Deborah

Another protein day.  Coffee, eggs and chicken for breakfast.  Oat bran pancake for lunch.  Roasted chicken for dinner.

Went to the beach today and walked in the wet sand for an hour.  Felt really good.

Deborah on Dukan

Today I had to go on another interview for a job I was over qualified for.  Which only means I have a slim chance of getting it.  This adds to my frustration.  And we have established that I am an emotional eater from the past.  I did not have time to eat breakfast so I had a large mug of black coffee.  At noon, when I returned, I had cottage cheese, oat bran and a diet coke.   My legs were really sore from jogging yesterday so I decided to give exercise a rest today.  I thought about starting my next painting but didn't.  I thought about cleaning the house but didn't.  I am always a little let down after interviews because they question you for hours, usually 3 separate people, and then they tell you they will get back with you in 2 weeks or so.  So I had a tumbler of ice tea.  At 4pm I was starving so I heated up a chicken breast and gobbled that down.  Then at 5pm I boiled some shrimp and broiled a small salmon filet.  Had a tumbler of water.  I still feel hungry but know that I cannot be.  I just ate a bunch of chicken, shrimp and salmon!  So I am going to sit here and try to separate my feelings of frustration from my feelings of hunger.  Please wish me luck.

Deborah - Thoughts on Dieting

Well, when we choose to go on diets (no matter what kind of diet it is, simple calorie counting, the Dukan diet, joining a Weight-Watchers club, the Atkins or only drinking hot water and molasses and cayenne pepper) we have mixed feelings. There is some relief that we’re finally doing something about losing the weight we’ve been worrying about. There is excitement at the thought of losing weight. But there is also fear that the diet plan may not work and all our efforts will be for nothing. Or that we will not be able to stick it out until the end. Finally, there is dread or even sadness, at the thought of not being able to enjoy the foods, treats and snacks we’re used to eating and comforting ourselves with.


Most people will take these separate emotions (relief, excitement, fear, dread and sadness) and decide whether or not they are looking forward (or not) to being on their diet and what this experience will be like.

I’ve always, from the first post on this Dukan diet dairy to this post, maintained that if your diet solution is making you miserable, or if your weight suddenly isn’t the most important thing in your life, then make a change. I’ve met enough wonderful and beautiful people who are, what our Society calls, overweight, whom I’ve respected and valued that I know for sure that size and shape matters little when it comes to assessing a person’s worth. I’ve also met people for whom their weight and shape makes them miserable and they want to change.

For the people who want to change… and only to them and for the sole reason that they want to change, I recommend the Dukan diet. Why? Because, it is the quickest, easiest and most life-changing weight loss solution I have ever experienced.

Deborah

I don't know why I am stating my name, it appears I am the only one blogging anymore.
This weekend I enjoyed vegetables with my protein for dinner.  And a little bad carbs like a handful of tortilla chips and baked potatoe with butter and cheese.  But I am back to full protein days now.
My Reiki circle told me I was "crooked".   Leaning to the right.  And that I had new muscles growing in my legs.  That must be due to the jogging I have been doing.  I can almost jog all the way around a huge field the size of 2 football fields. 

I am having pork chops and sunny side up eggs for dinner.    Yummy! 

Deborah

Tomorrow I am going over to participate in a Reiki Circle which should really relax me and give me lots of energy at the same time!  Taking my singing bowl with me.  So I plan on having my staple coffee, ham and eggs in the morning and then oat bran pancakes for lunch before I leave.  Or, if I am still full from breakfast (which I usually am) I might take a container of cottage cheese with me to eat later.  Fill up a water bottle with ice tea and I should be set until dinner.  Dinner may be pork chops.  I think I'll let Bob polish off the fajitas by himself.

I have decided to enter my paintings in the Taste of San Pedro. http://www.tasteinsanpedro.com/  So I need to get busy and paint!  I want to paint  separate paintings of Jack and Gypsy and take the Ricki painting.  Maybe I can get some interest in painting pet portraits!  I think I will also take my collages with me.  It only costs $10 to participate.  If you sell something though, you have to give 30% to the Chamber of Commerce.  Bob is all gung hoe on networking and believes I will find a job by talking to drunks walking through the art booth.  Well, truth is, I have not tried that yet!

Deborah

Today I had a high protein breakfast and lunch but decided to have fajitas with Bob for dinner.  Peppers, onions, guacamole, chips, beans, cheese and margaritas.

It was delicious.  I will get back on track tomorrow  At least my recovery time is getting shorter!

Deborah - Day 5 of 10

Now that I have my head back in the game, I have gotten back down to my ticker tape weight.  So, now I can concentrate on going forward instead of just catching up.   So I have 5 more days of pure protein which will land me 5 lbs less than I am now.  If you count 50 pounds in 5 months, I will have lost 12 pounds during the months of May and June (and they were really hard pounds to lose with my emotional eating).  13 pounds in July.  13 pounds in August and 13 pounds in September which will bring me back to the original 50 pounds in 5 months!
AWESOME!  You can DO it!
Breakfast - coffee, ham, eggs
Lunch - cottage cheese
Dinner - pork chops


  

Deborah - Day 4 of 10

I actually ate the same thing Wednesday as I did Monday and Tuesday. Exactly the same thing.  Coffee, ham & eggs, cottage cheese and steak.But Bob and I went to the taping of So You Think You Can Dance and didn't have time to eat anything but leftovers.  Thank god for leftover steak!I've lost 3 lbs.  Now don't get too excited!  It is the same 3 lbs I lost last month.

Today I am having black coffee, ham & eggs for breakfast.  Cottage Cheese for lunch and Broiled Chicken Breast for dinner.  Yum, Yum!

Deborah

breakfast - black coffee, ham and eggs
lunch - cottage cheese
dinner - steak

again.

Deborah

Monday - the best day in dieting...cause you KNOW you can stick to it for this one day (Monday). 

Breakfast - black coffee, ham and eggs
Lunch - cottage cheese
Dinner - steak

Walking out the door now to go for a 2 hour walk/jog.  When I come back I will be so thirsty I will drink 2 tumblers of ice tea!

Charlotte - June 20

OK, so I blew the weekend with hamburgers, fries and fried chicken......   The good news is I did not gain any weight.  So today I am back on track with:
Breakfast:  Coffee
Lunch: 
Dinner:

Deborah - June 19, 2011

Times getting short.  Have to lose 10 pounds this month and only 11 days left.  So I am starting pure protein Attack Phase Dukan Diet tomorrow. Which only leaves 10 days.  10 days - 10 pounds.  I don't know why I am messing around here.  I will also start back walking/jogging.  I haven't been out in 3 days.  I actually think the June 15th eclipse kicked my butt.  But that's over now.  Enough with the depression.  Enough with the procrastination.  Enough with the defeatist attitude.

GIVE ME STRENGTH!   CAUSE I AM POWERING ON THROUGH THESE DARK DAYS!

Debbie Downer is Back

People who struggle with their weight are often prone to "emotional eating", consuming food as a response to mental triggers rather than physical hunger. Often, dieters fail to lose weight not because their diet plan itself is flawed, but because they are knocked off course by feeling stressed, tired, upset or bored.

Usually I get to this point and say, what the hell?  I can eat whatever I want (mexican food included) and weigh the same thing.  So what is the point?  I guess the point is to lose weight.  So I will try to make it past these minds games and actually stay on a diet for a couple of months.  It is going to be very hard judging by this first month.

Deborah

Best Intentions
well, between my sister maybe getting fired, Bob and I being unemployable, John and Jason getting laid off with 8 children and Susan's mother in ICU I just really didn't give a crap about my diet today.

I had 3 margaritas and 3 red wines and ham and smothered potatoes for dinner.  I still need more medicating to get through the night.

CHARLOTTE - DAY JUNE 15

Wednesday AM coffee
Wednesday Noon coffee

I know I am slow.  I have not been sticking to my diet but then again I have not been blowing it too much except for last night when I decided I had eaten so good the last couple of days that I should be allowed to have a Starbucks, what a mistake that was!  So innocent looking, So deadly.

JUNE 12
Sunday AM  yogurt with coffee
Sunday PM  small steak with green salad
JUNE 13
Monday AM  coffee and protein toast
Monday Noon  Green Salad and coffee
Monday PM  Grilled Salmon with water
JUNE 14
Tuesday AM  coffee with protein toast
Tuesday Noon  chicken pieces with water
Tuesday PM  Large green salad with brussel sprouts and ground beef topping, water
  then I went to Starbucks and got a Mocha Coconut Frappacino  (now there is no coffee in this drink, I think it is pure sugar as I was on a buzz until 2AM in the morning)  Don't do it!  It is poison I am sure!

Deborah - Day 3 Scarsdale

I was looking at our schedule 50 pounds in 5 months and it is STILL DO-ABLE!  June, July, August, September.  40 pounds with the 8 already lost is pretty close.  But will have to "really" stick to it! 

Last night I was so hungry while I was cooking that I ate a pork chop left over from last week.  It didn't seem to upset the chemistry of the diet too much but I will have to stop that.

Wednesday
Breakfast - black coffee, dry toast, grapefruit juice
Lunch - fresh lettuce, cucumber, tomatoe, bell pepper salad topped with leftover Sockeye Salmon
Dinner - Lamb kebobs with salad of lettuce, tomatoe, cucumber and celery

I found these packets of lamb stew meat at the grocery store that is perfect for 2 servings. Me & Bob.
Its really foggy and wet outside so I don't know if I am going walking.  May have to do the stairs!

Deborah Day 2 Scarsdale

Breakfast - black coffee, dry toast, grapefruit juice
Lunch - fruit salad (watermelon, banana, strawberries, tangerine)
Dinner -Plenty of broiled, lean hamburger.  Tomatoes, lettuce, celery, olives (4), cucumbers and/or Brussels sprouts, ice tea

I know by checking the Diet Link that watermelon and bananas are higher in sugar and carbs than strawberries and tangerines but that's what I have at home so I am going to eat it rather than watch them rot and throw them away.

Today is actually my favorite dinner.  I don't know why but the combination really tastes good!
Oh, and, I will walk/jog at least 2 miles today.

Deborah

I am up running again.  Today I started the Scarsdale Diet.

Breakfast:  black coffee, toast, grapefruit
Lunch:  cold steak, sliced tomatoes, ice tea
Dinner:  Salmon, salad, toast, grapefruit, ice tea

I splurged and bought sockeye salmon.  It was totally worth it!  Wild salmon, not farmed shot up with red dye.  Even Bob couldn't stop eating it!  Still have some left over for the next seafood day.  Will combine it with shrimp.

After my interview (yet another) I walked 2 miles very briskly.  So the first day back was a complete success!

Debbie Downer

People who struggle with their weight are often prone to "emotional eating", consuming food as a response to mental triggers rather than physical hunger. Often, dieters fail to lose weight not because their diet plan itself is flawed, but because they are knocked off course by feeling stressed, tired, upset or bored.

Deborah

I didn't get yet another job I have interviewed for.  So I turned to my BEST old friend "food"!   I am sipping slowly on  a steamy hot venti latte and munching on not 1 but 2 apple fritters.  It is like heaven.  The fritters have this incredibly crunchy sweet crust with just a hint of being fried in oil.  There's nothing like dough that has been fried and dipped in sugar.  Nothing I tell you.  So sweet and comforting.  As your teeth crunch through the outer shell your tongue nestles on the warm, soft dough inside that has little bits of sweet apple pie substance all thoughout.  Every once in a while you taste the earthiness of cinnamon which wakes your palate up.  As you take a bite and chew slowly and then swallow you follow with a teeny, tiny sip of warm, foamy, liquid gold.  Reminiscent of wintry childhood days and hot steamy cocoa drinks that were sipped by the fireplace.  So comforting.

FXXX dieting!

Deborah

Well, Charlotte, just think how much weight you will lose by forgetting your lunch every day!  You will be "weigh" ahead of me!  heheeee!

Today, I had coffee, ham and eggs and red chard for breakfast. Then as soon as everything settles I plan on going jogging.   In SUNNY yet COOL California!  Then broiled chicken with salad for dinner.

I have to go buy everything to go on Scarsdale Diet.  Hopefully, I can find time today to make it to the grocery store.  But there is so much variety in this diet that it is very easy to stick to.  I would like to go on a few days of pure protein first to kick it off.

Wow!  Don't I sound decisive?  I sound just like someone else in the family!  haha!

Now I think you can see a trend here......stick to canned diet =.lose weight.
Try to make up your own diet = don't lose weight.

The evidence is in the ticker tapes!  And I'm not talking about mine or yours.

Charlotte - Day 17

Day 17 -  I thought I was being good until my SISTER called and informed me how many calories and sodium I consumed for lunch with my Almond/Berry/Chicken Salad and small fries from Wendy's!  Something like over 800 calories and 1600mg of Sodium.  No wonder my ankles are always swollen!  I guess it is true when they say you cannot eat FAST FOOD of any kind and be thin.  Man!  I hate bringing my lunch to work, I am doing good to put on makeup in the morning and down a cup of coffee before heading out the door.  I need a keeper.

And speaking of jogging, in case anyone is wondering, my sister lives in cool California on the coast with 70 degree weather.  I, on the other hand, live in Texas where the afternoons have been 101 and the mornings are 95 degrees.  It is hard to breathe much less JOG!
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Deborah

Okay, I have taken a long  hiatus from dieting.  From Memorial Weekend until June 7th.  But I'm jumping back on the wagon today.  I have to get my mind set because I HATE dieting.  I have dieted my whole life.  I can remember when I was 15 years old starving myself to death.  And all through my 20s and 30s and 40s and 50s. So here we go again.  Of course, I have learned you CAN eat and diet at the same time.  But it seems you can't DRINK and diet at the same time.  And I love a Margarita or a glass of wine.

Last night I cooked pork chops smothered in garlic and onions and served it on top of a pile of yellow saffron rice.  Now Bob and I haven't eaten rice in a while and we were both STUPIDLY full all night long.  I couldn't sleep I was so full!  It was awful.

Like I said, it is going to take a while to get the mindset back.   Today I am doing protein and veggies because I had a vegetable craving yesterday and bought some red chard which I love.

I have started jogging.  Which I hope helps in some way.  We'll see.

Charlotte - Day (whatever!)

OK, I am not doing so well on my eating healthy plan.  I will switch over to RAW Food Diet and try to learn to incorporate protein so I do not go BRAIN DEAD like last time.  Wish me luck!  Water, Water, Water.
I can start today since I have forgotten to eat today. (maybe tomorrow)

Deborah - June 1, 2011

This is supposed to be a power month for all of us.  We need to buckle down and focus on losing weight as the heavens will be on our side!  It is just a matter of making the right choice.  Choosing one thing over the other that we put in our mouths.  And getting at least 30 minutes of exercise every single day of our lives.  And staying hydrated.  Simple choices.  They don't have to be hard.  Just choose one healthy thing over one unhealthy thing.
Let's put our minds together and JUST DO IT!!!  

Deborah

I know I shouldn't laugh, Charlotte... ..but I don't think the diet you chose is working!  You lost 15 pounds the first 2 weeks on the Raw diet!  And you are now eating literally nothing!  Breakfast:  Coffee, Lunch: soup, Dinner, nothing!  Wow.  I think I would kill myself.  SAVE YOURSELF!  And pick another diet!!!!

Charlotte - Day 15

Day 15 - no weight loss
Bfast:  coffee
Lunch:  pint of beef vegetable soup and water
Dinner:

I am tired, just want to sleep right now

Charlotte - Day 14

Day 14 - no weight loss
Bfast:  muffin and coffee
Lunch:  sauteed vegetables adn shrimp over steamed rice
Dinner:  sausage and salad with water

Charlotte - Day 13

Day 13 - No weight loss
Bfast:  egg taco and coffee
Lunch:  apple and peanut butter
Dinner:  beef sausage adn green salad with a beer