| The Dukan Diet has proven a success in people | | | | craving all your favourite food and snacks, you |
| with a little weight to lose and for those who | | | | can quickly lose motivation. You are also more |
| want to lose a lot of weight in a hurry. Dr. Dukan | | | | likely to give up on your diet if eating becomes a |
| notes that our weight gain is a result of how | | | | chore; with calories needing counting and food |
| many fat cells we have. When we overeat, we | | | | having to be carefully weighed and measured. |
| get to a certain point where the fat cells grow | | | | If you're having trouble drinking water lend a |
| large enough that if we don't stop the unhealthy | | | | thought to your poor kidneys. The Dukan diet |
| cycle, they then split into two creating more fat | | | | means eating a lot of protein. Proteins are high in |
| cells. | | | | waste products that are not completely broken |
| In the third phase of the diet you can even have | | | | down during digestion. Uric acid is one such |
| two meals a week of whatever you want. Have | | | | product and it needs to be eliminated. This is a job |
| a meal in restaurant with a couple of glasses of | | | | for your kidneys. In order to cope with the work |
| wine if you like, you'll deserve it after all that | | | | your kidneys will need a lot of water to help them |
| weight you've lost! In the final phase of the diet | | | | filter and remove the uric acid from your blood. If |
| the only thing you have to commit to is one | | | | you need a little motivation to drink water, think |
| protein only day a week. Dr. Dukan suggests | | | | of the help your kidneys need. |
| Thursday in his book and apparently, if you enter | | | | Consolidation phase - This, I believe, is the most |
| a restaurant in Paris on a Thursday you'll see | | | | important phase of the entire diet. Here, you're |
| many slim women (and men) eating protein only | | | | supposed to start the process of eating normally |
| meals. | | | | again without gaining any more weight. Maintaining |
| Phase One: Attack You start in the first phase | | | | your weight is a challenge with any diet, making |
| called the "attack" phase - lean proteins are your | | | | this phase ultra-important. On these phase you |
| first stage of attack on your fat. You will only eat | | | | can eat pasta, bread, fruit, and even enjoy two |
| lean proteins, chicken, seafood, lean beef and lean | | | | free meals each week with practically any food |
| ham as advised by Dr. Dukan. You can use lemon | | | | you like. |
| juice on fish or chicken. Stay away from fatty | | | | The cruise phase is the second phase of the |
| meats. You can enjoy shellfish like lobster and | | | | Dukan Diet. On this phase you have more food |
| shrimp during this phase. | | | | choices. Mainly, you can add vegetables to your |
| Fast weight loss is a huge motivating factor in any | | | | diet. However, you can only have them every |
| diet. When you can see the pounds dropping off. | | | | other day. The rest of the time it's still protein |
| When your clothes fit better and other people | | | | only. You can have practically any vegetable that |
| compliment you on your weight loss, you feel | | | | you want except for the starchy ones such as |
| motivated to keep on going. If you are rapidly | | | | potatoes, peas, and so on. |
| losing weight but you feel hungry all the time and | | | | |