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Posted 9/2/2012 1:04 PM (GMT -5)
I'm reading about the Dukan diet, which includes daily oat bran. I'm wondering if it would cause diarhea or would it be more like the kind of fiber that firms stool, the way psillium does
Posted 9/2/2012 2:11 PM (GMT -5)
     Funny  you should mention this diet.  My daughter lost a ton of weight on the Dukan diet.  I am very hesitant to follow it as I swear the Adkins Diet (very similar to Dukan) threw me into ulcerative colitis.  Two weeks into that diet and wham....mucus in stools, blood, urgency and downhill all the way until I had surgery.

     I was going to try the modified version of the Dukan....not all protein the first week, but some veggies and two fruits.  I ate the oat bran in the morning and it thickened my output very much so.  No problem with it though.    I don't much care for the taste.  My daughter doctors it up quite a bit with sweet and low and cinnamon.  She lost about 40 pounds in less than five months and so far is keeping it off. 

Posted 9/2/2012 2:19 PM (GMT -5)
Christine thank you for a lot of good information. It sounds like oat bran won't be too bad for me. But 40 pounds in five months sounds like a bit much, too fast. I don't need to lose that much but I am afraid of what will happen to my skin if I lost so quickly. I'll check the modified version.
To be honest, I think the UC would have kicked up on the day it did regardless of what you had been eating, Atkins or not. I was diagnosed with UC in 1998, and it happened when it happened and no way of eating that I tried over the years had any effect on it at all.
Posted 9/2/2012 6:46 PM (GMT -5)
     Yeah, my GI doctor said the same thing...just a coincidence.  I suffered with IBS since childhood but the IBD took hold when I was 52.  I was also diagnosed in 1998!!  That was one scary ride.....I was sure I had cancer.  My paternal grandmother died from rectal cancer at age 66.  That is one of the reasons, most important one really, I decided on surgery.  The meds were slowly killing me anyway.

     If you think about it, 40 pounds in about 5 months isn't THAT fast....in the beginning you lose quickly but that is mostly water weight.  She takes vitamins and Calcium. 

     Do you think you could stick to the rigidity of the diet?

Posted 9/3/2012 2:02 PM (GMT -5)
I don't know about the rigidity, it's probably not my favorite place to be! But sometimes it is good to have a regimine. I'm very lucky that at this time I am not having any issues that limit what I eat, although I remember very well how it was during the last 2 UC flares.
I just got back from a full month in Paris and discovered I had actually lost 3-4 pounds. Not a lot, but considering I was eating whatever I wanted whenever I wanted, it's a surprise. I was on the move a good deal of the time but also was sitting for a good six hours a day in front of the pc. I had yoghurt for berakfast, something warm in the afternoon, and then another yoghurt in the evening. But sometimes icecream and I did try a couple of pastries but maybe only 2.
I think your daughter lost twice as fast as what I lost on WW. From what I read of the Dukan, I could lose all that I want to lose during that first phase.
You made the right decision. Your UC started later than with most people, and the doctors will always talk about colon cancer chances increasing with UC, but given a family history, it's a good idea to rule things out entirely. Especially because UC is never going to get better, only worse, and the medications keep getting more and more frightening. But as far as colon cancer goes, we're lucky to have gotten ourselves out of the running.
Posted 9/6/2012 4:56 PM (GMT -5)
      Have you started Dukan yet?  How's it going?  I was on WW all week but today blew it rolleyes .  If I don't see immediate results, I get discouraged.  All I really need to lose is 5 - 10 lbs...but now I only have a bit more than three weeks!!!  YIKES!
Posted 9/8/2012 2:38 AM (GMT -5)
Hi Christine, no haven't started Dukan yet, haven't even ordered it form Amazon yet. I'm not sure if I want to do something that is pretty much 100% meat for several weeks. Crazy. And I've got other things on my mind. And I don't want to feel like I'm in the diet-prison when I'm with friends and socializing. WW is really so much more flexible to life. But I think if you want to lose weight that quickly then you can do it by cutting out all carbs. If it stays off is another question.
Posted 9/8/2012 8:00 AM (GMT -5)
     My daughter has kept it off the weight for several months.  She is getting married Sept 29th and wants to look slim in her wedding gown.  Plus, she already had it altered and ready to wear, so she better not put the weight back on..lol.

     I watched my caloric intake yesterday and did well.  This morning I was starving!  I ate two low fat waffles, two slices of turkey bacon, coffee and half a glass of cranberry juice for breakfast.  For lunch I will just eat Activia and then a light dinner. 

     They are predicting severe weather in this area for late afternoon.  Last week a tornado hit my sister in law's house in Mt. Ephraim, NJ.  My brother in law was on tv.  This is something that has never occured in our area.  We have a huge tree in our backyard, so praying we do not have a repeat of last week.  Tomorrow the weather is predicted to be much cooler..thank GOD!  I will then be able to do my much needed walking.

Posted 9/9/2012 6:08 AM (GMT -5)
I wish they had turkey bacon here!
In the meantime, I hope your tree is still standing where it was. Today is gorgeous and I can't belive how much reading I have to do instead of going outside, maybe I'll go to a cafe and bring it all with me.
Did your daughter mention having any difficulty sticking to an all meat diet in the beginning? For how long did she do that first Dukan phase?
Posted 9/9/2012 2:04 PM (GMT -5)
     Everything ok.  We never did get the high winds.  We had some rain, not much, but that was it.  Today, much cooler, so I could walk my 2 miles yeah !

     To be honest, I don't remember how long she was on that first phase.  She followed the diet like scripture, I can tell ya that much.  I couldn't be that strict.  She was always the type that when she put her mind to something, she carried it out.  Linda is only 5'3" but was up to 165lbs!!!  She carried the weight well, but still was much too heavy.  So, one day she came home from work with this Dukan diet book that one of her co-workers loaned her.  The next day she started it (July 2011).  By late November she was down to 123lbs and has kept it off.  Makes a world of difference in how she looks and feels.  She still eats just protein three days a week.  The other days she eats regular meals.  Every day she has the oat bran for breakfast.  I don't think she has had pasta since before the diet.  No French fries EVER again..lol.  Her fiance loves to cook and thank GOD he makes her dinner every night.  Mostly chicken and fish dishes.  When off the all protein, she will eat a salad with Balsalmic vinegar and a vegetable. 

     She never mentioned having a problem sticking to the all protein, but I know I sure would.

Posted 9/13/2012 2:55 PM (GMT -5)
Well I ordered it for 3 euros and it arrived today. Fairly simple to follow, as far as I can tell. IF I start it. I'm having friends over for dinner Saturday night and could start Sunday, but it's always my social life that interrupts these diets.
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