AFIA'S DIARY

Yesterday I met with one of my bestie Winifred and all she can say was its official you've really lost weight hahaha. You know that feeling yeah when finally they all recognize the good you doing for yourself. I was super excited I felt soooooo comfortable and I said to myself Yes We did it and we still doing!! I'm at the lowest weight I've been in my teen life!!! Its amazing!! My love for the mirror keeps growing everyday:D and taking full pictures are my thing now!! I love how I can fit into all the clothes in my closet!! But sometimes I feel bad and awkward because I'm still struggling to accept the new me, my new body....that feeling of where have you been I've been waiting for you ever since I was 16.....you came too late but not that late. Finally it feels great to accept me!! Accept this body!! Accept that my new size 14 body!! And I'm ready to explore!! Feeling great!! Over confident I'm on top of the world!!! For me that's all that matters to me...

Back on the Dukan diet with a 2day mini attack phase. Yes better believe I got this, I may be anything but not a failure not giving up after coming this far. For me 88.5kg is an achievement because it hasn't been an easy road. Going back to accra next week wednesday so I guess I'll blog while in the bus on my way to Accra. My purpose is Accra is for christmas and New Year, we all know what christmas and new year means the big 'C' Celebration hahaha but whatever if I really want to do this I can do it regardless!! Keep Going!! If u fall rise up from the ground like a SKYSCRAPER!!! Keep on MOVING!!! Its all about the CLIMB!!! Keep the FAITH!! Good Luck this week to everyone!! It takes by far more courage to try than it does to succeed.

wheeew!!! I'm not going to portray myself as a superwoman on here and lie about things. Yes I've been binging, I've been binging for 2 straight weeks ie Week 10 and Week 11 and I'm not proud of that. I know I promised my reader some pictures but due to the deviation in my diet I couldn't post it.....guess I'll do that when I get to Accra on Wednesday. Binging helped me to get back on 94.3kg yes surprised and I felt terrible but don't really know what happened but the weight decided to come down by itself even though I was still binging and I didn't consolidate it though hmm strange!!! So I'm back in my 80's I'm 88.5kg today and I'm glad that I didn't give up!! Next week I'll be spending some time in Accra hopefully I'll stay focus on the Dukan diet!! Like I always say LIFE IS WHAT YOU MAKE IT.....MINE WILL BE GREAT

Me about to write this remind me of Colbie Caillat song Realize!!! Neglecting this blog wasn't on purpose but I needed a minute to embrace everything I've been doing for myself through this diet and also embrace my new and ever changing body!!! I must confess it really feels good to take a step back and observe thing, it really feels good to embrace this body I have. I've been hard on myself ever since I've known myself for being this size so embracing it and feeling very comfortable in it was the first experience and a very good one for me and I really loved it. I even took a trip to accra and went to my dad's brother's funeral in my hometown which I've never done before and honestly I never imagine myself doing that. It was the first time people who haven't seen me in ages talked about my weight and I didn't even get bothered about it. My first time realising that life is not all about being perfect or having a perfect body. A new experience altoge...

I know there are a lot of things for me to talk about on this blog before I reach my true weight 69kg (152lbs). Yes and I'm going to blog about everything before I get there. Next week, week 10 finally there's going to be a picture of this blog from week 1 to week 10 and that's a promise :D. I know I haven't addressed some issues like why I took this step, what made me finally want to lose the weight and etc I will soon!! I'm always giving credit to Brianna Marshall for the inspiration and encourage yes she made me go through this journey knowing that there's sunshine after the rain but there's this main man who told me its time to change your lifestyle Afia. Honestly I got mad but later on I realised DUKE METTLE meant well for me!! Shout out to you Duke Mettle and thank you sooooo much for being real. I've discovered so many things and I know you guy wants to know but the time aint right to talk about that yet lool!! Thank you all for reading my blog! G...

Though we travel the world over to find the beautiful, we must carry it with us or we find it not. Ralph Waldo Emerson And this is something I found delightful. Be inspired. It's from www.self-esteem- enhances-life.com Self acceptance is key to a happy, satisfying and productive life. What do you pledge? to life or yourself? to others or yourself? Uncover your life Don't hide Come out into the sun Breathe the fresh air Get the wind in your hair Feel the wind on your back Enjoy and explore Make the most of this life Find the beat of your own life. Find and experience and gain strength from it. Explore and bathe in it. Play to the beat of another or others and your search, if still unknown or hidden, will still be ongoing and 'incomplete'. Find your own way and your own calling. Be yourself.Quietly, taking the things in, taking the moment in. Taking in your own life. That's fair enough: Don't be afraid to stand up for yourself Be reasonable, fair and polite Know...

Oooooook so where do I begin!! There's so much I want to say to make it easier awwww I'm overwhelmed. Honestly so many people thought I wouldn't last on this diet, my neighbours and even my mum did. Mum knows how very weak I am, I'm a pushover so everyday she kept on asking are you going to eat real food today hahaha and I just roll my eyes and go like you know I don't eat that lool but deep down I just wanted to eat that. Yes I admit that I let things get into me even people I don't even know can sooo really get into but this is me. Starting week 9 I hope its going to be successful like week 8. I'm glad I didn't binge last sunday hope this sunday to will be the same!! Honestly I was afraid to take this step but I took it anyway and I'm glad I did!!!! Keep your head up!!! The best way to gain self-confidence is to do what you are afraid to do.

Since I started this diet, week 8 has been the coolest so cool cool cool cool. Well blogspot don't respect my paragraphs so I'm just going to post stuffs just like that. Believe it or not I've stopped working out I don't even do pilates anymore. I ate a lot of vegetables in a form of stew. A super cool stew mum made. Throughout the 8th week I did just one PP day and I didn't care whether there was going to be any water retention or not my PV's were more and tasty but I still lost weight. I lost a whooping 5pounds and finally I've seen my 80's. I keep telling you guys that this is the best thing I've done and still doing for me since I became older! Well I have a long way to go but I know I will sure get there. I love love love love love love this diet and I'm soooo thankful to Brianna Marshall because through her that I got all the courage to start this diet!!! Life is What You Make it....Mine Will Be Great!! Keep your head up!!

Look how fast time has flown. Its 2 months already woow and I'm glad I took this step to make my life a better and healthy one too. Like I always say life is what you make mine will be great and of course mine is getting better and better everyday. Yesterday I went to see my godfather at his house and everyone who saw me kept telling me how good and trim I looked. So far I've had 10 people coming up to me telling me that. Lool I should keep counting because its also an encouragement. The more they tell me how good I look the more I'm eager to go through the Dukan diet successfully. Last night Papa took a picture of me and said look how slim your thighs look hehehe it was my first time seeing Papa and I think he's really a great guy I actually loved his company. One weird thing is people keep telling me I look good but I don't even see it or feel it hmmm.....I know I should have celebrated this day with a picture but I'm still using my BB to blog so its impossibl...

I've been sooo eager to see my 80's guess tomorrow I'm finally going to see it :D....well you can't blame a sister for being so happy about this because so far to be honest it the only good thing I've done for myself since I was born heeerrrh!! I'm not kidding. Hoping for the best this week and I hope I can stand the sunday binges urrrrgh its killing me!! Need to get back on my pilate and exercise routine I've been slacking lately but in all I'm proud of myself!!! Discovered something really beautiful and amazing, I'm going to talk about that in my next blog. Be Safe Keep running, Keep Walking.....Never Give Up!! Keep going! Each step may get slightly harder, but each step is worth it. Don’t stop. The view is beautiful at the top.

After many day of binging and being a very bad Dukanista, I got back on the diet. Started 7th week at 93.8kg did a mini attack phase and was back on track. I've been dying to see my 80's come on where are you?? The 90's need to go now!!! Oh I went from size 19/20 to size almost 14 so far haven't purchase any need clothes yet waiting for the big size 12 hahaha!!! So let me sum it all up, total weight lost since I started the Dukan diet on the 26th of september is 15.5kg(34.2lbs)...I would have been somewhere in my 40lbs if it wasn't for the binging but its all good!! I feel good and super excited! Life is what you make it....Mine will be Great!!!

Ok I love the title then and now and I love saying it!!! Let's go back, where it all began!! I was depressing 105.6kg(232.6lbs) needed to do something about it because I felt terrible but Ransford told me it was alright but still wasn't feeling good though. So I started the Dukan diet at my heaviest weight ever :(. It wasn't easy but it was worth it. Today I'm proud to say I'm 90.1kg(198.4lbs) the lowest weight I've ever had since first year in high school yaaaaaay!!!! So you know the drill the dukan diet works.....stick to it!!!

Honestly these past weeks has been tremendously hard for me. I watched myself binged for 3days and couldn't do anything about it!!! Felt bad really bad but couldn't save myself from drowning. I think so far through out the journey today has been difficult for me. As I watched tyronne dissed me on BBM because of my weight! Yes and tears are flowing down my cheeks while writing this. His words really hit me real hard and couldn't even say anything negative about his looks to him. Really hit and I know most of you all going through the same thing can feel my pain. What kind of people do that?? but its all good beacause I'm winning this battle and that's the most important thing! I'm not ashamed I'm proud of my body and I'm proud of how far I've come!! May God have mercy on this mean people!!! Never Give Up!!

Starting week 6 today.....kinda already fitting into size 14 hell Yes lool. I'm ready to change my life and make it better nothing and no one can stop me now. I feel tempted somehow but I'm not giving in....Keep Walking Keep running!!! Life is What you make it...Mine Will Be Great!!! Good Luck to all Dukanians this week :D and oh I'm sooo enjoying Taylor Swift's red album

Reporting for 5th week....Well wasn't that much surprise of this week weight loss because of my cheating day but I feel so great about myself and I'm glad I bounced back....still haven't seen my 80's yet but I know its going to come for sure. So I'm officially 92.9kg today and I'm thankful for everything...hopefully going to see my 80's next week :D....giving up is not an option for me. Still fighting and I know I'm going to win.....Accept failure and learn from it, but don’t accept not trying

It was obvious I was going to gain weight when I decided to splurge yesterday. Well I had a nice time splurging because I missed all those food I ate soooooo much......from rice to noodles to sodas...well Yesterday I weighed 92.2kg before starting my day. I made sure I ate anything to the fullest but I couldn't even eat much whew!!! Now no more metallic taste or weakness I'm in a good shape!!! I weighed in this morning well honestly I was kinda scared but the scale said 93.1kg wooooow!!!! Amazing thought I was going to gain like 5pounds or something. I'm back on the Dukan diet doing a 2day mini attack phase!!! Glad I listened to my body yesterday!!! :D

Today I woke up very weak beacause I haven't been able to eat for 3days....my taste bud is worst can't take anything and my body is getting weaker and weaker!!! So the first thing I found was the Peanut and I ate it infact I'm eating it right now. So I'm going to take this day as a splurging day taking a break just for today. I'm going to eat anything I find and make myself sick. I know I'm going to gain but I don't care just want to regain my taste buds and energy!

Starting week 5 today left with 2days to complete ma PV days. Yes I'm going to keep running, jumping rope and doing pilates. Hope to see my 90's and 89's soon lool the thought of that makes me soooooo excited. We all know its not an easy diet but we fighting and we will win infact we keep winning everything a pound or two drop from your weight!! Ha!!! I have this big temptation is the refrigerator (Peanuts) and I'm soooo tempted to eat that lool hope I get the strength to resist it. Hoping for the best this week!!! Keep running, Keep walking, drink a lot of water...Never Give UP!!!!! Accept failure and learn from it, but don’t accept not trying. Good Luck to all the Dukanians this week!!

4th week was tremendously tiring. Started working out, jogging, running but my pace wasn't that consistent, jumping rope and doing pilates whew!!!! Reporting for my 4th week and I've realised that the weight comes off when its my PP day and I tend to gain when I start the PV days hmmm that's confusing. I don't drink water like I used to anymore thank to Ketosis lool. Now I can really feel the symptoms in my mouth and it really mistakes drinking a lot harder for me. But in all week 4 was good still recovering from my muscle sore hahaha. Hard Work pays right???....went from 95.4kg to 93.3kg. That's a good progress I think!!! Life is What you make it...Mine Will Be Great

Starting week 4 today day 29 to 35. I don't even know what to write up on here anymore. I'm soooo expecting a huge results this week because tomorrow I will start running lool Yeah u heard right my workout buddy is back in town and since I'm 22.3 pounds lighter its now or never. So let's see what week 4 has for me and maybe I'll try to get a new scale and see. Happy dieting Dukanistas!! Hope this week becomes a successful one for us all!! Never give up!!! You’re going to succeed because you’re crazy enough to think you can. And Yes We Can!!! Good Luck!!!

Wooow!!!! I was on the verge of giving up on this dukan diet thing after so much success iin the second week even had 93.1kg on the 25 day, then all of a sudden I gained wooow!!!! I gained a whooping 3.4 pounds like seriously but I was point didn't cheat or anything so what happened? Got really frustrated and I even cry....I soo wanted to give up or was it my scale??? I don't know!! But thank God I didn't give up!! Struggling to get to the 93.1kg I was but so far the weight loss has been slow. All the things that really happened on the 3rd never really made sense to me but whatever..I'm gon fight and I'm gon win this battle. So this week after hitting plateau for 2day and gaining a whooping 3.4 pounds I lost 2.2pounds this week and I'm 95.4kg now whew but the interesting thing is I keep shrinking and losing more inches than I expected!!! So in all the total weight I've lost is 22.3pounds!!! Still holding on to this diet not giving up any day anytime soon. Li...

Starting week 3 today on the dukan diet and I feel good already started at 105kg and now I'm at 95.1kg!!! I hope the pound keeps on falling like week 2 lool good feeling!!! Going to start my pv tomorrow since my rythm is 5/5!!! Oh and I'm wearing since 16 today awww being a long time I wore size 16 :'(!!! Good luck to all the Dukanians this week. May this week be fruitful to you all. Never give up If it's out of your control, why fret about it? Concentrating on things you CAN control is how you make good things happen! Don’t compare yourself to anyone. If you do, you’re insulting yourself

2nd week for me on my cruise phase was very exciting and I was actually stunned to see all those pounds falling off!! 2nd week day 15-21 I lost 10.8 pounds whaaaaat!!! Very shocking and I didn't do anything extraodinary wooow!!! So rounding up the pounds I've lost so far since starting the dukan diet I've lost 22.8 pound!!! Woooow!!! I love this diet

I can't stop staring at myself in the mirror and checking myself out. My body is starting to get fabulous and I'm super excited. Today I lost 20.1 pounds. Its day 20 since I started the Dukan diet and its awesome so far so good!!!! And oh I'm wearing that Dorothy Perkins size 16 capri now hahahaha I just can't believe it it feels like a dream. Its 7:50am here and I'm sooooo lively this morning I'm getting lighter and I'm sooooo proud of myself. I know I have a long way to go but I got this and we gon fight!!!! Thank you Lord Jesus for giving me the willpower. It hasn't been easy at all!!! Pictures will be coming soon!!! Either you’re going to take action and seize new opportunities or someone else will. You can’t change anything or make any sort of progress by sitting back and thinking about it.

I'm sooooooooo excited I have a scale fright well if I can say that but this morning I stood on the scale and I'm getting closer to hit the 20 pounds lost Yes believe that!!! I was stunned to see that I am almost fitting in a size 16 Dorothy Perkins capri. I bought the capri last year....couldn't wear it because it wasn't fitting but didn't return it. I knew deep in my heart that someday I would be able to wear it and that someday is coming to past loool. Wish I can show the picture of the capri to you guys but the browser I'm using is not allowing me so I'll send it when I sit infront of a pc. So far soooo gooooood :D :):) Don’t worry about how slowly you feel you’re heading to your dreams, or how many roadblocks you find, or detours you need to take, you’re still cruising far ahead of everyone who’s too afraid to even tr

“Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness, that frightens us most. We ask ourselves, 'Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, and famous?' Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God. Your playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that people won't feel insecure around you. We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us. It's not just in some of us; it's in all of us. And when we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.” beatlekitten.blogspot.com

Always wanted to share this: I do want to make one point however. So much of the insecurity that accompanies being overweight is rooted in our own minds. In retrospect I see this. I'm not denying that judgements are made here and there by cruel people, but I think it happens far less than it feels like it does. When you feel like you are being stared at or labeled, remember who you are. You are a beautiful person. Not only that, but you are a strong and determined individual. You are someone who is fighting a battle that so many perceive as impossible, and you are winning! In this present moment, you may not be as proud of your appearance as you would like to be, but you are actively changing that. There are few things that should fill you with more pride. So be proud! beatlekitten.blogspot.com

Today things became very difficult for me. I had my heart broken :( poor me and I was stressed out. I felt like digging my hands into food mainly carbs to numb the pain but I coudn't. My friend Rexford helped out to release some steam and cry my eyes out and I held on to my dukan diet faith. Had a successful PP day and drank 6litres of water. While I was grieving I found something that motivated me and kept me going for today "In the heat of the moment when you feel like quitting, think about how far you can come and why you started in the first place." And its true I've come too far to let thingw break me down www.everydaylifelessons.com

Starting the Dukan diet I’ve realised sometime about my sleep patterns. At first I used to be a nocturnal, I toss around in bed and even have late night conversation on the phone up to 2am or 3am before I can rest my tired eyes and wake up around 10am-11am but things has changed now. I now go to bed as early as 9:30pm or 10pm and I wake up at 5am every other day. I’m wondering if the Dukan Diet has anything to do with how I sleep now. I really like the changes like seriously:D 2) The Exercise issue….Yes I know in the cruise phase 30mins of walking is required but I haven’t stick to this yet. I sometimes do a little bit walking here and there but I know its not enough. Here just waiting for my workout buddy Nehemia to come back home because I’ll really need his help to start an form of exercise. Moreover I’m not familiar with the hood I live in but Nehemia knows every corner of this hood.

1) 2nd day of the 2nd week on the Dukan diet and I’ve noticed the people around don’t really understand what I’m doing. They keep asking me why that much chicken, Eggs, fish? Others even added I’m going to get more fat eating those things and I can’t even explain it to them because they won’t even get. 2) About the water issues….I wasn’t much of a water drinker. I started drinking 1.5litre of water when I started the Dukand Diet but now I can even drink 8litres of water everyday. I used the water a lot because I don’t have an oat bran which is required for this diet well atleast for now. 3) The Protein….I only use chicken, Eggs, Fish and Beef. That’s the only protein available for me. Already sick of the eggs and fish but I’m really trying my best even though I don’t have much variety of foods to eat. 4) Vegetables…I only use cucumber, salad leaves, tomatoes, pepper and Onion. I also found a frozen Broccoli at Opoku Trading which is a new addition to my vegetables PS: I take my PP ...

Started cruise phase also known as phase 2 on the 3rd of october….My 1st week that is from day 8 to 14 and I lost 3lbs. 3lbs because I deviated from the diet and I opted for The Slow Carb Diet instead of focusing on the Dukan Diet. After two days on the SCD I got tired of it and went back to the Dukan diet. I can say that’s my first transgression. I went on a 2-day Pure Protein and started the cruise phase again

On 26th of Sepetember 2012, I started the attack phase of the dukan diet which is also known as the phase one. It was very tough for me. I started at 105kg (232Lbs). I tried a 7-day attack phase and I lost 9lbs on the 3rd of October…..now moving on to the cruise phase

On 26th of September 2012, I started a journey….a journey that was so hard to decide but I took my chances. My inner voice told me the time is now or never of course I listened to it!!! Started the Dukan diet. I still don’t have the Dukan diet book but I followed the information on other blogs…..so from now onward I’m going to update you about my Dukan diet Journey. I call it a journey because I know its going to be very hard and emotional process for me

On 26th of September 2012, I started a journey….a journey that was so hard to decide but I took my chances. My inner voice told me the time is now or never of course I listened to it!!! Started the Dukan diet. I still don’t have the Dukan diet book but I followed the information on other blogs…..so from now onward I’m going to update you about my Dukan diet Journey. I call it a journey because I know its going to be very hard and emotional process for me

On 26th of September 2012, I started a journey….a journey that was so hard to decide but I took my chances. My inner voice told me the time is now or never of course I listened to it!!! Started the Dukan diet. I still don’t have the Dukan diet book but I followed the information on other blogs…..so from now onward I’m going to update you about my Dukan diet Journey. I call it a journey because I know its going to be very hard and emotional process for me

On 26th of September 2012, I started a journey….a journey that was so hard to decide but I took my chances. My inner voice told me the time is now or never of course I listened to it!!! Started the Dukan diet. I still don’t have the Dukan diet book but I followed the information on other blogs…..so from now onward I’m going to update you about my Dukan diet Journey. I call it a journey because I know its going to be very hard and emotional process for me