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    just me?

    Daughters wedding in September and I have put on SOOOO much weight. The only success I really had was Dukan, so I am back again. Determined. Am I the only one on minimins who is trying to loose weight this way? btw...ignore my stats. No way am I stepping on the scales. Doing the waist band...
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    Attack day 1 menu

    Why is sugar free syrup a no no?
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    Attack Re start

    I'm sitting at a 4lbs loss too. Just seems to be slower this time (Still on attack)...but keep visualising that 4lbs as 8 packets of lard. Next mini target is another 3lbs, which I hope I can loose in the next 2 weeks....
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    what's diet coke chicken?

    NIce sounding recipe, and you may know already, but I'll mention it again, that the sweetener (aspartame), breaks down on heating to form formaldehyde ( which is very toxic). So If you are going to make this recipe, try and get non-aspartame sweetened coke. Asda sells one, and its very good...
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    Protein bars

    Last time I did serious dukan, I did have Atkins bars in extreme circumstances, no way would I have one in attack. A very respected poster on here a couple of years ago gave me the advice that if I found myself in dire circumstances to vere towards Atkins low carb diet food, if nothing dukan was...
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    Thank God for Pret

    Sunday (day 5 of attack), saw me in town with my daughter. I had made the fatal mistake of going out without eating...and the hunger struck. We went for coffee, and the pangs got stronger and stronger...it was a case of shall I chew my arm off or do I get soup...when I saw they (at Pret) sell...
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    Daily menus

    As this is the only diet that has worked for me, I am back on board, following a traumatic incident with a pair of trousers. Today is day four of attack, so I'll post what I ate yesterday, and plans for today Yesterday, oatbran porridge with cinnamon (and a tbs of wheat bran - because I need...
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    My Pile of Lard is getting bigger!

    I can't see it mentioned, but then again Dukan can't be all exclusive/inclusive. 40 calories with very few carbs and 1% of fat isn't going to upset the apple cart, particularly if used in moderation - 1 serving a day. If it makes dieting more tolerable and doesn't interfere with weight loss then...
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    My Pile of Lard is getting bigger!

    My pile of lard now weighs 8 lb - 16 packets. Next week I would like it to be 19 packets, but even if it is just 17, I will be happy. I am not weighing myself everyday, just once a week. I became obsessional / paranoid with the scales the last time I did Dukan, and if I hadn't lost for 4 days...
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    Attack Starting again

    Rachael, I am in the same boat. Lost over 2 stones, them reverted to silly eating ( aka face stuffing). I have gone from slinky to rolls of back fat and pinching knickers. So put down those biscuits and pick up the scrambled eggs and smoked salmon, for no more will I quake with fear at the...
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    Attack 3rd/4th time lucky!

    Glad I am not the only one. I am kicking myself, I feel off track... I tend to think of my weight loss as packets of lard.....so even 2lbs is a pile! Tessa
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    MONDAY WEIGH IN WITH TESSA

    Well, as I can't see one, as as its a new year, I have created on. Anyone wishing to join is very welcome (safety in numbers). So after 5 days on attack I am 5lbs down. That was the easy part. The hard work starts now. Tessa
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    Cruise PV Muller Greek Coconut Yoghurt

    I love coconut yoghurt, but I make my own with coconut flavouring - really good in the total 0% greek stuff. tess
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    The Butterfield Diet Plan

    oh yes...hoisin crispy owl....!
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    Stopped losing after attack!

    Willow, Splenda is not the same as canderal. Avoid canderal- its aspartame. Stevia (truvia) is also ok. my day so far: Asdas 0% fat Greek yogurt, sweetened, with pineapple and coconut flavouring, oatbran and wheatbran snacks - some ham Lunch coronation Chicken, and some sweetened yoghurt...
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    Struggling a bit.....cant stop thinking about chocolate!

    chocolate quark is easy peasy: 1 tub of quark sweetener ( I use about 8 splenda tablets dissolved in a little water) big spoonful of cocoa then mix like hell till smooth, if you feel it is too thick for you, add some fromage frais or fat free yoghurt. Add vanilla, or other flavourings (I...
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    Struggling a bit.....cant stop thinking about chocolate!

    What helped me the last time I had the old cravings ( this was when I lost 22lbs on Dukan) was to make up a big pot of chocolate quark...and if necessary made a microwave gallete/muffin thing. That way I had a chocolate fix and felt stuffed. Lot less damage to the system than a box of...
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    Stopped losing after attack!

    I am in the same boat - it was the veggies that did it for me yesterday. So I am doing PP today and tomorrow and hopefully that will jar me back to weight loss. A note about Aspartame. I know Dukan recommends it, but it is really evil stuff ( and upon heating, it breaks down into formaldehyde...
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    1st day and -2lbs!!!

    OH YES!! another loss...wonder if I can manage 7lbs by the end of attack ( would be very nice). I am in the 10stones something now!
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    1st day and -2lbs!!!

    Flipping great isn't it! Didn't think there would be a loss for me this morning but there was! - I'm on day 4 and I am down just over 4lbs - its such a lovely morale booster tess
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    Mornflake Oatbran 69p a Bag!

    Hope this is of use to some of you Its short code, but is absolutely fine ( I have a cupboard of it) Mornflake 100% Oatbran 500g Tess
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    Attack Hello

    Day 2 for me also - did so well last year, then fell off the wagon, and put too much back on ( but not all). Happy with the scale reading and sitting here reading posts with my coffee, fat free greek yoghurt with oatbran. This forum was a great support last time, and I am going to be visiting...
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    Product Review

    Is there a section on this forum where we can write reviews of products that are Dukan friendly? My parcel arrived today, and it might be useful for others to read product reviews. I'd hate to think that some poor soul ends up wasting money on the SF blueberry syrup I've brought. Tastes like...
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    shirataki noodles anyone?

    Ordered mine on Tuesday, and they should be here tomorrow - I am curious to find out what they are like. Also tried the local Chinese (on Causewayend - Aberdeen Dukaneers take note) supermarket, and they had never heard of them. As I brought from the low carb superstore, also got SF pancake...
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    Biting the Bullet

    Well, progress. I laid my mitts on 3 tubs of it last night - Asda (Aberdeen Beach), so I am daughter ( who is joining me on this, as has School holiday to go on) enjoyed chocolate pear quarky moose last night. Having heard a radio programme yesterday about TRIFLE, I have had a go at making a...
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    Please can you look at my signature?

    Look at the overall picture - the trend is downwards. Don't get disheartened - a friend of mine likened weight loss to flying an airplane. The pilot will deviate from the straight line, but will always reach his (her) destination. There endeth my philosophy moment for the day! Tessa
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    Biting the Bullet

    After taking an unexpected holiday, I am back. Everything was going very well, until my mother became ill (now recovered), and then we had a bit of a house move, and things ( eating) went completely off track, and then there was christmas, and then.....well, we know the rest. So I have waited...
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    Is anyone a member of Costco?

    I am a bit of a costcoholic! - their meat is very good, but I think its fair to say that you have to pay for quality. Their mince is brill, but not low fat enough for Dukan......trouble is, I go in there and spend a fortune - and get knobbled by the samples of food they have on offer...
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    Cruise PV What is Dukan Miracle Soup??

    I need to do something like this. Husband ( now at target) comes home ravenous, and between him getting in and dinner, he starts to pick. In a huff this morning - son and his friend came home last night , and made scrambled eggs. Yep - no eggs fr my gallette this morning. Huff huff huff!
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    Cruise PV flavourings have arrived

    I think the one I prefer most is coconut. With some cocoa powder mixed in, its like eating a yogurt bounty!. On the black forest at the moment ( cherry flavouring and cocoa). Diet? what diet! Tessa
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    Dukan Puddings/Desserts

    "we" - my husband and I find that flavoured quark does the trick - especially if there is some cocoa powder in it. It has to be sweetened of course. I might have a go this week a making a baked cheesecake with it. I'll let you know! Tessa
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    TOM question

    Many thanks for this. Her hormones are raging at the moment, talk about being stroppy. I will get her some omega 6's....she has evening primrose oil as well. Oily fish has never been a problem for her - eating that is. She loves mackerel, so will do a fish dip tomorrow and veggeis to dip...
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    TOM question

    My 17 yo daughter, has about 20 pounds to loose. She has just finished attack, and has lost 4.5 pounds, and yesterday was her first day of cruise. I made her carrot cake Ddukan muffins, and a vegetable stir dry fry etc. This morning there was a look of total disappointment on her face, as...
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    Had my first 'fat' clothes clearout today!

    Ruddy hell! - I did the same this afternoon. 23 pairs of trousers will be with the Cats Protection Charity tomorrow! Its from the waist down that I put on the blubber - I think I was approaching a size 16 before dieting, now I am between a 14 and a 12. Actually have got a pair of Liz...
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    What do you flavour your plain yoghurt with?

    I have a cupboard full of different flavourings. The rose is lovely and I mix it into my yogurt with some cocoa to make turkish delight flavour. The pitaschio is very good too, but I really love the passionfruit one. I got mine on ebay - more expensive than swedish connections, but they stock...
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    Definitive answer from Dukan re cheese and ML yogs

    Another two: Black forest:(cocoa and cherry flavouring), and Cherry Bakewell (almond and cherry flavouring), oh and another one! Chocolate pear ( cocoa and pear flavouring). Pistachio is also good on its own, and I have got passionfruit flavouring too. Lifes never boring with a tub of...
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    Definitive answer from Dukan re cheese and ML yogs

    heres mine - TURKISH DELIGHT! Rose flavouring and a teaspoon of cocoa. Tessa
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    Starbucks Buckets of Skinny Latte

    I saw them described in this way in an earlier post, and have to confess I was having these last week in lieu of lunch when I was away. Is this why my scales haven't moved? and I had one yesterday ( always the medium size) what is the consensus? Will I have to change to the Americano...
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    losing motivation

    I think you and I started at the same time, and have lost pretty much the same amount of weight. For the last 2 weeks, I have kind of stalled (not helped by the going off plan last week, when I went away). My husband on the other hand has lost consistently and is almost at goal. So yes, I am...
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    Bridget Jones eat your heart out!

    The plan now is 5 days of PP. Sorted! Tessa
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    Bridget Jones eat your heart out!

    Monday 29th August Another week has past, and Aberdeen is like Siberia. Sitting with the heating on and wearing a fleece. Not the best week ever, I have had 3 meals out, with wine ( literally a glass, not a bottle, and a small glass at that). From a positive point of view, just over a pound...
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    So why aren't more people doing Dukan?

    Following on from an earlier post, and a conversation with my sister and a friend, both of whom have weight issues, I am incredulous that more people aren't doing Dukan. Its as if they don't believe you can't loose weight eating this way...and then there are the excuses, I'll start after the...
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    Smashed my Dukan date to true weight!!

    Oh WoW. are you floating on air? I am kicking myself, that I didn't know about Dukan years ago - all those Tuesday nights at wretched Slimming clubs - and did I loose any thing....of course not. I have lost more in 5 weeks, than I've lost in 5 years. What does that say. So inspiring to hear...
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    What do you take for lunch?

    Well, I tend to have my gallette for lunch, so you could take that, heat it up and have it with some flavoured greek yoghurt. Unless you preferred something savoury, in which case, its the tuna! ( balsamic vinegar and salad!) tessa
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    Cruise PV weigh in

    So pleased for you...your targets are well in sight. Daughters? - tell me about them. My youngest has so many clothes. She is not too happy now - guess whose (who's - I think its whose?) jacket I had on yesterday! Shame:479: be good1 tessa
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    shopping for dukan

    Mine would be: Oatbran, ( and some wheat bran for the cruise phase) cinnamon, splenda(tablets and granulated), SF jelly, and SF jelly pots, Onken .1% ( or as low as it goes) greek yogurt, virtually fat free From Frais, very low fat natural yogurt, skimmed milk, eggs, tuna in water/brine...
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    Bridget Jones eat your heart out!

    YEAH!!!! I have now lost that elusive 14 pounds. 28 packets of lard. My really lovely everso expensive bra doesn't fit. ( shame - the only good thing about being bigger was I had a bust to die for). Ah well. why does it come off the places you don't want it to? why will I ever have thunder...
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    Couteaux on Cruise- target by December!

    Congratulations! I got into my "Life would be so much better if I could slim into this new pair of trousers" 2 weeks ago. Now they are positively baggy! Heres to the next mini goal! Tessa
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    Are Wibbly Wobbly jellies allowed on cruise?

    I've had those wibbly ones, and they were superb - not just the taste, but they are sweetened with sucralose. I need to get some more...........wish I hadn't read this post now! Tessa
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    Bridget Jones eat your heart out!

    Anjuschka and Jo, I should have read your posts earlier. I should have done a PV day today, but the desire wasn't there. I've had a really busy day - and its been grabbit food. I thought I would be climbing the walls for salad...but no. So today was day 6 of pp ( unintended). I am wondering...
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    Daily menus

    This is what I had to eat today. I have done 5 days of PP, and I should have been PV today, but I couldn't do it - and I normally love veg. So 6 days of PP in a row. I need a rollocking I think: B Pear flavoured total FF yogurt L Gallette with more yogurt, and some very lean ham D Lamb. It...
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    Do you intuitively know your weight?

    I have a pretty good idea - which was one of the reasons I avoided scales for so long. I didn't want to see my weight in figures. No escaping the scales now though.....every morning, same time, same place, same regime. This morning they were not my friend! - no loss shown. Ah well, as they...
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    Cruise PV Finally!

    Dukan says that people loose fastest when using the 5pp, and 2pv ( please if I have got that wrong, can someone correct me - my husband has taken the book with him to Shetland). At first I was dreading the thought - When I started Dukan I did a 5 day attack, but this time, it has been really...
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    Cruise PV Finally!

    Well done! I was in a similar place a couple of days ago, but I have now broken through the stall,( on 5 days of pp), and am a lot more motivated. This forum has been an invaluable support, and here's to your 1 stone mini goal! Go get it girl! Have a great day, Tessa
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    Using Benefibre

    The tablespoon of wheat bran is enough for me, but another good remedy is psychillium husks, which you can get in capsule form, or as a loose powder. I found it was much gentler on me than the senna..... Enough! tessa
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    Cruise PV Are you proud of me Dukaneers?

    Sun? Aberdeen? The two don't equate! Tessa
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    One month in

    Today is 1 month, since I began Dukan, 1 month since I sat in Waterstones with a Costa coffee and leafed through the book, and thought "shall I buy it"? So glad I did. I am now the weight I was 5 years ago, and although 13lbs doesn't sound a lot , its a huge amount to me (26 packets of...
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    Cruise PV Are you proud of me Dukaneers?

    Well done you! - but what did you think of the castle? I am in Sterling next weekend as husband has OU course at the Uni to attend. We are away for 2 nights, and can't get a B and B for love nor money. So no scottish fry ups for us, and Premier Inn (Falkirk way) avec le Gallette it will be. (...
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    Daily menus

    continuing my 5 days of PP, yesterday was like this B pork fillet with soy sauce, garlic and ginger, followed by lemon greek yogurt L Cinnamon microwave gallet and lemon cream D more pork fillet Snacks, SF jelly, from frais, and ham and VLF cream cheese roll ups. And it worked. The...
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    Attack Lean Mince Beef???

    I do a mean ginger and chilli burger ( and for the rest of the family I add a little parmesan cheese). Just go for it! Tessa
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    Easy peasy quick cheesecake recipe

    I didn't know that Lidl did this uber low cream cheese, until I read your post, and I brought some this morning. Oh it is lovely, I've had v.low fat ham and cream cheese roll-ups, and I had my microwave cinnamon gallette for lunch with lemon cream ( cream cheese and total yogurt mixed...
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    Bridget Jones eat your heart out!

    Tuesday 16th August. I've not posted recently because I have been sulking. The numbers on the scales were going down, and on Friday, I had broken into the 150's. On Saturday, I stepped on to find that I was back in the 160's, having somehow gained 2lbs. I cried. I am so wanting to have lost...
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    Attack Final Day of Attack! Easy, Peasy, Lemon Squeezy!

    damn, and blast, I just wrote a long response, and my internet connection went down, and whoosh, it has disappeared. What I wanted to say, is I agree with you. This is so much nicer than Atkins. Although I followed the diet rigorously, I consumed too many calories and failed to loose weight...
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    Bridget Jones eat your heart out!

    Thursday 11th August Yesterday was a pissy day. I got on the scales, and they were up. On account of two major factors - the previous day had been a P/V, and I had not had a porcelain alter deposit! ( how do other people express this lavatorial act?) And it rained - all day. This was...
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    Cooking question

    Microwave the gallete in a silicon mould ( and add a little baking powder). I went out and brought a new frying pan, and still it didn't work for me. So now, it goes into the microwave for 3 mins - hey presto its done! As for the oil - use fry light. Tessa
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    Feel like I have a mountain to climb

    Right my girl ( said in a sensible, not nonsense voice), no despondency - you hear? We would all like to have a magic wand, and tra-laa - the weight just falls off. But its not going to happen like that. Our fattiness didn't go on overnight. In my case, it took 6 years. However if someone can...
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    Attack Chicken - how do you eat yours

    I poach a whole chicken in water. That way it is lovely and moist. I use the meat as it is, or curry it, make soup, reheat with soy sauce, garlic and ginger. With the juices I cool it, skim off the fat, and use the stock either in soup, or the dogs have it to moisten their biscuits. They also...
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    Food Flavourings?

    Well, I've now committed to buying the same flavourings over on ebay at twice the cost - but they weren't selling the condensed milk one, and I bet that would have been nice in the gallettes. Because you are ever only using tiny quantities ( mine all either alcohol or oil based), the knock on...
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    Food Flavourings?

    kicking myself. Just brought some flavouring off ebay, and they were twice the price as the ones in the link below: Preema Concentrated Food Flavouring from Swedish Connections tessa
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    Emma's dukan diary

    Just had a peek at your pics - wowser! You are looking fantastic and healthy - and all in four months. You are going to have such a good Christmas;) Tessa
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    Bridget Jones eat your heart out!

    Tuesday 9th August Dear Reader, let me introduce myself. I am Tessa, I was twelve and a half stone, but I am in the mid elevens now. I am five foot and four inches tall, and used to be a size 10/12, until I gave up the fags, got a desk job, and had an early menopause. Thank God for HRT...
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    Attack Day Two and I am hungry - HELP

    I think its too late to weigh - you've had your breakfast ( I tend to do it first thing in the morning, straight after getting out of bed). Hungry? - I tend to find that some sweetened quark with vanilla does the trick, or some of the total 0% greek yoghurt, or a nice coffee made with semi...
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    Gallette disaster!!

    add a half teaspoon of baking powder, some cinnamon and put it into one of those silicon cake moulds. 3 mins in the microwave and hey voila ( I add some wheatbran to mine). FAR easier - even my husband can do it! Tessa
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    Attack First day!!! How does it look?

    I am so looking forward to your posts tomorrow. Keep up the work - attack is the hardest part - and this time next week, you'll be pleased you kept at it. Go girls!! Tessa
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    Daily menus

    Today is PP. Not a day I enjoy - but tomorrow I know that the scales may show a loss. B jelly, and a Cinnamon Gallette L Some chicken and soy sauce, perhaps a few prawns D er...yes...thats it, I'll have the venison sausages desserts and inbetweens, sweetened quark, jelly, etc etc. Also I'll...
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    Holidays and festivals

    It can be done - I know, as I did a festival last weekend. To give me more scope with my eating, I did PV every day (3). I took some gallettes, and some sugar free jelly, individual tubs of 0% greek yogurt, cherry tomatoes and veg sticks. I took tuna, and some very low fat ham ( in a can)...
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    oh dear!

    My husband, who is also Dukaning it, and spends the week working away from home, decided to treat me to breakfast in bed this morning. Proper coffee and a galette. He's been making the galettes for his own breakfast. Some how the one he made me, wasn't quick right - yup, he's been forgetting to...
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    Muller lights a no no?

    Well, I don't care! I have my pot of toffee muller in the fridge, and I am off to make toffee muffins ( which was to sole reason for coming on this site tonight - yes I need the recipe). I have been looking forward to making these all week, and want to see why you Dukies rave about them...
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    Daily menus

    Lausanne, I think your menu looks lovely - nice and varied. Tessa. By the way is the vanilla quark made by you, or do you buy it already flavoured?
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    Daily menus

    righty oh, today is PV day. Oh joy...I can eat tomatoes B = tomatoes and raw mushrooms elevenses - le gallette avec jus de citron (voila mes amais dukaneers) Mon dieu mois Francais est magnifique, c'est un side effect dans le regime Dukan le Lunch - ehhhh... chicken and kale soup. Yum yum...
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    The Hunt for Quark!

    Yay!! I am now the proud owner of 4 tubs of Asda Bridge of Dee Quark! There was H-E-A-P-S of it. And there will be even more, when whats -his - name (my husband) brings home the batch from Shetland. BTW Atropos, it will be coming down accompanied with a couple of sea trout. Whats more I...
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    Daily menus

    Today is PV day.....so B Gallette L Chicken and Kale soup (I never thought this would be so tasty - free range chicken makes a huge difference and a lot less fat). Then SF Jelly and greek Yoghurt D Beef and aubergine meatballs in a spicy tomato and onion sauce, and cumin red cabbage. Chocolate...
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    Greek yoghurt

    Add some granulated splenda, and some vanilla/coconut/banana extract. OR!! (well, it didn't harm me), a teaspoon of cocoa powder. Enjoy! ( oh yes, have it with sugar free jelly) Tessa
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    The Hunt for Quark!

    Thanks Mirjam, I do shop in the Asda Bridge Of Dee - so it was probably out of stock as you had been buying it all up!! Have got emergency supplies being brought in from Shetland tomorrow night. Oh the lengths you end up going to! Tessa
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    The Hunt for Quark!

    I have exhausted all avenues in Aberdeen - where has it gone? Is anyone else having problems getting hold of it? Tessa
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    Start Dukan today but.....

    Delighted you managed to get some. My husband is such a convert to it, and it actually tastes nice. Tessa
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    Daily menus

    today is another PP day ( following excess at the rewind festival at the weekend). B Gallette L Tuna and balsamic vinegar, chocolate quark mousse D Pork fillets marinated in soy sauce, garlic and ginger snacks: very lean ham, SF jelly, fish sticks Tessa
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    Start Dukan today but.....

    I couldn't wait until tuesday. Seriously, it will be time well spent to get in the car. The gallettes are very filling and have made this diet very tolerable. (make the mix as prescribed in the book, add sweetener, a little baking powder and cinnamon, and microwave in a silicon cake mould for...
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    Doing Cruise Dukan at a 3 day festival?

    Dear Duckaneers/Duckies well next week, my girlfriends and I are off to the Rewind Festival ( hits of the 80's for saddos like me). We are camping (glamping), and there are strict instructions that no naked flames are used on the campsite - which means I either eat cold food, or use the...
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    Attack breakfast

    I am now on day 4 of attack. What I have been having for breakfast is a Gallette, sprinkled with splenda and 2 teaspoons of lime juice ( I know, naughty me). Yesterday I had it with sweetened cottage cheese and cinnamon ( that was nice too). Only 2 days to go before I can have Gallette and...
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    Aspartame vs sucrolose

    Sucrlose - no question I brought the book yesterday and started Dukaning today. I was taken aback by the advocacy of aspartame. There is growing medical evidence that the ingestion of aspartame has significant physical effects, and that the clinical studies leading to its approval by the FDA...
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