I am sick and tired of being “big”.  I have tried Weight Watchers (which worked until we stopped and then it came right back on), Atkins (which worked until we couldn’t look at another piece of cheese or hard boiled egg and caved and went out for a stack of pancakes soaked in syrup…after that there was no turning back).  For the most part, we do eat healthy.  Lots of veggies and fruit and whole grains but also pasta and too big portion sizes and certainly not enough exercise.  Good food tastes good and is comforting and we are exhausted by the end of the day to exercise.
Anyhow, Mary found a diet that I think is going to work.  It will be really hard for the first 5 days, the Attack Phase, where we will only be allowed protein.  Yup, only protein.  With Dee, Mary and I all doing it together, though I think we can do it and jump start this new phase of our lives.
The recipes look tasty, we like protein and after the Attack Phase we will be adding vegetables and alternating veggies/protein and pure protein days for the next 5 months.  The cool part is, you can eat as much as you want of whatever (protein and most vegetables) you want so you can’t really complain about being being hungry.  I can have my latte as long as it’s fat free milk and sugar free sweetener (did it this morning and didn’t die!).  The hardest part for me is going to be drinking enough water each day.  I hate water.  But on this diet your body is burning weight quickly so you really have to drink it.  We also have to eat some oat bran, but I think this will be helpful is staying full.
Wish us luck, give us support and please be kind if we are cranky in the carb-detox phase.  If you want to join us and look fabulous, too….follow this link:  Dukan Diet. Also, we’ve checked in with our PCP and she thinks it sounds like a healthy plan.
Let us know, we’re starting on Monday!  The more the merrier, we can all reach our goal weights together and the way this is set up, it teaches your body that that’s the weight it really should be.