First Post

On July 11th, 2011 I embarked on a journey of weight loss accompanied by my some of my family. It all happened by accident really, we found pictures of Kate Middleton during the "freshmen 15" days. Which led to discovering what she did to shed those extra pounds. The Dukan Diet, therefore, became a part of my life (peculiarly, during a vacation. Which rendered us all unable to enjoy the seasonal delights orchards have to offer)

Now it is August, we are all four weeks in, and I am just starting a blog to capture my day to day changes.

So, let's begin shall we?

Weight at start: 154 pd
Height: 5"3
Goal weight: 119 pd
Attack Phase length: 5 days

The Attack phase was spectacularly difficult! We had just had a big double birthday bash the day before and all over were the delicious leftovers; chocolate cake, cookies, peanut and marshmallow squares, nectarines, peaches, grapes. All of them staring me in the face, beckoning to me. "Eat me, Jessica. Eat me!"
Mmm...
I never realised how quickly one could become sick of chicken. By the end of the attack phase, I was desperate just to have a different texture on my tongue. The Cruise phase was a welcome relief.
But the effort was worth it! When the attack phase ended I weighed in at: 148. That was right on target for 5 pounds lost in five days. My father lost more, 8 pounds on the first day (fortunately, the injustice of mens metabolism is not the subject of this blog).

The Cruise phase has been really great, alternating is no big deal. We have been feasting on smoked salmon benedicts every morning! Of course this is altered to fit within the constraints of the diet. We use Dukan's galette recipe to substitute the muffins and instead of hollandaise we made a sauce of Fat free greek yogurt, dijon, and lemon juice. It's all topped with a couple of capers and voila! A gourmet diet friendly breakfast!

I try to incorporate as much asparagus as is possible in my diet. Apparently it's a diuretic, so the weight loss is happily consistent and weight myself in the same clothes, within the same hour, after the same morning activities everyday.

For excersize I do my job of serving. So I am walking four and a half maybe even 6 hours more then Dukan strictly reccomends.

And now that we are all caught up...

Weight 142.2
Cruise phase: Day 28/80