Preparing for Tomorrow, the Start of Dukan!

After putting away all the Christmas decorations (except the tree, it's still standing) and cleaning up the kitchen from last nights New Year's Eve feast, I'm ready to begin preparations for the big day.  Tomorrow we officially begin the Dukan diet.  I have high hopes.  I've already prepared six large chicken breasts by baking them with a nice garlic herb seasoning.  They are all wrapped up and sitting in the refrigerator and freezer.  I have a container full of boiled shrimp, a couple of packages of sliced low fat turkey and roast beef, three dozen eggs, fat free greek yogurt and fat free cottage cheese!  I'm going to bake up another package of chicken, maybe using one of the recipes in the Dukan Diet Cookbook that arrived in monday's mail.  I'm also going to boil a dozen of those eggs.  Before I do either of those things though, I think I'm going to make up a batch of the Dukan Galette's, or oat bran pancakes.  Dr. Dukan suggests these as an easy way to eat your daily oat bran requirement.

This is the list of ingredients for the Galette.  I don't think I'm giving anything away because you can find it all over the internet.  One thing I don't really understand about it is that you are only supposed to eat 1 1/2 tablespoons of oat brand a day while you are on the Attack Phase, but the recipe calls for 2 tablespoons.  I think I'll make them with just 1 1/2 tablespoons while I am on the Attack Phase.

So I've gathered my ingredients to make the savory pancakes, with salt and pepper.  That's a large measuring cup holding countless ice cube chunks of egg whites.  I've been on a kick to waste not for several months now.  For some odd reason we seem to use a lot of egg yolks.

Just sitting here....waiting for the egg whites to melt.  Now might be a good time to start those other eggs to boiling.







January 2, 2013.  Well, I never did make the galette's yesterday.  I put the egg whites back in the fridge and let them thaw out that way.  I did manage to get the eggs boiled though.

So today was day one.  I weighed for the first time since Thanksgiving.  I managed to gain 10 pounds during the holiday.  UGH!  Very depressing, but I could tell the clothes were getting tighter and I didn't hold back when I should have.

I made, well tried to make, the galettes for breakfast this morning.  Unfortunately it was a disaster.  Turns out our fry pans are no longer non-stick.  After two mounds of scrambled galettes (which didn't actually taste too bad) I made a trip out to our local Kohl's to purchase a new T-fal fry pan.  It worked like a charm!

All galette's I made today were savory, just seasoned with salt and pepper.  I imagine having them with a scrambled egg for breakfast.  I used up all the egg whites I had, which made enough for the three of us for the next four days.

So, breakfast was one hardboiled egg and a scrambled galette.  Lunch was a bit late and that was not a good idea as I was starving by then.  Beside the trip to Kohls for the fry pan, I had several other errands to run and I didn't think to pack any snacks.  I wound up drinking a couple of diet Cokes and I picked up a bag of turkey jerky while out.  I only ate two pieces, but it was enough to tide me over until I could get home for lunch.  I found out most jerky contains some small amount of sugar so it really doesn't fit the plan, but I had to have something.  Lesson learned....pack food before leaving the house!

Lunch was a bowl full of boiled shrimp and three slices of deli roast beef with fat-free cream cheese rolled up.  We also made up a tuna salad recipe from the cookbook, it's called spicy tuna salad.  I'm not crazy about it.  Maybe if we add a little greek yogurt to cream it up some I might prefer it.  Lastly, I took a large package of boneless, skinless chicken breast, pounded them all to 1/4-inch thick and used two other cookbook recipes for marinades.  One batch we cooked up for tonight's dinner.  It was a curry chicken.  Very tasty!  The other batch is still marinating in the fridge for tomorrow.  That one is a tandoori style chicken.  

I have to say, the first day wasn't too bad.  I have been craving carbs some, but mostly while I was out running errands.  I was wishing I could run through McDonalds for some fries to tide me over.  My biggest issue right now, at this very moment, is a desire for something sweet.  All during the holidays I was enjoying cookies, candy, pies and cake.  It's cold turkey now and I'm feeling it.  After doing a little research online I realized I had some sugar-free fat-free jello pudding mix in the pantry, as well as some non-fat dry milk.  Low and behold....the Attack Phase friendly pudding is chilling in the refrigerator as I type!  

I managed to get all my water in and my son and I agreed that we did far more than the required 20 minutes of walking while running our errands today.  One day down, not really feeling deprived.  I think it's a good start.