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ABOUT OUR DIET

Not since Atkins has a diet made such an international splash. The Dukan Diet shares Atkin’s pillar of low carbohydrate consumption. However, this new fad encourages eating anything you want 6 days a week. How does it work? The Dukan Diet breaks down into 4 phases.

PHASE 1 — ATTACK
The Attack Phase consists of pure protein foods and acts as a kick-start to the diet. During this phase, you can eat 67 different high-protein foods, as well as fat-free dairy products and sugar-free gelatin resulting in immediate and noticeable weight loss. You will also eat oat bran, which will be part of the diet through all four phases. You are allowed herbs and spices, sugar substitutes, tea and coffee throughout all four phases. The length of the Attack Phase is unique to each person and ranges from 2 to 10 days.
PHASE 2 — CRUISE
During the Cruise Phase you will reach your goal weight, gradually but steadily losing weight by alternating Pure Protein and Protein + Vegetables days. You are allowed 100 different foods as well as spices, sugar substitutes, tea, and coffee. The length of this phase is based on your weight loss.
PHASE 3 — CONSOLIDATION
During the Consolidation phase you are at your most vulnerable stage, when the body has a tendency to quickly regain lost pounds. Consolidation is designed to prevent the rebound effect, by gradually returning previously forbidden foods and allowing for two "celebration" meals per week, where you can eat any food you would like. This phase last for 5 days for every pound lost.
PHASE 4 — PERMANENT STABILIZATION
This phase is essentially the rest of your life! By this time, you have developed healthy eating habits and will not give in to the temptations of the past. To stay at your goal weight for the rest of your life, you must follow these three simple but non-negotiable rules:
Eat 3 tablespoons of oat bran per day.
Whenever possible take the stairs rather than elevators or escalators.
Have a pure protein (Attack) day once a week

On the plus-side, the Dukan Diet gives you long-term management skills and generous flexibility with fruits and some carbohydrates.

The Dukan Method is a high protein, low fat, low carb diet. It proposes a healthy eating plan based on proteins and vegetables, 100 foods in total. And what's best, it's "EAT AS MUCH AS YOU LIKE."

Why is walking a prescribed exercise in Dukan Diet?
There are several reasons:
it the most natural and simplest form of exercise
it least tiring and almost anyone can do it
it exercises the greatest number of muscles at the same time
it is the exercise that most helps you to lose weight (it burns as many calories as playing many sports)
there is no risk of injury
it best protects against aging as it contributes to both good physical and mental health
FACTS

You will have to follow 3 phases of Dukan Diet method, and in 251 days you will reach and permanently stabilize your new weight.

Yes. We only suggest that you restrict your egg consumption. You can have one or two eggs, with the yolk, per day. However, you can have egg whites in unlimited quantity.

Oat bran was once reserved for horses and mattresses. Thankfully, it was finally recognized as one of the most important foods for good nutrition. Discover the wide range of medicinal and health qualities of oat bran and learn how to use it for effective dieting.

The list of 100 approved foods for Phases I and II includes all types of lean meat (excluding lamb, duck, and bacon), all kinds of fish and crustaceans, eggs, soy products, non-starchy vegetables and sugar-free gelatin. You can also consume coffee, tea, salt, sugar substitutes, and spices

You can drink coffee and tea (iced and hot) in unlimited quantities. You can also drink milk and other dairy beverages provided they are fat free and low in sugar and carbohydrates. You can have diet soft drinks (no-calorie, sugar-free).

Tuesday, May 10, 2011

The Dukan Calculator for Rose

Dear Rose,
Your theorical True Weight is 157.52 lbs. It's little bit lower than the weight you want to reach. I will conduct you to your goal, your True Weight: 159.99 lbs. You'll get and stay there.
If you start your diet today you will weigh 159.99 lbs on the 08/25/2011

From Rose: DAY 1 of DAY 10 Countdown to more food!!!!

Ok so the day did not get off to a good start. Sammi and I were not able to start the diet together because I had to run mom all over the place. And now this blogger is not working with me. Anyway on to the story ....

First day on the diet and my tummy hurts LOL. No because of the diet but because it started out like that. I had water most the day with no time to eat something on the list. Luckily I got home and Sammi had already went out and got the stuff we needed for the day or 2 or 3 LOL. So we started preparing our supper. Both of us did this, and we both did the supper for everyone else. Mind you besides us were her husband, my mom, and her two children. So she had marinated some chicken breast in squeezed Lemons juice. And she left the seeds in the pain on the chicken. Guess she thought it might add flavor since we can have no salt!!!! I placed the chicken in the oven while she was doing dishes to catch us up. Then I started our bread, pancake or whatever you call it. Our mission here was to make OAT BRAN taste edible with no sugar or flour or etc LOL. It began with 3/4 c liquid egg white in a carton (LOL), added 3tbsp of OAT BRAN, 3tbsp of NO FAT YOGURT, and mind you this stuff does not taste good alone!!! And 3 tbsp of NO FAT CREAM CHEESE, (This stuff acted like rubber). Then Sammi beat it up as fluffy as she could. And I began to make pancake/bread/tortilla or sponge LOL . Sammi then begin to worry with me doing it we were going to miss out on the crumbs in the pan, so she took over. Good thing to because we ended up with 8 whatever you want to call them about the size 4 -5 fingers. AND THEY WERE FLATTER THEN THE PLATE. I gladly gave out some tiny samples. Then my grandson who is 12 decided he wanted to start the diet with us. LOL We agreed he could wait until we know more about it.

SUPPER TIME of yippee! We both made a sandwich out of the chicken breast and 2 pieces of our homemade sponge. Oh yeah I forgot we ate the others while cooking hahaa.
It was not bad for our first meal. NOT TODAY ANYWAY. And we both drink water with a packet of orange flavoring. And me I spent the rest of the evening drinking water with some apple cider in it. LOL.