Hello!
So this will be my first attempt with a food blog and also some time since my last diet. I decided to go on DD because I have a few kgs to loose and I really liked Dukan (few years ago). So I'll try and post some recipes in here and update you every few days ;)
First what's it all about (found on about.com):
The diet is based on a list of over 100 allowed foods, as well as four specific ground pillars also known as phases: attack, cruise, consolidation, and stabilization.
1. Attack Phase - two to seven days, usually five days. This phase is "pure protein," which means almost completely lean protein foods -- lean meats, fat-free dairy foods, eggs. Allowed meats are lean cuts of beef, veal and pork, skinless chicken, turkey and fish. Also, 1 1/2 tablespoons of oat bran are required each day (Dukan has a recipe for an oat bran gallette that he recommends.) Twenty minutes of exercise, generally walking, is required each day.
2. Cruise Phase - Alternates pure protein days with days where non-starchy vegetables are added. The dieter can choose any pattern of equal numbers of days up to five. Dr. Dukan says that although five days of pure protein and five days including vegetables promote the fastest weight loss, he finds that a 1/1 pattern is the one people are most likely to stick with. Oat bran is increased to two tablespoons per day, and exercise to 30 minutes. The Cruise Phase continues until "true weight" is reached (a calculator for this is on the
Dukan Diet Web site).
3. Consolidation Phase - Some carbs are added to the diet at this phase, which is usually considerably longer than the cruise phase. It is five days for each pound lost, so if 24 pounds were lost, the consolidation phase would be four months long. The theory is that this is an unstable period where the body is likely to rebound and weight regain is likely to happen if care is not taken. There is still one pure protein day per week on the same day (Thursdays recommended), but on other days the protein, vegetables and one serving of fruit (but not bananas, grapes, cherries or dried fruit), two slices of 100% whole wheat bread and one serving of cheese. Also each week there is one serving of starchy foods such as potatoes or rice, one or two servings per week of lamb, roast pork or ham, and one "celebration meal" where you can have servings of whatever you want (but not seconds). During the second half of the phase, this increases to two starchy food servings and two celebration meals (but not two in a row).
4. Permanent Stabilization Phase - This is the "rest of your life phase." For most people, there are three rules to follow: pure protein every Thursday, three tablespoons of oat bran per day and no elevators or escalators (exceptions for more than five floors).
