Sunday, Nov 13, 2011 - I have now lost 15.75 pounds, since September 8, 2011, an average of 1.66 pounds per week-- not exactly fast as the Dukan program touts, but about average for me at this stage, based on my past experiences with Weight Watchers. I have 9.75 pounds to lose,  meeting my goal of needing to lose less than 10 pounds before Thanksgiving next week. As I get closer to my goal, I expect the weight loss to slow down and to experience plateaus of several weeks with no weight loss at all, if the past is any indication of what will happen this time. In the past, I have used Weight Watchers' program so we will see the difference with Dukan-- if there is any difference at all.

I am actually surprised to have lost any weight when I stepped on the scale this morning, as I attended an Indian Festival last night and ate Indian food. It was buffet style so it was hard to make healthy choices, and it was hard to refuse foods as it would have been awkward and potentially insulting to my companions. So I ate a small portion of most of the foods, fully expecting to see a gain this morning. I would not be at all surprised if I see a gain tomorrow or Tuesday as a result of this splurge, but so be it. Sometimes, you have to live a little and enjoy aspects of life with less regimentation than usual.

This coming week will be challenging as well, as I am attending a reception and concert on Friday night at which there will be alcoholic beverages and appetizers, again in a situation where it could be potentially awkward and insulting to the hosts and my guest if I am prudish about eating and having a drink. We will see what happens.

Today, I will be working in the garden, doing more fall cleanup, so I will getting some good exercise, and I will able to walk to work most days this week as I did this past week for some good exercise there.