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Chat Online 14/06/2013's Session

mod : Good Morning Dukanians! Today is the 14th of June. Welcome to our live chat! This one hour chat today will be hosted by Jemma. All questions are welcome. Enjoy the chat!

XIANGSHOU : Can I drink non sweet soy milk instant trim milk? Do I must follow one PP day and the second day PV?

jemma : Hi XIANGSHOU and welcome to our on line chat! Soya milk is considered as a tolerated food, you can have 2 tolerated foods per day, you can check the tolerated food list in the cupboard of your slimming apartment. In the cruise phase your alternation is one PP day and one PV day. Have a nice weekend!

shairaz : I am almost 3 weeks in the program. And all the time keep all the instructions carefuly, but yet nothing significant with my weight?

jemma : Hi shairaz and welcome to our on line chat! Could you please let me know what you have been eating and drinking during these past three days please including snacks and meals? I need a very detailed menu to be able to advice you correctly. Are you suffering from constipation? Have a nice weekend!

wenkan : I have been ill for the past 3 weeks with sinusitis and a virus so have not been following the diet. Can I restart pick up from where I left off. Only managed to do a week of the diet and felt the difference but feel I am back to where I started again.

jemma : Hi wenkan and welcome to our on line chat! I recommend you to get back on track following your instructions for cruise phase while increasing your physical activity and you will be very fine!

beautyperfect : If I was going to drink any form of alcohol would white spirits be better than wine I know it would be better to drink none but if I was to?

Jemma : Welcome to our live chat Beautyperfect! Needless to say you already know the answer. The best type of alcohol to have would be red wine. Remember that this will destroy your efforts and take you a very long time to recuperate from. You should not be having any alcohol until you move passed the slimming phases. I hope you have a great day!

Molly2 : I've been stuck at the same weight for 2 and a half weeks after losing 7 pounds in the first month. Any tips on kick starting weight loss again. I'm following the instructions.

Jemma : I hope you are enjoying the live chat Molly2! This is one of the most common symptoms in the Dukan diet. You are most likely constipated. We have a couple of remedies for this like make sure you drink about 2 litres of fluids per day. We recommend drinking really cold, almost icy water. Please increase your oat bran intake to 3 tablespoons per day. You could also try increasing your daily exercise. You can have up to 200 grams of baked rhubarb to help to ease your constipation. Our Dukan Diet Online Shop also sells a number of slimming aids including the Digestive Aid Fruit Squares which will help to ease constipation. You can also find shirataki noodles on our online shop that can help your bowel movement. If after having tried all of this, you are still constipated, I would advise you to go and see your local pharmacist so that he can provide you with the most appropriate laxative for you. Have a great rest of the day.

aicha : What to do during a trip. At least we will be in the same time zone for a while.

Jemma : I am glad you could make it to the chat despite of the time difference Aicha. First of all remember that when you are away, you can turn a PP day into a PV one as they are easier to do when you are away; while doing this keep in mind that they may slow your weight loss down because the original formula for weight loss is the alternation between PP+PV days. You should also try and get as much physical activity as possible; this would really depend on what you are going on a trip for, what is available to you and so on. Try your best to keep up with the diet and when you come back, just send us a message and fill out a report so that based on that information, we can see whether you need special instructions or if you can just follow your original daily instructions.

Molly2 : Thanks. I'm not constipated but I'll try those recommendations anyway. Another question, with regard to the Dukan shop oatbran bars (which = 2 tolerated items), can I have this in addition to my daily galette or is it an alternative?

Jemma : Hi again Molly2! You can try this stuff, but no need for the pharmacist, nor the fruit squares then if you are not actually constipated; but there is nothing wrong with eating shirataki noodles for example. Lapses also will only worsen the case, I would advise you to take a look at your recipe book for alternatives to lapses. You should also remember that you can have up to 5 pieces of sugar free sweets per day. Since nothing replaces your daily dose of oat bran, you can have your galette+ your 2 tolerated items which in this case would be the Dukan oat bars.

analela : It's true that with tea included i can easily drink even 4l a day but how comes that I was losing weight before then? it's only since a few weeks that I started to stagnate. Should I put less salt then in my roast chicken instead of avoiding it? I love my roast chicken and also eating only chicken is not an issue to my weight stagnation? and what is a drainer? I have never heard about it before. Thanks

Jemma : Hi Analela! You may have had your weight loss be slower than what it should have been in the first place and due to the fact that you kept on drinking as much, it was only a matter of time before your weight loss would come to a complete stop. I really love chicken myself, however, you have to eat less of it or avoid it all together because it is causing you to retain water; especially since you are drinking 4l per day. You should not add salt at all to your roast chicken or look for salt that has very little to no sodium in it. A drainer will pretty much help you urinate more frequently and allow you to get rid of some of the extra water your body retains; as your local chemist about it, as I am sure they can explain this much better than I can.

strongandtall : Hi do I not add food that I've eaten into a diary or my exercise?

Hemma : Welcome to our live chat strongandtall! You have to complete your daily report to only say if you have lapsed during the day and if you have exercised.

Sabineka : Good morning team (on my side of the world anyway), I wanted to ask about the protein powder. which one of them are we allowed to use for cooking/baking?

Jemma : Hi Sabineka! You are allowed to use any protein powder you would like for both cooking and or baking. This something that is tolerated, only in the few Dukan recipes that have them. You should not use protein powder anywhere else. Have a wonderful rest of the day!

mod : The one hour chat is now over. Had you not gotten to join or to see your answers, they will be posted up on our homepage in a couple of hours. We hope to see you on Tuesday at our new time 1PM (UK time)! Have a good weekend Dukanians!