About me

Greetings! I’m Charlotte, and this blog is all about my journey towards a healthier weight using the Dukan Diet.

I’ve been trying to get rid of excess pounds for years now – with varying degrees of success, but each time, the effort expended outstrips the reward received.  Finally with the Dukan Diet, I’m finding that dieting doesn’t have to be all pain for little gain (or loss, in my case.)

I started this journey at the beginning of June 2010, weighing 112.3kg – that’s 247lbs, for them’s as prefer it. By about October 2010, I was down to about 88kgs. Then the double whammy of Christmas and cold/dark weather hit, and I totally fell off the diet. My weight soared up to almost 100kg again over the course of 6 months. I wasn’t even following a consolidation diet – what could I expect?!

I’ve been working hard to re-gain my commitment and progress.

My goal is to get down to 75kg – 165lbs.  That’s a total loss of of around 37kgs, or 83lbs, from my original starting weight.  Seems like a lot – but I’m getting there. I have up days, I have bad days, and everything inbetween days.  My goal is to share all the ups and downs…

UPDATE (August 2011) As at August 2011, I have restarted Dukan in earnest.  My goal is not to look at where I’ve been, but to focus on where I’m going.  I also reset my starting weight – it’s demoralising to see the progress spreadsheet with the big bounce back up again since November 2010. I want to see the same kind of steep loss line as I did in June 2010, hence the restart.

Here’s my progress since my serious re-boot:

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Aaand here’s my Year One progress:

The following chart tracks my progress in my first year of the diet.  It’s no longer being updated, but I’ll leave it here to give you an idea of how my progress went.  The blue line is my daily weigh in weight, while the red line is the rolling average of the last 7 days, to help smooth out any spikes.