Introduction

I decided some 3 weeks ago that I was going to venture into the highly disciplined world of Dukan dieting and thought maybe blogging it would be fun and interesting in tracking the highs, lows, progress and cravings. Initially I thought about keeping this in tow with my Beatnik Mrs Blonde blog and just confining it to one massive 3 month long blog. However, As I rolled this idea round and around my mind further, I decided although the fundamentals of the idea was good, keeping a diet log of any sort on a Fashion (of sorts) blog, was not. New readers would get confused as to what the blog was actually about and current readers may just dismiss it entirely, I afterall am not the Oricle on what people always want to read about, although I am almost possitive people don't want to read about Hippie Subculture and then scroll up to find a never ending black hole of right wing protein consumption.

So, as you may have guessed, I have decided upon designing a whole separate blog where you may read at your will. I have named it Mrs Blonde's Dukan Diet, still familier, but I've dropped the Beatnik so the two don't get confused on a Google search (good old Google). You may read at your pleasure, or you may choose to find something more interesting to read about, whatever you prefer this way is far better!

Now, for those of you who are not aware of The Dukan Diet and its benefits, it is a High Protein, Low Fat (so not like Atkins) it is also a long term solution to any metabolic malfunctions (I'm getting older you know) and it lasts slightly longer than any other diet and requires A LOT of will power! The idea is that you commit to some amount of time on the diet and by following a few simple rules you keep the weight off for the rest of your life.

Dukan works in a way that has 4 stages.

The First Stage - is called the Attack Phase, this lasts anything from 1 to 10 days depending on how much weight you want to lose. If you're 30 stone for example it would probably last 10 days, I'm doing it for 5 days, although I should probably only do it for 2 or 3. During this time you eat nothing but pure, non fat protein to kick start your body into fat burning mode.

The Second Stage - is the Cruise Phase, for every pound you want to lose in total you do 3 days of the Cruise, for example, you want to lose 10lbs in total 10 x 3 = 30 days.During this phase, you alternate days like Attack Phase with days including some vegetables. So one day is pure protein, the next is pure protein and vegestables, but still no carbohydrate. This phase will take you to your target weight.

The Third Stage - is the Consolidation Phase, for every pound you have lost, you add 5 days so in the case of the above example you would do 50 days on this phase (10 x 5 = 50). This phase is designed to consolidate your weight loss and stop you from putting the weight back on. During this phase you can start to re-introduce some foods you have been missing, some bread and each week you get 2 meals of anything you like, but not on the same day. You don't lose any weight on this stage but it is designed to level out the weight loss on your body.

The Fourth and Final Stage - This is technically the rest of your life, eat what you want, just for one day a week, only eat foods from attack phase food list , have 2 slices of wholegrain toast and a spoonfull of Oatbran each day. Simple as that!

I will be bloggin most days, keeping a record of each meal, starting from today!

Wish me luck!