159.0

Exercise: Walked to/from kids' school (a measly 6 blocks)

I ate:
Iced coffee w/Truvia & skim milk
1 bite of a cranberry white chocolate chip cookie (WOW)
1 cup Kashi Go Lean Crunch hi-protein cereal
Vanilla soy milk
Caesar salad w/croutons
Italian beef w/Hawaiian rolls
Apple
3.5 T chocolate peanut butter (lost control - finished it off!)
Blackberries, raspberries & strawberries (my fab nephew keeps rinsing and serving the berries, making it very easy to eat them!!)

I really like Truvia! It's probably not as good for you as stevia, but its consistency is like real sugar. That's really important when it comes to things like cereal. I should probably just use stevia in my coffee though, since I like the taste and I'm just dissolving it. I wonder if you can bake with Truvia?

I was able to resist Husband's cookies last night!! Yay!! But this morning he was mourning the fact that I couldn't at least taste the delicious, new flavor (cranberry white chocolate chip) - so I had one (rather large) bite. He was right - they ARE fabulous!! Jewel has some goooood cookies.

I had gluten in all 3 meals today & I think it made me sick. I've got to try to avoid it tomorrow!

Day 7 - Sweet Apple BBQ Grillburger?! Whaaaat???

Weight: 163
Exercise: None. :( but I parked really far away from the stores when I went shopping. :)

I ate:
2 fried eggs
2 pieces sourdough toast w/spray butter
Iced coffee w/stevia & skim milk
Side salad w/Lite Italian
Sweet Apple BBQ Grillburger wo cheese (from DQ)
Diet Vanilla Pepsi
Lotsa water
Pork tenderloin
Potatoes
Cooked carrots
Fresca

I'm traveling so I'm eating worse than usual. But I'm still trying to be good! I got a side salad instead of fries!

I'm really annoyed that I gained again. What???? Now I'm only down 2# instead of 5. :(

I'm off Dukan bc I can't have dairy. Hoping to still lose. We'll see!

Diet Starts TOMORROW!

Weight: 164(!)
Exercise: Officially: None (Unofficially: Walked around school carnival w baby in Bjorn)

We start tomorrow! I gained weight today. Ugh. I hope this will be the last of THAT!

I was reading Dukan's book (The Dukan Diet) yesterday and I found a couple of quotes I really liked:

"...what overweight people most hate and simply cannot do is decide for themselves when and how they are going to deprive themselves of food."

"For big eaters, the very idea of having to ration their happiness [i.e., food] is preposterous."

We always say we're turning over a new leaf, but how quickly we go back to our old habits without some structure. Often the very same day!!

I've been in a carb rut lately. Cereal (one of my all-time favorite foods), pita chips (LOVE!), regular chips (My 8-yo got mad at me for finishing off the bag yesterday. My defense: "I LOST CONTROL!"). Partly bc I'm nursing and the baby can't tolerate a lot of foods, like dairy and a lot of vegetables. But I'm going to try to reintroduce a little of each thru the diet. She's 3 months now -- maybe she's ready for it!

10:20 pm Just went to my 3rd grocery store. Think I'm finally ready. Couldn't resist some treats tho!

Actually Reading the Book. Starting Saturday!

Weight: 162.0
Exercise: Walked 40 min.

Husband & I are starting Dukan on Saturday! I read that people always start on Mondays and that you should pick a different day bc Mondays suck already. We picked Saturday bc it's a holiday weekend so that'll give us 3 days at home/together to establish some habits. H is especially worried about sticking to the rules at work. He hates bringing his lunch and needs an outing midday.

A friend loaned me the book (The Dukan Diet by Dr. Pierre Dukan), so I'll start reading it today. I think learning the physiology / reasoning behind the plan will help motivate me. I'll share the highlights as I learn.

Later!

Procrastinating the Diet Start Date?

Weight: 161.2
Exercise: Walked 20 min.

My weight is fluctuating bw 161-163. Right now I'm a size 10. Can't wait to wear an 8 and maybe someday a 6 again!!

I still haven't started the diet, but I walked 20 minutes today. I also had my iced coffee without milk...thought I was going to have to get used to that, but then I realized I can have skim milk! Hey -- better than nothing! And I use Stevia in the Raw as a sweetener, so that's a change I won't have to make. Whoopee!