I think this is a great thread. Here's my story... I started Dukan on 12/31/11... I was miserable and just made the commitment to stay on Dukan for one year. I signed up for the on line coaching and Dukan set my TW at 139. The first 3-4 days on attack I was very full and I followed it to a T... but would have traded one of my prize Jack Russell Terriors for a slice of tomato!

Cruise was the easiest diet ever to follow. I did cheat - I logged my calories (first on another ap,then MFP at the urging of some friends at work)

I got to my original TW within 2 or 3 days of the date predicted just like Dukan promised. Whoop!

Then on consolidation , I didn't want to start eating bread , pasta, rice or potatoes, not even in a celebration meal. The on line coach told me to add an extra apple, so I did. But a miraculous thing happened - the weight kept coming off. I pinged the on line coach and they reset my new TW to 129. I went to a performing arts doctor to eval for my best weight , and was given a range of 125-135.

By the time I got to stabilization, I was at 128 and my weight does flux between 127 and 131. I still log daily and I still weigh daily and I am focused on maintaining and improving my healthy with lots of walking, and perhaps uping my Yoga/Barre3 sessions a bit.

Most days I eat basically on the Phase II - Cruise with the addition of 2 fruits like banana, apple or avocado. yesterday I awarded my self a cone of Godia Dark Chocolate coated strawberries after walking the mall for 90 minutes. (getting those 10,000 steps in - which my Nike Fuel Band recorded)

I am a Dukanite for life!

Hey, I lost around 60lbs on Dukan. I started on the 25th Nov 2011 and by March 2012 the weight was all gone. I reached my goal weight a month ahead of the online coach's prediction. I was very well behaved, almost never cheated. If you do Dukan and don't cheat then you really power through the weight-loss! If I ever cheated it made the diet so much harder to follow... one taste of chocolate and I'd want a whole bar or a slice of bread or... EVERYTHING. For me it was easier to just cut all the "bad" food out for 4 months! After I finished my attack I didn't really crave until I was almost at my target weight (because I followed all the rules MOST of the time).

Dukan set my target weight at 71kgs which is actually around 15lbs heavier than I want to be... so instead of going into my Consolidation phase I tried to lose the rest of the weight unaided... MISTAKE. I actually contacted the online coaching team and asked could I change my goal since I got to it so fast and I wanted to get to a lower weight... they said no!! I was using the UK site though so maybe they have a different policy. I wish they had changed my target like they did for the other poster!!

I kept the weight off and lost another 3kgs (7lbs). I began running... something I never COULD have done before Dukan. Because I was dieting without the website and I was running I kept making changes to the plan. Like on a day where I had to run 8km I would have pasta or bread "for the carbs"... this quickly led to me being OFF dukan and ON a regular restriction diet. I kept all the weight off from March to November without much thought.

In november I went travelling for a month and didn't do my daily weigh-in, I came home 10lbs heavier... oopps! Then it was Xmas and I didn't bother trying to shift it. Before I knew it I was at 81kg by the end of March 2013... Thats 22lbs up from my goal weight. So now I am back on DUkan 1 month, started from scratch and PAID to do it online again but this time they have set my goal for where I want it to be As of this morning I am back at the 71kg original target Dukan set and DELIGHTED. Just a few more weeks and I will get to my ULTIMATE GOAL WEIGHT!!

Sorry for the length of this post... I'm not good at cutting a long story short! BTW... don't have the popcorn!!!!It's just not worth it have a diet coke instead or bring sugar free jelly!! Or be a real Dukan wierdo and bring shop bought sliced meat!!

Hey, I lost around 60lbs on Dukan. I started on the 25th Nov 2011 and by March 2012 the weight was all gone. I reached my goal weight a month ahead of the online coach's prediction. I was very well behaved, almost never cheated. If you do Dukan and don't cheat then you really power through the weight-loss! If I ever cheated it made the diet so much harder to follow... one taste of chocolate and I'd want a whole bar or a slice of bread or... EVERYTHING. For me it was easier to just cut all the "bad" food out for 4 months! After I finished my attack I didn't really crave until I was almost at my target weight (because I followed all the rules MOST of the time).

Dukan set my target weight at 71kgs which is actually around 15lbs heavier than I want to be... so instead of going into my Consolidation phase I tried to lose the rest of the weight unaided... MISTAKE. I actually contacted the online coaching team and asked could I change my goal since I got to it so fast and I wanted to get to a lower weight... they said no!! I was using the UK site though so maybe they have a different policy. I wish they had changed my target like they did for the other poster!!

I kept the weight off and lost another 3kgs (7lbs). I began running... something I never COULD have done before Dukan. Because I was dieting without the website and I was running I kept making changes to the plan. Like on a day where I had to run 8km I would have pasta or bread "for the carbs"... this quickly led to me being OFF dukan and ON a regular restriction diet. I kept all the weight off from March to November without much thought.

In november I went travelling for a month and didn't do my daily weigh-in, I came home 10lbs heavier... oopps! Then it was Xmas and I didn't bother trying to shift it. Before I knew it I was at 81kg by the end of March 2013... Thats 22lbs up from my goal weight. So now I am back on DUkan 1 month, started from scratch and PAID to do it online again but this time they have set my goal for where I want it to be As of this morning I am back at the 71kg original target Dukan set and DELIGHTED. Just a few more weeks and I will get to my ULTIMATE GOAL WEIGHT!!

Sorry for the length of this post... I'm not good at cutting a long story short! BTW... don't have the popcorn!!!!It's just not worth it have a diet coke instead or bring sugar free jelly!! Or be a real Dukan wierdo and bring shop bought sliced meat!!

I hear you on the not wanting anything off cruise... did you do the consolidation and stabilization phase? I think I will have to weigh daily the rest of my life, but it is better than the yucky feeling I had when I had all that weight on me!

I started the dukan diet on the 2nd of April after reading the book which I had picked up randomly at the library. I started out at 157lbs. And was 150 after a five day attack. Now I'm in the cruise phase with a one day on one day off program and I am down to 141. It's crazy how much weight I have lost and how quickly. I am very happy with this diet and it isn't that hard to follow except for the no booze and no fruit thing. I want to get to 134, but since it has been so easy, I think I might try for 130. I don't cheat... Mostly. I have occasionally snuck a piece of dark chocolate, and no I do not feel guilty about it. It's either the chocolate or prison for murdering my fiancé.

Fair warning - my last 10 pounds came off during stage 3 very slowly... but as I said in an earlier , the last 10 pounds were unexpected per the Dukan original calcs. You may not experience the same slowing down during the last 10 pounds off, but I agree, the cruise plan was the easiest diet I ever followed. And makes picking foods in restaurants easy. My key to maintaining is most "restaurant days" I stick close to cruise with two servings of fruit. It balances the Dukan plan with counting "estimated" calories at restaurants nicely.

How slowly did those last 10lbs come off????

PKW58, you asked did I do phase 3 and 4... Nope I "extended" my cruise phase but I adapted it to train for a 10km race. I was actually a little nervous about eating bread while training but I tried to do it in a dukan-ish way. I would only ever break Dukan by eating two slices of brown bread at the beginning. As time went by I realised that I wasn't putting on any weight and my body was still looking good because of all the running... so then I started to eat totally normal meals (once a day but with a everything else being pure protein). Then I went back to drinking on nights out! So I thought that I was going to stay on cruise but then slowly I just started to watch what I was eating by keeping calories low but not being careful about where the calories came from. That actually worked just fine until I had my big holiday.

Now I am back on Dukan "religiously" and will be a zealot until I get to goal again. Then I will follow phase 3 and 4 just as honestly!!! I do have one problem though... I want to increase my running and I find it very difficult to run more than 8km especially on protein days... there just isn't any fuel in my system after a few kilometres!

The Dukan phase 3 allows those two pieces of whole grain bread daily... you can also up the oat bran and add an apple / avocado. I just chose not to eat bread... but I do know the on line people will tell you to up the protein as well if you are running out of "fuel"... (the added carbs - except on your "PP Thursday")

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I lost 2 stone last year through following Dukan. I did it through the book rather than the online coaching. However, I also had to watch the calories as I ended up not eating enough (down to 700-800) as felt full and then the weight loss seemed to slow down. I've put some back on so am now back on it but find the tiredness hard. Like applekoko19 said when you exercise a lot it isn't a great diet so I adapt it by having a bit more oatbran or veg.
What I do know is that is works if you stick to it

Hi everyone-I started the dukan diet about 3 weeks ago and only lost about 1kg. followed the recipes in the dukan books, walked the time required I just dont know what I am doing wrong. I really believe this diet will work I just need some guidance. I will be honest I was very upset and went on binge today. am going to start the diet again tomorrow and this time I am in it to win it. I have to lose 11kgs. Here are some of the "reasons" I think may be holding back my progress, although Dr Dukan approves of this in his book I would like your take/advice:

*I eat a lot of fat free dairy-milk,yogurt,cream cheese-use it in cooking as a substitute for oil-should I cut down on dairy?
*I was taking a multivitamin(CENTRUM) as well as an OMEGA 3,6,9 supplement as I have been doing for many years. DR Dukan says in his book he is ok with taking a multivitamin. Perhaps the Omega supplement is not a good idea though because it contains olive oil and fish oils. I didnt realise that would hold up my progress but I am stopping this supplement from tomorrow.
*I ate a lot of eggs with the yolks as I have no issues with my cholestrol-but perhaps the saturated fat in the yolks was a bit much-eggs are just so convenient when there is no time to cook but needless to say, from tomorrow its egg whites only for me.
*I walked for the time stipulated 20/30 minutes. Maybe this is not enough, maybe I should gym more?

Please advise me guys-I really need help! Im so determined!

Hi there Thank you so much for your reply! So my latest binge has tipped the scales up by 3kgs but I'm getting back on the dukan wagon as of today! Ok I am not going to have cream cheese anymore(I was using it as a substitute for fromage frais). I am also going to limit the amount of dairy I have. I use yogurt for cooking and occasionaly have some as breakfast. I add milk to my tea and that's about it I use to work out a lot last year-had a sick gym program that lasted TWO HOURs-honestly it was a bit too much. Does anyone know a good site where I can get a great training program?