Wednesday, November 2, 2011

My Dukan Diet Part II

Well it has been 2 months since I started the Dukan Diet.  I have reached the goal they told be was best for my body, which I am happy with.  I have lost 21 pounds!  Can't believe it.  What it has done for me is make me more aware of what I put in my mouth, and get exercise back in my day.  I (we) eat better now then before.  Now I am at the stage where they call it the consolidation stage.  Where I have to be in this stage for 100 days I believe, where I start adding certain foods back in my diet and can have protein with vegs everyday, not one day protein/one protein, veg.  Which I will like because when it is protein day only, the choices are many.  I can add 2 slices of whole grain bread and a fresh fruit everyday!  I am excited about that, haha.  One thing about this diet is you actually taste you food again, and enjoy the flavor.  I haven't started the consolidation yet because I am worried to start gaining, I don't want to have wasted all this time and gain it back.  So I will continue to work hard and be the determined person I am and hope for the best results.  People would probably say it isn't safe but after the initial loss it slows down and comes off gradual.  My blood pressure has dropped big time!  My colitis, still in check.  So how can I complain.  My only down side is dizzy spells, but even they are getting better.  I didn't want to lose a big amount, just enough so I could feel comfortable in my own skin again.  So I can walk up a hill and not have pains in my neck.  To give myself a fighting chance to eat right, which I thought I was doing, but now I know I wasn't.  So I don't regret doing this at all, now I will let you know how the next step goes, fingers crossed.  Wish me luck.
On Our daughters graduation day, And we both felt good!

Pan American Games, Mexico

This is my husbands niece Amanda Sin.  She is the first one to receive a medal (Bronze) in the Pan Am games!  In mountain biking.  She is a symbol of what a person should strive to be.  She grew up right here in little ol Nova Scotia.  Went on to get her Forestry Engineering then Physiotherapist.  But her longing was always for her mountain bike.  So as she travelled around the world biking, her passion grew.  Now a member of one of the best womens team in the world right now.  Her husband is a great support to her.  The games were the last big bang of the year.  And it couldn't have ended better.  We got to see her for a visit this summer, she came right from Sweden home to see her mom.  She even brought us a chocolate bar right from Sweden.  As I was on my diet then, my husband and son volunteered to taste test and said it was the best chocolate they have had.  While she was here she didn't know how much practise she would get in but of course one day she biked all the way to Bedford!  Took 3 hrs and she did fine.  Don't get to see her very often as she lives in Ontario with her hubby, but sure is good to spend time with her.  Very proud of her and her accomplishments.  So if you think you can't do something, just think about it again and go for it!