Dukan Diet: Attack Phase Completed

I have completed my “Attack Phase” of the Dukan Diet.

The phase lasted for 7 days during which I ate only low fat protein, including very low to zero fat dairy, and drank a lot of water.

The last week was a lot easier than I anticipated – and hoped.
With the aid of a Menu Planner page from Monday, I was able to comfortably eat my way through the week without experiencing any hunger pains. Except for in the morning – but then who isn’t hungry in the mornings?

My Dukan Summary

I made sure I bought – and read – Dr Dukan’s book.
It is available in ebook format so now I have it on my Kindle for whenever I want to refer to it. I read the section on the Attack Phase before I started and then again during. Whilst I didn’t sign up to the website, I used the True Weight Calculator to find out what my weight *should* be and how long each of my phases should be.

I downloaded the free iDukan app for my iPhone and popped my details in there so I have it with me.

Planning meals makes life so much easier. And cheaper in a way.
The Dukan Diet is a little more expensive in that when you go to the supermarket (or butcher etc), you generally pay more for protein by the gram than you do for carbohydrates. Knowing what is needed for each day means I can have things prepared in advanced and I am not scrambling for my wallet and spending (eeek) around $10 each day just for lunch! I’m enjoying the meal preparation – I can turn the telly up loud and get my Nigella on whilst catching up on the shows I thought I never had time to watch.
(In other news, my Minecraft skills are disintegrating!)

Understand what is allowed and what is not is pretty easy. Even though there are some differences between the products here in New Zealand, if it is dairy and it is zero fat – or is a drink and has no sugar, then you are pretty safe. Beef Jerky might be pushing it slightly however drinking even more water should cancel out the higher sodium levels. And I consumed it occasionally – twice during the week even when I was out and about.

I kept logging on My Fitness Pal even though it is having coniptions at the lower calorie count. Counting calories is NOT part of Dukan. It just helps me keep an eye on what I am eating and it has a great community full of support from people I know.

I have posted some of the recipes that I have enjoyed the most this past week – just follow the tag Dukan Recipe

Other than that, I’ll keep the blogs to a minimum from now – except the recipes! – and let the results speak for themselves …

Results

As recommended, I weighed myself most mornings.

Tuesday: I took my starting weight from this day
Thursday: -1.3kg
Sunday: -1kg
Monday: -400g

Me: the day the Attack Phase began

10 Comments

Jann on 19 June, 2012 at 02:34

Great blog and well done on the progress so far. I've read a bit about this diet and I might need to join you on your journey.

Tara on 19 June, 2012 at 02:36

Thanks Jann. As you can tell I am very very pleased.
A few of my friends are using the same nutritonal plan and they are also very happy with their results. Let me know when you do!
Take care, Tara x
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Bronnie on 19 June, 2012 at 02:56

YOU GO GIRL!
Look at those results! Keep it up xx

Tara on 19 June, 2012 at 03:00

big grins!! How was your week?
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ronellevanonelle on 19 June, 2012 at 10:59

Wow, good going, keep at it!

A few of us at work started a low carb diet using guidelines set out by a South African sports nutritionist – Tim Noakes – and we're all doing very well. I love eating bacon and eggs almost every morning!
One of the guys had his cholesterol tested and got the results today. His LDL levels are down from in the 7's to in the 5's and his HDL levels are excellent. Just goes to show the nay-sayers. Then again, I think he may be eating a little less red meat than I am…
He's also contributing some of the results to the copious amounts of red wine we've been drinking.
Yay!!

Tara on 19 June, 2012 at 20:40

Thanks Nell – you know how hard it is for me to lose weight but how easy it is to gain!
I've seen your gym updates. Great to see you have a team to run around and get punished with.
I'm staying away from alcohol at the moment but I'm dying for a wine. Will be a cheap date by the time you arrive!

Can't wait to see you. Hurry up December!
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