Dukan diet - brand new thread!

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Hi - fancy joining me on a support thread for Dukan - whatever stage you are at!!

I have lost 18lb and have 10 lb to go but really need to keep motivated.....................please join!

Am on a protein day:

breakfast - greek yog mixed with a WW yog and oat bran
skimmed latte

hot robinsons orange

lunch - ham omlette with tuna

dinner - roast chicken, cottage cheese

woop woop!!

Thanks drywhite. Do you think 2lb a week is unrealistic on Dukan? From reading the book and blogs by people who have done it, I thought I was projecting it about right. I know that some weeks I won't lose so much (if retaining water etc) on the scale, but that just motivates me to be more disciplined the following week. I really hope I can lose 2lb a week - otherwise I might as well do weightwatchers or something where I can at least drink wine!!

I'd love to go back to the gym but I just have no time. It's going to be hard enough fitting in the half an hour with Jillian each night, but I really need to shift some weight before my holiday.

Definitely take the car to work btw

iwant togo I think 2lb a week realistic and what I am expecting after attack.by the end of attack I would expect a 5lb loss as it says in book.hope it did not sound as if I was saying otherwise.how long you doing attack for?

So far today .pp

B= galette with cottage cheese
L=chicken breast in yogurt and curry sauce and 6 meatballs with mustard.
Vanilla activia.

Now making birthday cake.bother! Cake not my thing but licking bowl is !!!!!!

Fish stick purchased and all is well with the world !!!
Mince and onions with carrot and swede mash for dinner !

Yum mince. Dried out ,over cooked meatballs here, and I forgot the bloody crab sticks ! Anyone else having memory probs since starting?must be lack of carbs...but with all the oily fish I am eating I should surely be more intelligent !

btw you might find this interesting...or is it just me being obssessed/anally retentive/sad boring reformed wine drinker,but 2ltr fluid equates to 7 mugs (tea,coffee)worth. When you think about it like that it does not seem so much does it?!!!!( back to my train spotting now!)

Iwant: I think losing 2lb per wk is def achievable on Dukan. Stick to it and odn;t forget to drink lot's of water! Exercise is important too but diet is what really shifts the weight. Brisk walk as much aspossible, don't take lifts or escalators etc.

dandelionss: I think you might need to drink more water.

My weight was up 1lb this morning compared to yesterday but I think that can happen after a veg day. I'm on a pp day and was at a kids birthday party where they had lot's of nice food for the adults too. I didn't eat a thing but succumbed to a glass of champagne - damn. It was not worth it. Really silly but will stay on pp for rest of day and looking forward to veg tomorrow. On the up side practically everyone mentioned how 'tiny' I looked :) :) :)

Hello! I do like my SF jellies, I must confess. Having them with the yogurts is like having a lovely dessert. Two good days again now, PP, and a 2hr walk this morning. My stomach is definitely much flatter so that's good.

Molly - great about the compliment.

Dry, so 3 venti lattes should just about do it then ?! Tried my first jellies today, double yum!! Have done 8 crab sticks and two jellies before dinner....may just ditch dinner now !! Sad news about the meatballs!!!! Sadder news about the forgotten crabsticks ( just noticed autocorrect make that crabs ticks !! Don't think they would be so nice, and would probably have carbs in them....)

Just had brown stew. I put carrotts in them for DH but picked mine out. It seems a little unnatural to take out carrotts but looking forward to veg tomorrow. Just making a ratatouille. I'll do spicy meatballs too. I've made many times pre diet. It's great! (Will just do the dip with 0% yoghurt and not have the pitta)

www.waitrose.com/home/recipes/recipe_directory/s/spicy_meatballs_with_cucumber_and_mint_dip.html

mollyif there is acheat that is excusable in my book it must surely be champagne.......good on you. And people noticing your weight loss must have given you a boost.
mince love the venti lattes!
dastardly might get the sf jelly, getting a bit bored now, need to introduce something new.

Thanks drywhite. The fact that people actually notice the weight loss is nice but I mustn't let it get to me head and keep my eye on the prize - just a few more pounds! I wonder are all these 0% yoghurts ok. I had about 5 today.

I think so...does say protein foods can be eaten without limit.is anyone else making constant trips to supermarket for prawns/yogurts/eggs/chicken.....it's endless but hopefully worth it.

I have just tried my fav evening dress on that was just too tight....and it fits! When I hit my target weight I think I will try my wedding dress on!

Well done drywhite! Great about the dress. I have a couple I need to try on. I'm technically down to my pre pregnancy weight but I yo yo a bit there so want to lose another 5 lbs to give me some leeway although I would like to stabilise there. Weight aside my body is a wreck after having 3 babies in 3 yrs and 4 months. Bit of a ventral hernia giving me a pot belly regardless how much weight I lose and loose skin on the belly and saggy boobs (except when they are full of milk!). Not much I can do about all that except for surgery.

I am also having lot's of chicken, prawns etc. Makes veg seem exciting!

All being said your friends said you looked tiny.

Well, they were being nice :) The saggy skin on the belly and droopy boobs are not a weight issue and can't be seen with clothes on.

Molly, I feel your pain. The saggy boobs ain't gonna disappear with Dukan, but how I wish....I'm heading for the extremely attractive ' scoop em up, flatten them out ' bra.....

What a great compliment Molly, must have been a real boost. I am some pounds away from hearing anything similar sadly!

Dandelionss, I am in the same boat with you, scale-result-wise. I did have a better loss this morning though - 500g which is about a pound. So after 3 days on attack, I'm down 1.1kg in total or almost 2.5lb. I know that's a good result after 3 days but given that this is such a restrictive diet, I was kind of hoping for more like 20kg

Dry White fitting your evening dress is a great NSV (non scale victory!). Those are my favourite kinds of victories. I'm still some way off fitting in to my wedding dress, but pre-baby clothes will be a great start!

I wish this damn cold would go so that I can start exercising. I try and take the stairs when I can (living in a 3 storey house helps). On the plus side, I have no appetite whatsoever.

aaagh!! Put on 0.6lb today
so far after 1 day -3.4 lb
2 day -0.2 lb
3 day 0 lb
4 day +0.6 lb

i can't understand why, I am following the diet religiously.I have done more walking though and more than 2 sets of the Dukan resistance exercises.I am hoping it is because am laying down more muscle, but it's very demotivating when the scales are not saying what I want!

Dandelions, keep going, it could be just that. I am finding it hard to track because I never weigh myself. I just go by how I feel and which clothes are now fitting! So if you are feeling and fitting better, that's a much better benchmark for how you are doing than what the scales are saying

dandelionss just keep going!

Had to laugh at supermarket checkout at contents of my basket just now,may as well have had arrow pointing to head saying "brutal Dukan diet"!!!

1 big roast beef joint
1 pack of activia vanilla
1 pot total 0% Greeley yog
4 sugar free jellies ( to mix with Greeley you dastardly)
3 packs crab stick (do they really make you pee pink?!!)
1 pack leeks
1 pack chicken breasts
1pack turkey breast

And that is a top up shop.!!
The checkout lady must have thought I was some crazy meat eater !

Greek yogurt!!!!!!!!! Bloody predictive text

Thanks mince. It would be so like me to just give up, but not this time!

Molly - congratulations! You must be looking fab to get all those compliments!!

Just realised my name is particularly apt for this thread !!!!

Ha ha, drywhite. You do wonder though don't you? I have already decided that when I need to buy more oat bran then I am not buying it with a meat shop. The crab sticks have not changed the colour of my wee. This day is going well so far. Going to walk and have a wee look in shops this afternoon. All adds up doesn't it?