lolol!!!

I use a ton of cinnamon in mine, or when I make porridge. Supposedly cinnamon is good for your metabolism and since I love it, I figure it can't hurt to go a little overboard.

But I think I will be double checking the jar every time now!

Any ideas for the constipation? I didn't get it the first couple weeks but now I am...

I drink about 66oz of water a day and walk 30 min. I have been eating a lot of lettuce salad this week too so I don't know what's doing on. Tried Metemucil but that isn't helping either.

I feel good but it still "bothers" me...it can't be healthy to NOT "go"!!

Samadhi

http://www.dukandiet.co.uk/en/345,59....html#Answer59

If you are not uncomfortable, it is not really an issue and just getting used to a different pattern. I think that could be why the metamucil didn't do much, there was not a lot in there for it to help push along!

you can also try Colace (softener rather than laxative) if necessary

Thanks, April...no I am not uncomfortable...I suppose it's just worry over a change in what I am used to.

Thanks for the information.

Hi all,
This is not only my first ever forum to join, but my first ever diet (Dukan). So far, so good. I was inspired to actually join in order to thank you ALL for the fantastic recipes. My husband and I are both on day 5 of the cruise after a 7 day attack. The lack of variety was really the biggest challenge for both of us. In 24 hours, I've tried the flatbread and the oat bran muffins. Both are wonderful!
Glad to be among you all.

Larva225

welcome Larva!!!! Glad you and your hub are doing well on Dukan. I do thnk you have to work at it a bit to get the same variety, although at this point, just under 3 months in, I find that I don't need as much variety - it's almost easier for me to spend even less time thinking about food. Don't get me wrong, I like what I'm eating but I just don't think about it so much. I used to get to work in the morning and start thinking about what I would have for lunch that day! lol!

April, I second that...I rarely think about food where I seemed to all the time before...I think it's that -yes I can have it or no I can't that we have discussed before.

Would you mind IM ing me? I am losing very slowly on IP compared to what the coach said I should be. I would be interested at how your losses were. Thanks. I have not cheated once.

April, that is a relief! Not so much about the lack of variety and not missing it, but about the required planning/cooking spent on this thing!! I never would have imagined that such a limited (or straightforward) menu would take so much work.

I definitely am pretty minimalist. I keep oat bran, cinnamon and sweetener at my office, bring in a small container of milk on Mondays and make my serving of oat bran porridge for breakfast. Weekend days, I usually make the gallette.

I also batch cook as much as I can. I hard boil a dozen and a half eggs over the weekend and take a couple as snacks (sometimes I only eat the white, depending on how hungry I am). I usually make a small pot of chicken soup on Sunday - 3 servings worth. I divide that up into 3 containers, and then cook up 3 nice big portions of broccoli, and take all of that for lunch. (My office is very cold so even in the summer,it's nice to have hot soup!) Other days, or if I haven't made soup, I usually end up getting low salt deli meat for lunch and/or a late afternoon snack.

Suppers are usually grilled chicken or a salmon burger. I also will cook an additional veggie disk to have for my PV days - roasted veggies, grilled eggplant or zucchini in marinara sauce are the most common. I do a pattern of 3 PV days followed by 3-4 PP days to make the cooking easier.

So it's pretty boring - instead of the Dukan 100 foods, I probably eat about 20 different foods at most. But being able to be on auto pilot as much as possible makes it much, much easier for me to stick with in a logistical sense, and I also find that the limited menu helps to reduce the time I spend thinking about food, shopping and cooking - so fewer opportunities for temptation to go off plan.

I am with you April...the less time I have to think about eating the better. This is working very well for me. I have always eaten the same foods over and over.

Even WWWWWWWWAAAAAAAAAAAAYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY back in High School....every morning for 4 years - peanut butter toast...and now that I write this I have to say that at that time I weighed about 120.

Plus I have very busy days and with Dukan I don't also have to find time for cooking and measuring.

I went out to breakfast today with a friend. I ordered an omlet and she ordered a CARMEL ROLL.... WHAT is the deal....ANOTHER Carmel Roll....jeez...enough already.

Have a good week....

How did everyone's Monday go?

Have you had any eating at a resturant issues being on Dukan?

I've been fine at restaurants - I get something like grilled salmon and veggies or a salad with grilled chicken and I make sure they don't put on croutons or cheese or things like that. I get dressing on the side and just dip the tip of the fork in for a tiny amount for each bite.

I don't go to restaurants too often at this point, so I decided not to worry about the small amount of extra oil in the dressing or veggies. If I went more often, I might worry about being a little bit stricter.

I agree with what April has said. I'll be strict in that I'll order something grilled, but as long as I don't eat platefuls of sides and dressings I figure that my body can deal with it. I just remember that any gain is water

I'm back on PP after my PV weekend, and looking forward to getting into the 150s this week! I only lost 1lb last week so I am desperately looking for a good loss this week.

Skipping w3D3 of c25k and going straight to w4d1 today--see if that shakes things up a bit *fingers crossed*

Hope everyone is on plan this week!