I ask this because in my experience with the diet, I’ve found that if you are reasonable and do not stray to far from the logic of it, it works. Let me explain, for those who haven’t read my past topic on the group I’ve done this before and it’s worked very well for me ( the reason why I gained so much back is explained in my topic “things you should know” dated May 30th).
For example, I’m not much of a dairy eater, I don’t drink milk except in my coffee (and it has to be extra slim) and I don’t eat yogurt on a regular basis. On this diet though I have to at least eat yogurt, not only to feel fuller but also because I have a calcium deficiency and I need at least a little dairy in my diet. Because plain yogurts are just about the most disgusting thing I’ve ever eaten, I eat 0% yogurt with pieces of fruit (diet or no diet it’s the only thing that can go down). They are tolerated on the diet NOW, they weren’t 6 years ago and I eat 2, max 3 a day if I’m not feeling well. I also eat pieces of beef that are not “allowed” because considered too fat (but I take the entire fat out). The two exceptions above might make die hard Dukan dieters cringe, I know the type of yogurt I eat did years ago, but I find that this is what I need to do for this diet to work for me. They are the only exceptions I make.

I realised today that it’s been exactly 2 weeks and I’ve already lost 10 pounds doing exactly what I did the first time ( the first time I lost around 30 pounds in about 8 to10 weeks tops ).

How about you? Do you adapt certain guidelines to make things easier and maintain a gradual weight loss?