My first pp on conso. Is it the same?

[Nina41]

Tomorrow is my first pp thursday. Is it the same? Are tolerates allowed?

 

[Elisheba]

I would keep it as strict as possible.... but I'm not even there...

Hey, that is a great result!
I'm happy for you

 

[anjuschka]

In the book (2010 UK edition) Dr D discusses PP Thursdays on pages 130-132, mainly stressing it's importance and the need to keep it up.
I would avoid tolerateds - personally I generally have.

Good luck you will be fine.

 

[Supertonic]

I hate them with a vengeance now! Miss my veggies too much! And I also vary the day a bit, as Thurs is not always convenient. Sometimes i find I've got a day when I've done pp almost by accident, so then I count that as it for the week. Think Dukan has become my default mode!

 

[Maintainer]

I used to treat PP days as fish and sea food days... and have plenty! In the right season, making up a nice sea food platter is a real treat, and takes AGES to eat!

I agree with avoiding tolerateds... perhaps a nice bath, and a pamper and early to bed curtails the day nicely too

 

[anjuschka]

There are plenty of ways of having nice food without tolerateds.

My favourite PP 'treats' are tofu vanilla cream, cheesecake (made with agar). Or baked custards (not made those for a while though)

And agree on the seafood front! Although in Stab you are supposed to watch/limit your intake of salmon (and by extension also other fatty fish like mackerel etc?) - I can't quite recall what the limit is but it still does allow a reasonable sized fresh salmon steak for example.

 

[Nina41]

Oh, I survive really well without tolerates! I was asking mainly because of the wheat bran that I use to make dukan bread before the gym.
I had a galette instead and that gave me plenty fuel for 1h30 min of exercises!

 

[anjuschka]

Ahh - I ALWAYS have the wheatbran. It's not a tolerated in my (old) book/head ;-)

 

[Nina41]

So do u have 2tbsp of oat bran and 1 wheat bran? What do you use it for apart from bread?

 

[Joydriven]

Just wanted to say congrats! I read last night on conso phase. I had been thinking itvwas necessary to keep rotating pv/pp days. So relieved to read that it was only 1pp/week. It did say no tolerated on pp Thursday and to be extremely rigid with the rules.

Best of luck! Wondering what that first celebration meal was like!

 

[anjuschka]

So do u have 2tbsp of oat bran and 1 wheat bran? What do you use it for apart from bread?

Yes every day I have 2+1, regardless of PV/PP etc. later in Stab you're supposed to have 3TB of Oatbran a day.

I have it in:
Porridge! Most days.
Dukan bread in the breadmaker (when I'm organised)
Quick bread or 'muffins' in the microwave
As a base for a dukan friendly quiche
As a topping (with mustard) when I bake salmon / fish
In yoghurt (I like to leave it to soften for at least 3 hours)
As 'crisp bread' (which I then carefully cut so that there is 1Tb oat and 1/2 Tb wheat in each 'bread'. Same recipe with sweetener and ginger as 'biscuits' - those keep well when travelling.

can't think of any more offhand. All those I found in or posted to the recipes forum at some point.

Occasionally I also put it in my burgers when they call for breadcrumbs for binding

 

[Nina41]

Joy, haven't had the gala yet, too scared!!

Anja, with the bread allowance and the wheat, it means we can have TWO sandwiches a day!!! I will have a salmon+quark and a tuna melt!