Ok will the SP always has a WE challenge F-M and usually has some kind of eating thing. This time it did not and I went to town! I ate whatever, whenever! So I expected a gain and got a whopper of one.
Mon 3/18 226.6
Mon 3/25 229.6, +3
Now what have I done since then to get it back. Nothing. Eating the same, but went to the library and browsed different dieting books. I came across the Dukan Diet and remembered everyone talking about it during the Will and Kate wedding. So I checked it out. The first phase is Atkins to a "T" with the exception of not allowing fat, so no cheese, processed meats, fatty meats like ribs, duck,etc. It only lasts 2-10 days. The big difference I see, I'm only a quarter of the way thru is that on Atkins there's no timetable and there's no concrete instruction on when to move on. It's like stay in this phase until you get to your ideal wt and then gradually add 5g of carbs for a week, if you lose wt add another 5 if you gain that is where your carb threshold is. On Dukan, It's spelled out. Everything from the amount of time at eat stage (there's 4), what to eat at each stage and how and when and what to do for maintenance part. It's for someone like me who doesn't want to do the legwork. I know it's a gimmicky diet but I only have one week left on the work WL competition and I need a Big loss. Also I lost tons on the Atkins when I did it faithfully but got bored with it, so I'll see what this one does for me. My last WI for work will be 4/2 and I'm going to do the Attack Phase for this whole week (once I get the stuff today). The big thing about this diet is there's no counting calories and I can eat as much of the approved foods that I want. So if you want to do a food homework/competition thing, I can figure out something comparable to cal counting.
The workouts are going ok...I still haven't found that class that I love in the afternoon. I keep trying to make the 9am classes but I totally oversleep. I think it will be afternoons for now. I did a 30m hula dvd, completely easy, yesterday. I'm going to ripped at 430 today. I'm doing the c25K program too. So if I can get to the gym early I'll start day 1 today.
Oh and I still haven't sent out your thing. I'm going to ....probably this weekend.
Yay for Dukan! (I asked my French major cousin for the French equivalent of "yay", and she said they say "Oui!" except pronounced "Way!" as an exclamation. So, "Way!" for Dukan Diet!) I remember all the talk about that one too, and I love Kate Middleton so it gets a thumbs-up from me. Did you get all your stuff? How's it going?
ReplyDeleteI think we should take a break from homework for a week or two while you're wrapping up your work challenge, you have a ton on your plate (or hopefully not, heh heh) already! And I need to keep focusing on Planet Fitness. We're doing good!
Oh PS I totally haven't sent your thing either, I'll aim for this weekend too, lol.
Haha, didn't mean to write a whole blog entry on your blog!