super duper tight! Another thing I really like is that I really don't have to change much from what I eat to what the rest of the family eats. There will just be some things that they eat that I won't. That will make it pretty easy for me to handle. I also LOVE protein and veggies so I just don't see this being really hard for me to follow or deal with over the long haul. I will do the dreaded weigh in and beore pictures tomarrow.

I should note.....

I should note that this blog will be raw and at sometimes graffic. If this bothers you or if foul language bothers you, then you may not want to read what I write. I find that when I write daily about how I'm feeling and what I'm eating, etc... that I do better overall and I don't want to have to curtail what I say so that I don't offend anyone. Just a little disclaimer I sappose!!

Here I go again!

Well years ago I was very successful on the Nutrisystem plan and lost almost 80 pounds. Kept it off for over a year with minimal effort. It was great! I looked great, I felt great, life was good!! I also managed to quit smoking. Then I got pregnant at the age of 36 with my son and the weight packed on at an alarming rate. 25 pounds in the first month!! YIKES! Years down the road I finally get a doctor who will listen to me and he checked my thyroid. BINGO!! So I figure once I get on the meds the weight will just melt away! Yeah, NOT!!! I finally gave up. It seemed like nothing I did would work and I settled into a pretty deep depression and failure mode. I have spent the good part of the past year just packing on weight and feeling sorry for myself in the process. I didn't discuss it with anyone and that's never a good thing to keep it all bottled up inside. Well finally I let it out to some friends and I got the loving kick in the pants I needed from a dear friend (thank you Carol!) and she told me about the Dukan Diet. I read up on it and I think I really have a shot with this. So in a few minutes I will be off to Walmart to buy the book and I'll start tomarrow! I will keep track of my progress as well as my feelings and ups and downs along the way here. This just has to work for me or my next option will be weight loss surgery. Here I go!