the Dukan diet
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seldearAnyone heard of the Dukan diet? Pierre Dukan?
My parents were on it, and my stepdad dropped 9kg in about two months. My mother's loss was smaller - only 5kg - but still about as much as she wanted. Of course, they're conscientious eaters, so they keep an eye on their food, so it's not a case of "diet, then normal eating patterns".
I'm thinking that I would like to lose a bit of the belly I've been developing over winter. All my trousers and jeans are tight and it's growing annoying. I haven't been able to manage it any other way and I refuse to let this snowball year by year. I have the time to consider all the factors, and the ability to manage my food
I don't usually diet - I have a rather poor opinion of faddish diets, actually - but this one seemed to do the parentals so well, and it seems to be billed as a change-of-lifestyle diet, not a weight-loss diet - I figured it might do okay for me.
Ultimately, it seems to start from the basics, reforming your eating habits and your tastebuds along the way, rather than just trying to limit what you're eating when your body is accustomed to it and craves it. In the end I believe you're supposed to expand the dietary patterns into something that resembles your original consumption patterns...only with less fat and less sugar.
eg. The first week is pretty much proteins-only. No carbs, no vegies, no fruit. My mother - big on vegies and fruit - said she struggled with that part, and I suspect I will, too. Then they reintroduce vegies to the diet, then fruit, and then back to a more-or-less 'normal' diet - keeping an eye on the sugar and the fat, while allowing a couple of 'splurge' meals a week.
So, something to look into.
Anyway, I have to borrow the book off the parentals to read it in detail but at this stage it's a possibility.
Anyone tried this diet?
My parents were on it, and my stepdad dropped 9kg in about two months. My mother's loss was smaller - only 5kg - but still about as much as she wanted. Of course, they're conscientious eaters, so they keep an eye on their food, so it's not a case of "diet, then normal eating patterns".
I'm thinking that I would like to lose a bit of the belly I've been developing over winter. All my trousers and jeans are tight and it's growing annoying. I haven't been able to manage it any other way and I refuse to let this snowball year by year. I have the time to consider all the factors, and the ability to manage my food
I don't usually diet - I have a rather poor opinion of faddish diets, actually - but this one seemed to do the parentals so well, and it seems to be billed as a change-of-lifestyle diet, not a weight-loss diet - I figured it might do okay for me.
Ultimately, it seems to start from the basics, reforming your eating habits and your tastebuds along the way, rather than just trying to limit what you're eating when your body is accustomed to it and craves it. In the end I believe you're supposed to expand the dietary patterns into something that resembles your original consumption patterns...only with less fat and less sugar.
eg. The first week is pretty much proteins-only. No carbs, no vegies, no fruit. My mother - big on vegies and fruit - said she struggled with that part, and I suspect I will, too. Then they reintroduce vegies to the diet, then fruit, and then back to a more-or-less 'normal' diet - keeping an eye on the sugar and the fat, while allowing a couple of 'splurge' meals a week.
So, something to look into.
Anyway, I have to borrow the book off the parentals to read it in detail but at this stage it's a possibility.
Anyone tried this diet?
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Date: 2010-09-19 10:46 am (UTC)I've been very happy with Slimming World, don't know if you have them locally. It's slow and steady but seems very maintainable in the long term and, as you've said, encourages you to eat 'properly' with treats and everything.
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Date: 2010-09-20 12:40 pm (UTC)ie. you're only allowed a limited amount of sugar replacement, and 'nothing but lean proteins' means your tongue doesn't get any sugars and fats, the cravings for which are probably going to scupper a diet from the get go. So they cut a whole bunch of foods from the start, then begin adding them back pretty fast once they've got your body on the move.
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Date: 2010-09-20 01:17 pm (UTC)The corticosteroids gave me the gift of teenager acne but other than that, I'm all good again! Definitely gotta be wary of the whole crustacean group now, though.
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