Hello Guys,I auditioned this diet last week. Now, if you've been reading up on this topic, the DUKAN Diet is a diet that consists of 4 phases. The first phase of the DUKAN Diet consists of an all protein diet coupled with a couple of spoonfuls of OAT BRAN (Which I thought wasn't important, ill get to that later). I was thinking, how hard could it be? its all meat, eat all you can! so here was my experience on a failed ATTACK PHASE (Phase 1 of the DUKAN Diet)
Preparation:
I bought a butt load of food. mainly Beef, Chicken and Fish. I bought Lean Beef, Chicken Breasts and Tilapia from SM. and then I bought seasonings na allowed as per the list of allowed foods for DUKAN Diet.
I was thinking this was gonna be easy. Note that I didn't get the OAT BRAN.
Starting Weight: *17 Pounds (let's keep it a secret)
The Dukan Calculator tells me that I have to be on the Attack Phase for 6 days, with an expected initial loss of 6 lbs. (google the dukan calculator. its free!)
And then I started! Here we go!
Day 1
Breakfast: TUNA (Chunks in Water only, 1 can)
Lunch: 1/2 Roast Chicken
Dinner: Chicken Breast with Curry Rub
Observations: I THOUGHT IT WAS GONNA BE EASY. its really hard. by noon I was already craving for carbs. I staved that off by drinking black coffee with no sugar. meat tastes the same so you have to creative.
Day 2
Breakfast: Chicken in Turmeric Stirfry (just a dab of oil)
Lunch: seared Lean Beef strips with peppercorns
dinner: Chicken rubbed with chili powder and salt.
Observations: Holy Crap. it took like, 2 minutes to empty my PISS Tank. yes, I pissed a lot! :O must be the body's response to the protein.
for some reason, I stepped on the weighing scale, and I lost 2.7 pounds! :O Pretty sure this is water weight, but still, it was promising.
whew. Today, the Carb cravings were much worse. I really wanted to get a spoonful of rice. but I managed to pull it off today.
Day 3
Breakfast: Ground Round in Garlic Pepper and Red EGG
Lunch: Ground Round in Garlic Pepper + hardboiled egg
Dinner: Fried Chicken Breasts
Observations: I lost another pound this morning. so thats a total of 3.7 pounds. very promising. Today, the carb cravings was just too much. I gave in an ate some yogurt just to get me by. no no no no.
Day 4
Breakfast: Tuna Chunks + Eggs
Lunch: Chicken Fillet marinated in Soy
Dinner: Tilapia Fillet in Soy
Observations: Ouch. The Yogurt!
it had me gain .5 lbs! so thats a total loss of 3.2 lbs on day 4. Carb Cravings are not helping. I ate a piece of Biko... </3
Day 5
Breakfast: Tilapia
Lunch: Grilled chicken breasts
BAM! I gave in for dinner. I couldnt take it anymore. I was going crazy for the carbs, so, I went to KFC for a helping of friend chicken and rice...
I failed... <3
Observations: it's the Carb Craving that kills you, and this is what made it difficult for me because I didn't get the OAT BRAN. I read up on the diet during the weekend and apparently, the OAT BRAN is a non negotiable as it's gonna be your source of fiber, and at the same time, it will be the closest you can get to sugar/carbs (i.e. Carb craving? take a spoonful of OAT BRAN)
BUT WAIT! i didn't entirely fail! after the 5 day stintm, i lost a total of 3.2 pounds. and so far, up to today, it's still off! :O and I haven't been exercising :O (well, except for gigs)
So, next time I try this, (i'm thinking around May) I'm definitely getting the OAT BRAN. plus, that week, I had a lot of occasions to attend to making the diet really hard to adhere to. but so far, on the question of "Does it Work?" I'm gonna say it does work. whew