dearmomof3
Mon, Aug-15-11, 14:27
Hello, just wanted to introduce myself and tell you how successful I have been so far on the Dukan Diet. I bought the book after reading about the diet somewhere in a magazine. I read through the whole book before I committed to starting the diet because I knew it would be such a different lifestyle for me. I compared it to when I stopped smoking. It was only when I was at the point that I was really ready that I knew I would be able to do it and stick with it.
I started the DD on May 3rd and have lost 34 lbs so far. My goal is 50 and I am hoping to keep up my 10 lb loss a month so I can move into phase 3 in October. Once I completed the attack phase and lost about 8 lbs, I no longer had cravings for real sweets or alcohol. The loss of cravings has been a huge help in sticking with this diet. I use Splenda on my non-fat greek yogurt and in my oat bran pancake so I still have the sweetness without the sugar.
The hardest thing for me has been giving up alcohol. Although not a heavy drinker, I am a social drinker and my job requires me to socialize several times a month. The first day of vacation was difficult too. Everyone is excited to be together and celebrating. It felt very strange and I did morne a bit for it. Once I got over the strangeness of getting a diet coke instead of a glass of red wine, I was fine. Just another adjustment.
I have been walking daily and recently started added a couple of days of Zumba and Aerobics in to mix things up. I've also started to take my dog for jogs so she encourages me to keep a good pace (and sometimes drags me up my hill when I'm done). In additon to the encouragement from my dog, my family has been incredibly supportive. What I usually do for meals is to make the full meal for my husband and kids and I will just have the meat and non-fat cottage cheese or a large salad with a protien. One more thing to get used to but I ended up getting pretty creative and my family doesn't suffer for it.
For anyone thinking of starting this diet I would encourage you to read through the entire book and make sure you are very ready to make those changes. This is an all or nothing diet that you cannot cheat on. Stick with the phases and you will realize that having a little cookie or glass of wine will be that celabratory snack you can have in phase 3! It will all be worth it in the end.
I started the DD on May 3rd and have lost 34 lbs so far. My goal is 50 and I am hoping to keep up my 10 lb loss a month so I can move into phase 3 in October. Once I completed the attack phase and lost about 8 lbs, I no longer had cravings for real sweets or alcohol. The loss of cravings has been a huge help in sticking with this diet. I use Splenda on my non-fat greek yogurt and in my oat bran pancake so I still have the sweetness without the sugar.
The hardest thing for me has been giving up alcohol. Although not a heavy drinker, I am a social drinker and my job requires me to socialize several times a month. The first day of vacation was difficult too. Everyone is excited to be together and celebrating. It felt very strange and I did morne a bit for it. Once I got over the strangeness of getting a diet coke instead of a glass of red wine, I was fine. Just another adjustment.
I have been walking daily and recently started added a couple of days of Zumba and Aerobics in to mix things up. I've also started to take my dog for jogs so she encourages me to keep a good pace (and sometimes drags me up my hill when I'm done). In additon to the encouragement from my dog, my family has been incredibly supportive. What I usually do for meals is to make the full meal for my husband and kids and I will just have the meat and non-fat cottage cheese or a large salad with a protien. One more thing to get used to but I ended up getting pretty creative and my family doesn't suffer for it.
For anyone thinking of starting this diet I would encourage you to read through the entire book and make sure you are very ready to make those changes. This is an all or nothing diet that you cannot cheat on. Stick with the phases and you will realize that having a little cookie or glass of wine will be that celabratory snack you can have in phase 3! It will all be worth it in the end.