Dukan it out !!! - The Dukan Diet

mrshickey

Hello Everyone!

I just finished reading the book and really want to get started today, but my concern is the upcoming holidays. I was hoping to maybe get some advice Seeing as the holidays would land smack in the middle of my cruise phase, I know I will not have the will power to turn down Grandma's homemade christmas cookies or my aunts deliciously fattening side dishes at thanksgiving, not saying I'm going to gorge myself, but I will definitely indulge a little I know the book and many websites/forums I've read say you need to STRICTLY follow the meal plan. I really don't want to wait until the New Year to start, but I also don't want to sabotage my hard work and efforts for some cookies and corn pudding that I know I will not be able to turn down. Any advice or suggestions would be GREATLY appreciated!! :happy: Thank you in advance!

this is a really good question, im not set to reach my goal weight until end of jan but xmas always ends up with lots of food, alcohol and treats. i can avoid the treats (i think) and if its a pp day il happily eat lots of turkey etc, but the alcohol will set me back- dnt know if i can resist!

aahd

Hey everyone,


I can say I'm on my day 2, however I'm craving fruits! I saw my sister eating an apple and I couldnt resist having a slice!!

on breakfast I had danon fat free yoghurt but it had fruits!

I dont like diet drinks or splenda! what shall I do

I'm just craving sweets and today I skipped the gym I felt tired, I had more energy when I had museli on breakfast or a bowl of oatmeal!

I need to lose 25 pounds though what to do? help

Erin_26

Hi Aahd,

You will need to increase your water and protein intake to combat sugar cravings. I know you said you don't like Splenda, but if you don't mind another no-calorie sweetener like Truvia, etc. you can make a Dukan hot chocolate or a sweet coffee.

I actually scramble egg whites and use cinnamon and Splenda on them. It doesn't look super appetizing, but it tastes like dessert, gives me some protein and satisfies me more than a drink.

You can also have fat-free, sugar-free flavored yogurt (no added fruit), but watch your portions as dairy can halt your weight loss.

Hope that helps,

E.

aahd

Thanks a lot Erin.

I will try that tomorrow and post my Dukan diet diary updates

Thanks again )

sdgirl22

This sounds pretty interesting. I'm at a weird place where I haven't been losing any weight despite staying under my cals (for the most part, still struggling on the weekends) and working out between 30-60 minutes on most days.

So, I'm getting ready to move out of my place and I'll be travelling across the country and staying with friends and family until the middle of December. Everyone knows that I love to cook so I'll be able to make my own meals, but do you guys think this is something that can be done despite having my own kitchen?

Erin_26

Hi SDGirl,

I think if your friends will let you use their stove and oven, you can easily cook chicken, fish, other meat and egg whites. And other than that, you just need some yogurt, oat bran, and cottage cheese, if you like. It can certainly be done if you have the right motivation!

My husband and I recently went on a 16k hike and my egg whites were packed in a tupperware in my backpack. Gotta make it happen!

Hope that helps!!

sdgirl22

Thanks Erin!

I checked out the current status of my freezer, and read about it, and I'm gonna try it

Teddyaderwich

The posts about Christmas have got me thinking - if all goes to plan I will hit third phase in January - so I have decided upon a strategy that I think will work for me.

I am going to stick to Dukan Diet through to mid-December (the nearer to Christmas the better - but I am being realistic with myself here). As soon as I decide the time is right in December I am going to temporally move to the third phase ahead of time - thereby allowing myself more freedom in food choices in general through this time and a celebration meal Chrimbo day and NYE or NYD depending on best invites/meal ;-).

Then new year I hope to get back on track again to restart. I am thinking that I will go back to the Dukan site put my new details in and get a new programme? Expect with less to lose by then than when I started in September I should have a shorter initial phase than the 7 this time and will soon be back on phase 2 again.

Erin_26

Teddy - I think that's an excellent plan. Any time I end up cheating or not following DD, I go back to the site with my current weight and figure out how many Attack days I will be doing. I think it's the best way to "Re-boot" and get back on the losing track quickly.

dmgaloha

I am about half-way through the Dukan Diet book. I have been attempting to limit my carbs for the last two months anyway, so this seems like it will work for me.

I'm getting started slowly - I ate more protein yesterday, as well as the oat bran galette, but still had an apple in the afternoon and some broccoli, mushrooms and a bit of wild rice with supper. I lost a pound. Today, I mixed some blueberries and raspberries with my fat free greek yogurt. I know fruit is a no-no, but I can't bear to let my berries go to waste, and I am the only one in the house who eats them. I suppose I will only convert to DD completely once they are gone.

I'm on my way to the grocery store to stock up on a few more protein items, such as fat free cottage cheese, so I have something to snack on other than meat. I'm going to read through the rest of this thread when I get back for more ideas / support / advice.

I'm making homemade pizza for the family tonight. I was thinking I could eat some of the cooked crumbled hamburger meat, and an oat bran galette...

Teddyaderwich

I'm a bit concerned about being hungry in the evening last two days. Have found self consuming all my calories when before I was not eating that many. Worried that weight-loss will stop if I start gorging and simply eating too much? Any thoughts?

mrshickey

I'm a bit concerned about being hungry in the evening last two days. Have found self consuming all my calories when before I was not eating that many. Worried that weight-loss will stop if I start gorging and simply eating too much? Any thoughts?

i think you will be ok eating more, if u are like me and counting calories, we are doing it because maybe we are so used to calorie counting or we just want to make sure we dont go over the '1200' limit. (or maybe even too far under) but actually, according to what i understood in the dukan book (i bought it from amazon although i havent read all of it yet) we dont have to calorie count because as long as we eat lean meat we wont be going over on our calories and we will be fuller for longer. i alao found after a few weeks that i became hungrier, almost as if my body was getting more used to the protein, but i didnt eat more just incase, and i didnt lose any weight that week. i think if id eaten more i would have lost weight because i may have slowed my metabolism down by not eating when i became hungry. if your hungry- eat!! dr dukan said we can eat as much of te permitted foods as we like- so go for it.

steffiejoe

Bumping

I'm not on Dukan at this time but this is how I started my LC lifestyle. I did it for 30 days.

rebeccastringer

I start my final day of my 5 day attack phase today and have lost 2.8kg (6lbs) so far. Am finding it relatively straight forward and easy to follow thus far and have found that my cravings for certain foods has greatly diminished. Am looking forward to being able to eat some veggies tomorrow on first PV day!

aahd

I read the book, but I havent seen anything on the fat free coffee creamer!
Is it okay to use a fat free vanilla coffee mate with the coffee instead of splenda or any sweetner?

mrshickey

I read the book, but I havent seen anything on the fat free coffee creamer!
Is it okay to use a fat free vanilla coffee mate with the coffee instead of splenda or any sweetner?

if its fat free AND sugar free it might be ok, alot of 'fat free' things contain sugar so arent fat free atall!! but id steer clear of things like corn syrup, partially hydrogenated vegetable oil, (any oil, actually), and all those weird ingredients things like that tend to have.


on the other hand, you could try it, and if it doesnt slow your weightloss it might be ok.

aahd

Mrschickey,

yes you are totally right I just looked at their nuitrition facts and that what it has

INGREDIENTS: SUGAR, VEGETABLE OIL (PARTIALLY HYDROGENATED COCONUT OR PALM KERNEL, HYDROGENATED SOYBEAN), CORN SYRUP SOLIDS, AND LESS THAN 2% OF SODIUM CASEINATE (A MILK DERIVATIVE)**, DIPOTASSIUM PHOSPHATE (MODERATES COFFEE ACIDITY), NATURAL AND ARTIFICIAL FLAVORS, MONO- AND DIGLYCERIDES (PREVENTS OIL SEPARATION), SODIUM ALUMINOSILICATE, SALT.

Thank you

dmgaloha

Day 3 of something that closely resembles DD, but not quite 100%; and I've lost 3 pounds. I have not seen this number on the scale since 2003. I am excited to keep it up. I made a smoothie this morning with approx 1 cup of my "cheating" berries, and 1/2 cup of greek yogurt and 1/2 cup of skim milk. The rest of the snacks I packed for the day are DD appropriate - egg, grilled pork tenderloin, ff cottage cheese, oat bran galette... And some 'imitation flake crab meat', which I'm pretty sure I read in the book was ok even though there is some carb content, since it is very low in fat and made with white fish.

I got up to pee about 4 times last night; and had a hard time sleeping. Has anyone else experienced sleep interruptions due to high protein diet?

Teddyaderwich

I'm getting up in the night to go to the loo - i remember first couple of nights going to loo at least four times - it could be the water loss you get moving to protein based diet. Am still going least once in the night - with me I expect it's my body getting used to drinking more fluid - as normally I was way down the general recommended 8 glasses a day.

Thanks for comment about eating more - am wondering if my food isn't lean enough - and therefore can eat less? V scared to go vastly over 1200 a day in case I put weight on again - am hoping it's all just a blip - think I've got to the first "wall" just three weeks in - when initial quick weightloss gone by and now in it for the l

Teddyaderwich

.... Long term. Am so impatient !

mrshickey

Mrschickey,

yes you are totally right I just looked at their nuitrition facts and that what it has

INGREDIENTS: SUGAR, VEGETABLE OIL (PARTIALLY HYDROGENATED COCONUT OR PALM KERNEL, HYDROGENATED SOYBEAN), CORN SYRUP SOLIDS, AND LESS THAN 2% OF SODIUM CASEINATE (A MILK DERIVATIVE)**, DIPOTASSIUM PHOSPHATE (MODERATES COFFEE ACIDITY), NATURAL AND ARTIFICIAL FLAVORS, MONO- AND DIGLYCERIDES (PREVENTS OIL SEPARATION), SODIUM ALUMINOSILICATE, SALT.

Thank you

your very welcome!!

mrshickey

Day 3 of something that closely resembles DD, but not quite 100%; and I've lost 3 pounds. I have not seen this number on the scale since 2003. I am excited to keep it up. I made a smoothie this morning with approx 1 cup of my "cheating" berries, and 1/2 cup of greek yogurt and 1/2 cup of skim milk. The rest of the snacks I packed for the day are DD appropriate - egg, grilled pork tenderloin, ff cottage cheese, oat bran galette... And some 'imitation flake crab meat', which I'm pretty sure I read in the book was ok even though there is some carb content, since it is very low in fat and made with white fish.

I got up to pee about 4 times last night; and had a hard time sleeping. Has anyone else experienced sleep interruptions due to high protein diet?

i was up CONSTANTLY at first going to the loo- though i think this was due to the increase in water. also protein is a diuretic (spelling, sorry) which can make you pee more until your body gets used to it. the disturbed sleep may be due to the sudden restriction in carbs???? i found i had carb withdrawal at first or 'carb flu' and i didnt eat a great amount of carbs in the first place!! it does pass tho- i have nothing like that now.

congrats on your weight loss so far!!!!! 3lbs in 3 days is brill

mrshickey

Thanks for comment about eating more - am wondering if my food isn't lean enough - and therefore can eat less? V scared to go vastly over 1200 a day in case I put weight on again - am hoping it's all just a blip - think I've got to the first "wall" just three weeks in - when initial quick weightloss gone by and now in it for the l

hi teddy, u r right it could jus be a blip- might rectify itself in a few days. u cud try to eat a little more, maybe only 100-200 cals more a day so its not very much over. i can see from your diary you have a small appetite (or maybe its because i eat SOOOOO much!! LOL). we'v got roughly the same amount of weight we want to lose, and we will keep each other going. WE CAN DO THIS :bigsmile:

Erin_26

Everyone seems very motivated, it's great to see!!!

I, personally, am doing great. I am sitting at 140 today and hope to see 139 this week, or even 138 if I'm lucky. 134 lbs is my TW, so I'm getting close and feeling great. I want to get to TW by Oct. 24 because my son's swimming lessons start that day. Last year, I was the chubby mom wearing unattractive swimwear, it was a downer. Not this year! :happy:

I hope you are all doing great and are feeling confident that DD will bring you to your True Weight, if you only allow it.

Hope to chat soon!

glittermouse

Hi! i'm new to the Dukan Diet and brand new to this thread.

Today was day one for me. I'll be in the Attack Phase for about 6 or 7 days. I don't think it'll be too much of a problem as I love meat (total carnivore over here).

This morning I almost messed up immediately. People in my office bring in food and snacks all the time and the first thing this morning someone passes me some sliced apples. I chomped into one and was halfway through chewing it when I remembered I wasn't supposed to eat fruit. When the lady wasn't looking I got rid of the apple (bite included). I'll have to be more careful.

Also~ anyone know a place to order Oat Bran from that won't kill me on the shipping/handling?? I looked on Amazon and saw that for $7.00 to $9.00 dollars I could get some Oat Bran, but then the shipping/handling brought the total up to $63.00!!
(I live in South Korea, fyi).

Looking forward to getting to know everyone on here!
Thanks!
~TheGlitterMouse

glittermouse

Hi! i'm new to the Dukan Diet and brand new to this thread.

Today was day one for me. I'll be in the Attack Phase for about 6 or 7 days. I don't think it'll be too much of a problem as I love meat (total carnivore over here).

This morning I almost messed up immediately. People in my office bring in food and snacks all the time and the first thing this morning someone passes me some sliced apples. I chomped into one and was halfway through chewing it when I remembered I wasn't supposed to eat fruit. When the lady wasn't looking I got rid of the apple (bite included). I'll have to be more careful.

Also~ anyone know a place to order Oat Bran from that won't kill me on the shipping/handling?? I looked on Amazon and saw that for $7.00 to $9.00 dollars I could get some Oat Bran, but then the shipping/handling brought the total up to $63.00!!
(I live in South Korea, fyi).

Looking forward to getting to know everyone on here!
Thanks!
~TheGlitterMouse

Erin_26

Welcome Glitter Mouse!

Good job on spitting out the apple, lol!!

I'm sorry, I don't know about shipping the oat bran. Do the grocery stores near you not carry it in the cereal aisle? You may have to shell out some dollars and just have it shipped. I would recommend from the Dukan Diet site, as this is the type you want, ie: milled/refined, etc.

Hope that helps! Good luck with Attack and let us know how you're doing! 6 days of Attack seems to be all I have the patience for, so I wish you luck in sticking to 7, if you need to.

Take care,

dmgaloha

Glitter, I hope you are able to find some Oat Bran in your local stores. Shipping is crazy expensive! I am currently using the Quaker Oat Bran, which I am able to find in my local grocery stores in Canada. I know there is also a Bob's Red Mill brand. They sell it with the hot cereals, like regular oatmeal, so check there. Here's what my box looks like: http://www.canadaonly.ca/products/Quaker-Oat-Bran.html

I've been tweaking my oat bran galette recipe. Last night, I made my my galettes with 3 Tbsp oat bran, 3 Tbsp ff greek yogurt, 1 egg (including yolk), a sprinkle of cinnamon, and a dash of vanilla. I don't have any artificial sweetener in the house, and don't really like the idea of using it anyway, if I can avoid it. Then I cut it in half, to follow the 1.5 Tbsp rule of Attack, even though I'm still not truly 100%. It was much tastier than my previous attempts! Has anyone else adjusted the original recipe to suit their tastes?

mrshickey

Glitter, I hope you are able to find some Oat Bran in your local stores. Shipping is crazy expensive! I am currently using the Quaker Oat Bran, which I am able to find in my local grocery stores in Canada. I know there is also a Bob's Red Mill brand. They sell it with the hot cereals, like regular oatmeal, so check there. Here's what my box looks like: http://www.canadaonly.ca/products/Quaker-Oat-Bran.html

I've been tweaking my oat bran galette recipe. Last night, I made my my galettes with 3 Tbsp oat bran, 3 Tbsp ff greek yogurt, 1 egg (including yolk), a sprinkle of cinnamon, and a dash of vanilla. I don't have any artificial sweetener in the house, and don't really like the idea of using it anyway, if I can avoid it. Then I cut it in half, to follow the 1.5 Tbsp rule of Attack, even though I'm still not truly 100%. It was much tastier than my previous attempts! Has anyone else adjusted the original recipe to suit their tastes?

i substituted the sweetener for herbs and a little salt and topped one half of the cooked pancake with boiled and drained spinach, and rosemary conley less than 5% fat mature cheese (30grms). Flipped the other half over so the cheese melted. The spinach and cheese are both allowed on a PV day in the cruise phase. it was a luvly spinach and cheese pancacke.

torsaer

I'm starting tomorrow: friends have had great success with this and I need to address the carb heaviness of my diet! Am planning on only two days of attack as I don't think I could do more : will check in tomorrow after day 1!