Dukan it out !!! - The Dukan Diet

And mind you, I was still eating carbs and stills felt ill. It is just a lot of meat to consume. For me anyway. I have heard of people who do really well with it, but if you aren't a big meat eater....

If you are really craving crunch I had a friend suggest eating 3 or 4 pork rinds. Yes they are high in fat but they give you the crunch you need without the carbs.

I am doing a do over also. I am starting day 3. As of this morning I've lost 5 pounds.

Bump.....just starting to check this out

Hi I'm thinking of checking this out...

I've been on the Dukan site (I'm over in NZ) and according to the calculator I need to do that attack phase for 3 days.

What can you eat in the attack phase and also quantities? I can't afford the book (poor student *sob*) but for me this seems a do-able diet and something to give me a kickstart as I've plateaued...

Any help would be appreciated!

H

I was on the Dukan Diet for approx 8 months. Lost a LOT of weight, 40 lbs in 8 weeks and another 40 pounds over the next 4 months. Then the weightloss stalled, not just a plateau, this lasted for about 3 months.

It is one hell of a long time to go without fruits and carbs, and I went off it in the end. Happy to say that the only weight gain I experienced was low enough to most likely be water weight which was to be expected, but I seriously believe the Dukan Diet is not one that can or should be followed long term. My mother and two sisters also went on the Dukan Diet and between us we lost over 300lbs in 6-8 months. Unfortunately for my mother it came at the cost of very high cholesterol that she is now having to have medication for. Her doctor said her medical tests also indicate that she has had a mild heart attack, but fortunately not severe enough to have caused any major long term damage. She is no longer allowed to follow the Dukan Diet.

I've now switched over to the 17 Day Diet and not only has the weight started dropping off again, but I also get to eat loads of veggies plus two fruit serves every single day. Plus there will be breads and grains introduced in the cyclical pattern.

By all means try Dukan for a while, it was the best thing I ever did for myself, but maybe start researching alternative diets for the longer term. You will stall on Dukan (everyone I know that has followed it has), and you'll need to have another strategy ready to shake things up without gaining weight because Dukan doesn't give you one until you reach maintenance weight.

Edit to Add: While you are out shopping for all that lean meat you'll be consuming, stock up on some extra strong laxatives ... you WILL be needing them. With veggies only every second day, no fruit and no grains until you reach your maintenance weight, you'll be eating nothing that promotes a healthy digestive system.

Hhan - Thanks for your input. I'm sorry it wasn't the diet for you. I can't say if it will work for me long-term, but as you are able to add starches and carbs in Phase 3, I don't think I'll have a problem. And YES, definitely Metamucil is my friend!!

I never said it "Wasn't the diet" for me. In fact I credit it for enormous weight loss. What I am saying is that LONG TERM it is not a good diet to be on. For those with a lot of weight to lose it is nutritionally very poor. I found it super easy to follow, but it saps you of energy so physically you become quite weak, and exercise beyond the walking he suggests is almost impossible.

I probably know a dozen people who've used the Dukan Diet to drop weight quickly, but all of them have similar criticisms. Dropping the carbs so drastically makes you tire easily, and affects your ability to think clearly. When Cycle 3 is basically 6+ months down the dieting track for those with lots to lose, it is a long time to be starving your body of of the carbs it needs to function normally. All I am suggesting is that those who hang their weightloss hopes on this diet should research other alternatives to have as a back up plan, because at some stage the fact that you will be starving yourself of basic body (and brain) building foods WILL eventually catch up with you.

I have 31 lbs to lose, so I am hoping it won't take longer than 3.5 months. I am definitely looking forward to Phase 3. I definitely would not enjoy doing Phase 2 for 6mths or longer.

Although it is a 'diet' book, I would like to use it as a new way of living life because I am tired of yo-yoing post-baby. In your opinion, is that achievable with Phase 3 and 4?

I'm not sure what is do-able with the last part of the diet because I only know one person that managed to get to their "true weight" while following Dukan and I honestly don't know how true she stayed to the diet. I suspect she cheated towards the end because she was also doing daily curcuit training and most of the people I know couldn't keep that up on the diet due to lack of energy. The last 15lb or so is always the hardest to lose and everyone I know stalled at about 15lbs from "true weight", however they all had far more than 30lb to begin with when they started.

In my case I needed to start re-introducing carbohydrate rich food because I simply didn't have the energy to perform normal daily routines anymore. I still had the muscle (thanks to all the protien) but I would find myself yelling at my body because I'd need to eg lift that axe to split some wood, and I physically was unable to do so. For me that was the turning point and the time I realised I needed to balance my eating out more.

I will say that the 8 months that I followed the diet with very little straying from the path, that I did change my way of thinking about food, and provided that you do that then it should set you up well for life. I certainly believe it has done that for me without what would have been a 500+ day cycle 3 which I believe would have been uneccessary. I am now just 8lb away from my initial "true weight" goal and very much looking forward to having grains next week on my new eating regime.

Good luck to all you Dukan Dieters, just ensure you listen to the messages your body sends you, it is sending those messages for a reason and you should listen to you body.

I get it at wholefoods in the grain isle, where you can self serve as much as you want.

Thanks for starting this thread Erin!

I'm on my 7th day (1st day on the cruise phase) and seeing great results. I started with 15 lbs to drop and I am down 5 within the last week. After reading the entire thread (your experience particularly) I'm a little worried. In a couple of days I leave for a 4-day road trip with my friends. I'm really hoping that I'll be able to stay on course with my diet but nervous that if I do stray a little bit my efforts will be flushed down the drain.

I'm really crossing my fingers on this one. I'll let y'all know the results.

can you find the Oat Bran at Krogers or WM??? soo I can mix it with FF yogurt??? and thats how I can get my Oat Bran in??? I bought some lean meats (crab leg, shrimp, chicken, ham, turkey) to have at work with some FF Cottage Cheese!!! I plan to hard boil some eggs and then at home do more of the fish and grilled chicken and tuna etc!! any suggestions would be great!!!! I am soo not good at dieting but I want to do this and make a change!!! I hate myself and want to begin to enjoy life!!! I love running so I am hoping to pick that back up!!! but my will power is hard and I am a condiment *kitten* (says my fiancee LOL) soo we shall see!!!!

How long should I stay on the attack phase???

any tips would be nice!!!!