Chicken curry leftovers from the night before.

Lunch

Turkey breast grilled with a hint of lime and spring onion.

Dukan pancake from oat and wheat bran.

Dinner

Chicken breast fillets filled with extra light Philadelphia and seasoned with garlic, basil and oregano.

Desert

Two squares of Protal chocolate pralines.

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One thing I find particularly hard in dieting at the moment is the lack of hot meals during lunch time. Unfortunately I no longer live five minutes from work, thus cannot just pop-in to cook or heat something up. As we do not have a microwave at work, or even a proper kitchen it boils down to the sad reality of having cold lunches…

It wouldn’t be as tough in the summer, but now with the winter coming it would have been nice to have something warm to eat.

Breakfast

2 fried slices of ham and 2 fried eggs

Lunch

Char grilled chicken and gherkins

Dinner

Chicken curry – chicken breast, 0.1% fat yoghurt mixed together with curry spice

Throughout the day I have been drinking water and jasmine tea. I probably need to start counting those, as I’m never sure if I have done the required amount…

I’m not your typical diet-obsessed-chick. Just the thought of “rabbit food” like salads and the supposedly healthy options is a turn off. At the same time I’m not all that bad – never been addicted to crisps or fizzy drinks.

A big turning point was when my weight started to get dangerously close to 90kg, and that sounds like almost a hundred, at least to me.

I’ve tried diets before but they were either ineffective, or I would slip really quickly, or the weight loss would not last. None of these makes starting yet another diet easy.

I was secretly wishing for some magic solution that would not involve crunching salad and jogging all day long. If I had time to exercise several hours a day, I wouldn’t have a problem in the first place, would I?

And then I was told about the Dukan diet. In short it is a variation of the low carb diet type. But what is really special about it is the promise of a normal life at the end of the trial. It’s not a quick and easy solution, and it has quite strict rules, however it holds you by the hand and deals with the yo-yo effect.

The main ingredient is proteins, which means plenty of meat, as well as no feeling of being starved to death. Thus inspired by my sisters’ results (she’s doing Protal too) I’ve decided to start too, and now that I have actually managed to stay on it over a week I thought of documenting my journey. On one hand to motivate myself and add one more reason not to quit (oh, the public shame…), and on the other hand to maybe help others who want to follow this French diet.