July 30 - PV

Breakfast: oatbran pancake with eggs and lean ham
Lunch:
Dinner:

July 29 - PP

Breakfast: oatbran pancake with eggs and lean ham
Lunch: tilapia fillet 1 egg and ham
Dinner: Hainanese chicken rice with Bok choy

Confession

I am currently reflecting on my highschool days and thinking, where do I belong to? Am I a popular mean kid, in between or a loner?
Back in highschool, I was a bit chubby but not really fat. So that was okay I guess. What I remember was I always belonged to the honors list, or the most outstanding, so I was doing okay. I remember getting bullied because of my weight, but then it quickly came to pass becauseI became friends with the queen bee. Until now, we are still friends. Maybe it was the time when she was alone and crying and are at odds with her other popular friends that I was there, to comfort her. Since then, I became a fixture at her group, I was not bullied and I became the bully.

July 28 - PV

Breakfast: tilapia and veggies and eggwhite with ham 

Lunch: veggies and chicken and pork with little pancit
Dinner: caldereta lean pork
Snack: oatbran pancake

Exercise: 1 hour and 30 mins jogging and walking 

July 27 - PP

Breakfast: Korean Ramyun minus the noodles. Egg, hotdog and lean ham
Lunch: lean ham and hotdog
Dinner: porterhouse steak

Exercise: 30 mins dancing

WIFI

yey! fixed wifi at home! we are now entering the digital phase and yes, we will suffer the consequences! gaaah!

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July 24 PV

Breakfast: eggs and oatbran porridge

Lunch: none

Dinner: chicken and siomai
Exercise: none
Weight: 194 lbs 

Dukan Diet refresher

Dukan Diet 100 Safe Food List 

This is the big safe list, you can eat anything on this list as much as you want. Just remember to alternate Pure Protein days and Protein and Veggie Days

Meat and offal 
  1. Beef steak 
  2. Fillet of beef 
  3. Sirloin steak 
  4. Roast beef 
  5. Rump steak 
  6. Tongue 
  7. Bresaola, air-dried/wind-dried beef 
  8. Veal escalope 
  9. Veal chop 
 10. Kidney 
 11. Calf's liver 
 12. Pre-cooked ham slices (without any fat or rind) 
 13. Pre-cooked chicken and turkey slices (without any fat or rind) 
 14. Fat-reduced bacon 
 15. Game (venison, pheasant, partridge, hare, grouse) 
 16. Rabbit/hare 

Fish 
 17. Bass 
 18. Cod (fresh) 
 19. Crab/ocean sticks (surimi) 
 20. Dab/lemon sole 
 21. Dover sole 
 22. Grey mullet 
 23. Haddock 
 24. Hake 
 25. Halibut 
 26. Herring 
 27. Mackerel 
 28. Monkfish 
 29. Plaice 
 30. Pollock/Coley 
 31. Rainbow trout/salmon trout 
 32. Red mullet 
 33. Salmon 
 34. Smoked salmon 
 35. Sardines 
 36. Sea bream 
 37. Skate 
 38. Swordfish 39 
 39. Tuna 
 40. Turbot 
 41. Whiting 
 42. Fish roe (cod, salmon, herring, nitillet) 
      
Seafood 
 43. Calamari/squid 
 44. Clams 
 45. Cockles 
 46. Crab 
 47. Crawfish/crayfish 
 48. Dublin Bay prawns 
 49. Lobster 
 50. Mediterranean prawn/gambas 
 51. Mussels 
 52. Oysters 
 53. Prawns 
 54. Scallops 
 55. Shrimps 
 56. Whelks 

Poultry 
 57. Chicken 
 58. Poussin 
 59. Chicken liver 
 60. Guinea fowl 
 61. Ostrich 
 62. Pigeon 
 63. Quail 
 64. Turkey 
      
Eggs 
 65. Hen's eggs 
 66. Quail's eggs 
      
Non-fat dairy products 
 67. Non-fat cottage cheese 
 68. Non-fat fromage frais 
 69. Non-fat,Greek yoghurt 
 70. Non-fat quark/non-fat yoghurt (plain or flavoured with aspartame) 
 71. Skimmed milk 
      
Vegetable Proteins 
 72. Tofu 
      
Vegetables (On PV days, do not have the same vegetable twice during the day) 
 73. Artichoke 
 74. Asparagus 
 75. Aubergine 
 76. Beetroot 
 77. Broccoli/purple sprouting broccoli 
 78. Cabbage: white/red/Savoy/cauliflower/Chinese leaves/kohlrabi/kale/Brussels sprout (all types of cabbage) 
 79. Carrot 
 80. Celery/celeriac 
 81. Chicory100 Natural Foods That Keep You Healthy 
 82. Courgette 
 83. Cucumber 
 84. Fennel 
 85. French beans/string beans/mangetout 
 86. Leek 
 87. Mushrooms 
 88. Onion 
 89. Palm hearts 
 90. Peppers (sweet) 
 91. Pumpkin/marrow/squash 
 92. Radish 
 93. Rhubarb 
 94. Salad leaves: all types of lettuce/rocket/watercress/alfalfa/curly endive/sorrel 
 95. Soya beans 
 96. Spinach 
 97. Swede 
 98. Swiss chard 
 99. Tomatoes loo. 
100. Turnip

Added and Tolerated Foods
Here are the other allowable items:

Added foods:
Bean sprouts - unlimited on PV days
Lean pork and lamb, less than 10% fat such as pork tenderloin
Shiritaki Noodles on PV days
Kangaroo

Add ons for PP and PV:
Sweetener - I recommend Splenda
SF Soda
SF drinks such as Crystal Lite
Vinegar
Spices
Herbs
Garlic, for flavouring only
Onion, for flavouring only
Sour gerkins, as a condiment
Sour picked onion, as a condiment
Lemon juice, on food but not to drink
Mustard
Salt, in moderation
SF Ketchup, in moderation

Limited foods for PP and PV:
1 cup skim milk per day
4 pieces of SF candy per day
10 pieces of SF gum per day
1 tsp oil per PV day
1 tsp Balsamic vinegar per day
1 tbsp wheat bran
Goji Berries, 1 tbsp on PP, 2 tbsp ov PV

Tolerated foods (TF) for PP and PV (You are only allowed two choices from the entire list):
1 FF/SF fruit yogurt per day (avoid on attack)
1 TBSP corn flour per day or vital wheat gluten
1 tsp low fat cocoa powder per day
Soy yogurt (plain), one per day
30 g of cheese per day (less than 7% fat) - Laughing Cow Lite
1 TBSP of extra lite cream cheese (less than 3%) per day
30 ml of wine (for cooking only), per day
150 ml of soy milk per day
100 g rhubarb
3 drops (3g) oil
1 glass gaspacho (not homemade)
1 tsp soya sauce
50 g of spiced goat sausage
100 g poultry sausage

If you have hit a stall, avoid all TF.

Shirataki Noodles Stir Fry

For Pinoys out there, Pancit is a staple especially during birthdays and celebrations and I feel left out cause I can't eat those birthday noodles! Well...not anymore. Since I started the Dukan Diet, I have been searching for Shirataki noodles here in Manila and yes! I found one at a Healthy Options store. It's called Miracle Noodles at 199 pesos for a small pack. Now, I heard a lot about Shirataki noodles being fishy and soggy and I tell you now without a shadow of a doubt that they are yummmmmy if you prepare them well. They are perfect for Asian stirfries and ramen style soups. Below is a recipe for Pancit using Shirataki noodles. Enjoy!!!

Ingredients: 

Shirataki Noodles

Chicken Breast (Boiled)

Carrots

Cabbage

Beans

Knorr Seasoning or Light Soy

Salt

Chili powder

Chili and Garlic Paste

Pepper

Garlic

Onion

How to: 

Prepare the shirataki. Rinse them with hot water. Rinse until you don't smell the fishy odour on the noodles anymore.

Boil the noodles for 10 mins.

Marinate the noodles overnight with seasoning. Light soy, a little salt and chili powder or pepper.You can opt not to marinate the noodles but I find the noodles tastier prepared this way.

Next. cut up your veggies and for Filipino style pancit - beans, carrots, cabbage, onion and garlic. And shredded boiled chicken.

Sautee in high heat, the onions, garlic, veggies and then add the chicken.

Add the noodles and sautee them until they are perfectly cooked. Add a dash of pepper, chili powder, salt, light soy, Knorr seasoning, garlic chili paste to make them yummier.

Cover for 5 minutes

And voila! Yummy Shirataki noodles stir fry!

July 22 PV - Day 55

Breakfast:omelette with cabbage and carrots and chocolate oatbran porridge

Lunch: shirataki noodles stir fry with shredded chicken carrot beans and cabbage
Dinner: left over shirataki noodles stir fry with shredded chicken carrot beans and cabbage and 6 pieces siomai
Exercise: 30 mins jogging. 1 hour brisk walking at the paaark!!!
Weight: 194 lbs 

I've started drinking green tea

July 21 PP - Day 54

Breakfast: tuna omelette with chili powder and chocolate oatbran pancake
Lunch: tuna omelette leftover. pork pata 1 piece karekare
Dinner: click-a-roo gig: adobo chicken, some fish fillet chips, chicken cordon bleu in tomato sauce and mishmash of mushroom and ham sauce 
Exercise: 30 mins jogging. 45 hour brisk walking at the paaark!!!
Weight: 194 lbs 

July 20 PV - Day 53

Breakfast: tuna with carrots and beans with chili powder and green tea with calamansi and stevia

Lunch: karekare pork pata and eggplants beans bokchoy and banana heart

Dinner: karekare pork pata and eggplants beans bokchoy and banana heart

Exercise: 30 mins jogging. 1 hour brisk walking at the paaark!!!
Weight: 195 lbs 

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July 19 PP - Day 52

Breakfast: oatbran pancakes with unsweetened cocoa and stevia

Lunch: tilapia tail and tuna

Dinner: salmon and tuna sashimi dimsum, one whole fish and grilled lapu lapu and shrimps

Exercise: 30 mins jogging. 15 minutes arm toning
Weight: 197 lbs 

Lapses

I have 5 day lapse last week not because I have been gorging on prohibited foods but because I have not updated this blog. So instead of wracking my brain for the food I consumed I just skipped the days. Just want to insist that I have been a good girl during deadly deadline days!!!

July 18 PV - Day 51

Breakfast: none

Lunch: tuna with eggwhites and squash

Snack:  oatbran porridge with organic unsweetened cocoa

Dinner: 
Exercise: 30 mins jogging. will promise to exert more tomorrow!!! 
Weight: 198 lbs 

July 14 PV - Day 50

Breakfast: eggs and hotdogs. 

Snack:  oatbran muffins 
Lunch: fish fillet, hotdogs and squash
Dinner: squash and fish fillet
Exercise: 30 mins jogging 
Weight: 198 lbs

Breakfast: eggs and lean ham and tofu fried without oil  

Snack:  oat bran muffins 
Lunch: nilagang buto buto with sayote, radish, kangkong 
Dinner: 
Exercise: 30 mins jogging  
Weight: 198 lbs

July 11 PP - Day 49

Breakfast: Korean ramyun (wihout the noodles) and I added an egg and 2 slices of lean ham 

Snack:  oatbran muffins 
Lunch: beef roast 
Dinner: beef tapa
Exercise: 30 mins jogging 30 mins walking and arm toning 
Weight: 198 lbs

My 1st before and after pic

July 10 PV - Day 48

Breakfast: tuna in water and squash 

Snack:  oatbran with stevia
Lunch: roast chicken with steamed veggies
Dinner: siomai, kalabasa and tofu
Exercise:  30 mins jogging and 15 mins arms
Weight: 200 lbs

July 9 PP - Day 47

Breakfast: scarmbled egg whites and tuna. Ceylon tea with lemon and stevia

Lunch:  left over scambled egg whites and tuna.  leftover yogurt with stevia
Dinner: chicken panfried, half fish 
Exercise:  30 mins jogging and 30 mins arm toning
Weight: 200 lbs

Silken Tofu Chocolate Pudding(Low Carb/Gluten Free/Sugar free/Vegan/Raw/Paleo)

 Chocolate, Diabetes Friendly, Low Carb, Phase 1, South Beach Diet,Sugar Free, Sweets/Desserts, Tofu

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The month of February is a time where most of the chocolate recipes are posted. The month is a celebration of love and the season of aphrodisiac foods. Chocolate topping the list of aphrodisiacs in my list, I have chosen this quick and easy – low carb, sugar free, vegan and gluten free chocolate pudding. This recipe is adapted from the South Beach Diet Super Quick Cookbook, and one of the things that I have learnt by being on the South Beach Diet is that you don’t have to compromise because you are on this diet. You can have your pudding and eat it too…and have a special treat on Valentine’s day.

Most often Valentine’s day, is the occasion of the year that most people break their new year’s resolution of eating healthy. With this quick and easy treat you will not be breaking any rules. You can take this recipe and modify to suit your tastes. Good additions are a tbsp of peanut butter to make this a peanut butter chocolate pudding, top with salted peanuts, for a salty bite. You can top the pudding with berries, if you like. Also, can be topped with fat free whipped topping.

Ingredients(makes 4 servings)
1 package (16ounces) soft silken tofu, drained
2 tbsp unsweetened cocoa powder
1/4 cup granular sugar substitute(I used Splenda)
1/4 tsp salt
2 tsp vanilla extract
2 tbsp sliced almonds

Method:
In a food processor or blender, combine the tofu, cocoa powder, sugar substitute, vanilla, and salt. Puree until smooth.
Spoon the pudding into four dessert dishes. Chill in the refrigerator, covering the pudding with plastic wrap, to avoid a skin from forming.

While the pudding chills, toast the almonds in a clean dry skillet until golden brown. Just before serving, top the pudding with the almonds.

Nutrition Per serving: 124 calories, 6gram fat, 1 gram saturated fat, 7 gram protein, 10gram carbs, 1gram fiber, 152mg sodium

Verdict: Creamy, chocolatey and satisfying – you wouldn’t believe it, if you heard there was tofu in this. The tofu flavor was clearly masked by the chocolate as well as the vanilla. The toasted almonds, added a nice crunch to the smooth, silky pudding.

Sending this to MLLA 56 – “My Legume Love Affair” 

REPOST: More snack ideas

On what to do after you've broken your diet--chocolate, gummies, cookies

2.5lb off from my true weight! Whoot! But that's not actually what this blog post is about; I actually want to write about breaking your diet.
So on Easter Sunday I made a few dozen toffees for a potluck, with matzo, sugar, butter, chocolate--all the good stuff. And I went through the whole potluck without touching it (I knew they were good, I'd made them before), and the Monday after as well as I gave away leftovers as Easter gifts.

These were the culprits, don't they look good?

Well the problem were the leftovers--on Monday night I had 4 toffees left, lying in the fridge, that I simply couldn't bear to waste by throwing away. I already knew on Monday that leaving them in the fridge was just asking for trouble. But they didn't fit in the gift jars so I left them anyway. Well by Tuesday morning they were gone. All four of them--because you know, once you cave, you can't just stop caving--once you have a chocolate you'll have the whole lot.

So on Tuesday I was understandably terrified, because now that my body realized that I could cave I knew that my dessert and junk food cravings would become simply uncontrollable. I had to do something about it, and fighting wouldn't work. See, the thing is that willpower is like a muscle; there's no such thing as infinite willpower--sooner of later you will overexert it and it will sprain. That's why the trick to dieting is to deny yourself of unhealthy things without your body realizing that it's being denied of unhealthy things. Which is extremely complicated and difficult because, well, your body just isn't stupid.

So on Tuesday I started on a 'bad food' making spree to ensure that the risk of breaking again at this critical stage was at a minimum. The first things I made were chocolate bars.

Now I've been making Dukan nutella, and the thing you realize with it is that the more milk powder you use, the firmer it gets--to a point. And at that point you can't mix it anymore and then it's neither a paste nor a solid, and you're kind of nowhere. But once you nuke the mixture in the microwave for 20 seconds it gets softer and then you can stir it again. I'm not saying this is like a conventional chocolate bar, but there's something about eating a rich, solid chunk of 'chocolatey something' that satisfies my cravings completely.
 Anyway, here's how I did it:
1. mix:

1 tbsp cocoa

5tbsp milk powder
1 tbsp sweetener
1/2 tbsp milk

 few drops vanilla and imitation butter

2. Separately, mix:

1/2 tbsp. milk with ½ tsp cornstarch

and combine with first mixture

3. nuke 20 seconds in the microwave, mix again while soft

4. heap onto aluminium, roll out and shape like a chocolate bar, lift aluminium off and sprinkle with sea salt

5. stick in the fridge to harden

The finished product (and my half-baked rolling out attempt)

 One bar (one recipe) is about 80 calories

Next I made gummies, which is a very good study snack. You can find all sorts of recipes online; I made it with 2 (0.3 oz) pckt fat-free jello, 3 pckt knox unflavored gelatine, and 1/2 cup water and used candy molds sprinkled with corn starch (to keep them from sticking) to set them with.

 Finally, I found a King Arthur flourless chocolate fudge cookie recipe and adapted it into the Dukan guidelines. They were amazing: rich, gooey, and decadent.

1 1/3 cup powdered sweetener (just put granulated sweetener in a blender and pulse until powdered-- I used my usual Splenda--Equal--Stevia blend of artificial sweeteners)
1/2 cup unsweetened baking cocoa--use good ones, and very dark: I used 1/4 cup Hershey's Extra Dark, and 1/4 cup Droste unsweetened.
a pinch of salt
1 large egg
1 tbsp essence--use what you have, I used 1 tsp vanilla, 1 tsp chocolate essence, 1 tsp butter (more suggestions would be coffee, rum... be creative! We have to add complexity and flavor with what little means are available to us--good quality essence can really make the decadence in a recipe)

1. Preheat oven 350 F
2. Mix together--don't give up! At first it seems like a dry mess but be very ungentle and it will suddenly turn into a stiff chocolatey dough
3. Using a spoon and wet fingers (dip your fingers in water before handling every cookie), shape into 1/2 tablespoon (as in the ones you use to eat) balls on a cookie sheet. They should make 18.
4. Using wet fingers, flatten as artificial sugars do not allow cookies to spread.
5. Bake until done. I don't give a time because the recipe said 8 min, but mine took 4 min. The thing with artificial sweeteners is that you can't really predict how much faster they will bake. Take them out when they are still soft in the centers.

More snack ideas

The Importance of snacks and anticipation

In the Dukan diet, one of the advice that is really useful is to anticipate these little cravings ( or big) that we all have. Especially during the beggining of the diet, our body is still addicted to sugar.

I explain myself : once you have eaten some sugars (it includes white bread,white pasta,white rice ) the sugar level in your blood raises.
To regulates it, your liver will produce insulin ( that is what diabetics cannot produce, that is why they are insulino-dependant and have to shot themselves with insulin)
Once in your blood, insulin will withdraw all the sugar all of a sudden : and that is where you are craving for a cookie at 3 o'clock in the afternoon! Your body is craving for more sugar ! Infernal circle.

With the attack phase, you cut off the circuit. And you ll experience cetosis.No more big sugar cravings.

But on the long run, you have desires. You see chocolate cakes...you see all these sweet things that you like..

And the good news is that with the sweeteners (Splenda or aspartam or truvia, erythritol , stevia)
you can totally treat yourself. The trick is to always prepare in advance the sweet things that you are allowed to eat and to always have some accessible in case of big craving to avoid all temptations that would defeat all your efforts.

I am cooking quick things as Meringues. (whipped egg-whites with sweeteners cooked in the oven)

The secret is to whip your egg whites in a pot put in boiling water; Also it is important to put the sweetener at the end and to leave the oven open while cooking them.... Then you got some crispy meringues that you can eat as much as you like ( Don't forget that eggs are the only "pure proteins" product that exist !
You can then add some colouring and flavor you like :

I also cook myself a chocolate-tofu flan :

I buy some organic silky tofu ( the soft one, is more creamy and so better for dessert).
Add a spoon of corn starch, a spoon of cocoa powed ( no fat, non sweet ) and I cover  the preparation with sweetener  (I use Truvia powder , but most of the French women use liquid aspartam for cooking). Mix with electric mixer. I put the all thing in a cooking pot ( don't take too large so your flan will have some deepness , yummy !)  in the oven for about 30 to 40 minutes at about 350 ° F. ( 200°C)
Then let it get cold and put it in the fridge for a while. Enjoy !

( I  added some vanilla aroma and hazelnut aroma drops : yummy  !)

If you want a real "flan" texture ( more jelly) boil the mixed preparation in a pot with some agar-agar before cooking it.

If you want a nice presentation of this dish, you should remove it from the mould in a nice plate when still warm...

I also treat myself with some Dukan lemon american cheesecake :

For that I use non fat ricotta and fat free philly cheese and 0% yoghurt that I leave one night in a colander ( to avoid the water of the cheese, that ruins the cooking !) then I mix it with  two or three eggs ( with a furk not an electric mixer because the ricotta is a bit granular ( to avoid the granular effect, either change the cheese for another or leave it really long in the oven at small temperature) lemon aroma drops and sweeteners ( I use 6 to 8 packets of Truvia)
Then I cook in the oven for about 45 min to one hour in a double boiler ( that avoids the water !) ( the lemon smell that comes out ..! mmmh !)
and leave it in the fridge for the night.

my favorite.

You can even recreate the crust with oat bran

Another recipe of cheesecake :

Put 600 g of "fromage blanc" ( solid yoghurt 0%) in a colander for the night with absorbing paper in the top. Whipp the white of 3 eggs + a  pinch of salt ( put in the fridge)

Mix 3 tbspoon of power milk (non fat non sweet) until it is smooth. Mix with an electric mixer one yolk with 3 tbspoon of liquid sweetener to cook, 2 spoons of vanilla aroma (or lemon ) , 2 tbsp corn starch and 2 tbsp of yeast and then add the first mix of milk. Mix until it gets whiter.

Add 400 gramms of the yoghurt from the colander and electric mix.
Then incorporate delicately without breaking them the whipped egg whites.

Put in a silicone pot.

Cook approx. 45 min at 160° C ( 200° F) double- boiling ( = in a pot full of water)

Once cooked, let it in the oven with the door open.


Take the cheesecake out of it silicone pot and put it in the fridge on absorbing paper.

Eat cold:

(Pic taken from Duduche blog)



I also make some "home -made minute ice-cream" by mixing some yoghurt with power milk, coloring, aroma, and sweetener  : it is great :

Finally, yo can cook what we french call the "DUDUTELLA" that replaces the Nutella :

• 1tbsp cocoa powder
• 1 tbsp powder milk
• 1 small spoon liquid sweetener
• Hazelnut arome
• 1yolk

 Mix everything, sweetener and aroma last and leave it in the fridge for a while.
A good substitute if you really are craving for Nutella. You can toast it on a Dukan Pancake !

Learn how to treat yourself... with real diet and good food !

Where to eat healthy in Manila

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The quest for Dukan-Friendly snacks

Okay, so while I was writing, I cooked up a storm in my kitchen in preparation for my upcoming stress-eating slash writing session. While I successfully avoided rice, I had bites of bread and some nuts! Hay! But these Dukan snacks were really helpful.

 Pumpkin Crisps! 

I enjoyed these but sadly they were not really crispy. Instead of "junk food" style chisps, it tasted like Shakey's Mojo potatoes. Which in itself is not bad. 

 Jelly

This was really good as a dessert. I used skim milk, gelatin and stevia. 

 Chicken Nuggets

This is an amazing discovery I can snack on Pure Protein and Protein and Veggie Days!!! Totally healthy because this is baked and rolled on oatbran. 

Oatbran Cookies

Need I say more? It's just too bad I cannot eat as much as I want of these because of the required Oat bran daily intake. 

More discoveries soon! Starting with baked or pan fried tofu crisps and much more! :)

Tofu Chips!!!

What's a healthier alternative to potato chips? These baked tofu munchies! Tofu is a good source of protein, has zero cholesterol, and makes for one great snack.

Serves 6

canola or olive oil for greasing
2 blocks tofu or local tokwa

For the seasoning
2 teaspoons salt
1/2 teaspoon Spanish paprika
1 teaspoon onion powder
1/8 teaspoon black pepper
pinch of cayenne powder

1  Set oven to very low heat, about 250ºF.

2  Line a cookie sheet with foil and lightly brush with oil for greasing. (Click to see How to Line and Grease a Pan)

3  Slice tofu into very thin pieces, no more than 1/8-inch-thick.

4  Layer the tofu slices on the prepared sheet. 

5  Lightly mist the slices using cooking spray. (Alternatively, you can fill a spray bottle with oil and adjust the nozzle to set on mist.)

6  Bake for about 25 minutes or until golden brown and crisp.

7  Make the seasoning: Mix together salt, Spanish paprika, onion powder, pepper, and cayenne powder  in a bowl. Sprinkle on tofu chips only as needed. (Watch the sodium! Season sparingly and taste as you go.) 

Flavor tip:  The next time you prepare a batch, season it differently! We recommend these duos: lemon pepper seasoning and cayenne powder for a slight tang; turmeric powder and toasted sesame seeds for some Asian flavor.

Photography by Patrick Martires | Demonstration by Len Santos of Feed 5000 | Styling by Elaine P. Lim

July 8 PP - Day 46

Breakfast: egg with tuna
Lunch: egg with tuna leftover and pork cubes
Dinner:chicken nuggets with oatbran coating panfried on teflon without oil 
Exercise:  30 minutes jogging (am) and 60 minutes weights (pm)
Weight: I gained because of deadline!!! 205 lbs 

You inspire me

July 7 PP - DAY 45

Lunch: 1 chicken breast fillet 1 chicken ham 

Dinner: chicken breast 
Exercise:  none
Weight: 200 pound beauty no more!!! I'm at 195 lbs!

July 4 PP - Day 44

Lunch: 1 chicken breast fillet 1 chicken ham 

Dinner: chicken breast adobo style 
Exercise:  none
Weight: 200 pound beauty no more!!! I'm at 195 lbs! 

Day 43 - July 3- PV

Breakfast: 2 pieces chicken ham and eggwhite with tomatoes

Lunch: 1 chicken fillet adobo and tilapia

Dinner: pork steak and brocolli,radish, beans and carrots 
Exercise:  none
Weight: 200 pound beauty no more!!! I'm at 195 lbs! 

Green tea to break through a plateau

slimming secret of Dr Pierre Dukan

You are following our diet "apparently" normally, you feel as if you are not having any lapses and yet your weight is stagnating.

You are stagnating? Oh Don't worry, this always happens to "dieting" men and woman. I don't know of anyone who has lost 20 pounds without having experienced at least once a plateau lasting over 6 days. Beyond that we call it a "pause".

In this situation there are lots of things you can do. Do make extra sure that you haven't made a mistake, that it's not to do with water retention because of the pre-menopause or because a period is due ... But among the panoply of ideas to suggest there is one that I particularly like and this is green tea. For three days, don't drink any more water only drink green tea in the morning, throughout the morning, at lunch, at tea-time, in the evening and even during the night if you are getting up to go to the toilet. Cold, hot, with ice, as a sorbet, however you like it just as long as its NON-STOP GREEN TEA and if you keep up with the diet(as well as minimum physical exercise) you stand every chance of breaking through this plateau.

Progress Report :)

195 lbs?  Definitely BELOW 200!!!

almost 200 lbs

210 lbs