Going down slowly. A few ups and downs on the way. I have noticed that the busier my life gets the less I adhere to the strict diet rules. Starting to think that maybe stopping photographing my bland chicken meals was not the best idea…

Another thing I have noticed is that when there is no time to cook it is tempting to just either do something boring, or even go half-acceptible. This is probably a big sign I should really start cooking ahead and freezing some of the meals.

Recently I have tried out a few protein bars. They are really addictive, at some point I ended up having one or more daily. They might have a lot of protein and low carbs & fat, but overall they seemed to be stopping my weight loss. So goodbye protein bars.

Overall I lost 1.1kg over the 10 days.

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.