Yesterday was my 6th day of attack and was down 12 lbs, but I'm very heavy. Start weight 259.8, yesterday's weigh in 247.5. However today I was up a pound...I ate Turkey bacon which is really not allowed and I think it was the sodium.

 

I love this diet!

I always only do the attack phase. I've done the diet five times I think, and I've lost about 10 pounds every time. It's the most effective diet I've ever tried. I really recommend it Right now Im on my 4th day and Im already 6 lbs down!

 

I love this diet!

I always only do the attack phase. I've done the diet five times I think, and I've lost about 10 pounds every time. It's the most effective diet I've ever tried. I really recommend it Right now Im on my 4th day and Im already 6 lbs down!

Do you find that the weight loss is just from the scale or that you are genuinely physically smaller (waist/hip measurements have changed, etc)?

 

I lost a pound a day and had a massive binge on the fourth day.... Gaining all the weight back plus a few.

 

Do you find that the weight loss is just from the scale or that you are genuinely physically smaller (waist/hip measurements have changed, etc)?

Im sure that a lot of it is fat. My BMI is pretty low, so 10 lbs is a lot to lose for me, and I can see it in the mirror after the diet that Ive lost. I also feel smaller. And the weight stays off so it can't be "just food and water weight"

 

Hm. Looks like the Atkins diet with less fat intake. :/

 

Im sure that a lot of it is fat. My BMI is pretty low, so 10 lbs is a lot to lose for me, and I can see it in the mirror after the diet that Ive lost. I also feel smaller. And the weight stays off so it can't be "just food and water weight"

That's awesome!

 

i lost a lot on it and maintained a decent weight, was consuming about 800 calories a day, eating turkey breast and greek yoghurt and stuff. it's hella expensive

stayed on it for months, too

 

I tried it and lost about 10 lbs on a 10 day Attack Phase but when I pass to the Cruise Phase, I gained 3 lbs so I think it's for the best to only do the Attack Phase.

 

Hm. Looks like the Atkins diet with less fat intake. :/

It's actually quite different.

Atkins recommends lots of low carb vegetables as long as you stay under 20 grams of carbohydrate.

The dukan diet attack phase allows no vegetables at all.

 

It's actually quite different.

Atkins recommends lots of low carb vegetables as long as you stay under 20 grams of carbohydrate.

The dukan diet attack phase allows no vegetables at all.

this is so unhealthy lol

 

this is so unhealthy lol

From what I've read, the attack phase lasts only a few days. I have also read that he got into a lot of trouble in France for his diet being unhealthy, though.

 

THIS is why it works so well. It's known as rabbit starvation. When I was at my skinniest, it's pretty much where I was at. It's super effective in the short-term, but over time it has been known to cause death by starvation. It's the approach used in this diet. Again also highly effective, but not advisable to follow for any great length of time. Even if you have ample excess body fat to consume.

I'm actually about to do this again, combined with alternate day fasting. It shreds even better than the ketogenic diet, in my experience, because it initially preserves muscle. You also lose a lot of water weight this way because of the low sodium content. High water intake and adequate supplementation with vitamins and minerals (salts) are essential.

 

THIS is why it works so well. It's known as rabbit starvation. When I was at my skinniest, it's pretty much where I was at. It's super effective in the short-term, but over time it has been known to cause death by starvation. It's the approach used in this diet. Again also highly effective, but not advisable to follow for any great length of time. Even if you have ample excess body fat to consume.

I'm actually about to do this again, combined with alternate day fasting. It shreds even better than the ketogenic diet, in my experience, because it initially preserves muscle. You also lose a lot of water weight this way because of the low sodium content. High water intake and adequate supplementation with vitamins and minerals (salts) are essential.

Hey wanna do it together? Do you use kik? My username is babybooiseating

 

*sorry I know this is an old thread*

I did it way back in like 2011 and I lost 4kg in the first week then nothing even when following it for like 2-3 weeks before I stopped and gained it all back.

To be honest I only did it because I needed to drop a dress size in 3 weeks so it totally worked for that purpose.

I much prefer Atkins if I'm honest as it's a lot easier to maintain and you can still stay in ketosis if you're able to binge on fats (peanut butter and a spoon is my weakness).

Dukan got stripped of his ability to practise medicine because he was recommending that high school students get graded on whether they were at a "healthy weight" or not which is a little fucked up.

 

You have great timing to resurrect this thread because I am going to start this next week once I'm able to restrict again.

Just because he lost his ability to practice medicine doesn't mean all that much here. I mean, most of us could probably do worse in terms of our eating habits :wacko: It's good to know, but I'm going to do it anyway.

 

I've done this twice before, each time lost about 4kg.

I'm currently doing it again after 8 months.
I'm on day 3/10 of Attack Phase eating between 500-1000 calories a day + gym. So far I've lost nearly 1kg.

Side note: I'm only eating vegetarian proteins.

 

My boyfriends mum just gave me her book for this diet, am going to start it tomorrow morning, i'm so excited!

 

Let us know how it goes. I've been thinking of doing either that or Atkins.