HELP! confused by dukan and loc carb diets

[eleanorsmum]

I have been dukan ing for nearly two weeks and lost 9lb so doing ok but am waining a little. i've previously done atkins (8 years and two dd's ago!) but felt it not great for health.

so question is can i combine the two! am happy with egg of a sort for breaky and salad with protien for lunch, but would like to be able to snack on cheese or strawberries!

thoughts please!

I did my own version of low carb and ate all those foods you mentioned and it worked really well. Not as much as 9 pounds in 2 weeks but a steady average of 1.75 pounds a week for 8 months. I ate normally but cut the carb bit out of meals and snacked on ham or very small bits of cheese. I still had coffee, lattes and also a diet coke each evening. I found all cravings pretty much disappeared along with my appetite and PMS.

Yes you can combine the 2, but need to keep the things not common to both diets to moderate amounts and accept weight loss will be slower.

I did my own version of dukan - basically PV every day but didn't worry about snacks of nuts (in moderation), or seeds or occasional berries.

Thanks! Will see how I get on with it, and let you know. Had fish stew and strawbs and cream for tea. See what this week brings.