Day 3, May 3rd 2011
Weigh-in:
Diane (D)-71 kg, (156.5 lbs); Down 2.2 lbs or 1.37%, ...sweet!
Erik (E)-99.5 kg, (219.5 lbs); Down 2.2 lbs or 1.00%
I havn't been including our excercise notes:
Day 1 exercise:
Erik, the kids, and I ran about in the field in front of our building. We played soccer with the kids and had a fun time.
Day 2 excercise:
Erik played with the kids in the field again and I could see them from teh window as I finished my shopping list. I counted my 1 hour of shopping as a 20 min walk although I agree that that is cheating a bit and hope not do that again. :o)
Day 3 exercise:
Went and played soccer with the kids again. I jogged 2 laps around the field and broke out in massive hives and it turns out I'm allergic to excercise. Who ever heard of something so ridiculous? No wonder I'm getting fat & lazy!
Notes and thoughts about the diet:
Astonished about the 2.2 lbs. I'm inclined to think there might be something wrong with the scale! (I did buy for about $5) I don't look like I lost any weight and that is what I usually use to judge myself. I hardly ever use a scale because I've always figured I can look in a mirror and know if I like what I see or not, I don't need a scale to tell me I do or don't like what I see. BUT, in the interest of keeping motivated long enough to make the diet work, weighing ourselves every day or 2 is a must to show that we are indeed making progress.
However, Erik and I have both found ourselves being very hungry. We are obviously both big snackers and like to raid the cubbords for nuts, chips, cereal bars, cereal, fruit, cookies and milk, etc. It has been really hard on me because I don't usually ever give food a 2nd thought. i eat when I'm hungry and don't when I'm not!
I remember during my AF training being very hungry at night because we had set eating times and we'd get an apple or banana at before bed as our snack. I remember thinking that that apple was such a welcome sight I wanted to hug it and cuddle it before eating it but I was too hungry. There was a cadet on my floor who had vitamin C tablets with him and shared them with me. It was the best tasting orange candy i'd every had in my life!
I can now say (& Erik says it too) that a vegetable has never looked so good! I always have cucumbers and green peppers or carrots out on the table for the kids to snack on. Celery with peanut butter is a big favorite of my son and I like tomatoes when I'm included in the snack. I put these out for when they want to snack while watching TV or from boredom, or on the table while i'm cooking and they don't think they can wait another second, these foods keep them happy until dinner arrives and they refust to eat any of it. :o) I might have drooled on teh cucumbers before putting them on teh table last night!
I know its an 'eat as much as you want' diet so you're not supposed to be hungry but ham and eggs are just not that appetizing to me as far as snacks go. I'm looking forward to adding veggies although the day is still supposed to be full of protein even on veggie days.
Day 3 food: Protein day, JumpStart
Erik breakfast-he had his Oat Bran Pancake and a protein drink that he reported he was not a fan of. The nice part about the oat bran is that it is really filling as it expands considerably (up to 20 times its size) when in your stomach. I believe it will also help with the constipation likely to come with a protein only diet.
Erik lunch-he took some ham slices and chicken to work with him and I'm assuming he'll be vending some diet cokes while at work.
breakfast-I made scrambled eggs with the egg whites I had left over from my pudding recipe the night before. They were edible but not great. I definately prefer at least one yoke in there. This was made more difficult as I toasted a waffle for my son's (3) breakfast and my daughter (5) had cookie crisp cereal. She left some in her bowl as she left the table and I was very (VERY) tempted to finish it off as I usually do with their food but I was still woozy from the shock of being down 4 lbs after only 2 days and was able to use that to motivate me to skip the cereal and leftover waffle w/ syrup bits. (making myself hungry just writing about it!)
snack-I bought 4 different kinds of fat-free yogurt in the hopes of finding one I really love. Today I tried the Activia Fat Free Vanilla. It's not gross but I don't see myself craving it anytime soon.
lunch-ham slices again, diet coke, more snacking than an actual lunch, maybe I should try Erik's protein shakes? I'm trying to save my oaty pancake for this evening but I might have to eat it soon.
Dinner-meatloaf.
Erik says he feels like a vampire because whatever we eat is not satisfying. Protien will fill you up but not satisfy you! I agree. Wasn't hungry last night so that is good, I even forgot to eat my pancake.
My evil generalization: fat people are lazy.
Let's face it, I wouldn't have an extra 20 lbs to lose if I wasn't a bit lazy. I've been very lucky in my life in that my genetics have been very nice to me. I ate all I wanted through highschool, college, and afterwords. This is not the case for everyone. I played sports and was generally very active but my best friend has almost always been a lot more active than I am. She's definately in better shape and has even run marathons but she has always been thicker than me. So I know genetics play a big part in the size of a person and I'm not talking about being at your 'true weight.' For some people their 'true weight' can be a lot more than another person. But it's that extra weight that I'm talking about.
When I had my daughter I kept working but switched to part time. I lost all the baby weight while just keeping busy on my job, and I was an engineer, not a manual labor job. But I did run about the whole plant talking with people and fixing various problems so I wasn't at my desk all day either. I may have even lost a bit extra. Then my son and a very stressful pregnancy came along and the weight did not all go away this time. I had gone back to full time before the birth and switched again to part time. I lost all but about 5-10 lbs (didn't weigh myself so not sure on the amount). This little extra didn't bother me. Then I quit my job to work for myself and was still doing ok.
Then I left my business to follow Erik to CA (from NH) for a job opportunity. I didn't know anyone and the kids and I were hanging out just the 3 of us quite a lot. My daughter started school and we started getting into a routine. I started to put on a bit extra weight without the daily work and busyness of getting the kids ready for daycare. My daughter had 1/2 days of school and it didn't start until 9:40am. And the weight kept coming. I wasn't really doing anything different but it no longer went away on its own. Maybe because I wasn't working but I didn't change my diet, I'd always been a pig and gummy bear fan so why was it piling on now?
We went back to NH to visit family and I weighed myself for the 1st time in years...165! My eyes bugged and I couldn't believe it, how depressing! but I shrugged it off as the price of being a mother, no time for reliving the old days when I was a competitive snowboarder or summer river rafting guide. I had lived in Maui for 2 years and rowed outrigger canoes with a team for fun, best shape of my life! Not as skinny as I was after AF training but I had great tone in my arms and back. Plus it was awesome, who wouldn't love rowing a canoe type boat in the ocean, chasing dolphins? There I go reliving again.
Anyway, so i'm tired of thinking about all the fun things I used to do and ready to start doing those fun things again! The fam and I went hiking at an amazing park (Bradgate park) near our home in Glenfield, UK. It is a beautiful 1200 acre park that has a tower to hike up to. I was exhausted. I was sweating and feeling pooped and we weren't going very fast (my 3 year old was keeping up!)
Pretty soon my kids will be old enough to do fun and active things and I want to join them, not sit on the lawn with the other mothers, spreading out the snacks! Mostly I want the energy I used to have. I can't stand being exhausted all the time. bleck!
So it's time to stop being lazy and stop being fat. I don't look at myself and say 'wow look how fat you are' but I know I'm out of shape and I don't like that at all. When I started running in teh AF I hated it. I'd never been a fan of running. But after a while it became relaxing. You're body gets used to it and your breathing becomes less labored. I want to reach that point again and this diet is my way there. We're not starting the running part yet because I think the lack of food would be really tough if I was also hungry from running but we're going to use this diet to get the extra pounds down and then increase the activity as summer comes on. For now though, we're strictly putting the diet part on test, will the Dukan diet give us the happiness with our bodies that we used to have? Will that happiness be the flame we need to light the torch of our fitness regime? Or will I be a lazy gummy bear eating mommy again in no time?
I think this diet lets you be pretty lazy and still keep the weight off. That's what I'm hoping for, we'll see!
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