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  1. eileen11954

    Cruise PV cabbage patch stew

    this is a recipe i used to use a lot when i was on south beach 1lb lean mince beef ( could use chicken or turkey mince) 2 medium onions diced or thinly sliced 11/2 cups of chopped cabbage 1/2 cup of diced celery 16 ouz can chopped tomatoes 1 cup of water 1 tbs of salt or to taste 1/4 teasp...
  2. eileen11954

    Low Carb Megastore

    walden farm sauces on the low carb megastore contain no cal, no sugar, no carbs, no fat, also most items have the break down of nutrition so you can make your own judgement, i have used them for sugarfree candies and ketchup and maple syrup
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    dukan modified eileens journey

    family crisis over and back on the wagon. I only put on one pound in the 2 weeks i was away which was a miracal given the bread and pizza i have eaten. I have started a new diary as i have modified the diet and i am not doing a strict dukan anymore, the attack phase i had no problem with but...
  4. eileen11954

    Agave syrup

    is this allowed on sb i have done sb before and i am beginning again but i do not remember seeing it allowed
  5. eileen11954

    Soya Milk

    although it is best to stick to whatever diet you are on as much as possible, most diets will let you tweak a little bit. (unless you are the type of person who would go wild if you do any alterrations)
  6. eileen11954

    Does anyone else...

    the dear doc says in the lifeplan book if you decide to come off the plan for any reason don't just quit make sure you do conso
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    Hypothyroidism

    anyone can lose weight with an underactive thyroid as long it has been diagnosed and treated your metabalism is no different from any normal persons and if you stick to whatever diet you will lose weight and if you follow the rules and do not go back to junk food and no exercise afterwards you...
  8. eileen11954

    Couch to 5k

    i have gok wans how to look good naked book , it is fantastic for dressing for your shape, especially the bit on how to buy the proper size bra. i never had a comfortable underwired bra till i got that book
  9. eileen11954

    changing from dukan to ?diet.

    sorry to see you leaving dukan so soon sammy good luck on your new diet
  10. eileen11954

    Soya Milk

    i can't have dairy as i am intolorant to it i have always used unsweetened soya milk on this diet from the beginning, sometimes alpro but often supermarkets own brand and i lost 9lbs in five days on attack
  11. eileen11954

    Attack Ketchup

    you are allowed to use a small amount of sugarfree ketchup. i use colec bought from the sugarfree megastore
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    Cruise PV parsnips??

    there are 100 foods on the list if it is not on the list you are not supposed to eat it!!!
  13. eileen11954

    Attack eileens journey

    totally lost it these last 3 days. my sons girlfriend split with him taking their 10 month old baby with her he is heartbroken and i have had to come to somerset to pick up the pieces, not eating properly and have eaten lots of toast, which i shouldn't eat anyway as i have a wheat intolerance...
  14. eileen11954

    ticker help

    thanks i managed to do it on the app on my phone no problem
  15. eileen11954

    ticker help

    can anyone tell me how to update my ticker , the ticker website says just to click on the ticker and it will take you to the update page but that does not seem to work on mine thanks eileen
  16. eileen11954

    Hypothyroidism

    no more than the usual, but i don't usually bruise
  17. eileen11954

    ellies dukan diary the next step Cruise

    hi ellie glad you are feeling better. I have never made muffins , which recipe do you use , is it one out of the dukan books or one from on here,love to try them
  18. eileen11954

    Ok here goes, my journey

    loads of food but all allowed lol
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    Attack eileens journey

    great start to the day, loads of energy despite going to bed at 2 am and getting up at 7 am. my dear son says he is going to go home tomorrow he came for 1 night and is still here 3 weeks later, so things will soon be back to normal. breakfast yoghurt lunch scrambled egg with dukan bread or...
  20. eileen11954

    Hypothyroidism

    i know the feeling i seem to have no visible veins and the nurse runs a mile when i walk in lol but i am lucky she used to be a childrens nurse and always takes my blood in the back of my hand now with a butterfly needle as they would wiht a child. as to feeling tired i did not notice any...
  21. eileen11954

    Attack eileens journey

    thanks sididd feeling much better this evening all my energy back, i did wonder if it was the stevia sweetner as that was the only thing new
  22. eileen11954

    Attack meringue?

    i did not think how funny that post would read when i did it.
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    Attack meringue?

    the sugarfree megastore sells sugarfree carbfree tubs of meringues but you would have to look at the ing as i don't know if they would be legal
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    Attack eileens journey

    i have not felt to good for a couple of days feeling a little bit sick and dodgy tummy. hope things are better today. i think it may be because i haven't been eating enough well have to make more effort today. made some yoghurt cheese yesterday came out really well. I found a recipe for cottage...
  25. eileen11954

    ellies dukan diary the next step Cruise

    ellie i forgot to mention on my post before. I consulted my doctor before doing dukan and she said she had no problem with it
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    Hypothyroidism

    i have been on thyroxine for 10yrs, and have been on many diets, the only thing i have found is that when you lose weight the amount of thyr oxine you need to take differs usually being less. ie i usually take 150mg but if i lose a stone it can change to 125mg. you obviously can't reduce it...
  27. eileen11954

    sugar free sweets, yay or nay.

    i have de bron butter candy (taste like werthers) i buy from the sugarfree megastore online, but i find i usually only eat one or two sweets a week and some weeks none, maybe it is because i keep them in the cupboard out of sight or because i just don't have cravings for them i just don't know
  28. eileen11954

    ellies dukan diary the next step Cruise

    ellie don't let other people get to you , you are doing great and losing weight consistantly, and looks from your ticker almost at goal . keep up the good work and most important rest and drink plenty of fluids until you are well
  29. eileen11954

    Started today and looking for support and motivation!

    sarah and sammy great news on your weight loss. don't get depondent the increase will be water and the if you are sticking to the plan the real weight loss fat will still be going on in the background. i stopped weighing every day as i was up one day and down the next but when i looked back over...
  30. eileen11954

    Welcome to Dukan

    i think you can buy fat free cottage cheese and quark which is a cheese, but i make my own by straining the yoghurt i make as i don't like cottage cheese. welcome to dukan you are going to love it
  31. eileen11954

    Ok here goes, my journey

    great work sticking to the rules with all of that temptation i am not sure i could have done it
  32. eileen11954

    Attack eileens journey

    rained all day today , but had to go into reigate to pick up some contacts, went to lunch at strada chargrilled chicken salad.had the housing people out today to look at the kitchen floor needs replacing after the leak, so not looking forward to that . trying a couple of new recipes today will...
  33. eileen11954

    Attack eileens journey

    hi thanks thanks for the concern but it is not normal for me to have that much, just worked out that way this weekend, i am normally lucky to have bacon about once in 2 months i normally have breakfast and lunch not brunch and usually yoghurt and oatbran for breakfast and i don't add salt at all...
  34. eileen11954

    Attack eileens journey

    out and about today but purposely had lunch before i went, had a great time browsing in hobbycraft in crawley then off to the pub for 2 glasses of diet coke. been missing my zumba while son has been here so moved the wii into the bedroom so i will be able to do it in the morning. he came for 1...
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    Non scale victories (stolen from SW forum)

    it's great when you can go into a shop that you are usually too big for , a few years ago on one of my many other diets i was so pleased when i realised i was too small to shop in evans
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    Winnie's Dukan Diary

    don't do many days on attack or you body will stop losing
  37. eileen11954

    Ok here goes, my journey

    keep strong and don't let rows upset you have a good time
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    Attack eileens journey

    hooray a full day without rain. got up late today so no breakfast just brunch. todays menu PV brunch 3 slices of lean bacon 1 dry fried egg, tomatoe yoghurt dinner homemade chill on baby spinach yoghurt forgot to have my oatbran today so will have it later in some yogurt, I must try the muffins...
  39. eileen11954

    Sweeteners??

    if you look at the ingredients on a lot of sugarfree foods in the uk you will find that they no longer use aspartamine but use sucralose
  40. eileen11954

    Attack eileens journey

    good day today no slipping brunch 3 slices lean bacon 2 dry fried eggs plain yoghurt dinner 2 homemade beef burgers in dukan bread (actually only ate just over 1 too full ) plain yoghurt 2 glasses of cyder vinegar water flavoured with da vinci huckleberry sugar free syrup
  41. eileen11954

    Attack eileens journey

    well weighed in today and had not lost but i am not upset about it . just pleased not to have put on. It has not been a good week and i have had a couple of meals that were not dukan legal. since i have not put on i am going back on cruise today . onwards and downwards. All my jobs in the home...
  42. eileen11954

    Dukan Restart - For the last time!

    If your nursing is anything like mine was you will not need the gym enough exercise at work lol
  43. eileen11954

    Sweeteners??

    i don't know if this is true but i once read a few yrs ago that aspartamine was made from wood alchol and formaldahyde
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    Attack eileens journey

    on cruise sat only actually managed 3 days pp this week not the planned 5.
  45. eileen11954

    Attack eileens journey

    back on track today and feeling good. plumber came to finish the jobs he started on tuesday, so kicked ds out of bed and got to the kitchen, its 9.30 and so far had 2 glasses of water, i cup of tea and a jar of homemade plain yoghurt. don't know yet what lunch will be as i usually have my...
  46. eileen11954

    Non scale victories (stolen from SW forum)

    couldn't we make pizza using the dukan bread as the base on a pv day emmenthal 5% is a tolerated item so could replace other cheese if you can find it , i may have to have a go
  47. eileen11954

    Couch to 5k

    my daughter has just done that she sneezed and slipped a disc has been off work 3 weeks
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    Skin tightening tricks...

    i had the op sunday afternoon and came home monday, had to go to the local clinic every couple of days for a week and again at 10days for checks, but i was lucky had no pain and no infection and healed well and quickly you have to take it easy but i was walking to the loo just a few hours after...
  49. eileen11954

    Skin tightening tricks...

    louschu is right i had 3 children quite close together, what i thought was fat as it was quite thick was actually skin and i did not matter what i did it dosen't go. so i went to the harley clinic and had a tummy tuck the piece they removed weighed 8lbs
  50. eileen11954

    Attack Constipation

    although they say avoid laxatives if your in pain i can't see they would do any harm once but would not use them regularly. i like laura drink far more water than it says 21/2 to 3 litres some days , i keep a glass filled up constantly and just sip at it all day as well as at least 4 to 5 cups...
  51. eileen11954

    Attack eileens journey

    well diet has gone totally to pot these last 2 days. I am trying to keep to it as much as possible, but with my son staying for a few days and sleeping on the sofa i cannot get to the kitchen until about 1pm, so my eating patterns are all over the shop. i am just going to try and keep legal as...
  52. eileen11954

    Attack Constipation

    dr d says mineral water is good, I add 1tbspoon of flax seed to my gallette or mixed with my oatbran in recipes seems to work for me . i don't know if it is allowed but it does not affect my weight loss
  53. eileen11954

    Attack Back again!

    welcome back keep going you know you can do it
  54. eileen11954

    stevia , truvia type sweetner

    thanks for the list alottolose it is very helpful. a may try the truvia and see how i get on
  55. eileen11954

    Started today and looking for support and motivation!

    keep going and try to eat a good variety of food . make sauces and marinades to living things up. when you think about it when you are on cruise it is not so different than a normal healthy eating diet. and if you are missing bread try the dukan bread recipe it is great toasted and make a good...
  56. eileen11954

    stevia , truvia type sweetner

    thanks alottolose I have used agave before starting dukan i guess i will just have to keep trying sweetners until i find one i like, i wil just have to get a large cupboard to store the redundant ones i hate wasting food lol
  57. eileen11954

    Your absolute favourite Dukan food?

    mine is chilli made with lean mince steak and no kidney beans on mashed cauliflower instead of rice, i also use cauli instead of pasta and love lasagne with courgette instead of lasgne sheets. can't really find a desser i like as don't like the taste of sweetner but might try the ginger cake...
  58. eileen11954

    Skin tightening tricks...

    can't help i resorted to £6000 of surgery LOL!!
  59. eileen11954

    stevia , truvia type sweetner

    has anyone used the stevia, truvia type sweetner? does it taste better that the other sweetners? i made a tofu dessert with sweetner today and hated the artificial taste of the sweetner. Does anyone know if agarve syrup is allowed thanks
  60. eileen11954

    Ok here goes, my journey

    haven't been to york since i was a child love the museum there
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    Attack eileens journey

    hi asami it is good to meet you. it would be good to keep in touch through here and see how we get on. I am staying on attack until friday and will go onto cruise on sat. I have had my son staying and been going out a lot. so not been good. I am hoping the rotation i am going to do , it will be...
  62. eileen11954

    Couch to 5k

    i could never run outside but jog with the wii, i read a report on the net about a study where they compared wii exercise in a lab against the normal one and the calories burned came out pretty equal i usually do 30 mins but once month run for a couple of hours to the equiilant distance of a...
  63. eileen11954

    Attack eileens journey

    well today is going to be a good day, tesco delivering shopping so no excuses not to eat properly. i am going to continue attack until friday, then go back onto cruise, on saturday. I am going to trial a couple of weeks doing pv sat, sun and mon and doing pp tue wed thu and fri and see what...
  64. eileen11954

    Ok here goes, my journey

    dr d says in his book look at it as though you are going down the stairs , going down a few and then resting on one and then going down some more this is how this diet works going from plataue to plataue excuse the spelling too early to get my brain into gear lol. the real weight loss of fat is...
  65. eileen11954

    Dukan bread - yum

    i don't bother buying fromage frais or quark as i usually find ff yoghurt is interchangable with both of them in recipes
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    Pattern of PP and PV once in cruise

    i am thinking of doing 4 days pp and 3 days pv so i always have pv sat and sun
  67. eileen11954

    Started today and looking for support and motivation!

    hi sammy i have been on this diet3 weeks and have already lost 1 stone, and know my ticker is a zero but that is because afer easter away i am starting again on attack, my weigh in will be friday. this is the easiest diet i have ever been on as long as you stick to it and don.t let life get in...
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    Back and very embarrassed

    interested to see how you get on i hate having pp days at the weekend
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    Non scale victories (stolen from SW forum)

    noticing dimples in my cheeks because my face is thinner
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    Ok here goes, my journey

    i usually find the tofu in the vegetable aisle in supermarkets
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    Exercising on low carb

    i do zumba and running with the wii and walk 11/2 most days and don't have any problem
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    Alcohol

    you can have alcohol on conso but only 1 glass with your celebration meal. I guess I am lucky I am allergic to alcohol so don't miss it
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    Winnie's Dukan Diary

    i had problems with the ticker because i tried to do it on the html code, but once i did it on the bb code it was fine
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    Attack eileens journey

    well it is going to be an akward day today, i have a leak in a water pipe in the wall , so the water is turned off, and can't get out to get bottled water as have to wait for the plumber, also not being able to go out means no walk, just as well i have dukan friendly food in or i would really be...
  75. eileen11954

    yoghurt

    i frequently buy from the sugar free megastore but haven't seen them on there i will have to take a closer look thanks
  76. eileen11954

    Sweeteners??

    has the dukan shop not started selling a sweetner made from stevia, if so then i am sure yours would be allowed. I have wondered about argave syrup as i used to use that before dukan and that is a naturall product
  77. eileen11954

    "croissants"

    will definately be trying these
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    Recipes that I love (updated often)

    this makes a really good lasagne, use the cougette sliced thinly length wise and place in layers lnstead of the pasta and make the white sauce with cornflour and season but miss out the cheese
  79. eileen11954

    yoghurt

    thanks is there any benefit to buying the dukan flavourings from the dukan shop or are they a waste of money
  80. eileen11954

    Where can I find.....

    I have a free kindle reading app on my computer downloaded the life plan book from amazon straight onto that had it in seconds
  81. eileen11954

    Where can I find.....

    get the life plan book less sciencey and easier to read good recipes as well
  82. eileen11954

    Is soya milk allowed on Dukan?

    i can't take ordinary milk so i use unsweetened soya milk and have no problem with it . i don't use any particular brand have used alpro and supermarket own brands
  83. eileen11954

    Back and very embarrassed

    i was the same on south beach as soon as i started adding carbs it all went to pot. we just have to be strong. if you know one particular food triggers you, avoid that food like the plague
  84. eileen11954

    Specifics - Non-fat Dairy products allowed on Dukan

    I have bought fat free fromage frais, it must have been either tesco or waitrose own make I don't know which as i shop at both stores, and don't bother to buy it anymore, i make my own nf yoghurt and just substitute that for any recipe that calls for fromage frais or quark and have no problems.
  85. eileen11954

    yoghurt

    thanks i have a yoghurt maker and make plain thick yoghurt and just eat it as it is as i don't like the taste of sweetner in things , but i thought it would be nice to have a flavoured one now and again
  86. eileen11954

    What do you all eat for breakfast?

    i usually have a hard boiled egg and yoghurt on week days and lean bacon and egg at weekends i like to keep my gallette for lunch
  87. eileen11954

    yoghurt

    could someone please tell me which yoghurts you use. I read somewhere on the facebook page that muller light was not allowed. and I can't seem to find coconut, or lemon other than perle du lait which i am sure is not allowed
  88. eileen11954

    Attack eileens journey

    well day 2, no breakfast today, my son is visiting and was sleeping in the lounge so could not get to the kitchen. lean bacon and egg and yoghurt for lunch and cold meats and yoghurt for dinner. made an egg custard yesterday so will have that later. saw a recipe for ginger cake in the lifeplan...
  89. eileen11954

    Today I have lost 100lbs!

    fantastic i hope that i can do so well with my weight loss. Did you do any other exercise than the walking
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    Top Tips for Dukan

    like the idea of the cool bag thing, i drink 2 glasses of cyder vinegar in water with a little sugarfree syrup to flavour it before a couple of meals it is supposed to help with water retention
  91. eileen11954

    Attack meringue?

    here is the meringue recipe as promised, i have not tried it a i don't like meringue. It is out of the official dukan recipe book and i think would only be for cruise as it contains cocoa. coffee and chocolate meringue makes approx 12 prep time 10 mins cook time 20 mins 3 egg whites 2 teasp low...
  92. eileen11954

    Attack Hi All!

    it is a very easy diet to do, Have you got the book if not I would reccomend getting the new lifeplan book. It is easier to find out info from it , than the original
  93. eileen11954

    Attack meringue?

    there is a recipe for choc and coffee meringues in the dukan recipe book i have it on my kindle i will write it out later today and post it in the recipe section
  94. eileen11954

    Attack eileens journey

    This is my first day back in attack. I thought writing a diary would be good to keep track of things. I have already lost 14lbs in 3 weeks on dukan , but as I slipped a little last week while away visiting my grandchildren, I thought I would go back on attack for a few days just to kick start...
  95. eileen11954

    Welcome to Dukan

    Hi, i have been on dukan for 3 weeks but slipped while away last week, so although i did not put weight back on i am back on attack for a few days this week just to kick start things again. I bought the new life plan book through amazon the other day and wished i had it earlier as it said in...
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