Dukan diet

Never tried it, looks overly complex with too many rules. Basically low carb with a lot of added stuff that doesn't do much. Compliance would be a pain in the hindquarters.

If you want to do low carb, there's a lot of resources for that with far less complexity. But no matter which way you go, figure out your deficit and eat to that. That's what loses the weight.

sounds amazing, ,which means it probably won't work

My mom swears by this diet, and lost 30 lbs at one point on it. She gained most of it back and is going on it again. Since I've gained so much weight I was desperate enough to give it a try, and after almost 2 weeks (6 days Attack Phase, 6 days Cruise Phase), I'm so done with it. If I eat another spoonful of yogurt I will probably vomit for days.

PROS:

• I now have an eye for foods that have less unnecessary fat or sugar in them. You can usually find replacements for the fatty/sugary foods you like that have less (i.e. using vanilla extract that doesn't have corn syrup, pickles that don't have added sugar in the brine, etc).
• I've come up with more things to cook, since it involved so much meat and eggs.

CONS:

• Far too few things to eat, especially because I (a) keep kosher and (b) don't like fish. If I ate turkey or chicken, because I had to wait between meat and milk, I had almost nothing to eat until my waiting period was up. Most of his suggested recipes involve fish, which I don't like, and shellfish, which I cannot eat.
• The first couple of days, the sudden drop in sugar and carbs left me a COMPLETE zombie. I almost crashed my car 3 times. (Fortunately, I managed to avoid any damage. thanks, reflexes!) I could not concentrate on anything.
• Going to the grocery store on this diet is absolute torture. I never realized that 90% of the grocery store is fruit and carbs.
• When I'm on a health kick, I usually eat a lot of avocados, nuts, veggies, and fruit, and I drop some weight. But the Dukan Diet allows NONE of this in the Attack Phase, and only SOME veggies in the Cruise Phase--a phase I was apparently supposed to uphold for 4 months. No thank you.
• The ONLY sweet options are yogurt (if you add a crapload of Splenda to the fat-free greek yogurt) and fat-free jello cups. I have a HUGE sweet tooth. Not being able to even nibble on so much as a handful of dark chocolate chips made me absolutely miserable.

Unless all of those cons don't sound like that big a deal to you, go for it! My mom only eats a grilled chicken salad and 2 meal replacement whey protein shakes a day and she loves it. But I would advise against it.

Dunkin Donuts? YEP, they're in my diet!

WeddedBliss1992 wrote: »

sounds amazing, ,which means it probably won't work

susanna9992015 wrote: »

I started attack phase yesterday..... It was easy to follow. It's really not that complicated.
Now, I just returned from an all inclusive resort where I ate whatever I wanted and drank way too much alcohol so my weight was way up above normal but I Lost 8.4 pounds in first day!!!!!! WOW!!! And mind you I'm not morbidly obese or anything. I'm 5' 7" and my normal wight is about 145 but I've gained 15 lbs over last 2 years. I was up to 168.8 after my vacation

First, don't confuse shedding water weight and normal daily fluctuations with actual weight loss. A person's weight on the scale can fluctuate by 5+ pounds during the day depending how much they eat and drink, and how much they eliminate.

Second, this particular diet works by setting a calorie deficit. It's just a very rule-bound way of accomplishing it so that you have to buy a book and they try to hook you into monthly "coaching" fees. You can accomplish the same results without the rules and book/coaching expenses.

US News has a decent review of the diet here: http://health.usnews.com/best-diet/dukan-diet
Spoiler alert: they give it two out of five stars on almost all categories.

If you want to try it, fine. Consider, however, having a fallback plan of logging and tracking your calories the way MFP allows without a lot of rules and for free.

Duh!! I know it's water weight !!!!! Still lost it overnight and feel so much better. First day of diet!! And yes I did lose 8.4 pounds overnight.... I ate until I was full yesterday , had total of 40 carbs and drank 2.5 liters of water and still lost...... Geez this is supposed to be support here.... I'm out!!!

tell me that you took off in unassisted flight like a bird.

People don't fly!

Well, maybe they do.....



I agree with the rest. :

susanna9992015 wrote: »

Basically quit being negative

So, explaining the results you observed in a rational and straightforward way are being negative and make you rage quit? I hope you don't have the same reaction the first time you stall, because that does happen due to weight loss not being a linear process.

Lconsla wrote: »

has anyone tried the Dukan diet? Any thoughts on it?

Don't do it.

Anything but a lifestyle change is not going to give long term results.

Learn to know how many calories you burn, eat less of them, exercise more, lift weights.