Wednesday, 31 August 2011
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What Do You Think of The Dukan Diet?
Pierre Dukan's diet has grown in popularity since 2000. His book, The Dukan Diet, was released in May 2010 in the UK and in April 2011 in the US. It has been translated into 14 languages and is a best seller in his home country of France.
I've been trying to wrap my head around it for a while now, reading features and analysis about the Dukan diet in glossy magazines has led me to think that it's a hard diet where followers eat either a galette or a steak for every meal. But it seems surprisingly lenient with a list of 100 allowed foods and four solid phases in order to stay focused and working towards a desired weight.
The first phase (the "attack" phase) of 2-7 days long starts up a faster metabolism and dieters can lose as much as 4.4 to 6.6lbs in this time. The "cruise" phase allows dieters to eat protein rich foods with 28 specified varieties of vegetables; 2.2lbs can be lost every week. "Consolidation" and "stabilization" phases are planned with keeping the weight off in mind. Fruit, bread, cheese and starchy foods are reintroduced as long as dieters have a "protein day" once a week and eat oat bran a few times a week.Although there are side effects such as "flu" symptoms and ketosis, it has been seen to work through celebrities such as Kate Middleton who lost two dress sizes through the diet.
What are your views on the Dukan diet? Are you currently following it, what are your experiences so far and how is it working out for you?
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I stick to the food pyramid. This is most recent because I'm recovering from anorexia nervosa, unfortunately. I have gotten far, though, and my health and weight are excellent now. As for this diet, I don't think I'd be able to eat steak for every meal because I reeeeaaalllly love fruit and vegatables and my body has difficulty disgesting meat in general. If I could eat fruit salads with steamed vegetables every night, I'd probably check this book out.
My boyfriend and his mom and sister did this. I really don't agree with diets like this. I much rather stick to a diet of moderation.
I would try it! I made my own criteria for how I eat, 3 meals a day+dessert and no more than that. I also don't eat any junk food at all except for desserts. If you ever catch me at a fast food restaurant, I'm probably ordering ice-cream. I think I've stayed pretty fit overall and I exercise a lot so I'm happy with my size:)
It definitely works, but it's not for me :) What I like about it though is that it provides a way to sustain your weight loss after the program is over, while being able to eat the way you ate before the diet...supposedly. Anyway, I'd follow it if I were into it...but I don't like the thought of eating so much protein x.x
This sounds pretty complicated and rigid to me. Also, I thought that the Kate Middleton thing was unconfirmed rumor.
I'd have to look into it more. I'm looking for a way to eat more protein, because I'm dancing much more than I used to. So I really need the protein. But I really want to keep on chicken and turkey, or use bison instead of beef. hmm... I'll definitely have to look it up.
@pointe_x_x_shoes@xanga - Just recently I found out that turkeys fat content and protein content in turkey don't equal out. I'm not sure if the high fat content is relevant to you since your a dancer, lean beef is good for you, but I have heard bison is EXTREMELY good for you and its DELICOUS.
@blue_skies117@xanga - awkward... I like my meat to have more protein then fat. For turkey, is the fat higher? I do love lean beef. And Bison is insanely delicoius! haha. I get bison burgers all the time at Fuddruckers.
@pointe_x_x_shoes@xanga - Lol. I'm sorry, I know this is really weird. The fat content was way higher than any other meat and the protein was about equal to lean beef. I personally cut it out because of how high the fat was. I'll try and get the numbers again. I know deer is very high in protein and low cal. Idk about the fat though.
Wow, this is a really weird convo.
Kate is not a good role model for this, she is sick looking. Lol. I tried this and hated it. The diet left me feeling slow, tired and all around crappy.
Counting calories works the most effectively for me.
I'm on the college diet; Cereal, popcorn, and hotpockets, woo!
my sister is currently on this diet. For her the first half was the hardest because her downfall is sweets so eating meat and only meat for awhile before introducing any other food group was a bit tough for her but she has lost soooo much weight. She had gain 12lbs. from her 2nd college semester and has lost all except the last 5, but she has 2 more weeks to go.
It probably works, but I wouldn't do it. I don't love meat enough.