You're not being naggy at all, Laura. I appreciate the help!
If I tell you the quantities, would you please let me know whether you think I'm eating enough?
Breakfast
Typically, 1 x 120g yoghurt with 2 tbsp oatbran mixed in.
Sometimes I have a yoghurt with one of my toffee muffins in addition. Both of these are usually followed by a small glass of apple juice. I'm usually not very hungry in the morning so this tends to be as much as I feel I can manage at that time.
Lunch
Typically, my bread ration of 40-50g wholemeal bread made into a sandwich with a big, very thick slice of deli ham (sorry, don't know how much it weighs - but I was worried that it might even be far too much!) or 2 slices of the best supermarket ham I can find and a large dollop (maybe 3 heaped tblsp) of homemade Dukan coleslaw.
Or a cheese sandwich, using the bread ration, my 40g cheese ration (Cheddar) and the same amount of coleslaw.
Or a 3 egg omelette (complete eggs - whites and yolks plus just a little skimmed milk) with a filling of 4 mushrooms, 2 spring onions or chives and my cheese ration plus my bread ration. If I have any salad left over, this gets added to my lunch.
For PP days, I might have 3 rashers of turkey bacon (each one looks about the same size as normal bacon rashers) and about 180g of cottage cheese. Or 3 full eggs scrambled with skimmed milk and a small amount of chives. Or a galette plus a quarter of the minced beef meatloaf recipe from the Dukan book and a mini gherkin.
Lunch is always followed by 1 x 120g yoghurt, and occasionally I add in a toffee muffin or 2.
If I'm feeling hungry between lunch and dinner, I'll have another 120g yoghurt or a muffin.
Dinner
This varies quite a lot, but I do tend to give myself large portions as this is my main meal of the day and I have more time to prepare food.
Tonight's menu gives an idea, size-wise, of a typical meal which fills up a 27cm dinner plate.
My portion of the gratin amounts to:
2 courgettes
150g minced beef
1 tblsp tomato purée
1/2 onion
1 full egg
2 heaped tblsp fromage frais
40g Cheddar cheese
Then about 4 heaped tblsp of mixed lettuce leaves and grated carrot.
This is followed by a 9cm diameter ramekin of the crème au chocolat from the Dukan book (egg yolks, skimmed milk, 1 tsp cocoa powder, sweetener, almond and vanilla essences, small amount of corn flour).
That does tend to keep me feeling full and keeps my cravings in check. If I need to eat more, I don't think I could manage any additions at breakfast time (eating too much then makes me feel bloated and sickly), but I could add extra at either lunch or dinner if necessary. Lunch would be the best option as I tend to feel stuffed full after dinner!
I guess this is a Dukan version of how I'd normally eat anyway - light breakfast (I often used to skip it before the diet, but always eat one now), sandwich for lunch, big dinner.
Thanks for your help, Laura.
). For info, PP days are horribly low (900 or so although mine has veg in, but that's low-carb so not much different), PV conso + carbs (plus my extra fruit) gives me about 1700 calories which is (I presume) enough to maintain while allowing for the odd gala meal (which is then compensated by the PP or strict PV day, of course). I think I probably have less than 400 gr of starch per week (which is what Dr D advises on conso) but it's spread out over 5 days.
