weight loss

Eric_Pisch

Frodobaggins wrote: »

Your weight loss is so impressive, you must have worked so hard to get were you are now, well done.
How do you calculate muscle gain?
Frodo x.

i used a bodpod

but these are reasonably accurate, which i use as well

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Omron-BF511-Family-Composition-Monitor/dp/B0033AGBW0/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1312125998&sr=8-2

and honestly primal is pretty easy if your disciplined in what you eat, rarely hungry

Eric_Pisch

Occy wrote: »

Eric,

This site as a whole is interesting but my problem is the practicality, I just can not see how to turn this into practice when my lifestyle is so hectic during the day.

If say I look up from my desk and its lunchtime, I haven't pre-prepared anything which is normal so I pootle to Tesco Express, how do I contruct a primal lunch from here assuming all I have to cook with is a microwave and 10 minutes?

I feel you are right with Carb reduction but it seems unsuited to the office 30 minute lunch.

Steve

a little bit of planning and a little bit of discipline, but very little will power after the carb addiction is beaten (first 2-3 weeks)

i plan my lunches the week ahead and buy it all in our weekly shop

if you have a tescos near you thou they have a tonne of primal food that you can buy, nuts , cooked meats, cheese, full fat yoghurts, salads etc

oh and i get 10 mins for lunch, but i too was a master of excuses

Matryoshka

Eric_Pisch wrote: »

i plan my lunches the week ahead and buy it all in our weekly shop

Gisan example of what you would eat in a typical day

Thanks

Eric_Pisch

Matryoshka wrote: »

Gisan example of what you would eat in a typical day

Thanks

this weekend for breakfast i have had 6 rashers of bacon cooked in coconut oil (i am allergic to eggs ) poured over a nice salad incl all the fat

delish, and about 700 cals

a typical work lunch would be

120g of cooked meat, 30g of cheese, a full fat greek yoghurt, 25g of beans, 25g of almonds, fast and easy to pack

dinner would be 350g steak cooked in CO with salt and pepper with about 500g of steamed veg, all the juice and fat poured over the veg nom nom nom

Matryoshka

Eric_Pisch wrote: »

this weekend for breakfast i have had 6 rashers of bacon cooked in coconut oil (i am allergic to eggs ) poured over a nice salad incl all the fat

delish, and about 700 cals

a typical work lunch would be

120g of cooked meat, 30g of cheese, a full fat greek yoghurt, 25g of beans, 25g of almonds, fast and easy to pack

dinner would be 350g steak cooked in CO with salt and pepper with about 500g of steamed veg, all the juice and fat poured over the veg nom nom nom

Thanks for this. I can eat most of the stuff on there. Don't eat bacon/ham/pork (anything from a pig) and I don't eat cheese :rotfl:

margaretclare

Olderbutnotwiser wrote: »

Hi All, glad I found this thread!
I started the Dukan last week and there seem to be a few Dukan experts on here!
Initially I started to go down quickly losing 7lb in 5 days then when I changed to the cruise bit I put two back on- no idea why, I do walk loads and swim 3 times a week....

Someone please tell me this is ok and just stick with it, I'm so tempted to chuck it in but I don't want another failure:o

Were you on Attack for 5 days?

It's common to lose more slowly once you go on to cruise. Dukan explains that in the daily motivation tips. This is what I got today:

Well done for being so disciplined. Keep on in this direction by following our instructions as closely as possible.
Yet another day when you haven't fallen back into your old eating habits, we are delighted about this.
Your motivation remains unshakeable as you are going through this phase. Well done, that is all I have to say to you!
Frustration is an unpleasant feeling. It seems that for the time being you are not confronted with it. This is excellent news. Let's keep on like this.
Margaret, cruising is the period of your slimming programme when you get slimmer. If you follow your instructions properly, the weight loss which you can expect is on average one and a half pounds per week. At the start of the diet you will lose more and then you'll have less successful weeks. For you the essential thing is to hold to your course and to keep going in the same direction, the right direction namely that of your true weight and keeping your true weight, by cutting this elastic band which otherwise will always bring back your lost pounds to their old place.
Sometimes just losing a few pounds is enough to regain the impact of your physical presence. Did you know that if your face is too full this can encroach upon the eye's visible surface, make it smaller and reduce the strength and beauty of a woman's eyes.
Don't forget that you are in a hurry to lose weight and therefore you are highly motivated. Strike while the iron is hot. Among the food based diets, the total protein diet is the most rapid, the one that eliminates the most water and makes you feel the most satiated. When you are not meant to have vegetables follow this to the letter so that you benefit from all its power.

I was on Attack for 2 days and at the end of that I'd lost three-quarters of a pound, but this morning I've lost 1.3 kg, which is a whisker off three pounds. I've never lost 3 pounds in one week before, not on any other weight loss programme.

What I like about it is, as I wrote before, I can see that it's do-able. No one is threatening me and saying 'oh, your BMI is too high, get down to an unrealistic weight'. That would be the way to set yourself up for failure! And the hassle of having to count every single calorie, gets to be a bore after a while especially if nothing seems to be happening.

I like the daily motivation tips and being asked to weigh and report daily. I would advise - just keep at it! Do you like the oat bran? I usually make a little bit of porridge of it with low-fat milk cooked for one minute in the microwave and eat it with Onken fat-free vanilla-flavoured yogurt.

What I fancied on the way back this afternoon - we'd already had a cup of tea (I didn't add any milk) and I had a Muller fat free raspberry flavoured yogurt - anyway, I really fancied a slice of roast beef. So DH stopped off and got some while the shops were still open. Just 3 slices of cooked beef with English mustard, that was what I fancied for tea. Now, don't want anything else for the rest of the day.

Eric_Pisch

Matryoshka wrote: »

Thanks for this. I can eat most of the stuff on there. Don't eat bacon/ham/pork (anything from a pig) and I don't eat cheese :rotfl:

pork chops taste good, bacon tastes good

actually bacon is the nectar of the gods, the best food ever nom nom nom

Matryoshka

Eric_Pisch wrote: »

pork chops taste good, bacon tastes good

actually bacon is the nectar of the goods, the best food ever nom nom nom

Filthy swine that they are _pale_ :rotfl:

fredsnail

Final night for the 24 hour exercise challenge :j

Hope you're all packed for the exotic holiday challenge

If anyone wants to log distance instead of time just let me know and I'll help you sort it out.

Frodobaggins

Eric_Pisch wrote: »

i used a bodpod

but these are reasonably accurate, which i use as well

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Omron-BF511-Family-Composition-Monitor/dp/B0033AGBW0/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1312125998&sr=8-2

and honestly primal is pretty easy if your disciplined in what you eat, rarely hungry

Thanks for the link, much appreciated.:D