Dukan Diet

i would like to know too!!

Its diet ! in my experiance you do "A DIET" you go back to eating "NORMALLY" and you put it back on and then some, better to change your life stle and eatting habits a bit at a time ...

Saw this today ! this makes sense! http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/232427-hungry-girl-advice

I looked into the web site, it has so many typos and seems more of a scam diet than anything healthy or lasting to be honest. Not very professional or filled with actual medical science behind it despite its claim to be from a Dr.

I tried it for a week. Talk about gross. bad breath...yuck,

watch your calories and work out...that is the trick.

eat less and move more.

here , here quick fixes don't work!

There's another post on this that I just responded to, so I'm going to copy and paste what I wrote there:

The Dukan Diet was named one of the 5 worst diets of 2011 by the British Dietetic Association. There is NO research to back up any of their claims and, personally, I find a protein only diet (the first phase) to be more than a little scary. You can actually get really sick eating only protein; your liver can't process more than 200-300 grams of protein a day.

Dukan is advertising itself as the "French Atkins". If you want to follow that type of plan, I think you'd be better off looking into the REAL Atkins plan, which has been around for over 30 years and has a ton of scientific research to back it up.

Why try yet another fad diet when MFP works so well for so many? Making permanent changes for a lifetime beats out any fad diet, so many come and go, there'll be another 'new diet' tomorrow. Permanent changes cost nothing and actually save money on health costs in the future and frustration in the short term.

I have to say it surprises me so many of those jumpin on this Dukan thread have been here so long yet are still looking for that magic fix that simply just doesn't exist.

ETA: Cheers to those of you not getting sucked into the Dukan diet and sharing your knowledge on 'fad diets' not working. You all got your posts in ahead while I was typing mine. Always LOVE to see the majority on a fad diet thread cheering on MFP rather than the fad diet itself.

Wisdom is everything when making life changes, doing it the MFP way gets us to our wanted results far more quickly actually because we don't have to keep starting over each a new diet comes along.

Have a great day All:drinker:

The diet has been increasingly popular ever since the royal wedding and Kate's mother has said that she lost a lot of weight on it. I decided to give it a try, I'm currently in the Attack phase day 3. I'm planning on being on it for 5 days of just pure protein, and then start the cruise phase where you can incorporate veggies and proteins...so far it's been challenging to just stick to proteins, but it's only for 5 days so it's not too bad, and you can have as much protein and lean meats as you want

My boss was telling me about this last week...she takes a different approach to weight loss than I do. That sort of thing is not for me at all. I am of the firm belief that only lifestyle changes can take you where you want to go and KEEP you there. I mean, seriously, any diet that has "Attack" as a phase is just plain scary. My body doesn't need to be attacked; it needs to be nourished, strengethened, and maintained. Never attacked.

I saw that too but I rather just use portion control. I would not be able to stay on it for long . I just don't fele like I could do it for the rest of my life even though I'm old.

It's aspects of everything else out their combined uniquely and RE-Branded with yet another Drs. name .

I googled it and the website wasn't informative enough for my tastes. They wanted me to sign up and give personal information (height weight, etc) and they would e-mail me what my true weight is.

I then looked on amazon.com and wasn't impressed with what I read in the book. Some of the foods he said to avoid were ones that I thought were good for you.

I've lost 23 lbs by just working out and watching what I eat and how many calories I consume. I don't really but much stock in diets that restrict what you can and can't eat. I heard/read somewhere that the best "diet" a person can do and will stick with is the one that you make yourself.

Dr Oz program was very informative .. laid out the diet's each phase .. was interesting to see that Dr Oz was not against the diet ...

... his final words were ... he was ok with phase one since it was short lived and one is not on it for a long period of time ... and produced fast weight loss .. was ok with phase two since it provided long term management skills .... as for phase 3 or the consolidation phase .. he would like to see people stay off processed food and not go crazy with " eat what ever you like" for 6 days period and protein one day ...

He also endorses the HCG...so what does that say about his mental stability?

So sad to see lots of negative opinions on the Dukan Diet. I agree that it's not for everyone, but upon doing some research I am giving it a try. I had great sucess on Atkins, but quit during the 2nd phase after loosing 20lbs. Gained that back and some more after having a baby.

I do agree that it's very restrictive. I am on Day 4 of the first phase and am very much looking forward to adding back in veggies. Once you get to the 2nd phase it's lean proteins and vegetables. You do phase 2 until you reach your goal weight. Then you start the 3rd phase.

Phase 3 reintroduces fruits and whole grains, with restrictions with days of pure proteins included. The book advises to stay in phase 3 so many days ( I believe 3 ) for every pound lost . This is suppose to teach you how to eat a variety of foods in moderation and retrain your body to want to maintain at that new goal weight.

Phase 4 does say eat what you want... with 1 day each week of pure proteins, but you are supposed to make choices based on what you learned in phase 3.

I have been using MFP to track foods just to get an idea of calories and fat that I'm eating, but find it very hard to keep up with logging everything I eat which always leads me to quit. I have tried many "diets" and bottom line is that if you don't learn to make good choices you will regain everything back. At this point in my life I am committed to making this a life change.

Good luck with whatever plan you decide to follow!

So sad to see lots of negative opinions on the Dukan Diet. I agree that it's not for everyone, but upon doing some research I am giving it a try. I had great sucess on Atkins, but quit during the 2nd phase after loosing 20lbs. Gained that back and some more after having a baby.

I do agree that it's very restrictive. I am on Day 4 of the first phase and am very much looking forward to adding back in veggies. Once you get to the 2nd phase it's lean proteins and vegetables. You do phase 2 until you reach your goal weight. Then you start the 3rd phase.

Phase 3 reintroduces fruits and whole grains, with restrictions with days of pure proteins included. The book advises to stay in phase 3 so many days ( I believe 3 ) for every pound lost . This is suppose to teach you how to eat a variety of foods in moderation and retrain your body to want to maintain at that new goal weight.

Phase 4 does say eat what you want... with 1 day each week of pure proteins, but you are supposed to make choices based on what you learned in phase 3.

I have been using MFP to track foods just to get an idea of calories and fat that I'm eating, but find it very hard to keep up with logging everything I eat which always leads me to quit. I have tried many "diets" and bottom line is that if you don't learn to make good choices you will regain everything back. At this point in my life I am committed to making this a life change.

Good luck with whatever plan you decide to follow!

The thing to remember about fad diets is can you truly live with them, be on them for the rest of your life? Live comfortably not feeling you ARE on diet?

Using MFP and making a total change in my lifestyle I can do that. Being on a 'diet' is not something that's sustainable nor is it supposed to be. Diets are for dropping weight quickly which isn't the least bit healthy physically or emotionally/mentally. The weight is quickly gained back, we beat ourselves up for gaining it back, call ourselves a failure and begin the next fad diet of the hour. Far lower self esteem and far more weight on our bodies and far more vulnerable for the next latest and greatest fad diet craze

Don't you WANT to drop the weight once and for all and be healthy for life? Do you want to continue dieting your entire life? What's what happens when we jump from diet to diet, I know this because I used to do the same thing years ago that some of you are doing now. Each time a new book, TV program, Dr. endorsed (?? or someone using the title in front of their name) diet would come out, it ended up on my bookshelf same as all my friends. One day I tossed them all out and decided this simply isn't working, why waste any more time and gain any more weight trying?

I think it's members that truly desire a permanent change that are the ones that have success on here and that are not doing it by dieting but by making lifestyle changes. Creating a variety of food choices, keeping a regular workout schedule, drinking water regularly and keeping a positive attitude and keeping like minded company (MFP community is great for that). To me this will give a long lasting effect on our health, not the latest diet craze no matter WHAT Dr. recommends it. Diet doctors are not in this for fun but for money! They make their living off of fooling naive members of society that want nothing more but to change their lives and to change them overnight.

So that's exactly what each diet promises, all the weight will be dropped at quick rates, that is what sells the books. No fad diet of any kind ever promises the weight will stay off, they would make no money if they guaranteed that!

Members care, that's why they share what they do when fad diets are brought up on the boards. It's not like we want you to fail but it's inevitable a person will with restriction that a fad diet requires.