Protal Me http://protal.me The Dukan/Protal diet & me Mon, 31 May 2010 15:28:31 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 en hourly 1 2 weeks of dieting http://protal.me/2010/05/31/2-weeks-of-dieting/ http://protal.me/2010/05/31/2-weeks-of-dieting/#comments Mon, 31 May 2010 15:28:31 +0000 ProtalMe http://protal.me/2010/05/31/2-weeks-of-dieting/ A visit from my parents promted two weeks of solid dieting – my father joined the dukan diet and it was nice to have everyone eat the same things.

Managed to shift 2.5kg in those two weeks. Considering my longterm and recent health issues it is actually a good result. And this is something that I struggle with – accepting the fact that I’m not loosing the weight as fast as I would like. However slowly I’m starting to be more happy with this slow but steady success.

]]> http://protal.me/2010/05/31/2-weeks-of-dieting/feed/ 1 One of the good days http://protal.me/2010/04/27/one-of-the-good-days/ http://protal.me/2010/04/27/one-of-the-good-days/#comments Tue, 27 Apr 2010 20:15:03 +0000 ProtalMe http://protal.me/2010/04/27/one-of-the-good-days/ Still being a bit flakey with the eating habits. But a good day basically gets rewarded with 0.6kg less. Very motivating if only didn’t have so much stresfull things going on at the moment. But things should stabilize soon.

Breakfast:
Ham and cream cheese (5% philadelphia) dukan sandwitch (dukan bread from oatbran, really easy to make)
Kefir (0% dairy drink)

Lunch:
Grilled chicken breast and pastrami

Dinner:
Chicken curry

]]> http://protal.me/2010/04/27/one-of-the-good-days/feed/ 0 Busy week http://protal.me/2010/04/22/busy-week/ http://protal.me/2010/04/22/busy-week/#comments Thu, 22 Apr 2010 23:16:55 +0000 ProtalMe http://protal.me/2010/04/22/busy-week/ Last week has been a bit up and down, still managed to go down by 1kg though.

Decided to try 1/1 for a week to see if it might be easier to stick to, especially as I qualify under the female with hormonal problems category ;)

Today I had
- oat bran muffins
- roast chicken leftovers
- fried chicken leftovers with mushrooms and peppers and onions
- diet coke, tea & water

I found that roasted (well, cooked in the oven) whole chicken is a great dish and can save you some money too. You can first have the roast chicken, then you can use the bones for soup, and the leftover meat can be used for 1-3 more meals (and that’s two people eating…) depending on the corpus size.

These leftover bits work great as a diet stir fry with veggies or filling for oat bran pancakes.

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On the plus side despite eating whatever I fancied in the last couple of month I haven’t gained much weight from the point where I stopped dieting. In fact most of my weight gain happened in the last couple of weeks when I was taking steroids for medical reasons. It’s a good thing to see, as it gives me hope that once I finish the Dukan program it looks like the weight should not bounce back.

One thing I’m not sure about is whether I’ll be doing daily or weekly updates here. Depends on how much time I’ll have to spare on a daily basis.

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Food

Ham slicesHam for breakfast

Chicken breast with fajita spicesLunch -  chicken breast fried with fajita spices.

Chocolate bran muffinsDiet muffins! Check out the recipe for these really nice chocolate bran muffins.

Chicken byrianiChicken breast with byriani spices.

Activity

9276 steps

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Sugar free gum

Sugar free gum

Lunch

Babybells and grilled chicken breast piecesBabybells and some grilled chicken breats pieces.

More gum.

Dinner

Leftover chicken from yesterday.

Steak

Desert

Mini-bran-cheesecakes.

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Soft cheese & hamSoft cheese & ham

Lunch

Chargrilled chicken breast chunks

Dinner

Fajita spiced chicken breast

(I swear I took a photo – but it is nowhere to be found, the phone must have ate it…)

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Chicken brest fried with fajita spices

Snack

Oat bran biscuits

Bran cookies

Lunch

Scrambled eggs with a bit of sausage

Dinner

Beef stew

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No matter how muc you know about the diet. Doesn’t matter that you know it works, getting back after a break was really hard. Adhering to the schedule and denying yourself the little treats. However updates are coming and I’m behaving well again.

]]> http://protal.me/2010/01/18/day-99-updates-restored/feed/ 3 Christmas break http://protal.me/2009/12/23/christmas-break/ http://protal.me/2009/12/23/christmas-break/#comments Wed, 23 Dec 2009 11:11:58 +0000 ProtalMe http://protal.me/?p=259 Well what can I say. Holidays do not help keeping a diet. So any updates will be back after Christmas. I’m trying not to stray too much from the diet rules but there is no point pretending I’m properly abiding them…

Anyway, whether you are being a brave and strong diet soldier and you are keeping the diet over the Holidays or you are giving yourself a little break Merry Christmas to everyone!

]]> http://protal.me/2009/12/23/christmas-break/feed/ 5 Dukan Diet – Day 64, protain phase http://protal.me/2009/12/14/dukan-diet-day-64-protain-phase/ http://protal.me/2009/12/14/dukan-diet-day-64-protain-phase/#comments Mon, 14 Dec 2009 23:07:31 +0000 ProtalMe http://protal.me/?p=255 Breakfast

Ham slices

Ham slices

Lunch

Chargrilled chicken breast chunks

Chargrilled chicken breast

Dinner

Roasted chicken thighs with paprika spice and tiny bit of onion

Desert

Oat bran biscuits

Oat bran biscuits

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Very low food day. Work is horribly busy and watching CSI till late does not help my breakfast habits…

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