Day 60 Cruise - PP

What an exhausting day! On top of feeling fluey it was the first day of school for 6 Nursery students today. They were only at school until 11:30 but we were all exhausted. At least I could escape the classrooms and have a break but the teachers were in there with some screaming kids for 4 hours. Man what a day! I am not sure who was worse, the kids or the moms waiting outside trying to sneak in and see their kids:-)

I skipped breakfast - BAD IDEA and only ended up eating my first meal at about 12. Unfortunately that meant the rest of the day went badly as I was really feeling weak and hungry and ratty by then!!!

Breakfast - none

Lunch - turkey ham with mustard and Philly light

Snack - Laughing Cow Light cheese wedge

Supper - beef stew and Oat bran porridge

I stepped on the scales this am and they def were slightly below 65. Woo hoo hopefully tomorrow they will go right down.

No formal exercise except stair climbing and wrestling with angry 3 years olds trying to escape.

I drank countless cups of coffee and tea

Day 59 Cruise - EXERCISE DAY

Well I had an interesting day!

I made 5 batches of playdough - yes you heard right! I had all the nursery teachers come so I could show them how to make playdough. Hopefully this means that next time they need it they will be able to make it themselves. I made 2 batches in the microwave which was super easy! My arm got lots of exercise today with the dough on the stove.

Breakfast - Oat bran porridge

Lunch - Turkey ham rolls with light Philly (chive flavour)

Supper - Steak, egg, baby marrow and green pepper.

I had so much coffee today - I am hoping I will sleep tonight. I also had about 2.5 l of water today.

My other HUGE news is that I finally got to the gym and did 20 min on the walking/jogging machine. I even managed to jog for 3 min - with walking breaks in between - I would not want you to think I am super fit or good at jogging - cos I am not!

I then did 10 min on the bike so I am very pleased with myself. My husband got sick of me moaning that I can't get off 65 kg so he told me to get myself to the gym and do some exercise. 65 kg - you will be history SOON................

Day 58 Cruise

Well I went online to the official website and it was kind of weird. I updated or changed my weight and stats and they said I should weigh 56.1 and that I basically needed 2 more months.

Nothing changed except I have lost 8 kg but they changed my goal weight. Originally they said 57 kg - huh???? Well I am still aiming for 53!!

Breakfast - nothing, I was in a rush

Lunch - Oat bran porridge and yoghurt(0%)

Snack - baby bel and left over beef from last nights supper

Supper - Crab salad

Snack - 2 low carb biscuits

I am feeling all coldy and sniffly so it has not been a great day health wise. I was enjoying the last 2 months and feeling so well, so it was kind of a shock getting a cold.

I have done lots of walking up the stairs today as we have had no electricity for most of the day. I think I walked up and down about 4 or 5 times- once with shopping bags weighing me down. We live on the 4th floor so a fair bit of effort!

Day 57 - I WANT CHOCOLATE

Well my title says it all. Today, this afternoon I had a sudden CRAZY urge for chocolate. I have some yummy things in the house and I have packed them away for later when I can enjoy them, in moderation. So this craving came totally out of the blue as I have been faced with loads of yummy looking cakes and food lately. I have not been tempted until today.

And so I confess to my readers that I opened my freezer and took out a frozen blue Lindt ball and scoffed it. I ate it so fast I didn't even appreciate it. I think that is what makes the whole things worse. It was like I was crazy, ripping it open, stuffing it in and just barely chewing it before swallowing. What was that about???

The rest of the day was fine:

Breakfast - Oat bran porridge

Snack - Hard boiled eggs

Lunch - Turkey ham and light cream cheese

CRAZY MOMENT - 1 blue Lindt ball from freezer

Supper - beef stroganoff and green beans

Today I felt hungry, I have no idea why? I also know that there are times in a month where I feel like I need something sweet and chocolatey. Hopefully that is it for me now.

I weighed myself and I am stuck on 65 kg. All the reading I have done says that people hit plateaus where your body sticks. I weighed 65 for a long time at one stage and my body has remembered that weight and wants to stay on it.

I need to step up the exercise and water. I also need to have another few PP days.

Day 55 & 56 Cruise PV

Day 55

Breakfast - Oat Bran Porridge

Lunch - various Salads and Chicken

Snack - Low Carb biscuits

Supper - Turkey rolled up with Light Philly cream cheese and Chives

Day 56

Breakfast - none as I was running late

Tea and coffee

Lunch - broccoli salad with cheese and bacon bits, crab salad

Supper - Oat bran porridge

We had been invited to a lunch today and there were so many non Dukan things. They served Chicken lasagna and regular lasagna. I love the chicken one but I resisted, mostly because there were people there who I had not seen for ages so they could see I had lost some weight and wanted to know how. So while it was hard to say no to some of the food it was helped by the fact that it is obvious I have lost weight.

I was also really pleased as my friends had come back from overseas and brought me some more oat bran as well as wheat bran. However they also brought me some Thorntons Brazil Nut toffee - which I have put safely away for sometime later.

There were some delicious desserts on the table - choc squares and ice cream, cake, tart etc etc. I almost took some vanilla ice cream...............almost!!!

I am sitting here typing and eating my porridge for supper, thinking that I really need to get more creative with my food. That broccoli salad today was delicious.

Day 54 Cruise PV

Breakfast - Oat Bran porridge

Lunch - (really late as I was running around getting a washing machine!) Turkey Ham and Light Philly Cream Cheese with chives. Mini babybel light

Snack - some low carb oat biscuits

Supper - Grilled meat, chicken and salad

Snack - left over salad

Wow it was a crazy day - and so hot too. I drank bottles and bottles of water so no worries about liquids today. I was so hungry by the time I got home after washing machine shopping I had a pounding headache and I was famished. Even eating did not take the headache away so I eventually resorted to Ibuprofin.

We had a sort of social function with the Kindergarten teachers tonight and I went along. They served a sweet, syrupy thing that I politely took and had 2 bites of.

I have been getting lots of comments from them and compliments about my weight. They all want to know how I am doing it but are surprised when I tell them. They sort of look at me disbelievingly.

This society is always on diet - well my teachers are anyway. They come to school telling me what a "hard" diet they are on. I have kept relatively quiet about this diet and only acknowledged being on diet when they noticed my weight loss. I think it is better this way.

So much of life here is about food - that is the amazing thing about this diet. I can go to most social events as there is normally salad and veg things. It is not a hardship or difficulty. It is just when they only serve sweets that it is interesting!!!!

Well another day over...............must get to bed early tonight - for a change. I wake up in teh middle of the night either needing the loo from all the water I have drank or with my head buzzing with school ideas!

Day 53 Cruise PP

Breakfast - Oat bran porridge

Lunch - Rolled Turkey Ham with Philly light and mustard - my new favourite snack

Snack - 3 low carb oat biscuits

Supper - Bobotie

I have had 2 PP days in a row so looking forward to a nice salad or something with veg tomorrow. I look back and realise that I am not eating enough - this was mentioned before but I just can't make myself eat when I am not hungry. I was thinking of making some more muffins so that I can just have a muffin or 2 a day but I have my oat bran in the morning and I love eating it that way. I will probably get sick of it soon.

I really wish we could get some nice fat free yoghurts here. I must also make more of an effort to vary my diet - there some nice ideas out there I must get off my butt and make some new things.

Still really hot here in Lebanon which helps with drinking water - I am wondering what will happen when it get a bit cooler............