You will have to be sure to add this recipe to your list of things to bake in the next week!  You won’t regret it.  This brownie recipe won a contest that was held recently (check out the Best Brownie Ever Award Goes To… for more details about the contest).

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Don’t worry, I’m not moving – my blog is!

Over the next week I will be moving my blog, giving it a new look, and hopefully making it easier to navigate and comment.  Please be patient with me as I make the change.  I will not be posting until the end of next week, as I will be working on the changes.

This blog will still be available so that you can look at old posts and I might refer to them sometimes.  I also want to make it easier for you to follow my Dukan Diet Series.

There is a bit of work to this, so hopefully all will be well.  My next post will give you all the info you need to continue to follow my blog so that you won’t miss out on anything!  I wanted to give you a heads up!

I hope that you all have a wonderful weekend!  Happy President’s weekend to my American readers.  I didn’t even know it was happening until I came to the States for the weekend.

What are you doing this weekend?
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If you made a move to another hosting site for your blog, how was the transition for you?

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The Cruise Phase.  It’s been good.  No complaints besides the couple of times that I craved chips and cookies.  But that was won over!  I enjoyed eating veggies.  It was hard to go back to eating protein the next day after eating veggies.

During my attack phase and my first week on the Cruise phase I have lost 9.6 lbs.  I will continue on the cruise phase, but I am going to move to the 2/5 rhythm.  If you recall from my earlier post about the Cruise Phase this is two protein days and five protein and veggie days.  This is recommended to be followed until I reach my true weight.
 I have 15 more lbs to go.  Then it is the Consolidation Phase.  A much more fun phase to be on then the Attack or Cruise phase!  I’m excited to get there.  That’s when I can start bringing other foods back into my healthy eating.

I had my first dinner invitation to a friends for supper on Wed night!  Yikes.  What was I going to do?  I asked her if she didn’t mind me bringing my own meal.  It was weird to do since I really wanted to try her lasagna since I heard such great things about it.  I can say it was definitely different eating something else while everyone ate they delicious looking lasagna.  Oh and did I mention garlic bread and caesar salad.  I could have had the salad if there was no dressing, croutons, and it was fat free cheese.  But that is ok!  I learned that I can go out and still enjoy a meal together with friends and it is ok to take something with me.  Most people are not going to mind.  I had a turkey casserole – turkey, cottage cheese, and a variety of veggies.  It was layered like a lasagna but named it a casserole since there was no pasta in it!

I wonder what next week will bring on this crazy diet!

If you are interested in learning more about the Dukan Diet and recipes that go along with it, visit my friend’s blog Life As a Suitcase

Do you have suggestions for when I end up getting an invitation to eat at a restaurant?  Leave me a comment below.

[This is part of the Dukan Diet series.  Check out the rest of the posts by clicking HERE.]