Weight loss: 0.0 kg
Total weight loss: 4.6 kg
PP
Still not feeling well and if I'm honest, just don't feel up to going shopping for food or cooking. Thank heavens for Dear Hubby, who spent much of the day looking after me as best as he could. Didn't feel much like food, but managed to eat a boiled egg for breakfast, some roast gammon slices for lunch and a lamb korma for dinner. Hmmm quite a few cheats there I suppose, but at least I'm eating something.
BGs are up and I don't know what to do about it other than take some more medication and pray that I don't hypo. They are making me feel even worse.
And that is all for today.
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Tuesday, 20 September 2011
Wednesday, 14 September 2011
14th September 2011 cruise day 12
Weight loss: 0.0kgTotal weight loss: 4.5kg
PV
Still feeling rotten, so happy that there's no weight gain. Turned out the dukan pralines that I made yesterday from the recipe on mydukandiet.com. Normally I make these exactly to the recipe and they turn out like perfect little roses. This batch has a scoop of protein powder in as an experiment. On sitting, it made the mixture very thick - almost setting by itself without the need to put in the freezer. That made it harder to get the mixture in the mould but they seem to be a bit longer lasting and almost bubbly in texture.
Breakfast this morning was a courgette fritter. Grated the courgettes, squeezed out all the water in a muslin, added a little cheese and a beaten egg and grilled. They were nice, but I made 3 and just couldn't eat them all. The recipe needs a little adjusting before I can use them as a replacement for hash browns in a cooked breakfast. I should have had these with turkey rashers and poached egg, but, meh, feeling poorly and it all seemed too much effort.BGs are finally responding to me being poorly and have gone up. Not sky high yet, but not the low figures that I've gotten used to since starting dukan - and, my whole reason for being on this crazy diet in the first place. So I'm back to juggling medication to try to find the right dose which will have an effect. I can cope if it's just for the short term. Hoping the antibiotics kick in soon and I start to feel better and then I can go back to being just a little bit more carefree.
Dinner was A-MAZING! On a whim at the supermarket last week, I bought one of those packets of spice mixes. I usually disapprove of them as I usually put together my own mixes at a fraction of the cost. So it was odd that I picked it up. It was Saag aloo mix by schwartz. I used slices cauliflower instead of potatoes -so I know it wasn't saag aloo - but it was just gorgeous. And totally vegetarian, which I have to admit was a blessed break from the protein, protein, protein.
It was so yummy I forgot to do my injection beforehand. Which means I also forgot to take my antibiotic and hour before the injection..... Dammit.
Still poorly, and really right now all I want to do is sit and eat, so if I manage to not do that, I'll be happy!
Tuesday, 13 September 2011
13th September Cruise day 11
Weight loss: 0kg
Total weight loss: 4.5 kg
PP
Weight stayed the same today but will persevere, as before. Am wondering if I will fall into a pattern of losing more after a PP day than a PV day.
Still feeling pretty crappy but trying to stick to the diet. Main deviations have been the sugar in lemsip. I know Lemsip wont help with a chest infection, I should stop taking them.
There is a massive box of chocolates sitting on my dining table, which has been there for a few days. Craig bought it as a present for a special friend of ours and so it sits there until we can give it to her. I haven't been massively tempted by it, but today I decided to make my own chocolates to treat myself.
Again, mydukandiet.com gives recipes for dukan pralines and for meringues, which I've been wanting to try for ages. Luckily I have the joy of a food processor to make these with, otherwise I just wouldn't bother, the way I've been feeling. I can just dump in the ingredients and leave it to do it's thing.
So, I had to use egg yolk for the pralines, which gave me left over whites - hence the meringues. The meringues tasted great, but still there was that sweetener after taste. I think I'm going to get immune to it eventually. I made two lots of pralines, about 30, in a cute little rose chocolate mould that I pop in the freezer. I had some mixture left over, so I thinned it out with some milk to make a chocolate sauce.
I later made a dessert with the sauce, vanilla yogurt and meringues. It was lush. Dear Hubby agreed (there was enough for two) and we talked about how I should take pictures to put on the blog. Sadly we had this conversation as we were staring at the empty glasses and we didn't think that would make much of a helpful picture for you!!!!!
I am going to make picture taking a bit of a mission from now on, starting with dinner.
I had breaded pork escalopes. Okay I know pork isn't dukan friendly, but it is protein and I'm on a PP day. I coated each one in egg and then in the rest of the breadcrumbs made with the dukan bread, mixed with a few herbs. Yum yum yum. And when I say 'I', I mean Dear Hubby, following my instructions as I coughed my little heart out lying on the sofa.....
Cooked up quite nicely in the george foreman - yeah, you're getting the idea that I like things that I can just shove food in and leave alone. The slow cooker is another favourite, but I haven't tried any Dukan recipes in that yet.
And I've just learnt that adding photos wrecks all the formatting - I'm sorry for those reading who now have to scroll and scroll. I've done my best to fix it!
Total weight loss: 4.5 kg
PP
Weight stayed the same today but will persevere, as before. Am wondering if I will fall into a pattern of losing more after a PP day than a PV day.
Still feeling pretty crappy but trying to stick to the diet. Main deviations have been the sugar in lemsip. I know Lemsip wont help with a chest infection, I should stop taking them.
There is a massive box of chocolates sitting on my dining table, which has been there for a few days. Craig bought it as a present for a special friend of ours and so it sits there until we can give it to her. I haven't been massively tempted by it, but today I decided to make my own chocolates to treat myself.
Again, mydukandiet.com gives recipes for dukan pralines and for meringues, which I've been wanting to try for ages. Luckily I have the joy of a food processor to make these with, otherwise I just wouldn't bother, the way I've been feeling. I can just dump in the ingredients and leave it to do it's thing.
So, I had to use egg yolk for the pralines, which gave me left over whites - hence the meringues. The meringues tasted great, but still there was that sweetener after taste. I think I'm going to get immune to it eventually. I made two lots of pralines, about 30, in a cute little rose chocolate mould that I pop in the freezer. I had some mixture left over, so I thinned it out with some milk to make a chocolate sauce.
I later made a dessert with the sauce, vanilla yogurt and meringues. It was lush. Dear Hubby agreed (there was enough for two) and we talked about how I should take pictures to put on the blog. Sadly we had this conversation as we were staring at the empty glasses and we didn't think that would make much of a helpful picture for you!!!!!
I am going to make picture taking a bit of a mission from now on, starting with dinner.
I had breaded pork escalopes. Okay I know pork isn't dukan friendly, but it is protein and I'm on a PP day. I coated each one in egg and then in the rest of the breadcrumbs made with the dukan bread, mixed with a few herbs. Yum yum yum. And when I say 'I', I mean Dear Hubby, following my instructions as I coughed my little heart out lying on the sofa.....
Cooked up quite nicely in the george foreman - yeah, you're getting the idea that I like things that I can just shove food in and leave alone. The slow cooker is another favourite, but I haven't tried any Dukan recipes in that yet.
Despite being poorly, BGs are still low, whereas normally they would be high when I'm not well and that's mainly all I care about. Sure, the weight loss is brilliant, but if I can stave off organ damage, blindness and loss of legs for a few years by keeping BGs low, then I'm going to keep doing the Dukan thing. It's very similar to Dr Bernstien's diet for diabetes, so it's all good.
Breakfast: Didn't have any (couldn't face it)
Lunch: Ready roasted gammon from supermarket
Dinner: Pork escalopes; dessert without a name.And I've just learnt that adding photos wrecks all the formatting - I'm sorry for those reading who now have to scroll and scroll. I've done my best to fix it!
Saturday, 10 September 2011
9th September Cruise day 7
weight loss: 0.6kg
total loss: 2.0 kg
PP
Another loss again, so keeping my fingers crossed for an ongoing downward trend.
Started to feel pretty grim at dinner last night and ended up going to bed with a raging fever. Really, really don't feel like eating today so am cutting myself a little bit of slack and eating whatever I do fancy. Now I'm not talking ice cream (had that last night :S) and chocolate, but if I want to eat vegetables on a PP day them I'm going to. And a spoonful of sour cream and some sprinkles of cheddar on my chicken fajitas wont hurt me.
Normally when I'm sick BGs spike massively but have managed to keep mine down. They are a little higher, but nothing to worry about, especially seeing as through my fog of feeling awful, I forgot to take pretty much ALL of my medication for the day.
I have to say, I'm quite enjoying taking boiled eggs to lunch at work this week. They come in their own wrapper and remind me of picnics when we were kids.
Breakfast: Boiled egg
Lunch: Chicken strips, onions and peppers cooked in fajita dry mix; wrapped in lettuce leaves, with spoonful of soured cream and few sprinkles of cheddar cheese. YUM.
Dinner: Struggled to want anything, ate few spoons of savoury mince with couple slices of Dukan bread.
(Bread was quite yummy by the way, am going to try it toasted tomorrow. Then I imagine I will regret the decision I made against buying low fat spread in the supermarket last week. I DO hate margarine.)
total loss: 2.0 kg
PP
Another loss again, so keeping my fingers crossed for an ongoing downward trend.
Started to feel pretty grim at dinner last night and ended up going to bed with a raging fever. Really, really don't feel like eating today so am cutting myself a little bit of slack and eating whatever I do fancy. Now I'm not talking ice cream (had that last night :S) and chocolate, but if I want to eat vegetables on a PP day them I'm going to. And a spoonful of sour cream and some sprinkles of cheddar on my chicken fajitas wont hurt me.
Normally when I'm sick BGs spike massively but have managed to keep mine down. They are a little higher, but nothing to worry about, especially seeing as through my fog of feeling awful, I forgot to take pretty much ALL of my medication for the day.
I have to say, I'm quite enjoying taking boiled eggs to lunch at work this week. They come in their own wrapper and remind me of picnics when we were kids.
Breakfast: Boiled egg
Lunch: Chicken strips, onions and peppers cooked in fajita dry mix; wrapped in lettuce leaves, with spoonful of soured cream and few sprinkles of cheddar cheese. YUM.
Dinner: Struggled to want anything, ate few spoons of savoury mince with couple slices of Dukan bread.
(Bread was quite yummy by the way, am going to try it toasted tomorrow. Then I imagine I will regret the decision I made against buying low fat spread in the supermarket last week. I DO hate margarine.)
8th September Cruise Day 6
weight loss: 1.0kg
total loss: 1.4kg
PV
Finally!!! Back to losing weight again and this time I know it's fat rather than water. The perseverance has paid off - hope weight loss continues and this isn't just a blip, but right now am totally relieved that I haven't been wasting my time.
Well, I hate to admit it, but tonight was a pre arranged meal out with two friends. Okay listen, this blog is starting to make me sound like a right foodie solcialite, but the truth is that Tuesday's dining out experience was a necessary evil to spend some time with a friend who needed a chat. Tonight's is just, well, to get together! And it's okay to go out to eat, right?
On this occasion, tried to pick something with few carbs and not deep fried for starter, no carbs for main and declined pudding, as did my fellow diners. Feeling SO rightous and quite pleased with myself until the manager popped over with complimentary deep fried ice cream for us all.... Well it would have been rude not to eat it! But you have to love that customer relations exercise!
Breakfast: boiled egg
Lunch: slices of ham; fat free yogurt
Dinner: Meat dumplings; Beef with vegetables; deep fried ice cream :S
total loss: 1.4kg
PV
Finally!!! Back to losing weight again and this time I know it's fat rather than water. The perseverance has paid off - hope weight loss continues and this isn't just a blip, but right now am totally relieved that I haven't been wasting my time.
Well, I hate to admit it, but tonight was a pre arranged meal out with two friends. Okay listen, this blog is starting to make me sound like a right foodie solcialite, but the truth is that Tuesday's dining out experience was a necessary evil to spend some time with a friend who needed a chat. Tonight's is just, well, to get together! And it's okay to go out to eat, right?
On this occasion, tried to pick something with few carbs and not deep fried for starter, no carbs for main and declined pudding, as did my fellow diners. Feeling SO rightous and quite pleased with myself until the manager popped over with complimentary deep fried ice cream for us all.... Well it would have been rude not to eat it! But you have to love that customer relations exercise!
Breakfast: boiled egg
Lunch: slices of ham; fat free yogurt
Dinner: Meat dumplings; Beef with vegetables; deep fried ice cream :S
Tuesday, 6 September 2011
6th September Cruise Day 4
weight loss: -0.4kg
total weight loss: 1.0kg
PV
Another weight gain. Considering only weighing myself once a week instead, now that I'm out of attack phase because it sure is disheartening to see the weight going back on again! A web search tells me that this is quite a common experience and that the weight loss does even itself out the end. Like I've said before, if I'm still in ketosis and burning fat, I'm happy.
BGs are amazing and starting to stabilise out, which makes me very happy indeed. And my fuzzy eyesight is starting to get a little better as a result. Lush. They haven't been this good since I was on insulin.
The challenge of the day was eating out with a friend. I managed brilliantly, at least for the main course and had an epic fail by sccumbing to ice cream for desert..... Not expecting to lose weight tomorrow!! But oh it was good.
Breakfast: boiled egg
Lunch: boiled egg; sliced turkey; low fat yogurt
Dinner: Chicken with vegetables; ice cream
total weight loss: 1.0kg
PV
Another weight gain. Considering only weighing myself once a week instead, now that I'm out of attack phase because it sure is disheartening to see the weight going back on again! A web search tells me that this is quite a common experience and that the weight loss does even itself out the end. Like I've said before, if I'm still in ketosis and burning fat, I'm happy.
BGs are amazing and starting to stabilise out, which makes me very happy indeed. And my fuzzy eyesight is starting to get a little better as a result. Lush. They haven't been this good since I was on insulin.
The challenge of the day was eating out with a friend. I managed brilliantly, at least for the main course and had an epic fail by sccumbing to ice cream for desert..... Not expecting to lose weight tomorrow!! But oh it was good.
Breakfast: boiled egg
Lunch: boiled egg; sliced turkey; low fat yogurt
Dinner: Chicken with vegetables; ice cream
Saturday, 3 September 2011
3rd Spetember 2011 Cruise Day 1
PP today
Weight loss: 0.6kg
Total loss: 2.8kg
I have exceeded the 2.4kg target for attack, provided when I clicked 'calculate your true weight' button on the website. It gives you a little profile of each phase and projected weightloss. It's good to use as a guideline, but as I said yesterday, taking more advice from the book.
Well I'm finally off attack which means I can eat a little more. I'm really looking forward to being a little more adventurous with recipies on the days when I can eat vegetables (PV days).
Last night I noticed that by breath felt and tasted odd in my mouth. This is a common effect of a ketogenic diet, but it hadn't happened to me before. It smells and feels like I'm breathing nail varnish remover. Time for some sugar free mints today, I think! I'm told it wont last long and is a sign that my body is finally burning fats rather than carbs. I took the ketostix and they confirmed that I am definitely in Ketosis. Yay!! This is where the sustainable weight loss starts to happen, so I am pretty happy.
Breakfast: Dukan chocolate pancake :)
http://mydukandiet.com/recipes/chocolate-pancake.html
Lunch: Chicken goujons; sausages; calamaris (see below)
Dinner: Ham sandwich made with dukan bread
http://mydukandiet.com/recipes/dukan-diet-bread.html
Had my first challenge today - was invited out to lunch with a wonderful friend. I was worried that there would be nothing on the menu that I could pick without wasting half the meal. Luckily they had a 'Wilthsire tapas' menu. It wasn't perfect (batter on the calamaris; breadcrumbs on the goujons and illegal sausages!) but at least I wasn't wasting half the meal and I ate nearly all of it. Just delicious.
I made the bread from the recipe above for dinner. I added some garlic powder. It was absolutely delicious and I have 3/4 of it left for the next couple of days. I would highly reccomment it if you are following dukan and on cruise. It's not that I miss bread that much (now potatoes is a different matter) but it does help to have some way to make small or quick meals. This would be great for lunches at work too.
Weight loss: 0.6kg
Total loss: 2.8kg
I have exceeded the 2.4kg target for attack, provided when I clicked 'calculate your true weight' button on the website. It gives you a little profile of each phase and projected weightloss. It's good to use as a guideline, but as I said yesterday, taking more advice from the book.
Well I'm finally off attack which means I can eat a little more. I'm really looking forward to being a little more adventurous with recipies on the days when I can eat vegetables (PV days).
Last night I noticed that by breath felt and tasted odd in my mouth. This is a common effect of a ketogenic diet, but it hadn't happened to me before. It smells and feels like I'm breathing nail varnish remover. Time for some sugar free mints today, I think! I'm told it wont last long and is a sign that my body is finally burning fats rather than carbs. I took the ketostix and they confirmed that I am definitely in Ketosis. Yay!! This is where the sustainable weight loss starts to happen, so I am pretty happy.
Breakfast: Dukan chocolate pancake :)
http://mydukandiet.com/recipes/chocolate-pancake.html
Lunch: Chicken goujons; sausages; calamaris (see below)
Dinner: Ham sandwich made with dukan bread
http://mydukandiet.com/recipes/dukan-diet-bread.html
Had my first challenge today - was invited out to lunch with a wonderful friend. I was worried that there would be nothing on the menu that I could pick without wasting half the meal. Luckily they had a 'Wilthsire tapas' menu. It wasn't perfect (batter on the calamaris; breadcrumbs on the goujons and illegal sausages!) but at least I wasn't wasting half the meal and I ate nearly all of it. Just delicious.
I made the bread from the recipe above for dinner. I added some garlic powder. It was absolutely delicious and I have 3/4 of it left for the next couple of days. I would highly reccomment it if you are following dukan and on cruise. It's not that I miss bread that much (now potatoes is a different matter) but it does help to have some way to make small or quick meals. This would be great for lunches at work too.
Thursday, 1 September 2011
1st September 2011 Attack Day 5
Weight loss: 1.2kg
Total weight loss:2.2kg
I didn't finish updating my food list yesterday. I was soooo sick. This didn't happen last time I used Dukan, and I've been feeling queasy for a couple of days, so I'm assuming it's something I ate. I went to bed feeling sorry for myself, missing DH to look after me.
After that and feeling that I can't quite face food as well as I should, I have cheated today.
Breakfast: Oatbran galette (part) and scrambled egg. I only ate a few mouthfulls.
Lunch: Instead of dairlea light with the rest of the galette, I had school dinner: chicken pie; sweetcorn and green beans. I didn't eat the mash potato that was served with it.
Dinner: Prawn curry. Delish.
So I'm not perfect. I've got a lot on my mind at the moment and not really as focused as I should be. I'm also not feeling totally well, so I'm giving myself a break. I just hope I haven't screwed it up too badly.
Desperately hoping I can get back on track tomorrow, I would hate for a stomach bug to throw me off course!
BGs are still doing pretty well. They were high this morning - mainly due to the emergency Jelly Babies that I had to eat after I threw up pretty much everything I'd eaten all day.
I sent DH out to stock up on emergency Rich Tea biscuits so that I can have some on hand if I don't get the carbs/meds balance right!
Total weight loss:2.2kg
I didn't finish updating my food list yesterday. I was soooo sick. This didn't happen last time I used Dukan, and I've been feeling queasy for a couple of days, so I'm assuming it's something I ate. I went to bed feeling sorry for myself, missing DH to look after me.
After that and feeling that I can't quite face food as well as I should, I have cheated today.
Breakfast: Oatbran galette (part) and scrambled egg. I only ate a few mouthfulls.
Lunch: Instead of dairlea light with the rest of the galette, I had school dinner: chicken pie; sweetcorn and green beans. I didn't eat the mash potato that was served with it.
Dinner: Prawn curry. Delish.
So I'm not perfect. I've got a lot on my mind at the moment and not really as focused as I should be. I'm also not feeling totally well, so I'm giving myself a break. I just hope I haven't screwed it up too badly.
Desperately hoping I can get back on track tomorrow, I would hate for a stomach bug to throw me off course!
BGs are still doing pretty well. They were high this morning - mainly due to the emergency Jelly Babies that I had to eat after I threw up pretty much everything I'd eaten all day.
I sent DH out to stock up on emergency Rich Tea biscuits so that I can have some on hand if I don't get the carbs/meds balance right!
Wednesday, 31 August 2011
31st August 2011 Attack Day 4
Weight loss: 0.0kg
Total weight loss: 1.0kg
Breakfast: Egg and bacon
Well, looks like I guessed correctly that Iwouldn't lose any weight yesterday due to the emergency instant whip eating. Never mind.
I truly understand the craziness of weighing yourself every day anyway. It is recommended in Attack phase as it is so damn hard to be so strict with yourself and you NEED to see instant results to keep motivated.
But I'm happy - still have lost 1kg in a matter of days and I know that my body is moving more towards ketosis. I have Ketostix in the bathroom and carefully monitor to make sure that I only allow a positive test result with LOW BGs, otherwise I risk Ketoacidosis, which can be fatal. That's VERY important for any Diabetics reading this to know about. Don't go on a ketogenic diet if your BGs are very high and stay high.
Anyhoo. I know ketosis hasn't kicked in yet, but it will in a few days and then I really will be burning fat as fuel rather than carbs. Looking at the latest research on the 600Kcal diet, reduction of fat around the pancreas will seriously improve insulin resistance, which is a happy thought for all Type 2s, who are taught that they have a progressive disease which will only get worse and worse....
Total weight loss: 1.0kg
Breakfast: Egg and bacon
Well, looks like I guessed correctly that Iwouldn't lose any weight yesterday due to the emergency instant whip eating. Never mind.
I truly understand the craziness of weighing yourself every day anyway. It is recommended in Attack phase as it is so damn hard to be so strict with yourself and you NEED to see instant results to keep motivated.
But I'm happy - still have lost 1kg in a matter of days and I know that my body is moving more towards ketosis. I have Ketostix in the bathroom and carefully monitor to make sure that I only allow a positive test result with LOW BGs, otherwise I risk Ketoacidosis, which can be fatal. That's VERY important for any Diabetics reading this to know about. Don't go on a ketogenic diet if your BGs are very high and stay high.
Anyhoo. I know ketosis hasn't kicked in yet, but it will in a few days and then I really will be burning fat as fuel rather than carbs. Looking at the latest research on the 600Kcal diet, reduction of fat around the pancreas will seriously improve insulin resistance, which is a happy thought for all Type 2s, who are taught that they have a progressive disease which will only get worse and worse....
Tuesday, 30 August 2011
30th August 2011 Attack Day 3
Weight loss: 0.6kg
Total weight loss: 1.0kg
:)
Breakfast: Sweetened galette with bacon.
Lunch: 3 slices beef, 1 crab stick.
Dinner: chicken tikka with cottage cheese.
Well, things have been going well. Still no cravings. Tummy still a little unsettled but not so bad as yesterday.
BGs are really coming down during the day. Got as low as 3.9 in the evening time so I ended up making up some no added sugar instant whip type stuff. Very yummy treat and only 4g carbs per packet (which is supposed to be 4 portions - I ate most of it.....). Going shopping tomorrow to make sure that I've got some emergency biscuits in the house in future but in the meantime, will reduce my medication in the morning.
That means that I'm back on just one Gliclazide per day with my Metformin, as opposed to the four per day that I was on to try to improve BGs. That will please the diabetic team, although I'm not sure that they approve of such an extremely low carb diet. Ah well. I may have to increase the meds again, after Friday, when I start eating vegetables with my protein on the Cruise phase.
I'm pretty sure that these emergency carbs will stop me from losing weight today but hey ho, got to stay safe. Besides, I think at some point it will all even out and I'll lose some extra weight another day.
My Dear Husband (DH) expressed concern that I would lose too much weight and become too thin (he prefers curvy ladies). I reassured him that with more than 5 stone to lose, I don't think there's any danger of taking it too far, JUST yet!
Total weight loss: 1.0kg
:)
Breakfast: Sweetened galette with bacon.
Lunch: 3 slices beef, 1 crab stick.
Dinner: chicken tikka with cottage cheese.
Well, things have been going well. Still no cravings. Tummy still a little unsettled but not so bad as yesterday.
BGs are really coming down during the day. Got as low as 3.9 in the evening time so I ended up making up some no added sugar instant whip type stuff. Very yummy treat and only 4g carbs per packet (which is supposed to be 4 portions - I ate most of it.....). Going shopping tomorrow to make sure that I've got some emergency biscuits in the house in future but in the meantime, will reduce my medication in the morning.
That means that I'm back on just one Gliclazide per day with my Metformin, as opposed to the four per day that I was on to try to improve BGs. That will please the diabetic team, although I'm not sure that they approve of such an extremely low carb diet. Ah well. I may have to increase the meds again, after Friday, when I start eating vegetables with my protein on the Cruise phase.
I'm pretty sure that these emergency carbs will stop me from losing weight today but hey ho, got to stay safe. Besides, I think at some point it will all even out and I'll lose some extra weight another day.
My Dear Husband (DH) expressed concern that I would lose too much weight and become too thin (he prefers curvy ladies). I reassured him that with more than 5 stone to lose, I don't think there's any danger of taking it too far, JUST yet!
29th August 2011 Day 2 Attack
Weight loss: 0.4kg
Amazing, considering yesterday's epic fail at dinner time....
Breakfast: a Dukan galette with smoked mackerel and cottage cheese
Lunch: Bunless burger
Dinner: Chicken and 2 chips.
Evening snack: 2 crab sticks.
Let me explain. Stayed at mum and dad's for dinner and dad offerred to go to the chip shop to buy dinners. Usually this is a real treat. I ended up just having their southern fried chicken which was a cheat as it was fried and breaded. And 2 of Craig's chips. But at least I didn't have a portion of chips, so that made me happy. And full up.
I had been suffering all day with the temporary after effects of starting on the oat bran, used in the galette. Let's just say, many toilet visits. It goes away after a couple of days and I know it's essential to eat the oat bran in the attack phase for fibre.
No cravings today. A little bit of a head ache but am drinking lots of water - well over 2 l.
My BG levels are AMAZING. I even got down to 4.9 today. The fasting levels in the morning are still higher than the required 5.5 at around 9, but they are at least an improvement on 16.6 of previous weeks - and I feel SO much better.
I'm being careful to keep measuring my BG and have permission from the healthcare peeps to adjust my medication accordingly.
Amazing, considering yesterday's epic fail at dinner time....
Breakfast: a Dukan galette with smoked mackerel and cottage cheese
Lunch: Bunless burger
Dinner: Chicken and 2 chips.
Evening snack: 2 crab sticks.
Let me explain. Stayed at mum and dad's for dinner and dad offerred to go to the chip shop to buy dinners. Usually this is a real treat. I ended up just having their southern fried chicken which was a cheat as it was fried and breaded. And 2 of Craig's chips. But at least I didn't have a portion of chips, so that made me happy. And full up.
I had been suffering all day with the temporary after effects of starting on the oat bran, used in the galette. Let's just say, many toilet visits. It goes away after a couple of days and I know it's essential to eat the oat bran in the attack phase for fibre.
No cravings today. A little bit of a head ache but am drinking lots of water - well over 2 l.
My BG levels are AMAZING. I even got down to 4.9 today. The fasting levels in the morning are still higher than the required 5.5 at around 9, but they are at least an improvement on 16.6 of previous weeks - and I feel SO much better.
I'm being careful to keep measuring my BG and have permission from the healthcare peeps to adjust my medication accordingly.
28th August 2011 Another day, another diet.
Excerpt from my diary:
Well, to be fair, an awful lot has happened since the last time I wrote in my diary or blogged and I'm only half a stone heavier than I was then.
Let's see, I met a wonderful man, had a baby and got married. I have had possibly THE worst two years of my entire career and am pretty chuffed that (a) I'm still sane and (b) 4 months after the baby arrived, I'm only half a stone heavier than I was before I was pregnant.
Today is the day I re-start the Dukan diet. I've tried it before and was quite sucessfull. It's hard to stay on it long term as it can be quite anti social, I suppose, but worth persevering with. I'm a type 2 diabetic and it worked wonders on controlling my blood glucose (BG) levels, which is why I'm trying it again. Throughout my pregnancy I was allowed to take insulin, so had amazing BG control and have been taken off it since - so my BGs were all over the place and I felt truly rotten. In fact, I contacted my nurse and literally BEGGED to be given something to help get them down normal levels for my wedding day.
I couldn't cut out carbs until I had done with breastfeeding and was back on more of an even keel in terms of sleepless nights, so waited and waited and waited to start Dukan. It turns out that some of the fatigue I felt was in fact due to postpartum cardio myopathy. A rare heart condition brought on by breastfeeding hormones. The consultant kept saying "recovering from" often and I knew that it must be something noteworthy. In it's worst case, women with PPCM can be given only 4-7 years to live so I am very lucky to be not one of those women!
Knowing that you've had such a lucky escape certainly does bring the reality of life and all it's trials sharply back into focus. SO time to seriously attack weight loss and getting BG sorted out.
My long term goals: get to HBA1c of 6% or less ( it was 7.8 last blood test, has been higher since) and lose 66kg. Yes, I really do need to lose that much weight to get to a healthy weight.
So I got onto the Dukan site and it tells me that I need to do 6 days on Attack phase. Today is Day 1.
Breafast: Scrambled egg with bacon (bacon is a cheat, using up what's left in the fridge...)
Lunch: Chicken and cottage cheese
Dinner: EPIC FAIL - Dinner at mum and dad's - Lamb with veg, roast potatoes and pudding, apple crumble with ice cream.
Not the most sucessful start.... I should have shared with them that I was dieting..
Well, to be fair, an awful lot has happened since the last time I wrote in my diary or blogged and I'm only half a stone heavier than I was then.
Let's see, I met a wonderful man, had a baby and got married. I have had possibly THE worst two years of my entire career and am pretty chuffed that (a) I'm still sane and (b) 4 months after the baby arrived, I'm only half a stone heavier than I was before I was pregnant.
Today is the day I re-start the Dukan diet. I've tried it before and was quite sucessfull. It's hard to stay on it long term as it can be quite anti social, I suppose, but worth persevering with. I'm a type 2 diabetic and it worked wonders on controlling my blood glucose (BG) levels, which is why I'm trying it again. Throughout my pregnancy I was allowed to take insulin, so had amazing BG control and have been taken off it since - so my BGs were all over the place and I felt truly rotten. In fact, I contacted my nurse and literally BEGGED to be given something to help get them down normal levels for my wedding day.
I couldn't cut out carbs until I had done with breastfeeding and was back on more of an even keel in terms of sleepless nights, so waited and waited and waited to start Dukan. It turns out that some of the fatigue I felt was in fact due to postpartum cardio myopathy. A rare heart condition brought on by breastfeeding hormones. The consultant kept saying "recovering from" often and I knew that it must be something noteworthy. In it's worst case, women with PPCM can be given only 4-7 years to live so I am very lucky to be not one of those women!
Knowing that you've had such a lucky escape certainly does bring the reality of life and all it's trials sharply back into focus. SO time to seriously attack weight loss and getting BG sorted out.
My long term goals: get to HBA1c of 6% or less ( it was 7.8 last blood test, has been higher since) and lose 66kg. Yes, I really do need to lose that much weight to get to a healthy weight.
So I got onto the Dukan site and it tells me that I need to do 6 days on Attack phase. Today is Day 1.
Breafast: Scrambled egg with bacon (bacon is a cheat, using up what's left in the fridge...)
Lunch: Chicken and cottage cheese
Dinner: EPIC FAIL - Dinner at mum and dad's - Lamb with veg, roast potatoes and pudding, apple crumble with ice cream.
Not the most sucessful start.... I should have shared with them that I was dieting..
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