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I agree with Joanne - I always warn my friends. But make it sound as casual as possible so that you can make it clear they don't have to go to any extra effort (ie: 'I can have meat etc and veges/salad etc, just no carbs') That way you won't disappoint anyone who has cooked a special pasta...

Slightly off topic but - Atropos this is exactly where I was planning to go once I made it to the 'gala meals' phase! OH was asking just last week where we could go for supper once I 'was through this part of the diet and into the treats section' and suggested Simpsons! Can't wait.......might...

Elida I think we're opposite in that respect - the goal weight in my mind was 63 but Dukan site obv thought that was unrealistic - probably accurately as i've never been there (or perhaps when I was about 13 years old!) As for the dress - it was completely down the style, I am absolutely not...

Very well done! you must be so happy. I do believe that fitting into size 30 waist skinny jeans will make me happier than any figure on the scales would - will have to wait and see! I had a similar happy experience to yours the other day - went to Forever 21 for the first time (it's only...

ah well I'm sort of back on track - or at least doing much better. I did make the mistake of weighing myself and have gained 2 whole kilos. Sigh. But so long as I can kick myself back into the gym tomorrow morning, and I think I can, it will start moving in the right direction again. I...

I find it will definitely make a difference if you go to a decent sized supermarket and go for things like large bags of frozen chicken breasts, frozen fish etc. I find that saves me loads.

Couteaux - your skin will shrink back to match, it just takes a little time :-)

well unfortunately I slipped up BADLY today. In 10 weeks of this diet I have never yet had such cravings nor gone so off track - we're talking cake, bread and some biscuits (!!!!) and here I've been saying all along I wasn't finding those things hard to resist...... It was mostly very...

Fingers crossed it will continue! I've got an event in 4 weeks I want to look great for so I'm hitting the gym a lot too, which I'm sure is helping. Would really like to know which things I'm doing right and which things are slowing it down though. It's hard to tell.

I stopped following Dukan strictly a fortnight ago, but have since stuck mostly to the plan. I'm basically just eating PV all the time, but am allowing alcohol once a week. (I have a number of social events over the next 2 months and I don't want to forgo alcohol completely, so i decided to...

I've got drunk on Dukan - you will feel awful, but.... as it's a close friend's wedding that is more important so - stick to the least sugary things possible - no wine at all, limit the champagne and drink slimline tonic with gin, or diet coke and vodka. And really really try not to have too...

I don't have any particular advice as it sounds like you've got the right idea - I did a week's holiday recently and just stuck to the absolutely no bread/pasta/startchy proper carbs rule and just ate as much salad and veggies as I could along with my meat. I also drank no wine, only gin and...

Hi all – It has taken me a few days to get back on here and you’ve all had quite the discussion! I should say that I am only going to partly come off the diet – I’m not going back on to bread/pasta or anything similar. All I’m going to do is basically go PV for most of the time - I will keep...

Thanks for that Atropos - I have only just seen this post a week later I am indeed taking your advice - I HAVE decided to stop - sort of anyway. Am sticking to no bread, pasta and no added sugars. I am planning to have 2 PP days each week, and the rest of the time just the same as I've...

Thanks all. Joanne - it sounds odd because I'm not a big drinker, but I do find a lot of my social life in London does revolve around going for drinks, including lots of work events for my husband, dinners etc. I am happy to avoid most of the booze and always have been, but in the last month I...

Dukan has been good to me so far, but I don't feel like it's working for me anymore. Now what I need is advice as to the most sensible way to ease off and switch back to a more normal low carb diet. I don't want to go into all the details here (unless you're interested?!) but I have thought...

i hope so. I have decided to give this diet 2 more weeks and see if it still works as well as it initially did. I am losing weight, but not convinced that is because of the diet as much as the exercise I've been doing. will see.....

yes, i definitely did after a few weeks in, and it has stayed clear since then

Eeeeek. It didn't go so well. I made it through first 6/7 days fairly successfully - but on Friday I had to eat bread as nothing else was available and we were starving (honestly, were caught in the middle of nowhere, no shops and on a hike) Then I lost my resolve and decided to give myself a...

heehee thank you all for your replies. I never thought of the steak idea! I'll see how I go. And I'm packing my tins of tuna and Total 0 right now..... I have already been quite crafty and got everyone excited about tennis and horse-riding options, so now hopefully the kids will insist and...

Jushne I've been having similar issues. I'm having to go PV for the next 10 days due to a holiday, so I'm going to see how I feel after that. I don't have too bad pain, but it worries me that it's not a good thing (obviously!) and I've also been feeling really tired lately. I've got back into...

haha I've been thinking about what I can sneak in - will be baking some OB muffins tmrw as well......

fortunately they are not huge eaters, so there probably won't be too many biscuits lying around. The downside of this is that the size of the protein servings doesn't tend to be huge, so when I can't eat the accompanying carbs it leaves me staaarrving! will have to plan. Thanks for advice...

I am heading off on a family holiday (in-laws, not my actual family) As much as I've been doing pretty well on this diet (5th week in and 7kg lost) I'm not going to be able to stick to PP very successfully. I just can't be bothered dealing with the endless and inevitable comments and...

Hi all I went out tonight to Sainsbury's to buy some flavourings - for yoghurt and for baking. I did try to get non-alcohol etc, but wasn't possible so just went ahead and bought 4 of the regular alcohol/oil based ones (vanilla, lemon, almond & strawberry) I realise these aren't strictly...

you'll be fine. I've done similar (and worse) over the last month, and have lost 7 kg in total! I would recommend a day or two more of PP to help cancel it out, and avoid weighing yourself for a few days so you don't get demoralised!

other decent cinema snacks are beef jerky (if you can find it) and goji berries. I would make sure I only take a smallish amount with me of each, so I can't munch my way through the whole packet :-) As for the weekend away - I have just done the same thing fairly successfully. Spent the...

The weird thing is, it actually didn't go straight to my head at the time at all - I was barely drunk on the gin & tonics (or no more than usual anyway) I was expecting to be quite affected so therefore my faulty logic was that I was fine. I'm a bit 'all or nothing' so feel like this was a big...

I am STILL feeling somewhat rubbish 2 days later. Also made the mistake of weighing myself tonight and seem to have gained a lot - hopefully just because I normally weigh in the morning. urgghhhhh. So please don't do it ladies. It has quite ruined my resolve!

I get it in our Ocado delivery and I've found it at Tesco recently too

And just in case anyone out there is considering it, it is soooo not worth it! I managed to stick to my diet at a party in the face of chips and endless cupcakes. Then I decided to reward myself with a (relatively sensible) couple of gin and slimlines......this turned into 4, then I followed...

Thanks all for your replies - I was offline for a couple of days. I guess I'm in the minority then - perhaps it is because it's early days, and I definitely need to think about limiting my caffeine. I know I'm getting plenty of good quality protein, so it's not that. Anyway, went back to...

I just wondered if anybody else is having issues with being exhausted? During attack phase I had loads more energy than usual (realised I hadn't been eating enough protein previously) but now in my second week of cruise I am relying on 3-5 coffees a day, plus 1 diet coke! I also have tried...

None of you should worry too much about rings being tight or stuck on. I cannot take my rings off ever, and it's not to do with fingers being swollen or fat, just that apparently some women have much bigger joints/knuckles than others. (I have surprisingly skinny fingers, considering the size of...

Hi Red Heart I'm really confused by this too. I know Dukan says 1/1 is his new mantra, but he used to recommend 5/5. Does the weight come off slightly faster if you go through longer periods of PP? If he only recommends 1/1 now to make it easier for people to stick to, then that's great...

Thanks all, seem to be back on track now - well haven't weighed myself yet, just mean that I'm feeling better about it. Zeke - I've only been on this a couple of weeks, but have decided to try to weigh myself once a week (Monday mornings). I realise Dukan suggests more often, but I know how...

Champagne! I only made it three days into Cruise before this happened, so kind of started myself off on the back foot there!

Thanks for advice! I know I should be able to get over it - just surprised as I wasn't finding it hard at all....

Hi all, I'm new on here and this is my very first post - please could someone offer me some encouragement to keep me on track?! I've just finished 8 days of attack, lost over 3 kilos (6/7 lb) and was really motivated and organised. I started Cruise 4 days days ago so yesterday was my...