This is my second go at DUkan, I lost 12 kg on it in 2008/2009 (from 71 kg to 59) and put back on 7 kilos so now I am working hard at getting them off again! I have done 3 weeks and am 3 kilos down. I would like to take off another 5 which is not such an unrealistic goal! I am only 5ft2 so if I can get down to 60-58 kilos, I will at least be able to buy off the rack clothes in reasonable sizes and not look like a complete whale, even if I will not be a top model size!
I find it harder the second time around but at the same time the old habits do come back. I am not so hard on myself as the first time and allow myself an occasional piece of fruit and this weekend it was a friend's birthday so I had a little piece of cake. but then straight back down to routine!
Someone who was on attack complained of headache. I think this is because of the cutting out of sugar and not actually of the diet itself. I noticed this too both times and quite a few sugar cravings but after a while on the diet I find those go away. Your body has to adjust to living without processed sugar and getting its energy otherwise! poor thing, we gave it so many sweet treats, it has a hard tome going cold turkey! But i found that after the first time I did Dukan, I found fatty and overly sweet food nauseating and I could not eat very big portions any more.
I put the weight back on in my mind from not following the one day PP a week, and from starting to eat bread and carbs again too often, rather than from occasional indulgences. Next time, once I am back at goal weight, I will be doing regular exercise again and staying off the bread as much as possible!
Sorry that was rambling, I just wanted to say hi!
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