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Woohoo! 10lbs lost so far!!!! Even though I cheated a little bit yesterday (added some dark chocolate to my oat bran, had a tablespoon of ice cream), the pounds I'd been holding on to for a couple days finally came off! Which marks 10lbs from my starting point, and about 5-6 lbs from when I 'officially' started the dukan diet one week ago.
That also means I'm only 5lbs away from my goal for June 22, when I go on vacation. I think I can lose more than 5 lbs in the next month, so I'm excited to see what I can actually reach in that time frame. Once I hit 145, I will no longer be "overweight" according to my BMI, so I'm hoping to get as close to there as possible (maybe 150?) by vacation.
Oh man I can't even explain how excited I am to see those 10lbs gone! I wish I knew how to make my ticker reflect my true starting weight - it got lost when I switched diets. But it doesn't really matter because I know I was hovering at 170 for months and months despite dramatically increasing my exercise levels earlier this year. I'm glad to see my persistant efforts finally paying off!!
This weekend will be a test, though. I'll be visiting my family for the weekend, and my typical day with them looks like this: 1) sleep late 2) sit by the lake and drink 3) eat delicious food 4) build a fire by the lake at night and drink some more.
I haven't had any alcohol in over a week and a half, which I think accounts for a lot of my weight loss - beer packs a punch of calories. But having a beer by the lake is just what we do on holiday weekends.
Oh well. I won't have too much trouble keeping up with strict food aspects of Dukan, because my mom is on a similar diet - low/no carb. She has lost 20lbs since September doing this! I told her about Gary Taubes' work and she went on a temporary 2 week test of no-carb, and lost 5 lbs. So she stuck with it (allowing for once in a while splurges) and has done awesomely well. She lost 2 pants sizes so far (16 to 12) and that is super awesome - I can't remember the last time her weight went down.
Hmm yeah, super long rambling post, but if you can't tell, I'M SUPER EXCITED!!!! :) :)
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