The Dukan Diet

So.... diet #1299350... The Dukan Diet

I have always had better results, and felt better when I leave out carbs, starches and sugars, so when I read about the Dukan Diet (www.dukandiet.org and www.dukandiet.co.uk) in the Daily Mail the other day (http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-1267585/The-Dukan-Diet-Want-stay-slim-Eat-want--Thursdays.html), I felt the faint rumblings of possibility and hope once more...

Basically, the Dukan Diet consists of 4-phases: attack, cruise, consolidation and stabilisation.

http://www.thedukandiet.org/Program/Main.html

"The method comprises 4 successive steps: the Attack phase with purely natural proteins to boot-start a fast weight loss in less than a week, the Weight Loss phase with alternative proteins during which you'll reach your target weight, the Stabilization phase with the re-introduction of all type of foods and finally the definitive Cruise phase."

So, having read as much as I could find online about this diet, I ran a trolley around costco and Tesco grabbing as much meat and fat-free dairy as I could afford, and prepared to start....