Winner!

Sorry for the delay…just popping in between writing reports.

We have a winner…

# 5…Sue!

Sue said…

5 | Sue November 20, 2010 at 10:26 pm | edit

Wow Lauren you are blitzing this! I’ve been on holidays in Melbourne for the week so haven’t had a chance to catch up with your progress until now. You are so close, best of luck with the last 5kg – can’t wait to get there myself! Only had 10 to go before my holiday but haven’t weighed in yet to see how much damage I did 

I will send you an email Sue to get your postal addy…a nice little present in time for Christmas!

Lauren.

xoxo

Day 143 – Cruise (PP)

Well, it’s decided my scales are totally out 😦 Don’t know how long that’s been for either, tomorrow morning will be the decider.

I ate fine all day…until it came to dinner 😦 Peanut MnM’s should not come in a tub, full stop. And I had Red Rooster. (And yes, the Peanut MnM’s came first…..epic fail 😦 )There, I said it. I already feel sick for eating it all.

Oh well, back on track tomorrow.

I hope I can get my work for school finished soon. Can you believe there are only 18 school days left, I can’t! All the same, bring on the holidays!!!!

Lauren.

Day 142 – Cruise (PP)

A very interesting morning on the scales, after a number of different times, I weighed 73.1!!! I am more confused than excited ^.^?? My scales are normally very reliable, so I don’t know what’s going on. I don’t even know if it’s physically possible to drop 3kg in one day?

When I got home from work I weighed myself again, and after a day of eating and drinking lots I was up to 74 (a regular jump for me at the end of the day)…and still 2kg less than I weighed yesterday morning. I don’t know what’s going on and I’m very curious as to what I weigh tomorrow morning.

Breakfast: Oat Bran Porridge

Snack: Diet Jelly & Yoplait ForMe Fruit Yoghurt

Lunch: Beef Jerky (whoops, I ate the whole thing!), Pastrami and Chicken Breast

Snack: Silverside

Dinner: Roast Chicken (lots 😦 it was an easy dinner)

Drinks: LOTS of water (more than 3L I would imagine) and quite a bit of Coke Zero too.

Exercise: 30 minute walk on Mum’s treadmill 🙂 (maybe it’s the regular exercise that I’ve been doing??)

Lauren.

SW: 99    CW: 73.1

Day 141 – Cruise (PV)

Phew…a super busy morning cleaning my house ready for a Lingerie/Clothing party I had here this afternoon.

Thank goodness my friends arrived a little early they helped me prepare all of the food. I had it so there was a big platter of meats and a big platter of veggies, then there was some tim tams and lollies and fresh strawberries and chips and crackers. All of the healthy food got eaten (but so did the lollies and tim tams 😛 ), and crackers that were left over I sent home with my brother’s girlfriend, no need to leave them around the house. Wasn’t even tempted to eat the non-desireables 🙂

On a sad note, the scales revisited 76.0kg today (100g up from yesterday), not quite sure why as I did everything I was supposed to yesterday. I have a feeling my ‘bouncing’ has begun, thanks for the heads up Tam 🙂

Not going to list what I ate today, as it was all Dukan friendly meats or vegetables, with some diet jelly, yoghurt and cottage cheese thrown in for good measure.

Heading over to mums now to borrow some treadmill time! 30 minutes to be precise.

Hope to see some scale movement in the right direction tomorrow morning 🙂

Lauren.

SW: 99    CW: 76

Metallica

The last comments I read made me smile 🙂 It’s true, I love A LOT of very different things. I sleep with a soft toy bunny on my bed and I enjoy listening to Metallica 😛 I just might be a little crazy ^o^

Here’s some pics from the night…

Me and my girl 🙂 Don’t we rock 😛
Note: I am not wearing a black t-shirt….but I have a wicked black vest 🙂

Lead singer…he did rock 😛

Unfortunately they played a lot of new stuff, and I didn’t know a lot of the songs 😦 But the mosh pit right below us was very entertaining….we had GREAT seats.

They played more songs I was familiar with towards the end…so that was great. I did have some video, but unfortunately I am singing along, and since my mouth was closer to the iPhone, well…you get the picture 🙂

Hope everyone has a great week 😀

Lauren.

Day 140 – Cruise (PV)

Another giant loss today (which is really yesterday coz I got home too late after the Metallica concert to post!) 75.9…my first time in the 75’s yet, it’s a fun place to be 🙂

A quick rundown of what I ate:

Breakfast: 1 Chocolate Oatbran Muffin & 1 tub Nestle Yoghurt

Snack: 3 Sugar Free Lollies

Lunch: Left over Savoury Beef Mince

Dinner: Sliced Chicken Breast, Slice Turkey Breast & Gherkin Cottage Cheese

Snack: 1 Chocolate Oat Bran Muffin

Drinks: 2L Water & a few glasses of Coke Zero

Exercise: 30 minute walk on mum’s treadmill, 20 minutes of walking to and from the concert to parking & 2 hours of standing and rocking at Metallica >)

Lauren.

SW: 99    CW: 75.9

Celebration Time :)

I’m so happy about being under the 5kg mark, that I want to celebrate 🙂

And since I love Christmas (it’s only around the corner!)….I would like to do a Christmas Giveaway 🙂

If you would like to be in the running to receive a cute package of Christmassy things from me, just leave a comment on this post.

I will drawn a random winner using random.org next Saturday the 27th of November…at 9am AEST!

Bye!

Lauren.

Stats (21)

So here I am after 20 weeks on the dukan diet, that’s almost half a year…cRaZy!

I haven’t posted my stats for the last 2 weeks, time got away from me, but I’m back here today 🙂

The little peak in the graph is actually what I weighed on Tuesday morning this week, as I didn’t weigh myself last Saturday, so since Tuesday (5 days) I have lost 2.5kg back on Cruise 😀

Starting Weight: 99.0kg
Current Weight: 75.9kg
23.1kg Lost in 20 Weeks

Starting Body Fat Content: 44.7%
Current Body Fat Content: 35.8%
8.9% Lost in 20 Weeks

Starting Water Content: 39.4%
Current Water Content: 43.3%
3.9% Gained in 17 Weeks

Lauren.

SW: 99    CW: 75.9 😀

Day 139 – Cruise (PV)

Woohoo! 76.6kg today, three losses three days in a row 😀 I wonder how long I can keep this up?

I allowed myself to get hungry today, but on reflection it was probably more that I didn’t drink enough water during the day….so I had to make up for it in the evening.

Here’s what I ate today…

Breakfast: Skinny Weak Caramel Cappuccino from Gloria Jeans

Snack: Nestle Apricot Yoghurt

Lunch: Small Roasted Chicken Breast

Snack: 1 sugar free Lolly and Diet Jelly

Dinner: Savoury Mince

Snack: 2 Chocolate Oatbran Muffins & 1 sugar free Lolly

Drinks: 2L Water & a couple of glasses of Coke Zero

Exercise: 30 minutes on my Mum’s treadmill and about an hour of walking around a fete 🙂

Lauren.

SW: 99    CW: 76.6 😀

One Pot Savoury Mince Recipe

I had some Heart Smart Beef Mince in the fridge, that was destined to become meatballs…but the thought of rolling them all made my lazy side say meh. So instead I looked around for a savoury mince recipe to cook in the slow cooker, and pinched a few ingredients from this one and that…by the time I got around to cooking it I didn’t have enough time for the slow cooker, just cooked it on the stove top in my favourite casserole dish and it turned out quite yummy.

Here’s the recipe I came up with…

Makes 3 decent Serves

Suitable for Cruise PV

(sorry about the bad pic…iPhone)

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Ingredients

1/2 tsp Oil

500g Heart Smart Beef Mince

1 stick Celery, finely chopped

1 small Onion, finely chopped

1 small Green Capsicum, finely chopped

1 clove Garlic, finely chopped

1 tbsp Soy Sauce

1 tbsp White Vinegar

1 tsp Sweetener

1 tsp Dijon Mustard

1/2 tsp Chilli Powder

1 cup Beef Stock

2 tbsp Tomato Paste

Freshly Cracked Black Pepper

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1. Heat the oil in a heavy bottomed pan. Add the beef mince and brown.

2. Empty the beef into a strainer and get most of the excess oil out of the pan.

3. Into the same pan, add the garlic, onion, capsicum and celery. Cook vegetables until softened.

4. Return beef mince to the pan and add all other ingredients.

5. Simmer covered over the lowest heat, stirring occasionally.

Enjoy!

• I let mine cook for about 15 minutes once all the ingredients were in. Just double check that the liquid has not run out…if it looks like it might, add a little bit more. Or, if it looks like there’s too much, leave the lid off and turn the heat up a touch to let it evaporate.
• As always with a dish like this, use what is already in your cupboard in terms of condiments. Don’t have soy sauce? Use worcestershire instead (I just really need to buy some)
• You could very well cook this in the slow cooker from step 4 onwards…just pop it on in the morning and leave it on Auto for 6-7 hours.

I would love to know if you give any of my recipes a try….leave me a comment and let me know how they turn out for you 🙂

Lauren.