Phase: Cruise - PV
Weight: 70.3kg
Bust: 96cm
Waist: 76cm
Hips: 107.5cm
Notes: My measurements are all going out of whack! I think I must be sleepier in the mornings than I thought hahaha. Sticking more strictly to the diet today.... Need to exercise more self discipline!!
Made milk bread for my parents today! Or rather, it's in the process of making haha. Hope this round turns out well! I'll be making bread for my parents every other day if it does.
Foods Eaten:
Chicken breast marinated in peri-peri sauce
oven-baked salmon parcel
boiled broccoli with salt and pepper
steamed chicken
2 bowls of herbal chicken broth
daily portion of oat bran bread with Dukan nutella
Tuesday, 16 April 2013
Day 15: Monday, 15th April 2013 (Cruise - PP)
Phase: Cruise - PP
Weight: 70.5kg
Bust: 97cm
Waist: 77cm
Hips: 107cm
Notes: Yeah, my one night of sin really showed XD; Not such a bad day. Only, for dinner, I had my chicken with this onion sauce that I only realised had lots of oil after I ate it. Oh well!
Foods Eaten:
2-egg omelette with cheese
chicken meatloaf with tomato sauce
3 slices beef "ham"
2 bowls of chicken and corn broth
grilled sanma
steamed chicken
daily portion of oat bran bread with Dukan Nutella
Weight: 70.5kg
Bust: 97cm
Waist: 77cm
Hips: 107cm
Notes: Yeah, my one night of sin really showed XD; Not such a bad day. Only, for dinner, I had my chicken with this onion sauce that I only realised had lots of oil after I ate it. Oh well!
Foods Eaten:
2-egg omelette with cheese
chicken meatloaf with tomato sauce
3 slices beef "ham"
2 bowls of chicken and corn broth
grilled sanma
steamed chicken
daily portion of oat bran bread with Dukan Nutella
Day 14: Sunday, 14th April 2013 (Cruise - PP)
Phase: Cruise - PP
Weight: 70.2kg
Bust: 96.5cm
Waist: 76.5cm
Hips: 107.5cm
Notes: I'm pretty sure my hip measurements for today are actually a little inaccurate since I was in a hurry this morning. Oh well!
I had a pretty good day! As usual, we went to church in the morning, followed by grocery shopping. I spent a few hours cooking some Dukan stuff that I could freeze for quick meals during the week!
I tried the meatloaf recipe from the Complete Dukan Cookbook, and though it looked rather odd before I stuck it in the oven, it turned out pretty tasty! I'm actually pretty excited because I dug out my KitchenAid food grinder and made my own chicken mince for the recipe. Simple things that bring so much happiness :D
The meatloaf recipe is actually meant to be a 4-person portion for starters, but it's really a lot of food ^^;; There was so much I managed to make two loaves, and divided each loaf into three as a main course, so that's 4 meals sorted for the week! (I had one portion for lunch and gave another portion to Myra for taste-testing hehehe)
I also finally remembered to make the Dukan ketchup, which I have to admit is really good. I think I actually prefer it over the store-bought ketchup! And it goes really well with the meatloaf, so hurrah! :D
I also wanted to try one of the Dukan oatbran bread recipes, so I dragged out the breadmaker. Er - it didn't turn out so well hahaha. I think there wasn't enough ingredients or something, or maybe I was supposed to smoothen over the dough before it started baking, but the loaf is in a really really odd shape ^^; The taste is alright, as is the texture, but (as my mum put it) it looked like the rats got to it first ^^;;
Oh well, I'll try the recipe again with double the ingredients and the "wholemeal" setting, rather than "wholemeal rapid", and see what happens. If that still fails, I'm just going to stick to the microwave recipes hahaha. On the other hand, I'm feeling more inspired to make fresh bread for my parents now, especially since my mum eats a few slices of bread everyday.
I kind of broke the diet in the evening though, because my sister brought us to this place with absolutely sinful kushiyaki!
Foods Eaten:
2 half-boiled eggs with steamed otak-otak
1 portion of chicken meatloaf
Lots of very sinful, fatty kushiyaki
Weight: 70.2kg
Bust: 96.5cm
Waist: 76.5cm
Hips: 107.5cm
Notes: I'm pretty sure my hip measurements for today are actually a little inaccurate since I was in a hurry this morning. Oh well!
I had a pretty good day! As usual, we went to church in the morning, followed by grocery shopping. I spent a few hours cooking some Dukan stuff that I could freeze for quick meals during the week!
I tried the meatloaf recipe from the Complete Dukan Cookbook, and though it looked rather odd before I stuck it in the oven, it turned out pretty tasty! I'm actually pretty excited because I dug out my KitchenAid food grinder and made my own chicken mince for the recipe. Simple things that bring so much happiness :D
The meatloaf recipe is actually meant to be a 4-person portion for starters, but it's really a lot of food ^^;; There was so much I managed to make two loaves, and divided each loaf into three as a main course, so that's 4 meals sorted for the week! (I had one portion for lunch and gave another portion to Myra for taste-testing hehehe)
I also finally remembered to make the Dukan ketchup, which I have to admit is really good. I think I actually prefer it over the store-bought ketchup! And it goes really well with the meatloaf, so hurrah! :D
I also wanted to try one of the Dukan oatbran bread recipes, so I dragged out the breadmaker. Er - it didn't turn out so well hahaha. I think there wasn't enough ingredients or something, or maybe I was supposed to smoothen over the dough before it started baking, but the loaf is in a really really odd shape ^^; The taste is alright, as is the texture, but (as my mum put it) it looked like the rats got to it first ^^;;
Oh well, I'll try the recipe again with double the ingredients and the "wholemeal" setting, rather than "wholemeal rapid", and see what happens. If that still fails, I'm just going to stick to the microwave recipes hahaha. On the other hand, I'm feeling more inspired to make fresh bread for my parents now, especially since my mum eats a few slices of bread everyday.
I kind of broke the diet in the evening though, because my sister brought us to this place with absolutely sinful kushiyaki!
Foods Eaten:
2 half-boiled eggs with steamed otak-otak
1 portion of chicken meatloaf
Lots of very sinful, fatty kushiyaki
Saturday, 13 April 2013
Days 10-13: 10th - 13th April 2013 (Cruise - PV)
Phase: Cruise - PV
Weight: 70.4kg
Bust: 96.5cm
Waist: 77cm
Hips: 108.3cm
Notes: Hmmm, it's not been a good few days for me, because my dad arranged a dinner on Thursday night, and I had some noodles and jelly with honey. I've been really good for the past few days, so my weight went back down again, but next week has to be a really strict week again *sighs*
On the other hand, the Dukan flavourings are really yummy! My favourite so far is to add the caramel to my hot milk and oat bran. I've been having that nearly every night since the flavourings arrived, but tonight I'm having strawberry, and it's really good! Tastes just like the strawberry oats I used to have as a kid :D Brings back so many memories!
Foods Eaten:
1 pot of chamomile tea
1 scoop of sugar-free low-fat chocolate ice cream
2-egg omelette with low-fat cheese
lukluk - kangkung, meatballs, quail's eggs, fishballs
ETA: I forgot, I also had a bit of chicken curry and stir-fried assorted vegetables
Weight: 70.4kg
Bust: 96.5cm
Waist: 77cm
Hips: 108.3cm
Notes: Hmmm, it's not been a good few days for me, because my dad arranged a dinner on Thursday night, and I had some noodles and jelly with honey. I've been really good for the past few days, so my weight went back down again, but next week has to be a really strict week again *sighs*
On the other hand, the Dukan flavourings are really yummy! My favourite so far is to add the caramel to my hot milk and oat bran. I've been having that nearly every night since the flavourings arrived, but tonight I'm having strawberry, and it's really good! Tastes just like the strawberry oats I used to have as a kid :D Brings back so many memories!
Foods Eaten:
1 pot of chamomile tea
1 scoop of sugar-free low-fat chocolate ice cream
2-egg omelette with low-fat cheese
lukluk - kangkung, meatballs, quail's eggs, fishballs
ETA: I forgot, I also had a bit of chicken curry and stir-fried assorted vegetables
Tuesday, 9 April 2013
Days 8 & 9: Monday & Tuesday, 8 & 9 April 2013 (Cruise - PV and PP)
Phase: Cruise - PP
Weight: 70.8kg
Bust: 96.5cm
Waist: 78cm
Hips: 108.5cm
Notes: Whoops, forgot to record yesterday's food! Weight went up a little because of the store-bought stuff I ate on Sunday, I think. Yikes! And I think I've also been drinking a little less water, and forgot my exercises oops! Gotta get my hat on straight and put in more effort!
I think my weight will probably go up for the next few days though, cos I had a full sinful meal today. But I couldn't help it, my dad cooked dinner today, and my sis contributed a dish, and this isn't something that happens often, so I had to show them appreciation. Plus, a neighbor brought over fresh mochi from Japan, so I had a bit of that too :/ Oh well. Have to be more strict over the next few months!!
Foods Eaten:
2-egg omelette with beef strips and cheese
2-egg omelette with tofu and cheese
chicken rice meal with curry and a lot of sinful stuff, including mochi
hot milk with oat bran
Weight: 70.8kg
Bust: 96.5cm
Waist: 78cm
Hips: 108.5cm
Notes: Whoops, forgot to record yesterday's food! Weight went up a little because of the store-bought stuff I ate on Sunday, I think. Yikes! And I think I've also been drinking a little less water, and forgot my exercises oops! Gotta get my hat on straight and put in more effort!
I think my weight will probably go up for the next few days though, cos I had a full sinful meal today. But I couldn't help it, my dad cooked dinner today, and my sis contributed a dish, and this isn't something that happens often, so I had to show them appreciation. Plus, a neighbor brought over fresh mochi from Japan, so I had a bit of that too :/ Oh well. Have to be more strict over the next few months!!
Foods Eaten:
2-egg omelette with beef strips and cheese
2-egg omelette with tofu and cheese
chicken rice meal with curry and a lot of sinful stuff, including mochi
hot milk with oat bran
Monday, 8 April 2013
Day 7: Sunday, 7th April 2013 (Cruise - PP)
Phase: Attack
Weight: 70.3kg
Bust: 97.5cm
Waist: 76.7cm
Hips: 108cm
Notes: Went to church this morning, then to KLCC for breakfast, Kinokuniya and groceries. After that, I lost the whole day to playing Sims 3 hahaha. I even forgot to prepare stuff for tmr! Thank goodness it's a PV day, so snacks are easy.
Foods Eaten:
1 roasted chicken leg with chilli sauce and chicken broth
assortment of kushiyaki - salt chicken, yakitori-sauce chicken, salmon, squid, chicken liver
egg-and-chicken-and-cheese omelette
hot milk with oat bran and sweetener
Weight: 70.3kg
Bust: 97.5cm
Waist: 76.7cm
Hips: 108cm
Notes: Went to church this morning, then to KLCC for breakfast, Kinokuniya and groceries. After that, I lost the whole day to playing Sims 3 hahaha. I even forgot to prepare stuff for tmr! Thank goodness it's a PV day, so snacks are easy.
Foods Eaten:
1 roasted chicken leg with chilli sauce and chicken broth
assortment of kushiyaki - salt chicken, yakitori-sauce chicken, salmon, squid, chicken liver
egg-and-chicken-and-cheese omelette
hot milk with oat bran and sweetener
Saturday, 6 April 2013
Day 6: Saturday, 6th April 2013 (Cruise - PV)
Phase: Attack
Weight: 70.3kg
Bust: 97.8cm
Waist: 76.9cm
Hips: 108cm
Notes: Hahaha I was right! My temp scales were rather off! Oh well, at least my measurements are still going down...
I woke up this morning with a case of the runs. Was supposed to go out with friends after class but it was bad enough during class that I didn't want to risk it, so I went home and took a long nap instead. I almost didn't go to Auntie Rubyann's birthday party, but by evening, I was feeling much better, so I did go.
I'm kind of torn about that decision - on one hand, it was heaps of fun, but on the other hand, I broke by diet already ^^; Need to be extra-strict tomorrow!!
Very glad to be eating vegetables again, btw.
Foods Eaten:
2-egg omelette with low-fat cheese
eggs cocotte (1 slice ham, fat and rind trimmed off, with 2 eggs and 2 tbsp. of yoghurt)
1 head of broccoli, boiled and sprinkled with salt and pepper
1 Chinese 8-course dinner - main sins were lots of oily and deep-fried foods, a small portion of birthday noodles, a bit of fruit in 7-Up and half a tiny slice of cake.
hot milk with oat bran and sweetener
Weight: 70.3kg
Bust: 97.8cm
Waist: 76.9cm
Hips: 108cm
Notes: Hahaha I was right! My temp scales were rather off! Oh well, at least my measurements are still going down...
I woke up this morning with a case of the runs. Was supposed to go out with friends after class but it was bad enough during class that I didn't want to risk it, so I went home and took a long nap instead. I almost didn't go to Auntie Rubyann's birthday party, but by evening, I was feeling much better, so I did go.
I'm kind of torn about that decision - on one hand, it was heaps of fun, but on the other hand, I broke by diet already ^^; Need to be extra-strict tomorrow!!
Very glad to be eating vegetables again, btw.
Foods Eaten:
2-egg omelette with low-fat cheese
eggs cocotte (1 slice ham, fat and rind trimmed off, with 2 eggs and 2 tbsp. of yoghurt)
1 head of broccoli, boiled and sprinkled with salt and pepper
1 Chinese 8-course dinner - main sins were lots of oily and deep-fried foods, a small portion of birthday noodles, a bit of fruit in 7-Up and half a tiny slice of cake.
hot milk with oat bran and sweetener
Friday, 5 April 2013
Day 5: Friday, 5th April 2013 (Attack)
Phase: Attack
Weight: 69kg
Bust: 97.5cm
Waist: 77cm
Hips: 108.5cm
Notes: I sinned a little with dinner today. I had a store-bought chicken, and it was really kinda greasy, so I didn't eat much of it. I definitely think I ate more grease from that chicken than I have in this entire week! Grossssss....
Tomorrow starts my cruise phase! I'm so excited! I really can't wait to eat veggies again - even went out and bought a whole load of broccoli, cauliflower, courgettes and tomatoes to celebrate. Tomato snacks, here I come!!
Also, I finally managed to get some batteries for my electronic weighing scales, so hopefully my weight measurements will be more accurate. I wouldn't be surprised if tomorrow's record goes up a little actually ^^;;; These current scales always seem to give a smaller number than the actual figure...
Today was a pretty stressful day at work, so I kept feeling hungry all the time. I'd packed an omelette for breakfast, and had my cherry jelly throughout the morning.... but I only had my chicken for lunch after that, since I forgot to pack some low-fat cheese as a snack and had to go hungry for the whole afternoon. I did try sating my hunger with water, but there was so much to do that I didn't even realise I wasn't drinking water till 3 hours had passed :/ I'm just glad today is over..
In other news, the stuff I bought from the Dukan Diet Shop have arrived!! I'm impressed - I'd only placed the order on Monday :) I bought their chocolate and hazelnut spread, fat-reduced cocoa powder, and 6 types of flavouring: honey, dark chocolate, peanut, strawberry, caramel and melted butter.
So far, I've only tried the honey flavouring - I added it to my hot milk and oat bran today :) It's actually not bad! Rather more flowery than I expected, and it doesn't have the same sweet taste honey does (you still have to add sweetener), but it is at least a new flavour in this diet. Woohoo!
I'm going to slowly experiment with the flavourings. Maybe try making some milk jelly and add strawberry flavouring, or mix the dark chocolate flavouring with cream cheese and oat bran to make chocolate cheesecake... Yum!
Depending on how these go, I'm already planning out which flavours to get the next time I purchase something from the DDS. I'm thinking of getting the cheese flavourings, so that I can make Dukan belchamel sauce, add some low-fat cheese and cheddar flavouring, and use this "cheese" sauce on cauliflower to make cauliflower cheese. Yummmm~
Alright, going to take a quick shower and surrender to my bed. Goodnight!
Foods Eaten:
2-egg omelette with low-fat cheese
1 no-sugar cherry jelly
1 large piece of grilled chicken breast, marinated in lemon juice, basil, soy sauce and Worcestershire sauce
1 roasted chicken leg and wing and a bit of breast, skin removed
hot milk with oat bran and honey flavouring
Weight: 69kg
Bust: 97.5cm
Waist: 77cm
Hips: 108.5cm
Notes: I sinned a little with dinner today. I had a store-bought chicken, and it was really kinda greasy, so I didn't eat much of it. I definitely think I ate more grease from that chicken than I have in this entire week! Grossssss....
Tomorrow starts my cruise phase! I'm so excited! I really can't wait to eat veggies again - even went out and bought a whole load of broccoli, cauliflower, courgettes and tomatoes to celebrate. Tomato snacks, here I come!!
Also, I finally managed to get some batteries for my electronic weighing scales, so hopefully my weight measurements will be more accurate. I wouldn't be surprised if tomorrow's record goes up a little actually ^^;;; These current scales always seem to give a smaller number than the actual figure...
Today was a pretty stressful day at work, so I kept feeling hungry all the time. I'd packed an omelette for breakfast, and had my cherry jelly throughout the morning.... but I only had my chicken for lunch after that, since I forgot to pack some low-fat cheese as a snack and had to go hungry for the whole afternoon. I did try sating my hunger with water, but there was so much to do that I didn't even realise I wasn't drinking water till 3 hours had passed :/ I'm just glad today is over..
In other news, the stuff I bought from the Dukan Diet Shop have arrived!! I'm impressed - I'd only placed the order on Monday :) I bought their chocolate and hazelnut spread, fat-reduced cocoa powder, and 6 types of flavouring: honey, dark chocolate, peanut, strawberry, caramel and melted butter.
So far, I've only tried the honey flavouring - I added it to my hot milk and oat bran today :) It's actually not bad! Rather more flowery than I expected, and it doesn't have the same sweet taste honey does (you still have to add sweetener), but it is at least a new flavour in this diet. Woohoo!
I'm going to slowly experiment with the flavourings. Maybe try making some milk jelly and add strawberry flavouring, or mix the dark chocolate flavouring with cream cheese and oat bran to make chocolate cheesecake... Yum!
Depending on how these go, I'm already planning out which flavours to get the next time I purchase something from the DDS. I'm thinking of getting the cheese flavourings, so that I can make Dukan belchamel sauce, add some low-fat cheese and cheddar flavouring, and use this "cheese" sauce on cauliflower to make cauliflower cheese. Yummmm~
Alright, going to take a quick shower and surrender to my bed. Goodnight!
Foods Eaten:
2-egg omelette with low-fat cheese
1 no-sugar cherry jelly
1 large piece of grilled chicken breast, marinated in lemon juice, basil, soy sauce and Worcestershire sauce
1 roasted chicken leg and wing and a bit of breast, skin removed
hot milk with oat bran and honey flavouring
Thursday, 4 April 2013
Day 4: Thursday, 4th April 2013 (Attack)
Phase: Attack
Weight: 69.8kg
Bust: 98cm
Waist: 77.7cm
Hips: 108.9cm
Notes: Huh, my bust measurement seems to have moved up a little XD;;; Maybe I measured it wrongly yesterday hahaha! Or maybe yesterday's bra did make alot of difference!
Nothing much to report today. Not really stressful at work, but there was alot to do. Luckily, not anything super-time sensitive, so I just stayed back a little later than usual to finish up stuff. I mean, yeah, I can always do them tomorrow, but that just means there's more work to do tomorrow ^^;
Since I got home really late today, I didn't concentrate much on food preparation. Luckily, I'd already pre-marinated meat for tomorrow's lunch, so I don't have to concentrate. I just plonked the chicken breast in the oven haha. I'll have an omelette for breakfast, and pack along another jelly for a snack.
Hm, tired. Going to go to sleep now. G'night!
Foods Eaten:
1 small piece of steak
1 piece of salmon, oven baked in a parcel with soy sauce, Worcestershire sauce, garlic powder and onion powder
2 slices turkey ham
1 bowl chicken and radish broth (just the broth, not the stuff in it)
2-egg omelette with low-fat cheese
sugar-free cherry jelly
hot milk with oat bran
Weight: 69.8kg
Bust: 98cm
Waist: 77.7cm
Hips: 108.9cm
Notes: Huh, my bust measurement seems to have moved up a little XD;;; Maybe I measured it wrongly yesterday hahaha! Or maybe yesterday's bra did make alot of difference!
Nothing much to report today. Not really stressful at work, but there was alot to do. Luckily, not anything super-time sensitive, so I just stayed back a little later than usual to finish up stuff. I mean, yeah, I can always do them tomorrow, but that just means there's more work to do tomorrow ^^;
Since I got home really late today, I didn't concentrate much on food preparation. Luckily, I'd already pre-marinated meat for tomorrow's lunch, so I don't have to concentrate. I just plonked the chicken breast in the oven haha. I'll have an omelette for breakfast, and pack along another jelly for a snack.
Hm, tired. Going to go to sleep now. G'night!
Foods Eaten:
1 small piece of steak
1 piece of salmon, oven baked in a parcel with soy sauce, Worcestershire sauce, garlic powder and onion powder
2 slices turkey ham
1 bowl chicken and radish broth (just the broth, not the stuff in it)
2-egg omelette with low-fat cheese
sugar-free cherry jelly
hot milk with oat bran
Wednesday, 3 April 2013
Day 3: Wednesday, 3rd April 2013 (Attack)
Phase: Attack
Weight: 70kg (?!?!)
Bust: 97.5cm
Waist: 79cm
Hips: 109cm
Notes: I was really surprised this morning to see such quick results in only 2 days! The one that had me really befuddled was my bust and waist measurement - 0.5cm in one day is a pretty darn good achievement! :D Motivation? Yes!
Again, today was a pretty stressful day at work, so I was feeling pretty hungry most of the time, but drinking water helped keep off the hunger most of the time.
We did get into a discussion about diets in the office today. All the newbies seem rather skeptical, but the others who watched me go through it know it does work.
On the other hand, I did find a great replacement for rice! A colleague used to work in a kitchen, and he mentioned boiling/steaming cauliflower till just cooked, draining it then blitzing it in a food processor till it's crumbly. Apparently, it acts as a great substitute for rice when you have, say, stew (since we can't have kari or kuah on this diet...).
Lunch was... interesting! I ended up eating only half the fish because it was really too big a portion to eat with the steak (I um kind of forgot about eating breakfast hahaha). It was not bad, but perhaps the herbs I used for it wasn't quite so suitable. I think I'd prefer eating this open-roasted in an oven rather than ovenbaked in a parcel, and with lemon juice and pepper as seasoning.
Dinner was actually part of the main meal my maid cooked for my parents, since she had an herbal soup and air-fried chicken. I made sugar-free cherry jelly! It's actually from an instant-jelly box, but I read somewhere that Sugar-Free Jell-O is okay to eat. This packet expires in May, so I figured I ought to make it now before I forget it exists hahaha. Yay, I have dessert tomorrow!
Sorry, no photos of food today, because breakfast and lunch are actually disturbingly similar to what I prepared for today hahaha. Steak, and oven-baked fish parcel ^^;
Foods Eaten:
1 pan-fried steak with oregano mayonnaise
1 medium-sized piece of lemon sole baked with thyme
3 slices turkey ham
1 air-fried chicken drumstick
6 slices fresh salmon sashimi
1 large bowl of herbal soup (didn't eat any of the stuff in it)
hot milk with oat bran
Weight: 70kg (?!?!)
Bust: 97.5cm
Waist: 79cm
Hips: 109cm
Notes: I was really surprised this morning to see such quick results in only 2 days! The one that had me really befuddled was my bust and waist measurement - 0.5cm in one day is a pretty darn good achievement! :D Motivation? Yes!
Again, today was a pretty stressful day at work, so I was feeling pretty hungry most of the time, but drinking water helped keep off the hunger most of the time.
We did get into a discussion about diets in the office today. All the newbies seem rather skeptical, but the others who watched me go through it know it does work.
On the other hand, I did find a great replacement for rice! A colleague used to work in a kitchen, and he mentioned boiling/steaming cauliflower till just cooked, draining it then blitzing it in a food processor till it's crumbly. Apparently, it acts as a great substitute for rice when you have, say, stew (since we can't have kari or kuah on this diet...).
Lunch was... interesting! I ended up eating only half the fish because it was really too big a portion to eat with the steak (I um kind of forgot about eating breakfast hahaha). It was not bad, but perhaps the herbs I used for it wasn't quite so suitable. I think I'd prefer eating this open-roasted in an oven rather than ovenbaked in a parcel, and with lemon juice and pepper as seasoning.
Dinner was actually part of the main meal my maid cooked for my parents, since she had an herbal soup and air-fried chicken. I made sugar-free cherry jelly! It's actually from an instant-jelly box, but I read somewhere that Sugar-Free Jell-O is okay to eat. This packet expires in May, so I figured I ought to make it now before I forget it exists hahaha. Yay, I have dessert tomorrow!
Sorry, no photos of food today, because breakfast and lunch are actually disturbingly similar to what I prepared for today hahaha. Steak, and oven-baked fish parcel ^^;
Foods Eaten:
1 pan-fried steak with oregano mayonnaise
1 medium-sized piece of lemon sole baked with thyme
3 slices turkey ham
1 air-fried chicken drumstick
6 slices fresh salmon sashimi
1 large bowl of herbal soup (didn't eat any of the stuff in it)
hot milk with oat bran
Day 2: Tuesday, 2nd April 2013 (Attack)
Phase: Attack
Weight: 71.9kg
Bust: 98cm
Waist: 79.5cm
Hips: 109cm
Notes: Alright, so my measurements are vastly different from what I posted yesterday, but that's because yesterday's measurements were taken at the end of the day, rather than in the morning, as is my preference. Going forward, the weight and measurements I record down will be taken in the morning.
Today was an okay day for me. Not as excitable about the diet as yesterday, but then again I had a pretty stressful day at work, and had to remind myself not to snack on anything sinful. I cleared out the last bits of the snack corner on my desk too.
The egg and smoked salmon salad I made was pretty okay, but it's not something you can eat alot of - next time, I'll just stick to using one hardboiled egg, way less mayonnaise and more herbs and pepper. It got a little too rich for me after eating less than a third of what I prepared hahaha.
The bit of egg salad that I ate became my dinner, as I had class after work and only got home at nearly 10pm. After class, I did have some chicken broth with chicken breast, and my milk-and-oats for the day, which actually kind of ended up being too big a meal because I felt kinda nauseous after that lol.
Soooo.... Food for tomorrow is pretty simple stuff. Steak with oregano mayonnaise, and baked lemon sole with thyme. The lemon sole was meant to be dinner, but since the chicken broth was already prepared (leftovers from my mum's dinner) and I had to cook the fish by today, it became part of lunch for tomorrow.
Sorry, no photos of today's food (I was too hungry to snap a nice photo of lunch - baked salmon parcel with lemon and basil) but I did remember to take a photo of tomorrow's lunch while it was cooling!
The mug is my milk-and-oatbran, and the bag is my lunchbag (a gift from my sister, though I think it came as a freebie in a Japanese magazine hahaha). I found it fitting :)
Alright, got to go to bed, since tomorrow will likely be a long day as well. Goodnight!
Foods Eaten:
2 half-boiled eggs
1 piece of salmon, baked with lemon juice and fresh basil
1 hardboiled egg, mixed with a bit of chopped smoked salmon and Dukan mayonnaise
1 bowl of chicken broth, with chicken chunks
low-fat milk with 1 1/2 tbsp oat bran
1 box of low-fat milk
Weight: 71.9kg
Bust: 98cm
Waist: 79.5cm
Hips: 109cm
Notes: Alright, so my measurements are vastly different from what I posted yesterday, but that's because yesterday's measurements were taken at the end of the day, rather than in the morning, as is my preference. Going forward, the weight and measurements I record down will be taken in the morning.
Today was an okay day for me. Not as excitable about the diet as yesterday, but then again I had a pretty stressful day at work, and had to remind myself not to snack on anything sinful. I cleared out the last bits of the snack corner on my desk too.
The egg and smoked salmon salad I made was pretty okay, but it's not something you can eat alot of - next time, I'll just stick to using one hardboiled egg, way less mayonnaise and more herbs and pepper. It got a little too rich for me after eating less than a third of what I prepared hahaha.
The bit of egg salad that I ate became my dinner, as I had class after work and only got home at nearly 10pm. After class, I did have some chicken broth with chicken breast, and my milk-and-oats for the day, which actually kind of ended up being too big a meal because I felt kinda nauseous after that lol.
Soooo.... Food for tomorrow is pretty simple stuff. Steak with oregano mayonnaise, and baked lemon sole with thyme. The lemon sole was meant to be dinner, but since the chicken broth was already prepared (leftovers from my mum's dinner) and I had to cook the fish by today, it became part of lunch for tomorrow.
Sorry, no photos of today's food (I was too hungry to snap a nice photo of lunch - baked salmon parcel with lemon and basil) but I did remember to take a photo of tomorrow's lunch while it was cooling!
The mug is my milk-and-oatbran, and the bag is my lunchbag (a gift from my sister, though I think it came as a freebie in a Japanese magazine hahaha). I found it fitting :)
Alright, got to go to bed, since tomorrow will likely be a long day as well. Goodnight!
Foods Eaten:
2 half-boiled eggs
1 piece of salmon, baked with lemon juice and fresh basil
1 hardboiled egg, mixed with a bit of chopped smoked salmon and Dukan mayonnaise
1 bowl of chicken broth, with chicken chunks
low-fat milk with 1 1/2 tbsp oat bran
1 box of low-fat milk
Monday, 1 April 2013
Restart Attempt #2! Day 1: Monday, 1st April 2013 (Attack)
.... Hum XD So I've completely gone off the diet since my last post! I've managed to put on all that I lost on the original diet (+1kg XD;) since hahaha.
I can't really say if there's any one factor motivating me to make another attempt at the diet (the fact that I no longer can fit most of the clothes in my wardrobe is a big one...), but the one that really pushed me into starting the diet now was news that I'd be travelling to the UK and US in June. I kind of really want to shop for more clothes (not that I need them, but hey, clothes!) so I decided it was time to start the diet, this time with an actual deadline and set targets.
I suspect I will not hit my targeted weight by the time I have to fly off, and I'll most definitely break the diet when I'm travelling (and likely also before that as I will be going through a very stressful time at work in mid-June), but I hope I'll be able to continue the diet to completion after that.
This time, I'll be the only one in my family on the diet (seeing as how my sister and I no longer live in the same house and have different work schedules), but hopefully it might make it easier on me because I no longer have to cater for 3 persons' culinary preferences, and can actually cook things I like that my sister and her husband find weird.
(That said, I don't mind if food doesn't taste great, and am very open to gastronomic experiments, and am also apparently blessed with an iron stomach, so maybe it's more that I'm easily pleased....)
So.... without further ado, here I go again!
Phase: Attack
Weight: 72kg
Bust: ~100cm
Waist: 81cm
Hips: 108cm
Notes: Just before purchasing my groceries for the week, I stumbled across The Complete Dukan Cookbook at a bookstore and bought a copy. I have to say, the recipes look much improved from the first time I did this diet, and are all very inspiring! The book is full of detail and the best part is - it only cost me RM100, as opposed to the RM1,000 it would have cost to purchase another round of online coaching.
I was a little lazy with preparing my food yesterday, so today's breakfast, lunch and snacks weren't anything spectacular, but they still looked pretty decent! It's alot of food, but I was really worried about being stuck in the office with nothing to eat...
I'm definitely more open to trying out more official Dukan recipes! Last time around, I kept avoiding so many recipes because I couldn't find low-fat or fat-free fromage frais anywhere, but I've finally realised that fat-free cream cheese, softened and diluted with a little fat-free yoghurt, makes a pretty decent substitute.
Today, I decided to try my hand at making Dukan Mayonnaise! It was much easier than I thought :) I'm a bit worried since it has raw egg yolks in it, but well, if I fall sick, I'll know the culprit ^^;
(Sorry for the awful photo, but for some reason, this was all my phone wanted to take... ^^;)
The main inspiration for making the Mayonnaise today was that I hadn't eaten three of the boiled eggs I'd prepared for today, and didn't want them to go to waste. Instead, I chopped them up, as well as the smoked salmon I didn't finish, and mixed them with the Dukan Mayonnaise for a really filling meal :)
I also prepared a salmon parcel with basil and lemon for my lunch. It's considerably less food than I had today, especially considering the egg salad is meant to be dinner, so I hope I don't get too hungry tomorrow!
Alright, finally going to end this long post with a record of the foods I've eaten today.
Goodnight!
Foods Eaten:
1 hard boiled egg
1 steak with Dijon mustard
3 slices lean turkey ham
1 low-fat Happy Cow cheese
milk with oatbran and sweetener
1 bowl of broth with salmon and prawn
2 small bites of egg and smoked salmon salad
I can't really say if there's any one factor motivating me to make another attempt at the diet (the fact that I no longer can fit most of the clothes in my wardrobe is a big one...), but the one that really pushed me into starting the diet now was news that I'd be travelling to the UK and US in June. I kind of really want to shop for more clothes (not that I need them, but hey, clothes!) so I decided it was time to start the diet, this time with an actual deadline and set targets.
I suspect I will not hit my targeted weight by the time I have to fly off, and I'll most definitely break the diet when I'm travelling (and likely also before that as I will be going through a very stressful time at work in mid-June), but I hope I'll be able to continue the diet to completion after that.
This time, I'll be the only one in my family on the diet (seeing as how my sister and I no longer live in the same house and have different work schedules), but hopefully it might make it easier on me because I no longer have to cater for 3 persons' culinary preferences, and can actually cook things I like that my sister and her husband find weird.
(That said, I don't mind if food doesn't taste great, and am very open to gastronomic experiments, and am also apparently blessed with an iron stomach, so maybe it's more that I'm easily pleased....)
So.... without further ado, here I go again!
Phase: Attack
Weight: 72kg
Bust: ~100cm
Waist: 81cm
Hips: 108cm
Notes: Just before purchasing my groceries for the week, I stumbled across The Complete Dukan Cookbook at a bookstore and bought a copy. I have to say, the recipes look much improved from the first time I did this diet, and are all very inspiring! The book is full of detail and the best part is - it only cost me RM100, as opposed to the RM1,000 it would have cost to purchase another round of online coaching.
I was a little lazy with preparing my food yesterday, so today's breakfast, lunch and snacks weren't anything spectacular, but they still looked pretty decent! It's alot of food, but I was really worried about being stuck in the office with nothing to eat...
I'm definitely more open to trying out more official Dukan recipes! Last time around, I kept avoiding so many recipes because I couldn't find low-fat or fat-free fromage frais anywhere, but I've finally realised that fat-free cream cheese, softened and diluted with a little fat-free yoghurt, makes a pretty decent substitute.
Today, I decided to try my hand at making Dukan Mayonnaise! It was much easier than I thought :) I'm a bit worried since it has raw egg yolks in it, but well, if I fall sick, I'll know the culprit ^^;
(Sorry for the awful photo, but for some reason, this was all my phone wanted to take... ^^;)
The main inspiration for making the Mayonnaise today was that I hadn't eaten three of the boiled eggs I'd prepared for today, and didn't want them to go to waste. Instead, I chopped them up, as well as the smoked salmon I didn't finish, and mixed them with the Dukan Mayonnaise for a really filling meal :)
I also prepared a salmon parcel with basil and lemon for my lunch. It's considerably less food than I had today, especially considering the egg salad is meant to be dinner, so I hope I don't get too hungry tomorrow!
Alright, finally going to end this long post with a record of the foods I've eaten today.
Goodnight!
Foods Eaten:
1 hard boiled egg
1 steak with Dijon mustard
3 slices lean turkey ham
1 low-fat Happy Cow cheese
milk with oatbran and sweetener
1 bowl of broth with salmon and prawn
2 small bites of egg and smoked salmon salad
Wednesday, 6 June 2012
Restart! Day 4: Wednesday, 6 June 2012 (Cruise - PV)
Haha okay, so to be completely honest, I've been off the diet since Christmas with occasional meals that are Dukan-friendly XD;;;;
I know I'm just making excuses, but most of the weight that I've put back on (3.5kg!!! *gasps in horror*) was from the past one month alone, where I was working 16-18 hour days just to pull everything together for a conference. Thank goodness it's over now though!
With my sister's wedding a month away, I'm now panicking over needing to lose the few kilos I've gained XD;;;; I'll need an intense 1 month of dieting and working out for my sister's wedding, but if I don't hit my target, I think I'll be fine - I'm not the bride, after all :) I restarted the diet on Sunday (with a small lapse already from yesterday's lunch *sighs*) and signed up for a one month unlimited pass at a nearby Yoga center.
Had my first pilates class on Monday, and another class today - so far so good! My body seems to know that I need it to lose weight because it's only been about four days with lapses and I've already gone down 1.5kg XD;
Pilates is more fun than I thought! Time passes really quickly, and I do concentrate more on using my muscles rather than "omg so pain", so it's a good distraction. Only thing is I really couldn't do some of the rolls they were asking us to do - basic stuff, but apparently I have a "sharp tailbone", which is supposed to be uncomfortable - yes it is, and I'm not sure if that crunching feeling I get is at all healthy XD;
(But honestly, part of the reason why I'm so determined to go for the classes at the yoga center is that I got it on promotion - nearly 90% off for one month! So I really want to try as many things as possible during this one month to see if I should continue with my membership or not ^^;;;)
My mum decided to sign up for the same membership to teman me :) She went with me for the first class on Monday, which was an easy level class, but for people with a little more experience. It didn't feel so bad when we were doing the exercises, and my mum kept complaining that she didn't sweat at all, therefore it was no good. I got pretty irritated at that - you don't sweat, but you can obviously feel the exercises working on your muscles, therefore you are working on your muscles! The aches kicked in much later - there was her own proof that the muscles were being worked on!
My parents are both of the mindset that if you aren't sweating, you aren't exercising - my dad used to go so far as to ban open windows, air conditioners and fans in the room with our treadmill so that we'd sweat more. The first time he turned everything off while I was on the treadmill, I just turned the treadmill off and refused to get on it again till he allowed the fan - the room has absolutely no air circulation and is hot as hell, and he wants me to run in there? No way. I'd pass out long before I hit the 10minute mark out of the stuffiness.
Worst is that both my parents always think that the only way to exercise is to either play a sport like football or rowing, or go on a treadmill. They don't believe in dancing or yoga as a form of exercise. So boring! I can't stand treadmills and situps - nothing to really concentrate on, and it's just doing the same bleeding thing for half an hour. Completely unimaginative.
At least now that my mum knows that these classes do work on certain muscles, maybe they'll let me branch out a bit more to something I'd actually like.
(Ahem, you can kind of tell this is a seriously sore point with me XD;;; I can't tell you how many times I've argued with them on this topic - and they still can't get it into their thick skulls that I hate the goddamn treadmill!)
Anyway - back to the story :P"""
I went alone for the basic pilates class today. (Mum had something else to do) It was both more and less strenous than Monday's lessons - I learned alot more of how to focus on the correct muscles, so I got more of a workout in the areas I'd like to reduce, but the places that were aching on Monday weren't really the focus for today. But I think it's good I came for this one - smaller crowd, so more attention is paid to everyone, and more individual attention. She also explains alot more about what you should do with your muscles.
Of course, as with everything, it takes practice to build up strength and to be able to do some of the exercises easily, so I just have to keep going back :)
Well, I guess that's about all! Ending this with the customary measurements & weight tracker thing I used to do.
As at Sunday, 3 June 2012:
Weight: 64.5kg
Bust: 92cm
Waist: 75cm Hips: ?? Didn't take this one, but I think around 103cm
As at Wednesday, 6 June 2012:
Weight: 63kg
Bust: 91.5cm
Waist: 73.5cm
Hips: ?? Again, didn't take this one, but should still be the same at around 103cm
Yeah, my measurements completely exploded :/
Alright, goodnight!
I know I'm just making excuses, but most of the weight that I've put back on (3.5kg!!! *gasps in horror*) was from the past one month alone, where I was working 16-18 hour days just to pull everything together for a conference. Thank goodness it's over now though!
With my sister's wedding a month away, I'm now panicking over needing to lose the few kilos I've gained XD;;;; I'll need an intense 1 month of dieting and working out for my sister's wedding, but if I don't hit my target, I think I'll be fine - I'm not the bride, after all :) I restarted the diet on Sunday (with a small lapse already from yesterday's lunch *sighs*) and signed up for a one month unlimited pass at a nearby Yoga center.
Had my first pilates class on Monday, and another class today - so far so good! My body seems to know that I need it to lose weight because it's only been about four days with lapses and I've already gone down 1.5kg XD;
Pilates is more fun than I thought! Time passes really quickly, and I do concentrate more on using my muscles rather than "omg so pain", so it's a good distraction. Only thing is I really couldn't do some of the rolls they were asking us to do - basic stuff, but apparently I have a "sharp tailbone", which is supposed to be uncomfortable - yes it is, and I'm not sure if that crunching feeling I get is at all healthy XD;
(But honestly, part of the reason why I'm so determined to go for the classes at the yoga center is that I got it on promotion - nearly 90% off for one month! So I really want to try as many things as possible during this one month to see if I should continue with my membership or not ^^;;;)
My mum decided to sign up for the same membership to teman me :) She went with me for the first class on Monday, which was an easy level class, but for people with a little more experience. It didn't feel so bad when we were doing the exercises, and my mum kept complaining that she didn't sweat at all, therefore it was no good. I got pretty irritated at that - you don't sweat, but you can obviously feel the exercises working on your muscles, therefore you are working on your muscles! The aches kicked in much later - there was her own proof that the muscles were being worked on!
My parents are both of the mindset that if you aren't sweating, you aren't exercising - my dad used to go so far as to ban open windows, air conditioners and fans in the room with our treadmill so that we'd sweat more. The first time he turned everything off while I was on the treadmill, I just turned the treadmill off and refused to get on it again till he allowed the fan - the room has absolutely no air circulation and is hot as hell, and he wants me to run in there? No way. I'd pass out long before I hit the 10minute mark out of the stuffiness.
Worst is that both my parents always think that the only way to exercise is to either play a sport like football or rowing, or go on a treadmill. They don't believe in dancing or yoga as a form of exercise. So boring! I can't stand treadmills and situps - nothing to really concentrate on, and it's just doing the same bleeding thing for half an hour. Completely unimaginative.
At least now that my mum knows that these classes do work on certain muscles, maybe they'll let me branch out a bit more to something I'd actually like.
(Ahem, you can kind of tell this is a seriously sore point with me XD;;; I can't tell you how many times I've argued with them on this topic - and they still can't get it into their thick skulls that I hate the goddamn treadmill!)
Anyway - back to the story :P"""
I went alone for the basic pilates class today. (Mum had something else to do) It was both more and less strenous than Monday's lessons - I learned alot more of how to focus on the correct muscles, so I got more of a workout in the areas I'd like to reduce, but the places that were aching on Monday weren't really the focus for today. But I think it's good I came for this one - smaller crowd, so more attention is paid to everyone, and more individual attention. She also explains alot more about what you should do with your muscles.
Of course, as with everything, it takes practice to build up strength and to be able to do some of the exercises easily, so I just have to keep going back :)
Well, I guess that's about all! Ending this with the customary measurements & weight tracker thing I used to do.
As at Sunday, 3 June 2012:
Weight: 64.5kg
Bust: 92cm
Waist: 75cm Hips: ?? Didn't take this one, but I think around 103cm
As at Wednesday, 6 June 2012:
Weight: 63kg
Bust: 91.5cm
Waist: 73.5cm
Hips: ?? Again, didn't take this one, but should still be the same at around 103cm
Yeah, my measurements completely exploded :/
Alright, goodnight!
Thursday, 23 February 2012
Recipe: Easy Speedy Dukan Bread Recipe
This recipe is adapted from a cake recipe on the Dukan website. That's right, a cake recipe! It tastes more like bread to my sister and I though, so we call it a bread recipe :P
Ingredients:
2 tbsp oat bran
1 tbsp wheat bran
2 tbsp skimmed milk powder
2 tsp cornflour
2 tsp baking powder
sweetener to taste (I use about 2 sachets - 1/2 tsp)
1.5 tbsp fromage frais (I just use yoghurt - about 2tbsp)
2 eggs
Mix all the dry ingredients in a bowl, then stir in the wet ingredients and mix well. Transfer to a deep-ish microwaveable bowl and cover with cling film. Cook at 800w for 5 minutes, or at 1000w for about 4 and a half minutes.
Do not overcook or the bread becomes very tough and chewy, and quite dry.
Variations:
Ingredients:
2 tbsp oat bran
1 tbsp wheat bran
2 tbsp skimmed milk powder
2 tsp cornflour
2 tsp baking powder
sweetener to taste (I use about 2 sachets - 1/2 tsp)
1.5 tbsp fromage frais (I just use yoghurt - about 2tbsp)
2 eggs
Mix all the dry ingredients in a bowl, then stir in the wet ingredients and mix well. Transfer to a deep-ish microwaveable bowl and cover with cling film. Cook at 800w for 5 minutes, or at 1000w for about 4 and a half minutes.
Do not overcook or the bread becomes very tough and chewy, and quite dry.
Variations:
- Add Dukan chocolate chips (mix 1tbsp fat-reduced cocoa powder, 1 tbsp hazelnut essence, 1 egg yolk together, then freeze until hardened and cut chips off the block) to the mixture for sweetness.
- Add 2 tsp cocoa powder and 1tbsp sweetener for chocolate bread.
- Add a small amount of matcha powder (I'm not sure - half a teaspoon should do I think, but I usually judge by colour) and 1tbsp sweetener for a sweet green tea bread.
- Serve with a chocolate spread made from cocoa powder, hot milk and sweetener.
Day 138 (Thursday, 23rd February 2012)
Phase: Cruise - PV
Weight: 59.5kg
Bust: 90cm
Waist: 70cm
Hips: 97cm
Thighs: 96cm
Notes: Haha, since CNY started, I've completely lost track of the diet! In fact, I've been almost completely off the diet since then, with the occasional PP-PV day. My excuse was that I'm on the consolidation phase now, but that doesn't really work since I'm actually planning on losing more weight XD;
Anyway! I'm pretty happy with my measurements, except for my bottom half, but I guess that bit is to be expected - I do have to sit for most of the day for my job.
I've also been kinda sick for a week - had an awful case of stomach cramps, the runs and nausea for a week and was unable to keep any food or water down at all. I gave in once it hit the one-week mark and went to see the doctor, who told me it was likely an internal infection of some sort. I'm not sure, I was in a bit of a daze by then, and couldn't concentrate long enough to listen hahaha!
But anyway, I took some meds and I'm feeling much better now :) But I did lose nearly 2kg in 3 days XD;;; Mostly water loss, but now that I've hit the 59.5kg mark, I'm feeling particularly determined to bring it down to 58kg, then later 57kg.... XD;
Only thing is I'm feeling almost permanently dizzy and woozy nowadays, so I can't work as fast as I used to :/ And at such a busy time, it isn't a good thing at all!
Not many updates life-wise. Mostly been bogged down with work. So many events to coordinate and only so much I can do in one day - why do people leave the office at 5pm and not 6pm?? ;___; I'd be grateful if we could extend the 9-5 working hours of most people to 8-6. It'd make things much easier to have those extra 2 hours XD;
Kay, I've actually still got stuff to do, but had to bring home because it was getting too late to stay in the office alone, and there were too many construction workers around in the area. Bye!
Weight: 59.5kg
Bust: 90cm
Waist: 70cm
Hips: 97cm
Thighs: 96cm
Notes: Haha, since CNY started, I've completely lost track of the diet! In fact, I've been almost completely off the diet since then, with the occasional PP-PV day. My excuse was that I'm on the consolidation phase now, but that doesn't really work since I'm actually planning on losing more weight XD;
Anyway! I'm pretty happy with my measurements, except for my bottom half, but I guess that bit is to be expected - I do have to sit for most of the day for my job.
I've also been kinda sick for a week - had an awful case of stomach cramps, the runs and nausea for a week and was unable to keep any food or water down at all. I gave in once it hit the one-week mark and went to see the doctor, who told me it was likely an internal infection of some sort. I'm not sure, I was in a bit of a daze by then, and couldn't concentrate long enough to listen hahaha!
But anyway, I took some meds and I'm feeling much better now :) But I did lose nearly 2kg in 3 days XD;;; Mostly water loss, but now that I've hit the 59.5kg mark, I'm feeling particularly determined to bring it down to 58kg, then later 57kg.... XD;
Only thing is I'm feeling almost permanently dizzy and woozy nowadays, so I can't work as fast as I used to :/ And at such a busy time, it isn't a good thing at all!
Not many updates life-wise. Mostly been bogged down with work. So many events to coordinate and only so much I can do in one day - why do people leave the office at 5pm and not 6pm?? ;___; I'd be grateful if we could extend the 9-5 working hours of most people to 8-6. It'd make things much easier to have those extra 2 hours XD;
Kay, I've actually still got stuff to do, but had to bring home because it was getting too late to stay in the office alone, and there were too many construction workers around in the area. Bye!
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