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A Gut Feeling
Day 10 for me and I’m beginning to feel my clothes (specifically my pants) getting a bit loose. I think I can literally feel my tummy shrinking and I have caught myself a few times tightening my core...
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Habits – The Good, Bad and Ugly
Did you know it takes an average of 66 days to form a habit? That’s two months and some change. Most of you may have guessed 21 or 28 days, but there’s no hard evidence on that figure. Plan on …...
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Toasting Olympics
We’re so excited to be watching all these atheletes show their stuff. What perfect timing to have so much coverage of “motivation” during our first month of our lifestyle change. Four years of...
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Channeling Phelps
Great day at our friend’s farm today. Swimming, relaxing, crusin’ around checkin’ out all the fowl and four-legged creatures. I managed to swim laps (minus the flip turn) for a good little while...
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Skinny Sticks And Fat Tubes
Chop Sticks This post focuses on two favorite tools that we’ve found extremely helpful thus far on the Dukan Diet. Extra-large straws that are ¾” in diameter are essential for drinking the recommended...
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I Have A Disease; the big O
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), more than one-third of U.S. adults (35.7%) are obese. That’s a lot of fat cells, folks! http://www.cdc.gov/obesity/data/facts.html...
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The Battle of Britts
I hope everyone had a fabulously long holiday weekend in the USA or fabulously ordinary weekend for you folks elsewhere! We scooted to the NC coast for a few days to visit a dear friend and her...
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Think Like A Thin Person
I am a visual person. Always have been and must be for my career. I’ve often said if I was able to have taken video classes in grade school and in college, I would’ve been a straight A student....
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Excuse Me, There Are Scales In My Room
Having traveled for work and leisure for the past 20 years, I don’t believe I’ve ever encountered what I did yesterday shortly after checking into my hotel room. Now, I’m not the frequent traveler...
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6 Tips for Traveling While on a Weight Loss Program
Having traveled approximately 25% for over 20 years in my career, I feel I can offer a few tips and guidelines surrounding the topic of dieting on the road. In an earlier post I indicated that my...
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The Power of 10
I’ve always heard that losing just 10 pounds has many health benefits, but I was never really sure exactly what the benefits were. And, twelve years ago, the mantra at Weight Watchers was lose 10% of...
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Milestones Are A Good Thing
Today I noticed that our blog has had more than 1000 views and we have 21 followers. Since I’m a newbie to blogging, I have absolutely no idea what to make of these numbers. I do, however know that...
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Gotta Break On Through
Me again…did you think I was gone for good into Bingetown? Well, the truth is I have been nibbling and downright cheating on Mr. Pierre Dukan for the past 3 weeks or so. Also during that time I...
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Drum Roll, Please….
Without further ado, I present to you my incredibly handsome and lean husband who has literally vanished before my eyes! Last week I happened to be searching through our photos in our various devices...
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Managing Migraines And Dukaning
Did I mention migraines are very closely related to obesity and being overweight? Did I mention that I’ve suffered from migraines since age 5? I was a very thin child, however. It wasn’t until this...
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One Vanished, One To Go…
Per-Ake met his Dukan True weight on Friday and this morning he exceeded it by 2 lbs for a total loss of 50lbs! He feels and looks better than he has since I’ve known him. I think he’s even leaner...
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Mindful Behaviors – Taking Control of Emotional Eating
First off, thanks to those of you that are checking back in or that have just discovered this blog. The last few weeks have been quite the roller-coaster and as such, I’ve not put blogging a priority....
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The Time is NOW!
Okay, it’s time!! For almost exactly 3 months I have been somewhat absent, shall we say. Not blogging, not “pure” on the Dukan program and not losing a single pound since December. I vowed not to make...
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