Dukan it out

I'm tackling the Dukan diet.

It's not going to be easy.

In fact, I'm doing it slightly modified - there is absolutely no way that I can live without my coffee in the morning. I'm a wreck if I don't get it, honestly. So I'm allowing it.

In the meantime, though, for the rest fo the week - from now until June 4th - it's going to be meaty beaty big and bouncy, baby.

The Dukan diet is the one that Kate Middleton followed to become so slim in time for her wedding. There are 4 phases - the Attack phase, the Cruise phase, the Consolidation phase, and the Stabilization phase.

My mom and stepfather are doing it right now, and have had significant success - like in the first DAY, my mom lost 2 lbs and my stepdad lost 6. SIX! If I lost six pounds I'd be well establishd in the 130s.

So I'm going to do it, too. Just for a week. I can only eat protein and oat bran for a week, so I'm poaching some chicken breasts, just had a few slices of deli meat, and I'll pick up the bran at the store today when I take Boy Wonder to his storytime class.

In other news, significant rainfall here resulted in rising groundwater at our house, which in turn resulted in a flooded basement. Whee. We spent all day Saturday & Sunday squeegeeing and sucking up water. Now it's under control, and we're able to go about 3 hours between sucking up water from the cold cellar. I am hoping and praying the groundwater slows down and finally stops. Send me your driest - and meatiest thoughts.