FED UP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 My Mum used to say to me "if you havent got anything nice to say, dont say anything at all". So this will be a quick one! I cant even muster a LOL.

Weight - SAME.

Sorry guys, Im just fed up! Im trying to work on my motivation, somedays its easier than others!

These are some pics of yesterdays dinner, there is
more veg than I would normally have but it had to be used up. I had been dying to try the bolognaise with
courgette ribbon "pasta" for ages now, it was
delicious, definitely a recipe I will do again. Tim and
Amilee loved the bolognaise too which was a score!

I think I may have to do a few days of Attack! What does everyone think? Good idea? I just get worried about doing too may PP days as I don't want them to lose their effectiveness.

As a side thought, I dont think Im in ketosis / strong ketosis much, for some reason my body doesnt like it! Even during my Lighter Life diet, a protein powders diet, I was only in very mild ketosis each week when I was tested.

Hope everyone's having a good day xoxo

DAY 149 P&V - Not a happy bunny!

Weight back up again to Day 147's weight!!!!! 14ST 8LLBS / 204LLBS. Gain .75llb.

Its my own stupid fault, I obviously didnt drink enough yesterday and had smoked salmon (very high sodium) STUPID STUPID STUPID. You would think by now I should know better. I just find it so hard to get a balance between dieting and living life, I mean I still drank over 6 litres of fluid. I definitely know water is my reason for success on this diet but in a way I've set myself up for a fall by drinking too much too soon, so now my body expects lots and lots of the stuff.

Yeaterday I took my little girl out for the morning, we had a lovely walk, fed some ducks, she splashed in puddles, it was lovely, my problem is - NO TOILETS open yet! Since being pregnant / having Amilee, my bladder is terrible, I cant go long without needing the loo. What can you do, stay at home all day so that you're near a toilet???? Its so frustrating......

Its only .75llb but its really got to me! Its funny how the little things can really throw you off balance when dieting, I'm TRYING to just forget it and do better today!

Hope everyone is having a good day xoxo

Day 148 PP Sharing my loss! (In a good way....)

Weigh In - 14 stone 7.25llbs / 203.25llbs / 92.19kgs.

I'll write a longer post later, got quite a bit to get done today. Woohoo - a loss 2 days in a row!

Hope everyone is having a good day xoxo

Day 146 PP / 147 P&V

Day 146 - weight SAME.
Day 147 - 14 stone 8llbs / 204llbs / 92.53kgs.

Quick check in because I'm exhausted. Tim and Ami have got a virus, no sleep again. Nice to see some movement on scales. I've got 3llbs to lose by Saturday if I am to reach my goal! Touch ambitious, but I knew that when I set the goal. I shouldn't be far off meeting it anyway.

On a positive note, I realised the other day that I have only got to lose 23.16llbs to be at my True Weight - how awesome is that!!!!! I forget sometimes how far I have come, I still think that it should be a distant future thing, but it's not!!! Cant wait to be under 200llbs, this whole 200llb thing is getting boring. LOL.

Thanks again to everyone who reads and comments on my blog, I really appreciate it. I love reading all your blogs, there are some great successes being achieved out in the bloggersphere!!!

Big congrats to Moonday on meeting her next goal and Sandi for being able to cope with unbelieveable challenges whilst sticking, as always, to the Dukan lifestyle.

Hope everyone else is having a great day! xoxo

Day 143 PP / 144 PP / 145 PV - New game plan!

Day 143 - weight same (25 min walk / weights / stretches).
Day 144 - lost 1llb - 14 stone 9.5llbs / 205.5llbs / 93.21kgs. (weights / stretches).
Day 145 - lost 0.75llbs - 14 stone 8.75llbs / 204.75llbs / 92.87kgs. (30 min walk).

Sorry for not posting sooner, its been a hard couple of days, its difficult sometimes to know what to write when YOU dont know what you're feeling!

Quite a few bloggers seem to be having issues with plateau's at the moment, so I'm not alone, and although my weight loss turned out to be Ok for last week, most days I have been staying the same on the scales, with little movements here and there, I still have a long way to go, so this can be quite frightening.
I have been spoilt with my weight losses until now. Oh yes, I have put in the hard work, but my body has also been very kind to me. I dont want it to start being mean now so I feel I need to shake things up a little. Time for a new game plan!!!!

• For the next few weeks, each week I will do 4PP days and 3P&V days.
• I wont eat soups but instead serve vegetables as a side. (Harder to assess how much veg you are eating when its a bowl of soup - plate should be 2/3 protein - 1/3 veg.)
• Walk at least 5 days of the week, more if possible.
• Weights / Stretches cycle - 3 days on / 1 day off.
• Remember to take vitamins regularly - now taking Vit B Complex, selenium, Vits A / C / E and a Calcium / Vit D complex.
• Eat more EGGS / VINEGAR / RAW VEG / ONIONS - all things that seem to help my weight loss.
• Eat good size meals and avoid too much snacking.
• Make sure I have tolerated items, strange I know, but my body responds well to them and they seem to help my losses. Sometimes I get too caught up with the strict rules and I think my body objects to this!

I also realised last week I had been eating cherry f/f fruit yoghurts, I normally eat peach activia yoghurts but I only had cherry left! DOH!!! What fruits does Dukan say to avoid - cherries / bananas /  grapes! That will not be happening again.

I felt really hungry on Thursday / Friday, not sure if this was because of starting the exercise / sign of PMS or both! I did up my food intake, but managed to reign myself in and start formulating the above plan on Saturday, this really helped to calm me down and focus again.

Hope everyone else is doing great! xoxo

Day 142

Exercise 1st March 2012

Cross Trainer 35.31 minutes (including 5 mins cool down) 2.3kms / 1.43 miles. Calories burned - 70.6.

Will do weights later - went on cross trainer after lunch as I'll be out this evening.

As you can guess I replaced the batteries in my cross trainer! I can see how it can become addictive measuring your progress. It was great, much less boring when you can try and better yourself, go faster, burn more calories, cover more distance.
My speed ranged from 3.6km / 7.9km (fastest was only on 2 occasions for 10 seconds ish!) I'm assuming its km per hour???? Don't really work in km's myself. Average 3.7 - 4.5.

I've only been using this for 3 days now and its amazing the progress you can make, I was able to keep going pretty much constantly and push myself right to the 30 minute mark. The past 2 days, by the time I got to 15 - 20 minutes I was getting really tired. AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!

CALORIES BURNED 70.6 - HILARIOUS!!!!! This is less than a bag of crisps, maybe the same as one biscuit! CRAZY. I used to go through a whole pack of cookies and family size bag of crisps (not at same time LOL, I was slightly restrained!!!!) It definitely makes you appreciate the amount of food you actually need, thats for sure. Is a biscuit worth such a workout - its debatable!!!!

Day 142 (P&V)

Weight SAME

Exercises 29.2.2012
33 minutes on cross trainer.

Wall push ups 15 x 2
Overheads 15
Dukan Arm exercises 15
Waist twists 100 (50 each side)

I found the weight exercises easier yesterday, those dukan arm exercises (from Dukan Diet Book) are killers! I cant wait to get back to walking, I do find the cross trainer a bit boring, although I found I could keep going at a better pace for longer and I didnt have to take so many breaks last night, which was progress, especially only after one day!

Jamie made a point that the waist twists aren't very good for your spine, I will keep doing them until I find some alternatives. If anyone has any ideas, please let me know. (They are designed to trim down your waist, stretching all your muscles down the sides of your trunk.)

Reminder to self - drink when exercising and after! Although I drank a fair bit yesterday I forgot to drink whilst on cross trainer and didnt have much afterwards and I think this has left me de-hydrated this morning. Im trying to balance not drinking too much with starting exercise and I dont think I have got the balance quite right yet.

Hope everyone has a great day xoxo