Day ONE - 196.8 lbs.
8:00 am - Woke up late, I had to start at 7:00 am but just couldn't I took my glucose levels, injected Victoza, took my metphormine and drank my first vanilla milkshake. It was good. Plus, the supplements: Potassium Vitamins and Sodium.
10:00 am - ONE Hot Cake. added a pinch of cinnammon AND the supplements
Water Water Water Water Water WATEERRRRRRRRRRR!!!
Being used to diet sodas and bubble gum to avoid hunger, on this diet, one cannot have bubble gum because it brings you out of Ketosis, as well as the soda. I can only have non-flavored sprinkle water and ONLY two glasses. Cannot drink lemonade cause Lemon is a fruit and it has sugar so I am limited to one lemon per day
EXTRA VIRGIN OLIVE OIL is mandatory - 2 tbspoons at lunch or dinner.
I am not used to drinking water. At all. So this now is for me a great sacrifice.
13:00 pm - Nuggets with half Tomato (100 grms) YUM! they were delicious. and the portion was very nice. These were made pouring the envelope contents on water and then on a pan with no oil butter or else.
Waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaater.
16:00 - OMG... I was told the Vanilla pudding was not a nice meal. THEY WERE RIGHT. I tried it just to have my own conclusion and I literally forced myself to eat it. It was good at first, but halfway the taste was like... like.. MELOX! yes, it reminded me of that horrible horrible medicine. I left 1/3 behind. Couldn't keep going.
Cant wait for dinner at 19:00 hrs. I am feeling the hunger creeping in.
19:00 - Tortilla with vegetables (Nopales = Cactus) don't laugh, in Mexico this vegetable is very good, it is normally taken by diabetics cause it helps to lower the sugar levels. I can have 3 cups of this vegetable.
I was starving by this time so I ate 1/2 an hour earlier. DEVOURED the nopales and the tortilla, really I didn't wanted it to end...
HEART BURNNNN!!! Since this morning I've been experiencing heartburn, what I don't know is, if I can take a pill or something for the relief, I need to ask the doctor, meanwhile, I'll just have to drink water.
22:00 - Chocolate Pudding.... OH MY GOODNESS!!! what is wrong with these puddings? seriously!!! They taste horrible, and I had to eat it because I was straving!! Eventhough I wanted to chomp my poor doggys head, I had to stop eating that pudding the flavour was horrendous. I dont know what I'm going to do, cause I have TWO BOXES almost full and (besides they are expensive - $30.00 USD EACH BOX!) I need to finish them cause I don't have any extra envelopes!! Bad choice. On the other hand, the glucose had gone down about 20 points. That's a good thing.
23:41 - Almost bedtime. HUNGRY HUNGRY HUNGRY! and although I am trying to control mind over matter, the old tradition of the midnight binge comes to mind.
Try
WATER...
WATER...
WATER...!
Trying to keep myself calm and remember in a few hours I will have breakfast.
Ketosis.... please come!! QUICK!
Oh and the dryness in my mouth is starting to kick in. A normal Ketosis side effect. YUCK
...and in my fat girl inner thought, all I can think of is SUSHI.
The thing about PRONOKAL is once you have started, YOU CANNOT eat anything else but the envelopes. If you break the diet, you break the ketosis mode and then you have to wait for three months before starting it again. So now I am inside this diet, now I have to "man-up"!
**Sigh**
A daily explanation on a PRONOKAL diet
Monday, February 18, 2013
Preparations
Before getting started on PRONOKAL, I had to get a whole bunch of medical exams and visit several doctors.
First I went to the Certified doctor who gives you the authorized form to get the boxes with the envelopes and vitamins.
Then I had to go to the endocrynologyst, who sent me to another lab to make some more studies (Zeus -which measures body fat, muscle & water- and a Calorymetry -measures how many calories you burn laying down) AND he changed my diabetes medicine -Victoza is still on the map-.
Because of my condition, instead of the 5 regular envelopes, the Dr. gave me 6, making 6 meals a day.
I had a full check-up blood test.
I will have to check up my glucose meters before every breakfast, lunch and dinner.
I will have to check up my blood pressure three days a week.
In my case, I have to be supervised by my doctors on a weekly basis, so if you decide to make this diet, be sure to have a strict Doctor supervision.
I went to the PRONOKAL distributors (located on the WTC Mexico City) where another doctor attended me and gave me the boxes with the meals I had previously chosen:
There are several meals, but these are the ones I chose for the next 15 days. Each box has 7 envelopes.
SO having everything set up, I am ready to begin.
First I went to the Certified doctor who gives you the authorized form to get the boxes with the envelopes and vitamins.
Then I had to go to the endocrynologyst, who sent me to another lab to make some more studies (Zeus -which measures body fat, muscle & water- and a Calorymetry -measures how many calories you burn laying down) AND he changed my diabetes medicine -Victoza is still on the map-.
Because of my condition, instead of the 5 regular envelopes, the Dr. gave me 6, making 6 meals a day.
I had a full check-up blood test.
I will have to check up my glucose meters before every breakfast, lunch and dinner.
I will have to check up my blood pressure three days a week.
In my case, I have to be supervised by my doctors on a weekly basis, so if you decide to make this diet, be sure to have a strict Doctor supervision.
I went to the PRONOKAL distributors (located on the WTC Mexico City) where another doctor attended me and gave me the boxes with the meals I had previously chosen:
- Nuggets
- Flour Tortilla
- Hot Cakes
- Vanilla Dessert
- Chocolate Dessert
- Strawberry shake
- Bread
- Provenzal Bread
- Crepes
- Vanilla Shake
- Chocolate Shake
- Vitamins supplements
There are several meals, but these are the ones I chose for the next 15 days. Each box has 7 envelopes.
SO having everything set up, I am ready to begin.
Getting started: ¿What is PRONOKAL?
And so, after trying EVERY diet on the list, EVERY medication on the book and -well, not exercising- I decided to go on a diet called PRONOKAL (greatly suggested by my best friend who did it a year ago and lost LOTS of weight). I was so tired of being overweight and being secluded at home because of the same reason, besides I was diagnosed with Diabetes type II on 2010, I had to do something immediately!.
Eight months ago, I was introduced to Victoza (yes, I am Victozavixen) but that is when I realized my obesity was more a mental than physical. I eat because I am anxious, I eat when I get bad memories, sad memories or when I see a food commercial on TV.. even when I see cartoons, I immediately feel this hunger inside. There was no limit for my bingeing, no food too far, no craving too expensive, I would always get my way. And so, I kept on with Victoza, but also kept on with the chocolates and binges.
Last week when I saw my new endocrynologyst, he told me Victoza is the only FDA approved medication to make you loose weight. Well, I guess I am the statistic who didn't loose weight. HOWEVER, Victoza helped me -a lot- no to gain weight. Today I am nearly 200 pounds, and I am guessing that without Victoza I would be weighing 300.
So, taking desperate measures for desperate moments, I finally decided to go on Pronokal.
What is PRONOKAL?
Well it's a programme originated in Spain, with full medical supervision and a personalized maintenance, according to each patient. It is based on a protein diet with a high biological value and the restriction of sugar and fat therefore, getting a healthy weight loss. The success on the Pronokal method is based on the loss of weight produced by the consumption of the accumulated body fat.
It has several Phases:
Active Phase: The most strict but also, the most motivational. You loose weight quickly without feeling hungry and keeping a positive attitude.
Reeducation Phase: Whe the patient has lost 80% of the weight and it's approved by the doctor.
Maintainance Phase: Last one, when the new habits are accquired and where the patient keeps a medical supervision where the weight keeps off for a long period of time and avoids gaining the weight again.
PRONOKAL FEATURES:
Gives a high biological value purified proteins which helps to keep the good fat.
Restriction of fat and sugar
During this protein diet, the diversity on food is limited, so a variety of vitamins and supplements are also prescribed.
WHAT IS KETOSIS?
One of the most common questions people who do this diet often ask is what is Ketosis. Ketones are chemicals produced by the body to burn fat. Ketosis occurs during fasting, doing very low carb diets, and pregnancy. They say it can also be caused by diabetes.
It works by using all the glucose, then your body begins to burn fat stores as an energy for all the functions of your body. The change in the metabolism occurs when the body is not getting carbohydrates to produce glucose, The ketones are used for energy in your body, the excess of them are cast away by the breath and urine.
You can learn more about PRONOKAL here: http://www.pronokal.co.uk/
WHAT'S IT ALL ABOUT?
PRONOKAL is a diet based on specific dehydrated food provided ONLY by PRONOKAL authorized doctors.
Throughout the day, 5 meals are provided on envelopes, which consists of different kind of foods, all the way from pudding, maltshakes, nuggets, chicken soup, crepes, and up to cookies and cakes
Besides the envelopes, PRONOKAL also provides supplements and vitamins like Magnesium, Calcium, Sodium, and Potasium which has to be taken after the envelopes.
Small ammount of vegetables are allowed at lunch and dinner.
This is only for phase 1.. during the other phases, envelopes are left behind and animal protein is added slowly until the envelopes are no more in the diet and we learn how to eat.
This works like a reprogramming in your body making you eat healthy.
Eight months ago, I was introduced to Victoza (yes, I am Victozavixen) but that is when I realized my obesity was more a mental than physical. I eat because I am anxious, I eat when I get bad memories, sad memories or when I see a food commercial on TV.. even when I see cartoons, I immediately feel this hunger inside. There was no limit for my bingeing, no food too far, no craving too expensive, I would always get my way. And so, I kept on with Victoza, but also kept on with the chocolates and binges.
Last week when I saw my new endocrynologyst, he told me Victoza is the only FDA approved medication to make you loose weight. Well, I guess I am the statistic who didn't loose weight. HOWEVER, Victoza helped me -a lot- no to gain weight. Today I am nearly 200 pounds, and I am guessing that without Victoza I would be weighing 300.
So, taking desperate measures for desperate moments, I finally decided to go on Pronokal.
What is PRONOKAL?
Well it's a programme originated in Spain, with full medical supervision and a personalized maintenance, according to each patient. It is based on a protein diet with a high biological value and the restriction of sugar and fat therefore, getting a healthy weight loss. The success on the Pronokal method is based on the loss of weight produced by the consumption of the accumulated body fat.
It has several Phases:
Active Phase: The most strict but also, the most motivational. You loose weight quickly without feeling hungry and keeping a positive attitude.
Reeducation Phase: Whe the patient has lost 80% of the weight and it's approved by the doctor.
Maintainance Phase: Last one, when the new habits are accquired and where the patient keeps a medical supervision where the weight keeps off for a long period of time and avoids gaining the weight again.
PRONOKAL FEATURES:
Gives a high biological value purified proteins which helps to keep the good fat.
Restriction of fat and sugar
During this protein diet, the diversity on food is limited, so a variety of vitamins and supplements are also prescribed.
WHAT IS KETOSIS?
One of the most common questions people who do this diet often ask is what is Ketosis. Ketones are chemicals produced by the body to burn fat. Ketosis occurs during fasting, doing very low carb diets, and pregnancy. They say it can also be caused by diabetes.
It works by using all the glucose, then your body begins to burn fat stores as an energy for all the functions of your body. The change in the metabolism occurs when the body is not getting carbohydrates to produce glucose, The ketones are used for energy in your body, the excess of them are cast away by the breath and urine.
You can learn more about PRONOKAL here: http://www.pronokal.co.uk/
WHAT'S IT ALL ABOUT?
PRONOKAL is a diet based on specific dehydrated food provided ONLY by PRONOKAL authorized doctors.
Throughout the day, 5 meals are provided on envelopes, which consists of different kind of foods, all the way from pudding, maltshakes, nuggets, chicken soup, crepes, and up to cookies and cakes
Besides the envelopes, PRONOKAL also provides supplements and vitamins like Magnesium, Calcium, Sodium, and Potasium which has to be taken after the envelopes.
Small ammount of vegetables are allowed at lunch and dinner.
This is only for phase 1.. during the other phases, envelopes are left behind and animal protein is added slowly until the envelopes are no more in the diet and we learn how to eat.
This works like a reprogramming in your body making you eat healthy.
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