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Dukan Diet Personalized Weight Loss – Day 30

I can’t believe it’s already been one month since I started the Dukan Diet! It doesn’t seem like I have been on a diet that long. “Time flies when you’re having fun!” ??

Today is my biggest success so far. I finally reached 115 pounds!!!!!!!!!!

Please join me in a happy dance at this time…

I was all happy this weekend because Saturday (day 27) and Sunday (day 28) I weighed in at 116.6 lbs both days. Yipeee! Then all of a sudden yesterday, Monday (day 29) I got on the scale and it said 117.6 lbs! ACK! I thought for sure I’d hit another horrid plateau right before my goal! Luckily today, God rewarded my efforts and I weighed in at 115.4 lbs!

Stop! Wait! Hear that? Yup… it’s the Hallelujah chorus.


Weight Loss Chart


Starting Weight: 128 lbs
Goal Weight: 114 lbs

(FYI! In case you are new here and haven’t read my older posts, please take note that I am PETITE! I am 5′ 21/2” tall. I weighed between 100 and 110lbs most of my adult life before having children. My doctor has approved my weight loss goal of 114 lbs.)

Attack Phase:

  • Day 1 – I weighed in at 127.8 lbs (12 lbs over goal weight)
  • Day 2 – I weighed in at 125.0 lbs (10 lbs over goal weight)
  • Day 3 – I weighed in at 124.2 lbs (9 lbs over goal weight)
  • Day 4 – I weighed in at 124.2 lbs (9 lbs over goal weight)

Cruise Phase:

  • Day 5 – I weighed in at 123.2 lbs (8 lbs over goal weight)
  • Day 6 – I weighed in at 123.2 lbs (8 lbs over goal weight)
  • Day 7 – I weighed in at 124.0 lbs (9 lbs over goal weight)
  • Day 8 – I weighed in at 124.6 lbs (9 lbs over goal weight)
  • Day 9 – I weighed in at 124.0 lbs (9 lbs over goal weight)
  • Day 10 – I weighed in at 123.2 lbs (8 lbs over goal weight)
  • Day 11 – I weighed in at 123.4 lbs (8 lbs over goal weight)
  • Day 12 – I weighed in at 122.0 lbs (7 lbs over goal weight)
  • Day 13 – I weighed in at 121.8 lbs (6 lbs over goal weight)
  • Day 14 – I weighed in at 121.6 lbs (6 lbs over goal weight)
  • Day 15 – I weighed in at 121.6 lbs (6 lbs over goal weight)
  • Day 16 – I weighed in at 121.8 lbs (6 lbs over goal weight)
  • Day 17 – I weighed in at 121.8 lbs (6 lbs over goal weight)
  • Day 18 – I weighed in at 120.8 lbs (5 lbs over goal weight)
  • Day 19 – I weighed in at 120.6 lbs (5 lbs over goal weight)
  • Day 20 – I weighed in at 120.2 lbs (5 lbs over goal weight)
  • Day 21 – I weighed in at 119.6 lbs (4 lbs over goal weight)
  • Day 22 – I weighed in at 119.2 lbs (4 lbs over goal weight)
  • Day 23 – I weighed in at 119.2 lbs (4 lbs over goal weight)
  • Day 24 – I weighed in at 119.2 lbs (4 lbs over goal weight)
  • Day 25 – I weighed in at 118.2 lbs (3 lbs over goal weight)
  • Day 26 – I weighed in at 117.2 lbs (2 lbs over goal weight)
  • Day 27 – I weighed in at 116.6 lbs (1 lbs over goal weight)
  • Day 28 – I weighed in at 116.6 lbs (1 lbs over goal weight)
  • Day 29 – I weighed in at 117.6 lbs (2 lbs over goal weight)
  • Day 30 – I weighed in at 115.4 lbs (.04 lbs over goal weight)

Once I get down to 114 lbs or less, I can start the “Consolidation Phase”.

(Click here to read about the 4 Phases of the Dukan Diet.)

I’M ALMOST THERE Y’ALL!!!!!!!!!!!

My goal this entire time was to get under 120 lbs before my best friend’s wedding on July 21st. I not only got under 120 lbs but I might just make it to my goal weight of 114 lbs by the end of the week, which is just in time! Please keep your fingers crossed for me!!!


I made another recipe from the The Dukan Diet Cookbook: The Essential Companion to the Dukan Diet today that I actually bothered to photograph for you gals. I actually altered the recipe a bit so it’s not exact from the cookbook, but it’s pretty close…

I present to you, my Salmon Tuna Cakes!

Now that’s just totally Pinterest worthy, ain’t it?

Not only did I get my two kids (5 years old and 23 months old) to eat it, but I got my super, SUPER picky husband to eat it too! I put soy sauce on mine, my husband ate his with horseradish sauce and the kids ate their’s with ketchup. Yum!

I didn’t wear my Zaggora Hot Pants over the weekend. I wore them all day yesterday and all day today though. So I’ve worn them a total of 5 full days now. I definitely think they are helping with my weight loss.

In the first three days of wearing them I lost 2 inches from my waist, 3 inches from around my hips and 2 inches from around EACH thigh. And I lost one pound each day I was wearing them. These Hot Pants in conjunction with the Dukan Diet really kick ass.

About Zaggora Hot Pants

Women lose weight 4x faster wearing HotPants™! Specially designed with Celu-Lite technology fabric lining, HotPants™ enhance your natural body temperature to warm you up in the areas you want to target most (thighs, bum, and legs).

Tested at the Chelsea School at Brighton University, HotPants™ are proven to use your body heat to increase energy expenditure before and after exercise by raising your core body temperature by up to 18%. Since you’re heating up and your body is using more energy, you are burning more calories; calorie burn increases by 26% in the hour after exercise with HotPants™ too. As we all know, as you burn calories, you lose weight.

I’m going to write a separate post about these Hot Pants after I’ve worn them for 14 days.

Head to Amazon.com (or your local bookstore if you’re old fashioned) and get yourself a copy of The Dukan Diet: 2 Steps to Lose the Weight, 2 Steps to Keep It Off Forever and The Dukan Diet Cookbook: The Essential Companion to the Dukan Diet.

Please go ahead and ask me anything in the comments area, but BE NICE! No more hate mail please!!!! I’d love to hear from those of you that are trying to lose weight or at least WANT to lose weight and want to offer or get encouragement and support! If you’re the quiet type, at least bookmark Dukan Diet or leave the tab open on your browser so you can stay updated on my weight loss as I go!

Disclaimer: I received the Dukan Diet book, the Dukan Cookbook, Dukan Organic Oat Bran, Dukan Stevia and Dukan Cocoa Powder to review on The Fashionable Housewife. I have NOT received compensation for posting about the diet! Posting about my weight loss is entirely my choice. I am not being paid to review the Dukan Diet or to lose weight. (Unfortunately!) This is raw footage into my personal weight loss experience, I just received the books and a couple Dukan products to “review” which is helping me on my own personal journey. Please email me or leave a comment if you have any questions/concerns!

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